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Monday 11th March 2024 3:30 p.m. Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee - Private Meeting View calendar |
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Temporary Accommodation
Asked by: Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire) Monday 4th March 2024 Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the average length of time was that (a) families and (b) individual people spent in temporary accommodation in each year since 2015. Answered by Felicity Buchan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) Annual Statutory homelessness statistics (2021-22 and 2022-23) are publicly available at Homelessness statistics and include data on the length of time households spent in temporary accommodation. |
Temporary Accommodation: Families
Asked by: Dan Carden (Labour - Liverpool, Walton) Monday 4th March 2024 Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to help reduce the number of families in temporary accommodation in (a) Liverpool, Walton constituency and (b) the UK. Answered by Felicity Buchan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) I refer the Hon Member to my answer to Question UIN 14761 on 26 February 2024. |
Councillors: Disclosure of Information
Asked by: Rachel Hopkins (Labour - Luton South) Monday 4th March 2024 Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Government response to the Committee for Public Life report on Local Government Ethical Standards, published on 18 March 2022, what plans he has to ensure that councillors are not required to publicly disclose their home addresses. Answered by Simon Hoare - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) The sensitive interest provisions at Section 32 of the Localism Act 2011 currently allows councillors to request that their home addresses are not published if disclosure could lead to them, or a person connected to them, being subject to violence or intimidation. The Government encourages monitoring officers to look sympathetically at requests for withholding home addresses where there are legitimate concerns. Intimidation is unacceptable and it is vital that councillors feel able to raise concerns about intimidation, and that those in leadership positions in councils take concerns seriously and deal with them appropriately. |
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Magazine Press
Asked by: Jonathan Ashworth (Labour (Co-op) - Leicester South) Monday 4th March 2024 Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much funding his Department (a) allocated for and (b) spent on magazine subscriptions in each of the last three financial years. Answered by Simon Hoare - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) The information requested is not held centrally. |
Evictions: Homelessness
Asked by: Dan Carden (Labour - Liverpool, Walton) Monday 4th March 2024 Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment he has made of the potential impact of section 21 evictions on levels of homelessness. Answered by Jacob Young - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) The department publishes relevant official statistics and these are available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/homelessness-statistics. |
Freehold: Service Charges
Asked by: Neil O'Brien (Conservative - Harborough) Monday 4th March 2024 Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to help prevent unreasonable service charges on freehold estates. Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing) This Government is implementing significant reforms to support homeowners through the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill. As part of this, we will introduce measures to enable homeowners to hold estate management companies to account for what they spend. This includes giving homeowners more information on what they are paying for, and the ability to challenge the reasonableness of their costs. As Continued at Report Stage, the Government understands the strength of feeling on this issue, and we are considering it further. |
Housing: Construction
Asked by: Simon Fell (Conservative - Barrow and Furness) Monday 4th March 2024 Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans his Department has to increase the number of homes built on brownfield land. Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing) We are absolutely committed to building more houses in the right places – that is why we are prioritising brownfield sites in our towns and cities that already have the infrastructure in place to support households. We have set out our intention to introduce a ‘presumption in favour of brownfield development’ to make it harder to block building on brownfield sites. We are currently consulting on this and will report back in due course. |
Housing: Construction
Asked by: Jane Stevenson (Conservative - Wolverhampton North East) Monday 4th March 2024 Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans his Department has to increase the number of homes built on brownfield land. Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing) We are absolutely committed to building more houses in the right places – that is why we are prioritising brownfield sites in our towns and cities that already have the infrastructure in place to support households. We have set out our intention to introduce a ‘presumption in favour of brownfield development’ to make it harder to block building on brownfield sites. We are currently consulting on this and will report back in due course. |
Green Belt: Planning Permission
Asked by: Daisy Cooper (Liberal Democrat - St Albans) Monday 11th March 2024 Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to paragraph 61 of the National Planning Policy Framework, published in December 2023, whether it his policy that a local authority area being located wholly within the green belt should represent an exceptional circumstance to justify an alternative approach to using the standard method calculation when assessing housing need for the purposes of making a local plan. Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing) I refer the Hon Member to the written statement made by my Rt Hon Friend The Secretary of State (HCWS161) and the revisions made to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) on 19th December 2023. |
Retail Trade: Business Rates
Asked by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central) Friday 8th March 2024 Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to help new businesses access high street premises; and whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of reforming business rates to help facilitate this access. Answered by Jacob Young - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) Government has introduced High Street Rental Auctions through the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023. When the powers come into force, they will allow local authorities to require landlords to let their empty high street properties making town centre tenancies more accessible to businesses and community groups. At Autumn Statement 2023, the Government announced it would extend the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure relief scheme at 75 per cent, up to a cash cap of £110,000 per business for 2024-25. Around 230,000 retail, hospitality and leisure properties, including many on the high street will be eligible for this relief, a tax cut worth nearly £2.4 billion. In addition, the small business multiplier was frozen for the fourth consecutive year for 2024/25, protecting over a million ratepayers from a multiplier increase. |
Members: Correspondence
Asked by: Dawn Butler (Labour - Brent Central) Monday 11th March 2024 Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when the Government plans to respond to the letter of 29 November 2023 from the Hon. Member for Brent Central to the Prime Minister on Islamophobia. Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing) A response to the Hon Member’s letter was issued by my Hon Friend Baroness Penn on 1 March 2024. |
Travellers: Caravan Sites
Asked by: Preet Kaur Gill (Labour (Co-op) - Birmingham, Edgbaston) Monday 11th March 2024 Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to ensure (a) Birmingham City Council and (b) other Local Authorities designate an adequate number of authorised Gypsy and Traveller Sites. Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing) Responsibility for the assessment of and provision for traveller sites is with local authorities. |
Homelessness
Asked by: Caroline Lucas (Green Party - Brighton, Pavilion) Monday 11th March 2024 Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent steps his Department has taken to prevent homelessness upon discharge from a public institution. Answered by Felicity Buchan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) In September 2022, we published our cross-government strategy ‘Ending Rough Sleeping for Good’ setting out how we are investing almost £2.4 billion over three years to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping. This sets out a ‘prevention first approach’, including bringing forward investment so that nobody leaves a public institution for the streets, whether that is a hospital, prison, care or the asylum system. Homelessness and hospital discharge guidance was jointly published by DHSC and DLUHC on 26 January 2024 for staff in care transfer hubs and others involved in planning discharge of patients (including NHS, local authority, housing and other partners). The guidance is available here: Discharging people at risk of or experiencing homelessness. |
Sleeping Rough: Abuse and Crimes of Violence
Asked by: Caroline Lucas (Green Party - Brighton, Pavilion) Monday 11th March 2024 Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he has taken to prevent violence and abuse targeted at people experiencing rough sleeping. Answered by Felicity Buchan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) The streets can never be a place of safety for people sleeping rough and accommodation provides the safety and security needed for individuals to engage positively with support services. That is why the Government published the strategy Ending rough sleeping for good in September 2022 and is investing almost £2.4 billion from 2022 to 2025 to prevent homelessness and rough sleeping. |
Criminal Justice Bill: Homelessness
Asked by: Caroline Lucas (Green Party - Brighton, Pavilion) Monday 11th March 2024 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 (a) the Secretary of State for the Home Department and (b) organisations working with people experiencing homelessness on the Criminal Justice Bill. Answered by Felicity Buchan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of internal discussions are not normally disclosed. |
Planning Permission: Reform
Asked by: Daisy Cooper (Liberal Democrat - St Albans) Monday 11th March 2024 Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the consultation entitled Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill: reforms to national planning policy, published on 22 December 2022, and to paragraph 35(a) of the National Planning Policy Framework, published in December 2023, for what reason the words 'and is informed by agreements with other authorities, so that unmet need from neighbouring areas is accommodated where it is practical to do so and is consistent with achieving sustainable development' were not removed from that Framework. Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing) I refer the Hon Member to the written statement made by my Rt Hon Friend The Secretary of State (HCWS161) and the revisions made to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) on 19th December 2023. |
Green Belt: Planning Permission
Asked by: Daisy Cooper (Liberal Democrat - St Albans) Monday 11th March 2024 Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the consultation entitled Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill: reforms to national planning policy, published on 22 December 2022, and to paragraph 35(a) of the National Planning Policy Framework, published in December 2023, for what reason the words 'Green Belt boundaries are not required to be reviewed and altered if this would be the only means of meeting the objectively assessed need for housing over the plan period' were omitted from that Framework. Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing) I refer the Hon Member to the written statement made by my Rt Hon Friend The Secretary of State (HCWS161) and the revisions made to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) on 19th December 2023. |
Homelessness: Darlington
Asked by: Peter Gibson (Conservative - Darlington) Monday 11th March 2024 Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to help support efforts to tackle rough sleeping and homelessness in Darlington constituency. Answered by Felicity Buchan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) The Government is investing nearly £2.4 billion across three years to enable local areas to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping in England. This includes over £3.8 million allocated to the North-East, including Darlington, from the Rough Sleeping Initiative over the three-year period 2022-2025, and over £600,000 from the Homelessness Prevention Grant between 2023 and 2025. |
Refugees: Greater Manchester
Asked by: Afzal Khan (Labour - Manchester, Gorton) Monday 11th March 2024 Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent discussions he has had with local councils in Greater Manchester on the potential availability of housing for refugees who have reached the end of their move-on period. Answered by Felicity Buchan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) Ministers have discussions with local councils on a range of issues. |
Bolton Interfaith Council
Asked by: Mark Logan (Conservative - Bolton North East) Monday 11th March 2024 Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he is taking steps to support the Bolton Interfaith Forum. Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing) The Government is supportive of efforts by faith groups and others to bring together people of different faiths and beliefs. |
High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention
Asked by: Mike Penning (Conservative - Hemel Hempstead) Monday 11th March 2024 Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he is taking steps to ensure that EWS1 certificates are only issued by qualified (a) chartered or (b) incorporated engineers. Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing) The External Wall System Review form (EWS1) is not a statutory requirement or Government process and we have agreed with the industry that this should be minimised. The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) have issued guidance on its use and application, including on the relevant expertise and qualification of the signatories of EWS1 forms. RICS are clear that anyone instructing an EWS1 must be satisfied that the signatory meets the requirements in their guidance. |
Housing: Skilled Workers
Asked by: Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central) Monday 11th March 2024 Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of skills levels in the house building (a) sector and (b) supply chain on long term house building targets. Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing) I refer the Hon Member to the answer given to Question UIN 16166 on 5 March 2024. |
Buildings: Insurance
Asked by: Stephen Doughty (Labour (Co-op) - Cardiff South and Penarth) Monday 11th March 2024 Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the insurance industry on premiums for buildings affected by fire and building safety issues. Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing) The Government continues to work with the insurance industry to press for fair and proportionate premiums for leaseholders living in buildings with fire safety issues. The Government expects the industry to launch their risk sharing scheme as a matter of urgency, and departmental officials and I continue to correspond and meet the Association of British Insurers and industry to make this clear. |
Disabled Facilities Grants
Asked by: Ian Byrne (Labour - Liverpool, West Derby) Monday 11th March 2024 Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many Disabled Facilities Grants were distributed to private rented sector tenants last year. Answered by Felicity Buchan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) Government is committed to helping older and disabled people to live independently and safely. Government funding for Disabled Facilities Grant has more than doubled, rising from £220 million in 2015-16 to £623 million for 2023-24. The Department does not hold the requested data for 2023. |
Housing: Hendon
Asked by: Matthew Offord (Conservative - Hendon) Monday 11th March 2024 Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate his Department has made of the number of residential properties constructed in Hendon constituency in the last 14 years. Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing) The department’s most comprehensive measure of housing supply is our annual release entitled ‘Housing supply: net additional dwellings, England’. This includes estimates of new homes added in each local authority, but does not show figures at the constituency level. You can find data for the London Borough of Barnet here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-net-supply-of-housing. |
Housing: Disability
Asked by: Ian Byrne (Labour - Liverpool, West Derby) Monday 11th March 2024 Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many wheelchair-accessible homes have been built in England outside London in the last year. Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing) I refer the Hon Member to the answer I gave to Question UIN 15081 on 26 February 2024. |
Housing: Disability
Asked by: Ian Byrne (Labour - Liverpool, West Derby) Monday 11th March 2024 Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many new M4(2) homes have been built in England outside London in the last year. Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing) I refer the Hon Member to the answer I gave to Question UIN 15081 on 26 February 2024. |
Green Belt: Planning Permission
Asked by: Daisy Cooper (Liberal Democrat - St Albans) Monday 11th March 2024 Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to paragraph 145 of the National Planning Policy Framework, published in December 2023, whether it his policy that the threshold for an exceptional circumstance would be met by a local authority area seeking to alter green belt boundaries for the purposes of making a local plan in circumstances where housing need as calculated by the standard method cannot be met having exhausted all development opportunities (a) not in the green belt and (b) in existing brownfield sites within the existing green belt boundaries. Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing) I refer the Hon Member to the written statement made by my Rt Hon Friend The Secretary of State (HCWS161) and the revisions made to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) on 19th December 2023. |
Green Belt: Planning Permission
Asked by: Daisy Cooper (Liberal Democrat - St Albans) Monday 11th March 2024 Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement entitled The Next Stage in Our Long Term Plan for Housing Update, HCWS161, published on 19 December 2023, and paragraph 145 of the National Planning Policy Framework, published in December 2023, whether local authorities are required to include green belt sites in their local plan to meet housing needs targets as calculated by the Standard Method. Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing) I refer the Hon Member to the written statement made by my Rt Hon Friend The Secretary of State (HCWS161) and the revisions made to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) on 19th December 2023. |
Planning Permission: Reform
Asked by: Daisy Cooper (Liberal Democrat - St Albans) Monday 11th March 2024 Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the consultation entitled Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill: reforms to national planning policy, published on 22 December 2022, and to paragraph 35(a) of the National Planning Policy Framework, published in December 2023, for what reason his Department omitted from that paragraph the words, so far as possible, taking into account the policies of in this Framework. Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing) I refer the Hon Member to the written statement made by my Rt Hon Friend The Secretary of State (HCWS161) and the revisions made to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) on 19th December 2023. |
Planning Permission: Reform
Asked by: Daisy Cooper (Liberal Democrat - St Albans) Monday 11th March 2024 Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the consultation entitled Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill: reforms to national planning policy, published on 22 December 2022, and to paragraph 35(a) of the National Planning Policy Framework, published in December 2023, what assessment his Department made of the potential merits of omitting from that paragraph the words 'as a minimum'. Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing) I refer the Hon Member to the written statement made by my Rt Hon Friend The Secretary of State (HCWS161) and the revisions made to the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) on 19th December 2023. |
Parking: Private Sector
Asked by: Bill Esterson (Labour - Sefton Central) Wednesday 6th March 2024 Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing regulatory scrutiny of private parking companies. Answered by Jacob Young - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) The Government is aware of concerns regarding the practices of some private parking operators. Following the introduction of the Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019, the Government is taking action to improve the regulation of the private parking industry. |
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Publishing
Asked by: Jonathan Ashworth (Labour (Co-op) - Leicester South) Wednesday 6th March 2024 Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what reports and guidance their Department has produced in the last three financial years; and how much was spent on their (a) printing and (b) distribution. Answered by Simon Hoare - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) The requested information is not centrally held. |
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Official Gifts and Official Hospitality
Asked by: Mike Amesbury (Labour - Weaver Vale) Wednesday 6th March 2024 Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what (a) hospitality and (b) gifts in kind Ministers in his Department received in the last 12 months. Answered by Simon Hoare - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities) In line with the practice of successive administrations, such details are published online. |
Department Publications - Guidance |
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Thursday 7th March 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities Source Page: Local Authority Housing Fund: Round 3 Document: Local Authority Housing Fund: Round 3 (webpage) |
Friday 8th March 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities Source Page: Planning Act 2008: Infrastructure Planning (Fees) Regulations 2010 - cost recovery by The Planning Inspectorate and Public Bodies Document: Planning Act 2008: Infrastructure Planning (Fees) Regulations 2010 - cost recovery by The Planning Inspectorate and Public Bodies (webpage) |
Department Publications - Consultations |
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Wednesday 6th March 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities Source Page: An accelerated planning system: consultation Document: An accelerated planning system: consultation (webpage) |
Department Publications - Research |
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Wednesday 13th March 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities Source Page: Local authorities borrowing and investments: UK live tables Quarter 4 2023 to 2024 January to March Document: Local authorities borrowing and investments: UK live tables Quarter 4 2023 to 2024 January to March (webpage) |
Wednesday 13th March 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities Source Page: Local authority capital expenditure and receipts in England: 2023 to 2024 provisional outturn and 2024 to 2025 forecast Document: Local authority capital expenditure and receipts in England: 2023 to 2024 provisional outturn and 2024 to 2025 forecast (webpage) |
Tuesday 12th March 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities Source Page: Planning applications in England: October to December 2024 Document: Planning applications in England: October to December 2024 (webpage) |
Parliamentary Debates |
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5G Masts: Greater Manchester
20 speeches (4,952 words) Wednesday 13th March 2024 - Westminster Hall Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Mentions: 1: Jim McMahon (LAB - Oldham West and Royton) I reached out to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities in April last year, but did - Link to Speech 2: Julia Lopez (Con - Hornchurch and Upminster) issues that he raised that we do not have time to go into today.We will be working closely with the Department - Link to Speech |
Scottish Government: Devolved Competences
21 speeches (1,606 words) Wednesday 13th March 2024 - Lords Chamber Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Con - Life peer) They are led by DLUHC, and I believe Brendan Threlfall is the director-general, working under Minister - Link to Speech |
Budget Resolutions
181 speeches (50,203 words) Tuesday 12th March 2024 - Commons Chamber HM Treasury Mentions: 1: Clive Betts (Lab - Sheffield South East) assumed 5% productivity increases in the Budget, they are also assuming that central funding from the Department - Link to Speech 2: Yvonne Fovargue (Lab - Makerfield) Work and Pensions looks after deductions from universal credit, and rent arrears are dealt with the Department - Link to Speech |
Land Use Framework
20 speeches (1,552 words) Tuesday 12th March 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Mentions: 1: Lord Douglas-Miller (Con - Life peer) That includes the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing - Link to Speech |
Budget Resolutions
140 speeches (45,032 words) Monday 11th March 2024 - Commons Chamber Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Mentions: 1: Cherilyn Mackrory (Con - Truro and Falmouth) with Departments across Government, to start to reach the balance that we need.It started with the Department - Link to Speech |
International Women’s Day
73 speeches (36,012 words) Friday 8th March 2024 - Lords Chamber HM Treasury Mentions: 1: Baroness Chakrabarti (Lab - Life peer) radical as to be branded extreme by the thought police of the Home Office and the ironically titled Department - Link to Speech |
Business of the House
85 speeches (10,217 words) Thursday 7th March 2024 - Commons Chamber Leader of the House Mentions: 1: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) Office has done work in this area, and he will know that Departments have had initiatives, such as the Department - Link to Speech |
Budget Resolutions
206 speeches (46,853 words) Thursday 7th March 2024 - Commons Chamber Department for Work and Pensions Mentions: 1: Damian Collins (Con - Folkestone and Hythe) I encourage the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Homes England to continue their - Link to Speech 2: Matt Western (Lab - Warwick and Leamington) Meanwhile, unprotected Departments such as the Home Office, the Ministry of Justice and DLUHC—local government—will - Link to Speech |
Higher Education
53 speeches (23,082 words) Thursday 7th March 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Education Mentions: 1: Lord Watson of Invergowrie (Lab - Life peer) councils were having to scale back or freeze levelling-up projects because of soaring costs and that the Department - Link to Speech |
Oral Answers to Questions
164 speeches (11,329 words) Tuesday 5th March 2024 - Commons Chamber Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Julie Marson (Con - Hertford and Stortford) Friend work with colleagues in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with whom I - Link to Speech |
Farming
104 speeches (44,531 words) Monday 4th March 2024 - Commons Chamber Wales Office Mentions: 1: Fay Jones (Con - Brecon and Radnorshire) The matter that he has raised will, of course, be one for Ministers in DEFRA and the Department for Levelling - Link to Speech 2: Alex Sobel (LAB - Leeds North West) DEFRA and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities should offer seed funding for many - Link to Speech |
Select Committee Documents |
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Thursday 14th March 2024
Correspondence - Correspondence to the Secretary of State regarding the Committee's Urban Green Spaces inquiry, dated 14 March 2024 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee Found: serious threat and this letter sets out how we th ink Government should respond. 2 Although Defra and DLUHC |
Wednesday 13th March 2024
Correspondence - Further correspondence from Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, and Minister for Intergovernmental Relations, relating to Parliamentary Scrutiny of Institutions with Devolved Powers, dated 21 February 2024 Liaison Committee (Commons) Found: Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities Sir Bernard Jenkin MP Chair of the Liaison Committee |
Wednesday 13th March 2024
Correspondence - Reply from the Chair to Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, and Minister for Intergovernmental Relations, relating to Parliamentary Scrutiny of Institutions with Devolved Powers, dated 18 January 2024 Liaison Committee (Commons) Found: publications/41012/documents/199700/default/ Rt Hon Michael Gove MP Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing |
Wednesday 13th March 2024
Correspondence - Correspondence from Rt Hon Michael Gove MP, Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, and Minister for Intergovernmental Relations, relating to Parliamentary Scrutiny of Institutions with Devolved Powers, dated 19 December 2023 Liaison Committee (Commons) Found: Jenkin MP Chair, Liaison Committee Rt Hon Michael Gove MP Secretary of State for Levelling up Housing |
Tuesday 12th March 2024
Written Evidence - Bedford For a Re-Consultation (BFARe) STO0073 - Strategic transport objectives Strategic transport objectives - Transport Committee Found: , it is unclear what discussions, if any, have been held between the EWR Economic Growth Board, DLUHC |
Tuesday 12th March 2024
Correspondence - Letter from Rt Hon. Michael Gove MP, Secretary of State, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to Lord Moylan, 8 March 2024 Built Environment Committee Found: Michael Gove MP, Secretary of State, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to Lord Moylan |
Tuesday 12th March 2024
Written Evidence - British Chambers of Commerce HSC0002 - High streets in towns and small cities High streets in towns and small cities - Built Environment Committee Found: Action from DLUHC is required to ensure the business voice is listened to and acted upon. |
Monday 11th March 2024
Correspondence - Correspondence from Sarah Healey CB CVO, Permanent Secretary, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, re In-principle capitalisation support for local authorities, dated 29 February 2024 Public Accounts Committee Found: Correspondence from Sarah Healey CB CVO, Permanent Secretary, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and |
Monday 11th March 2024
Correspondence - Correspondence from Conrad Smewing, Director General Public Spending, HM Treasury, re HMT response to PAC on Local Audit, dated 1 March 2024 Public Accounts Committee Found: The National Audit Office ( NAO) and DLUHC both have consultations underway , and the Chartered Institute |
Monday 11th March 2024
Special Report - Second Special Report - A hostage to fortune: ransomware and UK national security: Government Response to the Committee’s First Report National Security Strategy (Joint Committee) Found: While local authorities are responsible for the resilience of their networks and systems, the Department |
Friday 8th March 2024
Special Report - Fifth Special Report - Safety at major sporting events: Government Response to the Committee’s First Report Culture, Media and Sport Committee Found: This online hate crime reporting portal is maintained by the police and funded by the Department for |
Thursday 7th March 2024
Scrutiny evidence - Submission on the Statement of changes in Immigration Rules (HC 556) and government response Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee Found: sponsors under the HFUS Scheme are not contained within the Immigration Rules, but are published by the Department |
Thursday 7th March 2024
Formal Minutes - Formal Minutes 2023-24 Public Accounts Committee Found: November 2023 Further information regarding Treasury Minute progress reports Correspondence from the Department |
Thursday 7th March 2024
Estimate memoranda - Supplementary Estimates Memoranda 2023-24 - The Statistics Board Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee Found: +£1.225m Budget Cover Transfer (BCT) with D epartment for Levelling Up Housing and Communities (DLUHC |
Wednesday 6th March 2024
Written Evidence - Chartered Institute of Housing GEX0001 - Government resilience: extreme weather Public Accounts Committee Found: : extreme weather . 2 The Housing Health and Safety Rating System (England) Regulations 2005. 3 DLUHC |
Wednesday 6th March 2024
Written Evidence - British Red Cross GEX0011 - Government resilience: extreme weather Public Accounts Committee Found: hold a Minister responsible for resilience issues. 12.In addition, depending on the incident, the Department |
Wednesday 6th March 2024
Written Evidence - Association of British Insurers GEX0018 - Government resilience: extreme weather Public Accounts Committee Found: 4.The insurance industry has long been calling for greater alignment between Defra and DLUHC |
Wednesday 6th March 2024
Written Evidence - Keep Britain Tidy GEX0009 - Government resilience: extreme weather Public Accounts Committee Found: In addition to this work, we deliver the Green Flag and Blue Flag Awards on behalf of DLUHC. |
Wednesday 6th March 2024
Written Evidence - Local Government Association GEX0021 - Government resilience: extreme weather Public Accounts Committee Found: The LGA is pleased to see that the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities is piloting |
Wednesday 6th March 2024
Oral Evidence - Electoral Commission, Electoral Commission, Electoral Commission, and Electoral Commission Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission Found: that work and I think—the Minister will know better than I do—that order is going to be laid by DLUHC |
Wednesday 6th March 2024
Oral Evidence - Local Government Boundary Commission for England, Local Government Boundary Commission for England, and Local Government Boundary Commission for England Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission Found: that work and I think—the Minister will know better than I do—that order is going to be laid by DLUHC |
Wednesday 6th March 2024
Estimate memoranda - Department for Transport Supplementary Estimates Memorandum 2023-24 Transport Committee Found: Authori�es (MCAs) as they have able to retain Business Rates Reten�on (BRR) income due to a change in DLUHC |
Wednesday 6th March 2024
Written Evidence - Local Government Association (LGA) YDP0074 - The transition from education to employment for young disabled people Access to public services for young disabled people - Public Services Committee Found: While the LGA has welcomed the decision taken by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Community |
Wednesday 6th March 2024
Written Evidence - Stop the Arc STO0072 - Strategic transport objectives Strategic transport objectives - Transport Committee Found: 80,000 new jobs in Cambridge by 20502 a.HMT appear to have endorsed both sets of assumptions. b.The DLUHC |
Wednesday 6th March 2024
Estimate memoranda - Ministry of Justice Supplementary Estimate Memorandum 2023-24 Justice Committee Found: for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Blackpool Magistrates Court £4.550m Department for |
Wednesday 6th March 2024
Oral Evidence - Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Department for Transport, Department for Transport, and East West Rail Strategic transport objectives - Transport Committee Found: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Department for Transport, Department for Transport |
Wednesday 6th March 2024
Oral Evidence - The University of Glasgow, and Department for Exiting the European Union The Governance of the Union: Consultation, Co-operation and Legislative Consent - Constitution Committee Found: These were new agencies that had started off in the Cabinet Office and then got hijacked into DLUHC |
Wednesday 6th March 2024
Oral Evidence - England's Economic Heartland, Oxford to Cambridge Science Supercluster Board, and Bedford Borough Council Strategic transport objectives - Transport Committee Found: Are you wading through treacle, or are you talking to DLUHC, the Treasury, the DFT? |
Wednesday 6th March 2024
Oral Evidence - 2024-03-06 09:15:00+00:00 National Audit Office Strategy and Main Estimate 2024-25 - Public Accounts Commission Committee Found: has committed to consider using his code powers as part of a wider set of actions co-ordinated by DLUHC |
Tuesday 5th March 2024
Oral Evidence - 2024-03-05 16:15:00+00:00 Proposals for backbench debates - Backbench Business Committee Found: Would it be the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, given the planning angle, or |
Tuesday 5th March 2024
Correspondence - Correspondence from StepChange following oral evidence on debt advice, 9 February 2024 Treasury Committee Found: The Citizens Advice and LGA Council Tax Protocol , alongside t he Department for Levelling Up, Housing |
Tuesday 5th March 2024
Estimate memoranda - Department for Education Supplementary Estimate Memorandum 2023-24 Education Committee Found: - Family Voice project 0 -30 -30 BCT OUT to Local Gov (DLUHC) Financial Transparency of |
Tuesday 5th March 2024
Written Evidence - Critical Minerals Association (UK) IPO0028 - Industrial policy Industrial policy - Business and Trade Committee Found: media/62f36bafe90e07714288b188/resilience_for_the_future_the_u ks_critical_minerals_strategy.pdf 16 Department |
Tuesday 5th March 2024
Written Evidence - Heart of London Business Alliance IPO0006 - Industrial policy Industrial policy - Business and Trade Committee Found: creative industries work needs to be done across multiple departments such as DCMS, DfT, DBT and DLUHC |
Tuesday 5th March 2024
Correspondence - Letter from the Minister for Victims and Safeguarding regarding proposed data sharing firewall between the Police and Immigration Enforcement, the Support for Migrant Victims scheme and the No Women Turned Away project, dated 29 February 2024 Home Affairs Committee Found: I understand that the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, which finances this service |
Tuesday 5th March 2024
Report - Third Report - Health barriers for girls and women in sport Women and Equalities Committee Found: and Social Care, Department for Transport, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and Department |
Tuesday 5th March 2024
Estimate memoranda - Defra Supplementary Estimate 2023/24 Memorandum Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee Found: Contributing departments are the Department for Transport and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing |
Friday 9th February 2024
Correspondence - Correspondence from the Promoter to Select Committee Chair responding to questions relating to the Holocaust Memorial Bill Holocaust Memorial Bill Select Committee Found: State for Housing’, Report: APP/XF990/V/19/3240661, 29 April 2021, p195 para 15.199. 3 Ministry of Housing |
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Social Work: Training
Asked by: Steve McCabe (Labour - Birmingham, Selly Oak) Thursday 14th March 2024 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 18 of the Veterans’ Strategy Action Plan 2022-2024, CP 598, published in January 2022, when she plans to implement veteran-aware training for social work teams in every local authority in England. Answered by Maria Caulfield - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women) The Veterans’ Strategy Action Plan 2022-2024 included a commitment for the Office for Veterans' Affairs, the Department of Health and Social Care, and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to explore options for the introduction of veteran-aware training for social work teams in every local authority in England. There are no immediate plans to implement this specific training. Instead, the Principal Social Work Network for Adults across England meet on a regular basis to review all aspects of social work practice and training, underpinned by statutory and policy guidance, which includes the needs of the veteran community. This national network comprises of representatives from all settings including local authorities, National Health Service bodies, the voluntary sector, and Ministry of Defence organisations, and shares an undertaking to develop the competence of the workforce to meet the needs of all vulnerable groups, including veterans and their families and carers. The Government has an ambition to make the United Kingdom the best place in the world to be a veteran by 2028. Veterans are entitled to the same social care and support as the civilian population in England. |
Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities: Anti-Muslim Hatred Working Group
Asked by: Anneliese Dodds (Labour (Co-op) - Oxford East) Thursday 14th March 2024 Question to the Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the document entitled Draft terms of reference for the Anti-Muslim Hatred Working Group, what updates his Department has provided on relevant developments in its area of work to that group since 2019. Answered by Tom Tugendhat - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security) Ministers and officials have regular discussions with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities over a range of issues. More broadly, I refer the hon. Member to the answer of 1 March 2024, Official Report, PQ 16019 on tackling anti-Muslim hatred.
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Music Venues: Finance
Asked by: Kerry McCarthy (Labour - Bristol East) Wednesday 13th March 2024 Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to require large music venues and arenas to commit to a ticket levy to help fund grassroots music venues. Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) The Government is committed to supporting our grassroots music venues, which play an absolutely crucial role in our world-leading music sector and developing homegrown talent. That is why we are supporting live music through a range of measures. This includes an additional £5 million to Arts Council England’s (ACE’s) successful Supporting Grassroots Music fund, as set out in the Creative Industries Sector Vision in June. This expands and extends ACE’s existing grassroots fund, and takes our total investment in grassroots music through the fund to almost £15 million since 2019. This fund will enable venues to increase support for young and emerging artists, improve equipment and physical infrastructure, and support venues to become more financially resilient and develop new income streams. This is in addition to other Government support including the Culture Recovery Fund, which provided over £200m of support for live music venues, the £800m Live Events Reinsurance Scheme, alongside the cross-sector grants, loans, and reduction of VAT on tickets to 5%. Further, over £3 million was provided during the pandemic from the Emergency Grassroots Music Venues Fund. Music venues are also eligible for the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Business Rates Relief, with a 75% relief up to a cash cap limit of £110,000 per business. This relief was extended for a further year during the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement. DCMS and DLUHC are also working closely with the sector to revise planning guidelines to ensure that new developments engage with existing music venues before being built. Industry-led discussions are ongoing regarding increased support for grassroots music venues from larger events and venues, and DCMS actively supports these sector-led initiatives. Whilst we have no current plans to mandate a ticket levy, Ministers and officials continue to engage with industry to understand the challenges and review opportunities to strengthen the financial resilience of the grassroots music sector. |
Music Venues: Finance
Asked by: Kerry McCarthy (Labour - Bristol East) Wednesday 13th March 2024 Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of an emergency fund for grassroots music venues to prevent closures. Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) The Government is committed to supporting our grassroots music venues, which play an absolutely crucial role in our world-leading music sector and developing homegrown talent. That is why we are supporting live music through a range of measures. This includes an additional £5 million to Arts Council England’s (ACE’s) successful Supporting Grassroots Music fund, as set out in the Creative Industries Sector Vision in June. This expands and extends ACE’s existing grassroots fund, and takes our total investment in grassroots music through the fund to almost £15 million since 2019. This fund will enable venues to increase support for young and emerging artists, improve equipment and physical infrastructure, and support venues to become more financially resilient and develop new income streams. This is in addition to other Government support including the Culture Recovery Fund, which provided over £200m of support for live music venues, the £800m Live Events Reinsurance Scheme, alongside the cross-sector grants, loans, and reduction of VAT on tickets to 5%. Further, over £3 million was provided during the pandemic from the Emergency Grassroots Music Venues Fund. Music venues are also eligible for the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Business Rates Relief, with a 75% relief up to a cash cap limit of £110,000 per business. This relief was extended for a further year during the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement. DCMS and DLUHC are also working closely with the sector to revise planning guidelines to ensure that new developments engage with existing music venues before being built. Industry-led discussions are ongoing regarding increased support for grassroots music venues from larger events and venues, and DCMS actively supports these sector-led initiatives. Whilst we have no current plans to mandate a ticket levy, Ministers and officials continue to engage with industry to understand the challenges and review opportunities to strengthen the financial resilience of the grassroots music sector. |
Music Venues: Finance
Asked by: Kevin Brennan (Labour - Cardiff West) Wednesday 13th March 2024 Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had recent discussions with representatives of the live music industry on introducing a ticket levy on large scale music arenas to support grassroots live music. Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) The Government is committed to supporting our grassroots music venues, which play an absolutely crucial role in our world-leading music sector and developing homegrown talent. That is why we are supporting live music through a range of measures. This includes an additional £5 million to Arts Council England’s (ACE’s) successful Supporting Grassroots Music fund, as set out in the Creative Industries Sector Vision in June. This expands and extends ACE’s existing grassroots fund, and takes our total investment in grassroots music through the fund to almost £15 million since 2019. This fund will enable venues to increase support for young and emerging artists, improve equipment and physical infrastructure, and support venues to become more financially resilient and develop new income streams. This is in addition to other Government support including the Culture Recovery Fund, which provided over £200m of support for live music venues, the £800m Live Events Reinsurance Scheme, alongside the cross-sector grants, loans, and reduction of VAT on tickets to 5%. Further, over £3 million was provided during the pandemic from the Emergency Grassroots Music Venues Fund. Music venues are also eligible for the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Business Rates Relief, with a 75% relief up to a cash cap limit of £110,000 per business. This relief was extended for a further year during the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement. DCMS and DLUHC are also working closely with the sector to revise planning guidelines to ensure that new developments engage with existing music venues before being built. Industry-led discussions are ongoing regarding increased support for grassroots music venues from larger events and venues, and DCMS actively supports these sector-led initiatives. Ministers and officials continue to engage with industry to understand the challenges and review opportunities to strengthen the financial resilience of the grassroots music sector. |
Music Venues: Finance
Asked by: Kevin Brennan (Labour - Cardiff West) Wednesday 13th March 2024 Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will take steps to provide urgent support to grassroots music venues at risk of closure in the context of increased costs. Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) The Government is committed to supporting our grassroots music venues, which play an absolutely crucial role in our world-leading music sector and developing homegrown talent. That is why we are supporting live music through a range of measures. This includes an additional £5 million to Arts Council England’s (ACE’s) successful Supporting Grassroots Music fund, as set out in the Creative Industries Sector Vision in June. This expands and extends ACE’s existing grassroots fund, and takes our total investment in grassroots music through the fund to almost £15 million since 2019. This fund will enable venues to increase support for young and emerging artists, improve equipment and physical infrastructure, and support venues to become more financially resilient and develop new income streams. This is in addition to other Government support including the Culture Recovery Fund, which provided over £200m of support for live music venues, the £800m Live Events Reinsurance Scheme, alongside the cross-sector grants, loans, and reduction of VAT on tickets to 5%. Further, over £3 million was provided during the pandemic from the Emergency Grassroots Music Venues Fund. Music venues are also eligible for the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Business Rates Relief, with a 75% relief up to a cash cap limit of £110,000 per business. This relief was extended for a further year during the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement. DCMS and DLUHC are also working closely with the sector to revise planning guidelines to ensure that new developments engage with existing music venues before being built. Industry-led discussions are ongoing regarding increased support for grassroots music venues from larger events and venues, and DCMS actively supports these sector-led initiatives. Ministers and officials continue to engage with industry to understand the challenges and review opportunities to strengthen the financial resilience of the grassroots music sector. |
Digital Technology
Asked by: Derek Thomas (Conservative - St Ives) Wednesday 13th March 2024 Question to the Department for Science, Innovation & Technology: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference to the Government response to paragraph 62 of the Third Report of Session 2022-23 by the House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee on Digital exclusion, HL 219, published on 20 October 2023, what progress the dedicated cross-Whitehall ministerial group has made. Answered by Saqib Bhatti - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) The Government established a cross-Whitehall ministerial group in response to a recommendation from the House of Lords Communication and Digital Committee’s report on ‘Digital Exclusion’, published in June 2023. The ministerial group aims to drive progress and accountability on digital inclusion priorities across Government.
The first ministerial group meeting took place in September 2023, chaired by the then Minister for Tech and the Digital Economy, Paul Scully. Ministers attended from the Cabinet Office, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, Department for Culture, Media & Sport, Department for Work and Pensions, Department for Education, and His Majesty's Treasury.
The group agreed to undertake a departmental mapping exercise to drive and increase coherence across departmental work. It has also discussed specific priority issues, including the viability of each department joining device donation scheme, options to increase the accessibility of parking payments and accessibility of online government services. The group will receive an update on these issues at its next meeting later this month. |
Visas: Ukraine
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith) Wednesday 13th March 2024 Question to the Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has had discussions with the Ukrainian community on changes to Ukraine visa schemes. Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery) Although given consideration, it is not feasible to extend Ukraine scheme visas automatically. Automatic extension would require Ukrainians to confirm their residence in the UK and their willingness to have a visa extended, and so the possible customer benefits, and savings in process time, would be limited. Without requiring a registration process there would be a risk of not being able to contact all the eligible individuals which could lead to some Ukrainians being left without legal status. The Home Office and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities have had numerous discussions with the Ukrainian community, and there is currently an extensive programme of stakeholder engagement in place. |
Visas: Ukraine
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith) Wednesday 13th March 2024 Question to the Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason people on Ukraine visa schemes did not have visas automatically extended. Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery) Although given consideration, it is not feasible to extend Ukraine scheme visas automatically. Automatic extension would require Ukrainians to confirm their residence in the UK and their willingness to have a visa extended, and so the possible customer benefits, and savings in process time, would be limited. Without requiring a registration process there would be a risk of not being able to contact all the eligible individuals which could lead to some Ukrainians being left without legal status. The Home Office and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities have had numerous discussions with the Ukrainian community, and there is currently an extensive programme of stakeholder engagement in place. |
Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Anti-Muslim Hatred Working Group
Asked by: Anneliese Dodds (Labour (Co-op) - Oxford East) Tuesday 12th March 2024 Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the document entitled Draft terms of reference for the Anti-Muslim Hatred Working Group, what updates her Department has provided on relevant developments in its area of work to that group since 2019. Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology) Ministers and officials have regular discussions with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities over a range of issues. More broadly, I refer the hon. Member to the answer of 1 March 2024, Official Report, PQ 16019 on tackling anti-Muslim hatred. |
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Anti-Muslim Hatred Working Group
Asked by: Anneliese Dodds (Labour (Co-op) - Oxford East) Tuesday 12th March 2024 Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office: To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, with reference to the document entitled Draft terms of reference for the Anti-Muslim Hatred Working Group, what updates his Department has provided on relevant developments in its area of work to that group since 2019. Answered by Andrew Mitchell - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development) Ministers and officials have regular discussions with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities over a range of issues. More broadly, I refer the hon. Member to the answer of 1 March 2024, Official Report, PQ 16019 on tackling anti-Muslim hatred. |
Department for Transport; Anti-Muslim Hatred Working Group
Asked by: Anneliese Dodds (Labour (Co-op) - Oxford East) Tuesday 12th March 2024 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the document entitled Draft terms of reference for the Anti-Muslim Hatred Working Group, what updates his Department has provided on relevant developments in its area of work to that group since 2019. Answered by Anthony Browne - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) Ministers and officials have regular discussions with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities over a range of issues. More broadly, I refer the hon. Member to the answer of 1 March 2024, Official Report, PQ 16019 on tackling anti-Muslim hatred. |
Asylum: Greater Manchester
Asked by: Afzal Khan (Labour - Manchester, Gorton) Tuesday 12th March 2024 Question to the Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of notices given to asylum seekers to leave accommodation provided by his Department on trends in the level of demand for local government homelessness services in Greater Manchester. Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery) Since September 2023, all individuals receive a minimum of 28 days’ support (including accommodation) after having been issued with a Biometric Residence Permit (BRP). There are no current plans to extend the 28 days prescribed in legislation due to the huge pressures on the asylum system. We offer move on support to all individuals through Migrant Help or their partner organisation. This includes providing advice on accessing the labour market, on applying for Universal Credit and signposting to local authorities for assistance with housing. Individuals do not need to wait for their BRP to make a claim for benefits and are encouraged to do so as early as possible if they require them. We work closely with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) to ensure the right asylum decision data is being shared with local authorities to enable effective planning and to lessen the impact on existing homelessness and rough sleeping pressures. Our accommodation providers are directly working with local authorities to notify them when an individual is due to have their asylum support ended. We are working with our partners, including local authorities, to provide timely notification of key events that impact them. We are working with our Strategic Migration Partners (SMPs) to facilitate regional sessions with councils and to share data. |
Asylum: Greater Manchester
Asked by: Afzal Khan (Labour - Manchester, Gorton) Tuesday 12th March 2024 Question to the Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions he has had with local councils in Greater Manchester on the potential availability of housing for refugees who have reached the end of their move-on period. Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery) Since September 2023, all individuals receive a minimum of 28 days’ support (including accommodation) after having been issued with a Biometric Residence Permit (BRP). There are no current plans to extend the 28 days prescribed in legislation due to the huge pressures on the asylum system. We offer move on support to all individuals through Migrant Help or their partner organisation. This includes providing advice on accessing the labour market, on applying for Universal Credit and signposting to local authorities for assistance with housing. Individuals do not need to wait for their BRP to make a claim for benefits and are encouraged to do so as early as possible if they require them. We work closely with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) to ensure the right asylum decision data is being shared with local authorities to enable effective planning and to lessen the impact on existing homelessness and rough sleeping pressures. Our accommodation providers are directly working with local authorities to notify them when an individual is due to have their asylum support ended. We are working with our partners, including local authorities, to provide timely notification of key events that impact them. We are working with our Strategic Migration Partners (SMPs) to facilitate regional sessions with councils and to share data. |
Asylum: Greater Manchester
Asked by: Afzal Khan (Labour - Manchester, Gorton) Tuesday 12th March 2024 Question to the Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has had discussions with local councils in Greater Manchester on the notice period given by accommodation providers when an individual is due to have their asylum support ended. Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery) Since September 2023, all individuals receive a minimum of 28 days’ support (including accommodation) after having been issued with a Biometric Residence Permit (BRP). There are no current plans to extend the 28 days prescribed in legislation due to the huge pressures on the asylum system. We offer move on support to all individuals through Migrant Help or their partner organisation. This includes providing advice on accessing the labour market, on applying for Universal Credit and signposting to local authorities for assistance with housing. Individuals do not need to wait for their BRP to make a claim for benefits and are encouraged to do so as early as possible if they require them. We work closely with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) to ensure the right asylum decision data is being shared with local authorities to enable effective planning and to lessen the impact on existing homelessness and rough sleeping pressures. Our accommodation providers are directly working with local authorities to notify them when an individual is due to have their asylum support ended. We are working with our partners, including local authorities, to provide timely notification of key events that impact them. We are working with our Strategic Migration Partners (SMPs) to facilitate regional sessions with councils and to share data. |
Immigration: Housing
Asked by: Peter Gibson (Conservative - Darlington) Tuesday 12th March 2024 Question to the Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps he is taking with the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to provide homes to people granted leave to remain once their funded accommodation ends; and if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of extending the period of time before which such accommodation needs to be vacated on the supply of social housing. Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery) We work closely with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) to ensure the right asylum decision data is being shared with local authorities to enable effective planning and to lessen the impact on existing homelessness and rough sleeping pressures. Our accommodation providers are directly working with local authorities to notify them when an individual is due to have their asylum support ended. We are working with our partners, including local authorities, to provide timely notification of key events that impact them. We are working with our SMP to facilitate regional sessions with councils and to share data. |
Cabinet Office: Anti-Muslim Hatred Working Group
Asked by: Anneliese Dodds (Labour (Co-op) - Oxford East) Tuesday 12th March 2024 Question to the Cabinet Office: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the document entitled Draft terms of reference for the Anti-Muslim Hatred Working Group, what updates his Department has provided on relevant developments in its area of work to that group since 2019. Answered by John Glen - Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office Ministers and officials have regular discussions with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities over a range of issues. More broadly, I refer the hon. Member to the answer of 1 March 2024, Official Report, PQ 16019 on tackling anti-Muslim hatred.
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Ministry of Justice: Anti-Muslim Hatred Working Group
Asked by: Anneliese Dodds (Labour (Co-op) - Oxford East) Tuesday 12th March 2024 Question to the Ministry of Justice: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the document entitled Draft terms of reference for the Anti-Muslim Hatred Working Group, what updates his Department has provided on relevant developments in its area of work to that group since 2019. Answered by Mike Freer - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice) Ministers and officials have regular discussions with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities over a range of issues. More broadly, I refer the hon. Member to the answer of 01 March 2024, Official Report, PQ 16019 on tackling anti-Muslim hatred. |
Department for Education: Anti-Muslim Hatred Working Group
Asked by: Anneliese Dodds (Labour (Co-op) - Oxford East) Tuesday 12th March 2024 Question to the Department for Education: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the document entitled Draft terms of reference for the Anti-Muslim Hatred Working Group, what updates her Department has provided on relevant developments in its area of work to that group since 2019. Answered by Damian Hinds - Minister of State (Education) The Government condemns and strives to tackle all forms of discrimination, prejudice, and harassment, and the department is committed to working with other government departments to achieve this. Ministers and officials have regular discussions with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities over a range of issues. More broadly, I refer the hon. Member to the answer of 2 March 2024, Official Report, PQ 16019 on tackling anti-Muslim hatred. Every school and further education provider should actively promote the shared values, including mutual respect and tolerance for those of different faiths and beliefs. The department has published advice on promoting these values and made resources available on challenging anti-Muslim hate on the Educate Against Hate website, which can be accessed here: https://www.educateagainsthate.com/. The department has also published the ‘Preventing and Tackling Bullying’ guidance, which directs schools to organisations who can provide support with tackling bullying related to race, religion and nationality. This guidance can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/preventing-and-tackling-bullying. The department is providing over £3 million of funding, between 10 August 2021 and 31 March 2024, to five anti-bullying organisations, which includes projects to tackle hate-related bullying on the basis of race and faith. Ministers and departmental officials continue to work closely with Muslim groups, such as Tell MAMA, as the leading national organisation monitoring and supporting victims of anti-Muslim hatred. The department is committed to understanding this issue and to actively assess incidents affecting the Muslim community. The department welcomes guidance produced by Universities UK, which focuses on tackling anti-Muslim hatred. Further information on tackling anti-Muslim hatred can be found here: https://www.universitiesuk.ac.uk/what-we-do/policy-and-research/publications/tackling-islamophobia-and-anti-muslim. |
Attorney General: Anti-Muslim Hatred Working Group
Asked by: Anneliese Dodds (Labour (Co-op) - Oxford East) Monday 11th March 2024 Question to the Attorney General: To ask the Attorney General, with reference to the document entitled Draft terms of reference for the Anti-Muslim Hatred Working Group, what updates her Department has provided on relevant developments in its area of work to that group since 2019. Answered by Robert Courts - Solicitor General (Attorney General's Office) Ministers and officials have regular discussions with the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities over a range of issues. More broadly, I refer the hon. Member to the answer of 1 March 2024, Official Report, PQ 16019 on tackling anti-Muslim hatred. |
Health: Disadvantaged
Asked by: Dan Carden (Labour - Liverpool, Walton) Monday 11th March 2024 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the implications for her Department’s policies of a call from over 250 members of the Inequalities in Health Alliance (IHA) for a cross-government strategy to reduce health inequalities. Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care) The Government is committed to its levelling up mission to narrow the gap in healthy life expectancy by 2030, and increase healthy life expectancy by five years, by 2035. We are supporting people in living healthier lives, helping the National Health Service and social care provide the best treatment and care for patients, and tackling health disparities through national and system interventions such as the NHS’s Core20PLUS5 programme. The Government continues to work together, through the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC)-led Levelling Up Inter-Ministerial Group, to progress the wider levelling up agenda. The levelling up missions are mutually reinforcing, and we are exploring new and existing opportunities for cross-Government action on the drivers of health, to support progress on the health mission and our wider common interests. We are also working with the DLUHC to maximise opportunities to develop partnerships through English devolution and the Levelling Up Partnerships programme. These provide opportunities to test what works at a local and regional level, to support the health mission. |
Health: Disadvantaged
Asked by: Dan Carden (Labour - Liverpool, Walton) Monday 11th March 2024 Question to the Department of Health and Social Care: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of establishing a cross-government strategy to tackle health inequalities. Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care) The Government is committed to its levelling up mission to narrow the gap in healthy life expectancy by 2030, and increase healthy life expectancy by five years, by 2035. We are supporting people in living healthier lives, helping the National Health Service and social care provide the best treatment and care for patients, and tackling health disparities through national and system interventions such as the NHS’s Core20PLUS5 programme. The Government continues to work together, through the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC)-led Levelling Up Inter-Ministerial Group, to progress the wider levelling up agenda. The levelling up missions are mutually reinforcing, and we are exploring new and existing opportunities for cross-Government action on the drivers of health, to support progress on the health mission and our wider common interests. We are also working with the DLUHC to maximise opportunities to develop partnerships through English devolution and the Levelling Up Partnerships programme. These provide opportunities to test what works at a local and regional level, to support the health mission. |
Internal Drainage Boards: Finance
Asked by: Baroness Eaton (Conservative - Life peer) Monday 11th March 2024 Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the financial situation of internal drainage boards and what plans they have to ensure that internal drainage boards can collect levies independently to that of local government. Answered by Lord Douglas-Miller - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) Internal drainage boards (IDBs) are local independent public bodies responsible for managing water levels and flood risk supporting and better protecting farms and communities in predominately low-lying areas in England. IDBs are funded by the beneficiaries of their important work, farmers, who pay drainage rates, and local authorities, who pay special levies.
The Government is aware of recent impacts on IDBs, predominately from rising costs and especially rising energy costs, and is keeping in close contact with IDBs, the Association of Drainage Authorities and relevant local authorities on this.
In recognition of the rising costs and following the winter storms the government will be providing £75 million in funding to IDBs in 2024-2025, on a one-off basis, to support agricultural land drainage and continue the important work IDBs do in helping to better protect farmers and communities from flooding. This will support IDBs to accelerate asset recovery from the winter storms and will also provide opportunities to modernise and upgrade their assets. More information will be available shortly, and we will work with the sector on delivery.
In addition, DLUHC is providing £3 million to support those local authorities in 2024/25 who are experiencing the biggest pressures with IDB special levies. DLUHC will confirm the distribution of this funding in the coming months. |
Bicycles: Parking
Asked by: Andrew Selous (Conservative - South West Bedfordshire) Tuesday 5th March 2024 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he is taking steps to ensure that cycle parking is (a) secure, (b) convenient and (c) sufficient. Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) It is for local authorities to decide on appropriate cycle parking provision that would best serve the needs of their local communities. These can be funded through a range of local transport and levelling up funding programmes.
Alongside this, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has opened a consultation on the relaxation of ‘permitted development’ rights. These proposals include the right for homeowners to place a bike store in their front garden without the need for planning permission.
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National Audit Office |
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Mar. 14 2024
Department for Business and Trade 2022-23 (PDF) Found: government to meet its objectives, including the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, the Department |
Department Publications - News and Communications |
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Thursday 14th March 2024
Department for Work and Pensions Source Page: Employers back Government and Crisis homelessness pledge Document: Employers back Government and Crisis homelessness pledge (webpage) Found: after the Covenant was launched in September 2023 by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), the Department |
Department Publications - Transparency |
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Thursday 14th March 2024
HM Treasury Source Page: FRAB minutes and associated papers: 23 November 2023 Document: FRAB 151 (02) 2022-23 Reporting Cycle Update (PDF) Found: Social Care Not yet laid 26/01/2023 Department for International Trade 18/07/2023 18/07/2022 Department |
Thursday 14th March 2024
HM Treasury Source Page: FRAB minutes and associated papers: 23 November 2023 Document: FRAB 151 (03) NAO update to FRAB November 2023 (PDF) Found: : •HM Treasury •Defence •Transport •BEIS •HMRC •Justice •DCMS •Education •Defra •Health •MHCLG (now DLUHC |
Thursday 14th March 2024
HM Treasury Source Page: FRAB minutes and associated papers: 23 November 2023 Document: FRAB 151 (05) Valuation of Non-investment Assets for Financial Reporting - Secondary Issues [transition and disclosure] (PDF) Found: Participants included: the FRC, CIPFA, ICAEW, RICS, and a range of government departments including DLUHC |
Thursday 7th March 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Source Page: Sport England Annual Report and Accounts 2022-2023 Document: Sport England Annual Report and Accounts 2022-2023 (PDF) Found: The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) consultation on the proposals following |
Wednesday 6th March 2024
HM Treasury Source Page: Debt Management Report 2024-25 Document: Debt Management Report 2024-25 (PDF) Found: prudential guidance as published by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA), the Department |
Department Publications - Research |
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Tuesday 12th March 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Source Page: Energy Statistics for Rural England Document: Statistical Digest of Rural England - Energy (PDF) Found: The source data for this ONS publication is Department for Levelling up, Housing and Communities – Energy |
Tuesday 12th March 2024
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Source Page: Energy Statistics for Rural England Document: (webpage) Found: for Levelling up, Housing and Communities – Energy Performance Certificate data on Open Data Communities |
Department Publications - Statistics |
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Thursday 7th March 2024
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero Source Page: DESNZ Public Attitudes Tracker: Winter 2023 Document: DESNZ Public Attitudes Tracker: Technical overview, Winter 2023, UK (PDF) Found: English Housing Survey The English Housing Survey is a continuous national survey commissioned by the Department |
Thursday 7th March 2024
Ministry of Justice Source Page: Civil justice statistics quarterly: October to December 2023 Document: (ODS) Found: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dept. for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities DLUHC |
Thursday 7th March 2024
Ministry of Justice Source Page: Civil justice statistics quarterly: October to December 2023 Document: (ODS) Found: [X] 0 [X] 0 0 [X] 0 [X] 0 0 [X] 0 [X] 0 0 [X] 0 [X] Dept. for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities DLUHC |
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Wednesday 6th March 2024
HM Treasury Source Page: Spring Budget 2024 Document: Spring Budget 2024 (web) (PDF) Found: for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, February 2024. 67 ‘An Accelerated Planning System ’, Department |
Wednesday 6th March 2024
HM Treasury Source Page: Spring Budget 2024 Document: Spring Budget 2024 (print) (PDF) Found: for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, February 2024. 67 ‘An Accelerated Planning System’, Department |
Wednesday 6th March 2024
Department for Transport Source Page: National Networks National Policy Statement Document: National Networks National Policy Statement (web version) (PDF) Found: the Annex to Department for Communities and Local Government ’s letter of 9 November 20095 and the Department |
Wednesday 6th March 2024
Department for Transport Source Page: National Networks National Policy Statement Document: National Networks National Policy Statement (print version) (PDF) Found: the Annex to Department for Communities and Local Government ’s letter of 9 November 20095 and the Department |
Wednesday 6th March 2024
Department for Transport Source Page: National Networks National Policy Statement habitats regulation assessment Document: National Networks National Policy Statement habitats regulation assessment (PDF) Found: • Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities & Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local |
Wednesday 6th March 2024
Department for Transport Source Page: Appraisal of sustainability for National Networks National Policy Statement Document: National Networks National Policy Statement appraisal of sustainability appendix 2 – scoping report (PDF) Found: In 2020 on average, it was 81 % of the England average. 174 Department for Levelling Up, Housing |
Wednesday 6th March 2024
Department for Transport Source Page: Government response to Transport Committee report on draft revised National Networks National Policy Statement Document: Government Response to the Transport Select Committee's report on the draft revised National Networks National Policy Statement (print version) (PDF) Found: the threshold for nationally significant infrastructure. " (Paragraph 60) Government response The Department |
Wednesday 6th March 2024
Department for Transport Source Page: Government response to Transport Committee report on draft revised National Networks National Policy Statement Document: Government Response to the Transport Select Committee's report on the draft revised National Networks National Policy Statement (web version) (PDF) Found: the threshold for nationally significant infrastructure. " (Paragraph 60) Government response The Department |
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Mar. 12 2024
Homes England Source Page: Homes England RFI releases for February 2024 Document: RFI4522: Vista development, Peterborough (PDF) Transparency Found: to Peterborough City Council, MH panel solicitors, to MH, to the CMA, the Law Commission, and the Housing |
Mar. 12 2024
Homes England Source Page: Homes England RFI releases for February 2024 Document: RFI4584: Coulby Newham, Middlesbrough (PDF) Transparency Found: It may be helpful to know that the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC ) are |
Mar. 06 2024
UK Debt Management Office Source Page: Debt Management Report 2024-25 Document: Debt Management Report 2024-25 (PDF) Transparency Found: prudential guidance as published by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA), the Department |