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 mayoral combined authorities will be able to reduce the level of income tax.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many approvals for the disposal of allotments her Department has made under section 8 of the Allotments Act 1925 since July 2025.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has been made of the potential implications for her policies of the calculations in the report, Homes for People We Need, Making Social Rent Homes Viable, October
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will place in the Library the current version of the Planning Inspectorate's Inspector Training Manual; and whether there is a separate Planning Inspectors' Handbook.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what is the forecast aggregate increase in planning fees revenue from the new planning fee provisions in the first full year of operation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance has been given to local planning authorities, and what guidance is held by the Planning inspectorate, on human rights and equality obligations in relation to planni
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 20 July 2026 to Question HL2155 on Anti-Muslim Hostility, what guidance and communications have been given to Chief Constables and police forces i
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what is the timetable for the introduction and implementation of the Overnight Visitor Levy Bill and associated new overnight accommodation tax.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the 2026 business rates revaluation was revenue neutral.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 13 July 2026 to Question 15744 on Political Parties: Finance, what approach would be taken if a local accounting unit or national party took a different
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 13 July 2026 to Question 15744 on Political Parties: Finance, whether a donation held in an escrow account whilst a risk assessment was undertaken would
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what is her policy on local authorities operating a four day week on full-pay, and whether she intends to re-issue Best Value guidance or interventions on the matter.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to to the 10 Downing Street and Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government joint press release entitled New PM says government can bring back hope to Br
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what is the total estimated amount of Public Works Loan Board borrowing that is expected to be inherited by the new (a) West Surrey and (b) East Surrey unitary authorities accord
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Prime Minister’s commitment to transfer more funding to every postcode will mean an increase in the level of local authority funding for every postcode area.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's Local government reorganisation: decision letters to council leaders, published on 16 July 2026, if she will publish all the responses to the u
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2026 to Question 18594 on Homelessness: Finance, how much funding was allocated for rough sleeping in each year of the Spending Review period.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 16 July 2026 to Question 17582 on Digital Outdoor Advertising: Planning, what is the proposed practical effect in planning terms of removing the existin
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 18 June 2026 to Question 8574 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Staff and to the Answer of 14 July 2026 to Question 14979 on Min
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 16 July 2026 to Question 17451 on Recreation Spaces: Planning Permission, if she will set out the stakeholders that will be surveyed, and how will they
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the membership of the Advisory Group on community tensions will be selected through open competition.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the London Borough of Tower Hamlet's Cabinet paper entitled JP Morgan Chase’s Canary Wharf Development and Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), of 27 March 2026,
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2026 to Question 8574 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Staff and to the Answer of 14 July 2026 to Question 14979 on Min
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2026 to Question 11665 on Local Government: Reorganisation, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the continued recognition of (a) alder
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to introduce compulsory voting.