Kevin Hollinrake MP: written questions
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Nappies: Waste DisposalDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48448More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2025 to Question 45641 on Nappies: Waste Disposal, whether the UK Health Security Agency have provided (a) advice and (b) support to Birmingham City Council on di
Answer: The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and other agencies provide support to local authorities and their directors of public health for localised incidents. The UKHSA has not given specific advice about the potential impact of discarded used nappies on pub...
Answered 9 May 2025
Original Parliament recordIndustrial DisputesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48447More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Employment Rights Bill on (a) the trade union action in Birmingham and (b) industrial action in general.
Answer: In October 2024 the government published impact assessments on the trade union-related measures within the Employment Rights Bill. The impact assessments covering the Bill’s repeal of the Trade Union Act 2016 and the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Act 2...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPicketingDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48446More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he plans to amend the code of practice on picketing, updated on 11 March 2024.
Answer: Subject to Parliamentary approval of the Employment Rights Bill, the Government intends to amend the Code of Practice on Picketing to reflect legislative changes made by the Bill.
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPicketingDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48445More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has received recent representations from trade unions on the six person limit on pickets; and whether he has considered amending this limit.
Answer: The Department has not received recent representations from trade unions on the six person limit on pickets. The six person limit is a recommendation contained in a Code of Practice on Picketing; any consequential changes to the Code will be considered fo...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordWater ChargesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48444More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made a recent assessment of the potential merits of introducing compulsory water metering of homes paying water bills based on rateable value.
Answer: Currently, individual water companies decide the best way to manage water demand issues, including their approach to metering. However, to inform their decisions, Defra issues guiding principles that set out our priorities, including our expectations of w...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordWater ChargesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48443More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent representations his Department has received on (a) progressive and (b) seasonal water metering tariffs.
Answer: Ministers and officials have regular discussions with a range of stakeholders, and representatives, on various issues, including progressive and seasonal water metering tariffs. We welcome companies’ willingness to trial innovative new approaches to charg...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTravellers: Caravan SitesHome OfficeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48442More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 22 April 2025 to Question 44484 on Travellers: Caravan Sites, whether her Department considered (a) appealing the judgement and (b) bringing forward legislative proposals to
Answer: We are carefully considering the judgment issued by the High Court in May 2024.The letter was sent by the NPCC.
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: Temporary AccommodationHome OfficeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48441More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 2 April 2025 to Question 41060 on Asylum: Temporary Accommodation, with which local authorities her Department is working.
Answer: The Home Office works with all local authorities, devolved administrations and other stakeholders to meet our statutory obligations, and deliver our commitments to reduce overall asylum accommodation costs, and end the use of hotels over time.
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTravellers: Caravan SitesHome OfficeTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48440More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 22 April 2025 to Question 44484 on Travellers: Caravan Sites, if she will publish the letter sent to police forces.
Answer: We are carefully considering the judgment issued by the High Court in May 2024.The letter was sent by the NPCC.
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordElectoral Commission: Freedom of InformationSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48439More
Question: To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what plans the Electoral Commission has to provide a substantive response to the internal review request to the Freedom of Informati
Answer: The Electoral Commission responded to the internal review request on 30 April.
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: Employers' ContributionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48438More
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 increase in employers National Insurance contributions on the number of staff directly employed by local au
Answer: We recognise the pressures local authorities are under as demand for vital services grows. Government is providing £2 billion of additional grant funding through the Settlement, including £502 million to manage the impact of employer National Insurance Co...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government Services: Employers' ContributionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48437More
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 increase of employers National Insurance contributions on (a) commissioned and (b) externally provided coun
Answer: We recognise the pressures local authorities are under as demand for vital services grows. Government is providing £2 billion of additional grant funding through the Settlement, including £502 million to manage the impact of employer National Insurance Co...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Deputy Prime MinisterMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48436More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how often the Deputy Prime Minister has used her office in Room 111 in 70 Whitehall in the last six months.
Answer: This information is not held centrally.
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBirmingham City Council: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48435More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress the Best Value intervention has made on improving Birmingham City Council’s oracle and income management system.
Answer: The Best Value Intervention has supported substantial progress in addressing key issues relating to Birmingham City Council’s Oracle ERP system. A new re-implementation strategy is set, with the Council committed to adopting the best practice processes of...
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordElectoral Commission: Companies HouseSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48135More
Question: To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 3 April 2025 to Question 41450 on Electoral Commission: Companies House, whether the Electoral Commission
Answer: The Electoral Commission has not made any requests to Companies House under the provisions in the Economic Crime and Transparency Act 2023.
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordElectoral Commission: WalesSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48134More
Question: To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024 on the work of the El
Answer: The Commission regularly assesses the impact of legislation on its work, including the Elections and Elected Bodies (Wales) Act 2024. The Act makes a number of changes to electoral law in Wales, including the establishment of an Electoral Management Board...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordElectoral Commission: Companies HouseSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48133More
Question: To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 2 April 2025 to Question 42467 on Electoral Commission: Companies House, whether the Electoral Commission
Answer: The Commission regularly accesses data published by Companies House as part of its work enforcing political finance laws. It will make decisions on requests for additional data as appropriate to its enforcement work.
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordElections: ExpenditureSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48132More
Question: To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 7 April 2025 to Question 43087 on Elections: Expenditure, what guidance the Electoral Commission has given
Answer: The Commission’s guidance for candidates states that items provided for free or at a non-commercial discount with a value of £50 or less are not regarded in law as notional spending. They do not need to be recorded on a candidate’s spending return or coun...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCandidates: ExpenditureSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48131More
Question: To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what guidance the Electoral Commission issues to candidates on declaring notional expenditure associated with policing and security
Answer: The Commission’s guidance on candidate spending laws explains that reasonable expenses relating to the protection of persons or property, such as hiring security, do not count as candidate spending. It therefore does not need to be declared on a candidate...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCandidates: ExpenditureSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48130More
Question: To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2025 to Question 45675 on Candidates: Expenditure, whether the Electoral Commission releases cand
Answer: The Electoral Commission does not release candidate spending returns under the Freedom of Information Act.The Representation of the People Act 1983 requires returning officers to make candidate spending returns available for two years. As such, spending r...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBirmingham City CouncilMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48129More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, who attends daily meetings between her Department and Birmingham City Council.
Answer: MHCLG Resilience & Recovery Directorate officials attend the multi-agency coordinating group established in response to the declaration of a major incident by Birmingham City Council. Area Team officials are also meeting twice weekly with Birmingham C...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDoncaster Sheffield Airport: Repairs and MaintenanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48128More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled Government backs mayor to reopen Doncaster Sheffield Airport, published on 9 April 2025, how much of the £30 million fun
Answer: The £30 million funding is devolved existing funding that has been unlocked for the mayor to invest in local priorities by providing flexibility on its use through the new, flexible, long-term Integrated Settlement which we intend to implement in SYMCA fr...
Answered 12 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning Permission: EqualityMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48127More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has issued guidance to (a) local planning authorities and (b) the Planning Inspectorate on whether applicants for planning permission should be required to
Answer: The government has not issued guidance specific to planning applications on providing information relating to protected characteristics and associated diversity information.
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning Permission: Environment ProtectionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48126More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether (a) her Department and (b) the Planning Inspectorate have issued guidance on the Supreme Court judgement UKSC/2022/0064 in relation to considering the potential impact of
Answer: The Supreme Court judgement UKSC/2022/0064 clarified that downstream emissions are to be considered for oil extraction projects where those emissions are an inevitable consequence of the oil extraction. The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero have...
Answered 7 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitality Industry: LicensingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48125More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the press notice entitled Government calls last orders on red tape choking pubs, clubs, and restaurants in major boost to the British night out, published on 4
Answer: The government will work with the Greater London Authority to review strategic licensing powers and explore a pilot scheme, providing the Mayor of London with new powers over strategic licensing. Following any pilot, the government will consider the case ...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
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