Question follow-through · 16906
Community Assets and Public Sector: Access
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps are being taken to improve access to community facilities and public services in lower socioeconomic areas.
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
- 8 Jul 2026
- Target answer date
- 13 Jul 2026
- Answer
- 16 Jul 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Communities and local government
- Affordable Housing · 14 Jul 2026
- Social Rented Housing: Housing Supply · 14 Jul 2026
- Sleeping Rough · 14 Jul 2026
- Homelessness · 14 Jul 2026
- Temporary Accommodation · 14 Jul 2026
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
Recorded timeline
8 Jul 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps are being taken to improve access to community facilities and public services in lower socioeconomic areas.
13 Jul 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
16 Jul 2026
Answer published
Through the UK Government's Pride in Place Programme, up to £5.8 billion is being invested over ten years in 284 neighbourhoods experiencing the highest levels of deprivation. In Northern Ireland, this includes up to £20 million funding and support each f...
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.
Affordable Housing
14 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the level of affordable housing.
Social Rented Housing: Housing Supply
14 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to increase the supply of social housing.
Sleeping Rough
14 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of the number of rough sleepers.
Homelessness
14 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to support local authorities to tackle homelessness.
Temporary Accommodation
14 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of access to temporary accommodation for vulnerable households.
Homelessness: Finance
14 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding he has allocated for homelessness prevention programmes in the current financial year.
Local Government Finance
14 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to increase the level of funding to local authorities to deliver statutory services.
Local Government Finance
14 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure accountability and transparency in local government spending.
Housing Supply
14 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of planning restrictions on the level of housing supply.
Housing: Construction
14 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that new developments include adequate infrastructure and community services.
Housing: Construction
14 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of brownfield site utilisation in new housing construction.
Community Cohesion Programme
15 Jul 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what funding has been allocated to support community cohesion programmes.