Written questions

1,722 written questions tabled, most recent first.

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

Private Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the number of properties for rent in the private rented sector in each of the last three years.

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

Council Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of changes in council tax on the cost of living from April 2026.

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

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to amend the Housing supply: indicators of new supply statistics to include a rolling statistic on the yearly shortfall in relation to his 1.5 milli

3 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Council Housing: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2026 to Question 103186, on Asylum: Council Housing, which local authorities are participating in the asylum accommodation pilots.

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

Waste Disposal: Birmingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2026 to Question 102770 on Waste Disposal: Birmingham, whether the meeting between the Secretary of State and Unite was minuted.

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

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 19 January 2026, to Question 104773, on Housing: Construction, what is his proposed timeline for the delivery of the 9,000 homes.

3 Feb 2026 · Treasury

Business Rates: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2025 to Question 103891 on Business Rates: Tax Allowances, what is the evidential basis for the statement that the temporary Retail, Hospitality and Leisure relief has been windi

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

New Towns: Adlington

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2026 to Question 103283 on New Towns: Adlington, on what evidential basis was Adlington added to the list of New Towns.

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

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Publicity

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2026 to Question 105220 on MHCLG: Publicity, which suppliers his Department has used for publishing content in foreign languages in the last

3 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Public Order and Hate Crime Legislation Review

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 12 February 2025 to Question HL4510 on Community Relations: Muslims, what information her Department holds on the reason that the Muslim Council of Britain's written ev

3 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Strategic Migration Partnerships: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2026, to Question 104987, on Strategic Migration Partnership: Finance, whether her Department has determined the funding envelope for the 2025-26 funding; and on w

3 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Police and Crime Commissioners

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on whether current Police and Crime Commissioners in (a) England and (b) Wales will serve their full term in office before the positions are discontinued, where (i) there is a combi

3 Feb 2026 · Leader of the House

Government Departments: Freedom of Information

To ask the Leader of the House, what guidance he issues to Departments on whether they may decline to publish or signpost information which has otherwise been released to members of the public under Freedom of Information laws.

3 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office

Arms Length Bodies: By-elections

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether all Arm’s Length Bodies, including public corporations and private companies owned by the Government, are required to follow the Cabinet Office local and Parliamentary by-election election purdah guidanc

3 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office

Housing: Construction

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2025, to Question 95394, on Housing: Construction, what estimate has ONS made of per capita housebuilding rate in each constituent nation of the UK over the last 12 months.

3 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office

Public Consultation

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2026, to Question 105789, on Ministers and Public Consultation: Evidence, whether the Government accepts evidence in written consultations from organisations subject to the p

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

Economic Growth: North of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Northern Growth Strategy, January 2026, CP1485, paragraph 4 and footnotes 3 and 4, what is the evidential basis for the underlying statistics of the 2.2% pr

3 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Muslim Council of Britain

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2026, to Question 105789, on Ministers and Public Consultation: Evidence, whether the Muslim Council of Britain is on the list of organisations subject to the poli

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

Travellers: Caravan Sites

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason he has incorporated Planning policy for traveller sites into the National Planning Policy Framework.

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

Planning Permission: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Delegation of the setting of planning fees to local planning authorities, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Fair Funding Review on

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

Flags: Palestine

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 21 November 2025, to Question 88668, on Flags: Palestine, and further to the UK Statement at the High-Level Conference for the Implementation of the Two

3 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Asylum: English Language

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 27 November 2025, to Question 90708, and 20 October 2025 to Question 85948, on Immigrant: English Language, what steps she plans to take to support the integration of asylum

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

Visitor Levy

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether (a) Judges' Lodgings and (b) other workplace accommodation are within the scope of the proposed overnight visitor levy.

30 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

England: Anniversaries

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 24 November 2025 to Question 85176 on England: Anniversaries, and the Answer of 21 January 2026 to Question 99500 on National Identity, whether he will

28 Jan 2026 · Treasury

Visitor Levy

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will commission a cross-government impact assessment for (a) higher National Insurance on employers, (b) higher business rates and (c) the overnight visitors levy on (i) the economic viability of the hotel se

28 Jan 2026 · Treasury

Business Rates: Uprating

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of increase in business rate receipts in England from 2025-26 to 2026-27 as a consequence of the CPI inflation uprating.

28 Jan 2026 · Treasury

Hospitality Industry and Retail Trade: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the (a) higher value surcharge in 2025-26 on hereditaments valued at £500,000 and (b) withdrawal of the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure multiplier at £500,000

28 Jan 2026 · Treasury

Betting Shops and Casinos: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Non-Domestic Rating (Definition of Qualifying Retail, Hospitality or Leisure Hereditament) Regulations 2025, for what reason casinos and gambling clubs are eligible for the new business rate re

28 Jan 2026 · Treasury

Individual Savings Accounts

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether (a) her Department and (b) HMRC has undertaken research on the reasons for why savers withdraw money from Lifetime ISAs and incur withdrawal charges.

28 Jan 2026 · Treasury

Business Rates: Valuation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what analysis the Valuation Office Agency provided to government departments on the potential distributional consequences of the 2026 business rates revaluation before the Budget 2025, including the potential impact

Source: official written-questions record.