Written questions

3,273 written questions tabled, most recent first.

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

High Sheriffs

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has been made of the indirect impact of local government restructuring on the appointment and boundaries of the High Sheriffs.

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

Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, published on 11 March 2025, whether she has made an estimate of the number of planning applications decided by the casting vo

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

Local Plans

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what will happen to adopted local plans within local authorities abolished in local government re-organisation.

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

Councillors: Planning

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to clause 45 of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, published on 11 March 2025, what training on planning matters councillors will receive.

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

Councillors: Planning

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to clause 45 of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, published on 11 March 2025, who will deliver planning training for councillors.

13 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what statistics her Department holds on the (a) number of potholes repaired and (b) area of roads resurfaced each year.

13 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much (a) Network North and (b) repurposed High Speed 2 funding was given to local highways authorities in 2024-25; and whether she plans to continue that funding in 2025-26.

13 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether repairing potholes is (a) revenue and (b) capital expenditure for local authorities.

13 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Hampshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2025 to Question 33369 on Roads: Hampshire, whether the change to local highways allocations for 2025-26 (a) is in addition to or (b) replaces the funding for highways from (i)

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

Rural Areas and Urban Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to publish an update of the document entitled The 2011 Rural-Urban Classification for Output Areas in England, published on 13 September 2013, in the conte

13 Mar 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Conditions of Employment: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Deputy Prime Minister has a role in the development of his Department’s employment law reforms.

13 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

CITB: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the total value of Construction Industry Training Board (a) levies paid and (b) expenditure on (i) apprenticeships and (ii) training in the most recent year for which figures are

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

Refugees: Social Rented Housing and Temporary Accommodation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what access rights asylum seekers with refugee status have to social housing; and whether homeless asylum seekers with refugee status are entitled to emergency housing.

12 Mar 2025 · Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

Local Government Boundary Commission for England

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 March 2025 to Question 31951 on Local Government Boundary Commission for England, whether the Local Gove

12 Mar 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 3 March 2025 to Question 31952 on Elections: Expenditure, what guidance the Commission has provided on (a)

12 Mar 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 3 March 2025 to Question 31952 on Elections: Expenditure, what guidance the Commission has provided on (a)

12 Mar 2025 · Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

Political Parties: Fines

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Electoral Commission issues fines to political parties that narrowly miss a reporting deadline.

12 Mar 2025 · Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

Political Parties: Finance

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, for what reason the Electoral Commission briefing entitled Parliamentary briefing: Political finance rules, sent to hon. Members on

12 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, with reference to section 94 of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023, whether the Electoral Commission has been gr

12 Mar 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Warm Homes Plan

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether the Warm Homes Plan will (a) rationalise the number of home energy efficiency funding schemes and (b) streamline application processes for those schemes.

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

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether (a) long-term vacant and (b) derelict homes returned to use count towards local housing targets.

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

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to answer Question 26478 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Employers' Contributions, tabled on 27 January 2025.

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

Council Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of a cap on Mayoral Combined Authorities precepts for 2025-26.

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

Combined Authorities and Integrated Care Systems

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to ensure that Integrated Care Systems operate on areas that co-terminate with Mayoral Combined Authorities.

12 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

Emergencies: Planning

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) terms of reference are and (b) timetable is of his Department’s resilience review.

12 Mar 2025 · Cabinet Office

English Language

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the number of adults resident in the UK unable to (a) read and (b) write in English.

12 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Airports: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant of the Answer of 20 December 2024 to Question 19700 on Airports: Business Rates, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of (a) the rates revaluation in April 2026 and (b) the surcharge for h

12 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Warehouses: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of hereditaments in England with a Rateable Value above £500,000 are internet retail warehouses.

12 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Housing

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many dwellings there were in England in April (a) 2010 and (b) 2024; how many of those dwellings had (a) one, (b) two, (c) three, (d) four and (e) five or more bedrooms; and how many of those dwellings had a gar

12 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Public Houses: Business Rates and Employers' Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2025 to Question 32146 on Public Houses: Business Rates and Employers’ Contributions, for what reason the median rateable value is used.

Source: official written-questions record.