Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
187,198 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her policy is on the continued application of the self-build exemption to Community Infrastructure Levy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to the No10 press release entitled PM meets mayors in drive to get Britain building and take on blockers, of 3 June 2026, what steps she is taking to ensure that commuter
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether Local Government Pension Scheme funds have requirements to dispose of existing investments when joining a LGFS pool.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the written statement of 20 May 2026, HCWS51, on Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 Report Update, which organisations are subject to the policy of not sharing a pu
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her Department’s policy is on consequential improvements in relation to residential extensions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will amend the Local Government Transparency Code to support the publication of local government data in accessible open data formats including via public application prog
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the average public cost is of constructing a new social rent home, including associated planning and regulatory costs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 7 July 2026 to Question 14981 on Local Government: Elections, whether the value of the payment will be published in her Department’s gov.uk transparency
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of foreign financial interference in politics from overseas organisations promoting decarbonisation and net zero policies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has spent money on social and digital influencers since July 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she plans to take to prevent Spatial Development Strategies increasing levels of planning regulation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what consideration her Department has given to establishing a state-owned housing developer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which shadow unitary council elections will be held in May 2027.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 3 July 2026 to Question 13136 on Mo Bains, if she will list those declared interests.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 3 July 2026 to Question 13145 on MHCLG: Cognizant, if she will list each of the priorities that are tracked on the dashboard.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 7 July 2026, to Question 12140, on Tower Hamlets Council: Meetings, whether her Department has issued guidance to local authorities on whether council m
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what statistics her Department collates on the number of first time buyers.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 2 July 2026 to Question 13140 on Public Houses: Business Rates, what number and proportion of pubs in England, in special category codes (i) 226 and (ii) 227, based on the hereditament-leve
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what was the public sector debt of Greater Manchester Combined Authority in each year since its establishment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's guidance entitled Place Based Budgets: programme, published on 13 July 2026, on what evidential basis were the five pilot locations selected, i
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister of State for Local Government and Homelessness in response to the question from the hon. Member for New Forest East during
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether Cornwall has a constitutional status within the UK over and above its status as a county council.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to HM Treasury's document entitled Sustainability Reporting Guidance 2026-27, published on 16 July 2026, what plans she has to update (a) the Single Data List and
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2026 to Question 14979 on MHCLG: Darlington, if she will provide equivalent figures, expressed as percentage of assigned staff attending the wor
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to make any changes to electoral law or political finance law over and above those set out in (a) the Representation of the People Bill and (b) the Government r