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, whether the Minister of State for Equalities has responsibility and involvement for (a) faith engagement and (b) defining anti-Muslim hostility.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Council of Nations and Regions will continue to meet under the new Administration.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Planning Reform Working Paper: Brownfield Passport, published on 22 September 2024, what assessment her Department has made for the reasons for the delay in
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to Qq56-58 of the oral evidence to the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee on 14 July 2026, HC 46, what plans she has to lower the council tax surc
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the conclusions for the financial viability of the Social and Affordable Housing Programme of the estimates made in the Resolution Foundation's Ho
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to Qq56-58 of the oral evidence to the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee on 14 July 2026, HC 46, what plans she has to review (a) single person d
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to Qq56-58 of the oral evidence to the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee on 14 July 2026, HC 46, if she will set in what manner council has tax b
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has set a target for the number of new council homes to be built during this Parliament.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Cabinet Office's news story entitled Machinery of Government changes: Fact Sheet, published on July 2026, whether responsibility for faith will be with (a)
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Best Value intervention currently in place for councils in Surrey will remain in place, in whole or in part, when the new two unitary councils in Surrey are vested.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 22 July 2026 to Question 18023 on Social Rented Housing: Eligibility, what is the legislative basis for the ban on local authorities not being able to d
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 22 July 2026 to Question 18183 on Parking, what was the evidence base for the draft new national policy on parking standards included in the draft Natio
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to change (a) the level of funding for the Social and Affordable Housing Programme, and (b) its profile, and (c) the types of social tenure support
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to publish an impact assessment on the proposed profit test on political donations in her Department's document entitled The Rycroft Review: HM Government resp
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the joint Number 10 press release entitled Burnham means business: PM slashes business rates bills for pubs, clubs and live music venues, published on 23 July 2
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the No10 press release, 23 July 2026, "Burnham means business: PM slashes business rates bills for pubs, clubs and live music venues", whether the reference to
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the No10 press release, 23 July 2026, "Burnham means business: PM slashes business rates bills for pubs, clubs and live music venues", and with reference to the
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the written statement of 23 July 2026, HLWS301, on Business Rates Relief for Pubs, Clubs and Live Music Venues, what are the tests that will apply to quantify w
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the No10 press release, 23 July 2026, "Burnham means business: PM slashes business rates bills for pubs, clubs and live music venues", whether the removal of re
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the No10 press release, 23 July 2026, "Burnham means business: PM slashes business rates bills for pubs, clubs and live music venues", whether the removal of re
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the written statement of 23 July 2026, HLWS301, on Business Rates Relief for Pubs, Clubs and Live Music Venues, whether the plans for higher business rates on v
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 24 October 2025, to Question 81311, on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Official Engagements, if she will make it her policy
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the written statement of 23 July 2026, HLWS301, on Business Rates Relief for Pubs, Clubs and Live Music Venues, through which specific increases in taxation wil
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answers of 4 June 2026, to Question HL323, and of 29 June 2026, to Question 11414, on Business Rates: Tax Yields, whether the announcement by the Prime Mini
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Number 10 joint press release entitled Burnham means business: PM slashes business rates bills for pubs, clubs and live music venues, published on 23 July 2