Every parliamentary written question tabled by Kemi Badenoch 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, pursuant to the answer of 25 July 2024 to Question 1007 on Planning Authorities: Staff, how the 300 planners her Department plans to hire over the next five years will be funded.
The Department continues to assess options for delivering 300 additional planning officers to ensure their recruitment supports the quality of local planning services, proposed reforms to the system, housebuilding priorities and our manifesto commitments....
Communities and Local Government, Pursuant to the answer of 25 July 2024, to Question 1007, on Planning Authorities: Staff, whether the 300 planning officers will be recruited in addition to the Planning Capabili
The Department continues to assess options for delivering 300 additional planning officers to ensure their recruitment supports the quality of local planning services, proposed reforms to the system, housebuilding priorities and our manifesto commitments....
Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 29 July 2024 to Question 814 on Local Government: Devolution, what role the Council of Nations and Regions will have in the development of local growth
The Council of Nations and Regions will facilitate partnership working between the UK Government, Devolved Governments, the Mayor of London, and Mayors of Combined Authorities and Combined County Authorities. It will focus on the delivery of public servic...
Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to improve voter registration.
Pursuant to the answer to Question UIN 5627 on 9 October 2024, Government is committed to improving electoral registration. We are exploring a wide range of options to deliver on this commitment, including using data and online services with any potential...
Communities and Local Government, Pursuant to the answer of 25 July 2024, to Question 1010 on Housing: Northstowe, what the site specific reasons that the project was stalled are.
The New Homes Accelerator, in partnership with Homes England, will support the delivery of Phase 2 of the Northstowe scheme in Cambridgeshire, unlocking 3,000 homes and continuing to progress proposals to unlock a further 2,600 homes in Phase 3.As a resul...
Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 25 July 2024, to Question 1007 on Planning Authorities: Staff, what budget is being used to fund the additional 300 planning officers.
The Department continues to assess options for delivering 300 additional planning officers to ensure their recruitment supports the quality of local planning services, proposed reforms to the system, housebuilding priorities and our manifesto commitments....
Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 30 July 2024, to Question 1748, on Levelling Up Fund, if she will publish the details of where agreements are in place.
Details of all projects awarded funding through the Levelling Up Fund have been published on gov.uk.The Chancellor’s July ‘Public Spending: Inheritance’ speech forecasted an overspend of £21.9 billion above limits set by the Treasury in the Spring. We und...
Communities and Local Government, what (a) estimate her Department has made of the cost of and (b) her Department's planned timetable is for providing homes to all veterans; and what are the metrics by which it w
I refer the Rt. Hon. Member to Question UIN 6842 answered on 9 October 2024.
Communities and Local Government, whether (a) it remains her Department's policy to retain the social care precept on council tax and (b) past social care precepts will continue to be ring-fenced; and what plans
The Government is committed to keeping taxes on working people as low as possible. Future decisions on council tax will be taken at the spending review in which we are fully engaged.
Communities and Local Government, what plans her Department has to ensure that a regulatory impact assessment for the Renters' Rights Bill will include an assessment of that Bill's (a) cumulative potential impact
The Government submitted the Impact Assessment for the Renters’ Rights Bill on 16 September 2024 to the Regulatory Policy Committee and we will publish it in due course. The Government has announced its intention to publish a consultation on increasing mi...
Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to take steps to support self and custom build housing.
The recent consultation on proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework included changes designed to strengthen support for self and custom build housing by means of encouraging mixed tenure development and strengthening the small sites poli...
Communities and Local Government, Pursuant to the answer of 26 July 2024 to Question 569 on Affordable Housing: Construction, what the evidential basis is that changes to national planning policy introduced in De
The supply impact of the last government’s approach to planning reform is clear: homes granted planning permission fell to their lowest level in a decade in the last published quarter. The proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework which w...
Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 25 July 2024, to Question 1010, on Housing: Northstowe, if she will set out the remit of the accelerator taskforce.
The New Homes Accelerator, in partnership with Homes England, will support the delivery of Phase 2 of the Northstowe scheme in Cambridgeshire, unlocking 3,000 homes and continuing to progress proposals to unlock a further 2,600 homes in Phase 3.As a resul...
Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 26 July 2024 to Question 556 on Housing: Construction, when her Department plans to make changes to nutrient neutrality rules.
I refer the Rt Hon Member to the answer given to Question UIN 556 on 26 July 2024.
Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 26 July 2024 to Question 565 on Derelict Land, whether grey belt will become a formal designation.
The Government set out its proposed approach to grey belt in its consultation on proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework. The consultation closed on the 24 September and officials in my department are currently analysing responses with ...
Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 26 July 2024, to Question 1315 on Environment Protection, when the new framework of Environmental Outcomes Reports will be introduced.
I refer the Rt Hon Member to the answer I gave to Question UIN 1315 on 26 July 2024.
Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 29 July 2024 to Question 815,on High Rise Flats: Insulation, what enforcement actions her Department plans to take against uncooperative parties.
The pace of remediation has been unacceptably slow. Work is underway through existing programmes to bring together local actors, enforcers and partners to drive efficiencies in the current operation. In parallel, we are developing a comprehensive action p...
Communities and Local Government, Pursuant to the answer of 29 July 2024 to Question 815 on High Rise Flats: Insulation, what steps her Department has taken to increase the pace of remediation programmes.
The pace of remediation has been unacceptably slow. Work is underway through existing programmes to bring together local actors, enforcers and partners to drive efficiencies in the current operation. In parallel, we are developing a comprehensive action p...
Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 29 July 2024 to Question 815 on High Rise Flats: Insulation, what steps she plans to take to empower (a) regulators and (b) local authorities to act.
The pace of remediation has been unacceptably slow. Work is underway through existing programmes to bring together local actors, enforcers and partners to drive efficiencies in the current operation. In parallel, we are developing a comprehensive action p...
Communities and Local Government, whether (a) officials, (b) special advisers and (c) Ministers have met representatives of Hope Not Hate since the general election.
(a) Officials have attended forums where Hope Not Hate have been present and have been sighted on reports generated by the organisation since the General Election, (b) details of meetings special advisers have with external organisations are published on ...