Kevin Hollinrake MP: written questions
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Political Parties: FinanceSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 4 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117775More
Question: To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Electoral Commission plans to ask political parties and regulated donees to declare donations over £500 made by cryptocu
Answer: If the market value in GBP of any cryptoasset received by a party or regulated donee is greater than £500, they must treat it as a donation and check the donor is permissible. If it is greater than the reporting threshold (£11,180), it must be reported to...
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPolitical Parties: FinanceSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 4 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117774More
Question: To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Electoral Commission has a list of the organisations currently registered as Members’ Associations.
Answer: The Electoral Commission does not hold a register of members associations, as there is no registration requirement for these groups. Members associations are subject to controls on the donations and loans they accept towards their political activities wit...
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordElections: FraudSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 4 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117773More
Question: To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what data the Electoral Commission holds on levels of electoral fraud, broken down by local authority area.
Answer: The Electoral Commission collects data on allegations of electoral fraud from all police forces across the UK, and publishes data on its website annually. Due to the way data is provided, it is broken down by police force, not by local authority. The Comm...
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordElections: FraudSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 4 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117772More
Question: To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what guidance the Electoral Commission has produced on treating in elections.
Answer: The Commission’s guidance for candidates and agents includes an overview of electoral offences. It sets out that a person is guilty of treating if either before, during or after an election they directly or indirectly give or provide any food, drink, ente...
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordApprentices: StandardsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 26 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116179More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will set out what criteria it use to determine which standards are considered appropriate and not appropriate for public funding.
Answer: The Government is transforming the apprenticeships levy into a new growth and skills levy, backed by an additional £725 million of investment, which will deliver greater flexibility to employers, more opportunities for young people and support the industr...
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordApprentices: StandardsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 26 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116178More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will publish (a) the list of all apprenticeship standards under review and (b) the impact assessment of any decisions to restrict or defund those standards.
Answer: The Government is transforming the apprenticeships levy into a new growth and skills levy, backed by an additional £725 million of investment, which will deliver greater flexibility to employers, more opportunities for young people and support the industr...
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordGrowth and Skills LevyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 26 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 116177More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if his Department will guarantee that apprenticeship standards aligned with the Government’s priority Industrial Strategy sectors (IS-8) will continue to be eligible for funding under the Growth and Ski
Answer: The Government is transforming the apprenticeships levy into a new growth and skills levy, backed by an additional £725 million of investment, which will deliver greater flexibility to employers, more opportunities for young people and support the industr...
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordBirds: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114971More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help protect seabird populations.
Answer: We have several policy delivery programmes that contribute to the protection and conservation of seabirds, supporting our mission on nature’s recovery. These include integrating seabird needs into our strategic marine spatial planning; management and revi...
Answered 27 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordBirds: StormsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114970More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of recent extreme winter storms on UK (a) Atlantic Puffins and (b) other seabird populations.
Answer: We have several policy delivery programmes that contribute to the protection and conservation of seabirds, supporting our mission on nature’s recovery. These include integrating seabird needs into our strategic marine spatial planning; management and revi...
Answered 27 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordAnimal Experiments: DogsHome OfficeTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114945More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what process the Regulator follows when determining that no scientifically satisfactory non-animal alternative exists for a proposed project involving dogs; and whether independent scientific advice f
Answer: The Home Office regulates the use of animals in science under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASPA). Under ASPA, applicants must demonstrate that they have fully applied the principles of Replacement, Reduction and Refinement (the 3Rs), incl...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAnimal Experiments: DogsHome OfficeTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114944More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many project licence applications involving the use of dogs under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 have been refused in each of the last five years on the grounds that a scientifically
Answer: The Home Office regulates the use of animals in science under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 (ASPA). All project licence applications must comply with the principles of Replacement, Reduction and Refinement (the 3Rs), ensuring that animals m...
Answered 4 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordGovernment: CryptoassetsTreasuryTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114894More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, through which (a) companies and (b) registries HM Government holds its crypto-assets.
Answer: Neither the Treasury nor central Government hold any cryptoassets. However, the Government recognises the transformative potential of cryptoassets and blockchain technologies to drive economic growth in the UK and increase efficiencies across financial ma...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordOffice for Budget ResponsibilityTreasuryTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114893More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will publish the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) forecasting schedule agreed between the OBR and her Department.
Answer: HM Treasury published the Budget Information Security Review on 9 February: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/budget-information-security-review. The review states that "The OBR will not publish the full forecast timetable ahead of the 2026 ...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic Houses: Rural AreasTreasuryTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114892More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Valuation Office Agency plans to amend rateable values for rural pubs in the context of proposed changes to drink driving thresholds.
Answer: Rateable values represent the annual rent a property could reasonably have been expected to achieve at the Antecedent Valuation Date (AVD), reflecting market evidence at that point in time. For the current 2023 rateable values the AVD is 1 April 2021, and...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordIndividual Savings AccountsTreasuryTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114891More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page 79 of the HM Budget 2025 Policy Costings, published in November 2025, for what reason the Exchequer Impact of the Cash ISA changes fluctuate from (a) £5 million in 2028-29 to (b) £35 million i
Answer: The figures set out on page 79 of the Budget 2025 Policy Costings document reflect the estimated Exchequer impact from a combination of savings tax changes. The savings measures covered are:Making the Help to Save scheme permanent from April 2027,Maintain...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: CorruptionTreasuryTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114890More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HMRC has issued guidance on (a) whether improper payments made to public officials are taxable for (i) Income Tax and (ii) National Insurance and (b) in what circumstances enforcement action should be taken
Answer: The income tax and National Insurance Contributions status of any payment made to an employee or a public official will depend on the specific facts and circumstances. Generally, where a payment is received because of a person’s employment or public offic...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPension FundsTreasuryTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114889More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to encourage investment in British equities by pension funds.
Answer: The government has taken forward an ambitious programme of reforms to boost UK markets, including overhauling the UK listing and prospectus rules to make it easier for firms to raise the capital they need to grow. In addition, the government has taken ste...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordTreasury: PayTreasuryTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114888More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2026 to Question 105915 on Katie Martin, for what reason she is unpaid; and how many and what proportion of (a) female and (b) male advisers to her Department are unpaid.
Answer: Katie Martin is a Business Adviser to the Chancellor, appointed as a Direct Ministerial Appointment. Direct Ministerial Appointments are generally unpaid, reflecting their part-time, advisory nature. HM Treasury currently has nine unpaid Direct Ministeria...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordOffice for Budget Responsibility: Public AppointmentsTreasuryTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114887More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the target date is for a new chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility to be in post.
Answer: HM Treasury launched a competitive external recruitment campaign for a new Chair of the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) on 20 February. The intention is that a new Chair is in post by the Budget later this year. While the Chair’s post is vacant, th...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordRevenue and Customs: HonoursTreasuryTabled 23 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114886More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Memorandum of Understanding: accessing HMRC information to assist honours committees in making recommendations about awarding honours to individuals, between Cabinet Office and HMRC, what were
Answer: The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreed between HMRC and the Cabinet Office on 19 October 2023 sets out the arrangements under which HMRC may disclose information to support the honours process. A review of the operation of the MoU took place on 29 N...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordTreasury: PublicityTreasuryTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113820More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2026 to Question 110416 on Government Departments: Publicity, whether there are plans for (a) HM Treasury or (b) HMRC to remove the HM reference in its public branding.
Answer: There are no plans for either HM Treasury or HMRC to remove the “HM” reference from their public branding.
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordNational Wealth Fund: PayTreasuryTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113819More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 4 November 2025 to Question 85189 on National Wealth Fund: Workplace Pensions, and with reference to page 19 of the UK Infrastructure Bank's document entitled Framework document, published
Answer: National Wealth Fund employees are subject to the Civil Service Pay guidance, including pay controls.
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordTreasury: EqualityTreasuryTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113818More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many (a) Valuation Office Agency and (b) HMRC staff by FTE are assigned to equality, diversity and inclusion roles.
Answer: (a) The Valuation Office Agency has 1 Full‑Time Equivalent staff assigned to equality, diversity and inclusion roles. (b) HMRC has 23.95 Full‑Time Equivalent staff assigned to equality, diversity and inclusion roles. Note: This reflects the PQ’s requireme...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic Houses: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113817More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2026 to Question 102817 on Public Houses: Business Rates, if he will provide a hyperlink to the requested information cross-referenced by each individual billing authority in Eng
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer given to Question UIN102817 on 13 January 2026 which provides a link to the published data available.
Answered 1 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS England: Trade UnionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 113816More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to page 92 of NHS England's annual report and accounts 2024-25, whether a Minister approved NHS England's spending on paid trade union activities.
Answer: The use of paid facility time for trade union duties and activities is a matter for NHS England as the employer. Trade union representatives are entitled to paid time for trade union duties and unpaid time for trade union activities by law under the Trade...
Answered 2 Mar 2026
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