Question follow-through · 13268
Empty Property
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to bring empty homes back into use.
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
- 8 Nov 2024
- Target answer date
- 13 Nov 2024
- Answer
- 13 Nov 2024 · 5 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
8 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to bring empty homes back into use.
13 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
13 Nov 2024
Answer published
I refer my Hon Friend to the answer given to Question UIN 6686 on 14 October 2024.
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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