Question follow-through · 128134

Social Rented Housing: Mould

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle damp and mould in social housing in Surrey Heath constituency.

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

About this written question

A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.

Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
17 Apr 2026
Target answer date
21 Apr 2026
Answer
23 Apr 2026 · 6 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 Communities and local government

Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.

Recorded timeline

  1. 17 Apr 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle damp and mould in social housing in Surrey Heath constituency.

  2. 21 Apr 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 23 Apr 2026

    Answer published

    The first phase of Awaab’s Law, which came into force on 27 October 2025, requires all social landlords to repair emergency hazards within 24 hours and fix dangerous damp and mould within fixed timescales.My Department published a response to our consulta...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

Strong links require the same MP, department and exact heading. Other same-department questions are shown as unreviewed candidates, not as confirmed follow-ups. No debate link is asserted unless a stable source relationship exists.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Parking: Fines

20 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the average administrative cost to local authorities of (a) processing and (b) cancelling incorrectly issued Penalty Charge Notices.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Parking: Fines

20 Apr 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of contested Penalty Charge Notices on small and medium-sized enterprises engaged in (a) delivery and (b) servicing activity.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Fire and Rescue Services: Surrey Heath

17 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to help improve response times to fires in Surrey Heath constituency.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Local Plans: Surrey

17 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to support local authorities in Surrey to (a) develop and (b) adopt local plans.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Property Development: Surrey Heath

17 Jun 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to improve the accountability of housing developers in Surrey Heath constituency.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Forests

28 Aug 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that the cooling value of established woodland is considered in national planning policy.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Local Government: Reorganisation

8 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to introduce transitional safeguards against speculative development in local authority areas undergoing local government reorganisation.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Property Development: Surrey Heath

8 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that local planning authorities prioritise brownfield development and urban densification before considering the release of Green Belt land in

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Housing: Railway Stations

8 Sept 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on aligning housing development around railway stations with the (a) frequency, (b) capacity and (c) journe