Written questions by Morton.

What discussions he has had with online marketplaces and retailers on preventing the sale of nitrous oxide canisters where there are reasonable grounds to suspect they are intended for unlawful recreational use.

Awaiting answer.

What assessment she has made of the availability of nitrous oxide canisters through social media platforms and online marketplaces; and what discussions she has had with those platforms on removing content promoting their unlawful recreational use.

Awaiting answer.

What guidance her Department has issued to police forces on the enforcement of offences relating to nitrous oxide; and whether she plans to update that guidance.

Awaiting answer.

What assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the prohibition on nitrous oxide in reducing anti-social behaviour associated with its misuse.

Awaiting answer.

Food and Rural Affairs, what total funding has been allocated to each local authority in England through the Packaging Extended Producer Responsibility scheme; whether that funding is required to be ringfenced for waste collection and recycling services; what mechanisms are in place to monitor expenditure; and what assessment she has made of whether the funding has been used for the purposes for which it was intended.

Awaiting answer.

Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the administrative cost of operating the Packaging Extended Producer Responsibility scheme to (a) Government, (b) PackUK, (c) local authorities and (d) obligated producers; what assessment she has made of the accuracy of producer data submitted during the first year of the scheme; and what steps she is taking to improve the accuracy of future fee calculations.

Awaiting answer.

What recent estimate she has made of the prevalence of nitrous oxide misuse among people aged (a) under 18, (b) 18 to 24 and (c) over 24 years.

Awaiting answer.

What assessment she has made of the extent to which retailers continue to sell nitrous oxide canisters for unlawful recreational use; and what steps her Department is taking to prevent such sales.

Awaiting answer.

Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the additional water storage capacity that will be required in the West Midlands over the next 20 years to meet projected population growth and climate change pressures.

Awaiting answer.

Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to increase water storage capacity in the West Midlands through the construction of new reservoirs or other strategic water infrastructure.

Awaiting answer.

Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging scheme on businesses in (a) reducing the level of unnecessary packaging, (b) increasing the level of recyclable materials and (c) increasing the redesign of products to improve the recyclability; and if she will set out the evidence used to make those assessments.

Awaiting answer.

Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the proportion of the Government’s target of 1.5 million new homes that will be delivered on (a) previously developed land, (b) greenfield land within settlements, (c) greenfield land outside settlements, (d) Green Belt land released through local plans and (e) Grey Belt land.

Awaiting answer.

Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of local planning authorities which will meet the housing requirements generated by the revised standard method; what estimate he has made of the number of authorities which will meet the Housing Delivery Test or five-year housing land supply requirements; and whether he has assessed the impact this would have on the number of speculative planning applications determined under the presumption in favour of sustainable development.

Awaiting answer.

Communities and Local Government, what guidance he has issued on accountability where planning decisions are delegated to officers; whether planning officers will be required to publish written reasons for delegated decisions in all cases; what right (a) applicants, (b) ward councillors and (c) members of the public will have to request elected member consideration; and what assessment he has made of the adequacy of democratic oversight in the new arrangements.

Awaiting answer.

Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the reduction in the number of planning applications considered by elected planning committees as a result of the Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025; and what assessment he has made of the impact of this on the role of elected councillors in determining planning applications.

Awaiting answer.

Communities and Local Government, what circumstances will permit an application that would otherwise be delegated to a planning officer to be referred to a planning committee; what role ward councillors will have in requesting such referrals; and what assessment he has made of the consistency of those arrangements across local planning authorities.

Awaiting answer.

Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of whether the revised National Planning Policy Framework will increase the number of planning permissions granted before supporting infrastructure is delivered; what assessment he has made of the likely impact on (a) GP surgeries, (b) school places, (c) highways capacity and (d) water infrastructure; and whether he intends to require infrastructure to be delivered before the occupation of new housing developments.

Awaiting answer.

Communities and Local Government, whether local planning authorities will be required to publish data on (a) the number of applications determined by officers, (b) the number determined by planning committees, (c) applications referred to committee but refused permission to do so and (d) the reasons why applications were not considered by elected members.

Awaiting answer.

Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of (a) the National Scheme of Delegation on progress towards the Government’s target of delivering 1.5 million homes and (b) a reduction in the number of planning applications determined by elected planning committees on local democratic input into housing development.

Awaiting answer.

Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the draft National Planning Policy Framework on the capacity of local planning authorities to refuse planning applications that conflict with locally adopted planning policies; whether he expects National Decision-Making Policies to take precedence over locally adopted development management policies in practice; and if he will publish that assessment.

Awaiting answer.