Written questions

3,273 written questions tabled, most recent first.

16 Jul 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 the average increase in (a) town and (b) parish precepts in council areas that have undergone unitary restructuring.

16 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Local Government Outcomes Framework published on 3 July 2025, what metrics will be used to measure (a) flood protection, (b) anti-social behaviour, (c) biod

16 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 45 of Annex 10 of the Impact Assessment for the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, whether the requirement for 374,000 net additions per year from 2027

16 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 2 July 2025 to Question 62406 on Social Rented Housing: Finance, whether targets have been set for the number of homes that will (a) started and (b) com

16 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Small Businesses: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to retain Small Business Rates Relief at its current level for the duration of this Parliament.

15 Jul 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: London Allowance

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2025 to Question 60496 on Civil Servants: London Allowance, what is the policy Cabinet Office policy on whether junior civil servants in his Department receiving London weightin

15 Jul 2025 · Cabinet Office

Admiralty House: Energy Performance Certificates

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2025 to Question 63624 on Admiralty House: Energy Performance Certificates, if he will place the three EPCs for the Admiralty House flats in the Library.

15 Jul 2025 · Cabinet Office

Council of the Nations and Regions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2025 to Question 64772 on Public Appointments: Council of the Nations and Regions, who is now undertaking the responsibilities that were previously assigned to the Envoy for the

15 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2025 to Question 63031 on Asylum: Private Rented Housing, whether community cohesion is a material consideration when assessing the suitability of a local area for asy

15 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2025 to Question 63031 on Asylum: Private Rented Housing, whether her Department provides guidance on the factors that should be assessed when determining the suitabil

15 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Franchises

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the financial (a) risk and (b) cost to councils of controlling bus franchising.

15 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Right to Buy Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the written statement of 2 July 2025 on Social and Affordable Housing Renewal, HCWS771, if she will publish the full public sector equality duty assessment unde

15 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Business Rates: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether transitional relief in the 2026 business rates revaluation will be funded by (a) the Exchequer, (b) higher multipliers, and (c) downward phasing.

15 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mayors

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department has published on the maximum of deputy mayors that may be appointed by the (a) Greater London Authority and (b) combined authority mayors; and whethe

15 Jul 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Playing Fields

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications for the disposal of school playing fields her Department has (a) approved and (b) rejected by (i) school and (ii) local authority since 4 July 2024.

15 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Political Parties: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has had discussions with her (a) Welsh and (b) Scottish counterpart on the risk of foreign interference in the political process from hostile actors under provisions

15 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's consultation entitled Reform of planning committees: technical consultation, published on 28 May 2025, whether the mandatory training for plann

14 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Town Twinning: Occupied Territories

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has had discussions with local authorities on twinning with locations in the Occupied Territories.

14 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Buildings: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the written statement of 17 April 2024, HCWS413, on Building Safety Update, what recent discussions her Department has had with the Greater London Authority on

14 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Angela Rayner: Unite

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, on what date she resigned from Unite.

14 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government Finance: Audit

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to introduce legislation to establish local versions of the Public Accounts Committee.

14 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Subscriptions

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's publication entitled MHCLG: spending over £25,000, March 2025, published on 28 April 2025, what the goods or services commissioned from HM Trea

14 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Heathrow Airport: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to seek Parliamentary approval for the revised Airports National Policy Statement before submitting the infrastructure planning application for Heathrow Airport expansion.

14 Jul 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Islamophobia

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2025 to Question 57653, on Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Islamophobia, what the company registration number or registered charity number is of

14 Jul 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Performance Certificates

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the introduction of RdSAP 10 on the unit cost of an Energy Performance Certificate.

14 Jul 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Islamophobia

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2025 to Question 57653 on Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Islamophobia, what the cost was of the Islamophobia training.

14 Jul 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Private Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 54885 on Private Rented Housing: Energy, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the increased Minimum Energy Effi

14 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Energy Performance Certificates

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many new build homes were given an Energy Performance Certificate in 2024-25.

14 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

London Underground: Graffiti and Vandalism

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had recent discussions with the Mayor of London on (a) graffiti and (b) vandalism on the London Underground.

14 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Driving: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2025 to Question 59360 on Driving: Standards, which policies from that plan she has discontinued.

Source: official written-questions record.