Kemi Badenoch

Fair Maintainable Trade (FMT), for the purposes of determining a property’s rateable value, is an assessment of the property’s potential turnover. The absence or presence of a pavement or outdoor license will be reflected in the overall FMT for each pub.

Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) changes are typically announced upon implementation at fiscal event.

The Government recognises the need to recruit more planning officers and has committed to recruit 300 more over the course of the next five years. We are currently reviewing options for delivering this in a way that best supports housing delivery and growth. Parliament will be updated in the usual way.

I refer the Rt. Hon. Member to Question UIN 6842 answered on 9 October 2024.

The Government set out its proposed approach to grey belt in its consultation on proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework. The consultation closed on the 24 September and officials in my department are currently analysing responses with a view to publishing a government response before the end of the year.

The recent consultation on proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework included changes designed to strengthen support for self and custom build housing by means of encouraging mixed tenure development and strengthening the small sites policy.

The consultation closed on the 24 September and officials in my department are currently analysing responses with a view to publishing a government response before the end of the year.

The supply impact of the last government’s approach to planning reform is clear: homes granted planning permission fell to their lowest level in a decade in the last published quarter. The proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework which we have consulted on will reverse the changes made in December 2023 that were disruptive to the sector and detrimental to housing supply.

The New Homes Accelerator, in partnership with Homes England, will support the delivery of Phase 2 of the Northstowe scheme in Cambridgeshire, unlocking 3,000 homes and continuing to progress proposals to unlock a further 2,600 homes in Phase 3.

As a result of issues relating to the planning process and delivery partners, Homes England will be taking a stronger leadership and delivery role to make sure that the quality of delivery matches the aspirations of the local community. This phase will include putting the new town centre in place. Homes England is entering into in a new partnership agreement with the private sector to support delivery of the next stage of the scheme. The department will also provide enhanced planning capacity support.

The department will also provide enhanced planning capacity support, through an in-house team consisting of senior multi-disciplinary built environment professionals.

The New Homes Accelerator, in partnership with Homes England, will support the delivery of Phase 2 of the Northstowe scheme in Cambridgeshire, unlocking 3,000 homes and continuing to progress proposals to unlock a further 2,600 homes in Phase 3.

As a result of issues relating to the planning process and delivery partners, Homes England will be taking a stronger leadership and delivery role to make sure that the quality of delivery matches the aspirations of the local community. This phase will include putting the new town centre in place. Homes England is entering into in a new partnership agreement with the private sector to support delivery of the next stage of the scheme. The department will also provide enhanced planning capacity support.

The department will also provide enhanced planning capacity support, through an in-house team consisting of senior multi-disciplinary built environment professionals.

I refer the Rt Hon Member to the answer given to Question UIN 556 on 26 July 2024.

The Department continues to assess options for delivering 300 additional planning officers to ensure their recruitment supports the quality of local planning services, proposed reforms to the system, housebuilding priorities and our manifesto commitments. The recruitment will be overseen by the Department’s dedicated Planning Capacity and Capability team under the Chief Planner in MHCLG, in addition to its wider work to support local planning authorities.

This work includes funding the recruitment of new graduates into local planning authorities across England, and their professional training, through Pathways to Planning; as well as the national roll out of the Public Practice associate programme, which brings mid-career professionals into local authority employment to fill skill gaps in areas such as urban design.

The Department continues to assess options for delivering 300 additional planning officers to ensure their recruitment supports the quality of local planning services, proposed reforms to the system, housebuilding priorities and our manifesto commitments. The recruitment will be overseen by the Department’s dedicated Planning Capacity and Capability team under the Chief Planner in MHCLG, in addition to its wider work to support local planning authorities.

This work includes funding the recruitment of new graduates into local planning authorities across England, and their professional training, through Pathways to Planning; as well as the national roll out of the Public Practice associate programme, which brings mid-career professionals into local authority employment to fill skill gaps in areas such as urban design.

The Department continues to assess options for delivering 300 additional planning officers to ensure their recruitment supports the quality of local planning services, proposed reforms to the system, housebuilding priorities and our manifesto commitments. The recruitment will be overseen by the Department’s dedicated Planning Capacity and Capability team under the Chief Planner in MHCLG, in addition to its wider work to support local planning authorities.

This work includes funding the recruitment of new graduates into local planning authorities across England, and their professional training, through Pathways to Planning; as well as the national roll out of the Public Practice associate programme, which brings mid-career professionals into local authority employment to fill skill gaps in areas such as urban design.

(a) Officials have attended forums where Hope Not Hate have been present and have been sighted on reports generated by the organisation since the General Election, (b) details of meetings special advisers have with external organisations are published on gov.uk, (c) details of ministerial meetings with external organisations are published on gov.uk.

The pace of remediation has been unacceptably slow. Work is underway through existing programmes to bring together local actors, enforcers and partners to drive efficiencies in the current operation. In parallel, we are developing a comprehensive action plan that will tackle the root causes of the problem, and we will be announcing these in the autumn.

The government’s Recovery Strategy Unit continues to take action against the most egregious actors to force them to fix their buildings and hold them to account for the cost of remediation. To date, the Unit has successfully obtained 10 remediation orders against Grey GR, a subsidiary of Railpen, and Wallace Estates Ltd ensuring 900 homes will be safer. The Unit is now seeking to recover c£72 million of taxpayer and leaseholder funding through remediation contribution orders from Yianis Group, Hollybrook Homes and Urban Splash. Further action will follow.

Buildings in remediation programmes that require additional action are escalated by the department to regulators, as additional pressure from local regulators can help to unblock buildings. Local authorities, fire and rescue services, and the Building Safety Regulator have a range of tools to compel building owners to fix their unsafe building. Regulators have long-standing powers under the Housing Act 2004 and Fire Safety Order 2005. The Building Safety Act 2022 bolstered these powers by introducing remediation orders and remediation contribution orders.

We provide funding to local authorities directly, to support their enforcement action, with more than £14 million in funding given to local authorities since November 2022. We also fund the Joint Inspection Team, a specialist team of building safety experts who support councils on building safety inspections.

The Deputy Prime Minister wrote to mayoral authorities on 13 September to support and empower them to deliver local remediation acceleration plans, using their convening powers, relationships and local knowledge. I will convene roundtables to bring together metro mayors with the Building Safety Regulator, National Fire Chiefs Council, Local Government Association, and other key partners, to support and drive forward this critical work.

The pace of remediation has been unacceptably slow. Work is underway through existing programmes to bring together local actors, enforcers and partners to drive efficiencies in the current operation. In parallel, we are developing a comprehensive action plan that will tackle the root causes of the problem, and we will be announcing these in the autumn.

The government’s Recovery Strategy Unit continues to take action against the most egregious actors to force them to fix their buildings and hold them to account for the cost of remediation. To date, the Unit has successfully obtained 10 remediation orders against Grey GR, a subsidiary of Railpen, and Wallace Estates Ltd ensuring 900 homes will be safer. The Unit is now seeking to recover c£72 million of taxpayer and leaseholder funding through remediation contribution orders from Yianis Group, Hollybrook Homes and Urban Splash. Further action will follow.

Buildings in remediation programmes that require additional action are escalated by the department to regulators, as additional pressure from local regulators can help to unblock buildings. Local authorities, fire and rescue services, and the Building Safety Regulator have a range of tools to compel building owners to fix their unsafe building. Regulators have long-standing powers under the Housing Act 2004 and Fire Safety Order 2005. The Building Safety Act 2022 bolstered these powers by introducing remediation orders and remediation contribution orders.

We provide funding to local authorities directly, to support their enforcement action, with more than £14 million in funding given to local authorities since November 2022. We also fund the Joint Inspection Team, a specialist team of building safety experts who support councils on building safety inspections.

The Deputy Prime Minister wrote to mayoral authorities on 13 September to support and empower them to deliver local remediation acceleration plans, using their convening powers, relationships and local knowledge. I will convene roundtables to bring together metro mayors with the Building Safety Regulator, National Fire Chiefs Council, Local Government Association, and other key partners, to support and drive forward this critical work.

The pace of remediation has been unacceptably slow. Work is underway through existing programmes to bring together local actors, enforcers and partners to drive efficiencies in the current operation. In parallel, we are developing a comprehensive action plan that will tackle the root causes of the problem, and we will be announcing these in the autumn.

The government’s Recovery Strategy Unit continues to take action against the most egregious actors to force them to fix their buildings and hold them to account for the cost of remediation. To date, the Unit has successfully obtained 10 remediation orders against Grey GR, a subsidiary of Railpen, and Wallace Estates Ltd ensuring 900 homes will be safer. The Unit is now seeking to recover c£72 million of taxpayer and leaseholder funding through remediation contribution orders from Yianis Group, Hollybrook Homes and Urban Splash. Further action will follow.

Buildings in remediation programmes that require additional action are escalated by the department to regulators, as additional pressure from local regulators can help to unblock buildings. Local authorities, fire and rescue services, and the Building Safety Regulator have a range of tools to compel building owners to fix their unsafe building. Regulators have long-standing powers under the Housing Act 2004 and Fire Safety Order 2005. The Building Safety Act 2022 bolstered these powers by introducing remediation orders and remediation contribution orders.

We provide funding to local authorities directly, to support their enforcement action, with more than £14 million in funding given to local authorities since November 2022. We also fund the Joint Inspection Team, a specialist team of building safety experts who support councils on building safety inspections.

The Deputy Prime Minister wrote to mayoral authorities on 13 September to support and empower them to deliver local remediation acceleration plans, using their convening powers, relationships and local knowledge. I will convene roundtables to bring together metro mayors with the Building Safety Regulator, National Fire Chiefs Council, Local Government Association, and other key partners, to support and drive forward this critical work.

I wrote to all councils on 13 September to thank them for producing a plan and detail the rich evidence base they have given us. I proposed that we work together to build on the work to get more out of existing resources. I was also clear that I am not interested in micromanaging councils, but helping the sector improve efficiency even further, including reducing the barriers to change.

It is not standard practice to publish the papers for this kind of confidential meeting.

The Government is committed to carefully and thoroughly reviewing the voter identification rules and evaluating how they impacted citizens during the General Election. Work is already underway on this evaluation and will include consideration of how 16 and 17 year olds will be able to verify their identification at polling stations in line with plans to extend the franchise to 16 and 17 year olds.

Alongside work to deliver on our manifesto commitments, the Government is considering a range of policies and approaches to tackle the challenges in the current systems for electoral registration and conduct. We will continue to work in partnership with key stakeholders, including the Electoral Commission and electoral administrators, to help ensure that any proposed changes address the priorities of the sector. Ministerial meetings with partners in the electoral sector are already taking place.

All the measures pertaining to the Electoral Integrity Programme, stemming from the Elections Act 2022, have now been implemented. This is with exception of the measures regarding the franchise for European citizens, which are in progress and are due to have completed implementation by February 2025.

Intimidation and abuse of those participating in public life has no place in our society and cannot be tolerated.

The Deputy Prime Minister and Home Secretary have already hosted a roundtable to discuss the unacceptable intimidation and abuse directed towards candidates and campaigners during the recent General Election.

There is work going on across Government to understand what happened and why, and what more we can do to prevent this type of behaviour from taking place.

The department publishes our understanding of the years in which each council’s elections will be held. That list can be found here.

In accordance with legislation, councils are required to post notice of any election or by-election taking place which they administer, and this can be found on council websites.

The Government submitted the Impact Assessment for the Renters’ Rights Bill on 16 September 2024 to the Regulatory Policy Committee. The Government will publish the impact assessment in due course. In line with usual practice, the Government will always consider the impact of any policies when taking the legislation through Parliament.

The Government submitted the Impact Assessment for the Renters’ Rights Bill on 16 September 2024 to the Regulatory Policy Committee. The Government will publish the impact assessment in due course. In line with usual practice, the Government will always consider the impact of any policies when taking the legislation through Parliament.

The Deputy Prime Minister has regular discussions with director generals in the department. As has been the case under successive administrations, details of internal discussion are not normally disclosed.

As set out in our manifesto, the Government intends to strengthen the rules around donations to political parties to protect our democracy. The policy development work to give effect to this commitment is ongoing, and we will engage with key stakeholders over the course of this work.

As set out in our manifesto, the Government intends to strengthen the rules around donations to political parties to protect our democracy. The policy development work to give effect to this commitment is ongoing, and we will engage with key stakeholders over the course of this work.

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