Written questions

1,722 written questions tabled, most recent first.

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

Antisemitism: Bristol

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the trends in the level of antisemitism in the City of Bristol.

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

Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 15 September 2025, to Question 70566 on Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission, if he will publish the reference back correspondence that is listed in the

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

Council Tax Reduction Schemes: Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether guidance has been provided to local authorities on entitlement to council tax reduction for people who receive Universal Credit.

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

Business Rates: Luton

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 23 January 2026, to Question 106115, on Business Rates: Luton, what is his department's estimate of the amount of retained business rate income that Lut

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

Local Government Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 23 January 2026, to Question 106138, on Local Government Finance, whether his department holds data on the proportion of the £4.3 billion that was subje

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

Local Government: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 14 January 2026, to Question 103294, on Local Government: Elections, whether his Department’s (a) Permanent Secretary private office and (b) HR division

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

Affordable Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 15 January 2026, to Question 103765, on Affordable Housing, what his planned timetable is for the programme to be onboarded on the Government Major Prog

12 Feb 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Nuclear Power: Planning

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of EU non-regression agreements on the ability of the Government to implement planning reform for nuclear power infrastructure, including

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

Second Homes: Council Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to the statistics, Local authority Council Taxbase in England 2025 (revised), 21 January 2026, what assessment he has made of the figure of 71% of local authorities charg

9 Feb 2026 · Treasury

Council Tax: Surcharges

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 20 January 2026 to Question 104889 on Council tax: surcharge, whether the Valuation Office Agency’s internal calculations for the 1% figure are broken down by local authority.

9 Feb 2026 · Treasury

Hospitality Industry and Retail Trade: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to the urgent question of 19 January 2026 Official Report, Column 25 on Business Rates: Retail, Hospitality and Leisure, whether it is her policy that business support for Retail, Hospitality and Leisure is

9 Feb 2026 · Treasury

Business Rates: Valuation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 20 January 2026 to Question 105303 on Business Rates: Valuation, on what dates were the summaries of the effect of the 2026 revaluation provided by the VOA to her Department.

9 Feb 2026 · Treasury

Airports: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether granting of a planning permission for airport expansion, which has not yet been (a) started or (b) completed, would be deemed a material consideration in the business rates valuation of an airport by the Val

9 Feb 2026 · Treasury

Valuation Office Agency: Conferences

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will list the overseas conferences that Valuation Office Agency officials have attended since July 2024.

9 Feb 2026 · Treasury

Retail Trade: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 12 January 2026 to Question 103000 on Retail Trade: Business Rates, what is the evidential basis for the £100 million figure on large distribution warehouses, how many of those hereditament

9 Feb 2026 · Treasury

Stamp Duty Land Tax: Tax Yields

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what data HMRC holds on (a) stamp duty revenues for residential dwellings which are primary homes raised and (b) the number of transactions, by local authority area in the last financial year for which figures are a

9 Feb 2026 · Treasury

Valuation Office Agency: Statistics

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to the Treasury Select Committee, Work of HM Revenue and Customs - Oral evidence, HC 416, 13 January 2026, Question 465, if she will list the Office for National Statistics datasets that the Valuation Office

9 Feb 2026 · Treasury

Valuation Office Agency: Staff

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Treasury Select Committee, Work of HM Revenue and Customs - Oral evidence, HC 416, 13 January 2026, Question 442, how many of the additional headcount of 1,000 VOA staff are assigned to work on

9 Feb 2026 · Treasury

Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is her policy to replace the business rates system.

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

Local Government Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the datasets and data sources that have been used to calculate the settlements for individual local authorities in the Local Government Finance Settlement.

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

Recreation Spaces: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the status and timetable is of his Department's review of the legal framework of protections for public recreational space announced by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage during t

9 Feb 2026 · Treasury

Business Rates: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 20 January 2026, to Question 104787, on business rates: tax allowances, what is the estimated increase in business rate receipts from not uprating the (a) £12,000 and (b) £15,000 small busi

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

Business Rates: Tax Allowances

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2026 to Question 101747 on Business Rates: Tax Allowances, what estimate he has made of the number of hereditaments that claimed Retail, Hosp

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

Social Rented Housing: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the A National Plan to End Homelessness, 11 December 2025, CP1452, whether the new requirement for social housing landlords to rehouse statutory homeless househ

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

Small Businesses: Business Rates

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether there is a plain English guide and formula for business owners to calculate if their premises is eligible for Supporting Small Business Relief.

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

Community Infrastructure Levy

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2026 to Question 104671 on Local Government Finance, what information his Department holds on guidance issued by (a) his Department and (b) t

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

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Translation Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what criteria his Department uses to decide whether to translate documents and communications into foreign languages.

5 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 his oral statement of 22 January 2026, Official Report, Column 486, on Local Government Reorganisation, whether he will reimburse councils for the administrativ

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

Public Houses: Business Rates

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Greater London Authority supplementary business rate arising from increases in Rateable Values from the 2026 business

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

Housing: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 28 January 2026, to Question 107026, on Asylum: Housing, what criteria was used to select the range of local authorities to engage with on the new model

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