Written questions

3,273 written questions tabled, most recent first.

30 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Road Signs and Markings: Languages

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on whether (a) Network Rail and (b) HS2 has issued guidance on the use of road signs near engineering works with foreign languages.

30 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Airports: National Policy Statements

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to (a) publish, (b) consult on and (c) ratify the Airports National Policy Statement.

30 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Road Signs and Markings: Languages

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Highways Agency has issued guidance on the use of (a) electronic and (b) other road signs with foreign languages.

30 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Department for Transport: Ministers

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many days each Minister in her Department has worked in (a) Departmental offices and (b) Government hubs outside London since 5 July 2024.

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

Second Homes: Council Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information her Department holds on the number of households that are paying the second homes premium on council tax.

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

Empty Property: Council Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has undertaken research into the causes of (a) vacant and (b) long-term vacant dwellings; and if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of cha

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

Local Government: Surrey

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her planned timetable is for making a decision on local government restructuring in Surrey; whether she plans to hold a formal consultation process on the number of new unit

30 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

National Landscapes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which local authorities would be affected by Natural England's National Landscape area of outstanding natural beauty proposed designations for (a) the new Yorkshire Wolds, (b) the new

30 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

National Landscapes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the status is of Natural England's national landscape areas of outstanding natural beauty proposed designations for (a) the new Yorkshire Wolds, (b) the new Cheshire Sandstone Rid

30 May 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 21 May 2025 to Question 51391 on Water Charges, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of (a) progressive and (b) rising block

30 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sewers: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help increase sewage capacity for new build homes.

30 May 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 21 May 2025 to Question 51391 on Water Charges, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of seasonal water metering tariffs on wa

30 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Ministers

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many days Ministers in his Department have worked in (a) departmental offices and (b) Government hubs outside London since 5 July 2024.

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

Council Tax: Second Homes

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 23 May 2025 to Question 52861 on Empty Property: Council Tax, how many council tax appeals relating to second homes have been considered by the Valuatio

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

Social Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Housing Ombudsman press release entitled, Housing Ombudsman urges Hackney Council to avoid positivity prism as it drives performance improvement, published

30 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Sanitation

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 22 May 2025, to Question 51870, on Government Departments: Sanitation, whether any gender-neutral toilets have been installed on the Government estate since 4 July 2024.

30 May 2025 · Home Office

Radicalism

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has issued guidance in addition to the Ministerial Code on engaging with extremist organisations that are subject to a Government policy of non-engagement or proscription in a (

30 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Sanitation

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 22 May 2025 to Question 51870 on Government Departments: Sanitation, what the (a) Department and (b) location is of each gender-neutral toilet that has been removed; and whether each ge

30 May 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 22 May 2025 to Question 52624 on Asylum: Housing, if she will publish the template accommodation contract for accommodation under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999.

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

Regional Planning and Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Levelling Up Missions Annual Report 2024-25, published on 21 May 2025, whether she plans to continue collating metrics on well-being.

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

Property Development: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has issued guidance to local authorities on offering loans to developers at (a) less than market rate and (b) on preferential terms.

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

Planning Permission: Sewage

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has issued guidance on the use of grampian conditions in planning permissions relating to the non-occupation of new build properties before sewage capacity

30 May 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of additional dwellings that would be needed to provide housing for asylum seekers following the reduction in the use of hotel and hostel accommodat

30 May 2025 · Home Office

Police: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 21 May 2025 to Question HL7317 on Fire and Rescue Service and Police: Employers’ Contribution, what methodology her Department used to calculate the National Insurance

30 May 2025 · Home Office

Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2025 to Question 52622 on National Security: China, what information her Department holds on whether the United Front Work Department has sought to interfere in the pl

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

Fire and Rescue Services: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 21 May 2025 to Question HL7317 on Fire and Rescue Service and Police: Employers’ Contribution, what methodology her Department used to calculate t

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

Regional Planning and Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Levelling Up Missions Annual Report 2024-25, published on 21 May 2025, whether her Department considered implementing the social fabric index target in the

30 May 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 Annex 10 of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Impact assessment, published in May 2025, in which financial year the 374,000 annual new additions in England

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

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Aviation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 22 May 2025 to Question 52273 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Aviation, what journeys comprise the (a) £33,025 and (b) £1,878

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

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Ethiopia

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 22 May 2025 to Question 52711 on Visits Abroad: Ethiopia, what the purpose was of her visit to Ethiopia.

Source: official written-questions record.