Kevin Hollinrake MP: written questions
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Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57269More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has a policy on the use of technical language in planning applications.
Answer: The government has no specific policy related to the use of technical language in planning applications.
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSecond Homes: Council TaxMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57268More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the number of second home dwellings liable for the second homes council tax premium being flipped to holiday lets liable for
Answer: The government is not aware of any substantial evidence which demonstrates a trend of second homes being converted into holiday lets. There is a clear set of criteria before a holiday let can be assessed for business rates. The property must have been ava...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ReorganisationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57267More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled Local government reorganisation: summary of feedback on interim plans, published on 3 June 2025, if she will publish each
Answer: We have no plans to publish the feedback provided to individual areas. There will be a significant volume of correspondence with local authorities as part of the reorganisation programme and we do not consider it appropriate to publish all of that corresp...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic Visits: DoncasterCabinet OfficeTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57266More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any special advisers attended the Prime Minister's visit to Doncaster on 10 April 2025.
Answer: Special advisers routinely travel with the Prime Minister and did so on 10 April, including so as to provide support in the conduct of any official duties, which can arise at any time.
Answered 28 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordEmpty Dwelling Management OrdersMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57265More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 30 April 2025 to Question 46286 on Housing, whether she plans to (a) bring forward legislative proposals and (b) update guidance on Empty Dwelling Manag
Answer: As set out in the Devolution White paper, we are committed to strengthening local authority powers to take over the management of vacant residential premises. Further updates will be provided in due course.
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUnitary CouncilsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57264More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 9 May 2025 to Question HL070 on Unitary Councils, what criteria her Department plans to use to determine when to make a request to the Local Gover
Answer: As set out in my answers to PQ 38625 and 34287, my department is liaising closely with the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) so that they are involved at the appropriate time. The process set out in the Local Government and Public I...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordReservoirs: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57263More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to amend planning (a) policy and (b) legislation to help facilitate the construction of new water reservoirs.
Answer: On 29 May, the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs announced the Fens and Lincolnshire Reservoirs would be given ‘nationally significant’ status and set out the government’s intention to legislate so that similar projects would ...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPolitical PartiesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56835More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department has issued on recharging visits that include a mix of political and official engagements from political parties.
Answer: In line with the practice of successive administrations, this is considered on a case by case basis, in line with Chapter 10 of the Ministerial Code.
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56834More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the Home Department of 2 June 2025, Official Report, column 13, for what reason Baroness Casey requested a short extensi
Answer: Baroness Louise Casey was commissioned to undertake a comprehensive audit into the nature, scale, and profiles of group-based child sexual exploitation. I updated the House on 2 June that Baroness Casey has requested a short extension to her work from the...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56833More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29 May 2025 to Question 52623 on Offences Against Children, if she will place in the Library (a) a copy of the letter sent to all local authorities on 12 March 2025, and (b)
Answer: Baroness Louise Casey was commissioned to undertake a comprehensive audit into the nature, scale, and profiles of group-based child sexual exploitation. I updated the House on 2 June that Baroness Casey has requested a short extension to her work from the...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Public ExpenditureMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56832More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's document entitled MHCLG: spending over £25,000, April 2025, published on 30 May 2025, for what reason her Department has ceased publishing data
Answer: MHCLG reviewed and amended the publication of its spend data to make it more accessible to the lay reader. We are currently in the process of aligning the data that we publish with Cabinet Office mandatory expectations.
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56831More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what weight her Department gives to planning representations made directly to the Secretary of State after a called-in public inquiry has taken place and prior to the decision-no
Answer: All relevant information is taken into account before the Secretary of State determines a called-in planning application or recovered appeal.
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56830More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2025 to Question 45696 on Planning Permission, if she will publish the Planning and Infrastructure Bill environmental principles assessment.
Answer: Environmental Principles assessments are not routinely published. However, environmental considerations in respect of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill were given due regard in line with the requirements of the Environment Act 2021.
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSpeed LimitsDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56829More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled The Plan for Drivers, published in October 2023, what progress she has made on updating 20mph zone guidance for England.
Answer: The Plan for Drivers was published by the previous Government.Decisions on making local speed limits on roads in England rest with traffic authorities who have responsibility for roads in local areas. The Department for Transport issues best practice guid...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56287More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 2 June 2025 entitled Planning reform and housing delivery, HCWS673, who will be responsible for determining whether plannin
Answer: Through regulations we will set out which planning applications should be delegated to planning officers and which could go to a planning committee, if the Chair of the committee and chief planning officer (or equivalent officer in local planning authorit...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTelephone Exchanges: Greater LondonDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56286More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what role (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) Ofcom play in ensuring the cyber-security of telecommunication exchanges (i) at Wapping in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets and
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring the security and resilience of the UK’s telecommunications infrastructure. The Telecommunications (Security) Act 2021 introduced a robust security framework requiring public telecoms providers to identify, reduce an...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChinese Embassy: CybersecurityHome OfficeTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56285More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the proposed Chinese Embassy on cyber security for the BT telephone exchange.
Answer: In line with my previous response to UIN 29609 on 12 February 2025, the planning application has been called in by the Secretary of State for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and she will make this quasi-judicial decision independ...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBank of England: CybersecurityTreasuryTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56284More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the role of the Bank of England is in ensuring cyber-security of financial institutions and telecommunication exchanges based within the vicinity the City of London.
Answer: The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) is the UK's technical authority for cyber security, including helping to protect the UK's critical infrastructure and services from cyber-attacks. The Bank of England, through the Prudential Regulation Authority (...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal PressDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56283More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what her planned timetable is for publishing the local media strategy.
Answer: Sustainability of journalism across the country is an area of particular concern for this Government, and the development of a Local Media Strategy is in recognition of the importance of this vital sector. We recently held a roundtable discussion with loc...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Infrastructure LevyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56282More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has provided guidance to local authorities on retaining Community Infrastructure Levy payments for the purpose of using the interest accrued on that fundin
Answer: Community Infrastructure Levy receipts must be used for the purposes which are set out in section 216 of the Planning Act 2008 and Part 7 of the CIL Regulations. The Department has not provided guidance to local authorities on retaining Community Infrastr...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office: SanitationForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56281More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department provides guidance on the installation of gender-neutral toilets in its estate outside the UK.
Answer: The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) Design Guide asks for FCDO estates projects to provide sanitary provision in line with UK Building Regulations, including the Approved Document Part T: Toilets, with adaptations where required to sui...
Answered 4 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordIndependent Commission into Adult Social CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56280More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 22 May 2025 to Question 52268 on Independent Commission into Adult Social Care, whether the financial expenditure report will include the chair's salary.
Answer: As the Commission is independent, it will be responsible for reporting on its financial expenditure and is responsible for what it includes in the report.
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordProperty Development: LoansDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56279More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether (a) the Competition and Market Authority and (b) his Department has provided guidance to public authorities on offering loans to developers (i) at less than market rate and (ii) on preferential
Answer: The Department for Business and Trade’s statutory guidance for the subsidy control regime helps public authorities to comply with the Subsidy Control Act 2022.This includes subsidies given in the form of loans. We also provide additional guidance to publi...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordElectoral Commission: PublicationsSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56278More
Question: To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, with reference to the Electoral Commission's publication entitled FAQ sheet for qualifying foreign citizens in Wales (multiple langu
Answer: In 2020-21 the franchise was extended to allow qualifying foreign nationals resident in Wales to vote in Senedd and local elections.The Electoral Commission’s role is to provide voters with the information they need to take part in elections. As part of t...
Answered 4 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOwner OccupationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 56277More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many households have used Government-funded home ownership schemes in England in each of the last 30 years.
Answer: Over the past 30 years, various government-funded home ownership schemes have supported first-time buyers in England. As these schemes were administered by different organisations, some of which no longer exist, there is no single, centralised, and compre...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
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