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 assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to policy on asylum seeker accommodation on the prevalence of houses being converted to HMOs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of changes to (a) taxation on private rented landlords and (b) the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 on the nu
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Prime Minister's article in the Evening Standard entitled My pitch to London: good growth to every postcode, hope in every heart, published on 30 June 2026,
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's document entitled The Rycroft Review: HM Government response, published on 6 July 2026, if she will set out the formula and process by which th
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department has given to local authorities on BS4142 entitled noise assessments in relation to the installation of (a) standalone air conditioning units and (b)
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the press release entitled Tough new rules to crackdown on foreign money in UK elections, of 6 July 2026, how the proposed profit test on corporate political do
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's document entitled Rycroft Review response: letter to parliamentary parties, published on 7 July 2026, what is the rationale for the policy of a
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's document entitled The Rycroft Review: HM Government response, published on 6 July 2026,what steps her Department is taking to avoid donors havi
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Rycroft Review: HM Government response, CP1636, 6 July 2026, how the profit test will relate to different types of corporate structure, including non-profit
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 10 June 2026 to Question 5955 on Council Tax and with reference to the Fair funding share calculator: final, published 9 February 2026, what (a) formula
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of rent scammers fraudulently registering for the Property Redress Scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the press release entitled Tough new rules to crackdown on foreign money in UK elections, of 6 July 2026, what measures will be used to tackle foreign bot farms
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the press release entitled Tough new rules to crackdown on foreign money in UK elections, of 6 July 2026, whether she consulted the (a) Standards Committee, (b)
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Technical annex on the Resources Adjustment (measure of tax base), section heading "methodology", published 9 February 2026, if she will publish the Band D
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what correspondence (a) Ministers and (b) officials in her Department have had with (i) Edaroth and (ii) AtkinsRéalis since 4 July 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether (a) she and (b) the Minister of State for Housing and Planning has had discussions with AtkinsRéalis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 1 July 2026 to Question 12147 on Local Government Translation Services, whether that guidance is extant.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 1 July 2026 to Question 12149 on Traveller: Caravan Sites, if she will outline the data points and data categories on unauthorised sites that are collec
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the press release entitled Tough new rules to crackdown on foreign money in UK elections, of 6 July 2026, what types of elected office will the proposals on can
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the press release entitled Tough new rules to crackdown on foreign money in UK elections, of 6 July 2026, what is the definition of a donation that will be used
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 2 April 2026 to Question 123201 on Independent Review into Civil Unrest in Leicester, if she will list the members of the panel who produced the report.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 22 May 2026 to Question 442 on Local Government Finance: West Surrey, whether her Department has made an estimate of the proportion of West Surrey's yea
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 2 April 2026 to Question 11413 on council tax, what was the methodology used by her Department to estimate the forecast rise in Band D council tax in (a
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 2 April 2026 to Question 11413 on council tax, if she will place the full dataset provided to the OBR by her Department in the Library.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 2 April 2026 to Question 123201 on Independent Review into Civil Unrest in Leicester, on what date was the report (a) received by the Department a