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Written questions

Sir James Cleverly

1,722 written questions tabled, most recent first.

1 Jun 2026 · Treasury

Council Tax: Surcharges

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the legislative vehicle by which the council tax surcharge will be implemented, and whether there will be primary legislation in the new session.

1 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Pride in Place Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 20 April 2026, to Question 124718, on Pride in Place Programme, if he will set out the numbers and proportions of the constituencies in (a) Englan

1 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 20 April 2026 to Question 124799 on Housing: Construction, whether the 1.5 million housebuilding target will be met if the 302,000 net completions

1 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Radicalism: Islam

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 19 January 2026 to Question 103771 on Antisemitism, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle Islamism.

1 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Darlington

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 29 April 2026 to Question 124705 on MHCLG: Darlington, how many (a) staff are assigned to work in the Darlington office and (b) desks are provided

1 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning Permission: Statistics

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department collates statistics on retrospective planning applications.

1 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mayors: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the written statement of 4 December 2025, HCWS1128, on Devolution Priority Programme, whether Ministers had discussions with Morgan McSweeney on cancelling 2026

1 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Visitor Levy: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the King's Speech 2026: background briefing notes, published 13 May 2026, whether the overnight visitor levy will apply to transit accommodation for asylum seek

1 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Affordable Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 2 March 2026 to Question 113103 on Affordable Housing, what his planned timetable is for publishing the Programme Business Case for the Social and

1 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Visitor Levy: Caravan Sites

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the King's Speech 2026: background briefing notes, published 13 May 2026, whether the levy on short-term commercially let accommodation includes pitches for (a)

1 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Juries: Age

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans he has to reduce the age for jury service to 16 to align with the lower voting age.

18 May 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Private Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his department has made on the adequacy of the number of local authority staff with responsibility for enforcement action in the private rented sector.

18 May 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Housing: Waste Disposal

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will add a metric on the frequency of household waste collections to the Environment, Circular Economy and Climate Change metrics in the Local Outcomes Framework.

18 May 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Tower Hamlets: Grants

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 20 April 2026 to Question 124686 on Tower Hamlets Council, what work the Tower Hamlets Ministerial Envoys are taking in relation to reviewing gran

18 May 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what is the average workplace attendance in his Department’s London main building on a Friday as a proportion of assigned staff over the past 12 months.

18 May 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Labour Together: Special Advisers

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will set out the meetings his Department's special advisers have had with Labour Together since he was appointed.

18 May 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what was the budget for the local election pilot schemes in the May 2026 local elections.

18 May 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many homes will be (a) started and (b) completed in this Parliament under the New Towns Programme.

18 May 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Unitary Councils

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what powers (a) shadow unitary authorities and (b) new unitary authorities have to change their formal new name without recourse to the Secretary of State.

18 May 2026 · Treasury

Buckingham Palace: Council Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the (a) Gardener’s Lodge, (b) Royal Lodge, (c) Chief Clerks Apartment, (d) Surgery Flat, (e) Crown Equerry’s House, (f) The Royal Guard Room and (g) Royal Residence in Buckingham Palace will be liable to pay

18 May 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many homes need to be built in London for the Government to meet its 1.5 million target; and how many have been delivered to date.

18 May 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Flags: Palestine

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether flying the Palestinian flag has deemed planning consent.

18 May 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Flats: Commonhold

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the introduction of commonhold as the default tenure for flats on the (a) property price and (b) saleability of leasehold f

18 May 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Waste Disposal: Birmingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has provided additional (a) funding and (b) support to Birmingham City Council to facilitate the ending of the council's bin collection industrial action.

18 May 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Hospitality Industries: Pedestrian Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the cost of pavement licences on the operating costs of hospitality businesses.

18 May 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Surrey

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the new councils of (a) West Surrey and (b) East Surrey will be given Borough status.

18 May 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Combined Authorities: Surrey

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his planned timetable is for agreeing the principal and geography of a combined authority for Surrey.

18 May 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has issued guidance to councils on best practice for the operation of casting votes in No Overall Control councils.

13 May 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Anti-Muslim Hostility

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the command paper, Protecting What Matters, CP 1540, 9 March 2026, pages 35 and 40, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the definition of ant

13 May 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Departmental Responsibilities

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the letter sent by the Secretary of State to HM Opposition of 21 March 2026, on MHCLG spending commitments, if he will provide a breakdown of the £62 billion of

Source: official written-questions record.