Pippa Heylings MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Neighbourhood PlansMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59114More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to (a) streamline and (b) better resource Neighbourhood Plans in (i) less affluent communities and (ii) other communities.
Answer: Following the Spending Review, my Department has announced that it is unable to commission new neighbourhood planning support services for 2025 onwards. Technical support which has already been awarded will continue to be provided but must be completed be...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRented Housing: StandardsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40986More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of strengthening the Decent Homes Standard for all forms of tenure.
Answer: The government will consult this year on a reformed Decent Homes Standard for the social and private rented sectors.
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: Older PeopleMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40276More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with the Centre for Ageing Better on its Good Home Hubs initiative.
Answer: My Department and I engage in regular discussions with a wide range of housing stakeholders. Baroness Taylor of Stevenage met with the Centre for Ageing Better in September last year and discussed a range of topics, including its Good Homes Hubs initiativ...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: Safety and StandardsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39998More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the housing strategy will include measures to help tackle (a) poor quality and (b) unsafe housing stock.
Answer: The government intends to publish a long-term housing strategy later this year.
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordTree Preservation Orders: AppealsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38710More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many overdue tree preservation order appeal cases are outstanding.
Answer: As of 31 December 2024, there were 423 overdue and outstanding tree preservation order appeal cases.
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning Authorities: StaffMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36847More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing funding to local authorities to support attracting and retaining senior planners.
Answer: Attracting and retaining senior planners in local planning authority (LPA) planning departments is vital not only to maintaining a proactive, efficient planning service for local communities, but also to ensuring that new developments are well designed an...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordTree Preservation Orders: AppealsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36841More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an estimate of the number of Planning Inspectorate appeals related to Tree Protection Orders that have been overdue in financial year 2024-25.
Answer: Between 1 April 2024 and 31 December 2024, 177 decisions were made on Tree Preservation Order works appeals that missed the ministerial target. This does not include cases due between these dates - but were still awaiting a decision.
Answered 13 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning Inspectorate: AppealsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34354More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the resources of the Planning Inspectorate in dealing with (a) local and (b) national planning appeals within target timeframes.
Answer: The Inspectorate is performing well across a number of key areas such as local plan examinations, nationally significant infrastructure project applications, s62a applications, and planning appeals proceeding by hearings and inquiries. It is, for example:...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government Pension SchemeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32341More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Local Government Pension Scheme on levels of economic growth in local communities.
Answer: The Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) already invests approximately 30% of its assets in the UK, as part of its duty to invest to pay pensions. The government believes that the LGPS can make a distinctive contribution to local economic growth buildin...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: StandardsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27631More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her timeline is for implementing the decent homes standard.
Answer: The government intend to bring forward a consultation this year on a reformed Decent Homes Standard for the social and private rented sectors.
Answered 7 Feb 2025
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