Kevin Hollinrake MP: written questions 2025
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Water Charges: Social TariffsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76020More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2025 to Question 64767 on Waster Charges: Social Tariff, what recent estimate Ofwat has made of the (a) average cost to households of the cross-subsid
Answer: At PR24 Ofwat challenged companies to address customer concerns about the affordability of water bills in the 2025-2030 period and asked them to set out the measures that they would take and how they would fund these measures.
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordWater: PricesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76019More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2025 to Question 64768 on Water: Prices, what estimate Ofwat has made of the average increase in water bills for homes with gardens affected by season
Answer: Ofwat has not conducted a specific bill impact assessment for homes with gardens for companies trialling this method of charging. South West Water estimated that 55% of household customers would save on its seasonal saver tariff and 95% of customers would...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic Cigarettes: Public HousesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76018More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 August 2025 to Question 68411 on Electronic Cigarettes: Bus Stops, for what reason he has considered banning vaping inside pubs.
Answer: Whilst vapes are less harmful than smoking and can be an effective quit aid for adult smokers, they are not harm-free and the long-term health impacts of vaping are unknown. Vapes release an aerosol that exposes people to nicotine and potential toxicants,...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordElectoral RegisterSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76017More
Question: To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what guidance the Electoral Commission has issued on whether an elector can vote in three different localities.
Answer: The Electoral Commission's guidance for Electoral Registration Officer's (EROs) sets out that someone may be eligible to register and to vote at more than one address if the ERO finds they meet the residency requirements, alongside the other usual registr...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordUnitary Councils: ElectionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74954More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether new unitary councils will be elected (a) all-out and (b) by thirds.
Answer: Our expectation is to provide for whole council elections, consistent with the approach taken in previous unitarisations where new councils were established under the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007.
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: Capital Gains TaxTreasuryTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74949More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance HMRC has issued on claiming private residence capital gains tax exemption.
Answer: HMRC has published information on capital gains tax private residence relief in their self-assessment helpsheets HS283 “Private Residence Relief” and HS281 “Capital Gains Tax, civil partners and spouses”; and their capital gains manual at page CG64200 onw...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment SecuritiesTreasuryTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74948More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many uncovered auctions there have been for Government gilts since 4 July 2024.
Answer: From 4 July 2024 to the date of this response, there have been no uncovered auctions for gilts. The results of all gilt auctions are published on the UK Debt Management Office website.
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSenior Civil Servants: PayCabinet OfficeTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74947More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2025 to Question 53898 on Senior Civil Servants: Pay, whether that list will be published in 2025.
Answer: The ‘high earner’ list will be published after departments and their partner organisations have implemented the 2025/26 senior pay award and they have fully quality assured the personal data being published about individuals. Departments also publish sala...
Answered 25 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPolitical Parties: ConferencesHome OfficeTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74946More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to amend the (a) funding and (b) qualifying spending for Party Political Conference Security Grants.
Answer: The Party Political Conference Security Grants funding arrangements were outlined in 2016 by the Home Office for the party in power and the main opposition party. These principles have been adhered to since and the Home Office has regular engagement with ...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordLabour Party: ConferencesHome OfficeTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74945More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was given to the Labour Party for Party Political Conference Security Grant in each year since 2019.
Answer: The Party Political Conference Security Grants funding arrangements were outlined in 2016 by the Home Office for the party in power and the main opposition party. These principles have been adhered to since and the Home Office has regular engagement with ...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordSummer Internship ProgrammeCabinet OfficeTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74673More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Internship Scheme To Get More Working Class Students Into Civil Service, published on 1 August 2025, whether children of asylum seekers that (a) are perm
Answer: As we set out in August, we will be opening our Fast Stream Summer Internship Programme exclusively for undergraduates from lower socio-economic backgrounds for 2026. We will determine eligibility based on parental occupation at age 14 in line with guidan...
Answered 25 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordChinese Embassy: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74672More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2025 to Question 58020 on Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission and further to the correspondence from the MHCLG Planning Casework Unit to DP9 of
Answer: The Planning Inspector's Report was received by the Department on 10 June. Following careful analysis of the report, the Secretary of State referred back to parties on a number of matters, including the redacted drawings, on 6 August.
Answered 12 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic Visits: DoncasterCabinet OfficeTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74657More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 28 July 2025 to Question 57266 on Domestic Visits: Doncaster, which events the special advisers who travelled with the Prime Minister to Doncaster took part in on 10 April 2025.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to my answer of 28 July 2025, Official Report, PQ 57266.
Answered 7 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: Public AppointmentsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74656More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the terms and conditions for non-executive board member appointments agreed to by Alan Milburn.
Answer: We will not be publishing personal appointment letters, which include terms and conditions of appointment, sent to Departmental non-executive board members. The terms and conditions are in line with those for other public appointments made by the Departme...
Answered 18 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordAlcoholic DrinksTreasuryTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74201More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2025 to Question 64049 on Alcoholic Drinks, what those international conventions are.
Answer: I refer the honourable member to the answer given on 23 July to PQ UIN 68763. Thirteen of the twenty largest sovereign green bond issuers to date, including the UK, explicitly exclude the financing of alcohol-related spending in their green bond framework...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordChinese EmbassyForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74189More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department responded to the correspondence from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government of 6 August 2025 on the proposed Chinese Embassy.
Answer: On 20 August, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the Home Office submitted written representations to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government in response to its correspondence of 6 August.
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74188More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what due diligence was undertaken for the appointment of the UK ambassador to the US.
Answer: Normal pre-employment processes, including vetting, are routinely carried out prior to all senior civil service appointments.
Answered 22 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Council TaxCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74186More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reason his Department pays council tax on Ministerial residences which are deemed to be second homes.
Answer: It has been long-standing government policy, in place for successive administrations, including for the previous government the Hon member served in, that where a minister occupies an official residence on a second home basis, the government pays the coun...
Answered 23 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDeputy Prime Minister: Admiralty HouseCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74185More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much council tax was paid by his Department on the Deputy Prime Minister’s flat in Admiralty House in each month since 4 July 2024.
Answer: The council tax charges levied by Westminster City Council are available online on their website at https://www.westminster.gov.uk/council-tax/council-tax-bands-and-chargesFollowing the introduction of the second homes premium, this has been paid in full...
Answered 21 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Advisers: ElectionsCabinet OfficeTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73833More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has issued guidance to special advisers on undertaking (a) national and (b) local political activities during working hours when accompanying Ministers in a local election purdah period.
Answer: The rules for national and local political activities are set out in the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers.
Answered 15 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Advisers: Political PartiesCabinet OfficeTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73832More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has issued guidance to special advisers on undertaking opposition research involving individual politicians.
Answer: As has been the case under successive governments, special advisers are required to adhere to the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers at all times. No specific guidance has been issued on special advisers undertaking opposition research involving individ...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordLabour Infrastructure ForumCabinet OfficeTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73831More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has provided guidance on whether Ministerial meetings arranged through the Labour Infrastructure Forum should be declared in Ministerial transparency returns.
Answer: The Ministerial Code sets out principles for Ministers on meetings with external organisations. Guidance published by the Cabinet Office at the following link sets out the information departments are required to publish as part of their Ministerial transp...
Answered 16 Sept 2025
Original Parliament record10 Downing Street: ICTCabinet OfficeTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73830More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 23 July 2025 to Question 68481 on 10 Downing Street: ICT, whether Number 10 has its own operational Bloomberg terminal, independent from the Treasury ones.
Answer: I refer my Hon Friend to the answer of 23 July, Official Report, PQ 68481.
Answered 2 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordAdmiralty House: Council TaxCabinet OfficeTabled 1 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 73829More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2025 to Question 54875 on Admiralty House: Council Tax, whether Council Tax (a) discount, exemption, disregard and (b) premium is applied to the Government's bill for each of th
Answer: Discount, exemption, disregard and premiums billing for Admiralty House are determined by the Local Authority. In this instance, this would be Westminster City Council.
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPrivate Rented Housing: Greater ManchesterMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 70586More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 24 July 2025 to Question 68785, on Greater Manchester Combined Authority: Housing Investment Programmes, whether Homes England has been involved in the
Answer: Homes England are not involved in the joint venture in question. The Agency has not entered into any land transactions directly with Manchester Life and does not have any open loan facilities with them.
Answered 15 Sept 2025
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