Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth Sutton and Devonport)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the consultation on a proposed social housing rent cap in the 2023-24 financial year, when he will announce the outcome of that consultation.
Answered by Felicity Buchan
Our consultation closed on 12 October 2022. We will respond in due course.
Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth Sutton and Devonport)
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 mirrors that will need to be purchased for polling stations for elections in May 2023 to comply with new regulations on voter identification.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson
We estimate that one mirror will need to be purchased for each polling station and assume that there are 40,000 polling stations based on the 2019 elections.
Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth Sutton and Devonport)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Government's draft developer remediation contract published on 13 July 2022, when the final draft of that contract will be published.
Answered by Paul Scully
The Government published a draft of the developer remediation contract on 13 July 2022 and has since received comments and held discussions on the draft with various parties. We are in advanced negotiations with developers and will publish the contract once it has been finalised.
Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth Sutton and Devonport)
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 people in (a) Plymouth, (b) the South West of England and (c) England who may not have a valid photo ID suitable to enable them to vote in the May 2023 elections as of October 2022.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson
The Cabinet Office published a report on the levels of photographic identification ownership in Great Britain in May 2021.
A list of identification which will be accepted in polling stations can be found in the government's voter identification policy statement: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/voter-identification-at-polling-stations-and-the-new-voter-card.
Any eligible voter who does not have one of the wide range of acceptable forms of photographic identification, will be able to apply for a free Voter Authority Certificate from their local authority.
Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth Sutton and Devonport)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether the new proposed Decent Homes Standard for the private rented sector will cover accommodation used for the housing of asylum seekers and refugees as funded by the Home Office.
Answered by Paul Scully
We are proposing that the Decent Homes Standard will apply in the private rented sector when the property is occupied by persons as their only or main residence, in line with the Housing Act 2004, but we recognise there may be types of accommodation where it is not appropriate. This is why we launched our consultation on 2 September 2022, which asks about types of privately rented accommodation that should be required to meet the standard.
The consultation closes on Friday 14 October 2022 and the views received will help inform our decisions on scope.
Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth Sutton and Devonport)
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 17 June 2021 to Question 154372 on Parking: Key Workers, how much of that funding will come from his Department's budgets.
Answered by Neil O'Brien - Shadow Minister (Policy Renewal and Development)
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth Sutton and Devonport)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what further measures his Department plans to introduce to ensure that Ukrainian children arriving in the UK receive adequate housing, education and psychosocial support.
Answered by Eddie Hughes
I refer the Hon Member to the guidance for local authorities available online at: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/homes-for-ukraine-guidance-for-councils.