Written questions
3,273 written questions tabled, most recent first.
13 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Mayors: Allowances
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how the allowances of combined authority mayors will be determined.
13 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government Pension Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2024 to Question 17835 on Local Government Pension Scheme, and with reference to the consultation paper entitled Local Government Pension Sc
13 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Community Assets
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department has issued on how the proposed Community Right to Buy will (a) operate and (b) differ from the community rights provisions of the Localism Act 2011.
13 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Combined Authorities
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2024 to Question 17829 on Combined Authorities, what guidance her Department has issued on whether a two-tier area currently with a county c
13 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Business Rates
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2024 to Question 15001 on Local Government Finance and with reference to the Provisional local government finance settlement: England, 2025
13 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Council Tax
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2024 to Question 14950 on Council tax and with reference to the Provisional local government finance settlement: England, 2025 to 2026, publ
13 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Absent Voting: British Nationals Abroad
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to recommendation 3 of the report entitled Report on the 2024 UK Parliamentary general election and the May 2024 elections, published by the Electoral Commission,
13 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, with reference to the Answer of 19 December 2024 to Question HL3240 on Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission, which (a) local authorities and (b) public bodies have submitted repr
10 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government: Information Sharing
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to publish a consultation on data sharing powers between relevant government agencies and political parties.
10 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Independent Commission into Adult Social Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how the Casey Commission on social care will consult local government.
10 Jan 2025 · Home Office
Antisemitism
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to prevent potential intimidation of people of the Jewish faith during protest marches past synagogues.
10 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 section entitled timelines and next steps of her Department’s letter to local councils of 16 December 2024 on the devolution white paper, what the methodolo
10 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 7 January 2025 to Question 17565 on Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission, if she will place in the Library a copy of the correspondence between her Depa
10 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, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2025 to Question 17127 on Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023, if she will list each section of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act that
10 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, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2025 to Question 17127 on Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023, if she will list each section of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023
10 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Plans
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2025 to Question 20841 on Local Plans, what parts of the local development scheme will local planning authorities be required to update by Mar
10 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Plans
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many times local planning authorities will be required to update Local Plans following (a) the new National Planning Policy Framework, (b) the creation of Strategic Developme
10 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Housing: Migrants
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2025 to Question 20655 on Housing: Migrants, what information her Department holds on the potential impact of immigration on housing costs.
10 Jan 2025 · Cabinet Office
Council of the Nations and Regions
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the guidance entitled Council of the Nations and Regions: Terms of Reference, published on 17 October 2024, in which Department is the (a) secretariat and (b) delivery group for that council ba
10 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Unitary Councils
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2025 to Question HL3612 on Unitary Councils, what she classes as a small unitary authority.
10 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government: Elections
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which local authorities responded to her Department's letter of 16 December 2024 on local government restructuring to (a) express a formal interest and (b) request that May 2025
10 Jan 2025 · Department for Education
Planning: Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to make the Chartered Town Planner Level 7 Apprenticeship exempt from any reforms in access to the new Growth and Skills Levy.
10 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Travellers: Caravan Sites
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the policy paper entitled Planning Reform Working Paper: Planning Committees, published on 9 December 2024, whether the requirements for delegation to planning
9 Jan 2025 · Women and Equalities
Equality: Pupils
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 6 September 2024 to Question 2316 on Equality, whether the socio-economic duty will apply to local education authority decisions on (a) parents with children joining the state system
9 Jan 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Beijing: Embassies
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to his Department's tender note entitled Procurement of a Contractor to build new British Embassy, Beijing, published on 2 October 2024, what the (a) timetable
9 Jan 2025 · Treasury
Business Rates: Tax Yields
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2024 to Question 16945 on Business Rates, if she will make an estimate of business rates receipts for (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26 for England only.
9 Jan 2025 · Treasury
Treasury: Employers' Contributions
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether any private sector companies contracted to her Department will receive increased payments for the increase in employer National Insurance contributions.
9 Jan 2025 · Treasury
Business Rates and Employers' Contributions
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an assessment of the potential cumulative impact of the (a) increase in National Insurance contributions, (b) changes to the level of retail, hospitality and leisure rate business relief from 2025-2
9 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 23 December 2024 to Question 20225 on Prisons: Construction, what the status of the planning permission is for each site; and how many additional prison places are proposed in each locat
9 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 23 December 2024 to Question 20225 on Prisons: Construction, if she will list the four locations affected by the nutrient neutrality rules; on what dates mitigation measures were resolve
Source: official written-questions record.