Sarah Olney MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Shared Ownership Schemes: DisabilityMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62241More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she is taking steps to ensure that a proportion of shared ownership homes are adapted to be accessible to those with physical disabilities.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 53184 on 27 May 2025.
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: DisabilityMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62237More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that a proportion of new build homes are adapted to be accessible to people with physical disabilities.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 53184 on 27 May 2025.
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordElectoral Register: InternetMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56301More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of (a) the duplication of scanned signatures and (b) technical problems with the Electoral Registration Officer Portal since its introduction in 2023
Answer: On 13 May 2025, MHCLG identified a software bug with the batch application upload functionality on the Electoral Registration Officer Portal (ERO Portal), which had existed since 21 March 2024. The bug could lead to misallocated signature images for cer...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMultiple Occupation: LicensingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46801More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the licensing criteria for Houses in Multiple Occupation.
Answer: It is important that private rented properties are safe, well-maintained, and properly managed. Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) licensing schemes play a crucial role in achieving this. The Renters’ Rights Bill introduces reforms to drive-up standards ...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPrivate Rented HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 34914More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Renters' Rights Bill will place penalties on landlords who have been unable to sell their properties and want to re-rent.
Answer: The Renters’ Rights Bill will introduce a new ground for possession for landlords who wish to sell their property. To prevent abuse of this ground, landlords will not be able to market or re-let their property for twelve months after using the selling gro...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic Abuse: RefugesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34297More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what target she has set for the total number of dispersal accommodation centres available to victims of domestic abuse.
Answer: This government is committed to tackling violence against women and girls and supporting victims of domestic abuse. Since 2021, local authorities in England have a duty to ensure domestic abuse victims and their children who need to flee their homes have ...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEvictionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 30145More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information her Department holds on the number of people who were evicted from their properties in each year since 2015.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice publishes quarterly data on possession claim actions in the county court. It can be found on gov.uk here.The data includes the volumes of repossessions carried out by county court bailiffs in mortgage and landlord possession cases....
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPrivate Rented Housing: EvictionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27259More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many single parents with more than two children have been evicted through a Section 21 notice in each year since 2015.
Answer: The Department does not hold granular data on Section 21 evictions, either year by year or by the demographics of those affected.However, the English Private Landlord Survey 2024 indicated that Section 21 notices are the most common way landlords evict te...
Answered 7 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPrivate Rented Housing: EvictionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27258More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many single parents that have been evicted through a Section 21 notice in each year since 2015.
Answer: The Department does not hold granular data on Section 21 evictions, either year by year or by the demographics of those affected.However, the English Private Landlord Survey 2024 indicated that Section 21 notices are the most common way landlords evict te...
Answered 7 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPrivate Rented Housing: EvictionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27257More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many Section 21 evictions have taken place in each year since 2015.
Answer: The Department does not hold granular data on Section 21 evictions, either year by year or by the demographics of those affected.However, the English Private Landlord Survey 2024 indicated that Section 21 notices are the most common way landlords evict te...
Answered 7 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23815More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to improve protections for homeowners facing damage to their homes from neighbouring buildings.
Answer: The Party Wall Act 1996 currently provides that a building owner carrying out work must not cause unnecessary inconvenience to adjoining owners. This is taken to mean inconvenience over and above that which will inevitably occur when such works are proper...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPolitical Parties: AdvertisingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23405More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a searchable public database of political adverts to improve transparency for political (a) adver
Answer: Under UK law, those promoting eligible digital campaigning material targeted at the UK electorate are required to include an imprint with their name and address, supporting the transparency of political material online.Political parties, candidates and th...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordVoting BehaviourMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23404More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to increase participation in elections.
Answer: The Government is committed to increasing participation in elections by improving voter registration and addressing inconsistencies in voter ID rules that have prevented legitimate voters from voting.We are also reducing the voting age to give 16- and 17-...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordElectoral RegisterMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23398More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that eligible voters are on the electoral register.
Answer: The electoral register is the foundation of our democratic processes, showing who is eligible to vote in which elections. The Government is committed to improving how registration works, including the use of data and online services to help increase regis...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPolitics: Public ParticipationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23397More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has had discussions with Cabinet colleagues on steps to improve public engagement with politics.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the Question UIN 901650 on 5 December 2024.
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMayors: ElectionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20691More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the English Devolution White Paper, published 16 December 2024, whether it is her policy that mayors in Mayoral Strategic Authorities will be elected through pr
Answer: The Government has no plans at this time to change the voting system for mayoral elections.
Answered 19 Dec 2024
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