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Josh Newbury MP: written questions

4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025

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Our reporting years run from 4 July to 3 July, starting with the 2024 general election. They are not official parliamentary sessions. Office costs keep IPSA’s April–March financial years. Records may cover only part of a year; a missing record does not mean no work was done.

Read what this MP said, asked and contributed in Parliament.

5 published records · newest first.

Written questions

  • Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Electric VehiclesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52718More

    Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of vehicles rented by her Department are electric vehicles.

    Answer: The Department makes use of the Government Car service, which provides vehicles to a number of Government departments. MHCLG does not hold information on the number of electric vehicles utilised.

    Answered 28 May 2025

    Original Parliament record
  • FiresMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49079More

    Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to develop a strategy for (a) preventing and (b) responding to wildfires.

    Answer: The Prime Minister announced in February 2025 that the Home Office’s fire functions would move to the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (MHCLG) from the 1 April 2025 under a machinery of government (MOG) change. This included its res...

    Answered 6 May 2025

    Original Parliament record
  • Planning: Health ServicesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22103More

    Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of making (a) Integrated Care Boards and (b) NHS trusts statutory consultees in the planning process.

    Answer: NHS and Integrated Care Boards are consultees on local plans. This helps ensure that local strategies to improve health and the provision of the required health infrastructure are considered upfront in plans and in planning decisions. There are no current...

    Answered 13 Jan 2025

    Original Parliament record
  • Leisure Centres: Government AssistanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10847More

    Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to help support local authorities to keep council-owned leisure centres open.

    Answer: The Government recognises the challenges local authorities are facing as demand increases for critical services. Resetting the relationship between national and local government and improving how local government is funded in this Parliament, are crucial ...

    Answered 1 Nov 2024

    Original Parliament record
  • Local Government: DevolutionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4064More

    Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what role (a) district and (b) borough councils will play in future devolution agreements.

    Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring that every part of England can rapidly benefit from devolution, moving power out of Westminster back to those who know their areas best. District councils are an important part of local government and should play an...

    Answered 11 Sept 2024

    Original Parliament record
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Written questions by answering department

4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025. One record per UIN and tabled date; the named department is not a measure of answer quality.

View as listAttorney General: 1Attorney General1Cabinet Office: 1Cabinet Office1Department for Business and Trade: 3Department for Business and Trade3Department for Culture, Media and Sport: 5Department for Culture, Media a…5Department for Education: 14Department for Education14Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: 13Department for Energy Security …13Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: 26Department for Environment, Foo…26Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: 2Department for Science, Innovat…2Department for Transport: 5Department for Transport5Department for Work and Pensions: 2Department for Work and Pensions2Department of Health and Social Care: 20Department of Health and Social…20Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: 1Foreign, Commonwealth and Devel…1Home Office: 6Home Office6Ministry of Defence: 1Ministry of Defence1Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: 5Ministry of Housing, Communitie…5Ministry of Justice: 1Ministry of Justice1Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority: 1Speaker's Committee for the Ind…1Treasury: 5Treasury5Women and Equalities: 1Women and Equalities1
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4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025. One record per UIN and tabled date; the named department is not a measure of answer quality. Published records do not measure effort or effectiveness. Methodology.
Department or topicPublished records
Attorney General1
Cabinet Office1
Department for Business and Trade3
Department for Culture, Media and Sport5
Department for Education14
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero13
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs26
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology2
Department for Transport5
Department for Work and Pensions2
Department of Health and Social Care20
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office1
Home Office6
Ministry of Defence1
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government5
Ministry of Justice1
Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority1
Treasury5
Women and Equalities1

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