Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 38503

Tabled: 27 October 2026

Question

Sir Julian Smith

Conservative — Skipton and Ripon

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many homes have been (a) destroyed and (b) damaged by wildfires in England in each year since 2020; and what estimate she has made of the proximity of unmanaged vegetation to