Information between 25th March 2024 - 4th April 2024
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Tuesday 26th March 2024 Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities Lee Rowley (Conservative - North East Derbyshire) Ministerial statement - Main Chamber Subject: Building safety update View calendar |
Wednesday 27th March 2024 Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities Baroness Swinburne (Conservative - Life peer) Statement - Main Chamber Subject: Update on building safety View calendar |
Select Committee Inquiry |
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25 Mar 2024
Improving the home buying and selling process Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee (Select) Submit Evidence (by 18 Apr 2024) This cross-party inquiry will examine the transaction process, the information available to buyers, and the role of conveyancers and estate agents. |
Written Answers |
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Housing: Construction
Asked by: Ben Bradshaw (Labour - Exeter) Monday 25th March 2024 Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the study entitled Stepping Off the Road to Nowhere, published by Create Streets and Sustrans on 19 December 2023, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of adapting the funding model for new homes to incorporate gentle density and sustainable transport principles. Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing) The Government is committed to supporting the development of high quality, well designed and sustainable communities through the construction of new homes and, where appropriate, the regeneration of towns and cities across the country. Homes England’s Strategic Plan has a Strategic Objective focused on promoting the creation of high-quality homes in well-designed places. The Agency uses Building for a Healthy Life, a design toolkit for neighbourhoods, streets, homes and public spaces, which covers twelve different considerations including density and sustainable transport. |
Leasehold: Reform
Asked by: Derek Thomas (Conservative - St Ives) Monday 25th March 2024 Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will extend the right to enfranchisement under the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill to leases which are in form agricultural but in essence residential. Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing) We are not currently proposing to do so but I would be happy to meet my Hon Friend to discuss his concern in more detail, should that be helpful. |
Veterans: Temporary Accommodation
Asked by: Steve McCabe (Labour - Birmingham, Selly Oak) Monday 25th March 2024 Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many veterans are in temporary accommodation. Answered by Felicity Buchan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) I refer the Hon Member to the answer given to Question UIN 15404 on 1 March 2024. |
Veterans: Homelessness
Asked by: Steve McCabe (Labour - Birmingham, Selly Oak) Monday 25th March 2024 Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many homeless veterans there are in the UK. Answered by Felicity Buchan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) I refer the Hon Member to the answer given to Question UIN 15404 on 1 March 2024. |
Islamophobia
Asked by: Anneliese Dodds (Labour (Co-op) - Oxford East) Monday 25th March 2024 Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2024 to Question 10238 on Islamophobia, whether his Department defines anti-Muslim hatred as a manifestation of (a) racial, (b) religious or (c) other discrimination as defined by the Equality Act 2010. Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing) I refer the Hon Member to the Secretary of State’s oral statement made on 14 March 2024 (Official Report, HC, Volume 747, Column 452). |
Religious Hatred
Asked by: Anneliese Dodds (Labour (Co-op) - Oxford East) Monday 25th March 2024 Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, which (a) domestic and (b) international (i) leaders and (ii) experts his Department has sought views from on how religious hatred is experienced by British communities; and what views and perspectives they have shared. Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing) I refer the Hon Member to the Secretary of State’s oral statement made on 14 March 2024 (Official Report, HC, Volume 747, Column 452). |
Islamophobia
Asked by: Anneliese Dodds (Labour (Co-op) - Oxford East) Monday 25th March 2024 Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2024 to Question 10238 on Islamophobia, whether the Government has provided funding to organisations other than Tell MAMA to provide support to the victims of anti-Muslim hatred. Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing) I refer the Hon Member to the Secretary of State’s oral statement made on 14 March 2024 (Official Report, HC, Volume 747, Column 452). |
Department Publications - Research |
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Monday 25th March 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities Source Page: Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2025 to 2026 Document: Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2025 to 2026 (webpage) |
Monday 25th March 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities Source Page: Council Tax collected by local authorities: live table: January to March 2024 Document: Council Tax collected by local authorities: live table: January to March 2024 (webpage) |
Department Publications - Services |
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Wednesday 27th March 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities Source Page: Buying a home Document: Buying a home (webpage) |
Parliamentary Debates |
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National Networks National Policy Statement
21 speeches (6,494 words) Tuesday 26th March 2024 - Commons Chamber Department for Transport Mentions: 1: Iain Stewart (Con - Milton Keynes South) Friend the Member for North East Derbyshire (Lee Rowley), who is in the Department for Levelling Up, - Link to Speech |
People Granted Asylum: Government Support
13 speeches (4,379 words) Tuesday 26th March 2024 - Westminster Hall Mentions: 1: Tim Farron (LD - Westmorland and Lonsdale) day to people who were about to become homeless.Statutory homelessness statistics published by the Department - Link to Speech 2: Michael Tomlinson (Con - Mid Dorset and North Poole) clearance of the backlog may have something to do with that, but it is right that the Home Office and the Department - Link to Speech 3: Michael Tomlinson (Con - Mid Dorset and North Poole) That is why my point about the Home Office working closely with DLUHC is so important. - Link to Speech |
Nuclear Defence
1 speech (409 words) Monday 25th March 2024 - Written Statements Ministry of Defence Mentions: 1: Grant Shapps (Con - Welwyn Hatfield) This fund will be administered through DLUHC, working with the new Barrow delivery board and other Government - Link to Speech |
Written Answers |
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High Speed 2 Line: Euston Station
Asked by: Lord Berkeley (Labour - Life peer) Wednesday 3rd April 2024 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask His Majesty's Government when the Euston ministerial task force was created; what are its terms of reference; who are its members; on what dates has it met; and whether it intends to publish minutes of its meetings or other relevant papers. Answered by Lord Davies of Gower - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) The establishment of the Euston Quarter Ministerial Task Force was announced at Spring Budget on 6 March 2024. It will oversee the next stages of delivery at Euston, set strategic direction and facilitate decision making. Membership of the Task Force will include Ministers from the Department for Transport, HM Treasury and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities. Officials from these Government Departments and the Infrastructure and Projects Authority will also attend. Further details will be confirmed in due course. |
Community Wealth Funds
Asked by: Emma Lewell-Buck (Labour - South Shields) Tuesday 26th March 2024 Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when her Department will publish a response to the Technical consultation on a Community Wealth Fund in England, which closed on 19 October 2023. Answered by Stuart Andrew - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Culture, Media and Sport) The government is grateful to all those who took the time to respond to the technical consultation. Officials from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities are carefully considering all of the responses received. The government response will be published in due course. |
Droughts and Water Supply
Asked by: Caroline Lucas (Green Party - Brighton, Pavilion) Monday 25th March 2024 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to tackle the risk of (a) drought and (b) water scarcity. Answered by Robbie Moore - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) (a) Defra published its Plan for Water 2023 which set out the importance of ensuring a clean and plentiful water supply in England. The Plan sets out our commitment to a twin track approach to improving water supply resilience, with action to reduce water company leaks and improve water efficiency, alongside investing in new supply infrastructure.
Last year, regional water resources groups and water companies consulted on their draft water resources plans. These statutory plans set out how each company will secure water supplies sustainably for at least the next 25 years and how drought resilience will be improved. The plans contain proposals for multiple new water resources schemes, including new reservoirs. Water companies also maintain statutory drought plans, which show the actions taken to maintain secure supplies during droughts.
(b) To address water scarcity, the Government has set a new legally binding target under the Environment Act 2021 to reduce the use of our public water supply in England by 20% per person by 2038. To achieve this, we will reduce household water use to 122 litres per person per day, reduce leakage by 37%, and reduce non-household (for example, businesses) water use by 9% by 31 March 2038. This is part of the trajectory to achieving 110 litres per person per day household water use, a 50% reduction in leakage and a 15% reduction in non-household water use by 2050. Our Plan for Water and Environmental Improvement Plan have set out our roadmap to water efficiency in new developments and retrofits, to be delivered over the next decade. This includes developing clear guidance on ‘water positive’ or ‘net zero water’ developments and roles for developers and water companies, including water company incentives. We are also working closely with water companies to increase the supply of water.
In December 2023, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities issued a Written Ministerial Statement which set out that in areas of serious water stress, where water scarcity is inhibiting the adoption of Local Plans or the granting of planning permission for homes, we are encouraging local planning authorities to work with the Environment Agency and delivery partners to agree standards tighter than the 110 litres per day set out in current guidance. Defra will also be reviewing building regulations in spring 2024 to allow local planning authorities to introduce tighter water efficiency standards in new homes. Defra is also reviewing the evidence base for water reuse systems with a view to consulting on changes to the water supply regulations to enable greywater reuse and rainwater harvesting to be managed by water companies.
At Spring Budget 2024, the Government published a policy paper setting out its ambition to address water scarcity in Greater Cambridge and measures to achieve this. It builds on significant interventions and investment of nearly £9 million - including £5.8 million of new funding - announced last July and at Autumn Statement 2023. |
Fire Prevention: Departmental Coordination
Asked by: Caroline Lucas (Green Party - Brighton, Pavilion) Monday 25th March 2024 Question to the Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking to coordinate activity across Government in order to improve the UK’s preparedness for extreme wildfire events. Answered by Chris Philp - Minister of State (Home Office) The Home Office are the lead Government Department for Wildfire Response and own the National Security Risk Assessment (NSRA) wildfire risk.
This Wildfire Framework outlines the work being undertaken to improve the UK’s preparedness for wildfires in England. The Home Office works closely with other departments and key stakeholders including Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Department for Levelling Up Housing and Communities to mitigate the risk of wildfire.
The Home Office have committed to scoping a wildfire strategy and action plan by mid 2024, with support from Defra and its agencies. This commitment is outlined in the third National Adaptation Plan.
The Home Office maintains regular engagement with National Bodies including the National Fire Chiefs Council and England and Wales Wildfire Forum to monitor and review sector led improvements to wildfire response and mitigation. |
Secondary Legislation |
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Procurement Regulations 2024 These Regulations supplement the Procurement Act 2023 (c. 54) (“PA 2023”). Cabinet Office Parliamentary Status - Text of Legislation - Draft affirmative Laid: Monday 25th March - In Force: Not stated Found: Development CorporationMiddletown Centre for AutismMinistry of DefenceDefence Equipment & SupportMinistry of Housing |
Parliamentary Research |
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Debate on the Flood Recovery Framework - CDP-2024-0072
Mar. 28 2024 Found: for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC). 5 The FRF is currently under review, and the |
Climate change adaptation and resilience in the UK - CBP-9969
Mar. 27 2024 Found: Office, The UK Governmen t Resilience Framework , 19 December 2022, (updated 4 December 2023). 112 DLUHC |
Bill Documents |
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Feb. 09 2024
Memorandum from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities - 9 February 2024 Local Government (Pay Accountability) Bill 2023-24 Delegated Powers Memorandum Found: Memorandum from the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities - 9 February 2024 |
National Audit Office |
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Mar. 28 2024
wider environmental goals (PDF) Found: , Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) oversees the frameworks that can impact on local authorities |
Department Publications - Policy and Engagement |
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Wednesday 3rd April 2024
HM Treasury Source Page: Seizing the Opportunity: Delivering Efficiency for the Public Document: Seizing the Opportunity: Delivering Efficiency for the Public (PDF) Found: • A series of fraud awareness training videos, sponsored by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing |
Thursday 28th March 2024
HM Treasury Source Page: Treasury Minutes – March 2024 Document: Treasury Minutes - March 2024 (print) (PDF) Found: the Committee by the end of February 2024 to explain how it is engaging at a senior level with the Department |
Thursday 28th March 2024
HM Treasury Source Page: Treasury Minutes – March 2024 Document: Treasury Minutes - March 2024 (web) (PDF) Found: the Committee by the end of February 2024 to explain how it is engaging at a senior level with the Department |
Department Publications - News and Communications |
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Wednesday 27th March 2024
Wales Office Source Page: Statement released on behalf of the Tata Steel / Port Talbot Transition Board Document: Statement released on behalf of the Tata Steel / Port Talbot Transition Board (webpage) Found: Felicity Buchan MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing |
Department Publications - Statistics |
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Tuesday 26th March 2024
Department for Education Source Page: Supporting Families - a foundation for family help: Annual report of the Supporting Families programme 2023-2024 Document: Supporting Families - a foundation for family help: Annual report of the Supporting Families programme 2023-2024 (webpage) Found: From: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Department for Education Published |
Tuesday 26th March 2024
Department for Education Source Page: Supporting Families - a foundation for family help: Annual report of the Supporting Families programme 2023-2024 Document: Supporting Families - a foundation for family help: Annual report of the Supporting Families programme 2023-2024 (PDF) Found: government -licence/version/3/ This document/publication is also available on our website at www.gov.uk/dluhc |
Department Publications - Transparency |
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Tuesday 26th March 2024
HM Treasury Source Page: Whole of Government Accounts, 2021-22 Document: Whole of Government Accounts 2021-22 (web) (PDF) Found: These issues, and the actions being taken b y the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities |
Tuesday 26th March 2024
HM Treasury Source Page: Whole of Government Accounts, 2021-22 Document: (Excel) Found: TradeTrade Remedies AuthorityDepartment for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (formerly Ministry of Housing |
Non-Departmental Publications - Transparency |
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Apr. 03 2024
Commission for Countering Extremism Source Page: Commission for Countering Extremism end of year report 2023 to 2024 Document: Commission for Countering Extremism end of year report 2023 to 2024 (PDF) Transparency Found: Central government, regulators and law enforcement •Home Office •Home Affairs Select Committee •Department |
Non-Departmental Publications - Statistics |
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Mar. 28 2024
Health and Safety Executive Source Page: Means of escape in residential buildings research Document: Means of escape in residential buildings final report (PDF) Statistics Found: , Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) , which subsequently became the Department for Levelling Up |
Mar. 28 2024
Health and Safety Executive Source Page: Moisture risk of spray foam insulation applied to timber sloped roofs Document: Spray foam insulation applied to timber sloped roofs in dwellings (PDF) Statistics Found: Acknowledgments This project was initiated by the Department |
Mar. 28 2024
Planning Inspectorate Source Page: Planning Inspectorate statistical release 28 March 2024 Document: Planning Inspectorate statistical release 28 March 2024 (PDF) Statistics Found: The Planning Inspectorate is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing |
Mar. 28 2024
Planning Inspectorate Source Page: Planning Inspectorate statistical release 28 March 2024 Document: Monthly official statistics - background quality report 28 March 2024 (PDF) Statistics Found: The Planning Inspectorate is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Levelling Up, Communities |
Non-Departmental Publications - Guidance and Regulation |
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Mar. 28 2024
Regulator of Social Housing Source Page: Making a formal application for an exemption to the Rent Standard - from 1 April 2020 Document: Making a formal application for an exemption to the Rent Standard - from 1 April 2020 (PDF) (PDF) Guidance and Regulation Found: Separate guidance is being prepare d for local authorities by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and |
Mar. 28 2024
Regulator of Social Housing Source Page: Limit on annual rent increases from April 2023 - March 2024 Document: Limit on annual rent increases from April 2023 - March 24 (PDF) (PDF) Guidance and Regulation Found: the Policy Statement on Rents for Social Housing1 (Policy Statement) which i s published on the Department |
Mar. 28 2024
Regulator of Social Housing Source Page: Limit on annual rent increases from April 2023 - March 2024 Document: Limit on annual rent increases from April 2023 - March 2024 (webpage) Guidance and Regulation Found: Information about annual rent increases limit from April 2023 From: Regulator of Social Housing and Department |
Mar. 28 2024
Regulator of Social Housing Source Page: Making a formal application for an exemption to the Rent Standard - from 1 April 2020 Document: Making a formal application for an exemption to the Rent Standard - from 1 April 2020 (webpage) Guidance and Regulation Found: exemption under the Rent Standard 2020 (the Rent Standard) From: Regulator of Social Housing and Department |
Mar. 28 2024
Regulator of Social Housing Source Page: Local authority guidance for formal applications to disapply government rent policy Document: Local authority guidance for formal applications to disapply government rent policy (webpage) Guidance and Regulation Found: government rent policy Guidance for local authorities From: Regulator of Social Housing and Department |
Mar. 28 2024
Regulator of Social Housing Source Page: Limit on annual rent increases 2024-25 – from April 2024 Document: Limit on annual rent increases 2024-25 From April 2024 (PDF) (PDF) Guidance and Regulation Found: in the Policy Statement on Rents for Social Housing (Policy Statement) which is published on the Department |
Mar. 28 2024
Regulator of Social Housing Source Page: Limit on annual rent increases 2024-25 – from April 2024 Document: Limit on annual rent increases 2024-25 – from April 2024 (webpage) Guidance and Regulation Found: Information about annual rent increases limit from April 2024 From: Regulator of Social Housing and Department |
Mar. 28 2024
Regulator of Social Housing Source Page: Rent standard 2020 Document: Rent Standard from April 2020 (PDF) (PDF) Guidance and Regulation Found: for Social Housing 2019 (hereafter Rent Policy Statement )2 which can be found on the Ministry of Housing |
Mar. 28 2024
Regulator of Social Housing Source Page: Rent standard: 1 April 2023 - 31 March 2024 Document: Rent standard: 1 April 2023 - 31 March 2024 (webpage) Guidance and Regulation Found: rent standard applies from 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024 From: Regulator of Social Housing and Department |
Mar. 28 2024
Regulator of Social Housing Source Page: Rent standard 2020 Document: Rent standard 2020 (webpage) Guidance and Regulation Found: standard 2020 Details of the current rent standard From: Regulator of Social Housing and Department |
Draft Secondary Legislation |
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The Procurement Regulations 2024 These Regulations supplement the Procurement Act 2023 (c. 54) (“PA 2023”). Cabinet Office Found: Development CorporationMiddletown Centre for AutismMinistry of DefenceDefence Equipment & SupportMinistry of Housing |
Scottish Select Committee Publications |
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Thursday 28th March 2024
Correspondence - Letter from the Minister for Equalities, Migration and Refugees, 28 March 2024 Scottish Government’s engagement with international human rights systems and institutions Equalities, Human Rights and Civil Justice Committee Found: Between September and November, my officials worked with the UKG Department for Levelling Up, Housing |
Scottish Cross Party Group Publications |
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Minute of the meeting held on 4 December 2023
(PDF) Source Page: Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Towns and Town Centres Published: 4th Dec 2023 Found: Trish Connolly, Scottish Borders Council Andy Corletto, Glasgow City Council Andrew Docherty, Department |