Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
201,802 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has undertaken any assessment of whether rules on fast food outlets in the National Planning Policy Framework are being applied by local planning authoriti
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the conclusion in Alan Milburn's report Young people and work: interim report, published on 28 May, that devolution has created "partial responsibility without full control" in relation to
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 19 March 2026 to Question 120057 on council tax, what information his Department provides to the Office for Budget Responsibility to inform its fo
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 25 March 2026, to Question 121395, on Radicalism, what steps he is taking to update the engagement principles.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 20 April 2026 to Question 124681 on Affordable Housing: Vistry Group, if he will list the milestones and delivery targets set by Homes England for
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance he has issued on whether the sub-division of open or agricultural land requires planning permission.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Letter dated 19/12/2025 from Steve Reed MP to Council Leaders in England regarding the four day week in local government, DEP2026-0220, whether he plans to
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2026 to Question 453 on Council Tax, if he will place the new burdens assessment in the Library.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the budget is for local election pilot schemes in the May 2027 local elections; and whether a prospectus will be published on gov.uk.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the Renters' Rights Act 2025 on preventing tenancy swaps.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has he made of the adequacy of the governance of Birmingham City Council following the May 2026 local elections, and whether he plans to amend his Best Value inte
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2026 to Question 187 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Departmental Responsibilities, whether he was accompanied by a spe
To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to youth participation and youth inactivity when developing proposals for English devolution; and what role they envisage strategic authorities playing in reducing the number of young peop
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the press release Red tape slashed to revamp high streets with new cafes and bars of 26 July 2025, what steps he is taking to create hospitality zones.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what amount and proportion of the new Affordable Housing Programme will be allocated to providing traveller sites.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 14 April 2026, to Question 125498, on Fly-tipping: Rural Areas, if he will make it his policy to give more powers to councils to tackling fly-tipp
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his department collates statistics on planning enforcement appeals in relation to traveller sites.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of (a) remediation applications and (b) new build applications are rejected by the Building Safety Regulator.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the estimated profile of central government spending is for each year of the Social and Affordable Housing Programme 2026-2036.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether applicants for Civil Service internship schemes restricted to ethnic minorities are required to self-certify their ethnicity.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 19 January 2026 to Question 105247 on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, whether expert stakeholders include paid Counsel.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 10 April 2025 to Question HL6032 on Arms Length Bodies, what the status is of those Arm's Length Bodies.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has released internal guidance under the Freedom of Information Act in the last 12 months.
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of regional variation in the proportion of young people who are not in education, employment or training; and whether they intend to give local leaders greater powers to tailor employment and
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 10 April 2026 to Question 119904 on Cabinet Office: Redundancy Pay, whether guidance exists on exit payments being subject to the £30,000 tax-free allowance when (a) Permanent Sec