Every parliamentary written question tabled by James Cleverly this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has made an estimate of how many local authorities in England have a reduction in core spending power in real terms in 2026-27, relative to 2025-26.
Core Spending Power for local authorities in England is set out in published data here, which includes the change in core spending power over the multi-year settlement period. The final 2026-27 Local Government Finance Settlement makes available £78 billi...
Communities and Local Government, what the timetable is for the implementation of his Department’s proposed reforms to the local government code of conduct.
The Government Response to the ‘Strengthening the standards and conduct framework for local authorities in England’ consultation, published 11 November 2025, states our intention to introduce legislation for a range of measures to create a clearer and con...
Communities and Local Government, for what reason the MHCLG press release, Right to Buy overhaul to safeguard social housing, released on 28 April 2026 was issued during the local government pre-election period.
My Department did not proactively issue a press release about Right to Buy reforms during the local government pre-election period. It did, however, publish a news story on gov.uk which can be found here. This provided a factual update about the scheme, w...
Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 13 April 2026 to Question 122206, on Environment Protection for what reason the relevant documents were not deposited before prorogation.
My Department deposited the Environmental Principles Assessment for the December 2024 National Planning Policy Framework and the 2026 to 2036 Affordable Housing Programme on 15 April 2026. The Library uploaded these documents on 17 April 2026 and they hav...
Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 20 April 2026 to Question 124793, on Social Cohesion Action Plan, whether (a) MEND, (b) CAGE, (c) MAB or (d) MCB submitted written evidence to the
The Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Working Group launched a Call for Evidence which closed on Sunday 20 July. It was open to the public and any individual or organisation was able to submit evidence.The department does not engage with MEND, CAGE, the Mus...
Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 18 March 2026 to Question 119518 on Polling Stations: Religious Buildings, who would determine which locations the mobile polling station would visit.
I refer the Rt Hon. Member to the answer given to UIN 119521 on 18 March 2026.
Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 10 April 2026 to Question 123196 on Local Government Finance, what is the monetary amount of the £200 million of funding that will no longer be al
I refer the Rt Hon. Member to the answer given to UIN 123196 on 1 April 2026.
Communities and Local Government, further to his letter to council leaders and others of 16 February 2026, on postponement of local elections in England in May 2026, for what reason the secondary legislation was
I refer the Rt Hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement made on 23 February 2026 (HCWS1349). It is a longstanding principle that government does not comment on or publish legal advice. The case the Rt Hon. Member refers to has now been concluded a...
Communities and Local Government, whether his department has undertaken, or plans to undertake, post-legislative assessment or research on the effect of the second homes council tax premium on local housing marke
It is for individual councils to decide whether to make use of council tax premiums based on their own local circumstances.
Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the Home Builders Federation publication, Rising costs making development unviable across swathes of the count
My Department has made no specific assessment of the publication in question. We recognise that viability challenges are affecting development projects across the country, with pressures particularly acute in some housing markets, and that the Middle East...
Communities and Local Government, whether his department collates statistics on planning enforcement appeals in relation to traveller sites.
The Planning Inspectorate collects data on planning enforcement appeals, including those relating to traveller sites. This information is publicly available on the Planning Inspectorate Casework Database on gov.uk here. This data is not routinely identifi...
Communities and Local Government, what assessment has he made of the adequacy of the governance of Birmingham City Council following the May 2026 local elections, and whether he plans to amend his Best Value inte
The Council has a new administration in place, and Commissioners will continue to support the Council on its improvement journey towards complying with the Best Value Duty. My department will continue to engage regularly with the Council and Commissioners...
Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 19 March 2026 to Question 120057 on council tax, what information his Department provides to the Office for Budget Responsibility to inform its fo
The Department provides the Office for Budget Responsibility with a five-year forecast of council tax receipts. This includes estimates of total taxbase and England average band D council tax levels.
Communities and Local Government, with reference to the press release Red tape slashed to revamp high streets with new cafes and bars of 26 July 2025, what steps he is taking to create hospitality zones.
The government notes that creating designated night-time economy and hospitality zones can deliver wide-ranging benefits that benefit businesses including through use of licensing and planning measures. We are working with other government departments to ...
Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 20 April 2026 to Question 124681 on Affordable Housing: Vistry Group, if he will list the milestones and delivery targets set by Homes England for
I refer the Rt. Hon Member to the answer given to Question UIN 124681 on 20 April 2026.
Communities and Local Government, what amount and proportion of the new Affordable Housing Programme will be allocated to providing traveller sites.
Allocations under the Social and Affordable Homes Programme (SAHP) will be subject to the bids received. Proposals for Traveller Pitches will be assessed against the SAHP assessment criteria: value for money, deliverability and strategic fit. The specific...
Communities and Local Government, what the estimated profile of central government spending is for each year of the Social and Affordable Housing Programme 2026-2036.
I refer the Rt Hon. Member to the answer given to question UIN 60128 on 4 July 2025.
Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2026 to Question 453 on Council Tax, if he will place the new burdens assessment in the Library.
The government will publish the outcome of this new burdens assessment on GOV.UK as it has done for previous new burdens assessments.
Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2026 to Question 187 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Departmental Responsibilities, whether he was accompanied by a spe
He was, in line with the practice of successive administrations.
Communities and Local Government, what proportion of (a) remediation applications and (b) new build applications are rejected by the Building Safety Regulator.
The Building Safety Regulator publishes Gateway 2 building control data on a monthly basis which can be found here. At Gateway 2 the Building Safety Regulator rejected 10% of validated new build applications and 21% of validated remediation applications o...