James Cleverly MP: written questions 2025
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HM Land Registry: InternetMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78236More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, under what circumstances would the HM Land Registry not publish title deeds on the gov.uk website following the purchase of a dwelling.
Answer: HM Land Registry does not publish title deeds on gov.uk. Instead, it maintains a register, which is the official and definitive record of land and property ownership in England and Wales. Once a property is registered, the register itself serves as proof ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAnti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition Working GroupMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78235More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to Answer of 19 September 2025 to Question 75610 on Anti-muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition Working Group, whether the working group (a) received and (b) accepted res
Answer: The Working Group launched a Call for Evidence to build on the extensive engagement they had undertaken. The Call for Evidence closed on Sunday 20 July. It was open to the public and any individual or organisation was able to submit evidence. The Working ...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78234More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's document entitled Planning applications in England: April to June 2025 - statistical release, published on 18 September 2025, what assessment h
Answer: The individual factors affecting changes in quarterly planning statistics are complex and difficult to disentangle. My Department’s initial assessment is that a combination of structural, economic, and operational factors best explain the Q2 2025 results....
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Health: KentDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78233More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much funding his Department provided to Kent County Council for public health activities in (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26; and whether the Council is required to use those funds to promote child
Answer: The Department of Health and Social Care allocated public health funding to Kent County Council of £86.6 million in 2024/25 and £91.3 million in 2025/26, which consists of:Total DHSC Public Health Funding to Kent County Council, £2024/252025/26Public Heal...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Remote WorkingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78232More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 September 2025 to Question 69673 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Remote Working, if he will list the expected level of atten
Answer: All Senior Civil Servants in the Department are expected to attend an office for 60% of the time, irrespective of which office they are based in. Staff at delegated grades are currently expected to attend for 50% of the time, with the exception of staff i...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Freedom of InformationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78231More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 22 July 2025 to Question 66939 on Council Tax: Tax Yields, if he will publish the FOI disclosure reference FOI2025/22431.
Answer: It is not MHCLG policy to routinely publish FOI responses. The Information Tribunal views disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 as a release into the public domain.
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordEthnic Groups: English LanguageMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78230More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the level of English language proficiency by women from an ethnic minority background; and whether he has had discussions with the Secr
Answer: Data on English language proficiency falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. The Census 2021 provides datasets detailing population and proficiency in English. These datasets can be downloaded from nomis. Nomis is a service run on behalf of ...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Office (Accountability) BillMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78229More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the provisions in the Public Office (Accountability) Bill will apply to (a) town and (b) parish councillors.
Answer: The Public Office (Accountability) Bill reforms abolish the common law offence of misconduct in public office and introduce two new offences: seriously improper acts and breach of duty to prevent death or serious injury. These new offences apply to electe...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78228More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of the new homes target his Department expects to be (a) flats and (b) family homes; and what assessment he has made of the potential merits of incentivising the
Answer: The government has not made an estimate of the proportion of new homes to be delivered in this Parliament which will be flats and houses.The National Planning Policy Framework makes clear that local planning authorities should assess the size, type and te...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: StandardsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78227More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 15 September 2025 to Question 75449 on MHCLG: Standards, if he will list each metric presented on the Ministerial Delivery Dashboard.
Answer: MHCLG uses a range of metrics and data to monitor and track delivery progress on key departmental priorities, as well as support policy development and decision-making. The table below shows a list of the publicly available metrics included in the dashboa...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBelong: ContractsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78226More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 28 July 2025 to Question 69052 on Belong: Contracts and with reference to Belong's press release entitled Belong commissioned by MHCLG to develop nation
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon Member to the answer given to Question UIN 75178 on 12 September 2025.
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning: Environment ProtectionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78225More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 15 September 2025 to Question 74339 on Planning: Environment Protection, when he expects the Environmental Outcomes Reports framework to replace the env
Answer: As set out in the Written Ministerial Statement I made on 16 December 2024 (HCWS317), we will, in due course, replace the current EU derived systems of Environmental Impact Assessment and Strategic Environmental Assessment with Environmental Outcomes Repo...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning Permission: ApplicationsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78224More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 15 September 2025, to Question 72839, on Planning Permission, whether the increased digitalisation of the planning system review will examine removing t
Answer: I refer the Rt. Hon Member to the answer to Question UIN 75991 on 26 September 2025.
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil TaxMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78223More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the average difference is in Band D council tax rates between parished and non-parished areas in 2025-26.
Answer: The Department does not hold data on the average Band D council tax for parished and non-parished areas.
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: StudentsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78222More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment his Department has made of the balance between supply and demand of student accommodation in university towns.
Answer: My Department has not made a specific assessment of the balance between the supply and demand of student accommodation in all university towns.MHCLG and the Department for Education regularly engage with a range of stakeholders in the student accommodatio...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness Premises: RentsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78221More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 29 August 2025 to Question 68122 on Business Premises: Rents, if he will publish that research.
Answer: The government published a full Impact Assessment upon First Reading of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill on 10 July. All sources for our analysis are included within it.
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRents: RegulationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78220More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has undertaken research on the potential impact of rent controls on the housing market.
Answer: My Department regularly reviews external research and evidence related to various aspects of the private rented sector. The government has been clear it does not support the introduction of rent controls, including rent stabilisation measures. We believe ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordGreen Belt: Property DevelopmentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78219More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information his department holds on the (a) amount of green belt that has been de-designated and (b) number of developments that have been built on green belt land since the
Answer: As part of our annual Green Belt release, my Department published the extent of England’s Green Belt as at 31 March 2025. It can be found on gov.uk here. These statistics give the area of land designated as Green Belt by local authority in England, and al...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness Rates: Tax AllowancesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78218More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 15 September 2025 to Question 74221 on Business Rates: Tax Allowance, whether any central government body is responsible for monitoring rate relief frau
Answer: Business Rates are a local tax and local authorities are responsible for decisions on the awarding of relief, ensuring compliance, and tackling fraud. The Government also provides local authorities with data-matching services to help detect fraud and erro...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordGreen Belt: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78217More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 15 September 2025 to Question 71482 on Green Belt: Planning Permission, whether the Planning Inspectorate holds information on decisions made in relatio
Answer: The Planning Inspectorate does hold information on decisions made in relation to green belt land. This information is released under management information in our Casework Database which can be found on gov.uk here.
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Relations: ExpenditureMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78216More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 15 September 2025 to Question 73797 on Community Cohesion and Resilience Programme: Finance, how much funding was provided to each local authority; and
Answer: The 44 places that received funding through the Community Cohesion and Resilience Programme were awarded grants of between £55,000 and £557,000. Local authorities have been required to report to the department on how the funding has been spent and, once c...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78215More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to respond to the letter from the Rt hon. Member for Braintree of 13 August 2025.
Answer: The Rt Hon Member’s letter has been passed to the Department for Business and Trade for a response.
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil Tax Reduction Schemes: Personal PensionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78214More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2025 to Question 73599 on Personal Pensions: Local Government, what guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on the treatment
Answer: The Department has not issued guidance on the treatment of self-invested personal pensions in relation to local council tax support schemes. Support for working age households is designed by councils in consultation with their residents, taking into accou...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMayors: ElectionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78213More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 1 September 2025 to Question 69680 on English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, with which mayors his Department has held discussions on the su
Answer: Before the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill was introduced on 10 July 2025, all Mayors were invited to a briefing on the Bill, which included discussions on the change back to the supplementary vote.
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: Political ImpartialityMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78212More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether strategic authority commissioners will be politically restricted.
Answer: The government will be setting out further details on Commissioners in statutory guidance using powers set out in Schedule 3 of the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill. We will consider appropriate political restrictions to be included in th...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
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