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

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what evidence the Government plans to review to determine whether the Decent Homes Standard requires updating in the first stage of the review of the housing standards white paper.

The Social Housing White Paper announced a review of the Decent Homes Standard. The aim of the first stage of the review is to understand whether the Standard is the right ask of the social housing sector today.

Primarily, my department will consider evidence relating to the case for change provided by the expert Decent Homes Review Sounding Board set up to support Part 1 of the review, and the other stakeholders who have registered an interest. We will also consider evidence heard during consultation events held prior to the publication of the Social Housing Green Paper, and the responses received following publication.