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Housing: Access

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to raise accessibility standards for new homes in Yeovil constituency.

answeredAdam DanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
29 Aug 2025
Target answer date
2 Sept 2025
Answer
11 Sept 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 29 Aug 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to raise accessibility standards for new homes in Yeovil constituency.

  2. 2 Sept 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 11 Sept 2025

    Answer published

    Housing is one of this Government’s top priorities. Everyone deserves to live in a decent home that is suitable for them and meets their needs. The revised National Planning Policy Framework, published on 12 December 2024, requires local planning authorit...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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