Written questions

3,273 written questions tabled, most recent first.

25 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Low Alcohol Drinks: Labelling and Marketing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 March 2025 to Question 37074 on Low Alcohol Drinks, if he will have discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the potential mer

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

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Wolverhampton

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 17 March 2025 to Question 35254 on MHCLG: Wolverhampton, for what reason the Deputy Prime Minister does not regularly work from those offices.

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

Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition Working Group

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the terms of reference of the Working Group on Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition for what reasons the recommendations of the Group to the Minister wil

25 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Temporary Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to use local authorities to help procure accommodation for asylum seekers.

25 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Shops: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2025, to Question 37217, on Energy: Shops, whether the installation of energy efficiency measures to meet the minimum energy efficiency standards are a positive material change for

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

Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition Working Group

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's Working Group on Anti Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition, on what date the six month appointment period commenced.

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

Homes England: Consultants

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2025 to Question 32217 on Homes England: Consultants, if she will provide a breakdown of that spending by (a) firm, (b) value and (c) topic.

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

Voting Rights: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to help increase (a) registration and (b) participation in elections by overseas British electors.

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

Elections: Pilot Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to conduct electoral pilots under the Representation of the People Act 2000.

25 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Licensing Laws

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Home Office's closed consultation entitled Impact assessment: alcohol in licensed pavement areas, published on 10 May 2024, whether her Department has produced an impact assessme

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

Councillors: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to re-introduce pensions for councillors.

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

Local Government: Reorganisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's correspondence entitled Local government reorganisation: invitation to local authorities in two-tier areas, published on 6 February 2025, if sh

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

Green Belt

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the guidance entitled Green Belt, published on 27 February 2025, whether a regulatory impact assessment was prepared in relation to the new guidance.

24 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Deputy Prime Minister: Admiralty House

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, at which flat number at Admiralty House is the Deputy Prime Minister resident.

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

Deputy Prime Minister: Admiralty House

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2025 to Question 37220 on Admiralty House, how many civil servants provided support to the Deputy Prime Minister for the move.

24 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Planning and Infrastructure Bill

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2025 to Question 38050 on Planning and Infrastructure Bill, whether Ministers attended the Downing Street preview of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill on 11 March 2025.

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

Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2024 to Question 16572 on Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission, if she will publish the information disclosed under the Environmental Informa

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

New Deal for Communities

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the guidance entitled Plan for Neighbourhoods: prospectus, published on 12 March 2025, if she will publish the evaluation reports on the New Deal for Communitie

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

Temporary Accommodation: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2025 to Question 31949 on Temporary Accommodation: Construction, what proportion of new homes built under that scheme will be for social rent.

21 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Homes England: Consultants

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2025 to Question 32217 on Homes England: Consultants, what the consultancy spend is as a percentage of the total funding provided by her Depart

21 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Highways England

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many miles of road Highways England manages in each county of England.

21 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Plan for Neighbourhoods

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to (a) paragraph 5.140 of the Spring Budget 2024 and (b) her Department's press release entitled £1.5 billion to restore pride in Britain's neighbourhoods, publish

21 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the letter to her department from Innovate UK on the Chinese Embassy call-in request, disclosed under EIR reference EIR2024/31081 on 3 March 2025, whether Innov

21 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Future High Streets Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) capital and (b) resource funding was allocated to the Future High Streets Fund in 2024-25 by the previous Government; and what funding is now allocated.

21 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Towns Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) capital and (b) resource funding was allocated to town deals in (i) 2024 and (ii) 2025.

21 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Plan for Neighbourhoods

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's guidance entitled Plan for Neighbourhoods: prospectus, published on 4 March 2025, for what reasons the programme operates on a bidding fund bas

21 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Levelling Up Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) capital and (b) resource funding was allocated to the Levelling Up Fund in 2024-25 in (i) May 2024 and (ii) March 2025.

21 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Devolution: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) capital and (b) resource funding was allocated to devolution deals in 2024-25 in (i) May 2024 and (ii) March 2025.

21 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Asylum: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2025 to Question 30616 on Asylum: Health services, what the outturn aggregate spend was on refugees and asylum seekers by local government in En

21 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Public Houses: Change of Use

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether pubs which are reclassified by their owners as restaurants are deemed to be pubs for change of use applications.

Source: official written-questions record.