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.