Kevin Hollinrake MP: written questions
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Fast FoodDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54908More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 16 May 2025 to Question 51393 on Fast Food, how the (a) Office for Health Improvement and Disparities and (b) Public Health England defines a fast food outlet.
Answer: In February 2025, the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities published data on fast food outlets per 100,000 population. In this analysis, fast food was described as “food that is energy dense and available quickly, usually via a counter service, a...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Emissions Trading SchemeDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54907More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 14 May 2024 to Question 50162 on UK Emissions Trading Scheme, whether he plans to provide additional funding to local authorities for these costs; and whether he has
Answer: We continue to engage with local authorities on the details of UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), including how costs will be passed through to reflect emissions reductions and recycling efforts. Financial pressures on local authorities resulting from the...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAhlulbayt Islamic MissionDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54906More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had recent discussions with the Charity Commission on the activities of Ahlulbayt Islamic Mission.
Answer: Ahlulbayt Islamic Mission is not a registered charity. No discussions have taken place with the Charity Commission on the activities of this organisation.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Public ExpenditureMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54905More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 14 May 2025 to Question 50169 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Public Expenditure, what changes have been made to those thresho
Answer: The thresholds have been aligned with Cabinet Office guidance.
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTony BlairMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54904More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2025 to Question 50171 on Tony Blair, whether she has had discussions with Tony Blair on the deliverability of the 1.5 million housebuilding tar
Answer: The Deputy Prime Minister joined Tony Blair for a Q&A event in December 2024 at the Tony Blair Institute. This was an informal Q&A event which did not touch on details of government policy.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChinese Embassy: CybersecurityHome OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54903More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed Chinese Embassy at Royal Mint Court on the security of the telecommunications exchange CLWAP at Royal Mint Street.
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 recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Remote WorkingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54902More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2025 to Question 50515 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Offices, if she will place in the Library workplace office atten
Answer: MHCLG publishes quarterly HQ Occupancy Statistics for its headquarters at 2 Marsham Street, London (not proportional attendance). We do not intend to publish regional information or numeric staff attendances.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning Permission: Environment ProtectionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54901More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will list the (a) title and (b) topic of each environmental principles assessment that has been produced since 4 July 2024
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 51403 on 19 May 2025.
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade Unions: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54900More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2025 to Question 50516 on Trade Unions: Finance, whether she plans to update that guidance once the Employment Rights Bill is passed.
Answer: No.
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFire Brigades UnionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54899More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what meetings she has had with the Fire Brigades Union since 4 July 2024.
Answer: The fire and rescue policy function transferred from the Home Office to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on 01 April 2025.The government is proactively engaging with the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) alongside other fire and rescue se...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFlags: Festivals and Special OccasionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54898More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2025 to Question 51398 on Flags: Festivals and Special Occasions, how much funding has been allocated by her Department to support Historic Count
Answer: The Department will continue its annual celebration of Historic County Flags Day in July 2025 by flying all registered historic county flags of Great Britain in Parliament Square. The final cost of the event this year will be confirmed after the event has...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordParkingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54897More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to commence the provisions on consumer protection in the Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019.
Answer: Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019 requires the Secretary of State to prepare a code of practice containing guidance about the operation and management of private parking facilities. The purpose of the Code of Practice is therefore to raise standards in ...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Service: RecruitmentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54896More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her Department's policies on location neutral recruitment on Civil Service policies in relation to levels of workplace att
Answer: MHCLG will continue to actively support the Government’s Places for Growth programme and, through its recruitment policy, plans to further increase the proportion of the workforce located outside London to 50% by 2030. The Department will maintain at leas...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54895More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has responded to the Unite trade union request for fair council funding of 19 May 2025.
Answer: The previous government committed to improving and updating the way in which local authorities are funded through the “Fair Funding Review” - but this was not delivered. We will make good on this commitment and implement long-awaited reforms through a mul...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Industrial DisputesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54894More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2025 to Question 50511 on MHCLG: Industrial Disputes, if she will publish the correspondence with the PCS trade union on ending location neutral
Answer: This issue is part of a live trade dispute which PCS have formally notified the department of. As such it would not be appropriate to release correspondence related to that dispute. I can confirm again however that the department has notified PCS that the...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordElectoral Commission: Government Departments and ParliamentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54893More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will list the documents that set out the relationship between the Electoral Commission and (a) the Government and (b) Parliament.
Answer: The Electoral Commission is the statutory body responsible for overseeing elections and regulating political finance in the UK. It is independent of government and is accountable to – and funded by – the UK Parliament for its reserved functions through th...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning Permission: AdvertisingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54892More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether (a) her Department and (b) the Planning Inspectorate has issued guidance on the definition of readily accessible under Schedule 1, Class A, of The Town and Country Planni
Answer: We have not issued any guidance on the definition of readily accessible under Schedule 1, Class A, of The Town and Country Planning (Control of Advertisements) (England) Regulations 2007.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOverseas Trade: Israel and Occupied TerritoriesChurch CommissionersTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54891More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2025 to Question 52266 on Overseas Trade: Israel and Occupied Territories, which companies that trade with (a) Israel and (b) the Occupied Territ
Answer: The Church Commissioners do not disclose details of restricted companies due to commercial sensitivity. As stated in the answer issued in UIN 52266 on 20th May, the Church Commissioners have a process where they may restrict companies which are considered...
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRoad Traffic Control: EnforcementDepartment for TransportTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54890More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the policy paper entitled The plan for drivers, published 2 October 2023, what progress her Department has made on the call for evidence on options to restrict local authorities’ (a) ability t
Answer: The Department for Transport’s ‘Statutory Guidance to Local Authorities on the Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions’ makes clear that local authorities should never issue Penalty Charge Notices to raise revenue. The Department is currently consider...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHomes EnglandMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54889More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Deputy Prime Minister's speech at UK Real Estate and Infrastructure Forum, on 20 May 2025, what steps her Department plans to take to move Homes England to
Answer: As set out in my letter to Homes England’s Chair on 30 September 2024, which can be found on gov.uk here, Homes England is currently working with my Department to progress the rapid implementation of a new Target Operating Model to ensure Homes England ha...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54888More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the guidance document entitled Guidance on planning propriety: planning casework decisions, paragraph 19, updated 16 December 2021, whether substantive represen
Answer: Yes, they can. Representations made to the Secretary of State on called in planning applications and recovered appeals planning applications after the Planning Inspectorate has submitted their report are dealt with in accordance with paragraph 19 of the p...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordValuation Tribunal Service: HandbooksMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54887More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans the Valuation Tribunal Service has to update the Council Tax Manual.
Answer: The last published update for the Valuation Tribunal Service (VTS) Council Tax Manual was August 2023. This document can be accessed through the VTS website here. A further update is near completion and will be published in July 2025.
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54886More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she can publish what planning rules have been made by the Planning Inspectorate in relation to asylum hotel accommodation in the last 12 months.
Answer: The Planning Inspectorate has not issued any rules specifically concerning the use of hotels for asylum accommodation.
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPrivate Rented Housing: EnergyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54885More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero pursuant to the Answer of 14 May 2025 to Question 50161 on Private rented housing: tribunals, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the new Minimum Energy Efficien
Answer: Private rented sector minimum energy efficiency standards are part of a wider package of strengthening tenants’ rights. The Renters’ Rights Bill will introduce new protections for tenants to challenge unreasonable rent increases. Landlords will be able to...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRadicalism: IranHome OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54884More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to disrupt pro-Iranian regime groups spreading extremist narratives in the UK.
Answer: I announced in my statement to the House on 4 March that we are reviewing where any Iranian interference is being conducted in the UK and that Iran has been specified on the Enhanced Tier of the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme (FIRS) under the Natio...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
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