Kevin Hollinrake MP: written questions
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Council Tax: Cheshire EastMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25277More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how she plans to respond to representations from Cheshire East Council to set a council tax referendum threshold of 10% in 2025-26.
Answer: I refer the hon Member to the answer given to Question UIN 24234 on 22 January 2024.
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordLevelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25276More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to implement the provisions on design codes of Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 6867 on 15 October 2024 and to the Written Ministerial Statement made on 12 November 2024 (HCWS209).
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25275More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the (a) abolition of the Office for Place and (b) removal of the beauty criteria in the National Planning Policy Framewo
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 6867 on 15 October 2024 and to the Written Ministerial Statement made on 12 November 2024 (HCWS209).
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ReorganisationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25274More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the correspondence entitled Local government reorganisation: letter to two-tier areas, published on 15 January 2025, if she will publish the correspondence from
Answer: The department has no plans to publish the correspondence from each council that responded to the letter published on the 15 January. A decision on the requests made by councils to postpone local elections will be made in due course, recognising the need ...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordChinese Embassy: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25273More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she expects the Planning Inspectorate to publish the written representations received to planning application APP/E5900/V/24/3353754 on its website.
Answer: The Planning Inspectorate does not publish written representations received on its website as I explained in the answer to written Question UIN 19351 on 20 December 2024.
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPolitical Parties: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25272More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the oral answer of 15 January 2025, Official Report, House of Lords, Col. 1123, on Political Parties: Funding, what steps her Department is taking to obtain vie
Answer: As set out in our manifesto, the Government intends to strengthen the rules around donations to political parties to protect our democracy. The work to give effect to this commitment is ongoing, and we are engaging with key stakeholders, such as the Elect...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: PylonsTreasuryTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25271More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2025 to Question 22322 on Housing: Pylons, whether her Department is taking steps to help increase awareness of the right to submit a proposal to alter the Council Tax list.
Answer: Guidance on the right to submit a proposal (formal challenge) against a Council Tax band and changes that may affect a property’s band is published at the following links:Challenge your Council Tax band: Overview - GOV.UK.How Council Tax works: Working ou...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCandidates: ExpenditureSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25270More
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 8 January 2025 to Question 22034 on Candidates: Expenditure, whether such notional invoices need to provid
Answer: There is no leal requirement for an invoice for notional spending where it is reported in a candidate return. The requirement is for agents to make a declaration of the value of the notional spending. However, additional information about the nature of th...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCandidates: ExpenditureSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25269More
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 8 January 2025 to Question 22034 on Candidates: Expenditure, whether the Commission has given unpublished
Answer: The Electoral Commission offers advice to all candidates and parties in reponse to their queries and in line with its published guidance. For notional spending, the law states that no invoice is required in a candidate return. The Commission advises that ...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPolitical Parties: FinanceSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25268More
Question: To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, with reference to the oral answer of 15 January 2025, Official Report, House of Lords, Columns 1123-1124, on Political Parties: Fund
Answer: Qualifying foreign citizens residing in Scotland and Wales are eligible to register to vote in local government and devolved elections, and are therefore permissible donors for those elections. The Commission provides guidance to Electoral Registration Of...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordElectionsSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25267More
Question: To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what plans the Commission has to consult on changes to electoral (a) law, (b) practice, (c) guidance and (d) policy in 2025.
Answer: The Electoral Commission develops guidance in consultation with electoral administrators and parties and campaigners, to ensure it is clear and meets their needs. The Commission has upcoming statutory consultations on the new digital imprint guidance in S...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordParliamentary Parties PanelSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25266More
Question: To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, on what topics the Commission has (a) open consultations (i) through the Parliamentary Parties Panel and (ii) generally and (b) cons
Answer: The Electoral Commission has no open consultations with the Parliamentary Parties Panel, and no consultations that are closed but have not yet been concluded.The Commission hold regular discussions with the Westminster Parliamentary Parties Panel, and eac...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordChinese Embassy: Planning PermissionHome OfficeTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25265More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what national security mitigations she plans to take in the context of the Chinese embassy planning application.
Answer: China’s planning application to convert the former Royal Mint buildings into its new UK embassy has been called-in by the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, in line with established planning policy. The planning decision sit...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Written QuestionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25264More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to answer Questions 23789, 23790 and 23791 on Eden Project: Morecambe, tabled on 14 January 2025.
Answer: I responded to the Hon Member on 23 January 2024.
Answered 24 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24450More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the impact of family-owned businesses on the local economy; and what assessment has she made of the potential impact of changes to the Business Property Relief on local communities.
Answer: At Autumn Budget 2024, the Government took a number of difficult but necessary decisions on tax, welfare, and spending to restore economic stability, fix the public finances, and support public services. These were tough decisions given the situation we i...
Answered 24 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: Employers' ContributionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24193More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the £515 million of new funding to support councils with the costs associated with the increase in employer National Insurance contributions, announced on 18 De
Answer: Raising the revenue required to fund public services and restore economic stability requires difficult decisions on tax, which is why the government is asking employers to contribute more. All of us rely on good public services.We recognise the challenges...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHomelessness: Temporary AccommodationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24192More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of limits on the amount that local authorities can spend on temporary accommodation from the Homelessness Prevention Grant
Answer: This Government has inherited record levels of temporary accommodation, and we recognise the pressure this has put on councils. The Homelessness Prevention Grant was never intended to meet all of councils’ temporary accommodation costs. Councils can and d...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHomelessness: Temporary AccommodationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24191More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason she has placed a limit on the amount local authorities can spend on temporary accommodation costs from Homelessness Prevention Grant.
Answer: This Government has inherited record levels of temporary accommodation, and we recognise the pressure this has put on councils. The Homelessness Prevention Grant was never intended to meet all of councils’ temporary accommodation costs. Councils can and d...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHoliday Accommodation: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24190More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has issued guidance on when planning permission is required to rent out a dwelling as a short-term let.
Answer: The guidance sought can be found on gov.uk here.
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordChinese Embassy: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24189More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 January 2025 to Questions 19351 and 19356 on Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission, if she will place in the House of Commons Library each written repr
Answer: Written representations submitted to the Planning Inspectorate’s inquiry will not be placed in the House of Commons Library. However, inquiry documentation, including written representations submitted to the inquiry, is available to view in the inquiry li...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24188More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 January 2025 to Question 20226 on Environment Impact Assessment, what her planned timetable is for replacing the system of environmental assessment.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to question UIN 20226 on 24 December 2024.
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordParish and Town Councils: Employers' ContributionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24125More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 6 January 2025 to Question HL3294 on Parish and Town Councils: Employers’ contributions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the pote
Answer: The government recognises the important role town and parish councils have in improving the quality of life and wellbeing of their communities. We recognise that the increase in the rate of employers’ National Insurance Contributions will lead to increase...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: AuditMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23800More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the written statement of 18 December 2024 on Local Government Finance Settlement, HCWS342, whether the Local Audit Office will itself undertake local government
Answer: The government’s local audit strategy is seeking views on whether and how to grow public provision, including how to ensure that provision achieves overall growth without reducing private sector capacity.Consideration is also being given as to whether the...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: Employers' ContributionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23799More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her guidance entitled Explanatory note on the National Insurance Contribution compensation 2025 to 2026, published on 18 December 2024, on what methodological b
Answer: The additional £515 million made available by the government to compensate local government in England as a whole for the impact of changes to employer National Insurance contributions (NICs), has been determined based on a national assessment of the cost...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: DevolutionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23798More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to page 99 of the English Devolution White Paper, CP 1218, published on 16 December 2024, whether councils would be allowed to outsource the enforcement of council
Answer: The government will work with councils to determine how byelaws should be made and enforced as set out in the English Devolution White Paper.
Answered 21 Jan 2025
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