Kevin Hollinrake MP: written questions
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HM Land Registry: Second HomesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52621More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Land Registry compiles data on the prices of second homes.
Answer: HM Land Registry does not compile data on the prices of second homes.
Answered 23 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Ministers' Private OfficesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52620More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 14 May 2025 to Question 51394, on Ministers Private Offices, on how many days she has used her office in 70 Whitehall since 4 July 2024.
Answer: The Deputy Prime Minister regularly works from 70 Whitehall, information on the precise number of days is not held by the department.
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBus Services: North YorkshireDepartment for TransportTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52275More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had discussions with Filey Town Council on the return of the Filey Town Centre Bus.
Answer: The government believes that local authorities, working with bus operators, are best placed to determine and design local bus networks in their area, and the government does not intervene in local decisions regarding individual bus routes or services.
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: AviationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52274More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2025 to Question 49917 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Aviation, what the cost was of each individual flight.
Answer: I will arrange for this data to be deposited in the House of Commons Library.
Answered 3 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: AviationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52273More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2025 to Question 49917 on Aviation, how much was spent by (a) Ministers and (b) civil servants.
Answer: Pursuant to the answer of Question 49917 on aviation the following was spent on air travel since 4th July 2024: Domestic Travel:Civil Servants £33,025.78Ministers £1,878.72Other - UK Special Envoy for Post-Holocaust Issues £4210.29Total £39,114.79 Interna...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52272More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the recovered appeal decision made by HM Planning Inspectorate with reference 3346061 on her definition of the greybelt.
Answer: The decision in question was made 12 May 2025 and the proposals were considered taking into account current planning policy, which includes Green Belt policy and published guidance. Full reasons for the decision are set out in the published decision lette...
Answered 23 May 2025
Original Parliament recordUnite: Annual ReportDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52271More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2025 to Question 45682 on Unite: Annual Report, what the auditing issues are that have led to the delays in providing full returns.
Answer: The Certification Officer included an explanatory note alongside her publication of Unite the Union's partial annual returns for 2021, 2022, and 2023. The explanatory note records the Certification Officer's understanding that the issues identified during...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordElectoral Commission: Freedom of InformationSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52270More
Question: To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how many Freedom of Information Act requests the Electoral Commission has substantively responded to since 4 July 2024; and what the
Answer: The Commission provided responses to 178 FOI requests between 4 July 2024 and 14 May.A copy of the response to each FOI request submitted to the Commission can be found on its website at www.electoralcommission.org.uk/about-us/freedom-information .
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCandidates: ExpenditureSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52269More
Question: To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Electoral Commission has previously released individual RPA candidate spending returns under the Freedom of Information
Answer: The Electoral Commission assesses each request under the FOI Act individually. The Act allows certain exemptions to be applied when considering requests, including an exemption for information that is reasonably by other means. Candidate returns are avail...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordIndependent Commission into Adult Social CareDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52268More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the answer of 5 March 2025, to Question 32583, on Independent Commission into Adult Social Care, what is the annual remuneration of Baroness Casey of Blackstock for her role as Chair of
Answer: Baroness Louise Casey has been appointed as a Direct Ministerial Appointment, and in line with Cabinet Office guidance, this appointment will be remunerated. The commission will report on its financial expenditure in due course.
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero: IslamophobiaDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52267More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether the Anti-Islamophobia Working Group provided a training and awareness session in his Department in November 2024.
Answer: DESNZ is committed to supporting our colleagues in line with our DESNZ Values and the Civil Service Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Expenditure Guidance. The Anti-Islamophobia Working Group provided a one-hour training and awareness session in this Depa...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordOverseas Trade: Israel and Occupied TerritoriesChurch CommissionersTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52266More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Battersea, representing the Church Commissioners, whether (a) the Church of England, (b) its pension funds and (c) its investment funds support (i) boycotts and (ii) divestment of companies selling (A) goods and (B) services (1)
Answer: The National Church Institutions do not have a policy of supporting boycotts or divestments related to Israel or the Occupied Palestinian Territories.The Church Commissioners’ and the Church of England Pensions Board’s approaches are individually informed...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRepossession Orders: Private Rented HousingMinistry of JusticeTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52265More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what statistics (a) her Department and (b) His Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service collates on court waiting times for private rented sector repossession claims.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice publishes data on timeliness for private landlord claims. The latest data for the quarter January to March 2025 was published on 15 May 2025. This data is available in table 6 which can be found:Mortgage_and_Landlord_Possession_Tab...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBuildings Safety RegulatorMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52264More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the reasons for the time taken to process applications to the Building Safety Regulator.
Answer: The MHCLG and the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) both recognise the impact of Gateway delays on the construction pipeline of high-rise projects and are taking action to address the current challenges. The Department are working closely with the BSR to im...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52263More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of the number of houses currently under construction in each London borough; and what assessment has been made of the potential impact of ch
Answer: The Department does not centrally collect data on homes currently under construction, but we do publish an annual estimate of new homes built and a quarterly estimate of new build starts and completions which can be found on gov.uk here and here respectiv...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNature Restoration FundMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51880More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, whether funds raised through the Nature Restoration Fund must be allocated to Environmental Delivery Plans (a) in the same
Answer: Each Environmental Delivery Plan (EDP) will address one or more specified environmental features, which will be either a protected species, or a protected aspect of a protected site. Under an EDP, Natural England will be required to deliver conservation m...
Answered 23 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil Tax: Non-paymentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51879More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to remove the sanction of imprisonment for non-payment of council tax.
Answer: The government will be consulting this year on options to modernise the administration of council tax and will seek views on improving the collection and enforcement processes to create a fairer system for taxpayers and councils
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordIslamophobia: WomenMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51878More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to make a submission to the Women and Equalities Committee's inquiry on gendered Islamophobia.
Answer: We welcome the Committee's inquiry on this topic and ministers will take a keen interest in its findings. The Government recognises that religious hatred is not specific to one place and can manifest in varying areas, such as online spaces and in public a...
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMead Realisations: JudgementsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51877More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Court of Appeal ruling of Mead Realisations Ltd v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Gov
Answer: The government has noted the view of the Court of Appeal in Mead Realisations Ltd v Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government [2025] EWCA Civ 32 that the Planning Practice Guidance can in principle amend national policy. It remains ...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Official VisitsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51876More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the locations were of the official visits she undertook on 10 April 2025.
Answer: The Deputy Prime Minister was undertaking official and political business from multiple locations on 10 April . This included a departmental visit to Birmingham.
Answered 4 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordClient EarthMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51875More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2025 to Question 45706 on Client Earth, whether the (a) legal and (b) planning divisions of her Department engage with Client Earth.
Answer: We have not identified any such engagement. I also refer the hon. Member to the answer given to UIN 49404 on 12 May 2025.
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning Permission: Impact AssessmentsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51874More
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, what the topic was of each equality impact assessment that has been produced by her Department s
Answer: The following topics of planning practice guidance have been updated or introduced since 4 July 2024: Enforcement and post-permission mattersNatural environmentHousing supply and deliveryViabilityPlan-makingHousing and economic needs assessmentEffective u...
Answered 23 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning: Environment ProtectionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51873More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for her policies of the Office for Environmental Protection publication entitled OEP gives advice to Governm
Answer: The government welcomes that the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) share our view that the Nature Restoration Fund has the potential to secure better outcomes for nature whilst also unlocking and accelerating necessary development.We are giving ca...
Answered 28 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Civil ServantsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51872More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many permanent civil servants in her Department are staff without assigned posts; and how many are placed in an equivalent (a) people action team, (b) priority movers list, (
Answer: Less than 1% of the department are in a redeployment position within MHCLG. There are currently 27 individuals in a redeployment position out of a workforce of c.3900 FTE.
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51871More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 30 April 2025 to Question 46900 on Asylum: Housing, if she will provide a national figure.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Answer he received on the 30 April 2025 to UIN 46900.
Answered 21 May 2025
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