Every parliamentary written question tabled by Alex Mayer this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
Showing 21–29 of 29 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing local authorities to use automatic number plate recognition for car park management.
Local Authorities are allowed to use ANPR and associated recording equipment for enforcing both on and off-street parking contraventions. However, the use of ANPR by Local Authorities as the sole means for enforcing parking contraventions is forbidden und...
Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the amount of private finance required to deliver the HS2 Euston quarter development.
The Department for Transport is responsible for delivering tunnelling for HS2 to Euston, as well as developing a much-improved station site.To support the delivery of a significant number of homes alongside this project, MHCLG has established the Euston H...
Communities and Local Government, how many fines have been issued for violating tree preservation orders in each year since 2010.
Fines for violating tree preservation orders are issued locally through Magistrates Courts and the government does not hold information on fines issued. Anyone found guilty of violating a Tree Preservation Order is liable to a fine of up to £20,000.
Communities and Local Government, if her Department will make an estimate of the number of households that are located on estate roads that have not been adopted by their local authority as of 17 October 2024.
We do not hold comprehensive information on the number of households that are located on estate roads that have not been adopted by their local authority.The impact assessment for the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act estimated that 1,557,000 households l...
Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that building regulations take into account the need for homes to be resilient to extreme (a) heat and (b) cold.
A new requirement was introduced as part of the Building Regulations in 2021 to reduce the risk of overheating in new residential buildings. The requirement came into effect in June 2022 and means that new residential buildings must now be designed in suc...
Communities and Local Government, if her Department will make an estimate of the annual cost to the public purse of pan-regional partnerships.
Government has provided core funding for pan-regional partnerships throughout the current Spending Review period. This has supported six pan-regional partnerships, with £5 million provided in 2022/23, £6 million in 2023/24 and £7 million allocated for 202...
Communities and Local Government, what data her Department holds on the (a) number of units of housing stock, (b) population and (c) area in square miles in each local planning authority area.
The Ministry publishes an annual release entitled ‘Dwelling Stock Estimates, England’, with estimates of the number of dwellings in each local authority, as at 31 March in each year since 2001, shown in Live Table 125 at the following link.https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-dwelling-stock-including-vacantsThe statistics use the Census as a baseline and apply annual net changes to the dwelling stock as measured by the related Housing supply: net additional dwellings statistics (which is collected for each local authority district, resulting in complete coverage for England).The Ministry does not collect or hold dwelling stock estimates for those Local Planning Authorities that are National Parks or development corporations.The Office for National Statistics hold and publish data on population and area in various administrative geographies at the following links.https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/populationestimateshttps://geoportal.statistics.gov.uk/
Communities and Local Government, If her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of capping tenant contributions to qualifying works set out in section 6 of the Service Charges (Consultation Requirements) (England) Regulations 2003.
By law all variable service charges, which includes charges to pay for major works under section 20 of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985, must be reasonable and, where costs relate to works or services, the works or services must be of a reasonable standard. Leaseholders may challenge them at the property tribunal.
Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate she has made of the number of unoccupied shops on high streets in (a) Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard constituency and (b) the UK.
The information requested is not held centrally. We are committed to safeguarding our high streets. Through the English Devolution Bill, we will introduce a strong new ‘right to buy’ for valued community assets that will empower local communities to reclaim and revitalise empty shops, pubs, and community spaces, revamping our high streets and eliminating the blight of vacant premises.