Question follow-through · 52495
Social Rented Housing: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has had discussions with the Northern Ireland Executive on increasing the rate of construction of social housing.
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- Answering body
- Northern Ireland Office
- Tabled
- 14 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 16 May 2025
- Answer
- 22 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 10 Sept 2026
- Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 · 8 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
14 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether he has had discussions with the Northern Ireland Executive on increasing the rate of construction of social housing.
16 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
22 May 2025
Answer published
Construction of Social Housing is the responsibility of the Northern Ireland Housing Executive and the Department of Communities. The UK Government has provided the Executive with a record £18.2bn for 2025-26. This includes an additional £1.5bn for 2025/2...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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