Kevin Hollinrake MP: written questions
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Local Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65021More
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, whether the LG DEL figures of (a) £15.0bn in 2025-26, (b) £15.4bn in 2026-27, (c) £15.6bn in
Answer: The Core Spending Power (CSP) figures in Table 5.17 of the Spending Review document do contain the uplift from the LG Resource DEL figures, although not all of LG DEL is distributed through CSP. However, the CSP figures also contain estimations for Counci...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAffordable HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65020More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many affordable homes were delivered in (a) 2013-24 and (b) 2023-24.
Answer: The number of affordable homes delivered in each year since 1991-92 is published in Live Table 1000 on gov.uk here.
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAffordable HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65019More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her publication, Delivering a decade of renewal for social affordable housing, published on 2 July 2025, what estimate she has made of the number of additional
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 60128.
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Civil ServantsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65018More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 30 June 2025 to Question 61518 on MHCLG: Civil Servants, what is the FTE headcount number of a 10% reduction in the number of civil servants; and whethe
Answer: The department is aiming to reduce the FTE headcount of its Civil Servant workforce from 3,790 as at March 2025 to 3,350 by March 2030. This will be achieved through utilising natural workforce turnover and the already publicised voluntary exit scheme for...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCounty Councils: ElectionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65017More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether county council elections which were postponed in May 2025 will take place in May 2026.
Answer: The government’s starting point is for all elections to go ahead unless there is strong justification. As set out to the House on 17 June, the government is now consulting on two proposals for unitary local government from councils in Surrey. If the Secre...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Translation ServicesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65016More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 30 June 2025 to Question 61622 on MHCLG: Translation Services, if she will list (a) the foreign languages and (b) the documents that were (i) translated
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 67129 on 22 July 2025.The department does not hold a central list of documents that were translated and interpreted.
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRight to Buy SchemeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65015More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2025 to Question 61519 on Right to Buy Scheme, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to the Right to Buy on receipts f
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 recordFilm: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 4 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65014More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to exempt film studios from the business rates surcharge for hereditaments with a rateable value over £500,000.
Answer: At Autumn Budget 2024, the Government announced an intention to introduce a higher business rates multiplier on the most valuable properties – those with Rateable Values (RVs) of £500,000 and above – from April 2026 to fund permanently lower multipliers f...
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDefending Democracy TaskforceHome OfficeTabled 4 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65013More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2025 to Question 60473 on Defending Democracy Taskforce, if she will publish a redacted version of the findings.
Answer: The Written Ministerial Statement I issued on 14 May provided a transparent and comprehensive overview of the Review’s key findings and recommendations, while protecting sensitive national security information which could be of use to our adversaries.
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordStreet Trading: LicensingHome OfficeTabled 4 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65012More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2025 to Question 58059 on Street Trading: Licensing, what guidance he has given to local authorities on the use of Public Space Protection Orders to ban street stalls
Answer: The statutory framework for PSPOs sets out clear conditions for their use.
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: FinanceTreasuryTabled 4 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65011More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Table 5.8 of the Spending Review 2025, published on 11 June 2025, how much of the spending line Memo: Police Core Spending is made up of (a) government grant and (b) council tax receipts in each ye
Answer: As set out in the Spending Review 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 averag...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Driving Licences and Television LicencesHome OfficeTabled 4 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65010More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) funding and (b) guidance has been given to (i) private contractors and (ii) local authorities on providing free (A) TV licences and (B) driving licences to asylum seekers.
Answer: None.
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordIslamophobiaHome OfficeTabled 4 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65009More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has met with (a) Dominic Grieve and (b) the members of the Working Group on Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia to discuss the working group and the definition of Islamophobia.
Answer: The work he refers to is being overseen by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAbrar Islamic Foundation and Dar Alhekma TrustDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 4 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65008More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has had recent discussions with the Charity Commission on the activities of (a) Dar Al-Hekma and (b) Abrar Islamic Foundation.
Answer: The Minister for Sport, Media, Civil Society and Youth recently met with the Charity Commission to discuss a range of issues. The Charity Commission has live regulatory compliance cases open into the Abrar Islamic Foundation and the Dar Alhekma Trust and ...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMembers: CorrespondenceCabinet OfficeTabled 4 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65007More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when his Department plans to respond to the letter of May 2025 from the hon. Member for Thirsk and Malton to the Cabinet Secretary on the role of special advisers at party political events.
Answer: I refer the Hon. member to the answer of 24 June, UIN 59090.
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAdmiralty HouseCabinet OfficeTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64777More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 9 April 2025 to Question 43478 on Admiralty House, if he will make it his policy to rent out the two empty flats in Admiralty House at a market rate.
Answer: This Government will take the same approach as the previous administration, as set out in my answer of 31 October 2024, Official Report, PQ 10703.
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordOfficial Residences: Electricity and Water SupplyCabinet OfficeTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64776More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department has issued on who should pay for the cost of (a) water and (b) electricity used in official residences occupied by Ministers.
Answer: The Cabinet Office has not issued any such guidance.
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMarriage: CeremoniesMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64775More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make it her policy to lay a Legislative Reform Order to permit 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 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTravellers: Caravan SitesMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64774More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether the (a) applicants and (b) Community Law Partnership received legal aid in relation to the case that resulted in the High Court decision of [2024] EWHC 1137 (Admin).
Answer: Whether or not an individual is in receipt of legal aid constitutes their personal data. Having regard to data protection legislation, it is not possible to disclose whether the Claimant in this matter received legal aid.Legal representatives only receive...
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAnti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition Working GroupMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64773More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether (a) she and (b) her Ministers have had discussions with (i) the Chair and (ii) members of the Working Group on Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia to discuss its work.
Answer: Details of ministers' meetings with external stakeholders and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK. Data for the period of July to September 2025 will be published in due course.
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil of the Nations and Regions: Public AppointmentsCabinet OfficeTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64772More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans the Prime Minister has to appoint an Envoy for the Nations and Regions.
Answer: There are currently no plans to appoint an Envoy for the Nations and Regions.
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordWaste Disposal: WalesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64771More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with the Welsh Government on their Collections Blueprint 2025.
Answer: No such discussions have taken place, however regular engagement take place with the devolved governments on matters of shared interest as necessary, including at the Interministerial Group (EFRA)
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordEnvironment Protection: Public BodiesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64770More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance his Department has provided to public authorities on what are reasonable charges under the Environmental Information Regulations regime.
Answer: The Department does not have a role in providing guidance to public authorities on reasonable charges under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004. This is because the Freedom of Information Act 2000 sets out the general functions of the Informati...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCoastal Erosion: Flood ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64769More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 27 June 2025 to Question 61181,on Coastal Erosion: Flood Control, how much capital funding for flood defence his Department has allocated for each year of the
Answer: Delivering on the Government’s Plan for Change, this Government is investing record levels in flood protection. We are investing £4.2 billion over three years (2026/27 to 2028/29) to construct new flood schemes and maintain and repair existing defences ac...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordWater: PricesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64768More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of seasonal water tariffs on households with gardens.
Answer: Several water companies are trialling a range of progressive charging approaches. Ofwat as the regulator requires companies to ensure all trials are consistent with good practice principles. Through these trials the sector will learn how to best support h...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
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