Question follow-through · 48200
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when her Department plans to respond to the correspondence from Councillor David Thomas, leader of Torbay Council of 10 February 2025.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 25 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 29 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 6 May 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
25 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when her Department plans to respond to the correspondence from Councillor David Thomas, leader of Torbay Council of 10 February 2025.
29 Apr 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
6 May 2025
Answer published
I thank the hon. Member for Torbay for drawing my attention to this correspondence. I have instructed officials to expedite a reply to Cllr Thomas.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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