Written questions

3,273 written questions tabled, most recent first.

2 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Transport: Urban Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her Department's policy position is on 15 minute cities.

2 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Road Traffic Control: Oxford

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has had discussions with Oxfordshire County Council on its planned introduction of traffic filters by Oxford in 2026.

2 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Waste Disposal: Fixed Penalties

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with local authorities on the use of fixed-penalty notices for households for minor waste receptacle issues.

2 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 57278 on Water Charges, if he will make it his policy to prevent water companies from using (a) rising block tariffs and progressive a

2 Jul 2025 · Cabinet Office

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government plans to establish an Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.

2 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

National Landscapes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 30 May 2025 to Question 55440 on National Landscapes, for what reason work has stopped on the (a) Cheshire Sandstone Ridge and (b) Chiltern National Landscape

2 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Companies: Social Tariffs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether water companies are permitted to fund social tariffs by passing costs to other residential customers.

2 Jul 2025 · Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

Political Parties: Finance

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Electoral Commission has issued guidance on (a) companies and (b) unincorporated associations raising funds from foreign

2 Jul 2025 · Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

Political Parties: Finance

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2025 to Question 56565 on Political Parties: Crypocurrencies, if he will publish the guidance on n

2 Jul 2025 · Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

Electoral Commission: Finance

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the value is of the (a) RDEL and (b) CDEL settlement for the Electoral Commission in each year of the Spending Review 2025; and

1 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Airports: National Policy Statements

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2025 to Question 57460 on Policy, what her planned timetable is for the revision of the National Policy Statement on airport expansion.

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

Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has published guidance to local authorities on transferring internal council (a) personal data and (b) papers to political parties where such information i

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

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: London Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2025 to Question 56482 on Civil Service: London allowances, if she will take steps to ensure that the London weighted salaries for civil servant

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

Council Tax: Referendums

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Spending Review 2025, published on 11 June 2025, what assumptions have been made on the level of the (a) shire district, (b) police precept, (c) parish prec

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

Local Government: Cost Effectiveness

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Statement of 12 June 2025 on Local Government Best Value, HCWS697, which (a) external individuals, (b) external organisations, (c) hon. Members and

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

Oxford Growth Commission: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 28 May 2025 to Question 53573 on Oxford Growth Commission: Public Appointments, what the level of remuneration is for the Chair of the Oxford Growth Com

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

Night Time Industries Association

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 28 May 2025 to Question 52627 on Night Time Industries Association, what correspondence her Department has received from the Night Time Industries Assoc

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

Fast Food: Planning

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2025 to Question 58054 on Fast Food, whether local authority powers under the National Planning Policy Framework to block new fast-food outlets

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

Planning Permission: Documents

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2025 to Question 57269 on Planning Permission, if she will introduce a policy requiring plain English in planning documents produced by her Depa

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

Homes England: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many Homes England staff are undergoing redeployment.

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

Sleeping Rough: Decriminalisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Rough sleeping to be decriminalised after 200 years, published on 10 June 2025, how the approach to a replacement regime

1 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Film: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 55222 on Film: Business Rates, how many film studios in England will be subject to the higher multiplier on Rateable Values above £500,000, from April 2026.

1 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Council Tax: Valuation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 56711 on Council tax: valuation, how many complaints have been made to (a) Tier 1 complaints process, (b) Tier 2 complaints process and (c) the Adjudicator's Office

1 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Local Government: Reorganisation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2025 to Question 57280 on Local Government: Reorganisation, what estimate she has made of the change in public sector net borrowing from local government reorganisation in each of t

1 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Alcoholic Drinks

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 54866 on Alcoholic Drinks, if she will remove the exclusion of the direct manufacture of alcoholic beverages from paragraph 2.12 of the UK Government Green Financing

1 Jul 2025 · Cabinet Office

Consumer Prices Index: Council Tax

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason council tax is not included in the measure of consumer price inflation.

1 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Police: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2025 to Question 59321 on Police: Finance, what the grant funding to police is in cash terms in each financial year between 2024-25 and 2028-29.

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

Local Government Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2025 to Question 59314 on Local Government Finance, what the grant funding to local government is in cash terms in each financial year between 2

30 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Civil Servants: Training

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the guidance entitled Civil Service 2024/2025 External Expenditure on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, published on 30 May 2025, which suppliers were used to provide Antisemitism and Anti-Islamop

30 Jun 2025 · Cabinet Office

Housing: Statistics

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Office for National Statistics holds comparative data on new dwellings in each nation of the UK in each year since 2008-09.

Source: official written-questions record.