Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
187,198 questions
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of households liable for high value council tax surcharge who will (a) use the support scheme to defer the cost of the surcharge, (b) use income to pay the surcharge, (c) use
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the answer of 10 April 2026 to Question 113742 on Dedicated Schools Grant, how the writing off of deficits will be scored on the public sector accounts; and whether this will count as an increase i
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the answer of 10 April 2026 to Question 122678 on Business Rates: Valuation, what the dates were of those data drops; and whether the data included the effect on (a) pubs and (b) retail, hospitalit
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to use Private Finance Initiative finance to support new towns.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Public Works Loan Board's policy is on providing long-term interest-only loans to (a) local authorities and (b) social housing providers.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to levy VAT on plug-in solar panels installed by (a) householders and (b) electricians.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the proposed £12,000 limit on cash in ISAs, and the 22% surcharge on cash, will apply to (a) Lifetime and (b) First Time Buyer ISAs.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will publish the IAAO's review of the Valuation Office Agency's Automated Valuation Model for the council tax revaluation in Wales.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what number and proportion of business rate payers have seen a bill increase in 2026-27.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether electoral registration impacts non-domiciled tax status.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 23 June 2026 to Question 9587 on Public Expenditure, if he will provide a breakdown of the £62 billion of long-term funding commitments, including the amount in each year outside the Spendi
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Environment Agency is taking to remove the illegal waste site in Bickershaw.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what monitoring and assessment is undertaken by water companies of water usage and wastewater volumes to estimate the size of the resident population in the water area.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether there is a database of vacant and surplus brownfield land owned by central government.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department has issued on eligibility tests for the Class F exemption for asylum seekers under regulation 2 of the Council Tax (Liability for Owners) Regulations
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many planning (a) application and (b) enforcement appeals the Planning Inspectorate has considered in relation to unauthorised traveller sites since July 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the average (a) flat and (b) house price was in (a) Manchester City and (b) Greater Manchester in each year since 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether political donations from trade unions will be subject to the profit test.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what amount and proportion of net business rates receipts in each local billing authority are assigned to combined authorities in each locality with a mayoral combined authority;
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 24 June 2026 to Question 10162, for what reason the Facility Agreement was released under the Freedom of Information Act.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the consultation outcome, Home buying and selling reform roadmap, updated 19 June 2026, what role Digital ID will play in the new home buying and selling proces
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 22 June 2026 to Question 5340 on MHCLG: Darlington, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the ability of the staff assigned to the Darlington
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 22 June 2026, to Question 9580, on MHCLG: Darlington, for what reason the 6 assigned employees did not attend the office at all in that quarter.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the target date is for each new shadow unitary council to be determined and finalised, in relation to size, composition, boundaries and legislation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Government response to the Rycroft review, whether political donations from charities and unincorporated associations which are controlled by overseas bodie