Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many crimes were reported on the True Vision website in the last 12 months.
Answered by Lee Rowley
The information requested is not held centrally.
Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Levelling Up of 20 November 2023, Official report, column 33, what his Department's policy is on levelling up in Northern Ireland in the absence of the Northern Ireland Executive.
Answered by Jacob Young
As part of our commitment to levelling up, we want to work with a restored Executive to find the best approach to supporting people in Northern Ireland, taking account of current budget pressures.
Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)
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 take steps to publish the consultation on the development of the Future Homes Standard before the Christmas recess.
Answered by Lee Rowley
Announcements will be made in the usual way.
Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent estimate he has made of the number of additional construction workers which are likely to be needed to meet his Department's housebuilding targets over the next three years.
Answered by Lee Rowley
The Construction Industry Training Board estimated earlier this year that an additional 224,900 extra workers will be needed to meet UK construction demand between 2023 and 2027.
Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)
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 with her counterparts in the devolved Administrations of the effectiveness of enterprise zones in each region.
Answered by Jacob Young
The Department has learnt valuable lessons from the delivery of the Enterprise Zones program that have informed the development of more recent zonal policies such as Freeports and Investment Zones. The government is committed to robust monitoring and evaluation of Freeports and Investment Zones to ensure their success and will report on their impact annually.
Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the number of private landlords that rented domestic properties between 2017 and 2022.
Answered by Jacob Young
Property rental income statistics, including the number of unincorporated landlords declaring income from rental property in the UK, can be accessed here.
Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to help support economic growth in town centres in the context of increased competition from out of town retail sites.
Answered by Jacob Young
The Government recognises the challenges our high streets and town centres are facing. We continue to support high streets and town centres with a range of powerful measures to provide the tools for local partners to transform their centres for their local communities.
In Northern Ireland, we look forward to working with a restored Executive to determine the approach to supporting towns there. We recently announced a new Long Term Plans for Towns Taskforce, which will be reporting directly to the Prime Minister, and will aid in the rejuvenation of high streets and town centres across the United Kingdom.
Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)
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 the Ending Rough Sleeping for Good strategy, published September 2022.
Answered by Felicity Buchan
Since publishing the rough sleeping strategy last September, Government is making good progress on core commitments: for instance, we have extended our flagship Rough Sleeping Initiative to 2025, with over £530 million funding so that local areas can provide the tailored support needed to tackle rough sleeping in their areas. On the Rough Sleeping Accommodation Programme, we have now delivered over 5,000 units of accommodation out of a programme target of 6,000 and have launched the new £200 million Single Homelessness Accommodation Programme which will provide much needed homes for young people and rough sleepers with complex needs.
Rough sleeping levels are 35% lower in 2022 compared to the peak in 2017 and 28% lower than they were in 2019 before the pandemic. We will continue to work with local authorities and partners, the voluntary and community sector and private sector.
As the Hon. Member will be aware, rough sleeping and homelessness policy is devolved.
Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many UK citizens have taken part in the Homes for Ukraine guest since its establishment.
Answered by Felicity Buchan
The information requested is not held centrally.
Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to announce the location of a freeport in Northern Ireland.
Answered by Dehenna Davison
The Government has agreed and announced freeports with the Scottish and Welsh Governments and had previously engaged with the Northern Ireland Executive on this issue. However, given the absence of a functioning Northern Ireland Executive since February 2022, it is not possible to take this any further forward. The Government looks forward to pursuing further discussions with a restored Executive on extending the benefits of the freeports programme across the UK.