James Cleverly MP: written questions 2025
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Council TaxTreasuryTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99866More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Valuation Office Agency's Council Tax: practice notes, Basis of Valuation- Valuation Assumptions, Section 4.3: Tenure, what estimate the Agency has made of the average difference between sale p
Answer: The Valuation Office Agency values properties in line with legislation. It is not required to provide estimates relating to the difference between sales prices and Council Tax valuations to carry out this work.
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil Tax: Charging PointsTreasuryTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99865More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether an Electric Vehicle chargepoint within the curtilage of a domestic dwelling is deemed to be a material consideration by the Valuation Office Agency when a property is valued or revalued for council tax, incl
Answer: The Valuation Office Agency considers a range of factors when valuing domestic properties, including property attribute details, sales data, and the valuations of similar properties.
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness RatesTreasuryTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99864More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what her planned timetable is for business rate bills to be issued for 2026-27; and what is the timetable for appeals against the new draft valuations published on 25 November 2025.
Answer: Local councils are responsible for the timing and issuing of business rates bills, typically these are sent in February or March for the following tax year. New valuations cannot be formally challenged until they come into force on 1 April 2026. Until the...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness RatesTreasuryTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99863More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Valuation Office Agency's publication, VOA rating list downloads, whether the Unique Address Reference Number matches individual hereditaments on the 2026 draft non-domestic rating list with th
Answer: All properties in the rating list are assigned a Unique Address Reference Number (UARN). The UARN for each property is the same between both lists and will continue into the compiled list, due to come into effect on 1 April 2026.
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness Rates: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99862More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the estimated annual cost is of the retail, hospitality and leisure multiplier in 2026-27; and how many hereditaments will be eligible in England.
Answer: At the Budget, the VOA announced updated property values from the 2026 revaluation. This revaluation is the first since Covid, which has led to significant increases in rateable values for some properties as they recover from the pandemic. To support with...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness Rates: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99861More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, which Valuation Office Agency special category code hereditaments are eligible for the 2026-27 Retail, Hospitality and Leisure multipliers.
Answer: VOA Special Category codes do not determine eligibility for RHL multipliers. Local authorities are responsible for administering the business rates multipliers for qualifying Retail, Hospitality and Leisure properties.
Answered 23 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness RatesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99860More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the letter entitled 5/2025: Confirmation of Budget package and the Non-Domestic Rating Multipliers for 2026/2027, of 26 November 2025, whether the calculation o
Answer: The 2026 Supporting Small Business Relief Scheme provides support for ratepayers losing certain reliefs including the current 40% relief for Retail, Hospitality and Leisure. This means most properties seeing increases will see them capped at 15% or less n...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ReorganisationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99859More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 16 September 2025 to Question 75987 on Local Government: Reorganisation, whether he has a policy on the area that Charter Trustees should cover.
Answer: Government policy is to work with local leaders to ensure ceremonial rights are maintained through local government reorganisation.Charter trustees are one of the mechanisms available. Their role is simply to protect ceremonial rights and civic traditions...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncillors: ConductMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99503More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the consultation response entitled Strengthening the standards and conduct framework for local authorities in England – consultation results and government resp
Answer: The mandatory code the government intends to introduce as part of the full reform of the local government standards and conduct framework will ensure that every elected member in England is clear what standard of conduct and behaviour is demanded of them ...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99502More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 14 November 2025 to Question HL11495 on Housing: Construction, whether the net additional dwellings metric will include communal accommodation.
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 78186 on 20 October 2025.
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPride in Place Programme: WalesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99501More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has received representations from (a) the Welsh Government and (b) members of the Welsh Senedd over the use of the Internal Market Act 2020 to deliver the Pride in Pla
Answer: I recently wrote to the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government in the Welsh Government to express my commitment to greater collaboration between the UK and Welsh Governments on areas of shared interest.In Wales, we have set out the requirement...
Answered 23 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordNational IdentityMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99500More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 17 November 2025 to Question 87327 on National Identity, whether he is taking steps to promote (a) Britishness and (b) Englishness.
Answer: MHCLG is co-ordinating cross-Government efforts to consider a longer-term, more strategic approach to social cohesion. The Prime Minister has made clear that he is proud of our flag, which represents our history, our heritage, and our values; it is a grea...
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPlanning Permission: ApplicationsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99499More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 17 November 2025, to Question 87785, on Planning Permission: Applications, whether (a) supporters and (b) objectors to a planning application proposed b
Answer: Post-inquiry representations are listed in the decision letter issued for any called-in planning application and are available on request after the decision is published. There is no statutory requirement to publish representations received in relation to...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordAffordable Housing: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99498More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the oral answer of 24 November 2025, Official Report, on Social and Affordable Housing: South Shields, to the Hon Member for Orpington, what the value of that grant i
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 60128 on 4 July 2025.
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Remote WorkingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99497More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2025, to Question 87319, and to the Answer of 19 June 2025 to Question 58975 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Remot
Answer: The Department regularly monitors Office Attendance for its employees and is able to assess utilisation of available capacity in its offices.
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCamping SitesDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 12 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99496More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department holds data on the number of recreational campsites in England.
Answer: DCMS recognises the significant value campsites and holiday parks provide in supporting our rural and coastal economies and their contribution to the wider visitor economy.Whilst DCMS has not conducted a formal assessment of the number of recreational cam...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil Tax: SurchargesTreasuryTabled 12 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99495More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the council tax bands, banding thresholds and multipliers for the new council tax surcharge will be set in (a) primary or (b) secondary legislation.
Answer: The government expects that the implementation of the High Value Council Tax Surcharge (HVCTS) will require both primary and secondary legislation.
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: Building AlterationsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99494More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the (a) planning application success rate and (b) the number of planning appeals being considered by the Planning Inspectorate relating to mansard
Answer: My Department does not collect data on planning applications or planning appeals relating specifically to mansard roof extensions.
Answered 7 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordLocal Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99493More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 24 November 2025, to Question 90719, on Local Government Finance, further to the figures listed for 2024-25 and 2025-26, which local authorities have ha
Answer: The Flexible Use of Capital Receipts general direction was introduced in 2016 by the previous government and remains substantively unchanged. As in previous years, the government does not approve specific use of the flexibility.
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordTemporary Accommodation: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99492More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to the Local Authority Housing Fund: Round 4 prospectus and guidance, of 19 November 2025, what is the profile of the spending in each year; and what is the profile of co
Answer: The £950 million fourth round of Local Authority Housing Fund will primarily support local authorities in England to increase the supply of better-quality temporary accommodation and drive down the use of Bed and Breakfasts for families with children.It w...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: Public RelationsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99491More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the letter from the Minister for Local Government and Homelessness to council leaders on the local government publicity code, dated 19 November 2025, whether lo
Answer: The Publicity Code provision at paragraph 26 under the heading of the “appropriate use of publicity” principle states local authorities should not incur any expenditure in retaining the services of lobbyists for the purpose of the publication of any mater...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAffordable Housing: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99490More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 12 November 2025 to Question 87323 on Affordable Housing: Expenditure, how much has been budgeted for the affordable housing programme in 2025-26.
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 60128 on 4 July 2025.
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordBusiness Rates: Tax AllowancesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99207More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to publish a plain English guide to transitional relief and supporting small business relief.
Answer: Support for those facing increases in business rates bills at the 2026 revaluation is provided by the Transitional Relief Scheme and the Supporting Small Business Relief Scheme.Transitional Relief is calculated from a base liability of the 2025/26 bill be...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordNew Towns: AdlingtonMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99206More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what consultation the New Homes Taskforce has undertaken on the proposed Adlington New Town.
Answer: No such Taskforce exists.
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordAffordable Housing: AsylumMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99205More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the written statement of 11 November 2025, on the Social and Affordable Housing Programme, whether the scheme will support the provision of housing to asylum seekers.
Answer: The Social and Affordable Homes Programme will not be used to provide accommodation for asylum seekers.
Answered 7 Jan 2026
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