Written questions

5,135 written questions tabled, most recent first.

24 Jan 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the oral contribution of 28 November 2016, Official Report, column 1229, who the intended recipients are of the Government's £25 billion investment; how much each of th

24 Jan 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Affordable Housing: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding has been earmarked for the (a) Affordable Homes Programme 2015-2018 and (b) Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme 2016-21, broken down by budget heading.

20 Jan 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Housing: Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library all research on the effect of immigration on housing commissioned by his Department or produced internally since 2010.

18 Jan 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Housing Benefit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many claimants he estimates will be affected by the removal of the housing costs element of universal credit from 18 to 21-year-olds in each local authority area; what the estimated savings will be

17 Jan 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Affordable Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2017 to Question 59492, if he will place in the Library the modelling, workings and data on which the impact assessment of changes to affordable housi

17 Jan 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Affordable Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2017 to Question 59492, if he will place in the Library the assumptions, working and modelling supplied by his Department which support the policy cos

17 Jan 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Affordable Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department made of the potential merits of funding homes for social rent in advance of the publication of the Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme 2016 to 2

17 Jan 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Letting Agents: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ban letting fees for tenants; and when he plans for that ban to come into effect.

10 Jan 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Affordable Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the impact assessment for the changes to affordable housing announced in the Autumn Statement 2016.

10 Jan 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Affordable Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the research he commissioned to support changes to affordable housing announced in the Autumn Statement 2016.

10 Jan 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Affordable Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library the modelling, workings and data on which the impact assessment of changes to affordable housing announced in the Autumn Statement 2016 were based.

10 Jan 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress his Department is making on the implementation of (a) the recommendations of the Elphicke House Report, published in January 2015 and (b) a Housing Finance Institute, as ann

10 Jan 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Consumer Advice, Protection, Standards and Enforcement for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Independent Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his response is to the findings and recommendations of the Bonfield Review, Each Home Counts, December 2016.

15 Dec 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy Intensive Industries: Trade Competitiveness

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to secure contingency funding for the continuation of compensation for the indirect costs of the Renewables Obligation and small-scale feed-in-tariffs for

15 Dec 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Energy Intensive Industries: Trade Competitiveness

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps he is taking to (a) expedite the Government's application to the European Commission to exempt energy-intensive industries from the indirect costs of the Renewables Obl

5 Dec 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Local Housing Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2016 to Question 55413, on local housing allowance, what information his Department holds on the number of universal credit claimants who will be affected by propose

29 Nov 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Local Housing Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of the universal credit claimants who will be affected by proposed changes to local housing allowance, (a) in each region and (b) aged under 35.

7 Nov 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Shared Ownership Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much under the shared ownership and affordable homes programme 2016 to 2021 has been allocated by (a) region and (b) tenure.

7 Nov 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits: Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect of the new household benefit cap on homelessness.

7 Nov 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Social Security Benefits: Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with Ministers or officials of the Department for Work and Pensions on the effect on homelessness of the new household benefit cap.

7 Nov 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many additional new homes he estimates will be built as a result of the Home Building Fund in each financial year from 2016-17 to 2019-20.

21 Oct 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Homelessness Reduction Bill

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the oral evidence of the Minister of State for Local Government to the Communities and Local Government Committee on 14 September 2016, at Questions 84 to 87, HC635, whe

13 Oct 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

HM Land Registry: Privatisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, with reference to his oral contribution of 10 October 2016, Official Report, column 81, on the Neighbourhood Planning Bill and the Land Registry, for what reasons he has chosen no

13 Oct 2016 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Consumer Advice, Protection, Standards and Enforcement for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Independent Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, for what reasons the publication of the Bonfield Review, due to be published in March 2016, has been delayed; and when he expects that review to be made available.

12 Oct 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Affordable Housing: EU Grants and Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had with housing associations and other organisations who benefit from funding from the European Investment Bank on the level of future funding that will be

12 Oct 2016 · HM Treasury

Affordable Housing: EU Grants and Loans

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the European Investment Bank on future funding for affordable housing.

12 Oct 2016 · HM Treasury

Housing: EU Grants and Loans

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the UK's vote to leave the EU on future funding for housing from the European Investment Bank.

12 Oct 2016 · HM Treasury

Affordable Housing: EU Grants and Loans

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to ensure that any shortfall in European Investment Bank finance for affordable homes as a result of the UK leaving the EU will be met by the UK Government.

12 Oct 2016 · HM Treasury

Affordable Housing: EU Grants and Loans

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what contingency plans his Department had in place before the EU Referendum for loss of European Investment Bank finance for affordable homes; and if he will place a copy of such plans in the Library.

12 Oct 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Local Plans

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, (a) how many interventions Ministers of his Department have made to suspend or halt the adoption of local plans since 2010, (b) the grounds on which any such interventions have been made

Source: official written-questions record.