Kevin Hollinrake MP: written questions
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Admiralty HouseCabinet OfficeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45659More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 9 April 2025 to Question 43478 on Admiralty House, how many of the flats are occupied.
Answer: There has been no change to the allocation of the flats in Admiralty House since my Noble Friend’s answer of 17 December 2024, Official Report, HL2901.
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment Rights Bill: Local Government ServicesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45658More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 10 April 2025 to Question 44224 on Employment Rights Bill: Local Government Services, if he will consult each (a) local authority and (b)town and parish council.
Answer: We will continue to undertake comprehensive engagement and consultation on the implementation of the Plan to Make Work Pay and the Employment Rights Bill, and we will be engaging closely with employers, including local authorities as the policy develops. ...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMinisters: Official ResidencesForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45657More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether the Ministerial residence at 1 Carlton Gardens pays council tax as a (a) sole or main residence, (b) single person discount and (c) second home.
Answer: The Foreign Secretary pays the necessary council tax on 1 Carlton Gardens.
Answered 14 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Legal OpinionAttorney GeneralTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45656More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, if she will publish the most recent guidance issued by the Government Legal Service guidance to Departments on legal risk.
Answer: The Attorney General’s Guidance on Legal Risk was last updated on 6 November 2024. It can be found here: Guidance: Attorney General's Guidance on Legal Risk - GOV.UK.
Answered 25 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMinisters: Official GiftsTreasuryTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45655More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HMRC policy requires Government Ministers to pay an income tax charge for political gifts given to them of (a) clothes, (b) glasses and (c) accommodation from party political donors.
Answer: Ministers are employees for the purposes of Income Tax and National Insurance Contributions. The normal rules for employment-related benefits apply to employment-related gifts, as set out in HMRC’s guidance at www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/employment-i...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBank Services: VettingTreasuryTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45654More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to help prevent the debanking of people and organisations by financial institutions due to (a) their lawful political views and (b) domestic Politically Exposed Persons status or affiliation
Answer: Banking services fulfil a vital role in the lives of millions of people and businesses across the UK, and the government is committed to ensuring high standards of consumer protection and financial inclusion across the financial services sector. Banks are...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Insurance Contributions: DevolutionTreasuryTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45653More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the amount of funding being allocated by the UK Government to each of the devolved administrations to fund the direct and indirect cost of higher National Insurance Contributions on local government is in (a) S
Answer: At Autumn Budget 2024, the Chancellor agreed to provide funding to the public sector to support them with the additional cost associated with changes to employer National Insurance Contributions policy. The devolved governments will receive funding throug...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45652More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in how many council areas have grooming gangs been reported.
Answer: Child sexual abuse and exploitation, including group-based offending or ‘grooming gangs’, remains under-identified and under-reported. Police recorded crime figures are captured by Police Force Area, which equates to local authorities in many instances. A...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: AviationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45651More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much has been spent on flights by her Department since 5 July 2025.
Answer: The Department has spent no money on flights since 5 July 2025 because that date is in the future.In general terms, data on minister’s overseas travel and on senior civil servant’s business expenses is published on a quarterly basis.
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: SanitationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45650More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many gender neutral toilets there are in her Department's offices in (a) Marsham Street, (b) Wolverhampton and (c) Darlington Economic Campus.
Answer: MHCLG occupies five floors of Fry Building at Marsham Street. There are no gender-neutral toilets in Fry Building. There are no toilets designated as gender-neutral at either the Darlington or Wolverhampton offices. At Darlington, however, there are five ...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: PylonsTreasuryTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45649More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2025 to Question 39028 on Housing: Pylons, whether the Valuation Office Agency has made an assessment of the potential impact of a pylon being erected within 500 metres on the capi
Answer: The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) has not made a general assessment on the potential impact on a dwelling’s capital value from a pylon being erected within 500 metres of a dwelling. If the VOA receives a proposal seeking a change in the Valuation List cit...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil Tax: WalesTreasuryTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45648More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Valuation Office Agency plans to publish the draft council tax bandings for dwellings in Wales as part of the council tax revaluation in Wales.
Answer: The Local Government Finance (Wales) Act 2024 states that the Welsh Ministers can specify, in an order, the date by which listing officers must send a copy of the proposed valuation list to their billing authorities. If the Welsh Ministers do not make suc...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45647More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2025 to Question 38040 on Roads: Hampshire, what the net increase in local authority road maintenance funding is in monetary cash terms in 2025-26 relative to the aggregation
Answer: In 2024/25, local highway authorities received a total of £1,067 million of capital funding for local highway maintenance from various funding streams including the Highways Maintenance Block “needs” element, Highways Maintenance Block “incentive” element...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAlcoholic Drinks: MeasurementDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45646More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to make changes to the permitted size of a serving of beer or cider.
Answer: This Government has no plans to change the permitted size of a serving of beer of cider.Draught beer or cider can be served in a 1/3 pint, 1/2 pint, full pint, or multiples of those sizes as defined in the specified quantities set out in the Weights and M...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordTrade Unions: IntimidationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45645More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help tackle intimidatory practices by trade unions when on strike.
Answer: The Government is clear that there is no place for intimidation in any workplace. Our trade union legislation provides for picketing to lawfully take place, but this picketing must be peaceful and those on picket lines must not harass or intimidate worker...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: Trade UnionsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45644More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the trade union recognition provisions in the Employment Rights Bill on SMEs.
Answer: The Government has published a final stage impact assessment on strengthening workers’ rights to access, recognition and representation (see paragraphs 61 to 66 in relation to trade union recognition in particular). This is available at: Impact assessment...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordParish and Town Councils: Trade UnionsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45643More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the trade union recognition provisions in the Employment Rights Bill will apply to town and parish councils.
Answer: Guidance on the trade union recognition scheme is at Gov.uk. This sets out that the scheme is available to unions where the workplace has 21 or more workers. Therefore the smallest workplaces that have 20 or less workers not in scope of the scheme. There ...
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEuropean Islamic CentreMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45642More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department engages with the European Islamic Centre.
Answer: The department does not engage with the European Islamic Centre. The responsibility for decisions around who departments engage sits with the respective departments and the appropriate policy areas. We also refer the hon. member to the response provided b...
Answered 2 May 2025
Original Parliament recordNappies: Waste DisposalDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45641More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of used nappies discarded in public places on Public Health.
Answer: The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has not made a specific assessment of the potential impact of discarded used nappies on public health. The UKHSA and other agencies provide support to local authorities and their directors of public health for localis...
Answered 24 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordThirsk Station: AccessDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45640More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Access for All funding allocated to Thirsk Station has been placed on hold.
Answer: The feasibility work for Thirsk station is underway and we expect all 50 of the feasibility studies announced last year to be complete in the spring. We expect to be able to confirm which stations will move forward over the summer. The Access for All prog...
Answered 24 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordOfcom: DatabasesDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45639More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will have discussions with Ofcom on removing its use of historic data from European Parliamentary elections in its most recent publication entitled Evidence of past electoral supp
Answer: We do not intend to discuss this with Ofcom, as it is operationally independent from the government and responsible for its own publications.
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEnvironmental Delivery PlansMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45638More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the press release entitled Biggest building boom in a generation through planning reforms, published on 11 March 2025, what steps she plans to take to help ensu
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 39021 on 18 March 2025.
Answered 29 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Public ConsultationCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45035More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to ensure consistency of approach in its engagement policy.
Answer: We take engagement seriously and adopt best practice as outlined by the Government's principles of engagement.These principles of engagement are published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
Answered 27 May 2025
Original Parliament recordChinese Embassy: Planning PermissionDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45034More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2025 to Question 39015 on Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission, if she will have discussions with Historic England on its approach to engaging with the public i
Answer: Neither I, nor the Secretary of State, have any plans to discuss this matter with Historic England.
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic Waste: Public HealthDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 45033More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of infrequent collections of household waste on public health.
Answer: Through Simpler Recycling, all households will receive a comprehensive and consistent set of waste and recycling services. This will enable households to recycle as much waste as possible and to frequently dispose of bad-smelling food waste, which will be...
Answered 12 May 2025
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