James Cleverly MP: written questions 2025
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Housing: Brownfield SitesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98782More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) previously produced research on regulatory barriers to housing development on brownfield land.
Answer: The government has not commissioned or previously produced a specific piece of research on regulatory barriers to housing development on brownfield land. I otherwise refer the Rt Hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 84470 on 30 October 2025.
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordRadicalismHome OfficeTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98781More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has a policy on naming organisations (a) regarded as extremist and (b) subject to non-engagement.
Answer: The Home Office cannot comment on specific groups or individual cases.This Government takes the threat from extremism very seriously. As a society we must not permit those that radicalise others into violence and terrorism to act with impunity. The Govern...
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordVisitor LevyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98780More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the written statement of 4 December 2025, HCWS1128, on Devolution Priority Programme, whether delays to scheduled combined authority mayoral elections will impa
Answer: The government will set out its legislative priorities for the second session in the King's speech. We expect that local leaders will be able to introduce a levy before the end of this Parliament. It will be for Mayors, once elected, to decide whether a v...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAnti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition Working GroupMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98779More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what is the timetable for the Islamophobia definition review to be published.
Answer: The group have now provided their advice to Ministers who are rightly taking the time to review and consider the advice carefully before confirming next steps in due course.
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAffordable Housing: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97519More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's policy paper entitled Social and Affordable Homes Programme 2026-2036: MHCLG policy statement to accompany guidance to bidders from Homes Engla
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon. Member to the answer given to UIN 60128 on 4 July 2025.
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBillingsgate Fish Market and Smithfield Market: ClosuresDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97136More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what representations has her Department received on the closure of the (a) Smithfield and (b) Billingsgate market.
Answer: The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has not received any representations about the closure and relocation of Smithfield and Billingsgate markets. Defra is not responsible for Smithfield or Billingsgate markets. This is a matter ...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness RatesTreasuryTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97135More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Box 3.H, and Table 4.1 of the Autumn Budget 2025, HC 1492, 26 November 2025, and to the HMT document, Effects of the business rates retail, hospitality and leisure multipliers and high value multip
Answer: The exchequer impact of the new high-value multiplier and RHL multipliers can be found on page 30 of the ‘Policy costings’ document, published at the Budget and found online at this address: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/692872fd2a37784b1...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Departmental ResponsibilitiesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97134More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he discussed Departmental business at the Labour YIMBY awards on 24 November 2025.
Answer: The Secretary of State gave a speech on the overall government approach to housing. No other departmental business was discussed at this event.
Answered 7 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHousing: EqualityMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97133More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether Homes England has issued guidance on (a) requiring diverse street names in new developments and (b) diversity targets on suppliers and registered providers receiving fund
Answer: Street names are a local matter and are formally determined by the local authority for the area. Homes England does not set targets for diversity from suppliers or recipients of funding but does require that all partners comply with the Equalities Act 201...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: Greater ManchesterMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 97132More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 4 November 2025 to Question 84646 on Housing: Greater Manchester, what types of management information have been provided by the Greater Manchester Comb
Answer: Examples of management information received by my Department include accountancy and financial data.
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordStop NoticesMinistry of JusticeTabled 28 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95404More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time is for an application to enforce a Temporary Stop Notice to be heard in the Planning Court.
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally, we do not hold data on the average time for an application to enforce a Temporary Stop Notice to be heard in the Planning Court.
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil TaxTreasuryTabled 28 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95403More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the annual interest rate on the deferral of the high value council tax surcharge will be.
Answer: The Government will consult on options for support for those who may struggle to pay the High Value Council Tax Surcharge early in 2026.
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil Tax: Tax Rates and BandsTreasuryTabled 28 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95402More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the new council tax surcharge bands on property prices at the thresholds of each band.
Answer: Various factors affect the sale price of residential properties. In its recent Economic and Fiscal outlook, the independent Office for Budget Responsibility forecast that house prices will rise every year, growing by ‘just under 3 per cent in 2025 and ave...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness RatesTreasuryTabled 28 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95401More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate the Valuation Office Agency has made of the number of hereditaments that will pay the high-value multiplier by (a) sector type and (b) Special Category Code in 2026-27 based on the new Rating List.
Answer: Statistics by sector type and special category code (Scat) as a result of the 2026 Revaluation and publication of the draft 2026 Rating List are published here: Change in rateable value of rating lists, 2026 Revaluation (CSV) The government has also, on B...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil Tax: Tax Rates and BandsTreasuryTabled 28 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95400More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what will each of the new four council tax surcharge bands be called.
Answer: The bands are numbered 1-4, as set out below:BandsThreshold (£m)Rate (£)1£2.0-£2.5£2,5002£2.5-£3.5£3,5003£3.5-5.0£5,0004£5+£7,500
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil Tax: ValuationTreasuryTabled 28 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95399More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the Valuation Office Agency’s estimate of the number of dwellings that will be in each higher value council tax surcharge band, in (a) England, and (b) each local authority in England.
Answer: Fewer than 1% of properties in England are expected to be above the £2 million threshold. VO will be conducting a valuation exercise using industry standard techniques to identify properties worth more than £2m in 2026. A public consultation on details re...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95398More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to paragraph 2.58 of the OBR, Economic and Fiscal Outlook, November 2025, CP1439, 26 November 2025, whether there is a government estimate of the cumulative net additions
Answer: I refer the Rt. hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 19066 on 20 December 2024
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness RatesTreasuryTabled 28 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95397More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to the publication of the draft Rating List of 26 November 2025, if he will publish the changes in average Rateable Values for each Special Category Code, compared to the previous Rating List, according to i
Answer: Statistics on changes in the rateable value of non-domestic properties as a result of the 2026 Revaluation and publication of the draft 2026 Rating List are published here: Change in rateable value of rating lists, 2026 Revaluation
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFilm: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 28 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95396More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when film studio relief on business rates will be applied in relation to the high-value supplement in 2026-27.
Answer: The creative industries play a key role in driving economic growth, contributing £124.6 billion to the economy in 2022, and supporting over 2 million jobs. At Budget 2025, the Government announced that it is maintaining the 40 per cent relief for eligible...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: VAT ExemptionsTreasuryTabled 28 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95395More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether local authorities will be able claim back VAT on private hire journeys for their SEND transport.
Answer: Local authorities have a duty to provide free transport from home to school for SEND pupils, in certain circumstances. This is a non-business activity for VAT and where a local authority purchases the services of private hire companies in order to fulfil ...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95394More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what number and proportion of housebuilding in the most recent year for which ONS holds figures was built in each constituent nation of the United Kingdom.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Rt. Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of the 28th November is attached.
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDeputy Prime Minister: Admiralty HouseCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95393More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 19 November 2025, to Question 89453, on Deputy Prime Minister: Admiralty House, what was the monetary value of the council tax bill issued to the Government by Westminster City Council
Answer: Admiralty House sits within Council Tax Band H and details of the bands, current Council Tax charges, additional premiums and published notices about Council Tax can be found at the following page: https://www.westminster.gov.uk/council-tax/council-tax-ba...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordMinisters: Official ResidencesCabinet OfficeTabled 28 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95392More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the high value council tax surcharge will be payable by Ministers in official Ministerial residences which are (a) occupied as a primary residence and (b) occupied as a secondary residence.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to PQ 95176.
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil Tax: SurchargesTreasuryTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95069More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the valuation of the high value council tax surcharge will be undertaken through the use of the Valuation Office Agency’s Automated Valuation Model; and what is the frequency by which the valuations will be
Answer: The Valuation Office Agency are developing their approach to the targeted revaluation and will set out more details in due course, following the outcome of the Government's consultation.
Answered 5 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness Rates: ValuationTreasuryTabled 27 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 95068More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether transitional relief will apply to the application of the high-value business rate multiplier in 2026-27.
Answer: At Budget 2025, the Government announced updated property values independently assessed by the Valuation Office. Revaluations ensure that the rateable values (RVs) of properties are updated in line with market changes, and that the tax rates adjust to ref...
Answered 5 Dec 2025
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