A question on #SocialRentedHousing #Furniture tabled by Lisa Smart on 21-03-2025 has been answered by Matthew Pennycook.

Heading: Social Rented Housing: Furniture
Question ID: 1787221
UIN: 40317
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-03-21
Asking Member ID: 5070
Asking Member display name: Lisa Smart
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Lisa Smart
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to update the Decent Homes Standard to provide for at least 10 per cent of homes for social rent to be offered furnished.
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Date answered: 2025-03-31
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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 government will consult this year on a reformed Decent Homes Standard for the social and private rented sectors. The Deputy Prime Minister is part of the ministerial Child Poverty Taskforce, which is aiming to publish a Child Poverty Strategy. As part...
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Answering body ID: 7
Answering body name: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
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