Written questions

260 written questions tabled, most recent first.

25 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to introduce legislation to allow housebuilding delayed by nutrient neutrality rules derived from European Union case law.

25 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many submitted planning permission applications are unable to progress due to nutrient neutrality rules.

25 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to amend nutrient neutrality rules.

24 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Building Regulations

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to make (a) regulatory and (b) deregulatory changes to building regulations.

24 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Council Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to review council tax (a) discounts, (b) exemptions and (c) disregards.

24 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to consult the Electoral Commission's parliamentary parties panel on proposed changes to electoral law.

24 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Council Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to set a council tax referendum threshold for 2025-26.

24 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her target is for increasing net housing supply in (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26.

24 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to modernise planning committees.

24 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Planning and Infrastructure Bill will include measures to reform the judicial review process to speed up planning decisions.

24 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Wind Power: Birds

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Policy statement on onshore wind, published on 8 July 2024, whether her Department has made an estimate of trends in the number of bird deaths caused by cha

24 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Wind Power: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish the environmental principles assessment for the Policy statement on onshore wind, published on 8 July 2024.

24 Jul 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Housing: Gardens

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the recommendations of the Mayor of London's London Climate Resilience Review to levy charges on households that pave their front

24 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Coal: Cumbria

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish her Department's submission on the legal challenge by Friends of the Earth and South Lakes Action on Climate Change to the West Cumbria Mining planning permis

23 Jul 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Performance Certificates: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing minimum energy performance certificate requirements for owner occupied dwellings at (a) sale and (b) purchase.

23 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Private Rented Housing: Rents

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans she has for (a) restrictions on rent increases and (b) other rent controls in the domestic private rented sector.

23 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Marketing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much her Department (a) has spent on departmental rebranding since 4 July 2024 and (b) plans to spend on such rebranding in the next 12 months.

23 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Solar Power: Land Use

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her policy is on the building of solar farms on land categorised as best and most versatile agricultural land.

23 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Community Assets

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to pages 23 to 24 of the policy paper entitled, King's Speech 2024: background briefing notes, published by the Prime Minister's Office on 17 July 2024, on the pro

23 Jul 2024 · 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 pages 23 to 24 of the policy paper entitled, King's Speech 2024: background briefing notes, published by the Prime Minister's Office on 17 July 2024, on the pro

23 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Growth Plans

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to pages 23 to 25 of the policy paper entitled, King's Speech 2024: background briefing notes, published by the Prime Minister's Office on 17 July 2024, on the pro

23 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Affordable Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to require minimum quotas of affordable housing in her Department’s proposed new towns.

23 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Elections: Proof of Identity

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to introduce secondary legislation to recognise the Veterans Card as a form of identification in polling stations across (a) Great Britain and (b)

23 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Right to Buy Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to support the right to buy; and what her policy is on uprating right to buy discounts with inflation.

23 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning Authorities: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what methodology she plans to use to allocate the proposed 300 new planning officers; what the (a) average salary and (b) local government grade of those planning officers will b

23 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Gardens

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether residential gardens within the curtilage of a domestic property will continue to be classified as brownfield land under proposed planning reforms.

23 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Green Belt

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether (a) councils will be required to review their Local Plans in order to undertake Green Belt reviews and (b) Local Plans will be required to be updated after the Green Belt

23 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether local authorities will remain subject to the environmental and land supply framework set out in the previous National Planning Policy Framework under proposed mandatory h

23 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

General Election 2024: Absent Voting

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to take steps to review postal voting delays that occurred during the general election 2024.

23 Jul 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Permitted Development Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to (a) remove or (b) curtail permitted development rights that were introduced since May 2010; and what her policy is on Article 4 directions.

Source: official written-questions record.