Written questions

1,722 written questions tabled, most recent first.

4 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Public Bodies: Languages

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to issue updated guidance to public bodies not to translate into foreign languages for domestic audiences.

4 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Agent of Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the press release entitled Red tape slashed to revamp high streets with new cafes and bars, published on 26 July 2025, whether her Department plans to make chan

4 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Hospitality Industry: Alcoholic Drinks

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to allow all licensed pubs and restaurants to provide (a) off-sales and (b) take-away pints.

4 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: University of Cambridge

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's transparency data entitled MHCLG: spending over £25,000, June 2025, published on 31 July 2025, what was the purpose of the funding to Cambridge

4 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish each Electronic Purchasing Card transaction on her department's cards since 4 July 2024, listing the (a) merchant name, (b) date, (c) volume and (d) transacti

4 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Electoral Register

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her timetable is for implementation of automatic voter registration.

4 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Fast Food: Planning

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to amend national planning policy guidance to explicitly exclude sandwich shops from the fast food outlet ban in paragraph 97 of the National Plann

4 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Business Premises: Rents

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of banning upward-only rent reviews for commercial leases on the valuations of commercial property owned by local

4 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Industrial Disputes

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to meet representatives of the Public and Commercial Services Union to discuss the industrial action affecting her Department.

4 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Affordable Housing: Empty Property

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Affordable Homes Programme will support the (a) renovation and (b) putting back into use of long-term empty homes.

4 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Parish and Town Councils: Council Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information her Department holds on what the average Band D parish precept was in (a) Wiltshire, (b) Shropshire and (c) Cornwall in each year since 2008-09.

4 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Parish and Town Councils: Council Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information her Department holds on what the average Band D council tax was in parished areas in (a) England, (b) unitary council areas, (b) London, (c) two-tier areas and (

4 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Belong: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding her Department has provided to the Belong Network to develop national cohesion guidance; and whether there is a grant agreement.

4 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition Working Group: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Terms of Reference for the Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition Working Group, for what reason the advice provided to her Department by the independen

4 Sep 2025 · Home Office

Hospitality Industry: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the press release entitled Red tape slashed to revamp high streets with new cafes and bars, published on 26 July 2025, whether she plans to amend the statutory guidance entitled Revi

4 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will hold discussions with the Mayor of London on making an assessment of the reasons for trends in the level of housing starts in London.

3 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Building Alterations

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many applications were submitted for household extensions in (a) 2023-24 and (b) 2024-25.

3 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Electoral Register

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 August 2025 to Question HL9815 on Electoral Register, what her planned timetable is for the commissioning of user research.

3 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Public Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to page 81 of her Department's annual report and accounts 2024-25, published in July 2025, HC 1062, for what reason core departmental contingent labour spending in

3 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Labour Infrastructure Forum

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what representations her Department has received from the Labour Infrastructure Forum.

3 Sep 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 1 April 2025 to Question 41927 on Housing: Construction, what proportion of the 1.3 million homes forecast related to England alone.

3 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department has issued on whether the conversion of a residential dwelling into a House in Multiple Occupation for asylum seekers requires (a) planning permissio

3 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Councillors

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to introduce a national find my councillor facility on gov.uk.

3 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Empty Dwelling Management Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has considered bringing forward legislative proposals on Empty Dwelling Management Orders.

3 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Combatting Hate against Muslims Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 5 August 2025 to Question HL9813 on Combatting Hate against Muslims Fund, whether she plans to spend the remaining £350,000 of the fund in the 202

3 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Greater Manchester

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2025 to Question 62596 on Greater Manchester Combined Authority: Property Development, what information (a) her Department and (b) Homes England

2 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Affordable Housing and National Housing Bank

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether a new (a) memorandum of understanding and (b) facility agreement is being agreed between her Department and its agencies with the Greater Manchester Combined Authority in

2 Sep 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Wind Power: Permitted Development Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what representations he has received on increasing permitted development rights for onshore wind turbines to 30 metres.

2 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to consult on the repeal of Strategic Environmental Assessments and Environmental Impact Assessments regime.

2 Sep 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Allotments: Horsham

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish the (a) allotment disposal application and (b) allotment disposal consent by the Secretary of State for the Ravenscroft Allotments in Horsham.

Source: official written-questions record.