Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has issued guidance to local authorities on the setting of fees or charges, for profit or to increase revenue in the general fund.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what is the projected annual budget of the Local Audit Office, how will it be funded, and what is the timetable for its establishment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of households eligible for social housing were able to access a social home, and what proportion remained on waiting lists in the last year for which figures are

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 14 January 2026, to Question HL13225, on Rented Housing: Evictions, whether his Department intends to issue guidance on the definition of “knowing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the (i) changes and (ii) further proposed changes to the National Planning Policy Framework since July 2024 affect (a) planning enforcement appeals and (b) retrospective

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 25 March 2026, to Question PQ117889, on Local Government: Elections, if he will publish a copy of the local election pilot applications by Tamwort

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the monetary amount of the council tax level is in (a) 2026-27 and (b) 2027-28 that will be used as the basis for the Fair Funding Review 2.0; and if he will list what prece

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 20 April 2026 to Question 124800 on Solar Power: Building Regulations, whether households will be able to install plug-in solar without hiring an

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether (a) shadow unitary authorities and (b) newly vested unitary authorities will have the power to change their formal new name without recourse to his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information he holds on the number of local taxpayers changing their second homes to lower Band D council tax areas in 2026.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 9 February 2026 to Question 109268 on Local Government: Elections, if he will publish the Equality Impact Assessment on the decision.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 18 March 2026, to Question 119518, on Polling Stations: Religious Buildings, why the reference to mobile polling stations was included in the pres

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much local authorities spent on pension strain exit payments in 2024-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 20 April 2026, to Question 124686, on Tower Hamlets Council, what steps are being taken by Tower Hamlets Ministerial Envoys to review grants given

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the answer of 24 March 2026, to Question 113652, on Foot and Mouth Disease: Contamination, whether the Environment Agency has given any advice or guidance on the plan

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) publishing and (b) notifying Parliament of (i) non-legally binding partnerships and (ii) Memoranda of Understanding signed with a foreign (A) national

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to Part of a Return to an Address of the Honourable the House of Commons dated 4 February 2026 relating to the appointment of Lord Mandelson as HM Ambassador to Washington, Volume II, 1 June 2026, whethe

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to Part of a Return to an Address of the Honourable the House of Commons dated 4 February 2026 relating to the appointment of Lord Mandelson as HM Ambassador to Washington, Volume II, published 1 June 20

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish a copy of the Downing Street and Cabinet Office press office lobby script and associated Q&A of 1 June 2026 for the release of Volume 2 of the return to the Humble Address on Lord Mandelson.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Volumes 1 and 2 of the Government response to the Humble Address, if he will publish (a) internal notes and (b) readouts recorded on PMPost on the Prime Minister’s response to the submission on

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to Part of a Return to an Address of the Honourable the House of Commons dated 4 February 2026 relating to the appointment of Lord Mandelson as HM Ambassador to Washington, Volume II Part III, HC2-III, p

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to Part of a Return to an Address of the Honourable the House of Commons dated 4 February 2026 relating to the appointment of Lord Mandelson as HM Ambassador to Washington, Volume II Part III, HC2-III, p

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, further to Part of a Return to an Address of the Honourable the House of Commons dated 4 February 2026 relating to the appointment of Lord Mandelson as HM Ambassador to Washington, Volume II Part III, HC2-III, p

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 329 of Part of a Return to an Address of the Honourable the House of Commons dated 4 February 2026 relating to the appointment of Lord Mandelson as HM Ambassador to Washington, Volume II P

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether communications held by the No10 Political Office staff were deemed to be in scope of the Humble Address relating to Lord Mandelson.