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Housing: Disability and Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of national planning policy in supporting the delivery of adaptable housing.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
23 Mar 2026
Target answer date
25 Mar 2026
Answer
31 Mar 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 23 Mar 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of national planning policy in supporting the delivery of adaptable housing.

  2. 25 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 31 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    Between 16 December 2025 and 10 March 2026, the government consulted on changes to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). That consultation, which can be found on gov.uk here, included proposals for local planning authorities to set requirements f...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

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Sheltered Housing: Service Charges

29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of service charges in leasehold retirement properties on the ability of older residents and their families to sell those prop

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Sheltered Housing: Service Charges

29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to protect residents of leasehold retirement properties from unaffordable increases in service charges and associated management fees.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Sheltered Housing: Service Charges

29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an estimate of the number of leasehold retirement properties that may be difficult for people to sell because of (a) high service charges and (b) associated f

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Sheltered Housing: Service Charges

29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what protections are in place for the families of deceased leaseholders of retirement properties who continue to incur service charges while a property remains unsold.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Sheltered Housing: Service Charges

29 May 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether forthcoming leasehold reform legislation will include measures to protect residents of retirement leasehold properties from (a) excessive service charges and (b) associat

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Councillors: Pay

19 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the absence of remuneration for parish councillors on the recruitment and retention of those councillors.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Councillors: Pay

19 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a framework to enable parish councils to remunerate elected parish councillors.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Councillors

19 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the current statutory framework for parish councillors.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Council Tax: Probate

28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of guidance to billing authorities on the exercise of discretionary powers to reduce council-tax liabilities where an estate has been