James Cleverly MP: written questions
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: PublicityMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116483More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 12 February 2026, to Question 110398, on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Publicity, in what formats does his department hold data
Answer: MHCLG holds information about suppliers that have undertaken translation activities for the Department. The information will not differentiate between whether the translatory service was undertaken to support published content or for any other reason, nor...
Answered 18 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic Houses: Business RatesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116482More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 12 February 2026, to Question 111143, on Public Houses: Business Rates, whether this requires that the Crossrail levy on pubs in London must be reduced
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon Member to the answer given to Question UIN 111143 on 12 February 2026.It is for the 33 London billing authorities and the Greater London Authority to ensure that the required determinations and resulting adjustments are made to ratepaye...
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordBusiness Rates: Tax YieldsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116481More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 12 February 2026, to Question 111137, on Council tax: Tax Yields, whether there are equivalent estimates for aggregate business rate receipts in each of
Answer: The Department collects estimated business rates receipts data annually from local authorities, the most recent data available is for 2024-25, 2025-26 and 2026-27 and is available here. Estimates of business rates receipts data for 2027-28 and 2028-29 hav...
Answered 12 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordElectoral RegisterMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116480More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what sources of data he expects the automated electoral registration system to use.
Answer: The government is committed to introducing more automated approaches to electoral registration over the coming years. Our ambition is to transform our electoral registration system, harnessing existing data from across government to move towards an automa...
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordElections: Proof of IdentityMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116479More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to allow prepaid currency cards to be used as a form of voter identification.
Answer: I refer the Rt. Hon Member to the Representation of the People Bill 2026, which sets out which bank cards will be accepted at the polling station – this includes credit cards, charge cards, debit cards and cash withdrawal cards.
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAbsent VotingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116478More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent representations his Department has received from political parties on access to postal vote expiry data.
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 97526 on 15 December 2025
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ElectionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116477More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) legal action and (b) other expenditure arising from the decision to postpone local elections in England in May 20
Answer: As per the Secretary of State’s correspondence to the Rt. Hon. Member of 23 February, the Government has agreed to pay the claimant’s reasonable legal costs, with the final amount to be determined. Any further Government legal or administrative costs will...
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPolitical Parties: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116476More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the process for proposed know your donor checks will be for (a) hon. Members and (b) political parties; and what role House authorities will have in the process.
Answer: Know Your Donor rules will be implemented alongside clear, practical support for all recipients of donations. That is why the regime is underpinned by statutory guidance issued by the Electoral Commission, which will set out how recipients of donations sh...
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordElections: Proof of IdentityMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116475More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to allow bank cards issued without a credit check to be used as a form of voter identification.
Answer: I refer the Rt. Hon Member to the Representation of the People Bill 2026, which sets out which bank cards will be accepted at the polling station – this includes credit cards, charge cards, debit cards and cash withdrawal cards.
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCombined Authorities: ElectionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116474More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make reconsider the cancellation of the combined authority mayoral elections originally scheduled for May 2026.
Answer: Government intends to hold inaugural mayoral elections for the four Devolution Priority Programme places that are also undertaking local government reorganisation in May 2028, so that areas can complete the reorganisation process before Mayors take office...
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordTravellers: Caravan SitesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116473More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of planning enforcement in relation to traveller sites.
Answer: My Department has made no specific assessment of the effectiveness of planning enforcement in relation to traveller sites.
Answered 9 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ElectionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113744More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the evidence he planned to file at the High Court on the postponement of local elections in England in May 2026.
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement made on 23 February 2026 (HCWS1349). It is a longstanding principle that government does not comment on or publish legal advice. The case the Rt Hon. Member refers to has now been concluded a...
Answered 26 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordElectoral Register: British Nationals AbroadMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113743More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of giving overseas electors the option to register to vote when they renew their British passport online.
Answer: The Government is committed to improving electoral registration and is actively exploring ways to do so. The Representation of the People Bill will lay the foundations for a more automated registration system. Any changes must be tested to ensure they hav...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDedicated Schools GrantDepartment for EducationTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113742More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the aggregate monetary level of Dedicated Schools Grant High Need deficits that will not be written off by central Government.
Answer: The department has set out plans to address these deficits up to the end of 2025/26, providing grants to cover 90% of each council’s deficit once they have produced and received approval for a strong plan to drive sustained action in accordance with our n...
Answered 8 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordElectoral Register: ChildrenMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113741More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether (a) hon. Members, (b) councillors and (c) political parties will have access to the full electoral register with attainers aged below 16.
Answer: Under the current UK electoral framework, political parties, elected officials and candidates are entitled to request copies of the electoral register and may use them for “electoral purposes” and for the purposes of complying with rules regarding politic...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ElectionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113740More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the press release entitled Tougher rules on political interference to keep UK elections secure, published on 12 February 2026, in which local authorities electi
Answer: The Government committed in its manifesto to encourage greater participation in democracy. To support this, the Government is exploring ways to make voting in person more efficient, more convenient, and better aligned with the expectations of today’s elec...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ElectionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113739More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether election pilots will be held in the local authorities which had local elections cancelled, but which are being reinstated.
Answer: The Government committed in its manifesto to encourage greater participation in democracy. To support this, the Government is exploring ways to make voting in person more efficient, more convenient, and better aligned with the expectations of today’s elec...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ElectionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113738More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason the Housing Minister determined that local elections should proceed in May 2026; and what factors he considered.
Answer: I refer the Rt hon. and hon. Members to the Secretary of State’s Written Ministerial Statement of 23 February 2026 (HCWS1349). It is a longstanding principle that Government does not comment on or publish legal advice. The Government has no plans to publi...
Answered 26 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordCouncil Tax: City of Westminster and WandsworthMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113737More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2026 to Question 109623 on Local Government Finance: City of Westminster and Wandsworth, what methodology his Department used to estimate the
Answer: The government believes it is right to continue to calculate Core Spending Power in line with the approach used at previous Settlements. This includes an assumption that authorities increase their Band D council tax by the maximum allowed within any counc...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPolitical Parties: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113736More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which body forfeited monies for impermissible political donations will be given to.
Answer: As set out in section 60 of the Political Parties, Elections and Referendums Act 2000, sums forfeited by court order under section 58 or 59 of that Act are paid into the Consolidated Fund. We have introduced the Representation of the People Bill which bri...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: Working HoursMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113735More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 15 January 2026 to Question 103895 on Local Government: Working Hours, whether he plans to take Best Value intervention action against local authorities
Answer: The letter of 19 December 2025 is clear that the provision in the current Best Value Guidance in relation to the four-day week remains in force. Ministers take a range of factors into account when considering whether to exercise statutory powers in relati...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordHousing: PricesTreasuryTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113734More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has a policy on targeting levels of house price inflation.
Answer: The government does not set a target for house price inflation. The UK has a 2% inflation target, measured by the 12 month increase in the Consumer Prices Index (CPI). CPI is a broad measure of consumer prices based on a representative basket of goods and...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCouncil Tax: Greater LondonMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113733More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 9 February 2026 to Question 109623 on Local Government Finance: City of Westminster and Wandsworth, what the assumed increases in Band D council tax are
Answer: The government believes it is right to continue to calculate Core Spending Power in line with the approach used at previous Settlements. This includes an assumption that authorities increase their Band D council tax by the maximum allowed within any counc...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAffordable Housing: Greater LondonMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113732More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 3 February 2026 to Question 108220, on Affordable Housing: Greater London, whether there have previously been revisions of the Greater London Authority’
Answer: Published Affordable Housing Supply statistics always reflect the latest available data provided to my Department.Previous revisions to historical data have been made by the Greater London Authority, as well as by Homes England and some local planning aut...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordBusiness Rates: ValuationTreasuryTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113731More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason some hereditaments in the 2026 Draft Rating List do not have an Unique Address Reference Number listed in their entry.
Answer: There are no properties listed in the 2026 Draft Rating List download that do not have an Unique Address Reference Number assigned to them.
Answered 2 Mar 2026
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