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.
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 24 April 2023 to Question 181373 on A34: Oxfordshire, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of cancelling the A34 Lodge Hill slip road scheme on levels of housebuilding in Oxfordshire.
Answered by Rachel Maclean
Pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2023 to Question 181373 , Oxfordshire County Council are responsible for the scheme as the strategic transport authority.
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 the CEO of Homes England on funding for the A34 Lodge Hill Slip Road Scheme; and whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of cancelling that scheme on Oxfordshire's housing numbers.
Answered by Rachel Maclean
Homes England are in communication with Oxfordshire County Council regarding the funding for the A34 interchange.
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, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to repeal 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 the answer I gave to Question UIN 130114, on 26 January 2023.
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 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 the answer I gave to Question UIN 82438 on this important issue, on 14 November 2022.
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 (a) non-disclosure and (b) other confidentiality agreements relating to (i) employment, (ii) bullying, (iii) misconduct and (iii) harassment cases have been agreed by their Department in each year since 1 January 2010; and how much money from the public purse has been spent on (A) legal costs and (B) financial settlements for such agreements in each year since 1 January 2010.
Answered by Dehenna Davison
The information requested is not held centrally. The department however acts in line with published Cabinet Office guidance including, in particular paragraph 7.
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 live homelessness applications there were for (a) adults and (b) children in each local authority on 25 December 2021.
Answered by Felicity Buchan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
The latest statutory homelessness statistics for England are available here. This includes data on those served with a section 21 notice. Updates will be published 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 16 May 2022 to Question 437 on the 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)
Analysis of the responses to the consultation are ongoing, and a Government response to the consultation on replacement legislation for the Vagrancy Act will be issued 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, how many zero-carbon homes were built in each local authority in Oxfordshire in (a) 2015, (b) 2016, (c) 2017, (d) 2018, (e) 2019, (f) 2020 and (g) 2021.
Answered by Eddie Hughes
For 2015 and 2016, the requested information is not readily accessible. Figures for 2017-2021 are available via: https://epc.opendatacommunities.org/.
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 estimate he has made of (a) the number of officials in his Department involved in recording retained EU legislation for the purposes of the Retained EU Law Dashboard in the latest period for which figures are available and (b) the cost to the public purse of recording that information.
Answered by Eddie Hughes
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities does not hold this information.