Written questions by Anderson.

Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to protect park home owners from charges by park owners when they sell their home.

I refer the hon Member to the answer given to Question UIN 11995 on 6 November 2024.

Communities and Local Government, when she plans to implement secondary legislation under the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024.

I refer the Hon Member to the Written Ministerial Statement made on 21 November 2024 (HCWS244).

Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help protect leaseholders from (a) excessive ground rents and (b) other exploitative practices in the period until secondary legislation is implemente

I refer the Hon Member to the Written Ministerial Statement made on 21 November 2024 (HCWS244).

Communities and Local Government, what recent discussion she has had with local government representatives on diversity and inclusion projects.

Local authorities are best placed to decide how to meet the needs of their local communities, and to decide what diversity and inclusion work they need to carry out.

Communities and Local Government, what plans her Department has to increase the availability of affordable housing in Ashfield and Mansfield constituency.

I refer the hon Member to the answer I gave to Question UIN 11383 on 31 October 2024.

Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department plans to take to provide safe and affordable (a) assisted living facilities and (b) other housing options for elderly citizens.

The government has committed to building 1.5 million new homes in this parliament, including housing for older people.At the Budget on 30 October, the Chancellor set out details of an immediate one-year cash injection of £500 million to top up the existin...

Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has provided funding to local authorities for diversity and inclusion projects in the last three financial years.

The department funds the Local Government Association (LGA) to deliver a sector support programme for the benefit of local authorities, which during the last three years has included elements of Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) work e.g. an online...

Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to intervene where councils have issued a section 114 notice.

This Government recognises that council funding has been under pressure since 2010, and we understand that improving how local government is funded is crucial to enabling councils to deliver for local residents. We will provide councils with more stabilit...

Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of immigration on the length of waiting lists for social housing in (a) Ashfield and (b) Mansfield district

The department does not hold information on the immigration status of those on waiting lists. If a person's immigration status does not allow them recourse to public funds, then they are not eligible for an allocation of social housing. Ashfield District ...

Communities and Local Government, how many people claimed the single-person discount on council tax in the latest period for which data is available; and what the cost to the public purse was of this discount in

The latest available data for October 2023 shows there were approximately 8.6 million households in receipt of a single person discount. This data is available here - Council Taxbase 2023 in England - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). The Government does not collect d...

Communities and Local Government, how many people claimed the single person discount on council tax in (a) the UK (b) the East Midlands, (c) Mansfield and (d) Ashfield in the latest period for which data is avail

The latest available data for October 2023 shows there were approximately 8.6 million households in receipt of a single person discount. This data is available here: Council Taxbase 2023 in England. The most recent local authority level data on the number...

Communities and Local Government, what recent steps her Department has taken to identify buildings affected by (a) dangerous cladding and (b) other fire safety issues.

The Government has been clear that more must be done to accelerate the pace of remediation of unsafe buildings across the country.After the Grenfell Tower tragedy, the Government prioritised identifying and providing funding for the highest risk buildings...

Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to build more affordable homes.

Due to the failures of the previous Government, the target for the Affordable Homes Programme has been cut from 180,000 to 130,000 homes, or less.Ensuring the biggest boost to social and affordable housing in a generation is a personal priority.We have already:proposed reforms to the NPPFasked Homes England and the GLA to maximise AHP allocations for social rent homesgiven councils new flexibilities on how they spend their Right to Buy receiptsand confirmed we’ll set out more details on Government investment in social and affordable housing in the next Spending Review.