Kevin Hollinrake MP: written questions 2025

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Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69296More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department has provided to local planning authorities on whether a reserved matters planning application can be rejected on the principle of development establi
Answer: The government have published no such guidance. Guidance relating to outline planning permission and approval of reserved matters is set out in Planning Practice Guidance on making an application which can be found on gov.uk here.
Answered 3 Sept 2025
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MayorsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69295More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has produced guidance on the political restrictions of the deputy mayors of the (a) Greater London Authority and (b) combined authority mayors.
Answer: The department has not published guidance on the political restrictions of the deputy mayors of the Greater London Authority, or the deputy mayors appointed by combined authority mayors.Officers working in local government are subject to the Local Governm...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
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Homes EnglandMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69294More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to merge Homes England into her Department.
Answer: There are no plans to merge Homes England into MHCLG.
Answered 3 Sept 2025
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Housing: PlanningMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69293More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to reduce the amount of planning paperwork for new build (a) homes and (b) flats.
Answer: On 28 May 2025, the government published the Planning Reform Working Paper: Reforming Site Thresholds (which can be found on gov.uk here) which sought views on taking a gradated approach to the planning system, removing and streamlining disproportionate r...
Answered 3 Sept 2025
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IslamophobiaMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69292More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the new definition of Islamophobia will be adopted by the police for (a) the recording of non-hate crime incidents and (b) deciding whether to prosecute an individual for
Answer: The Government established an independent Working Group to advise the Government on a definition of Islamophobia/Anti-Muslim hatred. Should the Government accept the recommendations of the Working Group, the definition used will be non-statutory. It will ...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
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Members: CorrespondenceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69291More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2025 to Question 58732 on Members: Correspondence, for what reason a response to the correspondence has been delayed.
Answer: The former Deputy Prime Minister is no longer in post.
Answered 10 Oct 2025
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Housing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69277More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Future Homes Standard will permit (a) air conditioning and (b) air to air reversible heat pumps in (i) new build and (ii) refurbished dwellings.
Answer: Under the Future Homes Standard (FHS), which will apply to new builds only, new homes will be required to be built with low carbon heating. We do not mandate specific technologies in the Building Regulations and so we expect a range of different types of ...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
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Unitary Councils: CambridgeshireMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69276More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2025 to Question 64190 on Unitary Councils: Cambridgeshire, whether the same timetable will apply to other proposed new unitary councils with (a)
Answer: The government is committed to ending two-tier local government in England and moving to a single tier of local government in all parts of the country as soon as practicable. This will create simpler structures for the public, strengthen disjointed servic...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
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Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition Working GroupMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69062More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to publish reports by the Working Group on Anti-Muslim Hatred and Islamophobia.
Answer: As noted in the Terms of Reference, the advice provided to government by the independent Working Group will be private. Once the Government has had time to review the advice, it will consider its next steps.
Answered 28 Jul 2025
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Brent: Town TwinningMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69061More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions her Department has had with the London Borough of Brent on Brent’s proposal to twin with the city of the city of Nablus in the West Bank.
Answer: I refer my hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 67392 on 21 July 2025.
Answered 24 Jul 2025
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Flats: StandardsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69060More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to amend nationally described space standards for flats.
Answer: The government has no plans to change the Nationally Described Space Standard at this time.
Answered 24 Jul 2025
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Buildings: Air ConditioningMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69059More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what restrictions exist on installing air conditioning under the (a) planning regime and (b) building regulations regime in new build dwellings.
Answer: The Building Regulations are set in performance terms, to provide developers with the flexibility to select the most appropriate solutions for their developments. Part O of the regulations ensures that new residential buildings are built to mitigate the r...
Answered 28 Jul 2025
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Buildings: Carbon EmissionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69058More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of requiring consideration of embodied carbon in new buildings on the viability of new build development.
Answer: We have recently published research to improve understanding of embodied carbon in new buildings and the data currently available. The aim of publishing is for this research is to help inform discussions about potential impacts, including on the viability...
Answered 28 Jul 2025
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Electronic Cigarettes and Smoking: BusesDepartment for TransportTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69057More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the powers for councils to issue fines for vaping and smoking relating to buses will be subject to (a) non-statutory and (b) statutory guidance on the issue of the bye-law powers.
Answer: The government will work with Local Transport Authorities and other stakeholders to determine how byelaws should be made and enforced, and what specific guidance is required.
Answered 24 Jul 2025
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Bats: PlanningMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69056More
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 nature mitigation mechanisms in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill on the use of bat tunnels in new developments.
Answer: The government is confident that the Nature Restoration Fund proposed in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill provides a mechanism to avoid the kind of expensive intervention epitomised by the Sheephouse Wood Bat Protection Structure and instead drive mea...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
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Local Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69055More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Fair Funding Review 2.0 proposals on levels of (a) council tax and (b) funding of local authorities in (i)
Answer: Local authorities are responsible for setting council tax levels. The Spending Review set out government’s intention to maintain the 3% core council tax referendum principle and a 2% principle for the adult social care precept to protect taxpayers from ex...
Answered 28 Jul 2025
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Community Relations: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69054More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the budget is of the Community Cohesion and Resilience Programme in the 2025-26 financial year; what its terms of reference are; and whether local authorities will be requir
Answer: The Community Cohesion and Resilience Programme made awards to Local Authorities in the 2024-25 financial year. There are no plans to run the Programme again in the 2025-26 financial year.
Answered 28 Jul 2025
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Special Educational Needs: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69053More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 2 July 2025 to Question 62262 on Special Educational Needs: Finance, whether her Department has provided guidance to local authorities on statutory over
Answer: As per the Answer of 2 July 2025 to Question 62262 on Special Educational Needs: Finance, this government recognises the pressures local authorities are facing because of their Dedicated School Grant (DSG) deficits and that the extension to the DSG Statut...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
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Belong: ContractsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69052More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of the cost of the contract with the Belong Network; if she will publish the (a) contract and (b) terms of reference; and whether the contra
Answer: MHCLG does not have any contracts with the Belong Network.
Answered 28 Jul 2025
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Second Homes: Council TaxMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69051More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the second homes council tax premium on trends in the level of quick-sale property companies; and whether those property c
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 34286 on 7 March. The government does not make housing market assessments based on the premium. Consumer protection laws apply to transactions made with quick sale sites.
Answered 24 Jul 2025
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Local Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69050More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 6 of the statutory guidance entitled Flexible use of capital receipts: direction, updated on 26 March 2025, which local authorities have informed her
Answer: As set out in the gov.uk general direction and guidance, local authorities intending to use the flexible use of capital receipt (FUCR) discretionary freedom are required to provide the government details planned use of the flexibility. This is to support ...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
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Affordable Housing: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69033More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much (a) capital and (b) revenue funding her Department has allocated for the Social and Affordable Housing Programme in the 2026-27 financial year.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 60128 on 4 July 2025.
Answered 24 Jul 2025
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Public ExpenditureMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69031More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2025 to Question 56832 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Public Expenditure, if she will make it her policy to reinstate
Answer: MHCLG publishes its monthly spend data in line with Cabinet Office guidance including all mandatory fields specified in that guidance.
Answered 28 Jul 2025
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Temporary AccommodationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68792More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will place a copy in the Library of the House a copy of the letter of 11 November 2024 to Chief Executives of local authorities on out-of-area accommodation placements.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer to question UIN 14450 given on 20 November 2024.
Answered 29 Sept 2025
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: PublicationsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68791More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it a requirement for all documents published by her Department to be written in plain English.
Answer: While there is no legal requirement for government documents to be published in plain English, the department always asks teams to use clear, understandable language in its publications.
Answered 24 Jul 2025
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