Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
187,198 questions
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to the HMT press release, Treasury to call time on uncertainty for pubs and hotels, 24 August 2026, whether Jerry Schurder is a direct ministerial appointment; and whether he will be remunerated.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to the HMT press release, Treasury to call time on uncertainty for pubs and hotels, 24 August 2026, whether the review will be revenue neutral.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HMRC's external research programme 2026 to 2027, updated July 2026 and published August 2026, reference 2425CSTDP06, what the terms of reference are of the research into UK property owners living a
To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the (a) FTE and (b) headcount level is of staffing of the Electoral Commission; whether there are plans to increase that figure
To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what estimate the Electoral Commission has made of the level of family voting in polling stations in Birmingham in the May 2026 loca
To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what guidance the Electoral Commission has given to Parliamentary candidates and agents on whether Representation of the People Act
To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Electoral Commission has been informed of the date and elections of the introduction of the lower voting age.
To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what representations has the Electoral Commission previously made to HM Government on the Government publicly consulting on the impl
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Minister of State for Border Security and Asylum plans to respond to the letter of 24 July 2026 from the Rt hon. Member for Braintree.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Department will send a reply to the letter from the Rt Hon Member for Braintree to the Secretary of State of 2 April 2026 on unfunded spending commitments, sent in re
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when the Department will respond to the letter to the Secretary of State of 18 February from the Rt Hon Member for Braintree on the new local authority provided asylum accommodat
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate has the Department made of the average hotel price in England for a 1 night stay including VAT.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what powers councils have to charge individuals and companies for filming on public highways; and whether her Department has published guidance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether mayoral combined authorities will have responsibility for public utilities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Government response to the proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework and other changes to the planning system consultation, August 2026, pa
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her BBC Radio 4 Today programme interview of 19 August 2026, what is the evidential basis for her statement that productivity in departments where civil servant
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance has been given to local planning authorities and what is the policy position of the Planning Inspectorate, on the weight to be given to the “best interests of the c
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether Grey Belt planning policy applies to (a) retrospective planning applications and (b) planning enforcement appeals for unauthorised traveller sites; and whether the wider
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment or consideration has been made for council tax policy in England of the proposals in the Scottish Government’s consultation entitled Consultation: Council Tax Hig
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the policy paper, Creating a clear, rules-based planning system, of 17 August 2026, whether the ‘default yes’ for development around well-connected stations inc
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what is the timetable for the commencement of the Supplementary Vote electoral system for (a) Police and Crime Commissioner and (b) council mayoral election and by-elections.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason para 28 of the Planning Policy For Traveller Sites, 2015, on planning conditions, has been removed from the new National Planning Policy Framework.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether tobacconists selling vaping products will be included in plans to remove business rate relief from and require planning permission for vaping shops.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) housing and (b) planning guidance her Department has given on using land allocated for council housing as land for traveller sites.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to the new National Planning Policy Framework of August 2026, footnote 43, for what reason Green Belt policy GB8, Golden Rules, does not apply to applications for travell