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 are the current work streams of the Mayoral Data Council.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to the answer of 4 August 2026, to Question HL2419, on Council Housing: Construction, what is the metric and target by which the biggest council housebuilding programme s
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to the answer of 4 August 2026, to Question HL2419, on Council Housing: Construction, what is the level of council housebuilding in each year since World War 2 by which t
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, what was the methodological basis for increasing the notional council tax level by 4.9% in each of 2027-
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, of 9 February 2026, what is the assumed
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, where (a) police, (b) fire, (c) social care, (d) GLA / combined authority mayoral, council tax precepts
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the publication, Core Spending Power table: provisional local government finance settlement 2026 to 2029, updated December 2025, has the status of an official or regulate
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed council tax surcharge on the freeholder on (a) the cost of a leasehold property, (b) the value of a fre
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to support overseas British citizens to register to vote as part of the processing for applying or reviewing their British passport.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information her Department holds centrally approved new spending on property, advertising, consultancy, technology and commercial.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to the closed consultation, High Value Council Tax Surcharge, published 19 May 2026, what is her planned timetable for responding to the consultation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of the number and proportion of rough sleepers in (a) London and (b) England who are foreign nationals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information her Department holds on public support for unitary local government restructuring statutory proposals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the blog, MHCLG in the Media, "Misleading claims on council tax", 31 July 2026, what is the basis that the MHCLG estimates given to the OBR on council tax recei
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans the Government has to amend the borders and structures of (a) police forces, (b) fire and rescue services, and (c) integrated care boards, to align with those of mayor
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 20 April 2026, to Question 124753, on Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission, whether (a) her department or (b) the Planning Inspectorate hold a cop
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what is the most recent assessment of the timeline for delivering the Government’s 1.5 million new homes target; and whether, following the change in Prime Minister, this target
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has (a) the Department and (b) Homes England made of the number of homes being provided by the Build to Rent sector since July 2024..
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Regulatory Policy Committee, RPC opinion: impact of Social Housing Bill, published 31 July 2026, what steps is the department taking to address the 'red' an
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what is the timetable for councils to bid for a 2027 local election pilot; and whether this will include piloting mobile polling stations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her department’s official statistics publication. Community and Engagement Survey 2025/26: neighbourhood, of 31 July 2026, Table D26: Not a strong sense of belo
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Greater Manchester Combined Authority will be able to levy the overnight visitor levy in addition to the current Business Rate Improvement District levy on hotels and
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's Freedom of Information Act response FOI2026/17558 of 20 July 2026, on what date the Department deleted the responses to the Call for Evidence o
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to the statistical release, Council Tax levels set by local authorities in England 2026 to 2027, of 25 March 2026, for what reason the 4.9% increase in Band D council tax
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether a council tax referendum threshold will be set for (a) parish councils and (b) mayoral combined authorities in 2027-28.