Written questions

5,135 written questions tabled, most recent first.

7 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Buildings: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 29 May 2018 to Question 145539, if he will allow samples of potentially dangerous cladding other than aluminium composite material cladding to be tested

7 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to Answer of 29 May 2018 to Question 145539 on buildings: fire prevention, what plans he has to increase the testing of high-rise buildings with potentially dangerous cl

5 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Private Rented Housing: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to undertake a review of the selective licensing scheme framework.

5 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his letters of 1 June 2018 to local authorities and housing associations, whether his Department considers all materials of A2 classification to be non-combusti

5 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has identified all the buildings in the social housing sector that have aluminium composite cladding systems which need to be replaced.

5 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether (a) local authorities and (b) housing associations are required to use non-combustible insulation to be eligible for Government funding to replace dangerous cladding.

5 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

High Rise Flats: Fires

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 31 May 2018 to Question 146735 on High Rise Flats: Fires, which fire and rescue authorities in England have suspended the stay put guidance for resident

5 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

High Rise Flats: Fire Alarms

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 31 May 2018 to Question 146735 on High Rise Flats: Fires, what steps he has taken to ensure that high-rise tower block owners comply with the relevant f

5 Jun 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Affordable Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2018 to Question 147333 on Affordable Housing: Construction, and with reference to his Department's press release entitled £2 billion boost for a

23 May 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Affordable Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the additional £2 billion in affordable housing funding announced on 4 October 2017 has been allocated.

23 May 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Affordable Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much in grant funding will be allocated to the building of affordable housing between 2016 and 2021.

23 May 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Senior Civil Servants: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the publication of the single departmental plan 2018, what his targets are for increasing diversity in the Senior Civil Service.

23 May 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: ICT

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his single departmental plan, what targets he has set to develop a Core Curriculum with an enhanced focus on digital, commercial, project delivery and line mana

23 May 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his single departmental plan, what targets he has set to (a) reduce the time it takes to hire, (b) support the introduction of new tools and technology to impro

23 May 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many full-time equivalent employees his Department (a) has employed in each financial year since 2009-10 (b) is forecast to employ in each financial year until 2020-21 by dep

22 May 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

High Rise Flats: Fires

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has in place to ensure that all residents are aware of whether they should stay put or evacuate their flats in the event of a high-rise fire.

22 May 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

High Rise Flats: Fires

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the National Fire Chiefs Council on the adequacy of stay put advice for high-rise residents in the event of a fire.

22 May 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

High Rise Flats: Fires

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the London Fire Brigade on the adequacy of stay put advice for high-rise residents in the event of a fire.

22 May 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

High Rise Flats: Fires

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, in light of the changes announced by the London Fire Brigade to the stay put policy for evacuation in the event of a high-rise fire, what assessment he has made of the adequacy o

22 May 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Building Regulations: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to his oral contribution of 17 May 2018 on Building Regulations and Fire Safety, Official Report, column 457, and with reference to his Department's consultation on Amen

22 May 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Building Regulations: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library (a) a list of the organisations that (i) he, (ii) Ministers and (iii) officials of his Department have met with in the course of considering prop

21 May 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which companies and organisations have been invited to attend the proposed roundtable discussion on the removal and replacement of cladding on privately owned tower blocks.

21 May 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will set out the assumptions on which he based the estimated cost of the removal and replacement of unsafe cladding by councils and housing associations.

21 May 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Insulation: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to his oral contribution of 17 May 2018, Official Report, column 465, whether it is his policy that developers should cover fire safety and cladding costs where unsafe c

21 May 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will place a temporary moratorium on the use of combustible cladding for the duration of his consultation of the potential merits of a permanent ban on such cladding.

21 May 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Building Regulations: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to improve Building Regulations relating to (a) desktop studies and (b) other aspects of fire safety.

21 May 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when his Department plans to (a) start and (b) conclude the proposed consultation on banning the use of combustible materials in cladding systems on high-rise residential buildi

21 May 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Insulation: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will ban the use of aluminium composite material cladding with fire retardant polyethylene filler.

21 May 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

High Rise Flats: Tenure

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many residential high-rise buildings there are by tenure in each local authority area in England.

21 May 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on which local authorities have not met their duty under the s3 of the Housing Act 2004 to keep housing conditions in their area under revie

Source: official written-questions record.