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 assessment she has made of the potential impact of the final version of the National Planning Policy Framework, published in August 2026, on the (a) redevelopment and (b) su
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the MHCLG annual report and accounts 2025 to 2026, HC484, 15 July 2026, page 30, what the criteria are to join the Going Forward into Employment Civil Service M
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the MHCLG annual report and accounts 2025 to 2026, HC484, 15 July 2026, page17, how much (a) CDEL and (b) RDEL was allocated to the (i) Homelessness Accommodati
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the MHCLG annual report and accounts 2025 to 2026, HC484, 15 July 2026, page 17, what the breakdown is of spending for homelessness and rough sleeping in each y
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the MHCLG annual report and accounts 2025 to 2026, HC484, 15 July 2026, page 17, whether the core spending power figures for the 2026-27 Local Government Financ
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, on what date the Elections Strategy was rebranded as the Elections White Paper.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her timetable is for the establishment and recruitment of the Social Cohesion Taskforce.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to the No10 press release, Prime Minister launches national drive to get everyone in for Christmas, 18 August 2026, how much (1) RDEL and (2) CDEL was previously allocate
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much (a) CDEL and (b) RDEL funding is uncommitted in each year of the Spending Review period.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what is the department’s record keeping policy in relation to the retention of (a) responses to consultations and calls for evidence and (b) summaries of responses to them.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what figures (a) her department or (b) the Planning Inspectorate holds on the amount of time added to the determination of a planning application due to a call in by Mayors.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information (a) her department or (b) the Planning Inspectorate holds on the number of planning applications subsequently withdrawn following a call in Mayors.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to the Flexible voting pilots 2027: Prospectus?, published on 24 August 2026,whether bids will be considered for mobile voting station pilots.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of the provisions in the Renters’ Rights Act on competitive bidding for rents.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) on housebuilders and housebuilding costs from January 2027.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many planning applications which were approved on appeal by the Planning Inspectorate or Secretary of State in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to the new National Planning Policy Framework of August 2026, whether policy HO7 on applies to traveller sites.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what meetings and correspondence she has had with Signum Global Advisors LLP.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to the No10 press release, Whitehall officials to be posted into mayors' offices as PM marks first month of No10 North, of 21 August 2026, what is the estimated cost of t
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her plans to allow mayors to call-in planning applications, what assessment has been made on the proportion of planning applications which will be refused.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to the Flexible voting pilots 2027: Prospectus?, published on 24 August 2026, whether bids will be considered for the combined authority mayoral elections.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what are the terms of reference of the active review into Help to Buy, and the timetable for the review.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether an assessment has been made of the potential impact of (a) the changes to residential stamp duty and (b) the council tax surcharge on (i) house prices and the (ii) the He
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the MHCLG annual report and accounts 2025 to 2026, HC484, 15 July 2026, page 154, what is the projected expenditure in 2026-27, on (a) Affordable Homes Programm
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the MHCLG annual report and accounts 2025 to 2026, HC484, 15 July 2026, page 128, what is Operation Gadget, what is the specific nature of the contingent liabil