James Cleverly MP: written questions
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Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition Working GroupMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20372More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's Freedom of Information Act response FOI2026/17558 of 20 July 2026, on what date the Department deleted the responses to the Call for Evidence o
Answer: The Call for Evidence was undertaken to support the independent Working Group on a definition of anti-Muslim hostility. The information collected through the exercise contained personal and special category data. The published Privacy Notice in the Call f...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordVisitor Levy: Greater ManchesterMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20371More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Greater Manchester Combined Authority will be able to levy the overnight visitor levy in addition to the current Business Rate Improvement District levy on hotels and
Answer: The Government is considering responses received to the consultation on the Overnight Visitor Levy, which closed on 18 February 2026, and will publish its formal response in due course. The precise design and scope of the levy remain under consideration. ...
Answered 4 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPopulation StudiesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20370More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her department’s official statistics publication. Community and Engagement Survey 2025/26: neighbourhood, of 31 July 2026, Table D26: Not a strong sense of belo
Answer: The Community Engagement Survey data tables cross-tabulate most questions by a wide range of demographics collected in the survey – including sex, gender identity and sexual orientation. Demographic data enables us to identify differences and changes over...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordVoting Methods: Local GovernmentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20369More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what is the timetable for councils to bid for a 2027 local election pilot; and whether this will include piloting mobile polling stations.
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon Member to the timetable in the published Flexible voting pilots 2027: Prospectus.The Government has no plans to publish the 2026 prospectus and no plans to place the 2027 prospectus in the Libraries of either House.Applications to pilot...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSocial Housing BillMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 20368More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Regulatory Policy Committee, RPC opinion: impact of Social Housing Bill, published 31 July 2026, what steps is the department taking to address the 'red' an
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordRented Housing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 20367More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has (a) the Department and (b) Homes England made of the number of homes being provided by the Build to Rent sector since July 2024..
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 20366More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what is the most recent assessment of the timeline for delivering the Government’s 1.5 million new homes target; and whether, following the change in Prime Minister, this target
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordChinese Embassy: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 20365More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 20 April 2026, to Question 124753, on Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission, whether (a) her department or (b) the Planning Inspectorate hold a cop
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordCombined AuthoritiesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20364More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans the Government has to amend the borders and structures of (a) police forces, (b) fire and rescue services, and (c) integrated care boards, to align with those of mayor
Answer: The Rewiring the State Cabinet Statement set out Government’s intent to align key public service boundaries with strategic authority geographies. This will include new local police units aligning with local authorities, and regional police forces, fire an...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordCouncil TaxMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20363More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the blog, MHCLG in the Media, "Misleading claims on council tax", 31 July 2026, what is the basis that the MHCLG estimates given to the OBR on council tax recei
Answer: The England Level Council Tax Forecast to 2030-31 is based on estimates of the council tax levels that councils may set between 2026-27 and 2030-31. As councils have not yet set council tax levels for future years, these figures are estimates based on ref...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordUnitary CouncilsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20362More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information her Department holds on public support for unitary local government restructuring statutory proposals.
Answer: A summary and analysis of consultation responses for areas undergoing local government reorganisation where decisions have been announced is available here. The Government has no plans to publish all of the responses received. On local government reorgani...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordSleeping Rough: Foreign NationalsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20361More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of the number and proportion of rough sleepers in (a) London and (b) England who are foreign nationals.
Answer: The government publishes rough sleeping management information, including data on the nationality of people sleeping rough, how many people sleeping rough have left the armed forces within the last 85 days and the number of people sleeping rough over the ...
Answered 17 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordCouncil Tax: SurchargesTreasuryTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20360More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, further to the closed consultation, High Value Council Tax Surcharge, published 19 May 2026, what is her planned timetable for responding to the consultation.
Answer: The Government has set out plans to introduce the High Value Council Tax Surcharge, which will increase fairness within the system.The Government has consulted on the design of the High Value Council Tax Surcharge, including on a deferral scheme to suppor...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: ExpenditureMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20359More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information her Department holds centrally approved new spending on property, advertising, consultancy, technology and commercial.
Answer: MHCLG holds information relating to new spending proposals that are subject to departmental approval processes, including in areas such as property, advertising, consultancy, technology and commercial activity. The information held will vary depending on ...
Answered 10 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordBritish Nationals Abroad: Electoral RegisterMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20358More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to support overseas British citizens to register to vote as part of the processing for applying or reviewing their British passport.
Answer: The Government is committed to introducing a more automated approach to electoral registration over the coming years and is actively exploring ways to do so. We intend to test a range of new automated approaches that make better use of data and make the p...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordCouncil Tax: SurchargesTreasuryTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20357More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed council tax surcharge on the freeholder on (a) the cost of a leasehold property, (b) the value of a freehold, and (c) the cost of enfranchise
Answer: The Government has set out plans to introduce the High Value Council Tax Surcharge, which will increase fairness within the system.The OBR has published further detail relating to HVCTS revenue forecasts, including impact on house prices, non-payment rate...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordLocal Government Finance: StatisticsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20356More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the publication, Core Spending Power table: provisional local government finance settlement 2026 to 2029, updated December 2025, has the status of an official or regulate
Answer: Core Spending Power table: provisional is not an official statistic. This publication is part of the Local Government Finance Settlement collection to provide a measure of the resources available to local authorities to fund service delivery and aid inter...
Answered 9 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordCouncil TaxMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20355More
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, where (a) police, (b) fire, (c) social care, (d) GLA / combined authority mayoral, council tax precepts
Answer: The technical annex on the resources adjustment published at the final Local Government Finance Settlement 2026-27 sets out how the band D equivalent council tax base is calculated (Technical annex on the Resources Adjustment (measure of tax base) - GOV.U...
Answered 9 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordCouncil TaxMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20354More
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, of 9 February 2026, what is the assumed
Answer: The department does not make such a comparison.
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordCouncil TaxMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20353More
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, what was the methodological basis for increasing the notional council tax level by 4.9% in each of 2027-
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon Member to the answer given to Question UIN 5955 on 10 June 2026 for further detail on the methodology of Notional Council Tax and the Resources Adjustment.
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordCouncil Housing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 20352More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to the answer of 4 August 2026, to Question HL2419, on Council Housing: Construction, what is the level of council housebuilding in each year since World War 2 by which t
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordCouncil Housing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Aug 2026Awaiting answerUIN 20351More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to the answer of 4 August 2026, to Question HL2419, on Council Housing: Construction, what is the metric and target by which the biggest council housebuilding programme s
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordMayoral Data CouncilMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20350More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what are the current work streams of the Mayoral Data Council.
Answer: The Mayoral Data Council (MDC) brings together senior data leaders from Mayoral Strategic Authorities (MSAs) to improve how data is used, shared and developed across all layers of government. It provides a collective voice for MSAs on national data issues...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordCouncil Tax: SurchargesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20349More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether (a) local councils or (b) mayoral combined authorities will retain any of the tax receipts from the council tax surcharge.
Answer: Billing authorities will collect this revenue on behalf of central government – they will be fully compensated for the additional costs of administering this new tax. Revenue will be used to support funding for local government services, with further deta...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: Disclosure of InformationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 20348More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to The Seventh National Action Plan for Open Government (NAP7): Analysis of initial evidence gathering, published on 4 August 2026, for what reason the proposals on stren
Answer: The call for evidence for the Seventh National Action Plan for Open Government (NAP7) was undertaken by Cabinet Office to assess the potential for the co-creation of open government commitments, but did not adopt any specific policy proposals, and the dev...
Answered 16 Sept 2026
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