James Cleverly MP: written questions 2025
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Visitor LevyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94193More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to the press release, "Levy on overnight trips will help mayors invest in local growth", of 25 November 2025, whether the overnight visitor levy will be levied only in ar
Answer: The Government has announced powers for Mayors to introduce a visitor levy on short-term overnight accommodation in their region, to drive economic growth including through support for the local visitor economy.The Visitor Levy Consultation, running until...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordVisitor LevyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94192More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to the press release, "Levy on overnight trips will help mayors invest in local growth", of 25 November 2025, whether the overnight visitor levy will be levied on (a) sho
Answer: The government proposes that all types of commercially-let short-term accommodation should be within scope of a visitor levy, including short-term holiday lets as well as hotels, guesthouses etc, subject to local decisions on the scheme. Further informati...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordVisitor LevyTreasuryTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94191More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2025, to Question 23941, on Tourism: Taxation, and further to the MHCLG press release, "Levy on overnight trips will help mayors invest in local growth", of 25 November 2025, wha
Answer: The Government keeps all tax policy under review. The Government’s number one mission is to kickstart economic growth, and devolving fiscal powers is critical to achieving this. Introducing powers to raise a visitor levy provides Mayors with a new lever t...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitality Industry: TaxationTreasuryTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94190More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government's press release entitled Levy on overnight trips will help mayors invest in local growth of 25 November 2025, what assessment she has made of the
Answer: The impacts of visitor levies will largely be determined by local decisions.Mayors will need to decide whether to implement a levy, and, if so, consult on specific proposals. Giving this power to local leaders who best understand their region enables them...
Answered 2 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordVisitor Levy: VATTreasuryTabled 25 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94189More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government's press release entitled Levy on overnight trips will help mayors invest in local growth, published on 25 November 2025, whether VAT will b
Answer: The design of the visitor levy is subject to consultation and decisions from Mayors about whether to introduce a levy and how it is implemented locally.
Answered 3 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordWarm Home Discount Scheme: Park HomesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 24 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93738More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has received feedback from local authorities administering the Warm Homes Grant on the difficulties of accessing park home sites for the purpose of retrofitting those p
Answer: Park homes are eligible for support under the Warm Home: Local Grant (WH:LG). Officials would welcome working closely with local authorities and their supply chains, who deliver the scheme, to unlock any issues and ensure support reaches eligible househol...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 19 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 92570More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, when he plans to reply to the correspondence from the Rt hon. Member for Braintree of 13 August 2025.
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade aims to respond to correspondence in 15 working days but in some instances it can take longer. The response to this case has now been issued and the department apologises for the length of time this has taken and are ...
Answered 1 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: RoadsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90725More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has a policy on the naming of new roads in housing developments supported by (a) Homes England's and (b) his Department’s housing schemes.
Answer: Street names are a local matter and are formally determined by the local authority for the area. Geoplace, an organisation created by local authorities and the Ordnance Survey, publishes guidance on how to go about naming new roads and streets.
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCombined Authorities: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90724More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the consultation outcome entitled Greater Essex devolution consultation, updated on 17 July 2025, how much funding his Department has allocated to the Mayoral C
Answer: As specified in the English Devolution White Paper, the 30-year investment fund remains a core part of the offer to Devolution Priority Programme areas, who will receive this funding on their creation. An announcement on funding for Greater Essex and the ...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordTravellers: Caravan SitesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90723More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of trends in the level of unauthorised traveller sites undertaking development on (a) weekends and (b) bank holidays to avoid Temporary Stop Not
Answer: It is for local planning authorities to determine whether to enforce against unauthorised development and to keep records of their enforcement activities. The government does not collect granular data on unauthorised development by type. We have published...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ReorganisationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90722More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2025 to Question 86231 on Local Government: Reorganisation, what his Department’s policy is on engaging with lobbying firms hired by local au
Answer: The Government and the Department policy is that any contact between civil servants and lobbyists should be conducted in accordance with the Civil Service Code and the principles of public life set out by the Nolan Committee.
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAffordable Housing: Shared Ownership SchemesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90721More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason the Right to Shared Ownership has been disapplied to rented homes funded by the Social and Affordable Homes Programme 2026 to 2036.
Answer: The Right to Shared Ownership, uptake of which has been very low, has been removed as a contractual condition of funding from the Social and Affordable Homes Programme 2026-36 to protect much needed social and affordable housing stock and to increase cert...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordTravellers: Caravan SitesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90720More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the trends in the number of unauthorised developments on land (a) owned by travellers and (b) not owned by travellers since July 2024.
Answer: It is for local planning authorities to determine whether to enforce against unauthorised development and to keep records of their enforcement activities. The government does not collect granular data on unauthorised development by type. We have published...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90719More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2025 to Question 85784 on Local Government Finance, which local authorities have submitted disposal flexibility requests and had them approve
Answer: The Flexible Use of Capital Receipts general direction was introduced in 2016 by the previous government and remains substantively unchanged. As set out in the general direction and guidance, local authorities intending to use the discretionary freedoms m...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Infrastructure Levy and Planning ObligationsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90718More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2025 to Question 84594 on Community Infrastructure Levy, if he will make it his policy to collate data on unspent (a) Section 106 and (b) Com
Answer: My Department is exploring proportionate and efficient ways of collecting and analysing data from Infrastructure Funding Statements, alongside other relevant sources of evidence. I also refer the Rt Hon. Member to the answer to Question UIN 54059 on 6 Jun...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAbsent Voting: British Nationals AbroadMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90717More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2025 to Question 86648 on Absent Voting: British Nationals Abroad, what steps his Department is taking to help support overseas electors in A
Answer: Pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2025 to UIN 86648 on Absent Voting: British Nationals Abroad, the Government is clear that all legitimate electors should be able and encouraged to participate in democracy. This includes overseas electors, who should ...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90716More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the written evidence submitted by the Home Office to the Home Affairs Select Committee inquiry on the Home Office's management of asylum accommodation, AAC0141,
Answer: This Government is committed to ending the use of asylum hotels. To support that goal, we are investing £500 million in a new, more sustainable asylum accommodation model, developed in consultation with local authorities. This will help make available bas...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ReorganisationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90715More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure that the formal legal names of new (a) strategic authorities and (b) unitary councils reflect (i) local identities and (ii)
Answer: The names of Strategic Authorities are decided in discussion with the constituent councils. While the Government has not asked for names of new unitary councils to be included in proposals, we have set out that councils are welcome to include names. The G...
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90714More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which local authorities are participating in asylum seeking housing pilots; and how much funding has been allocated to those pilots.
Answer: This Government is committed to ending the use of asylum hotels. To support that goal, we are investing £500 million in a new, more sustainable asylum accommodation model, developed in consultation with local authorities. This will help make available bas...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government Pension SchemeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90713More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department holds information on the number of employees in the Local Government Pension Scheme who make use of salary sacrifice arrangements.
Answer: The Local Government Pension Scheme is locally administered and the Department does not hold this data.
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordElections: Proof of IdentityMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90712More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 28 July 2025 to Question HL9659 on Elections: Proof of Identity, whether (a) basic bank accounts and (b) prepaid cards that do not require credit
Answer: Bank cards will be accepted as voter ID if they are issued by a UK-regulated bank and display the elector’s name. This includes cards issued with a basic bank account and prepaid cards that meet these requirements.
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Development: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90711More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 5 November 2025 to Question 85786 on Community Development: Finance, how much funding he plans to provide to each council.
Answer: The funding of councils through the Community Cohesion Resilience Programme is set out in my response to UIN 87321.
Answered 21 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: GleniganMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90710More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 5 November 2025 to Question 85795 on MHCLG: Glenigan, what planning metrics are provided to his Department by Glenigan.
Answer: Glenigan provide data on residential development sites and planning applications. Data fields include site dimensions, date application submitted, date application decided, decision outcome, number of proposed units, application type, site location, and p...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordShops: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90709More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 November 2025 to Question 85794 on Shops: Planning Permission, whether powers to block unwanted shops would apply to shops that are not otherwise long
Answer: The Government is introducing a number of powers to block unwanted shops that are not otherwise long-term empty. The Tobacco and Vapes Bill will provide powers for ministers to introduce a licensing scheme for the retail sale of tobacco, vaping, and nicot...
Answered 24 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordImmigration: English LanguageHome OfficeTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90708More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2025 to Question 85948 on Immigration: English Language, whether the English language requirements would apply to asylum seekers.
Answer: The English language requirements will not apply to asylum seekers. As a signatory to the Refugee Convention and the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), we are legally obliged to consider all asylum claims admitted to the UK asylum system and to c...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
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