Every parliamentary written question tabled by Neil Duncan-Jordan 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 she will take steps to increase the funding for services supporting victims of domestic abuse.
On 28 November, the Government announced a funding increase of £30 million to the Domestic Abuse Safe Accommodation Grant, bringing the total investment in this Grant to £160 million in 2025-26. This funding will enable local authorities in England to con...
Communities and Local Government, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to require building and health and safety standards in (a) emergency and (b) temporary accommodation provided to homeless families
All tenants deserve a safe and decent home, and the Government is working to improving standards across all sectors with a commitment to introduce a new Decent Homes Standard.Local authorities must ensure temporary accommodation is suitable and should kee...
Communities and Local Government, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to extend to ten years the time limits for tenants and residents to request invoices and receipts in relation to service charges.
I refer my Hon Friend to the answer I gave to Question UIN 7465 on 15 October 2024.
Communities and Local Government, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to cap service charge rises annually at the rate of CPI inflation.
I refer my Hon Friend to the answer I gave to Question UIN 7465 on 15 October 2024.
Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help strengthen communities after the riots in August 2024.
The Government has made £15 million available to the places most severely affected by disorder through the Community Recovery Fund to support the immediate recovery. Officials from my department have also carried out an extensive engagement process with t...
Communities and Local Government, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to require landlords and managing agents to pay automatic compensation to tenants when overcharging occurs.
Since 2014, all letting and managing agents in England have been required by law to be members of one of two mandatory agent redress schemes. These schemes already have statutory powers to require agents to pay compensation in circumstances where their ac...
Communities and Local Government, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to require (a) all service charge accounts to be audited every year by independent accountants and (b) that the cost of this audit
I refer my Hon Friend to the answer I gave to Question UIN 7465 on 15 October 2024.
Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to pay automatic compensation to all tenants when landlords and managing agents are slow to reimburse tenants after overcharging.
Since 2014, all letting and managing agents in England have been required by law to be members of one of two mandatory agent redress schemes. These schemes already have statutory powers to require agents to pay compensation in circumstances where their ac...
Communities and Local Government, if her Department will ensure that (a) audio and (b) tactile solutions are available at polling stations to enable (i) blind and (ii) partially sighted voters to vote (A) indepen
I refer my hon Friend to the answer given to Question UIN 10319 on 29 October 2024.
Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has had discussions with local authorities that are (a) trialing and (b) intend to trial a four-day working week.
Local authorities are independent employers, responsible for the management and organisation of their own workforces and any announcements on local authorities that are trialling or intending to trial a four-day working week will be made in the usual way.
Communities and Local Government, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals on increasing the rights of leaseholders to challenge the reasonablene
The Governments intend to act quickly to provide homeowners with greater rights, powers, and protections over their homes by implementing the provisions of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024. These include a new right to a lease extension for leas...