Written questions
1,722 written questions tabled, most recent first.
26 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether guidance has been provided by his Department to planning decision makers on rejecting applications due to (a) undue pressure and (b) unreasonable behaviour by applicants.
26 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Elections
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 12 November 2025 to Question 86657 on Elections and Political Parties, whether the final version of the Elections Strategy was shared with the Labour Pa
26 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Independent Review into Civil Unrest in Leicester
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 11 November 2025 to Question 87636 on Independent Review into Civil Unrest in Leicester, on what date the panel's report was received by his Department.
26 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Affordable Housing: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding was allocated to the Greater London Authority in each year of the 2026-36 affordable housing programme.
23 Jan 2026 · Treasury
Business Rates: Valuation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Valuation Office Agency plans to publish an ad-hoc release for (a) Non-domestic rating: properties over £500,000 and (b) Non-domestic rating: summary of properties over £500,000, based on the 2026 Rating
23 Jan 2026 · Treasury
Business Rates: Tax Allowances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 18 December 2025, to Question 99923, on Retail Trade: Business Rates, what is the estimated change in the value of Retail Hospitality and Leisure relief for business rates in 2026-27 on fir
23 Jan 2026 · Treasury
Valuation Office Agency: Conditions of Employment
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether Valuation Office Agency staff will have their contractual terms amended following its merger with HMRC.
23 Jan 2026 · Treasury
Council Tax: Valuation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Valuation Office Agency uses Value Significant Codes for council tax valuations, and whether it is planning to collect new Codes, for (a) England or (b) Wales.
23 Jan 2026 · Treasury
Licensed Premises: Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria is used by the Valuation Office Agency to determine whether a licensed premises is assigned a special category code of a (a) pub or (b) bar.
23 Jan 2026 · Treasury
Business Rates: Uprating
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 4 December 2025, to Question 95882, on Alcoholic Drinks: Excise Duties, for what reason CPI is used to calculate business rates.
23 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has been made of the potential effect of the planned increases in landfill duty on housebuilding.
23 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how does the uplift in Rateable Values in the 2026 business rates revaluation affect the calculation of council funding in the Local Government Finance Settlement for 2026-27; an
23 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Lichfields
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has spent with Nathaniel Lichfield & Partners Limited since July 2024; and for what purposes.
23 Jan 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, pursuant to the answer of 7 January 2026 to Question 97134 on MHCLG: Departmental Responsibilities, whether his attendance at the Labour YIMBY awards will be declared in gov.uk r
23 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Windrush Day Grant Scheme: Muslim Council of Britain
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Muslim Council of Britain is eligible to apply for funding through the Windrush Day Grant Scheme 2026.
23 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Business Rates: Tax Allowances
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he holds data on (1) the aggregate number of hereditaments which claimed Retail, Hospitality and Leisure rate relief in (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26, (2) the average Ratea
23 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Fast Food: Planning
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to amend the the National Planning Policy Framework to define a fast food outlet.
23 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether local planning authorities are required to inform him when making an Article 4 direction in relation to restricting permitted development rights.
20 Jan 2026 · Home Office
Police and Crime Commissioners
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the answer of 7 January 2026 to Question HL13000 on Police and Crime Commissioners, whether those savings include the operational costs of PCC functions being transferred to the offi
20 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Ministers
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will ensure that policies applying to local government members apply to Ministers in his Department.
20 Jan 2026 · Treasury
Business Rates: Greater London
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to ensure the Valuation Office Agency's online calculator on gov.uk for the affect of the 2026 revaluation includes the GLA Crossrail supplement on hereditaments in London.
20 Jan 2026 · Treasury
Business Rates: Tax Yields
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate she has made of gross business rate receipts in England in (a) 2024-25, (b) 2025-26, (c) 2026-27, (d) 2027-28 and (e) 2028-29.
20 Jan 2026 · Treasury
Business Rates: Valuation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the (1) aggregate and (2) average, (a) percentage and (b) monetary change in Rateable Values in (i) England and (ii) London, between the 2023 and 2026 Rating Lists, according to information held by the Valua
20 Jan 2026 · Treasury
Business Rates: Greater London
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the average increase in the business rates liability of retail, hospitality and leisure (RHL) businesses in London from the Crossrail GLA supplement as a consequence of RHL relief no
20 Jan 2026 · Treasury
Offices: Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 18 November 2025, to Question 87790, on Business Rates: Valuation, what was the increase in aggregate Rateable Values for the serviced office sector as a result of the new valuation methodo
20 Jan 2026 · Treasury
Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2025, to Question 95866, on Business Rates, how many and what proportion of hereditaments have seen their bills (a) increase, (b) remain the same and (c) fall following the reval
20 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Asylum: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2026, to Question 103292, on Asylum: Housing, if he will publish the list of local authorities that his Department has engaged with to date on
20 Jan 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Airports: Business Rates
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how will the uplift in Rateable Values of airports in the 2026 Rating List, relative to the 2023 Rating List, affect the revenue of local billing authorities with airports in the
20 Jan 2026 · Treasury
Public Sector: Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which public sector bodies will be compensated for increases to their business rates.
20 Jan 2026 · Treasury
Hotels: Business Rates and Visitor Levy
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential compound impact on the hotels sector of (a) the overnight visitor levy and (b) increases in business rates in the 2026 Business Rates valuation.
Source: official written-questions record.