Kevin Hollinrake MP: written questions
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Jeffery Epstein and Lord MandelsonCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112197More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister was informed of Gordon Brown's letter to the Cabinet Secretary of February 2025 on the relationship between Lord Mandelson and Jeffery Epstein.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister’s words to the House during the debate on the ‘US Department of Justice Release of Files’ on Monday 2 February (Hansard Vol 780, Col 49). https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2026-02-02/...
Answered 10 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordElectoral Commission: CybersecuritySpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111737More
Question: To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, with reference to the Electoral Commission press release entitled Electoral Commission response to cyber-attack attribution, of 25 M
Answer: During the cyber-attack in 2021-2022, hostile actors were active in the Electoral Commission’s systems which held our email, our control systems, and copies of the electoral registers. The Commission cannot be certain whether any data was copied or downlo...
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordJeffrey EpsteinCabinet OfficeTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111736More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the number of times Jeffery Epstein visited (a) No10 and (b) No11 from 1997 to 2010.
Answer: This information is not retained for the time periods specified.
Answered 25 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordMorgan McsweeneyCabinet OfficeTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111735More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Morgan McSweeney will receive a severance payment follow his departure as Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister; and whether he will sign a Non Disclosure Agreement.
Answer: It is a longstanding policy not to comment on individuals. The Model Contract for Special Advisers is published online and details the specific circumstances in which severance is payable. As with all civil servants, the Model Contract sets out that speci...
Answered 9 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordCoronavirus Business Interruption Loan SchemeTreasuryTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111734More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions the Financial Conduct Authority has had with representative bodies, including UKHospitality, on unresolved Covid Business Interruption claims.
Answer: The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), as the independent regulator for financial services, sets the conduct standards required of insurance firms. This includes rules requiring insurers to handle claims fairly and promptly. The FCA meets with a wide vari...
Answered 17 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordHospitality Industry and Retail Trade: Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan SchemeTreasuryTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111733More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential impact unresolved Covid Business Interruption claims expiring without payment on hospitality and leisure businesses.
Answer: The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), as the independent regulator for financial services, sets the conduct standards required of insurance firms. This includes rules requiring insurers to handle claims fairly and promptly. The FCA meets with a wide vari...
Answered 17 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordApprenticeship Levy: Small BusinessesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110428More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much additional funding an SME is expected to contribute per apprentice following the reduction in government co-investment once levy-paying employers have exhausted their levy funds.
Answer: As we introduce new products, such as apprenticeship units and foundation apprenticeships, we are also simplifying the Growth and Skills Levy, improving its transparency, and making it more efficient. From August 2026, we are removing the 10% top-up for l...
Answered 11 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordApprenticeship LevyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110427More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what distributional analysis his Department has made of the potential impact of (a) reducing government co-investment once levy-paying employers have exhausted their levy funds, and (b) removing the upl
Answer: As we introduce new products, such as apprenticeship units and foundation apprenticeships, we are also simplifying the Growth and Skills Levy, improving its transparency, and making it more efficient. From August 2026, we are removing the 10% top-up for l...
Answered 11 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordApprenticeship LevyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110426More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of recent changes to (a) co-investment in apprenticeships and (b) levy accounts on apprenticeship starts.
Answer: As we introduce new products, such as apprenticeship units and foundation apprenticeships, we are also simplifying the Growth and Skills Levy, improving its transparency, and making it more efficient. From August 2026, we are removing the 10% top-up for l...
Answered 11 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordApprenticeship LevyDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 3 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 110425More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of (a) the impact of reducing government co-investment in apprenticeships once levy-paying employers have exhausted their levy funds, and (b) the impact of removi
Answer: As we introduce new products, such as apprenticeship units and foundation apprenticeships, we are also simplifying the Growth and Skills Levy, improving its transparency, and making it more efficient. From August 2026, we are removing the 10% top-up for l...
Answered 11 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordRented Housing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109570More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 28 January, Question 107071, whether his Department or any body administering Government-backed loan guarantees or financing facilities have undertaken
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 107071 on 28 January.
Answered 6 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordImmunotherapyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 29 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109569More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of NICE's draft guidance on brexucabtagene autoleucel on (a) the Life Sciences Strategy and (b) outcomes for patients with rare cancers.
Answer: The Government remains committed to the ambitions set out in the Life Sciences Sector Plan, which set out an ambition that by 2030, we will be one of the top three fastest places in Europe for patient access to medicines. We will achieve this by reducing ...
Answered 4 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordCivil Service: ApprenticesCabinet OfficeTabled 27 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108689More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many civil service apprentices in 2024 and 2025 were aged between 18 and 24.
Answer: Civil Service data is not collected for the 18-24 age bracket. However, we can confirm that 3,010 of on-programme apprentices on 31 December 2024 were aged between 16 and 24. The Cabinet Office no longer collates cross-government data on apprenticeships b...
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordCivil Service: ApprenticesCabinet OfficeTabled 27 Jan 2026WithdrawnUIN 108688More
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: No published answer in this record yet.
Original Parliament recordCivil 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
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