Question follow-through · 110286
Waste Management
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to publish a revised National Planning Policy for Waste before May 2026.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
- Tabled
- 2 Feb 2026
- Target answer date
- 4 Feb 2026
- Answer
- 10 Feb 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Housing and planning
- Multiple Occupation · 3 Feb 2026
- Visitor Levy · 20 Feb 2026
- Social Rented Housing: Service Charges · 23 Feb 2026
- High Rise Flats: Insulation · 23 Feb 2026
- Street Wardens: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole · 25 Feb 2026
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Votes on this topic
- Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 10 Sept 2026
- Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 · 8 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
2 Feb 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to publish a revised National Planning Policy for Waste before May 2026.
4 Feb 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Feb 2026
Answer published
The government is currently consulting on a new National Planning Policy Framework that includes clearer, ‘rules based’ policies for decision-making and plan-making. The consultation will remain open for responses until 10 March 2026 and can be found on g...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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Multiple Occupation
3 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to restrict the number of House in Multiple Occupation developments in residential areas.
Visitor Levy
20 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of introducing a visitor levy in England on (a) visitor numbers and (b) local economies.
Social Rented Housing: Service Charges
23 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will meet with the Social Housing Action Campaign to discuss their concerns around service charges.
High Rise Flats: Insulation
23 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to support leaseholders in Poole constituency for remediation work to properties that is required following the Grenfell Tower fire.
Street Wardens: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
25 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has issued guidance to Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council on volunteer groups that patrol local streets.
Public Libraries: Opening Hours
3 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for her policies of the decline in council run library hours and what steps he is taking with local authorities to help
Public Libraries
3 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with local authorities on the potential impact of the increased use of unstaffed hours at community libraries on access to local library services.
Public Libraries: Staff
3 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking with local authorities to help increase pay for library workers.
Public Libraries
3 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking with local authorities to help increase access to local library services.
Public Libraries: Staff
3 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with local authorities on the potential impact of reductions in library staff numbers since 2010 on access to library services for the most vulnerable
Public Libraries: Opening Hours
3 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for her policies of UNISON research that indicated that library opening hours have decreased in England by 22% since 201
Buildings: Health
9 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on ensuring the revised National Planning Policy Framework supports national objectives to redu