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Written Question
Enterprise Zones
Monday 5th February 2024

Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)

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 it his policy to extend the lifespan of enterprise zones for a further ten years.

Answered by Jacob Young - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)

Announcements will be set out in the usual way.


Written Question
Antisemitism: Internet
Thursday 18th January 2024

Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many anti-Semitic online hate crimes were reported on the True Vision website between (a) 7 October 2022 and 6 January 2023 and (b) 7 October 2023 and 6 January 2024.

Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)

I refer the Hon Member to the answer I gave to Question UIN 5938 on 14 December 2023.


Written Question
Freeports and Investment Zones
Tuesday 19th December 2023

Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 16 November 2023 to Question 1461 on Enterprise Zones, when he expects to receive the results of the next monitoring and evaluation of Freeports and Investment Zones.

Answered by Jacob Young - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)

The Monitoring and Evaluation strategy, available on gov.uk, sets out how we will monitor and evaluate the impact of the UK Freeports programme. We will publish a report of our findings to date early next year in the UK Freeports annual report.


Written Question
Hate Crime
Thursday 14th December 2023

Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many crimes were reported on the True Vision website in the last 12 months.

Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)

The information requested is not held centrally.


Written Question
Regional Planning and Development: Northern Ireland
Monday 27th November 2023

Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)

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 oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Levelling Up of 20 November 2023, Official report, column 33, what his Department's policy is on levelling up in Northern Ireland in the absence of the Northern Ireland Executive.

Answered by Jacob Young - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)

As part of our commitment to levelling up, we want to work with a restored Executive to find the best approach to supporting people in Northern Ireland, taking account of current budget pressures.


Written Question
Housing: Standards
Monday 20th November 2023

Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will take steps to publish the consultation on the development of the Future Homes Standard before the Christmas recess.

Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)

Announcements will be made in the usual way.


Written Question
Construction: Vacancies
Monday 20th November 2023

Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent estimate he has made of the number of additional construction workers which are likely to be needed to meet his Department's housebuilding targets over the next three years.

Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)

The Construction Industry Training Board estimated earlier this year that an additional 224,900 extra workers will be needed to meet UK construction demand between 2023 and 2027.


Written Question
Enterprise Zones
Thursday 16th November 2023

Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)

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 with her counterparts in the devolved Administrations of the effectiveness of enterprise zones in each region.

Answered by Jacob Young - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)

The Department has learnt valuable lessons from the delivery of the Enterprise Zones program that have informed the development of more recent zonal policies such as Freeports and Investment Zones. The government is committed to robust monitoring and evaluation of Freeports and Investment Zones to ensure their success and will report on their impact annually.


Written Question
Private Rented Housing
Wednesday 15th November 2023

Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the number of private landlords that rented domestic properties between 2017 and 2022.

Answered by Jacob Young - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)

Property rental income statistics, including the number of unincorporated landlords declaring income from rental property in the UK, can be accessed here.


Written Question
Economic Growth: Urban Areas
Monday 13th November 2023

Asked by: Gregory Campbell (Democratic Unionist Party - East Londonderry)

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 support economic growth in town centres in the context of increased competition from out of town retail sites.

Answered by Jacob Young - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)

The Government recognises the challenges our high streets and town centres are facing. We continue to support high streets and town centres with a range of powerful measures to provide the tools for local partners to transform their centres for their local communities.

In Northern Ireland, we look forward to working with a restored Executive to determine the approach to supporting towns there. We recently announced a new Long Term Plans for Towns Taskforce, which will be reporting directly to the Prime Minister, and will aid in the rejuvenation of high streets and town centres across the United Kingdom.