Written questions

3,273 written questions tabled, most recent first.

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

Embassies: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2025 to Question 35701 on Embassies: Planning Permission, whether local authorities can enforce against planning breaches by Embassies which op

2 Apr 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Flags

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2025 to Question 35702 on Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Flags, whether his Department had previously applied for planning p

2 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Independent Commission into Adult Social Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2025 to Question 35705 on Independent Commission into Adult Social Care, whether he plans for the recommendation of the Phase two of the independent commission to

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

Local Government: Local Press

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Shake up of tech and AI usage across NHS and other public services to deliver plan for change, published on 21 January 2

2 Apr 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Household Support Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the written statement of 4 March 2025, HCWS495, on Household Support Fund, what estimate she has made of the number of local authorities that are using the fund to provide support for pensio

2 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether (a) local authorities, (b) state schools, (c) universities and (d) NHS Trusts subject to the business rates surcharge for properties with a rateable value over £500,000 from April 2026 onwards will receive c

2 Apr 2025 · Cabinet Office

Admiralty House

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what Admiralty House is used for; and if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of using that building for civil servants in his Department.

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

Returning Officers

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Electoral Commission has produced guidance on the inclusion of local Electoral Returning Officers within the definition

1 Apr 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Housing: Pylons

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what estimate his Department has made of the potential impact of proximity to an electricity pylon on the average capital value of an average house.

1 Apr 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Tower of London

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2025 to Question 35700 on Tower of London, whether the Government has had discussions with UNESCO on the potential impact of the planning application for a new

1 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Refuges: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many refuges are in each local authority area in England and Wales according to hereditament data held by the Valuation Office Agency to the closest associated Special Category Code.

1 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Housing

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2025 to Question 37570 on Housing, whether the Valuation Office Agency collects data on the (a) total plot size of the curtilage of a dwelling and its surrounds including any garde

1 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Business Rates: Valuation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the £500,000 rateable value threshold will be uprated in April 2026 in line with the average percentage uplift in aggregate rateable values from the 2026 business rates revaluation.

1 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2025 to Question 35307, on Asylum: Contracts, whether her Department directly procures asylum accommodation itself, separate to those contracts.

1 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Public Spaces Protection Orders: Fixed Penalties

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2025 to Question 38055 on Public Space Protection Orders: Fixed Penalties, whether (a) local authorities and (b) outsourced contracts can generate a profit from the

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

Democracy and Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2025 to Question 38627 on Democracy and Elections, if she will name each of the stakeholders who have been consulted to date.

1 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Public Spaces Protection Orders

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department holds data on the Public Space Protection Orders in force by local authority.

1 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Jews: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 28 November 2023 to Question 2562 on Jewish Safety, when the Jewish Community Crime, Policing and Security Taskforce last met.

1 Apr 2025 · Home Office

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2025 to Question 33043 on Home Office, what steps her Department is taking to ensure consistency of approach in its engagement policy.

1 Apr 2025 · Leader of the House

Written Questions: Government Responses

To ask the Leader of the House, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2025 to Question 37209 on Government Departments: Written Questions, whether it is her policy that if information would be released under the Environmental Information Regulations it shoul

1 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much local highway authorities in England will receive in 2025-26 from the (a) pothole fund, (b) highways maintenance block needs, (c) highways maintenance block incentive, (d) integrated transport block, (

1 Apr 2025 · Cabinet Office

Political Parties: Finance

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 20 March 2025 to Question HL5597 on Political Parties: Finance, if he will place in the Library an unredacted version of the guidance.

1 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 19 March 2025 to Question 37583 on Elections: Expenditure, what guidance the Commission has issued on (a)

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

Homes England: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2025 to Question 32222 on Homes England: Equality, whether this expenditure was signed off by the Principle Accounting Officer for Homes England

31 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Housing: Parking

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2025 to Question 36099 on Housing: Parking, whether local authorities may recover costs of dropping a kerb greater than the actual cost of the (a) works and (b) administration

31 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2025 to Question 38041 on Roads: Repairs and Maintenance, whether the complete resurfacing of an existing road is classed as capital or revenue expenditure.

31 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much local highway authorities in England received from the (a) pothole fund, (b) highways maintenance block needs, (b) highways maintenance block incentive, (d) integrated transport block, (e) Maintenance

31 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Public Appointments: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether every regulated public (a) appointment and (b) re-appointment is published on the Announcement section of the website entitled Apply for a public appointment; and how long each announcement page remains

31 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Admiralty House: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the total planned cost of the repairs to doors in Flat 1 of Admiralty House; and whether any other works are planned for that property.

31 Mar 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 17 March 2025 to Question 37580 on Electoral Commission: Companies House, what discussions the Electoral C

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