A question on #Housing #Construction tabled by Ben Obese-Jecty on 26-03-2025 has been answered by Matthew Pennycook.

Heading: Housing: Construction
Question ID: 1789052
UIN: 41614
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-03-26
Asking Member ID: 5089
Asking Member display name: Ben Obese-Jecty
Asking Member handle: BenObeseJecty
Asking Member Twitter reference: @BenObeseJecty
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2025 to Question 39650 on Housing: Construction, whether the conversion of houses into houses in multiple occupation counts as an increase in t
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Date answered: 2025-03-31
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Is correcting answer: false
Answering Member ID: 4520
Answering Member display name: Matthew Pennycook
Answering Member handle: mtpennycook
Answering Member Twitter reference: @mtpennycook
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Answer text: The definition of a dwelling is published on gov.uk here under “Dwelling (Housing supply; net additional dwellings)”.The conversion of an existing residential property into a house of multiple occupancy does not count as a net additional dwelling in the o...
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Answering body ID: 7
Answering body name: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tweeted: true