Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Bromborough)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made a recent assessment of the effectiveness of the Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019.
Answered by Dehenna Davison
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to Question UIN 182140 on 26th April 2023.
Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Bromborough)
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 publish the timetable for the extension of the Right to Buy scheme.
Answered by Baroness Maclean of Redditch
I refer the Hon. Member to my answer to Question UIN 139221 on 13 February 2023.
Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Bromborough)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has had recent discussions with social landlords on the cost of rectifying damp and mould in their properties.
Answered by Baroness Maclean of Redditch
We regularly engage with social landlords - as well as residents, experts and other sector representatives - about all aspects of our reform agenda, including our review of the Decent Homes Standard.
Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Bromborough)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
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 Baroness Maclean of Redditch
The data requested is not held centrally.
Asked by: Justin Madders (Labour - Ellesmere Port and Bromborough)
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 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 Bromborough)
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 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 Bromborough)
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 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 Bromborough)
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 effectiveness of insurance based tenancy deposit schemes.
Answered by Baroness Maclean of Redditch
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 Bromborough)
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 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 Bromborough)
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 estimate of the number of private rental properties in England in each year since 2014.
Answered by Baroness Maclean of Redditch
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.