Every parliamentary written question tabled by Rupert Lowe this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of ensuring that infrastructure investment is in place before any new building of homes.
The National Planning Policy Framework sets out that the purpose of the planning system is to contribute to the achievement of sustainable development, including the provision of supporting infrastructure in a sustainable manner.Local development plans sh...
Communities and Local Government, if she will make an estimate of the proportion of houses planned to be built during this Parliament that will home new arrivals to this country.
My Department does not collect data on the nationalities of people buying homes for private sale on the open market.Eligibility for social housing is already tightly controlled. If a person’s visa means that they cannot access state benefits or local auth...
Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's statistics entitled Social housing lettings in England, tenancies: April 2023 to March 2024, published on 5 December 2024, what the ten most co
The Department does not hold this data.While the accredited official statistics, Social Housing Lettings in England 2023/24, published on 5 December 2024, provides information on the nationality of the lead tenant in new social lettings grouped by UK, Rep...
Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's statistics on Social housing lettings in England, April 2023 to March 2024, published on 5 December 2024, whether her Department is taking step
People are generally eligible for social housing if they have leave to remain in the UK and have recourse to public funds.Only individuals that are eligible can join housing registers and be given a social housing tenancy.The Home Office decides whether p...
Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's statistics on Social housing lettings in England, April 2023 to March 2024, published on 5 December 2024, if she will make an estimate of the n
People are generally eligible for social housing if they have leave to remain in the UK and have recourse to public funds.Only individuals that are eligible can join housing registers and be given a social housing tenancy.The Home Office decides whether p...
Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's statistics entitled Social housing lettings in England, tenancies: April 2023 to March 2024, published on 5 December 2024, if she will breakdow
People are generally eligible for social housing if they have leave to remain in the UK and have recourse to public funds.Only individuals that are eligible can join housing registers and be given a social housing tenancy.The Home Office decides whether p...
Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's statistics entitled Social housing lettings in England, tenancies: April 2023 to March 2024, published on 5 December 2024, if she will make an
Detailed information relating to sales of social housing, including Right to Buy, is collected on a voluntary basis by local authorities.The Department does not hold robust data on the nationality of those who have purchased social homes through Right to ...
Communities and Local Government, how many international (a) air miles and (b) flights have been completed by (i) Ministers and (ii) officials in their Department since 5 July 2024.
Data on minister’s overseas travel and on senior civil servant’s business expenses is published on a quarterly basis. This can be found here: DLUHC: ministerial gifts, hospitality, travel and meetings, April to June 2024 - GOV.UK, DLUHC: senior officials’...
Communities and Local Government, what information her Department holds on the number and proportion of residential properties that were bought by non-UK nationals in each of the last 20 years.
HM Land Registry (HMLR) registers legal ownership, interests and mortgages against land and property in England and Wales. The Register of Title held by HMLR does not record the nationality of individuals who own land or property.HMLR publishes a dataset ...
Communities and Local Government, what the average length of time was for planning permission to be granted for (a) businesses and (b) residential properties in (i) Great Yarmouth constituency and (ii) England in
We do not hold this information. However data on the number of permissions granted for residential and non-residential development and local planning authority performance in deciding planning applications can be found at the following link: https://www.g...
Communities and Local Government, what proportion of voters are registered to vote by post in each parliamentary constituency.
The data is not held centrally. Electoral registers are maintained by local Electoral Registration Officers (EROs). EROs are the custodians of electoral registers, and this data is not held by central government.
Communities and Local Government, how many irregular migrants are in (a) social and (b) council housing.
I refer the Hon Member to the answer I gave to Question UIN 5689 on 11 October 2024.
Communities and Local Government, what information her Department holds on the number of people who are not UK citizens that are on a waiting list for (a) social and (b) council housing (i) in the UK and (ii) for
The department will publish information on the number of households on the housing register in England by nationality of lead tenant alongside the Social Housing Lettings 2023-24 statistical release on 5 December 2024. The department has not previously co...
Communities and Local Government, what guidance is available to Local Planning Authorities on lowering house building targets.
In our recent consultation on reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework, we proposed making the standard method for assessing housing needs mandatory, requiring local authorities to plan for the resulting housing need figure, planning for a lower ...
Communities and Local Government, how many positions in her Department included (a) diversity, (b) inclusion, (c) equity and (d) equality in their job title in each of the last five years; and what the total cost
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government does not routinely collate information on specific words and collating this information would come at a disproportionate cost.Information on spending and staffing can be found in the department's a...