Question follow-through · 12159
Social Rented Housing: Pets
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a right of tenants in social housing to keep a pet.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 31 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 4 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 8 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Communities and local government
- Public Buildings: Access · 10 Jul 2025
- Political Parties: Finance · 21 Jan 2026
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
Recorded timeline
31 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing a right of tenants in social housing to keep a pet.
4 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Nov 2024
Answer published
Many social landlords set out their pet policies in their tenancy agreements and will allow tenants to keep pets where it is appropriate to do so. Consideration is given to whether the pets can be well looked after and any adverse effects on the lives of ...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.
Public Buildings: Access
10 Jul 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to encourage local authorities to (a) join AccessAble and (b) provide publicly available information on disability access to (i) public buildi
Political Parties: Finance
21 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of the current rules around party donations by single donors, with particular reference to donations from foreign entities.