Kevin Hollinrake MP: written questions
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Chinese Embassy: Planning PermissionAttorney GeneralTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58703More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, whether the Attorney General has appointed a special advocate in relation to the Chinese Embassy called-in planning application and public inquiry.
Answer: The Attorney General has not been asked to appoint a special advocate.
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHomelessness: ResearchMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58702More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's publication entitled MHCLG: spending over £25,000, April 2025, published on 30 May 2025, if she will publish the research commissioned from the
Answer: The Centre for Homelessness were commissioned to undertake a programme of ‘Test and Learn’ trials and a systems-wide evaluation of homelessness and rough sleeping.The principles guiding the government’s publication and release of social research can be fo...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordReligious FreedomMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58246More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government is taking to support the freedom to pray.
Answer: Freedom of religion or belief is a fundamental human right, and one which underpins many of the others. Any individual or group is free to express and practice religion, views and beliefs, but they have a duty to behave responsibly and to respect other p...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: LichfieldsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58245More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the her Department's publication entitled MHCLG: spending over £25,000, March 2025, published on 28 April 2025, what the goods or services commissioned from Nat
Answer: Nathaniel Lichfield & Partners Ltd is providing technical planning advice relating to a small number of planning decisions to be taken by the Department.
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Infrastructure LevyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58244More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department has issued to local planning authorities on ensuring (a) Section 106 and (b) Community Infrastructure Levy revenues are spent; and what requirements
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 54059 on 6 June 2025.
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanningMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58243More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 97 of the National Planning Policy Framework, published on 7 February 2025, what criteria are used to designate a town centre.
Answer: Town centres are defined in the National Planning Policy Framework Annex 2: Glossary.
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament record23red: ContractsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58035More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's document entitled MHCLG: spending over £25,000, April 2025, published on 30 May 2025, for what services her Department paid 23 RED Limited for
Answer: The New Towns Taskforce delivered a series of public engagement events in existing new towns to understand from those with lived experience the legacy of the post-war new towns. 23 RED Limited provided event management services for these events. Findings ...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChinese Embassy: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58034More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has issued a direction under section 321 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 in relation to the Chinese Embassy planning application.
Answer: There is no direction under section 321 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 in force in respect of this case.
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: Public ConsultationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58033More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's document entitled Remote attendance and proxy voting in local authorities: consultation results and government response, published on 5 June 20
Answer: We stated in gov.uk here that we plan to require all principal councils in England to introduce proxy voting schemes for full council meetings. We also stated that for all other meetings, proxy voting may be used but will not be required, and that substit...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordWaverley Borough Council: Community Infrastructure LevyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58032More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what representations her Department has received on collection practices for the Community Infrastructure Levy by Waverley Borough Council.
Answer: My Department has received correspondence concerning the imposition of Community Infrastructure Levy charges by various levy charging authorities, including Waverley Borough Council. We are keeping the issues highlighted in this correspondence under revie...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordVerian: ContractsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58031More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the transparency data entitled MHCLG: spending over £25,000, April 2025, published on 30 May 2025, what the services commissioned from Verian Group UK Limited w
Answer: The following sets out more detail of spend for Verian Group UK Ltd: The Rough Sleeping Questionnaire was carried out in 2019 to understand issues faced by those sleeping rough. The Department repeated the questionnaire in 2025 to update findings, and com...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanningMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58030More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to annex 14 of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Impact assessment, published in May 2025, what she expects the average length of a strategic plan to be.
Answer: As the Planning and Infrastructure Bill Impact Assessment sets outs, the government expects that spatial development strategies will be concise and focused to reflect their role as high level strategic documents. As such, we expect future spatial developm...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordIndependent Commission on NeighbourhoodsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58029More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been provided to the Independent Commission On Neighbourhoods; and whether the Commission is a public authority for (a) Freedom of Information and (b) enviro
Answer: The Independent Commission On Neighbourhoods has received no funding from the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government. It is independent and not a public authority and therefore does not fall within the scope of the Freedom of Information A...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPolitical Parties: StandardsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58028More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department’s consultation on Strengthening the standards and conduct framework for local authorities in England, published in December 2024, whether politic
Answer: The consultation to which the Honourable Member refers sought views from across the local government sector on the appropriateness of creating a national body to consider appeals, alongside a range of other proposed measures to strengthen the local govern...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMoney Laundering: RegulationTreasuryTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58027More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to respond to the consultation on Improving the effectiveness of the Money Laundering Regulations, published in March 2024.
Answer: Responses to the consultation have been invaluable in building the evidence base on potential reforms. In the coming months HM Treasury plans to respond and will bring forward a package of changes to the Regulations aimed at improving their effectiveness....
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLand: TrustsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58026More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to respond to the consultation on Transparency of land ownership involving trusts, published in December 2023.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 30021 on 18 February 2025.
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTrafalgar Tavern: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58025More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the expected timeline is for the consideration of the appeal to the Planning Inspectorate of the planning enforcement notice issued by the London Borough of Greenwich agains
Answer: This appeal (reference APP/E5330/C/25/3364847) against the issue of an Enforcement Notice was received as valid on 29 April 2025. The appeal is proceeding by way of a Hearing. In letters to the main parties dated 1 May, the timetable for the receipt of va...
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: AviationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58024More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2025 to Question 52274 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Aviation, when she plans to deposit this information.
Answer: I will arrange for this information to be deposited in the House of Commons Library.
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ApprenticesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58023More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities offer Level 7 Apprenticeships.
Answer: MHCLG does not hold this data. Local authorities are independent employers and are responsible for managing the apprenticeships they offer to their workforce.
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSleeping RoughMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58022More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the reasons for the trends in the level of long-term rough sleeping in the last 12 months.
Answer: This Government inherited devastating record levels of homelessness and rough sleeping from the last Conservative government. There are multiple factors which can contribute to rough sleeping. Increases in living costs and limited suitable and affordable ...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSleeping Rough: Foreign NationalsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58021More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of trends in the number of people not from the UK or EU who are sleeping rough.
Answer: The expectation is that migrants coming into the UK should be able to maintain and accommodate themselves without recourse to public funds. This reflects the need to maintain the confidence of general public that immigration brings benefits to our country...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChinese Embassy: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58020More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to page 89 of the drawings entitled CD 1.03C: Proposed Drawings, submitted by the Chinese Government to the Planning Inspectorate’s called-in planning inquiry for
Answer: All Inquiry documents for this case are publicly available on Tower Hamlets website here. All material planning considerations will be taken into account when reaching a decision.
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDriver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: DatabasesDepartment for TransportTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58019More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the policy paper entitled Plan for drivers, published on 2 October 2023, whether her Department has taken steps to remove local authorities’ access to Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency data.
Answer: This was a commitment made by the previous Government which we have no plans to take forward.
Answered 11 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLivewire Consultancy: ContractsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58018More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the transparency data entitled MHCLG: spending over £25,000, April 2025, published on 30 May 2025, what services were commissioned from Livewire Consultancy Lim
Answer: Livewire Consultancy Limited were contracted by this Department to collate, analyse and report on the responses to the six consultations we led on the Devolution Priority Programme.Government is now carefully considering the evidence collected, including ...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCandidates: WomenWomen and EqualitiesTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58017More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether she plans to issue guidance to political parties on the potential impact of the Supreme Court judgement in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers on all-women shortlists; and whether she plans
Answer: The Supreme Court Judgment was clear that for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010, biological sex determines whether a person is a woman or not. Accordingly, in relation to the Equality Act 2010’s provisions allowing political parties to use all-women s...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
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