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Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Tuesday 23rd April 2024

Asked by: John Penrose (Conservative - Weston-super-Mare)

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 respond to the letters of 9 February and 13 March 2024 from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare on behalf of a constituent relating to building costs.

Answered by Lee Rowley

I hope my Hon Friend will accept my apologies for my delay in responding to him. I instructed departmental officials to look into this case so that we could respond in full, which I did so on 19 April 2024.


Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Monday 6th March 2023

Asked by: John Penrose (Conservative - Weston-super-Mare)

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 respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare of 12 December 2022 and 13 January 2023 on behalf of his constituent Wendy Carlyon on a landlord’s petition.

Answered by Felicity Buchan

I apologise for the delay in responding to my Hon. Friend's correspondence. The department attaches great importance to the effective and timely handling of correspondence from Honourable Members. A response was issued to my Hon Friend on 6 March 2023.


Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Monday 27th February 2023

Asked by: John Penrose (Conservative - Weston-super-Mare)

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 respond to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare of 17 November 2022 and 19 December 2022 on behalf of his constituent Robert Dykes on boycotts.

Answered by Felicity Buchan

I apologise for the delay in responding to my Hon. Friend's correspondence. The department attaches great importance to the effective and timely handling of correspondence from Honourable Members. A response was issued on the 24 February 2023.


Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Friday 3rd February 2023

Asked by: John Penrose (Conservative - Weston-super-Mare)

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities when he will reply to the letters from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare dated 10th November and 14th December 2022 on behalf of his constituent, Nigel Campkin about building cladding.

Answered by Lee Rowley

A response was issued to my Hon. Friend's correspondence on 3 February 2023, following an internal review. I apologise for the delay and hope he finds the response helpful.


Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Thursday 12th January 2023

Asked by: John Penrose (Conservative - Weston-super-Mare)

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 reply to the letters from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare of 11 October and 21 November 2022 on behalf of his constituent, Mr Alan Brown, regarding solar panels.

Answered by Lee Rowley

I apologise for the delay in responding to my My Hon. Friend’s letters. The Department attaches great importance to the effective and timely handling of correspondence from Honourable Members. A response was issued to my Hon. Friend on the 6 January 2023.


Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Wednesday 14th December 2022

Asked by: John Penrose (Conservative - Weston-super-Mare)

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he will reply to the letters of 6 October and 3 November from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare on behalf of constituent, Mr Michael Hancock, on radon gas.

Answered by Lee Rowley

A response was issued to my Hon. Friend's letter on 14 December 2022.


Written Question
Homes for Ukraine Scheme
Wednesday 21st September 2022

Asked by: John Penrose (Conservative - Weston-super-Mare)

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how long he plans for the scheme of giving £350 per month payments to households hosting Ukrainian refugees to last; and what plans his Department has to update or modify that scheme in the event that the war in Ukraine continues for more than a year.

Answered by Andrew Stephenson

We are overwhelmed by the response we have received to the Homes for Ukraine programme and thank sponsors for their support. Lead sponsors can receive monthly £350 ‘thank you’ payments for up to 12 months of Homes for Ukraine sponsorship per address. These payments are funded separately to the £10,500 of funding available to local authorities for 12 months per person.


Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 27 Jun 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"1. What steps his Department is taking to increase housebuilding through densification of urban areas using local authority-approved building codes that pre-approve buildings. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 27 Jun 2022
Oral Answers to Questions

"I thank the Minister for that reply, and agree with him that the “street votes” idea—which the Secretary of State described as “a cracking idea” a few months ago from that very Dispatch Box—is extremely welcome and at the core of the Bill. Will he consider applying the same principles …..."
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Written Question
Members: Correspondence
Monday 13th June 2022

Asked by: John Penrose (Conservative - Weston-super-Mare)

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 respond to the letters of 4 April and 3 May 2022 from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare on behalf of his constituent, Louis Stuart-Kelso.

Answered by Eddie Hughes

A response to my Hon Friend has been issued.