Question follow-through · 84054
Housing: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department plans to take to monitor the implementation of the Decent Homes Standard in relation to (a) the best practice guide and (b) furniture provision within s
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 21 Oct 2025
- Target answer date
- 23 Oct 2025
- Answer
- 3 Nov 2025 · 13 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
21 Oct 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department plans to take to monitor the implementation of the Decent Homes Standard in relation to (a) the best practice guide and (b) furniture provision within s
23 Oct 2025
Target answer date
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3 Nov 2025
Answer published
My Department engages actively with registered providers of social housing on all issues facing social housing tenants and with a range of stakeholders on issues facing residents and has engaged with groups such as End Furniture Poverty to understand thei...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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