Written questions

3,273 written questions tabled, most recent first.

29 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Business Rates and Employers' Contributions

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 4.63 of the Autumn Budget 2024, published on 30 October, HC 295, whether the £1.3 billion new grant funding includes central government funding for (a

28 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Council Tax: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Written Statement of 28 November 2024 on Local Government Finance, HCWS265, and to the Answer of 28 November 2024 to Question 15204, if he will publish the counci

28 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Private Education: Business Rates

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 9 September 2024 to Question 2820 on Private Education: Business Rates, whether business rates will be levied on (a) nurseries and (b) pre-school premis

28 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Private Education: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2024 to Question 2820 on Private Education: Business Rates, whether a (a) sports playing field and (b) playground is a positive material consideration by the Valuation Office Ag

28 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Devolution: East of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answers of 8 October 2024 to Questions 5762 and 5607 on Devolution: Norfolk and Devolution: Suffolk, what the evidential basis is for the Government's policy that

28 Nov 2024 · Home Office

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Public Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2024 to Question 2635 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Public Expenditure, if she will state how her department has changed the previous

27 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Civil Society: Islam

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her Department's policy is on (a) Ministerial and (b) official-level engagement with (i) the Muslim Association of Britain, (ii) Cage and (iii) MEND.

27 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Affordable Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the average grant subsidy per unit to build an average affordable dwelling under the (a) social rent, (b) affordable rent and (c) affordable home ownership tenures was in th

27 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to Homes England press release of 15 October 2024, entitled Homes England invests in Schroders Capital’s Real Estate Impact Fund, whether the £50 million of fundin

27 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's press release of 15 October 2024 entitled Thousands of new homes to be built as government unlocks brownfield sites, what the target date is to

27 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government and Mayors: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 7872 on Local Government: Elections, if she will update the list of years in which each council’s elections will be held wit

27 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Voting Rights: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11 October 2014 to Question 5416 on Civil Dignitaries and Members: Age, for what reason the Government deems 16 and 17 year olds to be old enough to vot

27 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11 October 2024 to Question 5412 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Public Consultation, if she will list the consultation docume

27 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11 October 2024 to Question 5412 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Public Consultation, how many officials in her Department are

27 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Consultants and Special Advisers

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11 October 2024 to Question 5420 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Pentland Communications and Sovereign Strategy, where on gov.

27 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Deputy Prime Minister: Departmental Responsibilities

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 6395 MHCLG: departmental responsibilities, what work the Deputy Prime Minister's Policy and Strategy Unit does for her remit

27 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 6386 on Affordable Housing, whether the social rent homes target in the 2021-26 Affordable Housing Programme has increased s

27 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Freedom of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the (a) substantive information requested and (b) decision was for each (i) Freedom of Information Act and (ii) Environmental Information Regulation request received by her

27 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 6395 on MHCLG: departmental responsibilities, what the headcount number of staff is for the Policy and Strategy Unit by civi

27 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Public Houses: Business Rates and Employers' Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to (a) employer National Insurance contributions and (b) business rate relief on community pubs.

26 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Grenfell Tower: Ministerial Responsibility

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason the Minister for Homelessness and Democracy is no longer responsible for the Grenfell brief.

26 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Council Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will set council tax referendum thresholds for 2025-26.

26 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Economic Growth: Environment Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Prime Minister's speech entitled PM International Investment Summit Speech: 14 October 2024, whether she plans to remove (a) nutrient neutrality rules, (b)

26 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Productivity

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2024 to Question 7823 on Local Government: Productivity, if she will publish that letter.

26 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Infrastructure: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether any planning applications for national significant infrastructure development consent have been delayed from the original statutory deadline since 4 July 2024.

26 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her policy is on facilitating the use of the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre by Parliament during its Restoration and Renewal Programme.

26 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Prisoners' Release: Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the early release of prisoners on levels of homelessness.

26 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Grenfell Tower: Fires

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her Department's practice is on ministerial attendance at (a) meetings and (b) conferences (i) sponsored and (ii) connected to firms associated with the Grenfell Tower fire.

26 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Right to Buy Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been provided to local authorities from Right to Buy receipts to fund new housing in each year since 2009-10.

26 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which consultations launched in her Department by the previous Government have closed but have not yet received a substantive Government response, in the context of the Cabinet O

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