Asked by: Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what information he holds on how many people were homeless on 25 December 2022.
Answered by Felicity Buchan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
The statutory homelessness statistics for England publishes quarterly data from local authorities, including households in temporary accommodation at the end of each quarter. Data for October – December 2022 is available at Tables on homelessness - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).
Asked by: Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon)
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 7 September 2023 Question 197602 on Vagrancy Act 1824, what his timeline is for publishing his Department’s response to the consultation on the Vagrancy Act 1824.
Answered by Felicity Buchan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
A Government response to the consultation on replacement legislation for the Vagrancy Act will be released in due course.
Asked by: Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon)
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 26 January 2023 to Question 130114 on Vagrancy Act 1824, what his timeline is for publishing his Department’s response to the consultation on the Vagrancy Act 1824.
Answered by Felicity Buchan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
I refer the Hon Member to my answer to Question UIN 82438 on 14 November 2022 and to the oral answer given on 10 July 2023 (Official Report, HL, Volume 831, Column 1514).
Asked by: Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent progress his Department has made on releasing funds from the Brownfield, Infrastructure and Land Fund to Homes England.
Answered by Rachel Maclean
Announcements will be set out in the usual way.
Asked by: Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what discussions he has had with Homes England of the use of funding from the Brownfield Land Release Fund for the Lodge Hill Junction scheme.
Answered by Rachel Maclean
In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of internal discussions are not normally disclosed.
Asked by: Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many times a Special Development Order has been used in each year since 2020.
Answered by Rachel Maclean
This information is publicly available, for example: The Town and Country Planning (Border Facilities and Infrastructure) (EU Exit) (England) Special Development Order 2020 (legislation.gov.uk) and The Town and Country Planning (Napier Barracks) Special Development Order 2021 (legislation.gov.uk).
Asked by: Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon)
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 25 April to Question 182684 on Renewable Energy: Planning Permission, how many inspector's reports issued to local planning authorities in the last six months on plans submitted for examination in accordance with section 20 of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 considered the application of his policy set out in the Written Ministerial Statement on Plan Making of 25 March 2015; how many of these reports commented that the policy had been overtaken by events including by existing and proposed changes to the Building Regulations; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Rachel Maclean
The information requested is held by the local authorities concerned.
Asked by: Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has had recent discussions with Homes England on releasing funding from the brownfield, infrastructure and land fund for use by the Lodge Hill Junction scheme.
Answered by Rachel Maclean
In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of internal discussions are not normally disclosed.
Asked by: Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many applications have been made for Voter Authority Certificates.
Answered by Dehenna Davison
Further to the answer given to Question UIN 165271 on 20 March 2023, I refer the Hon Member to the response to the Urgent Question on 27 April 2023 (Official Report, HC, Volume 731, Column 619 ).
Asked by: Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon)
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 issued guidance to local planning authorities on which policies are relevant for the purposes of sections 1(1)(c) and (5) of the Planning and Energy Act 2008.
Answered by Rachel Maclean
Government has published guidance on this as part of the Planning Practice Guidance series.