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Elections: Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 114 of the policy paper entitled Restoring trust in our democracy: Our strategy for modern and secure elections, published on 17 July 2024, what types

answeredMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

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Answering body
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Tabled
10 Oct 2025
Target answer date
14 Oct 2025
Answer
20 Oct 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 114 of the policy paper entitled Restoring trust in our democracy: Our strategy for modern and secure elections, published on 17 July 2024, what types

  2. 14 Oct 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 20 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    The Electoral Commission currently lacks an explicit statutory gateway to share information with other regulators and enforcement authorities. At present, the Commission relies on other organisations’ statutory gateways or Memorandums of Understanding whe...

Open official record

Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

Later records

Possible follow-up questions

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Housing: Greater London

14 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the causes of the decline in the number of houses delivered in London this year.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Building Safety Regulator

14 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress his Department has made on clearing the backlog caused by the Building Safety Regulator since 30 June 2025.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

High Rise Flats: Construction

14 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many homes would have been delivered in buildings waiting for Gateway 2 approval from the Building Safety Regulator for (a) over 12 weeks, (b) over 26 weeks, (c) over 52 week

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

High Rise Flats: Construction

14 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, on average how many hours are spent reviewing (a) a successful and (b) an unsuccessful application for Gateway 2 approval from the Building Safety Regulator.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

High Rise Flats: Construction

14 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, on average how many days it takes for the Building Safety Regulator to approve a successful Gateway 2 application.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

High Rise Flats: Construction

14 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the average number of pages is that an applicant submits to achieve Gateway 2 clearance from the Building Safety Regulator.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

High Rise Flats: Construction

14 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department provides to developers on the level of information required to satisfy Gateway 2 approval for an application to the Building Safety Regulator.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Members: Correspondence

21 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to respond to the letter of 14 July 2025 from the hon. Member for Thirsk and Malton on publication of councillors’ home addresses.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Peatlands: Controlled Burning

22 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the Chief Fire Adviser on the potential impact of the (a) ban on controlled heather burning on and (b) definition of deep peat on the risk of wil

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Flags

24 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the reasons for which some people put flags on lampposts in the summer.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Political Parties: Finance

24 Oct 2025 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 29 August 2025 to Question 68415 on Political Parties: Finance, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals relating to donors raising funds