Kevin Hollinrake MP: written questions

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Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27158More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2024 to Question 18957 on Devolution: East of England, for what reason planning powers are being transferred to a regional level.
Answer: The government does not intend to transfer planning powers to a regional level. The English Devolution White Paper, Power and Partnership: Foundations for Growth, published in December 2024, confirmed our commitment to implement strategic planning at a su...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
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Council of the Nations and Regions: National IdentityMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27157More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2024 to Question 18960 on Council of the Nations and Regions: National Identity, what definition of (a) regions and (b) nations her Departme
Answer: The United Kingdom comprises four constituent nations. The English Devolution White paper sets out how powers will be devolved within England, to regions whose boundaries are to be agreed with local stakeholders.
Answered 11 Feb 2025
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Chinese Embassy: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27156More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish all correspondence, including electronic communications, between 10 Downing Street and her Department on the planning application for the proposed Chinese Emb
Answer: As is longstanding practice, we do not normally disclose internal communications.
Answered 7 Feb 2025
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Housing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27153More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will commence the street votes programme through the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023.
Answer: The government continues to review its policy inheritance from the last government, including in relation to specific provisions of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act that have not been brought into force.
Answered 7 Feb 2025
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Chinese Embassy: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27152More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to ensure compliance with propriety guidance for the call-in of the proposed new Chinese Embassy.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer to UIN 22643 on 27 January 2025.
Answered 7 Feb 2025
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Local Government Pension SchemeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26851More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2024 to Question 18952 on Local Government Pension Scheme, what assessment she has made of the potential risk (a) to investment returns from
Answer: The Government remains committed to fiduciary duty remaining with local pension funds, who are responsible for ensuring that assets are invested in the best interests of employers and scheme members. Fiduciary duty is key to limiting political interferenc...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
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Chinese Embassy: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26850More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 18 December 2024, to Question 18953, on Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission, whether 10 Downing Street asked the Deputy Prime Minister to call in the p
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 17009 on 6 December 2024.
Answered 5 Feb 2025
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Local Government: DevolutionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26849More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 18 December 2024 to Question 18957 on Devolution: East of England, if she will take steps with Cabinet colleagues to devolve decision-making powers to (
Answer: We committed in the English Devolution White Paper to look at the case for strengthening communities with greater rights to be involved in their local issues and there will be further announcements relating to communities later this year. It is for local ...
Answered 6 Feb 2025
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Local Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26848More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to Written Statement of 18 December 2024 on the Local Government Finance Settlement, HCWS342, what the real terms increase in core spending power is for each local
Answer: The Settlement for 2025-26 makes available over £69 billion for local government. This is a 6.8% cash terms increase or 4.3% real terms increase in councils’ Core Spending Power on 2024-25.
Answered 6 Feb 2025
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Local Government: ReorganisationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26847More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 16 December 2024 on English Devolution, HCWS316, if she will place in the Library a copy of each substantive response by local au
Answer: As has been the case under successive administrations, we do not generally publish private letters of correspondence sent to Government Ministers.
Answered 5 Feb 2025
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Local Government: ReorganisationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26846More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 16 December 2024 on English Devolution, HCWS316, how many areas will be in the first wave of local government restructuring.
Answer: On 16th December, I wrote to all councils in two-tier areas and to neighbouring small unitaries alongside the White Paper, to set out our plans. I intend to write soon to formally invite unitary proposals from all these councils. As set out in the White P...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
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Private Rented Housing: LicensingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26845More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Statement of 16 December 2024 on English Devolution, HCWS316, whether local authorities will be able to impose selective licensing requirements on a
Answer: On 23 December 2024, a new General Approval for selective licensing came into force. This enables local authorities to introduce selective licensing schemes of any size without seeking approval from the Secretary of State. Under the previous 2015 General ...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
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Housing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26844More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of ending the New Homes Bonus on the funding of district councils.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 19760 on 20 December 2024.
Answered 5 Feb 2025
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Council TaxMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26843More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what requests she has received from local authorities to set a council tax referendum threshold for 2025-26 above the draft Local Government Finance Settlement.
Answer: I refer the hon Member to the written ministerial made by the Secretary of State (HCWS413) on 3 February 2025.
Answered 5 Feb 2025
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Council TaxMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26842More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 3.2 of the Devolution White Paper, CP 1218, if she will make an estimate of the average change in Band D council tax in England from proposed changes
Answer: Mayoral precepts are a matter for mayors, who are accountable to local taxpayers. Successive governments have not put in place measures to limit mayoral precepts. The measures in the English Devolution White Paper seek to provide consistent powers between...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
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Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26841More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many times the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs has made a representation to her Department on the call-in of a planning application in th
Answer: Officials do not monitor or track the number of representations made by particular organisations or parties over time. As such, the department does not hold such statistics.
Answered 5 Feb 2025
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Local Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26840More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 4.2.2 of the English Devolution White Paper, published on 16 December 2024, what formula her Department will use to distribute funding to strategic au
Answer: Paragraph 4.2.2 relates to the recovery grant and wider plans to reform funding to local authorities, not Strategic Authorities.Strategic Authorities receive their funding from a variety of sources and different government departments, reflecting their di...
Answered 20 Feb 2025
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Local Government: ReorganisationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26839More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to page 64 of the English Devolution White Paper, published on 16 December 2024, what assessment she has made of the impact of the (a) abolition of district counci
Answer: Where an area is going through local government reorganisation, it is essential that individual local authorities continue to deliver services and statutory duties as these remain unchanged up until such time as the re-organisation process is complete.The...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
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Local Government: DebtsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26838More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to para 4.2.3 of the English Devolution White Paper, published on 16 December 2024, how the (a) debts and (b) surpluses of individual councils will be divided up i
Answer: It is the responsibility of councils to manage their budgets, and it is standard for councils to borrow and to hold debt, which they will do in the normal course of business. Local government re-organisation does not change this. Previous Secretaries of S...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
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Property Development: NewtsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26837More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department’s policy paper entitled Development and Nature Recovery, published on 15 December 2024, what steps is she taking to ensure new housebuilding is p
Answer: When it comes to development and the environment, we know we can do better than the status quo, which too often sees both sustainable housebuilding and nature recovery stall. Instead of environmental protections being seen as a barrier to growth, we want ...
Answered 6 Feb 2025
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Environmental Delivery PlansMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26836More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department’s policy paper entitled Development and Nature Recovery, published on 15 December 2024, whether Delivery Plans will be part of Local Plans.
Answer: Delivery Plans as proposed in the Development and Nature Planning Reform Working Paper would be prepared for protected habitats or species and would not necessarily be at the scale of local plans.Proposals for a Nature Restoration Fund are under developme...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
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Property Development: Environment ProtectionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26835More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department’s policy paper entitled Development and Nature Recovery, published on 15 December 2024, whether she plans to (a) amend and (b) repeal the assimil
Answer: The government does not consider it necessary to repeal environmental legislation to take forward the approach set out in the Development and Nature Planning Reform Working Paper to accelerate housing and infrastructure development whilst going beyond off...
Answered 6 Feb 2025
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Housing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26834More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 January 2025 to Question 19702 on Housing: Construction, if the 1.5 million target will be backloaded in this Parliament.
Answer: As set out in our Plan for Change, lead times in planning, infrastructure and construction mean we are already constrained by the impact of decisions taken by the previous government, but we expect the number of new homes to start rising significantly in ...
Answered 6 Feb 2025
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Local Government: DebtsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26783More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2025 to Question 23337 on Local Government: Debts, what discussions she has had with local authorities on the allocation of council debt foll
Answer: It is the responsibility of councils to manage their budgets, and it is standard for councils to borrow and to hold debt, which they will do in the normal course of business. Local government re-organisation does not change this.Previous Secretaries of St...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
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Property Development: NewtsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26564More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to paragraphs 17 and 60 of the policy paper entitled Planning Reform Working Paper: Development and Nature Recovery, published on 15 December 2024, what assessment his D
Answer: At this stage, the Government has not yet finalised its assessment of how it can further support local authorities to tackle litter. Any new announcements will be announced in the usual way.
Answered 4 Feb 2025
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