Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Parking: Fees and ChargesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 55461More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions she has had with local councils on the provision of free parking near (a) parks (b) recreational areas and (c) high streets.
Answer: Local authorities are empowered to determine their parking arrangements, as they are best suited to understand the best way of responding to local needs.They must do so in a way which meets standards set by national government that parking policies should...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordArmed Forces Covenant: Local GovernmentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52305More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what engagement her Department has had with local authorities on compliance with their Covenant Legal Duty.
Answer: I refer the hon Member to my letter of 4 April 2025 to the Defence Committee on this subject. I will also share a copy of the letter with his office.As lead department for the Covenant, the Ministry of Defence also engages regularly with local authorities...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51923More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that councils are financially stable.
Answer: We have delivered a Settlement that begins to fix the foundations of local government by providing significant investment, redirecting funding towards the services and places that need it most. The Settlement for 2025-26 makes available over £69 billion f...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBuildings: Repairs and MaintenanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51918More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent progress her Department has made on working with developers to ensure unsafe buildings are remediated quickly.
Answer: 54 developers have signed the developer remediation contract. MHCLG publishes quarterly updates on progress that developers are making. As of 31 March 2025, those developers had identified 1,700 buildings with life-critical fire safety defects that they a...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSlough Borough CouncilMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49418More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made an assessment of the effectiveness of its statutory intervention at Slough Borough Council since December 2021.
Answer: After publishing the fifth report from Slough Commissioners together with my response in October 2024, I confirmed to the House on 20 November that I had extended the statutory intervention at Slough Borough Council until 30 November 2026, and reappointed...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: ComputersMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40641More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the median age is of computers issued to officials in their Department.
Answer: The median age of devices in use at MHCLG is 2.5 years old (deployed in 2023).
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHomelessness: Thames ValleyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38110More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the availability of homeless shelter services in (a) Slough and (b) Thames Valley.
Answer: The government is clear levels of homelessness and rough sleeping are too high. As announced at the Budget, funding for homelessness services is increasing next year by £233 million compared to this year (2024/25). This increase brings total homelessness ...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordTemporary Accommodation: SloughMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 35740More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent steps she has taken to help support Slough Borough Council to provide adequate temporary accommodation to people who are eligible.
Answer: Homelessness levels are far too high which can have a devastating impact on those affected. The Deputy Prime Minister is leading cross-government work to deliver the long-term solutions we need to get us back on track to ending all forms of homelessness. ...
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCladding Safety SchemeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33550More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure property management companies approved for the Cladding Safety Scheme are carrying out remediation works within a reasonable timeframe.
Answer: The Cladding Safety Scheme interacts with all applicants, including property management companies. We are a data-led programme and have designed key performance indicators into our system to ensure we can monitor and track progress and escalate applicatio...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHeat Pumps: Permitted Development RightsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33541More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 10 February 2025 to Question 28567 on Permitted Development Rights, what her planned timetable is for amending the existing permitted development rights
Answer: Further announcements in respect of permitted development rights for air source heat pumps and electric vehicle charging points will be made in the coming months.
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFlats: Fire PreventionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33538More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she is taking steps to support individuals whose mortgage offers have been withdrawn following investigations of malpractice in relation to the issuing of EWS1 forms.
Answer: As per the answer to Question UIN 31497 on 27 February 2025, my officials engage regularly with the mortgage lending industry to encourage them to take a proportional approach to buildings without an EWS1 (External Wall System Fire Review) or where there ...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHomelessness: SloughMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33535More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to support Slough Borough Council to reduce homelessness.
Answer: Homelessness levels are far too high which can have a devastating impact on those affected.The Government is looking at these issues carefully and will develop a new cross government strategy, working with mayors and councils across the country to get us ...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPermitted Development RightsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28567More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of increasing permitted development rights.
Answer: The government has announced its intention to amend the existing permitted development rights for air source heat pumps and electric vehicle charging points to support homeowners. Further information is available on gov.uk here and here.We continue to kee...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCladding Safety Scheme: SloughMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28074More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of progress of remediation works by property management companies on properties approved for the Cladding Safety Scheme in Slough.
Answer: Speeding up the remediation of buildings throughout England is essential. More than seven years have passed since the Grenfell tragedy, yet progress remains unacceptably slow. In the Slough area, there are five live applications to the Cladding Safety Sch...
Answered 6 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBuildings: InsulationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28073More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions she has had with property management companies which manage property in Slough with cladding that requires remediation.
Answer: Speeding up the remediation of buildings throughout England is essential. More than seven years have passed since the Grenfell tragedy, yet progress remains unacceptably slow. In the Slough area, there are five live applications to the Cladding Safety Sch...
Answered 6 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHomelessness: SloughMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27695More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking with Slough Borough Council to tackle homelessness.
Answer: Homelessness levels are far too high. This can have a devastating impact on those affected. We must address this and deliver long term solutions. The Government is developing a new cross-government strategy, working with mayors and councils across the cou...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordTemporary Accommodation: South EastMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27694More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the quality of temporary accommodation provided in (a) Slough and (b) the South East.
Answer: Homelessness levels are far too high. This can have a devastating impact on those affected. We must address this and deliver long term solutions. The Government is developing a new cross-government strategy, working with mayors and councils across the cou...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPoverty: ChildrenMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23420More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent steps she has taken with Cabinet colleagues to help alleviate child poverty in (a) Slough and (b) the Thames Valley region.
Answer: In the Labour manifesto we committed to developing an ambitious strategy to reduce child Poverty. I am part of the ministerial Child Poverty Taskforce which has since been established to drive this forward, aiming to publish a Child Poverty Strategy in Sp...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23419More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of funding provided by the Government to local councils.
Answer: We are providing a significant boost to local authorities in England. Taken together, the additional funding announced by the Chancellor at the Autumn Budget and at the 2025-26 provisional Local Government Finance Settlement will provide over £5 billion o...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHomelessness: Thames ValleyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17588More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent steps she has taken to reduce homelessness in (a) Slough constituency and (b) Thames Valley region.
Answer: Homelessness levels are far too high. This Government recognises the devastating impact this can have on those affected. We are already taking the first steps to get back on track to ending homelessness. As announced at the Budget, funding for homelessnes...
Answered 6 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPolitics and Government: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17199More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the influence of foreign funding in democratic processes.
Answer: The Government is committed to strengthening our democracy and upholding the integrity of elections and, as stated in our manifesto, we intend to strengthen the rules around donations to political parties to protect our democracy.We are developing proposa...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: PolicyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16814More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how their Department defines strategy.
Answer: The definition is detailed in the Functional Standards Common Glossary, which is published on the gov.uk website.
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCladding Safety Scheme: SloughMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15235More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of buildings have registered for the Cladding Safety Scheme in Slough constituency.
Answer: The Cladding Safety Scheme is able to confirm how many buildings based in the Slough constituency have registered with the scheme. To date, there have been six applications to the Cladding Safety Scheme in the Slough constituency. Two buildings were confi...
Answered 29 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Data ProcessingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 12978More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps they are taking to use (a) artificial intelligence and (b) data to help increase their Department's productivity.
Answer: MHCLG is committed to improving its productivity, including through artificial intelligence and effective use of data.MHCLG’s Foundational AI Team is currently in the group testing phase of introducing a licensed version of Microsoft’s Copilot to staff. T...
Answered 15 Nov 2024
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