Question follow-through · 54068
Housing: Contracts
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the terms (a) Bed Space Size and (b) Bed space in public sector accommodation contracts refer to the number of individuals a room or property is intended to accommodate.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Cabinet Office
- Tabled
- 21 May 2025
- Target answer date
- 2 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 4 Jun 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
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
21 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the terms (a) Bed Space Size and (b) Bed space in public sector accommodation contracts refer to the number of individuals a room or property is intended to accommodate.
2 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Jun 2025
Answer published
Each department is responsible for specifying its own contract requirements, so the meaning of “Bed Space Size” and “Bed space" may vary based on the criteria established by each department.
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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