A question on #HousingOccupancy #WestDorset tabled by Edward Morello on 13-06-2025 has been answered by Matthew Pennycook.

Heading: Housing Occupancy: West Dorset
Question ID: 1812743
UIN: 59972
House: Commons
Date tabled: 2025-06-13
Asking Member ID: 5326
Asking Member display name: Edward Morello
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Asking Member Twitter reference: Edward Morello
Member interest: false
Question text: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to incentivise the use of existing housing stock to help tackle low room occupancy rates.
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Date answered: 2025-06-23
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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: Under-occupation is recorded in the English Housing Survey’s annual statistics.The choice to sell a home is ultimately one for the owner of the property to make.However, the government are taking steps to modernise the home buying and selling process, inc...
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Answering body ID: 7
Answering body name: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tweeted: true