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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 20 October 2025 to Question 78246 on Homes England: Conferences, what was the cost to the public purse of the seven Homes England staff attending the MIPIM conference; and whether any departmental...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 20 October 2025 to Question 78246 on Homes England: Conferences, what was the cost to the public purse of the seven Homes England staff attending the MIPIM conference; and whether any departmental...
The total cost to the public purse of seven Homes England staff attending the four-day 2024 MIPIM conference was £31,787.29. This figure includes the cost of flights and some expenses.
The previous referenced answer incorrectly stated that the reported total included flight costs when, in fact, it did not. Please consider this a correction of that answer.
Details of travel and subsistence usage by Homes England staff are set out in the Agency’s Annual Report. Over 98% of this total was for travel, hotels, and conference tickets with the remaining 2% covering reasonable expenses such as subsistence.
Details of senior MHCLG officials’ hospitality are published on a quarterly basis and are available on GOV.UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what planning policy and guidance he has issued in relation to planning applications to convert a single dwelling into a House of Multiple Occupation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what planning policy and guidance he has issued in relation to planning applications to convert a single dwelling into a House of Multiple Occupation.
The Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) (Amendment) (England) Order 2010 introduced a new Use Class, Class C4 (houses in multiple occupation). This covers use of a dwellinghouse by not more than six residents as a house in multiple occupation within the meaning of section 254 of the Housing Act 2004, excluding converted blocks of flats to which section 257 of that Act applies.
Houses in multiple occupation are not explicitly referenced in the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) published in December 2024.
Between 16 December 2025 and 10 March 2026, we consulted on a new NPPF. The consultation on the revised framework, which can be found on gov.uk here, included proposals for a more flexible Article 4 policy so local planning authorities can remove permitted development rights where it is necessary to protect the amenity or wellbeing of an area, for instance where there is an overconcentration of small Houses in Multiple Occupation. We are currently analysing the feedback received and will publish our response in due course.
The government has published no specific guidance in respect of planning applications to convert single dwellings into houses in multiple occupation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 24 April 2026 to Question 124786 on Affordable Housing: Greater London, whether there have been cases where (a) Homes England and (b) GLA schemes have not proceeded and the grant has been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 24 April 2026 to Question 124786 on Affordable Housing: Greater London, whether there have been cases where (a) Homes England and (b) GLA schemes have not proceeded and the grant has been...
My Department is aware of occasions where affordable housing schemes have been unable to proceed and where, as a result, Homes England has made use of clauses set out in the relevant grant agreement to reclaim grant that has already been paid and reinvest it back into affordable housing.
The Greater London Authority (GLA) also operates grant recovery arrangements for schemes funded through its Affordable Homes Programme. Where a funded scheme does not proceed, or where other circumstances arise that trigger recovery under the terms of the funding agreement, the GLA may recover grant and reinvest those funds in the delivery of affordable housing. The GLA's Affordable Housing Capital Funding Guide, which can be found here, contains specific rules set out regarding grant recovery where schemes cannot proceed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what comparative assessment his Department has made of shared ownership residents’ liability for building safety and cladding costs with the liability of the underlying owner of the shared equity lending for such costs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what comparative assessment his Department has made of shared ownership residents’ liability for building safety and cladding costs with the liability of the underlying owner of the shared equity lending for such costs.
My Department has made no such specific comparative assessment.
No costs for cladding remediation are payable by shared owners of leases which qualify for the leaseholder protections in the Building Safety Act 2022.
Any contributions towards non-cladding remediation costs are capped according to the size of the share of the property owned on 14 February 2022, irrespective of whether that share is later increased through staircasing, including up to 100%.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's consultation outcome, Home buying and selling reform roadmap, updated 19 June 2026, whether HMRC Valuation Office will have access to the digitised property data and sales packs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's consultation outcome, Home buying and selling reform roadmap, updated 19 June 2026, whether HMRC Valuation Office will have access to the digitised property data and sales packs.
The roadmap in question commits the government to supporting the secure sharing of trusted property data and the wider use of digital logbooks and sales packs.
Detailed implementation arrangements, including how organisations may access digitised property data and sales packs, will be confirmed as the measures are developed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department holds information on which local housing authorities have introduced housing allocations policies on requiring (a) a local connection and (b) British citizenship.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department holds information on which local housing authorities have introduced housing allocations policies on requiring (a) a local connection and (b) British citizenship.
Local housing authorities cannot discriminate on the basis of nationality so none will have allocations policies that include a requirement for British citizenship.
People whose immigration status means they have no recourse to public funds are not eligible for an allocation of social housing. Local housing authority allocations policies will reflect this.
Information on which local housing authorities have introduced local connection requirements (and if they exempt members of the UK armed forces community, victims of domestic abuse and care leavers) can be found at section C of the Local Authority Housing Statistics dataset, published on gov.uk here.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 19 June 2026, to Question 9006, on MHCLG: Labour Housing Group, whether the Minister of State for Housing and Planning has discussed official departmental business with the Labour Housing Group at those events.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 19 June 2026, to Question 9006, on MHCLG: Labour Housing Group, whether the Minister of State for Housing and Planning has discussed official departmental business with the Labour Housing Group at those events.
At the events in question, I gave a general overview of the government’s approach to housing and planning. No other departmental business was discussed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether any special advisers have left his Department since July 2024 for (a) misconduct and (b) breaches of the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether any special advisers have left his Department since July 2024 for (a) misconduct and (b) breaches of the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers.
They have not.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 17 June 2026 to Question 8092 on Bakerloo line: Housing, whether his Department has had discussions with the Mayor of London on the proposed Bakerloo line extension.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 17 June 2026 to Question 8092 on Bakerloo line: Housing, whether his Department has had discussions with the Mayor of London on the proposed Bakerloo line extension.
The government continues to engage with the Greater London Authority on a range of transport and infrastructure matters.
The Bakerloo Line Extension has featured in wider discussions between the government and the Greater London Authority on the Mayor’s infrastructure priorities.
The government remains committed to working collaboratively with the Mayor and other partners to support sustainable growth and infrastructure delivery across the capital.
As transport in London is devolved to the Mayor and Transport for London, it is for them to make decisions on the merits of investment including any upgrade to the Bakerloo Line.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 2 March 2026, to Question 113737, on Council Tax: City of Westminster and Wandsworth, what assessment his Department has made of the financial viability of the six councils if they do not...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 2 March 2026, to Question 113737, on Council Tax: City of Westminster and Wandsworth, what assessment his Department has made of the financial viability of the six councils if they do not...
Government does not intend to set referendum principles for six authorities in 2027-28 and 2028-29 including City of Westminster and Wandsworth. Within our modelling, we made an assumption that these authorities increase their council tax by 5% plus an additional £150 in each of 2027-28 and 2028-29 for the purposes of calculating their funding floor allocations in these years. Decisions on council tax levels in these areas remain a matter for the individual local authorities.
The Local Government Finance Settlement ensured these councils were funded according to their needs, taking into account their ability to raise council tax, assuming 5% plus £150 in each of 2027-28 and 2028-29. We monitor the financial health of councils on a regular basis using a range of data as well as through extensive direct engagement. While councils are responsible for their own financial management, any council that has concerns about its ability to set or maintain a balanced budget should approach the department in the first instance where we will treat all discussions in confidence.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to commission an independent research report on the effect of the (a) Equality Act 2010 and (b) Human Rights Act 1998 on the ability of local authorities to tackle unauthorised traveller...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to commission an independent research report on the effect of the (a) Equality Act 2010 and (b) Human Rights Act 1998 on the ability of local authorities to tackle unauthorised traveller...
The government has no plans to commission such an independent research report.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) information his Department has and (b) what research his Department has commissioned on the amount of retail, hospitality and leisure hereditaments or business space which are empty or vacant.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) information his Department has and (b) what research his Department has commissioned on the amount of retail, hospitality and leisure hereditaments or business space which are empty or vacant.
The Department does not collect such data and has not commissioned research to quantify vacancies nationally. It sometimes purchases commercial property market data, including vacancy information, from external providers to support internal policy development. The government continues to engage regularly with local authorities on high street regeneration and related issues.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Environmental Outcomes Reports: Roadmap to reform publication of 13 March 2026, what the estimated timetable is for the implementation and commencement of Environmental Outcomes Reporting and the abolition of the EIA/SEA regime.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Environmental Outcomes Reports: Roadmap to reform publication of 13 March 2026, what the estimated timetable is for the implementation and commencement of Environmental Outcomes Reporting and the abolition of the EIA/SEA regime.
I refer the Rt Hon. Member to the Environmental Outcomes Reports: Roadmap to reform which can be found on gov.uk here.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the publication entitled Environmental Outcomes Reports: Roadmap to reform, published on 13 March 2026, whether (a) Habitats Regulations and (b) Biodiversity Net Gain assessments will be incorporated into Environmental Outcome Reports.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the publication entitled Environmental Outcomes Reports: Roadmap to reform, published on 13 March 2026, whether (a) Habitats Regulations and (b) Biodiversity Net Gain assessments will be incorporated into Environmental Outcome Reports.
Neither Habitats Regulations Assessments nor Biodiversity Net Gain assessments will be incorporated into Environmental Outcomes Reports.
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) regulations set out that where both an EIA and an appropriate assessment under the Habitats regime is required, the two assessments should be co-ordinated in order to avoid duplication.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the transparency data, MHCLG: spending over £25,000, February 2026, published on 17 April 2026, and the transaction, Medway Council, Ref: 230000006, Recovery of Underspend, what was the programme to which the underspend recovery relates, and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the transparency data, MHCLG: spending over £25,000, February 2026, published on 17 April 2026, and the transaction, Medway Council, Ref: 230000006, Recovery of Underspend, what was the programme to which the underspend recovery relates, and...
The Hook Meadow scheme located in Medway, funded through Brownfield Land Release Fund 2.3, closed in June 2025. All funding awarded was returned.
The scheme closed due to significant delays by the local authority in the review of property assets relating to the library and community hubs. As the Hook Meadow Community Hub/Library is located on the same site as the proposed homes, the development could not move forward until decision making around the community hub was completed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the written statement of 16 April 2026, HCWS1520, on 80A Duty to report on air quality in England, whether (a) his department or (b) DEFRA intend to consult on the issuing of embedding PM2.5 targets...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the written statement of 16 April 2026, HCWS1520, on 80A Duty to report on air quality in England, whether (a) his department or (b) DEFRA intend to consult on the issuing of embedding PM2.5 targets...
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 air quality and to fine particulate matter (PM2.5) which reflects new legal targets set under the Environment Act 2021.
Defra has published interim guidance on how planning authorities and developers should consider the PM2.5 Environment Act targets in individual planning decisions, which can be found on gov.uk here.
We are currently analysing the feedback received and will publish our response in the summer. We will consider and take forward any updates to planning practice guidance which are needed in the light of the final NPPF and views received through the consultation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to the Planning Inspectorate decision, reference: APP/A5840/W/25/3366760, whether he considered recovering the Peckham’s Aylesham Centre planning appeal; and what assessment has he made of the implications of the Planning Inspectorate decision for brownfield regeneration in (a) London...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to the Planning Inspectorate decision, reference: APP/A5840/W/25/3366760, whether he considered recovering the Peckham’s Aylesham Centre planning appeal; and what assessment has he made of the implications of the Planning Inspectorate decision for brownfield regeneration in (a) London...
Decisions on the recovery of appeals are made in accordance with the policy as set out in a 2008 Written Ministerial Statement, which can be found on gov.uk here.
As the Planning Inspectorate decision in question is now subject to a legal challenge, it would not be appropriate for me to comment on the implications of it or the original proposal.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to Annex 14: Strategic planning, of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Impact assessment, May 2025, page 11, through what mechanism he will ensure that the new strategic authority planning documents will be kept high level.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to Annex 14: Strategic planning, of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Impact assessment, May 2025, page 11, through what mechanism he will ensure that the new strategic authority planning documents will be kept high level.
Between 16 December 2025 and 10 March 2026, we consulted on a new National Planning Policy Framework. The proposed Framework, which can be found on gov.uk here, sets out that the content of spatial development strategies (SDSs) should be genuinely strategic in nature and allow for more detailed issues to be addressed through other parts of the development plan.
The government will provide guidance to support strategic planning authorities in meeting this expectation. SDSs will also be subject to independent examination when they will be tested against expectations in national policy.
We are currently analysing the feedback received to the consultation referenced above and will publish our response in due course.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with (a) the Metropolitan Police, (b) London boroughs and (c) the Mayor of London on the video booths being placed in Parliament Square and on Westminster Bridge; and whether local authorities have sufficient...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with (a) the Metropolitan Police, (b) London boroughs and (c) the Mayor of London on the video booths being placed in Parliament Square and on Westminster Bridge; and whether local authorities have sufficient...
The Secretary of State has had no discussions with the Metropolitan Police, London boroughs or the Mayor of London about the video booths in question.
Where such booths require planning permission and this has not been sought, local planning authorities already have a wide range of enforcement powers, with strong penalties for non-compliance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 10 June 2026, to Question 5955, on Council Tax, and with reference to the Fair funding share calculator: final, published 9 February 2026, in how many local authorities is the national notional council...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 10 June 2026, to Question 5955, on Council Tax, and with reference to the Fair funding share calculator: final, published 9 February 2026, in how many local authorities is the national notional council...
As set out in the final Local Government Finance Settlement, the notional council tax level for 2026-27 was £2063. The notional level used in the Fair Funding Allocation is a modelling assumption and not intended to be compared to the authorities published Band D. Information on local authorities' Band D council tax levels is published in the annual Council Tax statistics release which can be found here: Council Tax statistics - GOV.UK.