Written Question
Monday 12th February 2024
Asked by:
Vicky Ford (Conservative - Chelmsford)
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 proportion of people living in (a) tower blocks and (b) residential properties without a driveway own cars.
Answered by Lee Rowley
The Department does not hold the information required to fully respond to this question. We do hold some data on parking facilities available to households and dwellings, published annually in Live Tables DA2201, DA2202, and DA2203 available online, here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/amenities-services-and-local-environments.The Department does not collect data on households’ car ownership.
Written Question
Monday 12th February 2024
Asked by:
Vicky Ford (Conservative - Chelmsford)
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 and proportion of households that own a car that do not have a driveway.
Answered by Lee Rowley
The Department does not hold the information required to fully respond to this question. We do hold some data on parking facilities available to households and dwellings, published annually in Live Tables DA2201, DA2202, and DA2203 available online, here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/amenities-services-and-local-environments.The Department does not collect data on households’ car ownership.
Written Question
Wednesday 14th June 2023
Asked by:
Vicky Ford (Conservative - Chelmsford)
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 oral contribution on Amendment 476 of 22 May 2023 by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Faith and Communities and Lords Minister) in Lords Committee Stage of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill, Lords Official Report column 710, what progress his Department has made on including the recommended height for letter boxes into statutory guidance; and when he plans to (a) introduce and (b) implement that guidance.
Answered by Lee Rowley
We will give an update on this important matter in due course.
Written Question
Monday 21st November 2022
Asked by:
Vicky Ford (Conservative - Chelmsford)
Question
to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
What progress his Department has made on increasing the supply of social housing.
Answered by Lucy Frazer
This Government understands the importance of social housing and are clear that more homes must be built.
Our £11.5 billion Affordable Homes Programme will deliver tens of thousands of high-quality social homes right across the country, ensuring that hard working families and individuals can live in safety and security in the communities they call home.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 21 Nov 2022
Oral Answers to Questions
"In Chelmsford we badly need more social and affordable housing. When new housing developments are built, the local authority can set a rule that a certain proportion of the new homes must be affordable. I urge my right hon. Friend to consider enabling local authorities to put in place similar …..."Vicky Ford - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 21 Jan 2020
Grenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 1 Report
"It is an honour to follow the hon. Member for Reading East (Matt Rodda) and, indeed, so many colleagues from all parts of the Chamber who have made so many important observations about this issue and the way forward.
I will always remember the week of Grenfell. It was my …..."Vicky Ford - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 21 Jan 2020
Grenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 1 Report
"If I may, I will finish the point because this is an important statistic.
Whirlpool has reached out through national media, local media and social media—the radio, the newspaper—to try to find out where those 500,000 appliances are. It has been in touch with 2 million customers, but so far …..."Vicky Ford - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 21 Jan 2020
Grenfell Tower Inquiry: Phase 1 Report
"The hon. Gentleman makes an excellent broader point. Moving towards electrification is vital as part of our reaction to climate change and achieving net zero, but it needs to be done safely. The safety of the products that we buy online and in shops, and ensuring that those products can …..."Vicky Ford - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 05 Sep 2019
Building Safety
"Fire safety matters, but so does the health and safety of workers, so will the Secretary of State keep a focus on the current review of building regulations to make sure that that prohibition on low-level letterboxes is delivered?..."Vicky Ford - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 17 Jun 2019
Oral Answers to Questions
"Many thousands of new homes are planned in Chelmsford, but pressure on our infrastructure holds back economic growth, and we especially need the second railway station for the city. Will my hon. Friend update us on the status of our housing infrastructure bid?..."Vicky Ford - View Speech
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