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, with reference to the MHCLG annual report and accounts 2025 to 2026, HC484, 15 July 2026, page 95, for what reason 400 external appointments were made, in the context of the 253
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 95, whether there will be further voluntary exits in 2026-27; and whether there wil
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 86 (footnote 3) and page 88, whether the monetary value of the benefit in kind of t
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 75, whether the two cases of fraud by false representation have been reported to th
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 56, what was the nature of the Parliamentary Ombudsman complaint that was upheld in
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, p.56, what was the longest amount of time for an item of correspondence in 2025-26 to re
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has had discussions with London CIV Local Government Pension Scheme pool on the divestment policies it is adopting.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the No10 press release, “PM vows to save hollowed out high streets with crackdown on vape and betting shops”, 10 August 2026, what specific changes are being co
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 16 July 2026, to Question 17622, on Shops: Planning Permission, , and with reference to the No10 press release, “PM vows to save hollowed out high stree
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 31, if she will breakdown the £11.3m of cashable commercial savings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether groups subject to the Department's policy of non-engagement submitted written evidence or submissions to the Working Group on the Islamophobia definition.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2026 to Question 15748 on Council Tax: Greater London, whether a public sector equality duty assessment was undertaken in relation to the (a) Mi
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has received written representations from the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham on the (a) Local Government Finance Settlement and (b) the Fair Funding Review
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether mayors will be permitted to use the receipts from locally retained income tax to (a) reduce their council tax precept and (b) set a negative council tax precept.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to promote the English national identity across England.
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, whether the candidates will be
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the No10 press release entitled PM vows to save hollowed out high streets with crackdown on vape and betting shops, published on10 August 2026, whether he has m
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 5 June 2025 to Question 54412 on Tell MAMA: Finance, and further her Department's transparency data entitled MHCLG: spending over £25,000, May 202
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what percentage of local list business rates receipts are retained by each individual local billing authority in (a) 2025-26 and (b) 2026-27, after the application of tariffs and
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what net percentage of business rates revenues are retained by Westminster City Council, after tariffs, in 2026-27.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her proposals for new prospective candidate donation requirements, whether the returns will be published by (a) local authorities or (b) the Electoral Commissio
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 1a of Policy HO12: Traveller sites, between the December 2025 and August 2026, National Planning Policy Frameworks, for what reason the reference to l
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether a (a) Regulatory Impact Assessment and (b) Environmental Principles assessment has been produced for the version of the National Planning Policy Framework.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that funding is protected for programmes supporting women who have suffered conflict-related sexual violence in Colombia.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 29 June 2026, to Question 10185, on Cabinet Office: Social Media, if he will publish the guidance provided to (a) the social media influencers and (b) the creative agency on stating whe