Written questions

3,273 written questions tabled, most recent first.

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

Planning: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance she has issued to local planning authorities on the redaction of the internal layout of proposed developments from (a) planning (i) officers and (ii) councillors an

25 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Nuisance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to create an offence of (a) engaging in nuisance begging, (b) arranging or facilitating begging for gain and (c) trespassing with intent to com

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

Police: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 55289 on Police: Employment Contributions, whether the methodology used to calculate the National Insurance mitigation for polic

25 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the reasons for the trend in the level of council spending on school transport in the last decade.

25 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Nuisance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals to give (a) police and (b) councils powers to issue (i) nuisance begging directions, (ii) nuisance begging prevention notices, (iii)

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

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Official Engagements

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will list each official diary event and meeting she undertook on 10 April 2025.

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

Right to Buy Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an estimate of the potential impact of (a) Right to Buy receipts on the level of funding for affordable housing and (b) her Department's changes to (i) the level

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

Local Government Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to Table 5.17 in the Spending Review 2025, CP1336, published on 11 June 2025, whether local government core spending power includes revenue from (a) GLA council ta

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

Housing: Greater Manchester

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) funding and (b) financing support her Department has allocated to Greater Manchester Combined Authority for housing development loans since 2011.

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

Council Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what representations she has received on council tax (a) revaluation and (b) rebanding since 5 July 2024.

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

Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition Working Group

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Islamophobia Working Group is taking to consult with stakeholders in (a) private and (b) public.

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

Neighbourhood Plans: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding was allocated by her Department to support local communities to develop neighbourhood plans in the (a) 2023-24, (b) 2024-25, (c) 2025-26 financial years; and how

25 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has been made of trends in the level of cost of providing school transport for SEND children in the last five years.

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

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2025 to Question 54886 on Asylum: Housing, whether she has made an estimate of the number of appeal decisions that have been made by the Plannin

24 Jun 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 10 June 2025 to Question 55284 on Housing: Construction, and with reference to Annex 10 of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Impact assessment, publ

24 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Transport

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of the cost to local authorities of providing school transport for SEND children in the last five years.

20 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

EU Countries: Youth Mobility Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 30 May 2025 to Question 53071 on Youth Mobility Scheme: EU Countries, whether he plans to make further bilateral agreements.

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

Right to Buy Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much was raised in right to buy receipts in each year since 2011-12; and what proportion of those receipts was spent on affordable housing.

20 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, what the target number of civil servants in her Department is in each year of the Spending Review 2025.

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

Licensing Laws: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2025 to Question 53762 on Licensing Laws: Fees and Charges, what her planned timetable is for publishing the response to that consultation.

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

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Planning Inspectorate has made appeal decisions on asylum accommodation in the last 12 months.

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

Buildings: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what funding her Department has provided for cladding removal and remediation in (a) 2023-24, (b) 2024-25, (c) 2025-26 and (d) each other year of the Spending Review; and how muc

20 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Coram

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the publication entitled MHCLG: spending over £25,000, March 2025, published on 28 April 2025, if she will publish the full specification of the research commissioned from Thomas Coram Foundat

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

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Frontier Economics

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's transparency data, MHCLG: spending over £25,000, March 2025, published on 28 April 2025, if she will publish the specification of the research

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

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Allied Publicity Services (Manchester)

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, April 2025, published on 30 May 2025, what the services commissioned from Allied Publicity S

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

Matthew Pennycook

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, who will cover the duties of the Minister for Housing and Planning whilst he is on jury service.

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

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many active sites being developed by private housebuilders the Minister of State for Housing and Planning has visited since 6 July 2024.

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

Litter: Codes of Practice

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department's planned timetable is for responding to the consultation on making the Code of Practice on Litter and Refuse statutory, which closed in April 2024.

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

Coastal Erosion: Flood Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Written Statement of 3 June 2025, HCWS680, on Consulting on a reformed approach to investing in flood resilience and coastal erosion, how much of the £2.65 millio

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

Litter: Codes of Practice

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will place in the Library a copy of the consultation document on making the Code of Practice on Litter and Refuse statutory guidance.

Source: official written-questions record.