Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Neston)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many Section 21 notices have been issued in every month since March 2022.
Answered by Rachel Maclean
The data requested is not held centrally.
Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Neston)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will publish the guidance his Department uses for diversity network events which require checks on external speakers prior to inviting them to participate in Civil Service events.
Answered by Dehenna Davison
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has due diligence guidance for staff networks considering using external speakers at DLUHC events.
It is imperative that we retain impartiality across the Civil Service.
Our due diligence process is published on the internal Departmental intranet setting out clearly the steps that are required.
Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Neston)
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 24 March 2023 to Question 17064 on Investment Zones: Ellesmere Port, if he will set out the specific reasons behind the decision not to proceed with Ellesmere Port industrial area as an investment zone, including any scoring or ranking applied to the Ellesmere Port investment zone bid.
Answered by Dehenna Davison
Further to the answer to Question UIN 167099 on 21 March 2023, I refer the Hon. Member to the information published at Autumn Statement on the Investment Zones programme.
Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Neston)
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 24 March 2023 to Question 170641 on Investment Zones: Ellesmere Port, if he will set out what alternative funding sources are available for the Ellesmere Port industrial area.
Answered by Dehenna Davison
Further to the answer to Question UIN 167099 on 21 March 2023, I refer the Hon. Member to the information published at Autumn Statement on the Investment Zones programme.
Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Neston)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of insurance based tenancy deposit schemes.
Answered by Rachel Maclean
The Government views the tenancy deposit protection system, including the insured schemes, as broadly effective in increasing tenant confidence and protecting against the loss of deposit monies and will continue to closely monitor the performance of the schemes.
Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Neston)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make a statement on the decision to not proceed with Ellesmere Port industrial area as an investment zone.
Answered by Dehenna Davison
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question UIN 167099 on 21st March 2023.
Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Neston)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an estimate of the number of private rental properties in England in each year since 2014.
Answered by Rachel Maclean
According to the most recent English Housing Survey, there were an estimated 4.33 million occupied dwellings within the private rented sector in 2021-22, compared to 4.02 million in 2013-14. Full stock tables for each year are available online at the following link.
Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Neston)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department's research entitled the impact of a change in the maximum park home sale commission, published June 2022, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department’s policies of that report's findings.
Answered by Rachel Maclean
We will consider the report in more detail and publish our response in due course.
Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Neston)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has contracted work to a business named in round 18 of the National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme in the last 3 years.
Answered by Rachel Maclean
All employers need to pay their staff correctly. Paying the minimum wage is not optional, it is the law. Under the National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme, employers who have previously broken minimum wage law can be publicly named.
The department follows a clear and thorough process allowing firms to make representations against being named if they meet our published criteria.
Details of Government contracts above £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder.
Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Neston)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the average processing time is for Voter Authority Certificate applications.
Answered by Dehenna Davison
Applications for Voter Authority Certificates are processed by Electoral Registration Officers. This process involves reviewing the application and photograph and checking the applicant’s electoral registration status. Applicants must also provide their National Insurance number, which is checked against existing data sets, or other relevant documentary evidence where they are unable to provide this. Information on their average processing times is not held by the Department.