Written questions
1,722 written questions tabled, most recent first.
22 Oct 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, what discussions his Department has had with Ebbsfleet Development Corporation on the SSSI designation in relation to the redevelopment of Ebbsfleet Central West since July 2024.
21 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Council Housing: Greater Manchester
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the number of new council houses that have been built in Greater Manchester since May 2017.
21 Oct 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 13 October 2025 to Question 77539 on Flags, whether the removal of national flags placed on lampposts was discussed.
21 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Combined Authorities: Hampshire and Isle of Wight
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to rename the combined authority of Hampshire and the Solent to include a reference to the Isle of Wight.
21 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Devolution: Cornwall
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to ensure that Cornwall is eligible for full devolution without having to join a combined authority with Devon.
21 Oct 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 17 September 2025 to Question 76143, on Planning Permission: Multiple Occupation, what guidance his Department provides on whether local authorities are
21 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Empty Property
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of provisions in the Renters’ Rights Bill on the number of empty homes, in the context of the ban on re-renting homes after a
21 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Affordable Housing: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2025 to Question 78195 on Housing: Greater London, whether his Department has had discussions with the Greater London Authority on the potent
21 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Bungalows: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to support the construction of new build bungalows.
21 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Betting Shops: Regulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 97 of his policy paper entitled Pride in Place Strategy, published on 25 September 2025, whether the Cumulative Impact Assessments process will regula
21 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Pride in Place Programme: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much (a) revenue and (b) capital he plans to allocate to the Pride in Place programme in each constituent nation in each year of the next 10 years.
21 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
East End Homes: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2025 to Question 77538 on East End Homes: Finance, what recent assessment the Regulator has made of the financial viability of East End Homes
21 Oct 2025 · Home Office
X-rays: Asylum
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what formal arrangements exist between (a) the Home Office, (b) the NHS and (c) Braintree Community Hospital for (i) scanning and (ii) x-rays of asylum seekers at Wethersfield Airbase.
21 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Parking: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to local government finance statistics collated by his Department, what information he holds on how much local authorities made in profit on (a) on-street and (b)
21 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has received the remaining unredacted internal drawings for the proposed development of the Chinese Embassy.
20 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government: Elections
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has had discussions with local authorities on running election pilots in the May 2026 local elections.
20 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which Minister in his Department is the designated Planning Minister for the called-in Chinese Embassy planning application.
20 Oct 2025 · Home Office
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the letter from the Rt hon. Member for Braintree of 8 September 2025 on Wethersfield.
15 Oct 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Holiday Accommodation: Registration
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her planned timeline is for the introduction of a mandatory short term let registration scheme.
13 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to reply to the correspondence from the Rt hon. Member for Braintree of 27 August 2025.
13 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Infrastructure and Planning
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the press notice entitled Chancellor appoints infrastructure and planning adviser to clear path for new investments, published on 12 September 2025, whether (a)
13 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Swifts: Bricks
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 2 September 2025 to Question 69634 on Swifts: Bricks, if she will make it her policy to amend the Statutory Biodiversity Net Gain metric to allow the installa
13 Oct 2025 · 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 11 October 2024, to Question 5687, on Housing: Construction, whether his Department's target to build 1.5 million new homes in this Parliament will be b
13 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Electoral Register
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of its proposal to remove the dual registration rule from the Elections Act 2022 on the growth of super-PAC
13 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
National Identity
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department is taking steps to encourage national pride among (a) individual people and (b) public sector organisations in (i) the United Kingdom and (ii) England.
13 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition Working Group
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the press notice entitled Government launches working group on Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia definition, published on 28 February 2025, whether he plans to pr
13 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government: Local Press
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 16 April 2025 to Question 43483 on Local Government: Local Press, if he will make it his policy to maintain the requirement to place statutory notices i
13 Oct 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Independent Commission into Adult Social Care: Civil Servants
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many civil servants in his Department are working on the Independent commission into adult social care; whether any (a) Commissioners and (b) other external appointees have been (i) appointed a
13 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Official Engagements
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2025 to Question 62599 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Official Engagements, if he will publish his Department's Freed
13 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Universal United Kingdom Resort: Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the representations made to the Special Development Order planning inquiry for the Entertainment Resort Complex in Bedford.
Source: official written-questions record.