Kevin Hollinrake MP: written questions
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Employers' ContributionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66952More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's publication entitled MHCLG: workforce management information, May 2025, published on 27 June 2025, what the total cost of employer National Ins
Answer: With reference to the published workforce management information, Employers’ National Insurance costs for the Department are published monthly and reports covering 2023/24 and 2024/25 can be found here: MHCLG: workforce management information - GOV.UK Wit...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordEnvironment Protection: Public BodiesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66951More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish her Department's response to the Environmental Information Regulations request reference IR2025/10529, of 2 April 2025.
Answer: The Department's response has already been provided to the applicant who requested the information in question. The government does not routinely publish responses to information requests.
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness RatesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66950More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the estimated cash increase in business rate revenue in England is in 2025-26 as a consequence of the reduction in retail, hospitality and leisure rate relief.
Answer: Local authority forecasts of the cost of Retail, Hospitality and Leisure relief are published on gov.uk here.The change in the value of relief is an indicator of the increased revenue from the reduction of the relief rate.
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Service: EqualityMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66949More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2025 to Question 60843 on Civil Service: Equality, if she will place in the Library a copy of the (a) training and (b) support materials provide
Answer: Materials associated with the Inclusive Employers training are the intellectual property of the provider and cannot be published by the Department for contractual reasons.The Diversify World Black History Month event was a presentation without support mat...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: ExpenditureMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66948More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the publication MHCLG: spending over £25,000, May 2025, published on 30 June 2025, what the purpose was of the ZenCity Polling; and which policy areas it relate
Answer: MHCLG is utilising ZenCity’s tools to conduct pulse surveys across the 75 communities that are part of the Plan for Neighbourhoods programme. Polling data will be used to help Plan for Neighbourhood Boards understand local priorities.
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood PlansMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66947More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2025 to Question 60597 on Neighbourhood Plans, for what reason her Department is unable to commission new neighbourhood planning support service
Answer: Following the Spending Review, my Department announced that it is unable to commission new neighbourhood planning support services for 2025 onwards.After more than a decade of taxpayer support, we believe that support for neighbourhood planning groups sho...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordEnvironment Protection and Freedom of InformationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66946More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the (a) Local Government Association and (b) Parking and Traffic Regulations Outside London statutory joint committee is subject to the (a) Freedom of Information Act 200
Answer: My understanding is that both the Local Government Association (LGA) and the Parking and Traffic Regulations Outside London statutory joint committee (PATROL) are subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA) and the Environmental Information Regu...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: The Faith & Belief ForumMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66945More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's transparency data, MHCLG: spending over £25,000, March 2025 published on 28 April 2025, what was the full specification of the research underta
Answer: The Department provided funding to the Faith & Belief Forum to lead a national consultation and analysis exercise on Inter Faith Week 2024 and the wider inter faith landscape, to inform the development of future policy and delivery. I will arrange for...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: MG OMDMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66944More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the her Department's transparency data, MHCLG: spending over £25,000, March 2025, published on 28 April 2025, what was the full specification of the research co
Answer: The referenced expenditure in the Department’s transparency data was incorrectly categorised as 'research services'. This spending did not relate to research activities commissioned from Manning Gottlieb OMD. The invoices related to paid media spending fo...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCities and Local Growth UnitMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66943More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2025 to Question 60044 on Cities and Local Growth Unit; why the unit was closed; and whether for what policy reason the joint unit has its funct
Answer: The decision to close the Cities and Local Growth Unit was taken jointly by the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government and Department for Business and Trade to focus resources on the ambitious agendas of both Departments. The Departments con...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPolitical Parties: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66942More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to page 25 of the National Security Strategy 2025, published on 24 June 2025, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to improve safeguards to prevent (a)
Answer: As pledged in our manifesto, we are strengthening the rules around donations to political parties. We have published our ‘Strategy for Modern and Secure Elections’ which sets out a number of reforms we are making to strengthen rules on political donations...
Answered 8 Aug 2025
Original Parliament recordTower Hamlets Council: Mudchute Park and FarmMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66941More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 5.1 of the report of the Ministerial Envoys to the London Borough of Tower Hamlets to Ministers, published on 9 July 2025, if she will make it her pol
Answer: The statutory intervention in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets put in place a team of Ministerial Envoys to work comprehensively within the Council to oversee and support its work to improve. This includes supporting the Council’s work to improve the o...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTower Hamlets Council: TenantsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66940More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 5.1 of the report of the Ministerial Envoys to the London Borough of Tower Hamlets to Ministers, published on 9 July 2025, what assessment the Ministe
Answer: The statutory intervention in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets put in place a team of Ministerial Envoys to work comprehensively within the Council to oversee and support its work to improve. This includes supporting the Council’s work to improve the o...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil Tax: Tax YieldsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66939More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2025 to Question 60934 on Council Tax: Tax Yields, what the monetary amount of the estimated receipts from council tax in England only is in eac
Answer: This Spending Review provides over £5 billion of new grant funding over the next three years for local services that communities rely on. This includes £3.4 billion of grant funding that will be delivered through the Local Government Finance Settlement wi...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordChinese Embassy: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66572More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2025 to Question 51399 on Embassies: China, whether (a) MI5, (b) GCHQ or (c) MI6 have made any direct representations to (i) the planning inspect
Answer: Representations on planning applications are dealt with in accordance with paragraphs 18, 19 and 20 of the published propriety guidance on planning casework decisions which can be found on gov.uk here All Inquiry documents including representations to the...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAnti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition Working GroupMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66571More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Islamophobia Working Group definition, whether the policy intention is that the definition will be adopted by (a) the police, (b) schools, (c) universities,
Answer: The Working Group is an independent, non-statutory body which will provide advice to ministers on a definition of anti-Muslim hatred/islamophobia. Ministers will consider the advice that the independent working group provides.
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAffordable Housing: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66570More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2025 to Question 60132 on Affordable Housing: Finance, and with reference to her Department's publication Delivering a decade of renewal for soc
Answer: The government’s new Social and Affordable Homes Programme for 2026/27 to 2035/36, like the 2021-26 Affordable Homes Programme, will support the delivery of social and affordable homes additional to those that developers have committed to delivering throu...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAffordable Housing: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66569More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2025 to Question 60935 on Affordable Housing: Finance, what is the monetary value of (a) resource and (b) capital funding for the 2026-2036 Affo
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 62129 on 14 July 2024.
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPrivate Rented HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66568More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which local authorities have notified her Department since July 2024 that they intend to (a) introduce and (b) extend selective licensing schemes on private rented sector (PRS) d
Answer: There is no requirement for local authorities to notify the Department of their intention to introduce or extend selective licensing schemes. The General Approval issued in December 2024, removed the requirement for the Secretary of State to approve schem...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66567More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what representations her Department received from the Local Government Association on housing asylum seekers in in the context of (a) the Spending Review 2025 and (b) the Afforda
Answer: The department engages closely on asylum and resettlement matters with the Local Government Association (LGA) alongside the Home Office. This includes a quarterly ministerial and local government forum with both MHCLG and Home Office ministers, and regula...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTPXimpact: ResearchMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66566More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the publication MHCLG: spending over £25,000, March 2025, published on 28 April 2025, if she will publish the full specification of the research commissioned fr
Answer: The spend relates to the build of new technical capability (MS Azure cloud platform) for data science, engineering & analytics work.
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordYoung Foundation: ResearchMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66565More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the publication MHCLG: spending over £25,000, March 2025, published on 28 April 2025, if she will publish the full specification of the research commissioned fr
Answer: The requirement for the research commissioned from the Young Foundation will be published alongside the final research report in due course.
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: ResearchMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66564More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2025 to Question 59784 on MHCLG: Research, if she will publish the specification of the research commissioned from the Department for Education
Answer: MHCLG commissioned Policy Lab to conduct a series of workshops with the Digital Planning Programme, on supporting the growth of the Property Technology market and exploring the barriers to greater adoption. The write up of these workshops is informing cur...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Service: EqualityMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66563More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2025 to Question 60843 on Civil Service: Equality, for what reason the external spending on Diversify World Ltd was not listed in Civil Service
Answer: The external spending on Diversify World Ltd is listed as Black History Month events here.
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAffordable HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66562More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the evidential basis is that the affordable housing programme will deliver the largest increase in affordable homes in a generation.
Answer: The £39 billion announced at the Spending Review for the new Social and Affordable Homes Programme for 2026-27 to 2035-36 is the biggest long-term investment in social and affordable housing in recent memory. Our ambition is to deliver up around 300,000 s...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
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