Written questions

1,722 written questions tabled, most recent first.

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Political Parties: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's document entitled Political donations overview: existing rules and what is changing, published on 2 March 2026, and to the statement that if th

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Affordable Housing: Housing Starts

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2026 to Question 115420 on Affordable Housing: Housing Starts, what assessment his Department has made of the number of (a) affordable and (b) n

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Anti-Muslim Hostility

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2026 to Question HL15625 on Islamophobia, if he will place a copy of the Equalities Impact Assessment on the definition of anti-Muslim hostilit

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Countering Foreign Financial Influence and Interference in UK Politics Independent Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Statement of 25 March 2026 on Report from the Independent Review into Countering Foreign Financial Influence and Interference in UK Politics, HCWS14

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Political Parties: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's factsheet entitled Political Donations Overview: existing rules and what is changing, published on 2 March 2026, whether the new provisions on

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Political Parties: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's flowchart entitled Political Donations Overview: existing rules and what is changing, published on 2 March 2026, if he will amend the threshold

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Public Houses: Tax Allowances

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2026 to Question 122202 on Public Houses: Business Rates, whether a reimbursement applies to the Greater London Authority Crossrail business ra

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government Pension Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2026 to Question 122203 on Local Government Pension Scheme, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of paying pensions to L

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Affordable Housing: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 3 February 2026, to Question 108220, on Affordable Housing: Greater London, whether any other assessment has been made of affordable housing starts in L

10 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices: Braintree

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to support hospices in the Braintree constituency.

10 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with NHS England and integrated care boards on supporting hospices facing financial pressures, including those serving mid-Essex.

10 Apr 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospices

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department plans to collect data on hospice bed capacity and service provision at a national level.

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition Working Group

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Working Group on Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definitions received responses to its call for evidence from the (a) Dar Alhekma Trust, (b) Islamic Centre of England

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Chinese Embassy: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2026 to Question 117311 on Chinese Embassy: Construction, which public body will determine whether the Chinese Embassy complies with building r

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Constituencies

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2026 to Question 117657 on Constituencies, whether his Department has assessed the potential asymmetric effect on parliamentary boundary review

10 Apr 2026 · Home Office

Housing: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 11 March 2026, to Question 117731, on Housing: Asylum, what are the pilots for LA-led asylum accommodation referenced in the Home Office guidance, entitled Funding Instructio

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Public Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 11 March 2026, to Question 118190, on Local Government Finance, what proportion of the £740 million of funding was comprised of unallocated MHCLG budget

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Lichfields: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 11 March 2026, to Question 107992, on Lichfields, whether their work was awarded by open competition, or via direct award.

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Visitor Levy

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 11 March 2026, to Question 117899, on Local Government: Elections, if he will clarify how the answer to Question 118044 on the overnight visitor levy re

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Recreation Spaces: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 24 February 2026, to Question 111684, on Recreation Spaces: Planning Permission, what is the status and timetable for publishing the public consultation

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Elections: Proof of Identity

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the report by the Electoral Commission on voter ID at the 2024 General Election, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of allowi

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Small Businesses: Business Rates

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 20 February 2026, to Question 111680, on Small Businesses: Business Rates, if he will make it his policy to publish a Plain English guide to claiming an

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Council Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to the OBR Economic and fiscal outlook, March 2026, para 3.41, what estimate has been made of the effect on the department’s forecast of average increase in Band D counci

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Judicial Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 4 March 2026, to Question 113730, on MHCLG: Administration of Justice, how many judicial review cases relating to his department have been determined si

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Information Tribunal

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 4 March 2026, to Question 113730, on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Administration of Justice, how many Information Tribunal cas

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Licensed Premises: Business Rates

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 10 of his Department's guidance entitled Business rates: Pubs and live music venues relief - local authority guidance, published on 18 February 2026,

10 Apr 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Performance Certificates: Business Premises

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions his Department has had with representatives of businesses, landlords and the property sector on proposed changes to minimum Energy Performance Certificate standards for non-d

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

West Yorkshire Combined Authority: Lexington Communications

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2026 to Question 113631 on West Yorkshire Combined Authority: Lexington Communications, whether she will make an assessment of the compliance of

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Elections: Pilot Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answers of 10 February 2026 to Question 109259 and of 3 March 2026 to Question 113740 on Local Government: Elections, if he will list each local authority that su

10 Apr 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Elections: Pilot Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Weekend voting and shopping centre polling stations to be trialled, updated 9 March 2026, for what reason are election p

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