James Cleverly MP: written questions
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Domestic Rates: Northern IrelandTreasuryTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20047More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the yearly amount raised in domestic rates revenue is in Northern Ireland.
Answer: Domestic rates are a devolved responsibility, and the information is publicly available on the Northern Ireland Department of Finance’s website - https://www.finance-ni.gov.uk/news/executive-agrees-regional-rate-202627
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordDomestic Rates: Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20046More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what information his Department holds on the domestic rates (a) regional and (b) district council rate for each local authority in Northern Ireland in 2026-27.
Answer: The Regional Rates and District Rates are the responsibility of the Executive and the relevant Local NI Councils respectively. My officials monitor developments and retain relevant information on the setting of both rates throughout the year. This allows ...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordMayors: PeersCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 20045More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether she plans to appoint combined authority mayors to the House of Lords.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordAnti-Muslim Hostility: USAForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20044More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether (a) his Department and (b) 10 Downing Street have discussed the definition of (i) Islamophobia and (ii) anti-Muslim hostility with the United States Government.
Answer: Ministers and officials from across government engage regularly with the Government of the United States on a range of issues, including promoting freedom of religion or belief and tackling religious intolerance.
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordTransport for London: Facilities AgreementsCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20043More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to her Department's data entitled Public-sector trade union facility time data, for what reason Transport for London facility time expenditure and numbers are not listed in the 2024-25 dataset.
Answer: Transport for London did not submit their trade union facility time data for the year 2024-25 via the online reporting system.The Trade Union (Facility Time Publication Requirements) Regulations 2017 required public-sector organisations to publish their f...
Answered 25 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPrivate Rented Housing: RentsCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20042More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate the ONS has made of annual percentage increases in private sector rents in each nation of the United Kingdom in each of the last three years.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Rt. Hon Member’s Parliamentary Question of 28 August is attached.
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordFly-tipping: WiganDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20041More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to remove the illegal waste site in Bickershaw.
Answer: Wigan Borough Council is leading work to clear the illegal waste site at Bolton House Road, Bickershaw. The Environment Agency is supporting this work by providing advice based on its experience of clearing other large illegal waste sites and engaging wit...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPolitical Parties: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18032More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Rycroft Review response: letter to parliamentary parties, of 7 July 2026, whether the residency requirement for former overseas electors to no longer be sub
Answer: Overseas electors and other individuals who return to the UK from abroad, will need to be continuously resident in the UK for at least a full calendar year before they can donate above the cap. For example, for an individual who returned in 2026, the indi...
Answered 17 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordAffordable Housing: Greater LondonMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18031More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 24 April 2026 to Question 124786 on Affordable Housing: Greater London, whether there have been cases where (a) Homes England and (b) GLA schemes
Answer: My Department is aware of occasions where affordable housing schemes have been unable to proceed and where, as a result, Homes England has made use of clauses set out in the relevant grant agreement to reclaim grant that has already been paid and reinvest...
Answered 24 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordHousing: Multiple OccupationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18030More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what planning policy and guidance he has issued in relation to planning applications to convert a single dwelling into a House of Multiple Occupation.
Answer: The Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) (Amendment) (England) Order 2010 introduced a new Use Class, Class C4 (houses in multiple occupation). This covers use of a dwellinghouse by not more than six residents as a house in multiple occupation within t...
Answered 24 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordBakerloo Line: HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18029More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 17 June 2026 to Question 8092 on Bakerloo line: Housing, whether his Department has had discussions with the Mayor of London on the proposed Bakerloo li
Answer: The government continues to engage with the Greater London Authority on a range of transport and infrastructure matters.The Bakerloo Line Extension has featured in wider discussions between the government and the Greater London Authority on the Mayor’s in...
Answered 21 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordProportional RepresentationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18028More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions and correspondence his Department has had with the Mayor of Greater Manchester on proportional representation.
Answer: The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has not held any formal discussions or exchanged official correspondence with the Mayor of Greater Manchester on proportional representation.
Answered 17 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Labour Housing GroupMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18027More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 19 June 2026, to Question 9006, on MHCLG: Labour Housing Group, whether the Minister of State for Housing and Planning has discussed official department
Answer: At the events in question, I gave a general overview of the government’s approach to housing and planning. No other departmental business was discussed.
Answered 22 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordCandidatesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18026More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 13 March 2026, to Question 117888, on Candidates, whether his Department is retaining the requirement that the office address must be within the l
Answer: The government is not changing location requirements for office addresses. Through the Representation of the People Bill, election agents will still need to provide a home address, but they will also be able to provide a correspondence address for publica...
Answered 17 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordEmpty PropertyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18025More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) information his Department has and (b) what research his Department has commissioned on the amount of retail, hospitality and leisure hereditaments or business space whi
Answer: The Department does not collect such data and has not commissioned research to quantify vacancies nationally. It sometimes purchases commercial property market data, including vacancy information, from external providers to support internal policy develop...
Answered 20 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordShared Ownership SchemesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18024More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what comparative assessment his Department has made of shared ownership residents’ liability for building safety and cladding costs with the liability of the underlying owner of
Answer: My Department has made no such specific comparative assessment. No costs for cladding remediation are payable by shared owners of leases which qualify for the leaseholder protections in the Building Safety Act 2022. Any contributions towards non-cladding ...
Answered 23 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: EligibilityMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18023More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department holds information on which local housing authorities have introduced housing allocations policies on requiring (a) a local connection and (b) British citiz
Answer: Local housing authorities cannot discriminate on the basis of nationality so none will have allocations policies that include a requirement for British citizenship.People whose immigration status means they have no recourse to public funds are not eligibl...
Answered 22 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordCouncil Tax: City of Westminster and WandsworthMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18022More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 2 March 2026, to Question 113737, on Council Tax: City of Westminster and Wandsworth, what assessment his Department has made of the financial via
Answer: Government does not intend to set referendum principles for six authorities in 2027-28 and 2028-29 including City of Westminster and Wandsworth. Within our modelling, we made an assumption that these authorities increase their council tax by 5% plus an ad...
Answered 20 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordHousing: SalesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18021More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's consultation outcome, Home buying and selling reform roadmap, updated 19 June 2026, whether HMRC Valuation Office will have access to the digit
Answer: The roadmap in question commits the government to supporting the secure sharing of trusted property data and the wider use of digital logbooks and sales packs. Detailed implementation arrangements, including how organisations may access digitised property...
Answered 22 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Special AdvisersMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18020More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether any special advisers have left his Department since July 2024 for (a) misconduct and (b) breaches of the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers.
Answer: They have not.
Answered 21 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordIslam: RadicalismMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18019More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 1 July 2026, to Question 5341, on Radicalism: Islam, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the activities of the Muslim Bro
Answer: As the Department with responsibility for Counter Extremism policy since 2024, Home Office oversees the assessment of the extremist threat landscape and will advise and share information to help inform the decisions of other departments, including MHCLG.I...
Answered 1 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: DebtMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18018More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what is the (a) total level of debt and (b) per capita debt, for each local authority in England.
Answer: The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government collects data returns from local authorities including their borrowing and investment information. These returns are collated and published on the GOV.UK website. UK local authority borrowing and i...
Answered 16 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordCouncil TaxMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18017More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 10 June 2026, to Question 5955, on Council Tax, and with reference to the Fair funding share calculator: final, published 9 February 2026, in how many l
Answer: As set out in the final Local Government Finance Settlement, the notional council tax level for 2026-27 was £2063. The notional level used in the Fair Funding Allocation is a modelling assumption and not intended to be compared to the authorities publishe...
Answered 20 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPolitical Parties: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18016More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to the Rycroft Review response: letter to parliamentary parties, of 7 July 2026, whether the minimum residency requirement applies individuals who have been continually r
Answer: The relevant question for the purposes of the minimum residency period is when the individual was last resident outside the United Kingdom. Residency is determined using the existing electoral law concept of residence in section 5 of the Representation of...
Answered 17 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordPolitical Parties: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Jul 2026AnsweredUIN 18015More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the press release entitled Tough new rules to crackdown on foreign money in UK elections, of 6 July 2026, whether political parties will be retrospectively requ
Answer: The minimum residency requirement which was announced by Government on 6 July 2026 will apply to any registered overseas elector who then registered domestically from 25 March 2026 onwards. For registered overseas electors who register domestically this y...
Answered 17 Jul 2026
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