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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to provide additional funding for the maintenance of listed building social housing stock.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to provide additional funding for the maintenance of listed building social housing stock.
No specific funding has been allocated for the maintenance of listed building social housing stock.
In the five-step plan for delivering a decade of renewal for social and affordable housing published on 2 July 2025 (which can be found on gov.uk here), we announced measures to rebuild the financial capacity of social housing providers to enable them to borrow and invest in new and existing homes. These included a stable long-term rent policy of CPI+1% for 10 years, social rent convergence, and over £1 billion of building safety funding between 2026-2027 and 2029-20 30.
In addition, just under £1.15 billion has been provided to retrofit social homes across 138 projects under Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund Wave 3 across England. In April 2026, the government announced it will be providing a further £100 million for solar panel installations.
This funding will help landlords meet new decent homes and energy efficiency requirements, but some requirements may still be difficult or impossible to achieve for listed buildings. Where physical or planning constraints prevent compliance, exemptions will remain in place to protect landlords from unreasonable costs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support his Department is providing for listed building social housing projects.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what support his Department is providing for listed building social housing projects.
No specific funding has been allocated for the maintenance of listed building social housing stock.
In the five-step plan for delivering a decade of renewal for social and affordable housing published on 2 July 2025 (which can be found on gov.uk here), we announced measures to rebuild the financial capacity of social housing providers to enable them to borrow and invest in new and existing homes. These included a stable long-term rent policy of CPI+1% for 10 years, social rent convergence, and over £1 billion of building safety funding between 2026-2027 and 2029-20 30.
In addition, just under £1.15 billion has been provided to retrofit social homes across 138 projects under Warm Homes: Social Housing Fund Wave 3 across England. In April 2026, the government announced it will be providing a further £100 million for solar panel installations.
This funding will help landlords meet new decent homes and energy efficiency requirements, but some requirements may still be difficult or impossible to achieve for listed buildings. Where physical or planning constraints prevent compliance, exemptions will remain in place to protect landlords from unreasonable costs.
Construction work to repair buildings, including historic churches, is charged VAT at the 20% standard rate. The Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme has provided grants to mitigate the VAT costs for these repairs.
Construction work to repair buildings, including historic churches, is charged VAT at the 20% standard rate. The Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme has provided grants to mitigate the VAT costs for these repairs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support libraries operating in listed buildings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support libraries operating in listed buildings.
Each local authority is responsible for assessing the needs of their local communities and designing a library service, including locations and buildings, to meet those needs within their available resources.
Core funding for libraries is through the Local Government Finance Settlement. In 2026-27 the government will make available £78 billion in Core Spending Power for local authorities in England, a 6.1% increase compared to 2025-26.
Some listed buildings housing libraries may be able to benefit from the Department’s Heritage at Risk Capital Fund, operated by Historic England, which provides grants of up to £1 million to individuals and organisations legally responsible for conserving listed landmarks and has a budget of up to £60 million over the next four years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the requirements of listed building status do not delay the uptake of (a) EV charging and (b) household batteries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the requirements of listed building status do not delay the uptake of (a) EV charging and (b) household batteries.
Between 16 December 2025 and 10 March 2026, we consulted on a new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). That consultation, which can be found on gov.uk here, included proposals relating to the installation of energy efficiency and low carbon heating measures in listed buildings and conservation areas, making clear that it is an important public benefit to be taken into account when deciding planning applications.
We are currently analysing the feedback received and will publish our response in due course.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of whether the funding arrangements for the repair of Grade I and Grade II listed highway bridges adequately reflect the costs of restoring historic structures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of whether the funding arrangements for the repair of Grade I and Grade II listed highway bridges adequately reflect the costs of restoring historic structures.
The repair and maintenance of bridges on the local highway network is the responsibility of the relevant local highway authority. The Department is providing local highway authorities with a record £7.3 billion over the next four years to support the maintenance of the local highway network. We have also launched the Structures Fund to support authorities with the cost of repairing local transport structures. Local highway authorities have until 3 August to put forward schemes to be considered for investment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support the heritage and listed buildings sector in East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to support the heritage and listed buildings sector in East Grinstead and Uckfield constituency.
The Government remains dedicated to safeguarding our historic environment for both current and future generations. We continue to provide substantial public investment to support heritage across the nation, working alongside key partners including the National Lottery Heritage Fund (NLHF) and Historic England.
This includes a £250,000 grant in August 2024 from NLHF to the Bluebell Railway in this constituency, in support of Railway 200.
In January we announced an additional £200 million funding over four years for heritage as part of the Arts Everywhere programme to bring historic buildings in the hearts of our communities back to life. This funding includes the Heritage at Risk Capital Fund (£60m), Heritage Revival Fund (£42m) and the Places of Worship Renewal Fund (£92m).
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what consideration he has given to exempting externally mounted defibrillators from planning and listed buildings regulations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what consideration he has given to exempting externally mounted defibrillators from planning and listed buildings regulations.
In most cases, installing a defibrillator will not require planning permission.
Listed building consent may be required where installation affects a listed building’s special historic or architectural character.
My Department has made no specific assessment of exempting externally mounted defibrillators from the listed buildings regulations.
Local planning authorities have powers, through local listed building consent orders, to grant a general listed building consent for works to listed buildings in their areas where they consider appropriate.
Lords question for short debate on how the places of worship renewal fund will differ from the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme.
Lords question for short debate on how the places of worship renewal fund will differ from the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme.
My Lords, the church of St James the Apostle has towered over the small village of Somerton, Oxfordshire, for almost 1,000 years. Last Saturday, our daughter Matilda and her new husband James were married there. The bells
rang, the bridesmaids looked beautiful and the church was immaculate. It was a...
My Lords, the church of St James the Apostle has towered over the small village of Somerton, Oxfordshire, for almost 1,000 years. Last Saturday, our daughter Matilda and her new husband James were married there. The bells
rang, the bridesmaids looked beautiful and the church was immaculate. It was a...
My Lords, if we get this right, we will do far more than preserve historic buildings; we will protect the civic infrastructure that quietly sustains our communities every single day. If we get it wrong, we risk allowing that infrastructure to erode slowly. So I welcome the Government’s intention, and...
My Lords, if we get this right, we will do far more than preserve historic buildings; we will protect the civic infrastructure that quietly sustains our communities every single day. If we get it wrong, we risk allowing that infrastructure to erode slowly. So I welcome the Government’s intention, and...
My Lords, I am extremely grateful to the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Prentis, for securing this debate and, indeed, for
her wider service to the Church. I congratulate her daughter and son-in-law as well. I thank the many thousands of people across our country who play a part in...
My Lords, I am extremely grateful to the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Prentis, for securing this debate and, indeed, for
her wider service to the Church. I congratulate her daughter and son-in-law as well. I thank the many thousands of people across our country who play a part in...
My Lords, it is a genuine pleasure to follow the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Leicester. I enjoyed his contribution, although I have a nagging feeling that what I am about to say may make him wish that he had been scheduled to speak after me rather than before.
I...
My Lords, it is a genuine pleasure to follow the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of Leicester. I enjoyed his contribution, although I have a nagging feeling that what I am about to say may make him wish that he had been scheduled to speak after me rather than before.
I...
My Lords, I welcome the opportunity to debate this important topic, and sincerely thank the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Prentis of Banbury.
I recognise that places of worship are an important part of the UK’s heritage and architecture. It is fair to say that my opinion differs greatly from the...
My Lords, I welcome the opportunity to debate this important topic, and sincerely thank the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Prentis of Banbury.
I recognise that places of worship are an important part of the UK’s heritage and architecture. It is fair to say that my opinion differs greatly from the...
My Lords, I thank my noble and learned friend Lady Prentis for bringing this important debate before the House. Parish churches are so often the centre of local communities, including for people of all faiths and none. Nothing can compensate when a centuries-old church closes its doors. Over the past...
My Lords, I thank my noble and learned friend Lady Prentis for bringing this important debate before the House. Parish churches are so often the centre of local communities, including for people of all faiths and none. Nothing can compensate when a centuries-old church closes its doors. Over the past...
My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Prentis of Banbury, on securing this important debate. It is a pleasure to see her in her place leading it. She eloquently set out the problems and issues facing churches that have ancient buildings to care for, and I agree with all...
My Lords, I congratulate the noble Baroness, Lady Prentis of Banbury, on securing this important debate. It is a pleasure to see her in her place leading it. She eloquently set out the problems and issues facing churches that have ancient buildings to care for, and I agree with all...
My Lords, I am very grateful to my noble and learned friend Lady Prentis of Banbury, for securing this debate and congratulate her for the way she set it out. I also congratulate Matilda and James on what sounds like a splendid wedding. As their example shows, we are discussing...
My Lords, I am very grateful to my noble and learned friend Lady Prentis of Banbury, for securing this debate and congratulate her for the way she set it out. I also congratulate Matilda and James on what sounds like a splendid wedding. As their example shows, we are discussing...
My Lords, I am pleased to answer this Question for Short Debate and, like others, I thank the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Prentis of Banbury, for securing the debate. I thank all other noble Lords and the right reverend Prelate, who, despite the weather, stayed to speak in the...
My Lords, I am pleased to answer this Question for Short Debate and, like others, I thank the noble and learned Baroness, Lady Prentis of Banbury, for securing the debate. I thank all other noble Lords and the right reverend Prelate, who, despite the weather, stayed to speak in the...
What steps her Department is taking to help support the heritage and listed buildings sector.
What steps her Department is taking to help support the heritage and listed buildings sector.
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Minister of State at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on 11 June 2025 (HC57195), whether they have published the analysis by industry experts to understand the causes behind the increases in insurance costs; and if so, where that analysis...
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Minister of State at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on 11 June 2025 (HC57195), whether they have published the analysis by industry experts to understand the causes behind the increases in insurance costs; and if so, where that analysis...
The research referenced as part of HC57195 was commissioned by Historic England. There are no current plans for it to be published