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, pursuant to the answer of 14 July 2026, to Question 14926, on MHCLG: Public Expenditure, whether the Social and Affordable Housing Programme will be protected from the 1% cut in
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, whether the (a) all donor and (b) prospective candidate
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether local authorities can set their own noise limits for (a) domestic air conditioning units and (b) domestic air to air heat bumps.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to revise legislation on (a) consultation requirements and (b) strategic environmental assessments, in relation to new towns.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what is the process by which the review of statutory duties on local authorities is being undertaken; whether there has been consultation; what are the terms of reference of the
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, hat assessment has been made by of the potential impact of rural rewilding programmes on the prevalence and frequency of wildfires.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions she has had with HMRC Valuation Office on whether the council tax revaluation in Wales should (a) be revenue neutral and (b) increase the overall tax take.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans he has to levy VAT on the overnight accommodation.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether 16 and 17 year olds were defined as (a) adults or (b) children for the purposes of the lowered VAT for children's meals, tickets and family attractions in Summer 2026.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information his Department holds on the HMRC Valuation Office’s Antecedent Valuation Date for the (a) council tax surcharge in England and (b) council tax revaluation in Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether an impact assessments have been undertaken or commissioned to date, on the impact of the council tax surcharge on the relationship between (a) freeholders and (b) leaseho
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 amount that has been paid has been published in the gov.uk spending transparen
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Tough new rules to crackdown on foreign money in UK elections, published on 6 July 2026, what is the evidential basis fo
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 28 January 2026, to Question 107022, on Local Government: Reorganisation, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of using her powe
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to reduce the cost of rents in London.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to page 28 of her Department's document entitled Best Value Duty: draft statutory guidance (July 2026), published on 15 July 2026, whether the standards on (a) com
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Department's document entitled First Time Buyer ISA: Consultation, published on 23 June 2026, whether the Government is minded to increase the property price cap from £450,000 in (a) England an
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department's document entitled First Time Buyer ISA: Consultation, published on 23 June 2026, what steps his Department has taken to estimate potential differences in the cost to the public pur
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will list each local government representative who attended the National Economic Council meeting.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the HMT, Budget Information Security Review, of 9 February 2026, and to the answer of 9 July 2026 to Question HL1393 on Budget November 2025, whether any impact
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2026 to Question 5954 on Elections: Local Government, if she will make it her policy to (a) publish the 2026 prospectus on local election pilots
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to the answer of 5 August 2026, to Question HL2418, on Homelessness, in which financial years is the £340 million allocated; whether it is a cumulative figure; and whethe
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the council tax surcharge will apply to communal (a) student accommodation, (b) elderly people’s homes and (c) HMOs which are rated as a single dwelling for valuation pur
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to The Seventh National Action Plan for Open Government (NAP7): Analysis of initial evidence gathering, published on 4 August 2026, for what reason the proposals on stren
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether (a) local councils or (b) mayoral combined authorities will retain any of the tax receipts from the council tax surcharge.