Kevin Hollinrake MP: written questions
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Civil Service: ApprenticesCabinet OfficeTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108687More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to promote entry-level apprenticeships in the civil service.
Answer: This government remains committed to apprenticeships as one pathway to break down barriers to opportunity. On 20th August we launched the application window for a new cross-Government Level 3 apprenticeship programme in Business Administration, The ‘Civil...
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordCivil Service: ApprenticesCabinet OfficeTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108686More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment has been made of the reasons for the reduction in the number of Level 2 and Level 3 civil service apprenticeships since 2022.
Answer: This government remains committed to apprenticeships as one pathway to break down barriers to opportunity. It is for individual departments to identify the need and assess effectiveness of apprenticeships, including the use of level 2 and 3 apprenticeship...
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordCivil Service: ApprenticesCabinet OfficeTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108685More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment has been made of the reasons for the reduction in the number of civil service apprentices since 2022.
Answer: This government remains committed to apprenticeships as one pathway to break down barriers to opportunity. It is for individual departments to identify the need and assess effectiveness of apprenticeships, including the use of level 2 and 3 apprenticeship...
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPress: MisconductDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108684More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 25 April 2025 to Question 45800 on Press: Misconduct, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that arbitration schemes operated by press regulators are availa
Answer: The UK has a self-regulatory system for the press, which is independent from Government. This is vital to ensure the public has access to accurate and trustworthy information from a range of different sources. The Government therefore does not intervene i...
Answered 4 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordForeign Influence Registration Scheme: ChinaHome OfficeTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108683More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2025 to Question 79231 on Foreign Influence Registration Scheme, what her planned timetable is for determining whether to include China in the enhanced tier of the
Answer: As set out in the National Security Act 2023, the Secretary of State may make a specification under the enhanced tier of the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme (FIRS) where they consider it is reasonably necessary to do so to protect the safety or inte...
Answered 4 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordAdmiralty House: Council TaxCabinet OfficeTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108682More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether a job-related second homes council tax discount was claimed at any point during the occupancy of the former Deputy Prime Minister in Admiralty House.
Answer: A job-related second homes council tax discount has not been claimed for the period of occupancy of the former Deputy Prime Minister in Admiralty House.
Answered 10 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordChinese Embassy: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108681More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 22 January 2025 to Question 23786 on Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission, how many clarification meetings have taken place with other developers on oth
Answer: Clarification meetings do not routinely take place with developers on planning applications. However, pre-application engagement occurs on some applications made directly to the Secretary of State. These, and all, planning applications are subject to plan...
Answered 5 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordEquitable Life Assurance Society: CompensationTreasuryTabled 21 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107391More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much of the funding allocated for compensating Equitable Life With-Profits Annuitants has been spent up to and including 2024-25; and how much was forecast to be spent on both a cash and discounted basis.
Answer: The previous Conservative Government allocated £1.5 billion to the Equitable Life Payment Scheme. Before it ceased operations in 2016, the Scheme had issued £1.12 billion in tax-free payments to nearly 933,000 policyholders. The remainder of the £1.5 bill...
Answered 29 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordTenancy Deposit Schemes: DatabasesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107075More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether tenancy deposit scheme data will be made available under the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025.
Answer: The use of data collected by Tenancy Deposit Protection (TDP) schemes is governed by the Housing Act 2004 and the individual data sharing agreements with providers. Details of the purpose of data collection, and where and how TDP data is shared with other...
Answered 28 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordRents: Disclosure of InformationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107074More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, under the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025, what assessment the Government has made of the availability for controlled access or publication of rental price data held by the statut
Answer: The use of data collected by Tenancy Deposit Protection (TDP) schemes is governed by the Housing Act 2004 and by the individual data sharing agreements in place with each scheme provider. My Department has not undertaken a detailed assessment of options f...
Answered 28 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordRents: AppealsMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107073More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the Government will publish data on market rent determinations, tribunal volumes, decision times and outcomes following implementation of the Renters’ Rights Act 2025.
Answer: Currently HM Courts and Tribunals Services (HMCTS) publish quarterly data on the Residential Property Chamber.HMCTS is reviewing the data captured, drawn and published from the supporting systems for the Tribunal as part of preparations for the Renters’ R...
Answered 30 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordRents: AppealsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107072More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government has modelled any increase in contingent liabilities arising from changes to rent review certainty under the Renters’ Rights Act 2025.
Answer: My Department engages regularly with build to rent operators and other stakeholders from the sector in relation to the reforms that we are making to the private rented sector and will continue to do so to ensure the successful implementation of the Renter...
Answered 28 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordRented Housing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107071More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment the Government has made of the potential impact of the rent review provisions in the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 on the risk profile of loans supported by Government
Answer: My Department engages regularly with build to rent operators and other stakeholders from the sector in relation to the reforms that we are making to the private rented sector and will continue to do so to ensure the successful implementation of the Renter...
Answered 28 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordRented Housing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107070More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what Government-backed loan guarantees or financing facilities currently support lending to the build-to-rent sector.
Answer: The government‘s £3.5 billion Private Rented Sector Guarantee Scheme (PRSGS) was reopened in March 2025 to new applicants for another three years and makes loan guarantees available for Build-to-Rent operators to support housebuilding Build to Rent operat...
Answered 28 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordRents: AppealsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107069More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had with lenders on assessing the potential impact of changes to rent review mechanics in the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 on loan availability, loan-t
Answer: My Department engages regularly with build to rent operators and other stakeholders from the sector in relation to the reforms that we are making to the private rented sector and will continue to do so to ensure the successful implementation of the Renter...
Answered 28 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordRents: AppealsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107068More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of rent review provisions in the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 on the valuation methodology of build-to-rent developments where f
Answer: My Department engages regularly with build to rent operators and other stakeholders from the sector in relation to the reforms that we are making to the private rented sector and will continue to do so to ensure the successful implementation of the Renter...
Answered 28 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordRents: AppealsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107067More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of rent review provisions in the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 on the viability and future pipeline of build-to-rent developments
Answer: My Department engages regularly with build to rent operators and other stakeholders from the sector in relation to the reforms that we are making to the private rented sector and will continue to do so to ensure the successful implementation of the Renter...
Answered 28 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordRents: AppealsMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107066More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the average cost of determining a market rent application; and what the projected annual cost is following implementation of the Renters’ Rights Act 2025.
Answer: It is not currently possible to identify the cost of determining a market rent application. This is one of several types of case heard by the Residential Property Tribunal and currently costs are not apportioned to individual case types. We are working cl...
Answered 30 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordRents: AppealsMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107065More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many additional (a) judges and (b) valuers have been recruited in advance of the implementation of the rent review provisions in the Renters’ Rights Act 2025.
Answer: Judges, salaried regional surveyors (valuers), and fee paid valuers assigned to the First Tier Tribunal (FTT) Property Chamber can hear any case type in the Chamber, including rent determinations. The number of judges in post as of 1 April 2025 assigned t...
Answered 30 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordRents: AppealsMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107064More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an estimate of the number of (a) judges and (b) valuers required to determine market rent determination applications within reasonable timeframes following implementation of the Renters’ Right
Answer: Judges, salaried regional surveyors (valuers), and fee paid valuers assigned to the First Tier Tribunal (FTT) Property Chamber can hear any case type in the Chamber, including rent determinations. The number of judges in post as of 1 April 2025 assigned t...
Answered 30 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordRents: AppealsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107063More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what modelling he has undertaken on the expected number of market rent determination applications following implementation of the Renters’ Rights Act 2025.
Answer: My Department continues to work closely with the Ministry of Justice and HM Courts and Tribunal Service to ensure that the justice system is well prepared for the implementation of the Renters’ Rights Act, including the potential impact of the Act on the ...
Answered 28 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordRents: AppealsMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107062More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time taken to determine a market rent application from receipt to decision is in the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber).
Answer: HM Courts & Tribunals Service does not hold specific information for applications for market rent determination. Published data is available on receipts, disposals and open caseload for residential property within Tribunals Statistics Quarterly, which...
Answered 30 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordRents: AppealsMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107061More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for market rent determination were received by the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) in each of the last 12 months.
Answer: HM Courts & Tribunals Service does not hold specific information for applications for market rent determination. Published data is available on receipts, disposals and open caseload for residential property within Tribunals Statistics Quarterly, which...
Answered 30 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordRents: AppealsMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107060More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) judges and (b) specialist valuers are assigned to residential rent determination cases in the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber).
Answer: Judges, salaried regional surveyors (valuers), and fee paid valuers assigned to the First Tier Tribunal (FTT) Property Chamber can hear any case type in the Chamber, including rent determinations. The number of judges in post as of 1 April 2025 assigned t...
Answered 30 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordRentsMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107059More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what methodology the Government intends should be used to determine market rent for the purposes of rent reviews under the Renters’ Rights Act 2025.
Answer: The determination of market rent for the purposes of rent reviews under the Renters' Rights Act 2025 will be a decision for the judiciary in the First-tier Tribunal.The First-tier Tribunal panels, which include expert valuers, will take into account evide...
Answered 30 Jan 2026
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