Written questions
3,273 written questions tabled, most recent first.
22 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Empty Property: Shops
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2025 to Question 22379 on Local Government Finance: Devolution, and with reference to her Department's High Street Rental Auctions fund: pros
22 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government: Reorganisation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to support local councils which plan to hold referendums on local government restructuring proposals under Section 116 of the Local Government
22 Jan 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 the Answer by the Minister for Local Government and English Devolution of 15 January 2025 on Local Government Reorganisation, Official Report, column 344, if sh
22 Jan 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 the Answer by the Minister for Local Government and English Devolution of 15 January 2025 on Local Government Reorganisation, Official Report, column 344, wheth
22 Jan 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 the answer of 15 January 2025 to the Urgent Question on Local Government Reorganisation, Official Report column 344, if she will make it her policy that both di
22 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Political Parties: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of foreign political donations made through membership of the Scottish electoral roll.
22 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government: Audit
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Statement entitled Local Government Finance Settlement, HCWS342, published on 18 December 2024, whether she plans create the Local Audit Office as (
21 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Council Tax: Cheshire East
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how she plans to respond to representations from Cheshire East Council to set a council tax referendum threshold of 10% in 2025-26.
21 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to implement the provisions on design codes of Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023.
21 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the (a) abolition of the Office for Place and (b) removal of the beauty criteria in the National Planning Policy Framewo
21 Jan 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 the correspondence entitled Local government reorganisation: letter to two-tier areas, published on 15 January 2025, if she will publish the correspondence from
21 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she expects the Planning Inspectorate to publish the written representations received to planning application APP/E5900/V/24/3353754 on its website.
21 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Political Parties: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the oral answer of 15 January 2025, Official Report, House of Lords, Col. 1123, on Political Parties: Funding, what steps her Department is taking to obtain vie
21 Jan 2025 · Treasury
Housing: Pylons
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2025 to Question 22322 on Housing: Pylons, whether her Department is taking steps to help increase awareness of the right to submit a proposal to alter the Council Tax list.
21 Jan 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 8 January 2025 to Question 22034 on Candidates: Expenditure, whether such notional invoices need to provid
21 Jan 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 8 January 2025 to Question 22034 on Candidates: Expenditure, whether the Commission has given unpublished
21 Jan 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, with reference to the oral answer of 15 January 2025, Official Report, House of Lords, Columns 1123-1124, on Political Parties: Fund
21 Jan 2025 · Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
Elections
To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what plans the Commission has to consult on changes to electoral (a) law, (b) practice, (c) guidance and (d) policy in 2025.
21 Jan 2025 · Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission
Parliamentary Parties Panel
To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, on what topics the Commission has (a) open consultations (i) through the Parliamentary Parties Panel and (ii) generally and (b) cons
21 Jan 2025 · Home Office
Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what national security mitigations she plans to take in the context of the Chinese embassy planning application.
21 Jan 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 Questions 23789, 23790 and 23791 on Eden Project: Morecambe, tabled on 14 January 2025.
16 Jan 2025 · Treasury
Business: Inheritance Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the impact of family-owned businesses on the local economy; and what assessment has she made of the potential impact of changes to the Business Property Relief on local communities.
15 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government: Employers' Contributions
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the £515 million of new funding to support councils with the costs associated with the increase in employer National Insurance contributions, announced on 18 De
15 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Homelessness: Temporary Accommodation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of limits on the amount that local authorities can spend on temporary accommodation from the Homelessness Prevention Grant
15 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Homelessness: Temporary Accommodation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason she has placed a limit on the amount local authorities can spend on temporary accommodation costs from Homelessness Prevention Grant.
15 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Holiday Accommodation: Planning Permission
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has issued guidance on when planning permission is required to rent out a dwelling as a short-term let.
15 Jan 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 3 January 2025 to Questions 19351 and 19356 on Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission, if she will place in the House of Commons Library each written repr
15 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 January 2025 to Question 20226 on Environment Impact Assessment, what her planned timetable is for replacing the system of environmental assessment.
14 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Parish and Town Councils: Employers' Contributions
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 6 January 2025 to Question HL3294 on Parish and Town Councils: Employers’ contributions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the pote
14 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government: Audit
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the written statement of 18 December 2024 on Local Government Finance Settlement, HCWS342, whether the Local Audit Office will itself undertake local government
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