Kevin Hollinrake MP: written questions
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Council TaxMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47702More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials in her Department have had with the Welsh Government on council tax revaluation and re-banding.
Answer: The government maintains regular engagement with the Welsh Government on a range of issues. Council tax is a devolved matter, but we are aware that the Welsh Government has set out its intention to introduce a revaluation of council tax bands from 2028 an...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMarriage: CeremoniesMinistry of JusticeTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47701More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to lay the legislative reform order consulted on by the previous government on allowing faith groups to hold outdoor religious weddings.
Answer: The Law Commission’s 2022 report on weddings raises a number of issues around weddings law, including giving greater choice in how and where individuals can get married.Given marriage will always be one of our most important institutions, it is right that...
Answered 2 May 2025
Original Parliament recordFixed PenaltiesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47700More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps with the Secretary of State for (a) the Home Department and (b) Housing, Communities and Local Government to ensure a consistent approach to preventing fixed pena
Answer: Existing guidance on enforcement of environmental offences for local councils makes clear that private firms should not be able to receive greater revenue or profits just from increasing the volume of penalties. This enforcement guidance, attached to the ...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHomelessnessMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47699More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of trends in the level the cost of homelessness support on local government.
Answer: This Government has inherited record levels of homelessness, and we recognise the cost pressures this has put on councils. That’s why we have increased funding for homelessness services in 2025/26 by £233 million to nearly £1 billion, alongside a local go...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCandidates: EqualityWomen and EqualitiesTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47698More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2025 to Question 32140 on Candidates: Gender, whether she plans to consult the Parliamentary Parties Panel on this matter.
Answer: The Government is committed to commencing the Equality Act 2010’s provision requiring registered political parties to publish anonymised data relating to the diversity of their candidate selections. Officials are exploring options to take to commence the ...
Answered 2 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Office: SanitationHome OfficeTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47697More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2025 to Question 21687 on Home Office: Sanitation, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the updated building regulation published by the Ministry
Answer: I have made no assessment.The Hon Member may think the job of the Policing Minister is to make assessments of the Home Office’s toilets, but I believe it is to restore neighbourhood policing in our country, tackle antisocial behaviour, and deliver this Go...
Answered 2 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Spaces Protection Orders: EnforcementHome OfficeTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47696More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 25 February 2025 to Question HL4920 on Public Spaces Protection Orders: Enforcement, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of outs
Answer: The Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 provides the police, local authorities and other local agencies with a range of tools and powers they can use to respond to anti-social behaviour (ASB), including the Public Spaces Protection Order (P...
Answered 2 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAffordable Housing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47695More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the press release entitled £2 billion new investment to support biggest boost in social and affordable housebuilding in a generation, published on 25 March 2025
Answer: Social and affordable housing delivers economic gains through increased housing supply and further societal benefits.Prior to the immediate injection of £2 billion announced at Spring statement, the departments modelling, published in this NAO report, sho...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil TaxTreasuryTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47270More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Spending Review Phase 2 will include council tax.
Answer: I refer the hon Member to the answer given by Minister McMahon to PQ UIN 45028 Written questions and answers - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament on 22 April 2025.
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordFire and Rescue Services: Employers' ContributionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47269More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the gross cost of the increase in employer National Insurance contributions for fire and rescue services.
Answer: Government funding for fire and rescue services is provided by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) through the Local Government Finance Settlement (LGFS) in the form of revenue support grant (RSG) and retained business rates....
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil TaxMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47268More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions (a) Ministers and (b) civil servants have had with the Welsh Government on council tax (i) revaluation and (ii) re-banding.
Answer: The government maintains regular engagement with the Welsh Government on a range of issues. Council tax is a devolved matter, but we are aware that the Welsh Government has set out its intention to introduce a revaluation of council tax bands from 2028 an...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCambridgeshire Constabulary: Domestic VisitsHome OfficeTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47267More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what resources from her Department were used to organise her visit to the Cambridgeshire Police headquarters on 10 April 2025.
Answer: In line with the normal rules for the pre-election period, the event in question was arranged and staffed by the political teams in the Home Office and 10 Downing Street.
Answered 2 May 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ElectionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47266More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance the Government has provided to police forces on election purdah (a) rules and (b) restrictions on publicity during the pre-election period of local elections.
Answer: The government does not issue pre-election guidance to Police Forces.
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGreater London AuthorityMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47265More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of combined authority models of mayoral governance with council-led scrutiny on the Greater London Authority.
Answer: The Government remains committed to engaging local authorities, including London Borough Councils, and the wider local government sector on the detail of our reforms set out in the English Devolution White Paper. As part of this process, it will be import...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordWoking Borough Council: DebtsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47264More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed abolition of two-tier local government in Surrey on the debt held by Woking Borough Council.
Answer: On 5th February, I wrote to all councils in Surrey to formally invite proposals for unitary local government. As set out in the criteria in the statutory guidance accompanying that invitation, it is for councils to develop robust and sustainable proposals...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordReturning OfficersDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47263More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the Information Commissioner has produced guidance on the inclusion of local Electoral Returning Officers within the definition of local authorities for the Re-use of Public Sec
Answer: The Re-Use of Public Sector Information (RPSI) Regulations 2015 apply to public sector bodies in the UK, including local authorities. The ICO has produced guidance on the RPSI, which can be accessed on its website and includes details about the scope of t...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployers' Contributions: Public SectorTreasuryTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47262More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of employer National Insurance contributions paid by public sector organisations in (a) 2023-24, (b) 2024-25 and (c) 2025-26.
Answer: HM Revenue and Customs receipts figures are not separated into public and private sector employers. The requested figures are therefore not readily available.
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployers' Contributions: Public SectorTreasuryTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47261More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 10 January 2025 to Question 20950 on Employers' Contributions: Public Sector, what progress she has made on estimating the assumed unit cost per (a) headcount and (b) FTE employee of the in
Answer: At the Autumn Budget the Chancellor set aside £4.7 billion of funding for departments in order to support them with the increased costs as a result of the rise in employer national insurance contributions. This funding has been allocated to departments, w...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGreater London AuthorityMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47260More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to give London boroughs a greater role in pan-London governance.
Answer: The Government remains committed to engaging local authorities, including London Borough Councils, and the wider local government sector on the detail of our reforms set out in the English Devolution White Paper. As part of this process, it will be import...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: EqualityMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47259More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 April 2025 to Question 41460 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Equality, how many (a) staff and (b) Ministers are members of t
Answer: MHCLG’s Inclusion Allies network is comprised of 73 (a) staff members and zero (b) ministers. All expenditure by core MHCLG with this supplier since July 2024, and the purpose of that expenditure, is set out in the answer to Question UIN 45669 on 29 April...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordLand UseMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47258More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when her Department plans to issue updated land use in England statistics.
Answer: The Department will publish the updated land use statistics in due course. The publication date will be pre-announced on GOV.UK.
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil Tax: Tax Rates and BandsTreasuryTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47257More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Valuation Office Agency can increase council tax bands outside the sale of a property where the property owner has not challenged the existing valuation.
Answer: Outside the sale of a property, there are very limited circumstances where a listing officer (LO) can alter a Council Tax band. If an LO is satisfied there is an error in the valuation list, they have a statutory duty to correct that error. If that error ...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: Green BeltMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47256More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of dwellings were built on land designated as previously undeveloped Green Belt in England in each year since 1997 for which figures are held.
Answer: The Department publishes a statistical release entitled ‘Land use change statistics – new residential addresses’, which includes information on the proportion of dwellings built on land designated as previously undeveloped Green Belt in England. The live ...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ElectionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47255More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether any elections scheduled for May 2026 will be postponed.
Answer: We have no plans to postpone elections scheduled for May 2026.
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordFreeportsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47254More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2025 to Question 38618 on Freeports, whether trade unions participants in freeports governance will be subject to the same responsibilities and
Answer: The specific responsibilities and duties of Freeport board members are stipulated by the relevant articles of association/terms of reference for the Freeport Board and are for individual Freeports to define, giving due regard to relevant government guidan...
Answered 1 May 2025
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