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Housing: Standards

Commons · Question 109659 · Tabled 29 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record

Answered 23 Feb 2026

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Asked by Carla Denyer

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to The New Decent Homes Standard: policy statement, updated 28 January 2025, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Education on the potent

Answer

Answered by Matthew Pennycook, 23 Feb 2026

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government regularly engages with other government departments, including the Department for Education, in respect of policy development.The wellbeing of children was a key consideration in the development of...