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Lords Chamber
Building Repairs: VAT - Thu 14 Dec 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Lord Bishop of Chelmsford (Bshp - Bishops) The Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme has been a great help for certain kinds of buildings, but it - Speech Link
2: Baroness Penn (Con - Life peer) We have a reduced 5% rate of VAT for renovation works on residential properties, including the conversion - Speech Link
3: Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall (Lab - Life peer) I live in a very small house which happens to be listed, in a conservation area. - Speech Link
4: Lord Swire (Con - Life peer) If the Government are serious about reusing and refurbishing our stock of older properties, they should - Speech Link


Written Question
Armed Forces: Housing
Wednesday 1st May 2024

Asked by: Luke Pollard (Labour (Co-op) - Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport)

Question to the Ministry of Defence:

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the service family accommodation housing stock is in Woolwich; and how many service family accommodation properties in Woolwich are listed to be disposed of.

Answered by James Cartlidge - Minister of State (Ministry of Defence)

There are 261 Service Family Accommodation properties in Woolwich and 57 of those have been identified for disposal.


Scottish Parliament Written Question
S6W-25250
Friday 16th February 2024

Asked by: Lumsden, Douglas (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party - North East Scotland)

Question

To ask the Scottish Government what analysis it has undertaken of any impact of local authorities decreasing relief on non-domestic rates for empty, listed properties.

Answered by Arthur, Tom - Minister for Community Wealth and Public Finance

Empty Property Relief was devolved to local authorities on 1 April 2023, and it is for individual local authorities to decide how they will tailor any support for unoccupied property, including listed buildings, to best support their local needs.

As indicated in the recommendations of the New Deal for Business Non-Domestic Rates sub-group, the Scottish Government will undertake an initial review of the devolution of Empty Property Relief before the next revaluation in 2026.


Lords Chamber
Home Insulation: Health and Mortality Rates - Tue 19 Mar 2024
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Mentions:
1: Baroness Ludford (LD - Life peer) the Government given any thought to older houses, particularly ones in conservation areas or that are listed - Speech Link
2: Lord Callanan (Con - Life peer) Improvements in energy conservation for homes in listed or conservation areas is a difficult issue. - Speech Link
3: Lord Callanan (Con - Life peer) Of course, if the cavities are too small, those properties can benefit from internal or external wall - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Register of Derelict Buildings
1st reading - Wed 25 Oct 2023
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Nick Fletcher (Con - Don Valley) significance.As I come home on the train to Doncaster from Parliament on a Thursday evening, the first listed - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Storms: Weather Resilience - Thu 11 Jan 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Benyon (Con - Life peer) But we cannot ban the building of properties; we just have to make them resilient to flooding. - Speech Link
2: Lord Benyon (Con - Life peer) Approximately 40% of schemes and 45% of investment better protects properties in rural communities; and - Speech Link
3: Lord Benyon (Con - Life peer) how just a kerb being raised at a certain point, or a wall being extended, can protect a number of properties - Speech Link
4: Lord Bellingham (Con - Life peer) My Lords, I declare my interests as listed in the register. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Furnished Holiday Lettings: Taxation - Wed 01 May 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Peter Aldous (Con - Waveney) because there are areas of the country where local people are having great difficulty renting local properties - Speech Link
2: Peter Aldous (Con - Waveney) PASC estimates that a total of 197,000 properties in the UK fall within the FHL regime. - Speech Link
3: Angus Brendan MacNeil (Ind - Na h-Eileanan an Iar) Such properties have a community health aspect to them, over and above the money that they are raising - Speech Link
4: Peter Aldous (Con - Waveney) rate that is 4% higher than the top rate of capital gains tax that applies to a passive investor of listed - Speech Link


Secondary Legislation

Laid - 13 Mar 2024 In Force 6 Apr 2024

Biocidal Products (Health and Safety) (Amendment and Transitional Provision etc.) Regulations 2024
Department: Department for Work and Pensions
Made negative
Parliamentary Status - Legislation

These Regulations amend Regulation (EU) No 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012 concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products (EUR 2012/528) (“Regulation (EU) No 528/2012”).

Found: if it does not appear scientifically necessary to give the information on one or more of the items listed


Scottish Government Publication (Research and analysis)
Energy and Climate Change Directorate

Nov. 28 2023

Source Page: Heat in buildings - multiple ownership mixed use buildings: energy retrofit possibilities
Document: Heat in buildings - multiple ownership mixed use buildings: energy retrofit possibilities (webpage)

Found: TOIDs)Figure 3: Distribution between urban and rural propertiesFigure 4: Distribution of MOMU properties


Scottish Government Publication (Advice and guidance)
Local Government and Housing Directorate
Economic Development Directorate

Apr. 04 2024

Source Page: Local government finance circular 4/2024: Green Freeports Non-Domestic Rates relief and income retention
Document: Retention form - example (Excel)

Found: deductions1Amount payable to local authority in respect of 2024-2025 based on current rateable value of properties