Written questions

3,273 written questions tabled, most recent first.

28 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Travellers: Caravan Sites

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 22 April 2025 to Question 44484 on Travellers: Caravan Sites, if she will publish the letter sent to police forces.

28 Apr 2025 · Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

Electoral Commission: Freedom of Information

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what plans the Electoral Commission has to provide a substantive response to the internal review request to the Freedom of Informati

28 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the increase in employers National Insurance contributions on the number of staff directly employed by local au

28 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government Services: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the increase of employers National Insurance contributions on (a) commissioned and (b) externally provided coun

28 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Cabinet Office: Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how often the Deputy Prime Minister has used her office in Room 111 in 70 Whitehall in the last six months.

28 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Birmingham City Council: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress the Best Value intervention has made on improving Birmingham City Council’s oracle and income management system.

25 Apr 2025 · Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

Electoral Commission: Companies House

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 3 April 2025 to Question 41450 on Electoral Commission: Companies House, whether the Electoral Commission

25 Apr 2025 · Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

Electoral Commission: Wales

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024 on the work of the El

25 Apr 2025 · Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

Electoral Commission: Companies House

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 2 April 2025 to Question 42467 on Electoral Commission: Companies House, whether the Electoral Commission

25 Apr 2025 · Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

Elections: Expenditure

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 7 April 2025 to Question 43087 on Elections: Expenditure, what guidance the Electoral Commission has given

25 Apr 2025 · Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

Candidates: Expenditure

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what guidance the Electoral Commission issues to candidates on declaring notional expenditure associated with policing and security

25 Apr 2025 · Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

Candidates: Expenditure

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2025 to Question 45675 on Candidates: Expenditure, whether the Electoral Commission releases cand

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

Birmingham City Council

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, who attends daily meetings between her Department and Birmingham City Council.

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

Doncaster Sheffield Airport: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled Government backs mayor to reopen Doncaster Sheffield Airport, published on 9 April 2025, how much of the £30 million fun

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

Planning Permission: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has issued guidance to (a) local planning authorities and (b) the Planning Inspectorate on whether applicants for planning permission should be required to

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

Planning Permission: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether (a) her Department and (b) the Planning Inspectorate have issued guidance on the Supreme Court judgement UKSC/2022/0064 in relation to considering the potential impact of

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

Hospitality Industry: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the press notice entitled Government calls last orders on red tape choking pubs, clubs, and restaurants in major boost to the British night out, published on 4

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

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Ministers

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department holds information on the number of days each Minister in her Department has spent working primarily at her Department's offices outside London since 5 July

25 Apr 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 the press notice entitled OBR concludes planning reforms will bring housebuilding to its highest level in 40 years, published 26 November 2025, further to the H

25 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Client Earth: Judicial Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of judicial reviews by Client Earth to (a) her Department and (b) its agencies.

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

Greater London Authority

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to London Council's press release entitled London borough leaders make united call for ‘seat at the table’ in new devolution settlement, published on 3 April 2025,

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

Community Infrastructure Levy

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the number of retrospective Community Infrastructure Levy requirements on small-scale development.

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

Licensing Laws: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant her Department's press release entitled Government calls ‘last orders’ on red tape choking pubs, clubs, and restaurants in major boost to the British night out, publishe

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

Homes England

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to reform Homes England as an Arm’s Length Body.

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

Housing First

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made an assessment of the value for money of a national Housing First rollout.

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

Permitted Development Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 April 2025 to Question 41465 on Permitted Development Rights, whether local authorities are required to publish Article 4 Directions; and what assessm

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

Licensing Laws

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the press release entitled Government calls ‘last orders’ on red tape choking pubs, clubs, and restaurants in major boost to the British night out, published on

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

Night-time Economy: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the press release entitled Government calls ‘last orders’ on red tape choking pubs, clubs, and restaurants in major boost to the British night out, published on

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

Housing First

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the cost of a national Housing First scheme.

24 Apr 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Client Earth

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department engages with Client Earth.

Source: official written-questions record.