Kevin Hollinrake MP: written questions
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Social Rented Housing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22328More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the average capital grant subsidy is per unit for a social rent dwelling.
Answer: The Department delegates delivery of the Affordable Homes Programme to Homes England outside London and to the Greater London Authority (GLA) in London. The government agrees budgets and targets with both agencies to deliver the programme’s overall target...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordAffordable Housing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22327More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2024 to Question 16498 on Affordable Housing: Construction, if she will publish the grant given to each (a) developer and (b) consortium und
Answer: The Greater London Authority (GLA) publish a quarterly update of all approvals for grant in their delegated approvals log which can be found on the GLA website here. Due to the nature of negotiations with partners on individual site delivery, the GLA does...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordQueen Elizabeth II Conference CentreMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22326More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2024 to Question 16198 on Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, if she will make it her policy to facilitate use of the QE2 Conference Centre
Answer: There is no formal agreement with the Houses of Parliament or the Restoration and Renewal Programme regarding the use of the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre. Therefore, there is no policy in place. Nevertheless, the Department continues to collaborat...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' Release: HomelessnessMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22325More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2024 to Question 16197 on Prisoners’ Release: Homelessness, what steps she is taking with the Secretary of State for Justice to monitor level
Answer: Data on the number of prisoners released under SDS40 who were released homeless is retained locally at each prison. Ministry of Justice is currently collating data relating to the September and October SDS40 release dates and this will be published in due...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Buildings: Energy Performance CertificatesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22324More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the compliance rate of public sector buildings with requirements to display energy certificates.
Answer: The Government does not routinely hold or collect data to identify public buildings that are frequently visited by the public. Therefore, we have not made an assessment of the current levels of non-compliance in relation to Display Energy Certificates (DE...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Buildings: Red DieselTreasuryTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22323More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of permitting community owned facilities to use red diesel for the purposes of (a) heating and (b) electricity generation.
Answer: In 2020, the previous Government announced that the red diesel entitlement would be withdrawn from most sectors from April 2022. Following consultation in 2020-21, the previous Government confirmed that some sectors would retain the entitlement to use red...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: PylonsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22322More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department issues on whether the erection of an electricity pylon close to a dwelling is a material consideration in relation to the current valuation and counc
Answer: The erection of a new electricity pylon close to a dwelling (property) will give the owner or occupier the right to submit a proposal (formal challenge) to alter the Council Tax list. The proposal can be made if they believe there has been a “material red...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMo BainesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22321More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2024 to Question 15805 on Mo Baines, for what reason Mo Baines’ declaration of political activity was not published when her appointment as L
Answer: Non-Executive Board Members’ relevant interests are updated and published bi-annually as part of an established process as set out on the following gov.uk page: Non-Executive Board Member declaration of interests process - GOV.UK.
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPolitical Parties: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22320More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Government plans to take to amend the rules on (a) donations to political parties and (b) the permissibility of donations from foreign business owners through UK-r
Answer: I refer the hon Member to the answer given to Question UIN HL3289 on 20 December 2024.
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: EnergyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22048More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the consultation entitled Reforms to the Energy Performance of Buildings regime, published on 4 December 2024, what assessment she has made of the potential imp
Answer: The average cost of an energy performance certificate (EPC) is estimated to be £70 for domestic properties and £400 for non-domestic properties. The average costs for private sector landlords who need to make improvements to their domestic properties as a...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPrivate Rented Housing: EnergyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22047More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the consultation entitled Reforms to the Energy Performance of Buildings regime, published on 4 December 2024, what estimate she has made of the potential impac
Answer: The average cost of an energy performance certificate (EPC) is estimated to be £70 for domestic properties and £400 for non-domestic properties. The average costs for private sector landlords who need to make improvements to their domestic properties as a...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordChinese Embassy: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22046More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish her response to the letter from the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China of 4 December 2024 on the consultation process for the Chinese Embassy planning appl
Answer: The Department does not routinely publish ministerial responses to representations.
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSmall Businesses: Business RatesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22045More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, through what mechanism small business rate relief is financed; and how local authorities are reimbursed for the cost.
Answer: The cost to local authorities of providing small business rate relief was taken into account when setting up the business rates retention system. The Government has also compensated local authorities through additional grants to reflect changes to the sma...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil of the Nations and RegionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22044More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 3 December 2024 to Question 15932 on Council of the Nations and Regions, for what reason council (a) leaders and (b) mayors were not invited.
Answer: The local government membership of the Council of the Nations and Regions is composed of the directly elected Mayors of combined authorities, combined county authorities, and the Mayor of London. New Mayors established through the English devolution proce...
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordLabour Party: ConferencesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22043More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2024 to Question 15832 on Labour: Civil Servants, whether her Departments holds information on how many civil servants other than special adv
Answer: Guidance on Party Conferences is published on gov.uk and can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-servants-and-party-conferences-guidance.Information on the number of civil servants who attended last year's Labour party conferen...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: ConsultantsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22042More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2023 to Question 15517 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Consultants, if she will publish the savings made on consult
Answer: MHCLG publishes spend on consultancy as part of its annual report and accounts, at which point the savings achieved in financial year 2024/25 will be confirmed.
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: Conditions of EmploymentDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22041More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment has been made of the cost of the Employment Rights reforms on local authorities, including the indirect cost through outsourced social care services.
Answer: On Monday 21 October, the Government published 24 Impact Assessments, providing a comprehensive analysis on the potential impact of the Employment Rights Bill. This analysis includes consideration of impacts on the public sector, particularly where propos...
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Trade UnionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22040More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2024 to Question 15443 on Government departments: trade unions, which recognised trade unions in her Department have their membership subscri
Answer: 120 members of staff pay their trade union membership subscriptions via check off, all are members of PCS.
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: StandardsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22039More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2024 to Question 15929 on Local Government: Standards, what her definition is of regional government; and what the statutory basis is of regi
Answer: The proposed reforms to the local government standards and conduct framework in England would apply to all relevant authorities as defined by Section 27(6) of the Localism Act 2011. This includes bodies such as combined authorities, combined county author...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil Tax: ProbateMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22038More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 29 November 2024 to Question 15203 on Council Tax: Probate, whether the 12 month period for marketing for sale and let is in addition to the 12 month pe
Answer: The government’s guidance sets out that the one-year period of marketing for sale or let will begin to run from when the dwelling has first been marketed for sale or let. This period may therefore run concurrently to or immediately following the one-year ...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCandidates: ExpenditureSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22037More
Question: To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Electoral Commission has issued guidance on whether a returning officer may levy a prescribed fee for the supply of an e
Answer: The Electoral Commission provides guidance to support returning officers to deliver well-run elections that maintain public confidence, including on the inspection and supply of candidate spending returns and declaration.The Commission’s guidance states t...
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCandidates: ExpenditureSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22036More
Question: To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Electoral Commission has issued guidance on whether the loan of accommodation to a Parliamentary candidate in the short
Answer: The Electoral Commission’s guidance sets out the law, which states that the loan of accommodation to a Parliamentary candidate during the election campaign would typically be notional spending and a donation.However, if the accommodation provided is an in...
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCandidates: ExpenditureSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22035More
Question: To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, how many and what proportion of local authority returning officers have sent to the Electoral Commission copies of Parliamentary can
Answer: The Electoral Commission has received candidate spending returns from returning officers for all 650 constituencies contested at the 2024 UK parliamentary general election. To support transparency, the Commission plans to publish headline spending and don...
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCandidates: ExpenditureSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22034More
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 provided on the use of single notional invoices in candidate returns made under the Repre
Answer: The Electoral Commission provides guidance to support candidates to understand the law and their reporting obligations.The guidance states that where candidates have split costs for an item of spending, each candidate must report the proportion of the cos...
Answered 8 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22033More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled Ministers set to unleash biggest building boom in half a century, published on 5 December 2024, what metrics will be use
Answer: I refer the hon Member to the answer to Question UIN 19066 on 20 December 2024.
Answered 13 Jan 2025
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