Written questions

1,722 written questions tabled, most recent first.

16 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

New Towns: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 24 April 2026 to Question 124737 on New Towns: Public Appointments, who are the four interim advisers who have been contracted through the Public

16 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Israel

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to monitor the number of councils which introduce anti-Israeli boycott or divestment policies.

16 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Empty Property: Council Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether empty dwellings (a) in a state of disrepair or (b) without a roof, will be liable for the council tax surcharge.

16 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Affordable Housing: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the average (a) cash grant and (b) subsidy per unit is for a unit of (i) social rent housing, (ii) affordable rent and (iii) affordable home ownership.

16 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Lifts

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the review of Approved Document B on evacuation lifts on the level of housebuilding in (a) London and (b) England.

16 Jun 2026 · Treasury

Hospitality Industry and Leisure: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason the cap in the 2025-26 business rates relief scheme for Retail, Hospitality and Leisure is £110,000 per business.

16 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Affordable Housing: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when social housing providers will receive the first allocation of funding under the 2026-2036 Affordable Housing Programme; and what the value is of the first tranche.

16 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Greater Manchester

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Facility Agreement for Greater Manchester Combined Authority's Housing Investment Loans Fund has been released by (a) his Department and (b) Homes England under the F

16 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Parking

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 15 January 2026 to Question 104178 on Housing: Parking, if he will publish the (a) environmental principles and (b) equality impact assessment for

16 Jun 2026 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Local Government: Newspaper Press

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the policy paper entitled Amplify: The Local Media Action Plan, published 17 March 2026, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposals to review statutory no

16 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning Permission: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 24 October 2025 to Question 77536 on Planning Permission: Public Consultation, whether he plans to bring the Street Vote provisions from the Level

16 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Licensed Premises: Business Rates

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 22 April 2026 to Question 116755 on Licensing Premises: Business Rates, whether local billing authorities in London are required to apply the 15 p

16 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Public Lavatories

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Equality Act 2010: Draft Code of Practice for services, public functions and associations, 2026, published on 21 May 2026, what steps the Government Property Agency is taking to make change

16 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Services: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the written statement of 21 May 2026, HCWS59, on Neighbourhoods and Public Services, what his definition is of an excessive profit.

16 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Tower Hamlets Council

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2026 to Question 456 on Tower Hamlets Council, what is the expected timetable for the Ministerial Envoys to report their findings; and whether th

16 Jun 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, with reference to the Answer of 10 April 2026 to Question 123201 on Independent Review into Civil Unrest in Leicester, whether he plans to lay the report before the House.

15 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Houseboats

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 23 March 2026, to Question 121211, on Houseboats, whether his Department has issued guidance on unauthorised moorings on rivers in relation to (a)

15 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Land Use: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) representations his Department has received from and (b) what correspondence his Department has sent to the Greater London Authority in relation to reviews of (i) Green

15 Jun 2026 · Treasury

Land Use: Wales

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the devolution of powers for a vacant land tax in Wales on (a) housebuilding and (b) regeneration.

15 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 24 March 2026, to Question 123198, on local government: elections, what was the value of the initial payment, and what is the budget for the remai

15 Jun 2026 · Treasury

Retail Trade: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled Effects of the business rates retail, hospitality and leisure multipliers and high-value multiplier, 26 November 2025, what is the equivalent cost to the £270

15 Jun 2026 · Treasury

Council Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if her Department will undertake a review of the slab system being proposed under the council tax surcharge.

15 Jun 2026 · Treasury

Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Valuation Office Agency's business rates estimator tool's accuracy in producing estimated bills before it was removed.

15 Jun 2026 · Treasury

Government Departments: Translation Services

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the answer of 23 January 2026, to Question 106143, on Government Departments: Translation Services, if her Department will make it their policy to collate data on Government spending on (a) transla

15 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Public Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the correspondence of 21 March 2026 from the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government to the Rt hon. Member for North West Essex, what e

15 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department provides guidance to local authorities on the circumstances in which they must rehouse statutory homeless households who are not UK nationals; and whether

15 Jun 2026 · Home Office

Independent Office for Police Conduct: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps are being taken to prevent abuse of the Independent Office for Police Conduct regime in relation to (a) politically-motivated complaints, and (b) complaints which do not relate to the curre

15 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Personal Care Services: Fraud

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 6 February 2026, to Question 109625, on Personal Care Service: Fraud, through what mechanism will councils be able to block fake barbers that was

15 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Travellers: Caravan Sites

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to 'Traveller caravan count statistics: government response', updated 7 April 2026, what is the timetable to consider the options for collecting data on unauthoris

15 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 23 February 2026, to Question 111681, on Social Rented Housing: Asylum, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of the proposals in

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