Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
199,266 questions
New Towns
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason a) Stotfold Garden Village, b) Tempsford and c) Milton Keynes scored differently for Objective 2 of the New Towns Programme methodology.
Personal Independence Payment: Learning Disability
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sherlock on 26 June (HL886), what estimate they have made of the proportion of Personal Independence Payment claims processed under the Transform Decision Making pilot where a lear
Sport England: Public Consultation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many of the consultation responses received by his Department regarding the proposal to remove Sport England as a statutory consultee, as set out in the November 2025 consult
Community Assets: Sports
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his Department's policies of the formal consultation responses submitted to the 'Reforms to the statutor
Community Assets
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what criteria his Department plans to use to define a 'subset of high-impact cases' under the proposals in the 'Reforms to the statutory consultee system' consultation; and what
Planning: Sports
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that planning reforms do not lead to a reduction in local sports provisions.
Planning: Sports
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of technical capacity and specialist resources within Local Planning Authorities to evaluate the potential impact of reduced spo
Sport England: Recreation Spaces
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made an assessment of trends in the number of recreational spaces that fall outside Sport England's statutory remit, with reference to data compiled by
Playing Fields: Local Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to address local authority playing field accessibility.
Recreation Spaces: Planning
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of proposed planning reforms on green space accessibility in lower-income socio-economic areas.
Recreation Spaces: Planning
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what mechanisms exist within national planning policy to enable developers to secure long-term legal protection for newly created public green spaces within major housing allocat
Recreation Spaces: Planning
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department provides to Local Planning Authorities to ensure that green infrastructure delivered via developer contributions satisfies local requirements for spa
Private Rented Housing: Databases
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans the Government has to allow letting agents to submit data to the Private Rented Sector database on behalf of their landlords.
Private Rented Housing: Databases
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the estimate that 43% of the landlord data required for the Private Rented Sector database can be provided on day one by letting agents.
Private Rented Housing: Databases
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to help ensure that estate agents and landlords have an opportunity to shape the Private Rented Sector database.
Private Rented Housing: Databases
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the planned timetable is for the introduction and full implementation of the Private Rented Sector database.
Private Rented Housing: Databases
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has plans to ensure that the Private Rented Sector database integrates with systems used by estate agents.
Housing: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the average upfront cost for a seller under the proposed home buying and selling reforms.
Housing: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether sellers would be required to incur costs associated with property information packs under proposed home buying and selling reforms before securing a prospective purchaser
Housing: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed reforms to home buying and selling on homeowners' willingness to put properties up for sale.
Leasehold: Sales
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the information provided by a) Housing Associations and b) retirement homes to individuals who are purchasing leasehold flats.
Sheltered Housing: Older People
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of consumer protections for older people buying leasehold properties in retirement homes.
Telecommunications: Planning
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to accelerate proposed planning reforms relating to permitted development rights and the National Planning Policy Framework for telecommunications infrastructure
Telecommunications: Planning
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to publish the response to proposed planning reforms relating to permitted development rights and the National Planning Policy Framework for telecommunications infr
Affordable Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that a meaningful proportion of new-build homes delivered through major housing developments are affordable homes, including in area