Written questions

5,135 written questions tabled, most recent first.

2 Sep 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 16 February 2016 to Question 26142, if he will publish the names of the successful bidders to become trusted partner pilots for the purposes of universal credit alternati

2 Sep 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Tenants: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much central government funding has been (a) made available for tenant training in each of the last 10 years and (b) allocated, or he plans to make available, for tenant training in (

2 Sep 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 26 July 2016 to Question 43423, on housing: construction, if he will publish statistics for net new dwellings in England for the years 1997-98 to 2005-06 compara

19 Jul 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many net new additions to housing supply in England there have been in each category in each year since 1997.

29 Jun 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Council Housing: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the cost of processing and validating local authority data on the sale of higher value council homes.

29 Jun 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Council Housing: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the ongoing costs of keeping local authority data on the sale of higher value council homes up-to-date.

28 Jun 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Council Housing: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities will be affected by the sale of higher value council homes under the Housing and Planning Act 2016.

28 Jun 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Affordable Housing: Ipswich

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reasons he has not allowed Ipswich Council's recent proposal for the Ravenswood affordable housing development.

28 Jun 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Affordable Housing: Ipswich

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, under which legislative provisions he took his decision on Ipswich Council's planning application for the development of the Ravenswood affordable housing scheme.

28 Jun 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Council Housing: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to publish secondary legislation on the sale of higher value council homes under the Housing and Planning Act 2016.

28 Jun 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what methodology he plans to use to determine the market rents of social housing properties for the purposes of the pay to stay policy.

28 Jun 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Council Housing: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects the first sale of higher value council housing allowed by the Housing and Planning Act 2016 to take place.

28 Jun 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will set out the (a) number, (b) nature, (c) date of and (d) grounds of decisions Ministers in his Department have made to disagree with local authority proposals for housing develo

28 Jun 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Right to Buy Scheme: Housing Associations

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of housing association tenants who will take up the option of right-to-buy in each year until 2019-20.

28 Jun 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Council Housing: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library a copy of his recent request to local authorities for information about those bodies' housing stock to help determine the sale of higher value council home

28 Jun 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Council Housing: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with local authorities on the definition of higher value for the purposes of sales of higher value council homes under the Housing and Planning Act 2016.

9 Jun 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of (a) local authority and (b) housing association homes in each English local authority area have not met the decent homes standard in each year since 2001.

3 Jun 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time was that prospective employment and support allowance claimants waited between application and a decision on their claim being reached in the last three months.

22 Apr 2016 · HM Treasury

Social Rented Housing: Stamp Duty Land Tax

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 21 April 2016 to Question 34489, which acquisitions by social landlords are exempt from stamp duty land tax.

18 Apr 2016 · HM Treasury

Social Rented Housing: Stamp Duty Land Tax

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Higher Stamp Duty Land Tax rates announced in Budget 2016 will be levied on properties acquired by social landlords under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.

8 Apr 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Local Housing Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his oral contribution of 21 March 2016, Official Report, column 1268, on welfare, whether he plans to implement his Department's proposal to cap housing benefit paid to social tenants

8 Apr 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Secure Tenancies: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether it is his policy that provisions to end lifetime tenancies in the Housing and Planning Bill will maintain the secure tenancies of tenants who choose to move to more suitable accom

8 Apr 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Housing Ombudsman Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what average time the Housing Ombudsman has taken to complete a case in each year since 2009-10.

8 Apr 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Housing Ombudsman Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the annual budget of the Housing Ombudsman has been in each year since 2009-10.

8 Apr 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Housing Ombudsman Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what average time the Housing Ombudsman has taken to allocate a case in each year since 2009-10.

8 Apr 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Housing Ombudsman Service

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many cases have been received by the Housing Ombudsman in each year since 2009-10.

8 Apr 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Landlords: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities have requested permission from his Department to introduce licensing of private landlords since 1 April 2015; and whether each such request (a) was granted, (b) wa

17 Mar 2016 · 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 Baroness Williams of Trafford, 1 March 2016, HL Deb column 809, if he will place in the Library a copy of the research referenced in that contri

17 Mar 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 1.149 of the Budget 2016, how much of the increased funding available to prevent and reduce homelessness is in addition to the funding allocated to his Departm

23 Feb 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Homes and Communities Agency

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Written Statement of 10 February 2016, HCWS520, when he expects the Review of the Homes and Communities Agency to be published.

Source: official written-questions record.