David Simmonds

15 Jul 2026 · Treasury

Council Tax: Surcharges

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the answer of 21 April 2026, to Question 126749, on Council Tax: Surcharges, what the evidential basis is for residential dwellings being liable for both taxes, including the proposed higher level

15 Jul 2026 · Treasury

Religious Buildings: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether there is a special category code which the HMRC Valuation Office uses to categorise places of worship for business rate liability or whether places of worship are exempt from the valuation process; and what

15 Jul 2026 · Treasury

Council Tax: Valuation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate has the HMRC Valuation Office made of the estimated (a) number and (b) proportion of council tax appeals that will be (i) submitted and (ii) accepted, on the new council tax valuation list in Wales, fo

15 Jul 2026 · Treasury

Council Tax: Valuation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the answer of 17 September 2024, to Question 5223, on Council Tax: Wales, whether an external firm has been commissioned to assist on council tax automated valuation model or computer assisted mass

15 Jul 2026 · Treasury

Council Tax: Valuation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the proposed publication date by the HMRC Valuation Office for the draft council tax valuation list in Wales is, following the council tax revaluation.

15 Jul 2026 · Treasury

Licensed Premises: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the answer of 20 April 2026, to Question 124647, on Licensing Premises: Business Rates, what special category code the HMRC Valuation Office uses for the business rates valuation of a wine bar.

15 Jul 2026 · Treasury

Retail Trade: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 23 June 2026, to Question 9591, on Business Rates: Retail Trade, what the evidential basis is for the total business rate bills paid by the retail sector in 2026-27 compared to 2025-26.

15 Jul 2026 · Treasury

Treasury: Mayor of Greater Manchester

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 17 June 2026, to Question 8186, on Treasury: Mayor of Greater Manchester, if she will place in the Library copies of the correspondence from the Mayor of Greater Manchester since July 2024.

15 Jul 2026 · Treasury

Council Tax: Valuation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 23 June 2026, to Question 10763, on Council tax: valuation, if she will place in the Library a copy of HMRC Valuation Office’s guidance on (a) site visits, and (b) requests for information,

15 Jul 2026 · Home Office

Licensed Premises

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what statistics are collated from local authorities on the number of licensed premises under the Licensing Act 2003.

15 Jul 2026 · Home Office

European Programme for Integration and Migration

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government contributes to the European Programme for Integration and Migration.

15 Jul 2026 · Home Office

Strategic Migration Partnerships: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 16 June 2027, to Question 7200, on Strategic Migration Partnerships: Finance, why the publication of the aggregate spending across all partnerships is deemed to be sensitive.

15 Jul 2026 · Home Office

Radicalism

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 31 March 2026, to Question 122681, on Radicalism, if she will list the key partners who are being consulted.

15 Jul 2026 · Home Office

Asylum: Hotels

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 12 June 2026, to Question 6860, on Asylum: Hotels, if she will publish a precise figure for the number of asylum hotels in operation in each month since July 2024, and the nu

15 Jul 2026 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 16 June 2026, to Question 7805, on Asylum: Housing, whether any local authorities have expressed an interest in the engagement notice.

15 Jul 2026 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 16 June 2026, to Question 7805, on Asylum: Housing, whether any local authorities are currently contracted with the Home Office to provide asylum accommodation services.

15 Jul 2026 · Home Office

Asylum: Hillingdon

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 12 June 2026, to Question 6853, on Asylum: Hillingdon, for what reason her Department only publishes details of asylum grant per council in historic Cabinet Office grant data

15 Jul 2026 · Home Office

Home Office: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 19 June 2026, to Question 6854, on Home Office: Public Consultation, and with reference to the answer of 17 March 2026, to Question 118753, on Muslim Council of Britain, whet

15 Jul 2026 · Home Office

Government Departments: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 16 June 2026, to Question 7457, on Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition Working Group, and to Question 8184, on Home Office: Greenpeace, for what reason the Government

14 Jul 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Peatlands: Controlled Burning

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the answer of 31 October 2025 to Question 84211 on Peatlands: Controlled Burning, (a) what advice the Chair of the National Fire Chiefs Council has provided and (b) w

13 Jul 2026 · Home Office

Strategic Migration Partnerships

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 16 June 2026 to Question 8253 on Strategic Migration Partnerships: Finance, if she will list the other government departments that fund Strategic Migration Partnerships; and

13 Jul 2026 · Home Office

Anti-muslim Hatred/islamophobia Definition Working Group

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 16 June 2026 to Question 7457 on Anti-muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition Working Group, for what reason MEND, CAGE, the Muslim Association of Britain and the Muslim Counci

13 Jul 2026 · Home Office

Anti-muslim Hostility

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 11 June 2026 to Question 6857 on Islamophobia, whether the Home Office has adopted the definition of anti-Muslim hostility.

13 Jul 2026 · Home Office

Radicalism

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 10 June 2026, to Question 6411, on Radicalism, whether the revised guidance will be published on gov.uk, and whether it will be provided to local government, or only apply to

13 Jul 2026 · Home Office

Strategic Migration Partnerships: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what activities does the grant funding to the Strategic Migration Partnerships support.

13 Jul 2026 · Home Office

Strategic Migration Partnerships: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the answer of 21 April 2026, to Question 126741, on Strategic Migration Partnerships: Finance, if she will place in the Library a copy of the Grant Agreements and Memorandum of Under

13 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether (a) Edaroth and (b) AtkinsRéalis has (i) bid for and (ii) received funding from (A) his Department or (B) Homes England since July 2024.

13 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 23 June 2026 to Question 9582 on social rented housing: asylum, what assessment has been made of whether data sharing on former asylum seekers within tw

13 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Devolution

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the press release, "Mayors meet in York as “devolution revolution” delivers", of 5 June 2026, if he will list each individual Right to Request made to date, and

13 Jul 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Food: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions his Department has had with local authorities in relation to cake sheds and local authority enforcement.