Written questions

1,722 written questions tabled, most recent first.

27 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Business Rates: Tax Yields

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 12 February 2026, to Question 111137, on Council tax: Tax Yields, whether there are equivalent estimates for aggregate business rate receipts in each of

27 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Electoral Register

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what sources of data he expects the automated electoral registration system to use.

27 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Elections: Proof of Identity

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to allow prepaid currency cards to be used as a form of voter identification.

27 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Absent Voting

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent representations his Department has received from political parties on access to postal vote expiry data.

27 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) legal action and (b) other expenditure arising from the decision to postpone local elections in England in May 20

27 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Political Parties: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the process for proposed know your donor checks will be for (a) hon. Members and (b) political parties; and what role House authorities will have in the process.

27 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Elections: Proof of Identity

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to allow bank cards issued without a credit check to be used as a form of voter identification.

27 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Combined Authorities: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make reconsider the cancellation of the combined authority mayoral elections originally scheduled for May 2026.

27 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Travellers: Caravan Sites

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of planning enforcement in relation to traveller sites.

20 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the evidence he planned to file at the High Court on the postponement of local elections in England in May 2026.

20 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Electoral Register: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of giving overseas electors the option to register to vote when they renew their British passport online.

20 Feb 2026 · Department for Education

Dedicated Schools Grant

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the aggregate monetary level of Dedicated Schools Grant High Need deficits that will not be written off by central Government.

20 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Electoral Register: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether (a) hon. Members, (b) councillors and (c) political parties will have access to the full electoral register with attainers aged below 16.

20 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the press release entitled Tougher rules on political interference to keep UK elections secure, published on 12 February 2026, in which local authorities electi

20 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether election pilots will be held in the local authorities which had local elections cancelled, but which are being reinstated.

20 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason the Housing Minister determined that local elections should proceed in May 2026; and what factors he considered.

20 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Council Tax: City of Westminster and Wandsworth

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2026 to Question 109623 on Local Government Finance: City of Westminster and Wandsworth, what methodology his Department used to estimate the

20 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Political Parties: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which body forfeited monies for impermissible political donations will be given to.

20 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Working Hours

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 15 January 2026 to Question 103895 on Local Government: Working Hours, whether he plans to take Best Value intervention action against local authorities

20 Feb 2026 · Treasury

Housing: Prices

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has a policy on targeting levels of house price inflation.

20 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Council Tax: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 9 February 2026 to Question 109623 on Local Government Finance: City of Westminster and Wandsworth, what the assumed increases in Band D council tax are

20 Feb 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 there have previously been revisions of the Greater London Authority’

20 Feb 2026 · Treasury

Business Rates: Valuation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason some hereditaments in the 2026 Draft Rating List do not have an Unique Address Reference Number listed in their entry.

20 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Administration of Justice

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many (a) legal challenges and (b) judicial reviews his Department has (i) lost in court and (ii) conceded prior to the court hearing since July 2024.

20 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Business Rates

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 4 February 2026 to Question 108645 on Business Rates, what the aggregate (a) monetary and (b) percentage change in business rate receipts is in (i) each

20 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Business Rates

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department holds information on business rate receipts from (a) Business Rate Improvement Districts levies and (b) the GLA Business Rate Supplement across (i) England

20 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Foot and Mouth Disease: Contamination

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether guidance has been given to (a) developers and (b) local planning authorities on development exclusion zones around former foot and mouth burial pits.

20 Feb 2026 · Treasury

Council Tax: Valuation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what each (a) value significant and (b) dwellinghouse code used by the Valuation Office Agency for council tax valuations is in (1) England and (2) Wales; and whether any other codes are used.

20 Feb 2026 · Treasury

Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason the Valuation Office Agency's business rates estimator tool was taken down.

20 Feb 2026 · Treasury

Council Tax: Valuation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what Valuation Office Agency guidance exists on the council tax offences of (a) refusing access to a valuation officer who has given notice as required of the exercise of the power of entry, (b) failing to give info

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