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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her department has issued guidance on whether council tax can be levied on new build, structurally completed dwellings which are not connected to utilities and are not habitable as a consequence.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her department has issued guidance on whether council tax can be levied on new build, structurally completed dwellings which are not connected to utilities and are not habitable as a consequence.
Council tax becomes payable on a new-build dwelling when a local authority determines that it has been substantially completed, or will be substantially completed within three months. The authority will issue a completion notice to the Valuation Office specifying the completion date, when liability begins. Local authorities are responsible for administering this process in accordance with the legislation. The Department has not issued specific guidance on this.
To ask His Majesty's Government, for each of the last five years, how many street works reinstatements there are that (1) fail inspection, and (2) require remedial works both within and after the statutory guarantee period; and what estimate they have made of the cost to highways authorities of remedial works...
To ask His Majesty's Government, for each of the last five years, how many street works reinstatements there are that (1) fail inspection, and (2) require remedial works both within and after the statutory guarantee period; and what estimate they have made of the cost to highways authorities of remedial works...
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Agreed to on question.
I am grateful for the opportunity to lead this debate on the role of masterplans in large-scale development. This debate will be of particular importance to many of my constituents in Lightwood and surrounding areas, where some 3,000 homes have been allocated through Stoke-on-Trent’s emerging local plan under site BL1.
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I am grateful for the opportunity to lead this debate on the role of masterplans in large-scale development. This debate will be of particular importance to many of my constituents in Lightwood and surrounding areas, where some 3,000 homes have been allocated through Stoke-on-Trent’s emerging local plan under site BL1.
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I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent South (Dr Gardner) on securing this important debate. I commend her for the compelling argument she makes about the importance of planning effectively for large-scale residential developments to ensure that they are well-connected, well-designed, sustainable and attractive places where people want...
I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent South (Dr Gardner) on securing this important debate. I commend her for the compelling argument she makes about the importance of planning effectively for large-scale residential developments to ensure that they are well-connected, well-designed, sustainable and attractive places where people want...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure that housing developments are not delayed by the failure of utility companies to (a) build and (b) upgrade the necessary infrastructure.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to ensure that housing developments are not delayed by the failure of utility companies to (a) build and (b) upgrade the necessary infrastructure.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether mayoral combined authorities will have responsibility for public utilities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether mayoral combined authorities will have responsibility for public utilities.
To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect to lay the Highways (Financing) Bill before Parliament; and through what mechanisms they intend for the Bill to increase public control of key utilities.
To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect to lay the Highways (Financing) Bill before Parliament; and through what mechanisms they intend for the Bill to increase public control of key utilities.
The Highways (Financing) Bill will be brought forward when Parliamentary time allows. This House will have full opportunity to scrutinise this legislation in the usual way at that time. The Bill will be concerned with a new financing model for our largest road projects, not with utilities more generally.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the answer of 2 March 2026, to Question 113803, whether there are specific sectors in which the Government plans to introduce income-based pricing of utilities or merit goods.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the answer of 2 March 2026, to Question 113803, whether there are specific sectors in which the Government plans to introduce income-based pricing of utilities or merit goods.
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has no plans to introduce income-based pricing for utilities or merit goods for specific sectors.
Merit goods like essential healthcare, state schooling, and primary education remain free at the point of use for everyone, independent of income. For supplementary merit goods that require flat fees—such as NHS prescriptions and dental checkups—the government maintains fixed prices rather than income-scaled pricing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will review the national standards that utility companies are required to follow for roads and pavements, including reviewing section 58 of the Highways Act 1980 to reduce the requirement for a resurfaced area to be 30m long before protections apply,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will review the national standards that utility companies are required to follow for roads and pavements, including reviewing section 58 of the Highways Act 1980 to reduce the requirement for a resurfaced area to be 30m long before protections apply,...
Restrictions on street works following substantial road works are provided for under section 58 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991. The criteria for applying those restrictions, including the circumstances in which road works qualify as substantial road works, are set out in secondary legislation. The Government keeps the operation of the street works regime under review and works closely with local highway authorities and utility companies to ensure that works are carried out in a way that minimises disruption to road users.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consideration his department has given to reducing the 6-month grace period that utility companies have to undertake full repairs to paving in town centres.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consideration his department has given to reducing the 6-month grace period that utility companies have to undertake full repairs to paving in town centres.
Statutory guidance already makes clear that permanent reinstatements should be completed by utility companies as soon as reasonably practicable and that, where an interim reinstatement is used, it should normally be made permanent within six months.
The Department considers this period to be proportionate, balancing the need for timely, high‑quality permanent repairs with practical considerations such as the availability of appropriate materials and the safe coordination of works.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of utility works have been inspected each of the last three years by highways authorities; and what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of using digital inspection systems to identify damage from utilities works to the (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of utility works have been inspected each of the last three years by highways authorities; and what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of using digital inspection systems to identify damage from utilities works to the (a)...
The Department’s Street Manager digital service enables local authorities to record, monitor and co‑ordinate street works, including inspections. Use of this service is not mandatory for all types of works so the Department does not hold complete data on the percentage of utility works that are inspected by highway authorities.
The Department has not made a formal assessment of digital systems to identify damage to roads or footways. Decisions on the use of technology when carrying out inspections rest with local highway authorities.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an estimate of the cost of nationalisation of (a) the water industry and (b) energy utility companies.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an estimate of the cost of nationalisation of (a) the water industry and (b) energy utility companies.
DEFRA has estimated the cost of nationalising the water industry. This is set out in a technical note that can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationalising-the-water-sector-how-we-assessed-the-cost/nationalising-the-water-sector-how-we-assessed-the-cost.
The government has not assessed the value of the entire energy system. Ofgem’s latest energy network price control set out potential investment by network companies and can be found here: RIIO-3 Final Determinations for the Electricity Transmission, Gas Distribution and Gas Transmission sectors | Ofgem
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to local highway authorities and local taxpayers arising from defective utility reinstatement works in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to local highway authorities and local taxpayers arising from defective utility reinstatement works in each of the last five years.
The Department does not collect data on the impact of utility works on highway condition or the associated maintenance costs for local authorities.
Highway authorities have powers under the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 to inspect works, require utility companies to remedy defective reinstatements, and, where necessary, carry out remedial works themselves and recover reasonable costs from the utility company.
Under the performance-based inspections regime utility companies with higher defect rates are subject to more frequent inspections and associated charges, to incentivise compliance with the statutory standards for reinstatement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had any recent discussions with industry bodies representing (a) banks, (b) insurers, and (c) utility companies on improving bereavement processes for customers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had any recent discussions with industry bodies representing (a) banks, (b) insurers, and (c) utility companies on improving bereavement processes for customers.
Internal policies relating to bereavement are a matter for individual businesses, but we expect companies to treat consumers with compassion in such circumstances, with many organisations having specialist bereavement advisors to support consumers during such times.
Under consumer legislation, businesses are required to carry out their services with reasonable care and skill, and within a reasonable time. Businesses in regulated sectors may have additional obligations, such as financial organisations which are bound by the Consumer Duty.
My department has not had any recent discussions with organisations about improving bereavement processes. However, we do engage with businesses more generally on consumer protection matters.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data the Government holds on the number of complaints made to financial services and utility companies relating to the handling of bereavement notifications.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data the Government holds on the number of complaints made to financial services and utility companies relating to the handling of bereavement notifications.
Tell Us Once is used by public sector bodies only, and does not collect data on the number of complaints made to financial services and utility companies relating to the handling of bereavement notifications.
This paper explains what private or ‘unadopted’ roads are and the problems and issues associated with them. It also explains who is responsible for maintaining these roads and how highways authorities can ‘adopt’ such roads and make them public highways.
This paper explains what private or ‘unadopted’ roads are and the problems and issues associated with them. It also explains who is responsible for maintaining these roads and how highways authorities can ‘adopt’ such roads and make them public highways.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to introduce statutory turnaround times for consents teams handling compulsory purchase and necessary wayleave applications, to reduce end-to-end project timelines.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to introduce statutory turnaround times for consents teams handling compulsory purchase and necessary wayleave applications, to reduce end-to-end project timelines.
The government is assessing how it can streamline land access, rights and consent processes to speed up electricity network deployment and published a consultation which ran from 8 July to 2 September 2025. The consultation proposed a raft of changes to these processes. We expect to publish our response in the coming quarter, setting out the direction of travel in this area.