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To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much has been spent to date in establishing the Office for Local Government; and what estimate he has made of the future annual running costs of that office.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what guidance his Department issues on the liability of holiday lets that are not habitable for permanent occupation to a higher rate of council tax as second homes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reintroducing grants to support the improvement and repair of Airey houses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department plans to issue guidance to private parking companies on the appropriateness of levels of parking fines.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will update the Estate Agents Act 1979 to ensure that the security of the paper based system for the conveyancing of properties is retained.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2023 to Question 135157 on Energy Bills Rebate: Landlord and Tenant, whether his Department has made a recent assessment with Cabinet colleagues ...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February to Question 135157 on Energy Bills Rebate: Landlord and Tenant, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential for Section 21 not...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Central Government Supply Estimates 2022-23, page 245, for what reason £249,000,000 was reprofiled from 2022-23 into 2024-25; and if he will list which programm...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Central Government Supply Estimates 2022-23, page 245, for what reason £492,999,000 was reprofiled from 2022-23 into 2023-24; and if he will list which programm...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Central Government Supply Estimates 2022-23, page 245, for what reason £1,197,036,000 was surrendered to HM Treasury in respect of the Capital Financial Transac...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to page 245 of the paper entitled Central Government Supply Estimates 2022-23: Supplementary Estimates, for what reason £830,166,000 was returned to HM Treasury in res...
To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the impact of freezing Local Housing Allowance rates on expenditure by local authorities on temporary accommodation for those unable to sustain their private tenancies.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of Local Housing Allowance rates on the supply of affordable housing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to publish a Government response to the consultation entitled Reforming the leasehold and commonhold systems in England and Wales, published on 11 January 2022.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what progress his Department has made on drafting legislation to fulfil the Government's commitment of only requiring one lifetime deposit in this Parliament.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what progress his Department has made on drafting legislation to fulfil the Government's commitment of abolishing no fault evictions in this Parliament.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the average processing time is for Voter Authority Certificate applications.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has had recent discussions with the Scottish government on the implications of their decision to bring registered social landlords under the Freedom of Information (Scotla...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the written evidence submitted by the Information Commissioner’s Office to the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee for its inquiry into the Regulation o...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent steps he has taken, including with the Welsh Government, to raise awareness of the role of the Sikh Community in (a) Newport West constituency, (b) Wales and (c) the UK.