Question follow-through · 101648
Housing: Older People
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to reform planning rules and permitted development rights to facilitate a wider range of housing for elderly people, including modern, low-maintenanc
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 18 Dec 2025
- Target answer date
- 5 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 12 Jan 2026 · 25 calendar days after tabling
Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.
More questions by this MP on Housing and planning
- Kernow Industrial Growth Fund · 30 Jan 2026
- Regional Planning and Development: Cornwall · 30 Jan 2026
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- Property Management Companies: Regulation · 8 Jun 2026
- Visitor Levy · 15 Sept 2026
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Votes on this topic
- Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 10 Sept 2026
- Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 · 8 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
18 Dec 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to reform planning rules and permitted development rights to facilitate a wider range of housing for elderly people, including modern, low-maintenanc
5 Jan 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
12 Jan 2026
Answer published
The government is currently consulting on changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), including new policies designed to support the delivery of housing that meets the needs of different groups such as older people. The consultation can be f...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Kernow Industrial Growth Fund
30 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that the Kernow Industrial Growth Fund can be deployed as investment capital which can be recouped by Cornwall County Council for future project
Regional Planning and Development: Cornwall
30 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to provide capacity funding to local authorities for strategic economic development in Cornwall.
Construction: New Businesses
4 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department has taken with Homes England to help support start-up builders.
Property Management Companies: Regulation
8 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential economic and market benefit from the establishment of a regulator for the Property Management companies sector.
Visitor Levy
15 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that businesses in the local visitor economy have the ability to shape where proceeds received from the Overnight Visitor Levy are invested.