Kevin Hollinrake MP: written questions
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Local Government Finance: Rural AreasMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26563More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding each council will receive from the Rural Services Delivery Grant in (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26.
Answer: I refer the hon Member to the answer given to Question UIN 20652 on 27 December 2024 and the answer to Question UIN 22380 on 15 January 2025.We have published the latest Core Spending Power figures which includes a breakdown of Rural Services Delivery Gra...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26562More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the policy paper entitled Local Government Finance Report 2025 to 2026: draft, published on 18 December 2024, how much and what proportion of additional funding
Answer: The final Settlement for 2025-26 makes available over £69 billion for local government, which is a 6.8% cash terms increase in councils’ Core Spending Power on 2024-25.This included introducing a new ‘Recovery Grant’, worth £600 million, which will go to ...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHM Land Registry: BuildingsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26561More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 January 2025 to Question 19964 on Land Registry: Buildings, how many members of Land Registry staff attended the office in person on average each day
Answer: 3209
Answered 6 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26560More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 January 2025 to Question 20640 on Housing: Ownership, what estimate she has made of the number of new build replacements in (a) 2025-26 and (b) 2026-2
Answer: As set out in the answer given to Question UIN 17553 on 11 December 2024, our modelling suggests a long-run average of c. 1,700 sales annually under new maximum discounts. As a result, we believe local authorities will now be in a stronger position to rep...
Answered 6 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordProperty Development: Environmental Impact AssessmentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26559More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department’s policy paper entitled Planning Reform Working Paper: Development and Nature Recovery, published on 15 December 2024, and pursuant to the Answer
Answer: The Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023 gave the government powers to bring forward Environmental Outcomes Reports.The detail of the new system will be set out in secondary legislation through regulations as well as in guidance.Until a new system is im...
Answered 6 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMigrants: English LanguageCabinet OfficeTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26557More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the level of English language proficiency of adult migrants to the United Kingdom in the last year for which figures are available.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 27th January is now available in the House Library.
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHouseholds: English LanguageCabinet OfficeTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26555More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of households have resident adults with no English language proficiency.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 27th January is now available in the House Library.
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHouseholds: English LanguageCabinet OfficeTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26554More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of households in England have resident adults with no English language proficiency.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 27th January is now available in the House Library.
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Development: English LanguageCabinet OfficeTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26553More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of the level of adult English language proficiency on (a) workforce participation and (b) integration.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 27th January is now available in the House Library.
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness Premises: Change of UseMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26552More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to retain office-to-residential permitted development rights.
Answer: The office to residential permitted development right (Class O) was subsumed into the commercial, business and service uses to residential permitted development right (Class MA) in August 2022.Using the most recently available published data, in each quar...
Answered 6 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness Premises: Change of UseMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26551More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many office-to-residential prior approval planning applications there have been in each quarter of the last 24 months.
Answer: The office to residential permitted development right (Class O) was subsumed into the commercial, business and service uses to residential permitted development right (Class MA) in August 2022.Using the most recently available published data, in each quar...
Answered 6 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPrivate Rented Housing: StudentsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26549More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the end of fixed term tenancies on student accommodation in the private rented sector.
Answer: We want all tenants renting privately, including students, to benefit from the increased security and flexibility the Renters’ Rights Bill will provide.Students will benefit from the removal of fixed term tenancies. Fixed terms mean that renters are oblig...
Answered 6 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: United Arab EmiratesHome OfficeTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26481More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the decision by the United Arab Emirates to impose sanctions on (a) Cambridge Education and Training Center Ltd, (b) IM
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to UIN 23462 on the 16th January 2025.
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Employers' ContributionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26478More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2025 to Question 22929 on Treasury: Employers' Contributions, whether she has received any requests for pricing reviews, in the context of ch
Answer: The information is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost as it would require collating information from individual contract managers from across the department.
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil of the Nations and RegionsCabinet OfficeTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26477More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2025 to Question 22044 on Council of the Nations and Regions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of inviting (a) councillors and (b) council mayors to the
Answer: As set out in its Terms of Reference, the Council of the Nations and Regions is a central, driving forum that brings together governments and authorities with devolved responsibilities to determine actions for tackling some of the biggest and most cross-c...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Development: RadicalismMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26476More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities in response to the question from Hon. Member for Ruislip, Northwood and
Answer: The government does not knowingly engage with any individual or group that condones criminal activity.
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26304More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 236 of the National Planning Policy Framework, published on 12 December 2024, whether relevant councils are required to begin a new local plan (a) dur
Answer: The government’s Plan for Change includes an ambitious milestone of delivering 1.5 million safe and decent homes in this Parliament.Delivering on that milestone requires local planning authorities to plan for sufficient homes, as well as commercial develo...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordVagrancy Act 1824Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26303More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2025 to Question 21612 on Vagrancy Act 1824, whether the Act’s provisions will remain in place until replaced.
Answer: Further to the answer of 13 January 2024 to Question UIN 21612, the Vagrancy Act 1824 remains in force. We are carefully considering the Vagrancy Act in developing our new cross-government homelessness strategy.
Answered 31 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: Employers' ContributionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26276More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Local Government Association's publication entitled Local government finance policy statement – LGA response. published on 28 November 2024, what assessment
Answer: The government has announced an additional £515 million of support for local government , specifically to manage the impact of changes to employer NICs announced at the Autumn Budget. Final allocations to LAs will be published as part of the final Local G...
Answered 31 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncillors and Mayors: Workplace PensionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26040More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2025 to Question 22645 on Workplace Pensions: Councillors and Mayors, whether she has had discussions with local authorities on reinstating p
Answer: Since 5 July 2024, the Secretary of State has not held discussions with any local authorities regarding re-instating access to the Local Government Pension Scheme for mayors or councillors in England, though it is recognised that the subject has been rais...
Answered 31 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil Tax: Mental IllnessMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26039More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2025 to Question 22644 on Council tax, if she will take steps to advertise the council tax discounts, disregards and exemptions for (a) the s
Answer: The government does not have any current plans for a publicity campaign for council tax disregards. The government does make this information publicly and freely available through its plain English guide to council tax. The government’s approach is the sa...
Answered 31 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ReorganisationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26038More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2025 to Question 22334 on Local Government: Reorganisation, what her Department's policy is on facilitating local government reorganisation i
Answer: It will be essential for councils to work with local partners, including MPs, to develop plans for sustainable unitary structures capable of delivering the high-quality public services that residents need and deserve. It is for councils to decide how best...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil of the Nations and RegionsCabinet OfficeTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26037More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2025 to Question 22044 on Council of the Nations and Regions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of inviting council representatives from (a) Wales, (b) Sc
Answer: As set out in its Terms of Reference, the Council of the Nations and Regions is a central, driving, forum that brings together governments and authorities with devolved responsibilities to determine actions for tackling some of the biggest and most cross-...
Answered 31 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordUnitary CouncilsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26036More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2025 to Question 23142 on Unitary Councils, if she will publish the (a) numeric population range and (b) area size of a small unitary.
Answer: As set out in the English Devolution White Paper, the Government will facilitate a programme of local government reorganisation for two-tier areas, and for unitary councils where there is evidence of failure or where their size or boundaries may be hinder...
Answered 31 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: AsylumMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26035More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2025 to Question 22720 on Housing: Foreign Nationals, in what circumstances are (a) unaccompanied child and (b) other (i) asylum seekers and
Answer: Local authorities have a statutory duty under S20 of the Children Act 1989 to look after children in need in their area. This includes unaccompanied asylum seeking (UAS) children who either arrive in a local authority area or are transferred there under t...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
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