Neil Shastri-Hurst MP: written questions

4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026

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Written questions

PlanningMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114408More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish a definition of a significant adverse impact in the context of the National Planning Policy Framework.
Answer: The government is currently consulting on a new National Planning Policy Framework that includes clearer, more rules-based policies for decision-making and plan-making. We will consider any and all suggestions made in response to the consultation, includi...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
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Aerials: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100572More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answers of 15 December 2025 to Questions 98222, 98223, 98224, and 98225, what steps his Department is taking to monitor the accuracy of ICNIRP self-certification
Answer: My Department does not monitor ICNIRP self-certification.
Answered 5 Jan 2026
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Council Tax: Foster CareMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95807More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of exempting foster carers from Council Tax in whole or in part.
Answer: Local authorities are responsible for the administration of council tax and have discretionary powers to apply exemptions or council tax discounts. This could include offering discounts to foster carers where they consider this appropriate. The Government...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
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Social Rented Housing: VeteransMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76447More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that local authorities are implementing the changes introduced in November 2024 to exempt all veterans from local connection require
Answer: The Allocation of Housing (Qualification Criteria for Armed Forces) (England) (Amendment) Regulations, which came into force in December 2024, mean that local authorities are no longer allowed to apply local connection tests to veterans of the Regular Arm...
Answered 19 Sept 2025
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Attorney General	13
Cabinet Office	2
Department for Business and Trade	1
Department for Education	10
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero	4
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs	5
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology	6
Department for Transport	1
Department for Work and Pensions	2
Department of Health and Social Care	19
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office	13
Home Office	14
Ministry of Defence	33
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government	4
Ministry of Justice	14
Treasury	7

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