Question follow-through · 69563
Retail Trade: Urban Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to encourage local authorities to undertake high street rental auctions.
About this written question
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 21 Jul 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 4 Sept 2025 · 45 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Jul 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to encourage local authorities to undertake high street rental auctions.
1 Sept 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Sept 2025
Answer published
The government is working with eleven early adopter councils who are taking steps to implement High Street Rental Auction powers to showcase their benefits and provide a source of best practice for other councils. My officials are also providing practical...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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