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

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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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

  1. 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

  2. 23 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 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...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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Possible follow-up questions

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Social Rented Housing: Furniture

25 Nov 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions his Department has had with frontline homelessness staff on the impact of moving homelessness survivors into unfurnished properties.

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Social Rented Housing: Furniture

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Social Rented Housing: Furniture

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Rented Housing: Furniture

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Rented Housing: Furniture

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Rented Housing: Furniture

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Rented Housing: Furniture

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Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

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Domestic Abuse: Social Rented Housing

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Private Rented Housing: Standards

1 Dec 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure landlords let accommodation is fit for human habitation as set out in the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Hospitals: Sleeping Rough

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