Written questions

1,722 written questions tabled, most recent first.

10 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Elections: Proof of Identity

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the research and analysis entitled Electoral Resilience and Democratic Engagement Programme: Voter identification research, published on 3 November 2025, for wh

10 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Flags

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 30 October 2025 to Question 83818 on Flags, which local authorities raised the subject of flags during those meetings.

10 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Councillors: Dual Mandate

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to stop councillors in England from being able to be elected to foreign office overseas.

10 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Private Rented Housing: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) research and (b) data his Department (i) collates and (ii) procures to monitor (A) trends in levels of private sector rent, (B) the number of dwellings for private rent

10 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Renters' Rights Act 2025

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has commissioned post-implementation evaluation research on (a) the interaction of the Renters Rights Act 2025 with other regulatory changes to the private

10 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Ebbsfleet

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 30 October 2025 to Question 84194 on Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Ebbsfleet, when the discussions started; whether Ministers received such repr

10 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Affordable Housing: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2025 to Question 78188 on Affordable Housing: Finance, what estimate his Department has made of the 10-year cost of the Social and Affordable

10 Nov 2025 · 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 3 November 2025 to Question 83788 on Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission, for what reason the reference back is ongoing; and what documents he is await

10 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning Permission: Mortgages

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of mortgage in possession clauses in planning applications on (a) housebuilding and (b) other development.

10 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Empty Property: Council Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the empty homes council tax premium on financial incentives to councils to leave homes empty.

10 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Empty Property

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has a target to reduce the number of empty homes.

10 Nov 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 Answer of 3 November 2025 to Question 84928 on Local Government: Elections, if he will make it his policy to include political parties in the gateway.

10 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Permitted Development Rights: Multiple Occupation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 10 October 2025 to Question 83815 on Permitted Development Rights: Multiple Occupation, what information his Department holds on whether any local autho

10 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Travel

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 10 October 2025 to Question 76268 on MHCLG: Travel, how much was spent in each of the last six months.

10 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Recreation Spaces

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his planned timetable is for reviewing the legal framework on the protection of open spaces; and whether he plans to publish a (a) call for evidence and (b) consultation on

10 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Personal Care Services: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 30 October 2025 to Question 84634 on Personal Care Services: Fraud, what her policy is on the use streamlined compulsory purchase orders to tackle fake

10 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's website entitled Make things right, published in October 2025, what was the cost to the public purse of the translation into six languages; and

10 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his planned timetable if for the commencement of (a) section 48 and (b) Schedule 10 of the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Act 2024.

10 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government Pension Scheme: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's press notice entitled Mayors and councillors to access LGPS under reforms, published on 13 October 2025, whether he has made an assessment of t

10 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Stop Notices

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department provides to local authorities on how breaches of Temporary Stop Notices can be addressed.

5 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Elections: Tower Hamlets

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the submission for a May 2026 election pilot from the London Borough of Tower Hamlets; and whether the Best Value Envoys were consulted on or have reviewed tha

5 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Infrastructure: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 30 October 2025 to Question 84643 on Infrastructure: Planning Permission, if he will publish a list of planning applications that have been submitted in

5 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Travellers: Caravan Sites

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the incidence of unauthorised travellers frustrating Temporary Stop Notices by subdividing land into multiple plots.

5 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Eden Project: Morecambe

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 30 October 2025 to Question 84636 on Eden Project: Morecombe, if he will publish the Memorandum of Understanding; and what proportion of the £50 million

5 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mayors and Police and Crime Commissioners: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 30 October 2025 to Question 84635 on English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, if he will list each organisation that the Government discussed

5 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Councillors: Misconduct

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2025 to Question 78283 on Councillors: Misconduct, and with reference to the Cabinet Office consultation principles, for what reason the Gove

5 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which types of asylum seekers accommodation provided under section 95 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 are subject to (a) council tax and (b) business rates; and what exemp

5 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fly-tipping and Litter

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27 June 2025 to Question 61182 on Litter: Codes of Practice, and with reference to paragraphs 78 and 79 of the Pride in Place strategy, published on 25 Septem

5 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sewers: Waste Disposal

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27 June 2025 to Question 61182 on Litter: Codes of Practice, whether guidance has been given to local authorities on issuing fines under the Section 33 of the

5 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what are the internal areas within the proposed Chinese Embassy that would be exempt from UK inspection and verification.

Source: official written-questions record.