Kevin Hollinrake MP: written questions
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Planning Permission: EqualityMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54883More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2025 to Question 48127 on Planning Permission: Equality, whether the Planning Inspectorate requires planning appeal applicants to provide personal
Answer: The Planning Inspectorate do not require appellants to submit personal diversity information or details relating to protected characteristics. PINS Inspectors are mindful of human rights considerations when making decisions and are fully aware of their re...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordElections: FraudMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54882More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the report entitled Securing the ballot: Report of Sir Eric Pickles’ review into electoral fraud, published in August 2016, if she will take steps to implement
Answer: The previous Government responded to this review’s recommendations in December 2016. Statutory overview and scrutiny guidance was updated in April 2024 to take account of deeper devolution to mayoral combined authorities and the creation of combined count...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPermitted Development RightsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54881More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2025 to Question 51397 on Permitted Development Rights, whether there is guidance to local authorities in addition to the document entitled Guida
Answer: There is no additional guidance to local authorities on publishing data beyond the document entitled ‘Guidance: Publish your Article 4 direction data’
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil Tax: BillingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54880More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether local billing authorities are required to collect data on the name of each adult in a household when billing a dwelling for council tax.
Answer: Councils are required to assess who is liable for council tax for a specific dwelling and whether any discounts, disregards, reductions, premiums or exemptions are applicable to the dwelling or its occupants. However, councils are not required to collect ...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTaxationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54879More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has had recent discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on taxes.
Answer: The Deputy Prime Minister and the Chancellor work closely together to deliver the government's plan for change. Decisions on tax policy are for the Chancellor.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Ministers' Private OfficesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54878More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she used her office in 70 Whitehall on 7 November 2024.
Answer: The DPM works across multiple locations each week, including 2 Marsham Street and 70 Whitehall. The details of ministerial routines are not shared for security reasons.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: StatisticsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54877More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department collects statistics based on gender rather than sex.
Answer: The Department collects and publishes a number of statistical releases - of these, a small number include questions relating to sex and/or gender identity where relevant. These follow the previous Office for National Statistics (ONS) best practice of reco...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordWaste Disposal: BirminghamMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54876More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Unite trade union press release entitled Birmingham Bin Strike Escalates, published on of 21 May 2025, what role the Best Value Commissioners in Birmingham
Answer: Local Authorities are independent employers responsible for agreeing pay and terms for their workforce, and so the ACAS negotiations relating to Birmingham's waste service are rightly being held between the Council and the Unite trade union. Commissioners...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAdmiralty House: Council TaxCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54875More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2025 to Question 51120 on Admiralty House, what is the council tax liability for each of the unoccupied Admiralty House Ministerial residences in 2025-26.
Answer: Admiralty House residences are valued in Council Tax Band H.
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment HubsCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54874More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Written Statement of 14 May 2025 on Places for Growth 2030, HCWS633, if he will list the locations of the 13 cross-government regional hubs; and if he will estimate how many staff who will
Answer: The details of the 13 cross-government regional hubs can be found on the Places for Growth gov.uk page and are Greater Manchester, York, Leeds, Birmingham, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Bristol, Cardiff, Belfast, Sheffield, Darlington, and Newcastle and T...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAdmiralty House: Consumer GoodsCabinet OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54873More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2025 to Question 51967 on Admiralty House, what was the cost of (a) removing gas appliances and (b) purchasing new electric cookers in the kitchens of the Ministerial residences.
Answer: The Government Property Agency (GPA) does not hold this information. The removal of the gas appliances and subsequent purchasing of replacement electric appliances was over 10 years ago.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChinese Embassy: CybersecurityHome OfficeTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54872More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the National Cyber Security Centre has provided advice on the proposed Chinese Embassy at Tower Hill, London.
Answer: In line with previous responses, 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 independent from the rest of Government.The...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordParking: FinesDepartment for TransportTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54871More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department collects data from local authorities on the (a) revenue from and (b) number of (i) on-street and (ii) off-street parking fines issued by local authorities in (A) London (B) the rest of En
Answer: The Department for Transport does not collect such data centrally. The Department has published statutory guidance which requires local authorities outside London to publish annual financial and statistical data on their enforcement activity. London Counc...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordParking: FinesDepartment for TransportTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54870More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 May 2025 to Question 49771 on Parking: Fines, which parking sector stakeholders shared research with her Department.
Answer: The Parking and Traffic Regulations Outside London (PATROL), British Parking Association (BPA) and Local Government Association (LGA) shared a report of their research with the Department. They carried out an online survey and received responses from 43 L...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRevenue and Customs and Valuation Office AgencyTreasuryTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54869More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2025 to Question 50855 on Revenue and Customs and Valuation Office Agency, how many of those (a) HMRC and (b) VOA offices will be closed as a consequence of the abolition of the VOA
Answer: HMRC and VOA are working closely together on plans to bring VOA into HMRC by April 2026 which will deliver 5 to 10% of additional savings in VOA’s total administrative costs by 2028-29. HMRC and VOA regularly review their locations planning to identify op...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordValuation Office AgencyTreasuryTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54868More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the PCS trade union press release entitled Valuation Office to move into HMRC, published on 28 April 2025, for what reason the trade unions were not consulted over the announcement of the closure o
Answer: The government is conducting a full review of all arm’s-length bodies with a presumption that they will be closed, merged, or have functions brought into departments.The decision to move the Valuation Office Agency’s (VOA) functions into its parent depart...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Studios: BedfordshireDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54867More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2025 to Question 50857 on Universal Studios: Bedfordshire, whether government guarantees are contingent on planning permission being awarded.
Answer: The proposals remain subject to a planning decision from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. As outlined when the Government announced the deal, further details will be set out in due course.
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAlcoholic DrinksTreasuryTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54866More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether it is her policy that financing should not be provided for the development of green technologies relating to direct manufacture of alcoholic beverages.
Answer: The Government provides financial support for green technologies including those related to the manufacturing of alcoholic beverages. For example, £60m was provided to the Farming Innovation Programme this year, which offers R&D grant funding for inno...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChinese EmbassyTreasuryTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54865More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2025 to Question 51130 on Chinese Embassy, whether the Bank of England has made representations to her Department on the potential cyber-security implications of the Chinese Embassy
Answer: It is not the role of the Bank of England to consider the cyber-security implications of the Chinese Embassy development. However, national security is the first duty of Government and has been HMG’s core priority throughout this process. A final decision...
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordValuation Office Agency: StaffTreasuryTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54864More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2025 to Question 50853 on Valuation Office Agency: Staff, whether all Valuation Office Agency staff will be transferred into HMRC.
Answer: Yes, all Valuation Office Agency employees will be transferred to HMRC.
Answered 9 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Studios: BedfordshireDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 30 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54863More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2025 to Question 50857, on Universal Studios: Bedfordshire, whether (a) Parliament and (b) select committee chairs will be informed of a contingent liability on t
Answer: Further details on Government infrastructure investment around the site will be set out in due course and due process will be followed should any contingent liability arise.
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMotorcycles: Bus LanesDepartment for TransportTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54299More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether motorcyclists are allowed to use bus lanes.
Answer: The decision on whether to allow motorcycles to use bus lanes lies with the local authorities who have responsibility for them.
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Legal OpinionAttorney GeneralTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54298More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, pursuant to the Answer of 16 May 2025 to Question 50518 on Government Departments: Legal Opinion, if she will publish a copy of the 2022 version of the guidance.
Answer: I will ensure that a copy of the 2022 version of the legal risk guidance is placed in the library shortly.
Answered 6 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: North of EnglandMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54297More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on Northern Powerhouse Rail.
Answer: As stated in the Autumn Budget, this government is committed to securing delivery of the Transpennine Route Upgrade and maintaining momentum on Northern Powerhouse Rail by progressing planning and design work to support future delivery, with further detai...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: OfficesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 May 2025AnsweredUIN 54296More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to review of her plans to close regional offices, in the context of her Department's press release entitled Thousands of Civil Service roles moved out of London
Answer: There are no plans to review the decision to close six MHCLG offices by the end of 2026. The Department will continue to progress toward having 50% of staff based outside of London by 2030 compared to 23% in 2020. In doing so MHCLG will maintain at least ...
Answered 5 Jun 2025
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