Written questions
1,722 written questions tabled, most recent first.
11 Dec 2025 · 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 plans to publish a plain English guide to transitional relief and supporting small business relief.
11 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
New Towns: Adlington
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what consultation the New Homes Taskforce has undertaken on the proposed Adlington New Town.
11 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Affordable Housing: Asylum
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the written statement of 11 November 2025, on the Social and Affordable Housing Programme, whether the scheme will support the provision of housing to asylum seekers.
11 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the written statement of 4 December 2025, HCWS1128, on Devolution Priority Programme, how much funding in each of the combined authorities in the devolution pri
11 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Council Tax
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which local authorities have notional council tax below £2,000 on Band D in 2025-26; and what the value of the notional Band D figure is in each case including the assumptions ma
11 Dec 2025 · Treasury
Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the marginal increase in business rates liability for a retail, hospitality and leisure hereditament moving from £500,000 to £501,000 Rateable Value under the new 2026-27 business rate
11 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Railway Stations: Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the written statement of 18 November 2025, HCWS1062, on Next phase of planning reform, whether the land near train stations would (a) have Green Belt disapplied
11 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Empty Property and Second Homes: Council Tax
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department advises councils to undertake an economic or housing market impact assessment prior to implementing (a) empty or (b) second home premiums on council tax.
11 Dec 2025 · Department for Education
Dedicated Schools Grant: Debts
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the Government's plan to absorb the cost of SEND provision from 2028-29 within the Department for Education Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit, whether it is her Department's policy for l
11 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Business Rates: Tax Allowances
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Base Liability for business rate transitional relief calculations from which the transitional cap applies in 2026/27 is based on the 2025-26 bill (a) after or (b) bef
11 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Council Tax
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 87 of the policy document entitled Local government finance policy statement 2026-27 to 2028-29, of 20 November 2025, what the maximum council tax per
11 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Council Tax
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 13 November 2025 to Question 85168 on Council tax, whether he holds estimates for the change in precepts not in scope of his Department’s core spending
11 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Infrastructure: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department receives and collates Infrastructure Funding Statements by local authorities.
11 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Electoral Registration Officers and Returning Officers: Freedom of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to bring Electoral Registration Officers and Returning Officers within the scope of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
11 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Business Rates: Tax Allowances
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the calculation of transitional relief for business rates is based on bills before the application of transitional relief in a previous revaluation cycle.
11 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Planning and Infrastructure Bill
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions the Government has had with the EU on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.
11 Dec 2025 · Treasury
Visitor Levy: Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the introduction of the overnight visitors levy will be a (i) material consideration and (ii) national change in circumstances in the valuation of hereditaments for business rates.
11 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Railway Stations: Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the written statement of 18 November 2025, HCWS1062, on Next phase of planning reform, what the geographical distance is around a train station that the policy
11 Dec 2025 · Treasury
Private Rented Housing: Income Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increasing income tax on income from rental property on the level of private sector rents.
10 Dec 2025 · 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 written statement on 19 November 2025, HCWS1071, on Local Government Reorganisation, by when legislation is needed to cancel local elections that were scheduled t
10 Dec 2025 · 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 29 April 2025, to Question 46110, on Waste Disposal: Birmingham, whether he plans to request further support from military personnel in relation to this
10 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Elections: Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what data his Department collates on instances of electoral fraud.
10 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Travellers: Caravan Sites
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has issued guidance on charging travellers for using transit sites for caravans.
10 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Social Rented Housing: Tenancy Agreements
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has a policy on social tenants in high-value social housing passing on lifetime tenancies to their children.
10 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Flats: Leasehold
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what data (a) his Department and (b) the Land Registry holds on the proportion of leasehold flats that have a lease less than (i) 99 and (ii) 80 years.
10 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Political Parties: Public Consultation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his Department's timetable is for consulting political parties on measures to be included in the Elections Bill.
10 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Visitor Levy
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to the press release of 25 November 2025, Levy on overnight trips will help mayors invest in local growth, on what date mayors were informed of that policy.
10 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Glenigan
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 24 November 2025 to Question 90710 on MHCLG: Glenigan, whether the data received included unbuilt-out planning permissions.
10 Dec 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Brownfield Sites
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) previously produced research on regulatory barriers to housing development on brownfield land.
10 Dec 2025 · Home Office
Radicalism
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has a policy on naming organisations (a) regarded as extremist and (b) subject to non-engagement.
Source: official written-questions record.