Kevin Hollinrake MP: written questions
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Special Educational Needs: TransportDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62964More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the cost of school transport for SEND children in each of the last five years.
Answer: The department knows that delivering home-to-school travel can be very challenging for local authorities and that costs have increased steeply over recent years. In particular, challenges within the wider special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) ...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordApprentices: PlanningDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62606More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to funding for level 7 apprenticeships on the number of chartered town planning apprenticeships.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Thirsk and Malton to the answer of 13 June 2025 to Question 57098.
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordOxford Growth Commission: Public AppointmentsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62605More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 30 May 2025 to Question 53573 on Oxford Growth Commission: Public Appointments, if she will publish the Chair's declaration of interests.
Answer: As set out in the answer to Question UIN 53573 on 28 May 2025, direct ministerial appointments such as the Chair of the OGC are not regulated public appointments and do not fall within the remit of the Governance Code on Public Appointments. Interests are...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning: Disclosure of InformationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62604More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance she has issued to local planning authorities on the redaction of the internal layout of proposed developments from (a) planning (i) officers and (ii) councillors an
Answer: We have not issued specific guidance to local planning authorities on redacting internal layouts of proposed developments.
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNuisanceHome OfficeTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62603More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to create an offence of (a) engaging in nuisance begging, (b) arranging or facilitating begging for gain and (c) trespassing with intent to com
Answer: On 10th June, the Government announced its intention to repeal the outdated Vagrancy Act 1824. We have introduced targeted replacement measures in the Crime and Policing Bill to ensure police have the powers they need to keep communities safe, including a...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: Employers' ContributionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62602More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 55289 on Police: Employment Contributions, whether the methodology used to calculate the National Insurance mitigation for polic
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 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: TransportDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62601More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the reasons for the trend in the level of council spending on school transport in the last decade.
Answer: The department knows that the cost of delivering home to school travel has increased steeply over recent years. In particular, challenges within the wider special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system have created significant pressure on home t...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNuisanceHome OfficeTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62600More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals to give (a) police and (b) councils powers to issue (i) nuisance begging directions, (ii) nuisance begging prevention notices, (iii)
Answer: On 10th June, the Government announced its intention to repeal the outdated Vagrancy Act 1824. We have introduced targeted replacement measures in the Crime and Policing Bill to ensure police have the powers they need to keep communities safe, including a...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Official EngagementsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62599More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will list each official diary event and meeting she undertook on 10 April 2025.
Answer: The Government publishes details of ministers’ meetings with external organisations on a quarterly basis.
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRight to Buy SchemeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62598More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an estimate of the potential impact of (a) Right to Buy receipts on the level of funding for affordable housing and (b) her Department's changes to (i) the level
Answer: The government’s Right to Buy discounts review, which can be found on gov.uk here, was published alongside the Budget on 30 October 2024. It estimated that returning maximum cash discounts to pre-2012 levels would lead to a long-term average of approximat...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62597More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to Table 5.17 in the Spending Review 2025, CP1336, published on 11 June 2025, whether local government core spending power includes revenue from (a) GLA council ta
Answer: Local government core spending power includes revenue from the Greater London Authority (GLA) council tax, including the policing element. It also includes the fire precept flexibility for standalone fire authorities, and combined police and fire commissi...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: Greater ManchesterMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62596More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) funding and (b) financing support her Department has allocated to Greater Manchester Combined Authority for housing development loans since 2011.
Answer: In line with the English Devolution White Paper Homes England is working closely will all Mayoral Combined Authorities, supporting them to achieve their housing growth, regeneration and placemaking ambitions. Since 2011 Homes England have provided investm...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil TaxMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62595More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what representations she has received on council tax (a) revaluation and (b) rebanding since 5 July 2024.
Answer: The government recognises interest from a number of groups in reforming council tax. However, it does not collect statistics on the issued raised in correspondence it receives. The government currently has no plans to reform council tax.
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAnti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition Working GroupMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62594More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Islamophobia Working Group is taking to consult with stakeholders in (a) private and (b) public.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer to Question UIN 61355 on 24 June 2025.
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood Plans: ExpenditureMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62593More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding was allocated by her Department to support local communities to develop neighbourhood plans in the (a) 2023-24, (b) 2024-25, (c) 2025-26 financial years; and how
Answer: Details of the contracts that the Department awarded to support neighbourhood planning are available on the contracts finder website. Funding was allocated to support contracts worth, excluding VAT, (a) £6.37m in 2023/24, (b) £6.96m in 2024/25 and c) £0.4...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: TransportDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62591More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has been made of trends in the level of cost of providing school transport for SEND children in the last five years.
Answer: The department knows that the cost of delivering home to school travel has increased steeply over recent years. In particular, challenges within the wider special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system have created significant pressure on home t...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62200More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2025 to Question 54886 on Asylum: Housing, whether she has made an estimate of the number of appeal decisions that have been made by the Plannin
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 60845 on 30 June 2025.
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62199More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 10 June 2025 to Question 55284 on Housing: Construction, and with reference to Annex 10 of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Impact assessment, publ
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 55284 on 10 June 2025.
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: TransportDepartment for EducationTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62198More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of trends in the level of the cost to local authorities of providing school transport for SEND children in the last five years.
Answer: The department knows that the cost of delivering home to school travel has increased steeply over recent years. In particular, challenges within the wider special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system have created significant pressure on home t...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordEU Countries: Youth Mobility SchemeForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61520More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 30 May 2025 to Question 53071 on Youth Mobility Scheme: EU Countries, whether he plans to make further bilateral agreements.
Answer: We have existing bilateral agreements with Denmark, Spain, Portugal, Poland and Luxembourg, which were negotiated by the previous government. The UK is open to further, fully reciprocal bilateral voting agreements but these would be subject to the detail ...
Answered 28 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRight to Buy SchemeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61519More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much was raised in right to buy receipts in each year since 2011-12; and what proportion of those receipts was spent on affordable housing.
Answer: Receipts from Right to Buy (or equivalent) sales of local authority stock for the financial year 2012-13 onwards are published in the attached Table. There are no published figures for earlier years. With regard to the proportion of such receipts spent on...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Civil ServantsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61518More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the target number of civil servants in her Department is in each year of the Spending Review 2025.
Answer: We are aiming to reduce the number of Civil Servants working in this department by at least 10% over the course of the Spending Review period. This in line with the government’s wider Civil Service reform plan and commitment to reducing administration cos...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLicensing Laws: Fees and ChargesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61517More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2025 to Question 53762 on Licensing Laws: Fees and Charges, what her planned timetable is for publishing the response to that consultation.
Answer: The response to the consultation Local Authority Principles and Objectives: gov.uk (Local authority funding reform: objectives and principles) was published on Friday 20 June 2025. The link to the response can be found gov.uk here.In parallel, the Ministr...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61516More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Planning Inspectorate has made appeal decisions on asylum accommodation in the last 12 months.
Answer: Planning appeals are not routinely categorised by whether an appeal features a decision on asylum accommodation. As such, it is not possible to confirm whether any appeals relating to this have been considered in the last 12 months in the time given.
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBuildings: InsulationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 61515More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what funding her Department has provided for cladding removal and remediation in (a) 2023-24, (b) 2024-25, (c) 2025-26 and (d) each other year of the Spending Review; and how muc
Answer: MHCLG has provided for cladding removal and remediation:(a) 2023-24, £647m (Actuals)(b) 2024-25, £438m (Actuals)(c) 2025-26 £1003m (Current financial year budget allocation) Following the Spending Review which agreed the overall funding envelope for MHCLG...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
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