Kevin Hollinrake MP: written questions
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Verian: ContractsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58031More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the transparency data entitled MHCLG: spending over £25,000, April 2025, published on 30 May 2025, what the services commissioned from Verian Group UK Limited w
Answer: The following sets out more detail of spend for Verian Group UK Ltd: The Rough Sleeping Questionnaire was carried out in 2019 to understand issues faced by those sleeping rough. The Department repeated the questionnaire in 2025 to update findings, and com...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanningMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58030More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to annex 14 of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Impact assessment, published in May 2025, what she expects the average length of a strategic plan to be.
Answer: As the Planning and Infrastructure Bill Impact Assessment sets outs, the government expects that spatial development strategies will be concise and focused to reflect their role as high level strategic documents. As such, we expect future spatial developm...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordIndependent Commission on NeighbourhoodsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58029More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been provided to the Independent Commission On Neighbourhoods; and whether the Commission is a public authority for (a) Freedom of Information and (b) enviro
Answer: The Independent Commission On Neighbourhoods has received no funding from the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government. It is independent and not a public authority and therefore does not fall within the scope of the Freedom of Information A...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPolitical Parties: StandardsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58028More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department’s consultation on Strengthening the standards and conduct framework for local authorities in England, published in December 2024, whether politic
Answer: The consultation to which the Honourable Member refers sought views from across the local government sector on the appropriateness of creating a national body to consider appeals, alongside a range of other proposed measures to strengthen the local govern...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMoney Laundering: RegulationTreasuryTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58027More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to respond to the consultation on Improving the effectiveness of the Money Laundering Regulations, published in March 2024.
Answer: Responses to the consultation have been invaluable in building the evidence base on potential reforms. In the coming months HM Treasury plans to respond and will bring forward a package of changes to the Regulations aimed at improving their effectiveness....
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLand: TrustsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58026More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to respond to the consultation on Transparency of land ownership involving trusts, published in December 2023.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 30021 on 18 February 2025.
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTrafalgar Tavern: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58025More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the expected timeline is for the consideration of the appeal to the Planning Inspectorate of the planning enforcement notice issued by the London Borough of Greenwich agains
Answer: This appeal (reference APP/E5330/C/25/3364847) against the issue of an Enforcement Notice was received as valid on 29 April 2025. The appeal is proceeding by way of a Hearing. In letters to the main parties dated 1 May, the timetable for the receipt of va...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: AviationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58024More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2025 to Question 52274 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Aviation, when she plans to deposit this information.
Answer: I will arrange for this information to be deposited in the House of Commons Library.
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ApprenticesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58023More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities offer Level 7 Apprenticeships.
Answer: MHCLG does not hold this data. Local authorities are independent employers and are responsible for managing the apprenticeships they offer to their workforce.
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSleeping RoughMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58022More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the reasons for the trends in the level of long-term rough sleeping in the last 12 months.
Answer: This Government inherited devastating record levels of homelessness and rough sleeping from the last Conservative government. There are multiple factors which can contribute to rough sleeping. Increases in living costs and limited suitable and affordable ...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSleeping Rough: Foreign NationalsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58021More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the number of people not from the UK or EU who are sleeping rough.
Answer: The expectation is that migrants coming into the UK should be able to maintain and accommodate themselves without recourse to public funds. This reflects the need to maintain the confidence of general public that immigration brings benefits to our country...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChinese Embassy: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58020More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to page 89 of the drawings entitled CD 1.03C: Proposed Drawings, submitted by the Chinese Government to the Planning Inspectorate’s called-in planning inquiry for
Answer: All Inquiry documents for this case are publicly available on Tower Hamlets website here. All material planning considerations will be taken into account when reaching a decision.
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDriver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: DatabasesDepartment for TransportTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58019More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the policy paper entitled Plan for drivers, published on 2 October 2023, whether her Department has taken steps to remove local authorities’ access to Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency data.
Answer: This was a commitment made by the previous Government which we have no plans to take forward.
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLivewire Consultancy: ContractsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58018More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the transparency data entitled MHCLG: spending over £25,000, April 2025, published on 30 May 2025, what services were commissioned from Livewire Consultancy Lim
Answer: Livewire Consultancy Limited were contracted by this Department to collate, analyse and report on the responses to the six consultations we led on the Devolution Priority Programme.Government is now carefully considering the evidence collected, including ...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCandidates: WomenWomen and EqualitiesTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58017More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she plans to issue guidance to political parties on the potential impact of the Supreme Court judgement in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers on all-women shortlists; and whether she plans
Answer: The Supreme Court Judgment was clear that for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010, biological sex determines whether a person is a woman or not. Accordingly, in relation to the Equality Act 2010’s provisions allowing political parties to use all-women s...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic Cigarettes: Retail TradeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58016More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to bring forward regulation on vaping stores in (a) high streets and (b) town centres.
Answer: It is crucial that we reduce the visibility and accessibility of vapes to protect children from getting hooked on nicotine. That is why the Tobacco and Vapes Bill will ban the advertising and sponsorship of vaping and nicotine products and will provide po...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPolygamy: ResearchMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58015More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2025 to Question 50158 on Polygamy, if she will make it her policy to commission research on this issue.
Answer: The department has no plans to commission research on this issue. It has been the policy of successive governments to prevent the formation of polygamous households in the UK.
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitality Industry: LicensingHome OfficeTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58014More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2025 to Question 49918 on Hospitality Industry: Licensing, which Minister is responsible for late-night licensing.
Answer: As Minister for Policing and Crime Prevention, I hold responsibility for the Licensing Act 2003 which regulates four licensable activities - the sale of alcohol by retail, the supply of alcohol by members’ clubs, the provision of regulated entertainment a...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordElections: SecurityMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57670More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when her Department plans to respond to the First Report of the Speaker's Conference on the security of MPs, candidates and elections, published on 22 June 2025, HC 570; and whet
Answer: This government has made it clear that intimidation and abuse of those participating in public life has no place in our society and cannot be tolerated. We value the work done by the Speaker’s Conference to bring attention to and investigate this importan...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordElections: SecuritySpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57669More
Question: To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Commission plans to respond to the First Report of the Speaker's Conference on the security of MPs, candidates and elect
Answer: The Commission published a statement on 2 June on the day of publication of the report, welcoming the insights gathered by the Speaker’s Conference and their proposal for cross-cutting solutions.The Commission is looking at how we can support implementati...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Election 2024: Absent VotingSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57668More
Question: To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what proportion of valid votes were cast by (a) postal ballot and (b) proxy ballot, by Parliamentary constituency in the 2024 genera
Answer: All votes are mixed for counting so it is not possible to distinguish the proportion of valid votes cast by post or proxy.The Commission has published data, where provided by Returning Officers, on the proportion of postal votes included in counts and the...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Election 2024: Absent VotingSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57667More
Question: To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what estimate the Commission has made of the total number of registered overseas electors at the 2024 general election; and how many
Answer: 191,338 overseas voters registered for the 2024 general election. Half (49%) of all registered overseas voters registered for a postal vote. The Commission does not collect data on how many overseas voters applied to vote by proxy.
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Science MuseumMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57666More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's publication entitled MHCLG: spending over £25,000, March 2025, published on 28 April 2025, what the purpose was of the payment to the Science M
Answer: The payment to the Science Museum was for the National Railway Museum Levelling Up Culture capital project announced at the Spring Budget 2024. It has been incorrectly categorised on the document published on 28 April 2025. Officials will seek to correct ...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPolitical Parties: FinanceSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57665More
Question: To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what guidance the Commission has issued on political donations being made via cryptocurrencies.
Answer: The Commission’s guidance on permissibility of donations includes information on cryptocurrencies. The guidance states that the same legal requirements apply to donations received in cryptocurrencies as any other donations. Parties must ensure that they o...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordWater ChargesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57664More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the press release entitled Independent Water Commission publishes interim findings, published on 3 June 2025, whether consideration of changes to household water tari
Answer: The Commission will report later in 2025 on how to tackle inherited systemic issues in the water sector to help restore our rivers, lakes and seas to good health, meet the challenges of the future and contribute to economic growth.
Answered 2 Jul 2025
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