Written questions

3,273 written questions tabled, most recent first.

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

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Oxford Economics

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 were commissioned from Ox

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

Neighbourhood Plans

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to support neighbourhood planning; and whether there is a target on neighbourhood plan take-up.

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

Radicalism: Islam

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2025 to Question 53914 on Islam, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of Islamist sectarianism in England since 4 July

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

Council Tax: Billing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2025 to Question 54880 on Council tax: billing, whether local billing authorities are able to require the individual residents of a dwelling to d

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

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: 23red

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 23 Red

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

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: MG OMD

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 specific goods or services commissioned fro

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

Local Government: Reorganisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether district councils with borough status that are abolished will be able to maintain their borough status through Charter Trustees under her local government restructuring p

18 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 6 June 2025 to Question 53912 on Asylum: Housing, whether the Planning Inspectorate has considered any planning appeals relating to such change of use f

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

UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much will be allocated to London from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund in each year of the Spending Review period; and what the outturn allocation was in each year since the cre

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

Civil Service: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Civil Service 2024/2025 External Expenditure on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, published on 30 May 2025, if he will li

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

UK Shared Prosperity Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding she plans to provide to each nation of the UK through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund in each year of the Spending Review period.

18 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Council Tax: Valuation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has had recent discussions with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development on council tax (a) revaluation and (b) re-banding.

18 Jun 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Financial Services: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2025 to Question 54292 on Financial Services: Environment Protection, what information he holds on which councils offer municipal green bonds.

18 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Council Tax: Valuation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Valuation Office Agency is taking to tackle delays in processing council tax valuation challenges.

17 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Money Laundering: Regulation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance she has issued to local authorities on Anti-Money Laundering checks in relation to (a) working with and (b) loaning funds to developers.

17 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Chinese Embassy

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she had discussions with the Chinese Government on the proposed Chinese Embassy at the Royal Mint (a) at the 11th round of China-UK Economic and Financial Dialogue and (b) on any other occasion.

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

Green Belt: Planning

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has had discussions with the Mayor of London on whether funding for green belt reviews will be used to review the use of Metropolitan Open Land.

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

Planning

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what status local designations have under the National Planning Policy Framework.

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

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: CFE Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the document entitled MHCLG: spending over £25,000, March 2025, published on 28 April 2025, what consultancy services were commissioned from CFE Research and Co

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

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: UBDS Digital

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the document entitled MHCLG: spending over £25,000, March 2025, published on 28 April 2025, what consultancy services were commissioned from UBDS IT Consulting

17 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Disability: Candidates

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the press notice entitled New steering group to champion disabled people in elected office, published on 9 June 2025, how the members of the working group from political parties were s

17 Jun 2025 · Cabinet Office

Admiralty House

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 30 May 2025 to Question 52864 on Admiralty House, on what date the last assessment of market rent of the building was undertaken.

17 Jun 2025 · Cabinet Office

Deputy Prime Minister: Official Residences

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what services are provided to the Deputy Prime Minister without charge in relation to her official residence.

17 Jun 2025 · Cabinet Office

Admiralty House

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 30 May 2025 to Question 52864 on Admiralty House, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of repurposing the two unoccupied flats in Admiralty House.

17 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Espionage: China

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment the security services have made of the level of economic espionage by the Chinese Government in the UK.

17 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Defending Democracy Taskforce

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2025 to Question 53973 on Defending Democracy Taskforce, if she will publish the conclusions of the review into harassment and intimidation.

17 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much (a) her Department and (b) its contractors have spent on the rent or lease of (i) caravan and mobile homes and (ii) park homes for housing asylum seekers since July 2024.

17 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Hotels

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2025 to Question HL7763 on Asylum: Housing, what the absolute number of individual hotels that housed the 32,345 people is as of 31 March 2025; and what was the equiva

17 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Defending Democracy Taskforce

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2025 to Question 53973 on Defending Democracy Taskforce, if she will publish the assessment on Transnational Repression in the UK.

17 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much (a) her Department and (b) its contractors have spent on the capital purchase of mobile and caravan homes for asylum seekers since July 2024.

Source: official written-questions record.