Question follow-through · 59974
Housing Occupancy: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to expand schemes to help encourage downsizing in (a) West Dorset constituency and (b) rural areas.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 13 Jun 2025
- Target answer date
- 17 Jun 2025
- Answer
- 23 Jun 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
13 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to expand schemes to help encourage downsizing in (a) West Dorset constituency and (b) rural areas.
17 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
23 Jun 2025
Answer published
Under-occupation is recorded in the English Housing Survey’s annual statistics.The choice to sell a home is ultimately one for the owner of the property to make.However, the government are taking steps to modernise the home buying and selling process, inc...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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20 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to support the delivery of smaller, accessible homes in West Dorset constituency to help older residents downsize.
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20 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has had recent discussions with Dorset Council on (a) retaining and (b) attracting young families through new housing provision in West Dorset.
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20 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to support Dorset council to ensure housing developments in West Dorset are (a) affordable and (b) suitable for young families.
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20 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the level of need for additional social housing in West Dorset.
Social Rented Housing: West Dorset
20 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions she has had with Dorset Council on expanding social housing provision in West Dorset.
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20 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to require water companies to be statutory consultees for housing developments in West Dorset constituency.
Housing: Older People
26 Jun 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of downsizing support schemes on the availability of larger family homes.