Asked by: Barry Sheerman (Labour (Co-op) - Huddersfield)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of including provisions within the High Streets (Designation, Review and Improvement Plan) Bill on outdoor advertising.
Answered by Lee Rowley
Advertising has a valuable role to play in a free market society. Local councils already have the choice, through powers in the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, to refuse applications on amenity or public safety grounds.
Asked by: Barry Sheerman (Labour (Co-op) - Huddersfield)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to restrict outdoor advertising.
Answered by Lee Rowley
Advertising has a valuable role to play in a free market society. Local councils already have the choice, through powers in the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, to refuse applications on amenity or public safety grounds.
Asked by: Barry Sheerman (Labour (Co-op) - Huddersfield)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the research by Adfree cities which found that outdoor advertising is disproportionately placed in areas of existing deprivation, published in March 2024.
Answered by Lee Rowley
Advertising has a valuable role to play in a free market society. Local councils already have the choice, through powers in the Town and Country Planning Act 1990, to refuse applications on amenity or public safety grounds.
Asked by: Barry Sheerman (Labour (Co-op) - Huddersfield)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of the impact of proposals for high street rental auctions on community amenities in (a) Huddersfield constituency and (b) West Yorkshire.
Answered by Dehenna Davison
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer to Question UIN 187515 on 12th June.
Asked by: Barry Sheerman (Labour (Co-op) - Huddersfield)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment his Department has made of the impact of proposals for high street rental auctions on pubs.
Answered by Dehenna Davison
I refer the Hon. Member to my answer to Question UIN 186998 on 8th June 2023.
Asked by: Barry Sheerman (Labour (Co-op) - Huddersfield)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what progress his Department has made on leasehold reform.
Answered by Baroness Maclean of Redditch
The Government has legislated via the Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Act 2022 to protect future leaseholders. Further announcements will be made in the usual way.
Asked by: Barry Sheerman (Labour (Co-op) - Huddersfield)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2023 to Question 135157 on Energy Bills Rebate: Landlord and Tenant, whether his Department has made a recent assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to prevent the use of Section 21 notices against people pursuing access to Energy Bills Support Scheme support through (a) landlords and (b) other intermediaries.
Answered by Baroness Maclean of Redditch
Landlords are not required to provide a reason when they serve a Section 21 notice. The Government is committed to abolishing Section 21 evictions via the Renters Reform Bill, which will give tenants greater security.
Asked by: Barry Sheerman (Labour (Co-op) - Huddersfield)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February to Question 135157 on Energy Bills Rebate: Landlord and Tenant, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential for Section 21 notices of possession to be used against end user tenants pursuing access to Energy Bills Support Scheme support through (a) landlords and (b) other intermediaries.
Answered by Baroness Maclean of Redditch
Landlords are not required to provide a reason when they serve a Section 21 notice. The Government is committed to abolishing Section 21 evictions via the Renters Reform Bill, which will give tenants greater security.
Asked by: Barry Sheerman (Labour (Co-op) - Huddersfield)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a requirement for large-scale housing developments to have sufficient childcare facilities available in the local area before planning permission is granted.
Answered by Lucy Frazer
Local authorities have a duty to secure early years childcare provision free of charge under the Childcare Acts of 2006 and 2016. All new primary schools are now expected to include a nursery, and many schools and other providers offer childcare for school-age children outside of school hours.
Local planning authorities can secure contributions from developers through Section 106 agreements or use the Community Infrastructure Levy to contribute towards providing new or expanded childcare facilities when needed. Under the new Infrastructure Levy, which is being introduced through the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill, local authorities will be able to continue to use developer contributions for this purpose.
Asked by: Barry Sheerman (Labour (Co-op) - Huddersfield)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has had discussions with relevant voluntary non-governmental organisations on tackling the shortfall in available emergency accommodation in (a) Huddersfield, (b) Kirklees and (c) West Yorkshire in the last 12 months.
Answered by Felicity Buchan
The Department works closely with local authorities and voluntary organisations on the work to end rough sleeping, including the provision of emergency off-the-street accommodation where required.
The Rough Sleeping Initiative is investing up to £500 million in funding to local authorities across England from April 2022 to March 2025. This includes funding up to 14,000 beds and 3,000 support staff this year. Further information on funding allocations can be found here.