Kevin Hollinrake MP: written questions
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Political Parties: FinanceHouse of Commons CommissionTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47253More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, what requirements re-elected Members of Parliament have to declare political donations received in the period from the dissolution of Parliament to their s
Answer: This is not a matter for the House of Commons Commission.The rules are set out in the Code of Conduct and the Guide to the Rules relating to the Conduct of Members, approved by the House on 12 December 2022 (HC 1083).https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEmpty Dwelling Management OrdersMinistry of JusticeTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46772More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 2 April 2025, to Question 41312 on Empty Dwelling Management Orders, what information HM Courts and Tribunals Services holds on the issuing of Empty Dwelling Management Orders.
Answer: The First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) Residential Property division compiles only aggregated statistics for receipts of interim Empty Dwelling Management Orders (EDMO) approved and final EDMO appeals.Over the last five years EDMO receipts were as fol...
Answered 2 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTower of LondonDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46771More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 April 2025 to Question 43101 on Tower of London, whether her Department has received correspondence from (a) ICOMOS and (b) UNESCO in relation to the potential impact
Answer: No, the Department has not received any correspondence from ICOMOS or UNESCO regarding the potential impact of the proposals on the Tower of London World Heritage Site.Yes, a copy of the paragraph 172 notification sent by the Department on 28 February 202...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: DevolutionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46770More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish responses from local authorities to the Devolution Priority Programme consultation.
Answer: The consultations for the six areas on the Devolution Priority Programme closed on 13 April 2025. The Government is now carefully considering all responses received, before taking a decision on whether to proceed. This decision, and a report on the consul...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46769More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the press notice entitled Public land unlocked for the next generation of home owners, published on 27 March 2025, when she expects the housing developments at
Answer: The Secretary of State for Defence has identified the long-term opportunity to build over 100,000 homes on surplus defence land, improving opportunities for homeownership and creating jobs across the country. This includes a commitment to building and mod...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: Employers' ContributionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46768More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish the amount of funding allocated to each local authority in the 2025-26 financial year to mitigate increases in employer National Insurance Contributions.
Answer: This information has been published in the Core Spending Power tables for the 2025/26 Final Local Government Finance Settlement, which can be found on gov.uk here: Core Spending Power table: final local government finance settlement 2025 to 2026 - GOV.UK.
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: AuditMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46767More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to p. 3 of the document entitled The Approvals Process for the Creation of New Arm’s-Length Bodies: Guidance for Departments, last update 15 March 2018, whether sh
Answer: The local audit system is broken, which is why we have a manifesto commitment to overhaul it. The strategy, including the establishment of the Local Audit Office, was based on considerable independent and parliamentary consideration of how to best tackle ...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordWaste Disposal: BirminghamMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46766More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which organisation is paying for the provision of military aid to the civil authorities in Birmingham; and what the estimated cost is.
Answer: The government has been supporting Birmingham City Council in its efforts to address the backlog of waste that had been building up on the city’s streets, and significant progress has been made in the last fortnight. This support has included the three of...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Bodies: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46765More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to provide additional funding to public bodies for the increase in business rates for hereditaments with a Rateable Value above £500,000.
Answer: To deliver our manifesto pledge, we intend to introduce permanently lower tax rates for retail, hospitality, and leisure (RHL) properties, with rateable values below £500,000, from 2026-27. This tax cut must be sustainably funded, and so we intend to appl...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordIndustrial Disputes: Trade UnionsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46764More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether (a) public and (b) private sector employees can suspend (i) check off and (ii) facility time for trade unions during industrial action.
Answer: It is for individual employers and trade unions to agree on appropriate approaches during industrial action. The government encourages employers to work constructively with workers and representatives to resolve disputes.Public and private sector employer...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic Waste: FiresDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46763More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 8 April 2025 to Question 43351 on Domestic Waste: Fires, whether the UK Health Security Agency has undertaken research on the impact of the low-intensity burning of domest
Answer: The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has not undertaken an assessment of the health impact of the low intensity burning of domestic household waste in household gardens, as there is legislation and guidance to prevent fires causing pollution or a nuisanc...
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ElectionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46762More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 April 2025 to Question 41457 on Local Government: Elections, whether the public can request data held by (a) returning officers and (b) electoral regi
Answer: Regulation 3 of the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2015 defines the public sector bodies to which the Regulations apply, and neither Returning Officers nor Electoral Registration Officers are defined as public sector bodies for these purp...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLand: ByelawsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46684More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when assessing new byelaw applications which relate to areas of land which are in (a) public and (b) private ownership, what assessment her Department makes of the potential regu
Answer: Under the Byelaws (Alternative Procedure) (England) Regulations 2016, local authorities are required to submit a regulatory assessment when making a byelaw. This sets out the rationale for the proposed byelaw and its anticipated impact. It is for the loca...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordClient EarthMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45706More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department engages with Client Earth.
Answer: The responsibility for decisions around who officials within MHCLG engage with sits with those policy teams.
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordWaste Disposal: BirminghamMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45705More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what functions the Army are undertaking in Birmingham; and how long they will be assigned for.
Answer: The government has been supporting Birmingham City Council in its efforts to address the backlog of waste that had been building up on the city’s streets, and significant progress has been made in the last fortnight. This support has included the three of...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: Empty PropertyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45704More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many social sector homes are empty in England.
Answer: The number of empty social sector homes in England as at 31 March 2024 can be calculated using published statistics for vacant dwellings owned by local authorities and private registered providers of social housing. There were 33,904 vacant dwellings owne...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: Private Rented HousingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45703More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the new Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards for the private rented sector on the number of empty homes.
Answer: The Government is consulting on increasing minimum energy efficiency standards in the domestic private rented sector. The consultation includes proposals for rented homes to achieve EPC C or equivalent by 2030, unless a valid exemption applies, and is acc...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Policy StatementsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45702More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the (a) water and waste, (b) airport and (c) national networks National Policy Statements will be updated by summer 2025.
Answer: On 8 July 2024, the Chancellor committed to updating relevant National Policy Statements within 12-months.The government recently launched a consultation on proposed amendments to the Energy National Policy Statements (NPSs) 1, 3 and 5 and intends to cons...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordProbate: Empty PropertyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45701More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many homes are empty due to probate.
Answer: The government does not collect data on the number of properties which are empty due to probate. However, we do collect data on the number of dwellings which are exempt from council tax due to the death of the occupant. As of the latest available data, 13...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing MarketMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45700More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to commission research on the potential impact of the (a) second homes and (b) higher empty homes premium on (i) house prices, (ii) housing markets,
Answer: It is for councils to decide whether it is appropriate or effective to use the premium. The government collects data on the use of premiums and the number of empty and second homes, which is published in the government’s council taxbase statistics. Howeve...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45699More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to increase the delegation rate for planning applications.
Answer: The Planning and Infrastructure Bill includes a regulation-making power to issue statutory guidance on a national scheme of delegation. The government intend to formally consult on proposals relating to the delegation of planning decisions in England alon...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: McKinsey and CompanyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45698More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much her Department has spent on consultancy services from McKinsey since 4 July 2024.
Answer: As part of a wider suite of support arrangements MHCLG has a zero commitment call off contract with McKinsey, which started on 6 January 2025. There have been neither any commissions nor spend to date.
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHomes England: DeloitteMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45697More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 2 April 2025 to Question 41057 on Homes England: Consultants, what the organisational change was that Deloitte and Touche provided external advice and s
Answer: To respond to ministerial ambitions for the Agency of embedding a place-based approach to the delivery of housing, Homes England has been developing a new operating structure, responding to the priorities set out in the letter to the Chair sent in Septemb...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45696More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether (a) amended and (b) new planning practice guidance requires a (i) public sector equality duty and (ii) environmental principles assessment.
Answer: The Secretary of State keeps her duties under the Environment Act 2021 and Equality Act 2010 under consideration regarding any guidance updates. Relevant assessments are undertaken as required.
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: ContractsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45695More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 8 April 2025 to Question HL6432 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Contracts, whether her Department has had requests from
Answer: To date no requests have been made to MHCLG Commercial Directorate to review contracted rates due to the recent changes in National Insurance contribution rates. Any changes to contracts held by MHCLG require approval from Commercial Directorate.
Answered 29 Apr 2025
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