| Heading: |
Social Rented Housing: Standards |
| Question ID: |
1747129 |
| UIN: |
18024 |
| House: |
Commons |
| Date tabled: |
2024-12-04 |
| Asking Member ID: |
5279 |
| Asking Member display name: |
Jayne Kirkham
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| Asking Member handle: |
jaynekirkham4
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| Asking Member Twitter reference: |
@jaynekirkham4
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| Member interest: |
false |
| Question text: |
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will update the Decent Homes Standard to include floor coverings in social rented properties. |
| Is named day: |
true |
| Date of holding answer: |
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| Date answered: |
2024-12-09 |
| Date answer corrected: |
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| Is holding answer: |
false |
| Is correcting answer: |
false |
| Answering Member ID: |
4520 |
| Answering Member display name: |
Matthew Pennycook
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| Answering Member handle: |
mtpennycook
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| Answering Member Twitter reference: |
@mtpennycook
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| Correcting Member ID: |
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| Answer text: |
There is currently no legislation that requires social housing landlords to provide floor coverings and landlords are not required to remove floor coverings when a home is let to new tenants.The government will consult on a new Decent Homes Standard next ... |
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| Answering body ID: |
7 |
| Answering body name: |
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government |
| Tweeted: |
true |