Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 75866

Councillors: Data Protection

Tabled: 8 September 2025

Answered: 16 September 2025

Question

Vikki Slade

Liberal Democrat — Mid Dorset and North Poole

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2024 to Question 16542 on Councillors: Data Protection, what progress his Department has made on bringing forward legislative proposals to re

Answer

Alison McGovern

Removing the requirement for local government member home addresses to be published requires primary legislation. We intend to legislate as soon as parliamentary time allows.