Rachael Maskell MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
RentsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56270More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the potential merits of introducing rent controls; and if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of
Answer: The government has been clear it does not support rent controls and has not discussed their introduction at a local authority level. We believe that rent controls could make life more difficult for private renters, both in terms of incentivising landlords...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRentsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56269More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has had recent discussions with relevant stakeholders on introducing rent controls at a local authority level.
Answer: The government has been clear it does not support rent controls and has not discussed their introduction at a local authority level. We believe that rent controls could make life more difficult for private renters, both in terms of incentivising landlords...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56267More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an estimate of the number of people in the private rented sector due to a lack of social housing.
Answer: According to the most recent data from the English Housing Survey from 2022/23, 6% (280,000) of Household Reference Persons in the private rented sector reported that someone in their home is on the waiting list for social housing.
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLeasehold: Fees and ChargesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 7 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7465More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure that annual increases in fees paid by leaseholders to management are capped in line with inflation.
Answer: The level of service charge that leaseholders pay depends on many factors, including the terms of a lease, and the age and condition of a building. As a result, the cost of repairs, maintenance of common areas, and management fees vary considerably. Placi...
Answered 15 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordHomelessness: Young PeopleMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3998More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of developing a youth homeless strategy.
Answer: The Government recognises that homelessness levels are far too high and this can have a devastating impact on those affected, including young people. We will look at these issues carefully and will consider youth homelessness as we develop our long-term, ...
Answered 11 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordHomelessnessMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3997More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to tackle the (a) health and wellbeing and (b) housing needs of people experiencing homelessness.
Answer: The DPM is responsible for cross-governmental coordination of policy to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping and will update in due course.
Answered 11 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordHomelessnessMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3996More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to reduce levels of homelessness in winter 2024-25.
Answer: The Government will develop a new cross-government strategy, working with mayors and councils across the country to get us back on track to ending homelessness and rough sleeping once and for all.Whilst we develop our new strategy, the Rough Sleeping Init...
Answered 11 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordPlanningMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3713More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she is taking steps to help planning authorities prioritise reducing health inequalities.
Answer: As part of the current government consultation on reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework, we are seeking views on proposed changes intended to ensure that the planning system supports the increased provision and modernisation of key public serv...
Answered 10 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordLeasehold: Property Management CompaniesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1701More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to create statutory standards for management agencies of leasehold properties.
Answer: The Government will act quickly to provide homeowners with greater rights. This includes driving up the transparency of service charges and reducing barriers for leaseholders to challenge their landlord. Over the course of this Parliament the Government w...
Answered 2 Aug 2024
Original Parliament recordLeaseholdMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1700More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to cap (a) management and (b) service costs to leaseholders.
Answer: The Government will act quickly to provide homeowners with greater rights. This includes driving up the transparency of service charges and reducing barriers for leaseholders to challenge their landlord. Over the course of this Parliament the Government w...
Answered 2 Aug 2024
Original Parliament recordLeaseholdMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1699More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will consult on issues facing leaseholders prior to bringing forward legislation.
Answer: The Government will act quickly to provide homeowners with greater rights. This includes driving up the transparency of service charges and reducing barriers for leaseholders to challenge their landlord. Over the course of this Parliament the Government w...
Answered 2 Aug 2024
Original Parliament recordLeaseholdMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1698More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether it is her policy to bring forward legislative proposals to convert existing leasehold properties to commonhold.
Answer: The Government will act quickly to provide homeowners with greater rights. This includes driving up the transparency of service charges and reducing barriers for leaseholders to challenge their landlord. Over the course of this Parliament the Government w...
Answered 2 Aug 2024
Original Parliament recordGround RentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1697More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to end ground rent.
Answer: The Government will act quickly to provide homeowners with greater rights. This includes driving up the transparency of service charges and reducing barriers for leaseholders to challenge their landlord. Over the course of this Parliament the Government w...
Answered 2 Aug 2024
Original Parliament recordPovertyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 981More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of local government expenditure on tackling (a) child poverty and (b) poverty.
Answer: On 17 July, a new Ministerial Taskforce was set up to drive cross-government action on child poverty, starting with overseeing the development of our ambitious new strategy in line with the Opportunity Mission.This Government is under no illusions about t...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordHousing: RefugeesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 980More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to support local authorities to find additional accommodation for refugees that have been granted leave to remain.
Answer: The department is committed to working in partnership with local authorities to understand the impact of recently granted refugees and their housing needs.We also continue to work with the Home Office to see how we can improve working co-operation with lo...
Answered 31 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordHousing FirstMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 979More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her planned timetable is for assessing the effectiveness of the Housing First pilot schemes.
Answer: The previous Government commissioned an evaluation of the Housing First pilots, which is currently ongoing. Reports are made available here.
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordTemporary AccommodationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 978More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to help ensure that families are able to access emergency accommodation in areas where capacity for accommodation has been exceeded by demand during the su
Answer: Homelessness levels are far too high and too many families are living in temporary accommodation. We will take the action needed to tackle this issue and develop a long-term, cross-government strategy, through working with mayors, councils and other key s...
Answered 30 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordLocal Plans: YorkMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 791More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she expects the consultation on the York Local Plan to be concluded.
Answer: The York Local Plan remains at examination, consultation on main modifications to a policy H5 (Gypsies and Travellers) will end on 30 August. The full timetable for the York Local Plan examination can be viewed publicly on the examination website.
Answered 26 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordLocal Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 104More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to review the (a) distribution and (b) quantum of local government funding.
Answer: Future local authority funding decisions will be a matter for the next Spending Review and Local Government Finance Settlement.We understand that improving how local government is funded is crucial to enabling councils to deliver for local residents and e...
Answered 26 Jul 2024
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