Kevin Hollinrake MP: written questions
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Remote WorkingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66200More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 20 June 2025 to Question 58975 on Civil Service: Offices, for what reason offices outside London have a lower office attendance expectation.
Answer: Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has commenced a project to secure new and additional space in some of our offices outside London which supports the demand for office space we anticipate from completing the Places for Growth programme...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil TaxMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66199More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 6.2.5 of her Department's publication entitled The Fair Funding Review 2.0, published on 20 June 2025, whether the £2,000 Band D figure includes (a) p
Answer: As set out in paragraph 6.2.5 of the Fair Funding Review 2.0, the government is proposing to set the notional Council Tax level at the average Band D level of Council Tax in England for authorities in scope of these reforms (circa £2000 in 2026-27). This ...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66198More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 9.3.3 of her Department's publication entitled The Fair Funding Review 2.0, published on 20 June 2025, what estimate she has made of the number of loc
Answer: The vast majority of upper-tier authorities will see their income increase in real terms over the next three years.For those councils who would see their funding fall as a result of these changes, our intention to protect the vast majority of these counci...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil Tax: Tax YieldsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66197More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 9.4.8 of her Department's publication entitled The Fair Funding Review 2.0, published on 20 June 2025, what estimate she has made of the level of coun
Answer: It is for individual councils to set their own level of council tax. The Spending Review assumed a 3% core referendum principle and a 2% adult social care precept over the period, in line with OBR forecasts. The final set of referendum principles will be ...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Remote WorkingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66196More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 20 June 2025 to Question 58975 on Civil Service: Offices, what the exceptions are that allow for office attendance to be less than 50 percent.
Answer: There are a number of reasons individuals may need to discuss and agree an exception with their manager. Exceptions can be long-term if the reason is enduring, for example a disability related matter, or short-term, for example an unexpected issue or need...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: FinanceTreasuryTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66195More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2025 to Question 60137 on Council tax and Police: Finance, what her Department's assumption is of the amount that will be raised in council tax from police precepts in England only
Answer: As set out in the Spending Review (SR) 2025 document, published 11 June 2025, the Phase 2 settlement provides an average 1.7% real terms increase per year in police spending power. Over the SR period, police spending power is projected to increase by an a...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordValuation Office Agency: ConsultantsTreasuryTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66194More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Valuation Office Agency: May 2025 transparency data, published on 30 June 2025, what the spending on consultancy by (a) Eunoia Consulting Ltd and (b) Posterity Milestone Consortium was for.
Answer: Details of these contracts are available on Contracts Finder at the following links:Supply of Professional Services in support of VOA's Digital Transformation & Policy Reform Programme - Contracts Finder· Professional Services: Client Side Delivery Pa...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordChinese EmbassyTreasuryTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66193More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2025 to Question 60486 on Chinese Embassy, whether her discussions with the Chinese during her visit included that of the proposed Chinese Embassy in London.
Answer: As stated in my Answer of 25 June, the Chancellor discussed a range of economic and financial issues during her visit to China for the 2025 UK-China Economic and Financial Dialogue. The Chancellor published a written ministerial statement about her visit ...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordEmergency Services: Employers' ContributionsHome OfficeTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66192More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2025 to Question 62602 on Police: Employer’s Contribution, what the monetary value is of the additional National Insurance compensatory amount of funding given to a (
Answer: The police funding settlement provided territorial policing in England and Wales with additional funding of £230.3 million in 2025/26 to support forces with the cost of the changes to employer National Insurance Contributions set out in the Autumn Budget....
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPrivate Rented Housing: RentsTreasuryTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66191More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate the Valuation Office Agency has made of the (a) percentage and (b) cash terms monetary change in average private sector rents for dwellings in (i) London and (ii) England since July 2024.
Answer: The Office of National Statistics (ONS) publishes this information monthly, based on information collected by the Valuation Office Agency (VOA). The latest publication was released on 18 June 2025 at: Private rent and house prices, UK - Office for Nationa...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil Tax: Tax YieldsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66190More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 23 June 2025 to Question 60129 on Local Government Finance, what the assumed level of council tax receipts in England is in each of those years set out
Answer: It is for individual councils to set their own level of council tax. The Spending Review assumed a 3% core referendum principle and a 2% adult social care precept over the period, in line with OBR forecasts. The final set of referendum principles will be ...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordWritten QuestionsHouse of Commons CommissionTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66189More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2025 to Question 54918 on Written Questions, how many and what proportion of those carded written parliamentary questions
Answer: The figures supplied in my earlier answer were obtained by establishing how many card e-mails were generated by the eQM question management system during the period in question. It is not possible to track individual questions in this way, so I am unable ...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordWritten QuestionsHouse of Commons CommissionTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66188More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2025 to Question 54918 on Written Questions, how many and what proportion of written parliamentary questions were carded i
Answer: The information requested, covering the period from 17 December 2019 to 16 December 2020, is as follows: Carded CountSubmitted CountCarded Proportion652852,89012.34%
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordWritten QuestionsHouse of Commons CommissionTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66187More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 22 May 2025 to Question 52867 on Written Questions, what proportion of written parliamentary questions submitted to the Table Off
Answer: The information requested is set out in the table below, together with the equivalent figures for the current Session to date. Session NumberCarded CountSubmitted CountCarded Proportion 58/18,56974,75311.46%58/23,76351,6157.29%58/311,13680,97813.75%58/46,...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness Rates: ValuationTreasuryTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65813More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to increase £500,000 threshold for the new surcharge on business rates in line with the increase in aggregate rateable values from the 2026 business rates revaluation.
Answer: As announced at Autumn Budget 2024, the Government intends to introduce a higher business rates multiplier for all properties with a rateable value (RV) of £500,000 or above in April 2026 to fund permanently lower multipliers for retail, hospitality and l...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAnti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition Working GroupMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65812More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many full time equivalent staff are assigned to the Working Group on Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia secretariat.
Answer: Per the Terms of Reference for the Working Group, the Group is supported by a small secretariat function based within the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, with Senior Civil Servant-level oversight provided in the usual manner.
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil TaxMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65811More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 9.4.6 of her Department's publication entitled The Fair Funding Review 2.0, published on 20 June 2025, what the assumed increase is in the notional Ba
Answer: It is for individual councils to set their own level of council tax. In 2025-26, data published by MHCLG shows that councils expect to generate £653.6m from the use of the ASC Precept in 2025-26, which adds £34 to average band D bills. The data is availab...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ReformMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65810More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 12.3 of the consultation outcome entitled Local authority funding reform objectives and principles consultation: summary of responses, published on 20
Answer: Responses to the December funding reform consultation highlighted several fees and charges where local authorities felt they were unable to recover the cost of the service. These included alcohol licensing, planning and building control. Through the Fair ...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAnti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition Working GroupMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65809More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether a Senior Responsible Owner has been appointed to the Working Group on Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia secretariat.
Answer: Per the Terms of Reference for the Working Group, the Group is supported by a small secretariat function based within the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, with Senior Civil Servant-level oversight provided in the usual manner.
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: Public ExpenditureMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65808More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 2.3.1 of her Department's publication entitled The Fair Funding Review 2.0, published on 20 June 2025, what assessment she has made of the potential i
Answer: As part of the Fair Funding Review 2.0 consultation, the government is inviting views on using some grant for a funding floor, to ensure that local authorities’ income is protected by a specified amount across the multi-year Settlement. We propose continu...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: Public ExpenditureMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65807More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 9.3.3 of her Department's publication entitled The Fair Funding Review 2.0, published on 20 June 2025, whether councils at the 0% funding floor which
Answer: As part of the Fair Funding Review 2.0 consultation, the government is inviting views on using some grant for a funding floor, to ensure that local authorities’ income is protected by a specified amount across the multi-year Settlement. We propose continu...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil TaxMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65806More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to page 10, footnote 2 of the publication entitled The Fair Funding Review 2.0, published on 20 June 2025, what the estimated averages in council tax are for all l
Answer: The Fair Funding Review 2.0 consultation is open from 20th June – 15th August. We are seeking views on the government’s proposed approach to determining new funding allocations for local authorities and fire and rescue authorities, building on the local a...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Public ExpenditureMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65805More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2025 to Question 54905 on MHCLG: Public Expenditure, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of raising the thresholds for the publ
Answer: MHCLG publishes its spend data in accordance with Cabinet Office guidance. There is no requirement for departments to undertake impact assessments of the nature specified when implementing changes to meet central guidance.
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing StockMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65804More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 9.4.7 of the publication entitled The Fair Funding Review 2.0, published on 20 June 2025, what the assumed net growth is in the number of dwellings in
Answer: As part of the Fair Funding Review 2.0, the government is inviting views and evidence on projecting Council Tax base growth in the context of supporting the government’s objective to build 1.5 million new homes.There are several options for how we could p...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Services: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65803More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the projected (a) size on average Band D council tax and (b) total receipts of the social care precept is from each year from 2025-26 to 2028-29.
Answer: It is for individual councils to set their own level of council tax. In 2025-26, data published by MHCLG shows that councils expect to generate £653.6m from the use of the ASC Precept in 2025-26, which adds £34 to average band D bills. The data is availab...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
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