Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 88645

Personal Care Services: Fraud

Tabled: 10 November 2025
Answered: 21 November 2025

Question

Sir James Cleverly

Conservative — Braintree

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 30 October 2025 to Question 84634 on Personal Care Services: Fraud, what her policy is on the use streamlined compulsory purchase orders to tackle fake

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
It is for local authorities to decide how and when to use their compulsory purchase powers to improve their high streets. Compulsory purchase powers must only be used where negotiations to acquire properties by agreement have failed and there is a compell...
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