Written questions

3,273 written questions tabled, most recent first.

30 Jun 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Sanitation

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 55304 on Government Departments: Sanitation, whether the Government Property Agency plans to repurpose more gender-neutral toilets into separate male and female

30 Jun 2025 · Cabinet Office

Admiralty House: Energy Performance Certificates

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the Energy Performance Certificate rating is of the Deputy Prime Minister’s residence in Admiralty House.

30 Jun 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Sanitation

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2025 to Question HL7758 on Government Departments: Sanitation, if he will publish the Government Property Agency's guidance document that is now used in (a) new build and (b) ref

30 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for her policies of the findings by Savills Research entitled Housing Completions Forecast for England: May

30 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 28 May 2024, to Question 53574, on Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission, and with reference to page 26 of the Section 106 agreement, for what reason the

30 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Land Use: Documents

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it a requirement for the new Spatial Development Strategies to be written in plain English.

30 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Permitted Development Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities have introduced Article 4 directions which restrict office to residential conversion permitted development rights.

30 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance has been given to local authorities on the delegation of decisions by councillors to council officers in (a) executive, (b) mayoral and (c) committee systems of gov

30 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Disciplinary Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department has provided to local councils on (a) discipline and (b) grievance in local government relating to senior officers.

30 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Rented Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Renters' Rights Bill on the (a) popularity and (b) take-up of Build to Rent new build.

30 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the amount of capital (a) grant and (b) subsidy to build a new social rent dwelling.

30 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Affordable Housing: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of funding for the new Affordable Housing Programme will finance (a) additional, purpose-built new-build homes on land acquired for that purpose, (b) the acquisit

30 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Legal Systems: Islam

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will commission research on the operation of shariah courts in England.

30 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Building Inspectors: Powers of Entry

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether powers of entry for building inspectors apply to embassies.

26 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Private Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will commission research into the potential impact of housing asylum seekers in private rented sector accommodation on (a) integration and (b) community cohesion.

26 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Marriage: Relatives

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will commission research on the potential impact of (a) first and (b) second cousin marriage on local communities.

26 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Road Signs and Markings

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2025 to Question 57273 on Road Signs and Marking, what is the mechanism by which her Department is monitoring the implementation of section 81;

26 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Travel

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2025 to Question 54295 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Taxis, how much of the £41,439 was spent on Ministerial travel.

26 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the monetary amount was of financial guarantees for housing provided by her Department from 2019-20 to 2024-25.

26 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Islamophobia

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that the creation of a definition of Islamophobia does not prevent discussion and scrutiny of the religious and ethnic dimensions of grooming g

26 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bats: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with Natural England on the effectiveness of its guidance entitled Bats: advice for making planning decisions, last updated on 7 April 2025.

26 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Parish and Town Councils: Devolution

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2025 to Question 58761 on Parish and Town Councils: Devolution, what steps she is taking to ensure that (a) local government restructuring and (

26 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Public Lavatories: Business Rates

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether public conveniences are eligible for retail, hospitality and leisure business rate relief in 2025-26.

26 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Civil Servants

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether civil servants in her Department relocated outside of London will have their pay reduced, and whether civil servants employed in new locations outside London will lose th

26 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Embassies: Building Regulations

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether building regulations apply to the construction of embassies.

26 Jun 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 the planning decision on the called-in Chinese Embassy planning application will be delegated to a specific Planning Minister or made personally by the Secretary of State

26 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Nature Restoration Fund

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 Infrastucture Bill, published on 6 May 2025, whether the 374k net additions per year from

26 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the cost of school transport for SEND children in each of the last five years.

25 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Apprentices: Planning

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to funding for level 7 apprenticeships on the number of chartered town planning apprenticeships.

25 Jun 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 30 May 2025 to Question 53573 on Oxford Growth Commission: Public Appointments, if she will publish the Chair's declaration of interests.

Source: official written-questions record.