Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities supports communities across the UK to thrive, making them great places to live and work.



Secretary of State

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Michael Gove
Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Shadow Ministers / Spokeperson
Liberal Democrat
Baroness Pinnock (LD - Life peer)
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Levelling Up, Communities and Local Government)
Baroness Thornhill (LD - Life peer)
Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Housing)

Labour
Lord Khan of Burnley (Lab - Life peer)
Shadow Spokesperson (Levelling Up, Housing, Communities and Local Government)
Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer)
Shadow Spokesperson (Levelling Up, Housing, Communities and Local Government)
Ministers of State
Lee Rowley (Con - North East Derbyshire)
Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
Parliamentary Under-Secretaries of State
Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con - Life peer)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
Baroness Scott of Bybrook (Con - Life peer)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
Felicity Buchan (Con - Kensington)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
Jacob Young (Con - Redcar)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
Simon Hoare (Con - North Dorset)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
Baroness Swinburne (Con - Life peer)
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
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Debates
Friday 24th May 2024
Select Committee Docs
Wednesday 29th May 2024
15:40
Written Answers
Friday 24th May 2024
Leasehold: Forfeiture
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what data his Department holds on the number …
Secondary Legislation
Friday 17th May 2024
Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) and Persons Subject to Immigration Control (Housing Authority Accommodation and Homelessness) (Amendment) Regulations 2024
Regulation 2 of these Regulations makes a number of changes to the Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) Regulations …
Bills
Monday 27th November 2023
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024
A bill to prohibit the grant or assignment of certain new long residential leases of houses, to amend the rights …
Dept. Publications
Thursday 20th June 2024
09:31

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Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities Commons Appearances

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Written Statements are made when a current event is not sufficiently significant to require an Oral Statement, but the House is required to be informed.

Most Recent Commons Appearances by Category
Apr. 22
Oral Questions
Sep. 14
Urgent Questions
May. 14
Written Statements
May. 15
Westminster Hall
May. 22
Adjournment Debate
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Bills currently before Parliament


A Bill to make provision to prevent public bodies from being influenced by political or moral disapproval of foreign states when taking certain economic decisions, subject to certain exceptions; and for connected purposes.

Commons Completed
Lords - 60%

Last Event - Committee Stage
Tuesday 14th May 2024
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A Bill to make provision changing the law about rented homes, including provision abolishing fixed term assured tenancies and assured shorthold tenancies; imposing obligations on landlords and others in relation to rented homes and temporary and supported accommodation; and for connected purposes.

Commons Completed
Lords - 40%

Last Event - 2nd Reading
Wednesday 15th May 2024

A Bill to make provision for expenditure by the Secretary of State and the removal of restrictions in respect of certain land for or in connection with the construction of a Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre.

Commons Completed
Lords - 20%

Last Event - 1st Reading
Thursday 23rd May 2024

Acts of Parliament created in the 2019 Parliament


A bill to prohibit the grant or assignment of certain new long residential leases of houses, to amend the rights of tenants under long residential leases to acquire the freeholds of their houses, to extend the leases of their houses or flats, and to collectively enfranchise or manage the buildings containing their flats, to give such tenants the right to reduce the rent payable under their leases to a peppercorn, to regulate the relationship between residential landlords and tenants, to regulate residential estate management, to regulate rentcharges and to amend the Building Safety Act 2022 in connection with the remediation of building defects and the insolvency of persons who have repairing obligations relating to certain kinds of buildings.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 24th May 2024 and was enacted into law.


A Bill to make provision for the setting of levelling-up missions and reporting on progress in delivering them; about local democracy; about town and country planning; about Community Infrastructure Levy; about the imposition of Infrastructure Levy; about environmental outcome reports for certain consents and plans; about regeneration; about the compulsory purchase of land; about information and records relating to land, the environment or heritage; for the provision for pavement licences to be permanent; about governance of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors; about vagrancy and begging; and for connected purposes.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 26th October 2023 and was enacted into law.


A Bill to make provision about non-domestic rating.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 26th October 2023 and was enacted into law.


A Bill to make provision about the regulation of social housing; about the terms of approved schemes for the investigation of housing complaints; and for connected purposes.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 20th July 2023 and was enacted into law.


A Bill to make provision about the safety of people in or about buildings and the standard of buildings, to amend the Architects Act 1997, and to amend provision about complaints made to a housing ombudsman.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 28th April 2022 and was enacted into law.


A Bill to make provision about the administration and conduct of elections, including provision designed to strengthen the integrity of the electoral process; about overseas electors; about voting and candidacy rights of EU citizens; about the designation of a strategy and policy statement for the Electoral Commission; about the membership of the Speaker's Committee; about the Electoral Commission's functions in relation to criminal proceedings; about financial information to be provided by a political party on applying for registration; for preventing a person being registered as a political party and being a recognised non-party campaigner at the same time; about regulation of expenditure for political purposes; about disqualification of offenders for holding elective offices; about information to be included in electronic campaigning material; and for connected purposes.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 28th April 2022 and was enacted into law.


A Bill to make provision about the rent payable under long leases of dwellings; and for connected purposes

This Bill received Royal Assent on 8th February 2022 and was enacted into law.


A Bill to make provision about matters attributable to coronavirus that may not be taken account of in making certain determinations for the purposes of non-domestic rating; and to make provision in connection with the disqualification of directors of companies that are dissolved without becoming insolvent.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 15th December 2021 and was enacted into law.


A Bill to confer relief from non-domestic rates for hereditaments in England and Wales

This Bill received Royal Assent on 29th April 2021 and was enacted into law.


A Bill to make provision to change the dates on which non-domestic rating lists must be compiled; and to change the dates by which proposed lists must be sent to billing authorities, the Secretary of State or the Welsh Ministers.

This Bill received Royal Assent on 15th March 2021 and was enacted into law.

Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities - Secondary Legislation

Regulation 2 of these Regulations makes a number of changes to the Allocation of Housing and Homelessness (Eligibility) (England) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1294) (“the Eligibility Regulations”).
These Regulations amend the Energy Performance of Building Regulations 2012 (“the Principal Regulations”) in relation to data sharing.
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Petitions

e-Petitions are administered by Parliament and allow members of the public to express support for a particular issue.

If an e-petition reaches 10,000 signatures the Government will issue a written response.

If an e-petition reaches 100,000 signatures the petition becomes eligible for a Parliamentary debate (usually Monday 4.30pm in Westminster Hall).

Trending Petitions
Petitions with most signatures
Petition Debates Contributed

Swifts have declined by over 50% in the UK. Adult swifts, known for site-fidelity, return to the same nests. We want swift bricks to be required in all new housing, to provide homes for these birds. Surveys show these are used by red-listed swifts, house martins, starlings and house sparrows.

During the coronavirus outbreak it is important that people have money for essentials such as utilities and food. The Government should require councils to suspend council tax payments, and directly fund local government operations, for the duration of the outbreak.

Mark Allen, aged 18, drowned after jumping into a freezing reservoir on a hot day in June 2018.

In May 2019 we watched whilst 3 throwlines were installed where he died.

Mark could have possibly been saved if they were in place beforehand.

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Departmental Select Committee

Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee

Commons Select Committees are a formally established cross-party group of backbench MPs tasked with holding a Government department to account.

At any time there will be number of ongoing investigations into the work of the Department, or issues which fall within the oversight of the Department. Witnesses can be summoned from within the Government and outside to assist in these inquiries.

Select Committee findings are reported to the Commons, printed, and published on the Parliament website. The government then usually has 60 days to reply to the committee's recommendations.


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Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee: Previous Inquiries
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Annual Report & Accounts 2019-20 Local government and the path to net zero Long-term delivery of social and affordable rented housing Progress on devolution in England Local Authorities and Commissioners inquiry Local Plans Expert Group recommendations inquiry Capacity in the homebuilding industry inquiry Public parks inquiry Adult social care inquiry Pre-appointment hearing: Chair of the Homes and Communities Agency Housing Ombudsman one-off evidence session Business rates inquiry Consultation on National Planning Policy inquiry Homelessness inquiry Pre-appointment hearing: Local Government Ombudsman Work of DCLG 2016 inquiry Homelessness Reduction Bill inquiry Work of DCLG Housing for older people inquiry Overview and scrutiny in local government Private Rented Sector inquiry Brexit and Local Government inquiry Housing need and the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) Business rates retention inquiry Department for Communities and Local Government Annual Report and Accounts 2016-17 Homelessness Reduction Act Independent review of building regulations Draft Tenant Fees Bill inquiry DCLG Annual Report and Accounts 2016 Integration Review one-off evidence session Housing for older people inquiry Overview and scrutiny in local government inquiry Government draft Public Service Ombudsman Bill inquiry Housing White Paper and business rates inquiry Land value capture inquiry Planning guidance on fracking inquiry Housing Ombudsman Pre-appointment Hearing inquiry MHCLG Housing priorities Integrated Communities Strategy Green Paper Pre-legislative scrutiny of the draft Non-Domestic Rating (Property in Common Occupation) Bill inquiry High streets and town centres in 2030 inquiry Local authority support for Grenfell Tower survivors inquiry Priorities for the Secretary of State inquiry Leasehold reform inquiry Social Housing Green Paper inquiry Funding of local authorities’ children’s services inquiry MHCLG Annual Report and Accounts 2017-18 inquiry Modern Methods of Construction inquiry Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman review session inquiry Local Government Finance and the 2019 Spending Review inquiry Implications of the Waste Strategy for Local Authorities inquiry Homelessness Reduction Act - One Year On inquiry Work of the Secretary of State 2019 inquiry Progress on devolution in England inquiry Long-term delivery of social and affordable rented housing inquiry Litter Jay Report into child sexual exploitation in Rotherham Community Rights Operation of the National Planning Policy Framework Local Government finance settlement 2014/15 Local government chief officers' remuneration Devolution in England: the case for local government Building Regulations certification of domestic electrical work Further review of the work of the Local Government Ombudsman Housing and Planning Bill one-off evidence session DCLG Annual Report 2014-15 inquiry Financial Settlement one-off evidence session Interim Chair of the Homes and Communities Agency Board one-off evidence session The Government's Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill inquiry The housing association sector and the Right to Buy inquiry Planning and productivity one-off evidence session DCLG priorities in the 2015 Parliament one-off evidence session Local Council bank loans inquiry Performance of the DCLG 2013-14 Work of the Communities and Local Government Committee Appointment of the Housing Ombudsman Private Rented Sector Local Government Procurement High Streets and Town Centres Performance of the DCLG 2012-13 Regulation Committee of the Homes and Communities Agency Planning issues Abolition of regional spatial strategies Localism Audit and inspection of local authorities Regeneration National Planning Policy Framework Taking forward Community Budgets Performance of the Department 2011-12 Building Regulations Localisation issues in welfare reform Proposed Code of Recommended Practice on Local Authority Publicity Local Government Ombudsman Mutual and co-operative approaches to delivering local services The role of local authorities in health issues The role of the Housing Ombudsman The Government’s Review of Planning Practice Guidance Greater London Authority Act 2007 and the London Assembly Park Homes Planning, housing and growth Councillors and the community Financing of new housing supply European Regional Development Fund Chief Fire and Rescue Adviser Sustainable Communities Act 2007 Community Budgets Decentralisation and codifying the relationship between central and local government Work of the Department Impact of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) on homelessness and the private rented sector Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill Reforming the Private Rented Sector Draft Strategy and Policy Statement for the Electoral Commission Funding for Levelling Up Electoral Registration Reforms to national planning policy The Spending Review and Local Government Finance Financial Reporting and Audit in Local Authorities The finances and sustainability of the social housing sector Shared Ownership Fire Safety Disabled people in the housing sector The Office for Local Government Local authorities in financial distress Children, young people and the built environment Improving the home buying and selling process The Committee’s past recommendations and the work of successive UK governments Cladding: progress on remediation Hazardous Substances (Planning) Common Framework Local Authority Financial Sustainability and the Section 114 Regime

50 most recent Written Questions

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20th May 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2024 to Question 25157 on Local Government: Elections, whether the number of veterans turned away from polling stations on 2 May 2024 after attempting to use their Veterans ID card as voter ID will be included within the interim report by the Electoral Commission.

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Simon Hoare
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
21st May 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the budgetary capacity of local authorities to deliver pay awards in line with inflation.

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Simon Hoare
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
21st May 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of local services outsourced by local authorities.

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Simon Hoare
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
21st May 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when his Department will respond to its consultation entitled Modern leasehold: restricting ground rent for existing leases, published on 6 December 2023.

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Lee Rowley
Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
21st May 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to help improve the take-up of commonhold as an alternative to leasehold ownership.

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Lee Rowley
Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
21st May 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he will publish the outcome of his Department's consultation entitled Private parking code of practice: call for evidence, which closed on 8 October 2023.

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Jacob Young
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
21st May 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking with representatives of the private parking industry to regulate parking fines.

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Jacob Young
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
21st May 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to publish the private parking code of practice.

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Jacob Young
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
21st May 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to create an independent regulator for parking charge notices.

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Jacob Young
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
21st May 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to continue funding for the Rough Sleeping Initiative after 2025.

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Felicity Buchan
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
21st May 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of extending the move-on period from 28 to 56 days for refugees leaving asylum support on homelessness.

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Felicity Buchan
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
21st May 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to work across Departments on supporting people with multiple complex needs who are homeless; and what steps he is taking to support such people out of homelessness.

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Felicity Buchan
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
21st May 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on the construction of homes on (a) flood plains and (b) arable farmland.

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Lee Rowley
Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
20th May 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will issue guidance to the directors of right to manage companies on their potential liability for fires at leasehold properties awaiting fire safety remediation; and if he will take steps to help mitigate that risk.

It has not proved possible to respond to the Rt Hon Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Lee Rowley
Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
20th May 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent discussions he has had with Bradford Council on its progress on re-opening the swimming pool in Bingley.

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Jacob Young
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
20th May 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an estimate of the number of children unable to continue in their existing educational placements as a result of being housed out of area (a) for temporary accommodation and (b) after being homeless, in the latest period for which data is available.

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Felicity Buchan
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
17th May 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many veterans were evicted from their properties in (a) 2018-19, (b) 2021-22 and (c) 2022-23.

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Felicity Buchan
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
16th May 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent steps his Department has taken to (a) improve the quality of and (b) increase the number of outreach programmes for people facing street homelessness.

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Felicity Buchan
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
17th May 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what his planned timetable is for confirming the levelling up funding for Warrington North.

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Jacob Young
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
16th May 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department plans to take to implement the Supported Housing (Regulatory Oversight) Act 2023.

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Jacob Young
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
16th May 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to help (a) reduce the number of children in temporary accommodation and (b) increase the number of children living in secure tenancies.

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Felicity Buchan
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
16th May 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department's consultation entitled Competence and Conduct Standard for social housing, published on 6 February 2024, if he will take steps to extend the (a) competence and (b) mandatory qualification standards to residential property managers.

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Jacob Young
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
16th May 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what data his Department holds on the number of leasehold homes that have been repossessed under forfeiture in each region since 2010.

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Lee Rowley
Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
16th May 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much funding his Department has provided to Slough Borough Council for social housing projects in each of the last five years.

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Jacob Young
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
16th May 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to help promote community cohesion in (a) towns and (b) cities.

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Lee Rowley
Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
21st May 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent discussions he has had with (a) HM Treasure and (b) the Prime Minister's Office on the local government funding settlement.

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Simon Hoare
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
16th May 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government whether the latest version of the Private Parking Code of Practice due to be issued shortly will include requirements on the use of the Welsh language in relation to Wales.

The proposed Private Parking Code of Practice will not set out any stipulations regarding the use of the Welsh language. The proposed Code of Practice will provide a single set of standards for the parking industry that will deliver fairness for motorists across Wales, as well as in England and Scotland.

The Government recently conducted a Call for Evidence to help ensure that our forthcoming consultation on capping parking charges and debt recovery fees is as well as informed as possible. Some members of the Welsh Parliament provided contributions to this Call for Evidence and their submissions were reviewed as part of our analysis of the Call for Evidence responses.

Baroness Swinburne
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
16th May 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government what representations they have received from Welsh Ministers and the Welsh Language Commissioner in relation to the Private Parking Code of Practice to be published under the Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019.

The proposed Private Parking Code of Practice will not set out any stipulations regarding the use of the Welsh language. The proposed Code of Practice will provide a single set of standards for the parking industry that will deliver fairness for motorists across Wales, as well as in England and Scotland.

The Government recently conducted a Call for Evidence to help ensure that our forthcoming consultation on capping parking charges and debt recovery fees is as well as informed as possible. Some members of the Welsh Parliament provided contributions to this Call for Evidence and their submissions were reviewed as part of our analysis of the Call for Evidence responses.

Baroness Swinburne
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
20th May 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government, what steps they are taking to address (1) concerns raised by landlords about potential below-market rents, and (2) any impact on property valuations, as a result of the proposed high street rental auction scheme.

It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.

Baroness Swinburne
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
16th May 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to establish further metro mayors in England.

It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.

Baroness Swinburne
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
14th May 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to (1) support rough sleepers, and (2) ensure their access to support services.

It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.

Baroness Scott of Bybrook
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
14th May 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the current scale of antisemitic activity and incidents in the UK.

It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.

Baroness Scott of Bybrook
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
16th May 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what support his Department provided to rough sleepers in Wellingborough constituency in Winter 2023-24; and what steps his Department plans to take for Winter 2024-25.

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Felicity Buchan
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
16th May 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an estimate of the proportion of houses in Wellingborough constituency that have an energy performance certificate rating of (a) A, (b) B, (c) C, (d) D and (e) E .

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Lee Rowley
Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
16th May 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the prevalence of damp and mould in social housing in (a) Wellingborough constituency and (b) Northamptonshire.

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Jacob Young
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
16th May 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the number of people living in overcrowded housing in Wellingborough constituency.

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Jacob Young
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
16th May 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many Help to Buy homeowners are waiting for a decision on a loan redemption application in (a) Wellingborough and (b) Northamptonshire.

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Lee Rowley
Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
16th May 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the supply of adapted housing for (a) adults and (b) children with disabilities in Wellingborough constituency.

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Jacob Young
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
16th May 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is undertaking to (a) protect and (b) enhance green spaces in Wellingborough constituency.

It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.

Jacob Young
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
21st May 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2024 to Question 25652 on Local Government: Elections, if he will survey returning officers on the number of completed postal vote packs that arrived with the returning officer after the close of polls on 2 May 2024.

This information is not collected centrally by the Government.

Simon Hoare
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
20th May 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent discussions he has had with Bradford Council on its financial viability.

In February 2024 the Government issued the Council with a Best Value Notice, as well as providing Exceptional Financial Support of £220 million for the financial years 2023/24 and 2024/25, subject to conditions.

The department continues to support and engage regularly with Bradford Council as part of the Best Value Notice process. This includes monthly meetings with Senior Council officers to ensure the Council is making good progress.

Simon Hoare
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
20th May 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much funding his Department has provided for library resources in the London Borough of Havering in each of the last five years.

The majority of the funding provided through the Local Government Finance Settlement is not ringfenced, in recognition of local authorities being best placed to understand local priorities. This includes funding for libraries.

The final Local Government Finance Settlement for 2024-25 makes available up to £64.7 billion, an increase in Core Spending Power of up to £4.5 billion or 7.5% in cash terms on 2023-24. This above-inflation increase demonstrates how the Government stands behind councils up and down the country.

For Havering Council, this Settlement represents an increase in Core Spending Power of up to £15.82 million (7.2%) – making available a total of up to £236.4 million in 2024-25. We have also published details of support agreed with a small number of councils, including Havering Council, that have requested financial support on an exceptional basis due to specific local issues that they are unable to manage themselves.

Simon Hoare
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
15th May 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government what is their response to the recommendation of Colin Bloom in his report Does government ‘do God?’ An independent review into how government engages with faith, published on 26 April 2023, regarding the appointment of an independent faith champion.

It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.

Baroness Scott of Bybrook
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
16th May 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Welsh Government about devolving justice and policing.

It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.

Baroness Swinburne
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
16th May 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Welsh Government about devolving broadcasting and communication.

It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.

Baroness Swinburne
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
22nd May 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address infrastructure and building safety issues within (1) school buildings, and (2) the NHS estate; and what is their current risk assessment for building collapse or failure in each of those.

It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.

Baroness Swinburne
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
14th May 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government when they will publish draft National Development Management Policies for consultation.

National Development Management Policies will set out clear principles for deciding planning applications in England and help to streamline local plans. The Government intends to consult fully on both the scope and content of National Development Management policies in due course.

Baroness Scott of Bybrook
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
14th May 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government what was the percentage turnout of voters in the May county council elections in England, by county.

The Electoral Commission is the independent electoral regulator and will be providing their analysis of the running of the May polls 2024. This will include data on turnout.

Baroness Scott of Bybrook
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)
15th May 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government how many women in England were rough sleeping in (1) 2019, (2) 2020, (3) 2021, (4) 2022, and (5) 2023.

The annual Rough Sleeping Snapshot includes the number of women estimated to be sleeping rough in England on a single night in autumn between 2019 and 2023.

The annual autumn snapshot statistics remain our official and most robust measure of rough sleeping on a single night given they are independently verified and are published in line with the Code of Practice for Statistics.

We recognise that women sleeping rough may experience rough sleeping differently and may be less likely to be seen during the annual snapshot count. DLUHC is supporting the Women’s Rough Sleeping Census – developed by Solace Women’s Aid, SHP and London Councils - which aims to collect more comprehensive data on women experiencing rough sleeping and trial different methods of data collection.

Baroness Scott of Bybrook
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)