Charlie Dewhirst MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Written questions
Palestine: FlagsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119048More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has issued recent guidance to public bodies on deemed planning consent in England for the Palestinian flag.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 110386 on 24 February 2026.
Answered 17 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordConveyancing: Digital TechnologyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103010More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to test digital transaction flows in the home-buying process from upfront information to settlement and title registration.
Answer: On 6 October, my Department published two consultations outlining reform proposals to transform home buying and selling. They can be found on gov.uk here and here. As part of those consultations, we made clear our interest in ensuring digital data from tr...
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordConveyancing: Digital TechnologyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103009More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to establish accreditation for digital platforms in the property market that are capable of providing verified property data, secure settlement and a
Answer: On 6 October, my Department published two consultations outlining reform proposals to transform home buying and selling. They can be found on gov.uk here and here. As part of those consultations, we made clear our interest in ensuring digital data from tr...
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHM Land Registry: Digital TechnologyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103008More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress HM Land Registry has made in digitising the land register.
Answer: The Title (Land) Register consists of information held in a variety of formats, including paper documents, scanned images, and digital images. HM Land Registry (HMLR) is committed to digitising its data, while ensuring that data security, integrity and pr...
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordConveyancing: Digital TechnologyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103007More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure home buyers and sellers are protected through the expansion of digital conveyancing, particularly in terms of data verification, property inform
Answer: On 6 October, my Department published two consultations outlining reform proposals to transform home buying and selling. They can be found on gov.uk here and here. As part of those consultations, we made clear our interest in ensuring digital data from tr...
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHM Land RegistryMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103006More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential savings to the public purse of reducing the annual expenditure by HM Land Registry on requisitions arising from manual or
Answer: For the year ending 31 March 2025, HM Land Registry (HMLR) estimated it had nearly 450,000 avoidable requisitions costing the conveyancing industry and HMLR up to £19m annually. HMLR is supporting the conveyancing industry to improve the quality of its ap...
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Public AppointmentsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96897More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the (a) name, (b) job title, (c) annual remuneration, (d) time commitment and (e) expected end date is for each direct ministerial appointment in his Department.
Answer: We will publish data on MHCLG’s Direct Ministerial Appointments in line with recent guidance.
Answered 18 Dec 2025
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