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To ask His Majesty's Government how much funding they allocated for destitution support for British National (Overseas) visa holders in (1) 2021/22, and (2) so far in 2022/23; and how much of this was accessed by BNO visa holders in each of those years.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they had a policy in place to allow only one bid per local authority area in Northern Ireland to be awarded funding in Levelling Up Fund Round 2; and whether that policy was in place elsewhere in the UK.
To ask His Majesty's Government what their total financial contribution to local authorities in England will be in the financial year 2023–24 for (1) revenue spending, (2) capital investment, and (3) one-off grants, specifically excluding any funding towa...
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have for establishing of Free Ports in Wales.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the consent regime for the installation of solar panels on Listed Buildings.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have for the Thames Freeport project to give preference to freight transport of spoil and building materials via the river between the three sites at Dagenham, Tilbury Dock and London Gateway; and what plans...
To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with local authorities regarding plans to regulate short-term lets; and what was the outcome of those discussions.
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they are approaching foreign developers and cladding manufacturers to secure contributions to fix cladding issues.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Scott of Bybrook on 22 February (HL3776), what assessment they have made of the impact of not yet announcing when the Liverpool Strategic Futures Panel will meet.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential for increasing the use of periodic tenancies in the UK; and whether they have examined the use of periodic tenancies in other countries in making any such assessment.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of replacing assured shorthold tenancies with periodic tenancies; and what assessment they have made of the benefits of doing that.
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to provide accommodation for homeless people in rural communities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2023 to Question 143816 on Social Rented Housing: Greater London, what funding will be made available to social housing providers in London to m...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has contracted work to a business named in round 18 of the National Minimum Wage Naming Scheme in the last 3 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of freezes in the housing allowance on trends in the level of rough sleeping.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 8 February 2023 to Question 136710 on High Rise Flats: Safety, for what forms of direct financial assistance from his Department local authorities can apply...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 8 February 2023 to Question 136709 on High Rise Flats: Safety, whether his Department retains data relating to the number of Large Panel System housing bloc...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps to safeguard tenants in buildings where the owner would qualify for the building safety fund to repair unsafe cladding but chooses not to apply...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the number of buildings that will be required for the Office for Local Government; and where each office will be located.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department has made of the number of full-time equivalent staff who will be required for the administration of the Office for Local Government.