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Source Page: Letter dated 30/07/2025 from Matthew Pennycook MP to David Simmonds MP regarding questions raised during the Planning and Infrastructure Bill committee (third sitting): how clause 3 would work in practice (development applications consenting process). 3pAug. 05 2025
Source Page: Letter dated 09/06/2025 from Matthew Pennycook MP to Lewis Cocking MP and Alberto Costa MP regarding the Planning and Infrastructure Bill committee debate (thirteenth session): new clause 16: (Refusal of planning permission for countryside development close to large electricity pylons). 2p.Aug. 05 2025
Source Page: Letter dated 09/06/2025 from Matthew Pennycook MP to Lewis Cocking MP and Alberto Costa MP regarding the Planning and Infrastructure Bill committee debate (thirteenth session): new clause 16: (Refusal of planning permission for countryside development close to large electricity pylons). 2p.Aug. 05 2025
Source Page: Letter dated 30/07/2025 from Matthew Pennycook MP to David Simmonds MP regarding questions raised during the Planning and Infrastructure Bill committee (third sitting): how clause 3 would work in practice (development applications consenting process). 3pAug. 05 2025
Source Page: Letter dated 09/06/2025 from Matthew Pennycook MP to members of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill Committee regarding points raised during the public bill committee debates: transport infrastructure, planning, nature and the Nature Restoration Fund, and compulsory purchase orders. 15p.Aug. 05 2025
Source Page: Letter dated 09/06/2025 from Matthew Pennycook MP to members of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill Committee regarding points raised during the public bill committee debates: transport infrastructure, planning, nature and the Nature Restoration Fund, and compulsory purchase orders. 15p.Asked by: Lord Jackson of Peterborough (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Minister for Housing and Planning on 16 June (HC57265), whether the strengthened local authority powers to take over the management of vacant residential premises will be used to assist the housing of asylum seekers.
Answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)
The Government committed to strengthening existing local authority powers to take over the management of vacant residential premises in the Devolution White Paper. It is for local authorities to decide how to use these powers and there is no requirement to use these powers to secure asylum accommodation. We are committed to empowering local authorities to continue using the range of powers and incentives that they have to tackle long-term empty homes, given that these properties can attract anti-social behaviour and exacerbate local housing shortages.
This government are committed to developing a long-term strategy for asylum accommodation which will deliver a better long-term model of accommodation supply to reduce the use of hotels and competition for affordable housing. As allocated through the Spending Review, the government will be investing £500 million in a more sustainable accommodation model, delivered by MHCLG in partnership with the Home Office and developed in consultation with local authorities in order to deliver better outcomes for communities and taxpayers.