Written questions

3,273 written questions tabled, most recent first.

14 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 her guidance entitled Explanatory note on the National Insurance Contribution compensation 2025 to 2026, published on 18 December 2024, on what methodological b

14 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Devolution

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to page 99 of the English Devolution White Paper, CP 1218, published on 16 December 2024, whether councils would be allowed to outsource the enforcement of council

14 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 his Department's explanatory note entitled, Employer National Insurance Contributions funding, published on 18 December 2024, for what reason the funding is bei

14 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Buildings: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department’s policy paper entitled Planning Reform Working Paper: Development and Nature Recovery, published on 15 December 2024, and pursuant to the Answer

14 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what data her Department collects on resident satisfaction with local government.

14 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government Finance: Woking

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2024 to Question 18951 on Local Government Finance, whether the debt of Woking Borough Council will be redistributed to a new unitary local

14 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

National Identity

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2024 to Question 18960 on Council of the Nations and Regions: National Identity, if she will make it her policy to champion (a) the English

14 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the average grant per unit was for a social rent dwelling in the 2015-18 Affordable Housing Programme.

14 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Eden Project: Morecambe

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, from what source the £2.5 million released for Eden Project North in July 2024 came; and whether the decision to release the funding was taken by the previous administration.

14 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Eden Project: Morecambe

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the additional cost to Eden Project North of delays to that project.

14 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Eden Project: Morecambe

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her timetable is for releasing funds for the Eden Project North.

14 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 5 December 2024 to Question 16496 on Housing: Construction, how many homes are being delivered under each round of the Brownfield Land Release Fund (a)

14 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Combined Authorities: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2024 to Question 16495 on Local Government and Mayors: Elections, what her timetable is for updating the list with combined authority mayoral

14 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 19 December 2024 to Question 20283 on Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission, on what date officials met representatives of the People’s Republic of China

14 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Mortgages: First Time Buyers

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential role of long-term fixed-rate mortgages in enabling more first-time buyers to get on the property ladder.

14 Jan 2025 · Treasury

Mortgages: First Time Buyers

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increased availability of long-term fixed-rate mortgages on first-time buyers.

14 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Oxford-Cambridge Arc

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the policy paper entitled Oxford-Cambridge Arc, published 18 February 2021, whether that policy paper remains her policy.

14 Jan 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Litter: Fines

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2024 to Question 14343 on Litter, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the compliance of (a) local authorities and (b) outsourced comp

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

Rivers: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 13 October 2023 to Question 201037 on Rivers: Environment Protection, what steps his Department has taken to support the implementation of the Chalk Str

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

Local Government: Devolution

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Statement of 16 December 2024, Official Report, HCWS316, on the Devolution White Paper, whether devolution by default will include the devolution of

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

Housing: Windows

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to support energy efficiency in domestic dwellings through the replacement of single glazed windows with double or triple glazing; and in what

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

Local Government Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will list the programmes launched since 5 July 2024 requiring local authorities to bid for funding.

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

Community Ownership Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Statement of 6 January 2025, HCWS353, on Community Ownership Fund Round 4, how will the funds previously allocated to the Fund be utilised elsewhere

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

Planning Authorities: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2024 to Question 18959 on Planning Authorities: Staff, whether she plans to provide funding for the ongoing salary costs of the 300 new plan

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

Regulator of Social Housing: Translation Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Regulator of Social Housing has provided guidance to registered providers of social housing on translation of guidance into foreign languages.

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

Council Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Provisional local government finance settlement: England, 2025 to 2026, published on 18 December 2024, what estimate she has made of the expected increase i

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

Local Government: Local Press

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her policy is on the frequency at which local authorities can issue local newspapers.

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

New Towns

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2024 to Question 16954 on New Towns, what discussions she has had with local authorities on participation in the New Towns programme.

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

INTERREG Programme

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2024 to Question 19363 on INTERREG Programme, whether any of the Interreg programmes are still operational.

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

Property Development: Air Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2024 to Question 18950 on Planning Permission: Air Pollution, if he will make an estimate of the average additional cost resulting from that inter

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