Kevin Hollinrake MP: written questions 2025
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: London AllowanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68790More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2025 to Question 64088 on Civil Servants: London Allowance, what her Department's policy is on paying London weighting to staff living in Hertfor
Answer: MHCLG has separate National pay ranges and London pay ranges. Whether an individual is paid via the National or London pay range is based on the office they are formally assigned to. The MHCLG London pay range is only applicable to colleagues formally ass...
Answered 25 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPermitted Development RightsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68789More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 7 July 2025 to Question 63619 on Permitted Development Rights, which local authorities have issued Article 4 directions to remove the Class E change of
Answer: 46 local authorities have issued Article 4 directions for part of their area to remove the permitted development right which enables buildings in the Class E Commercial, Business and Service use class to change to residential use. These are: City of Londo...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness Premises: Empty PropertyDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68788More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of EPC requirements for commercial properties on trends in the level of empty office accommodation.
Answer: EPC Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards play an important role in reducing bills for businesses, making them more competitive and protecting them from future energy price shocks, as well as encouraging better working places for the health and wellbeing of...
Answered 25 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning Permission: EU LawMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68787More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether Articles 13 and 141 of the EU Treaty Articles have been assimilated into the English planning system.
Answer: Articles 13 and 14 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the EU have not been incorporated into the planning system in England.
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRight to Buy SchemeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68786More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2025 to Question 62598 on Right to Buy Scheme, what the monetary amount was of Right to Buy receipts allocated to local government in each year f
Answer: My Department does not publish the amount of Right to Buy receipts retained by local authorities in each financial year.
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: Greater ManchesterMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68785More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 14 June 2025 to Question 59791 on Greater Manchester Combined Authority: Housing Investment Programmes, if he will publish the Facility Agreement.
Answer: The Department does not publish commercially sensitive contract documents where publication could compromise effective programme delivery. Summaries of the current terms and oversight of the programme are publicly available here and here.
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncillors: Data ProtectionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68784More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2025 to Question 31879 on Councillors: Data Protection, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to amend the English Devolution and Comm
Answer: Our continued aim is to remove the requirement for councillors’ home addresses to be published. We intend to legislate when parliamentary time allows.
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness Rates: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68783More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the new retail, hospitality and leisure multiplier from 2026-27 will be higher in (a) value and (b) scope than the 2025-26 RHL relief.
Answer: To deliver our manifesto pledge, we intend to introduce permanently lower tax rates for retail, hospitality, and leisure (RHL) properties with rateable values below £500,000, from 2026-27. This permanent tax cut will ensure that RHL businesses benefit fro...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: Cost EffectivenessMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68782More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2025 to Question 64086, on Local Government: Cost Effectiveness, what formal and informal representations have been received on escalating the in
Answer: On 17 July, I announced my final decision, following consideration of representations received and all relevant information, to exercise powers of direction under section 15(5) and 15(6) of the Local Government Act 1999 and appointed Commissioners to ensu...
Answered 28 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: Cost EffectivenessMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68769More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2025 to Question 64086 on Local Government: Cost Effectiveness, if he will publish the Local Government Association’s Corporate Peer Challenge.
Answer: The Corporate Peer Challenge report concerning the London Borough of Croydon has been published by the Local Government Association and the Council on their respective websites.
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMayorsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68768More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will hold discussions with London boroughs on abolishing council directly elected mayors.
Answer: The government is proposing to accept the continuation of directly elected council mayors where they are currently in place, while introducing new measures to ensure a more consistent approach to local authority governance arrangements in England. The gov...
Answered 22 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBuilding Safety RegulatorMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68766More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make it her policy to publish regular reports on the outcomes of the fast track process of the Building Safety Regulator.
Answer: The new Fast Track process established within the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) will launch on 4 August and will initially focus on new-build applications before being broadened to include other application categories once the effectiveness of the proce...
Answered 25 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBuilding Safety RegulatorMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68765More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what criteria will be used to determine eligibility for the Building Safety Regulator's fast track process.
Answer: The new Fast Track process established within the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) will launch on 4 August and will initially focus on new-build applications before being broadened to include other application categories once the effectiveness of the proce...
Answered 25 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBuilding Safety Regulator: ReformMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68764More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Reforms to Building Safety Regulator to accelerate housebuilding, published on 30 June 2025, if she will set out how Bui
Answer: The new Fast Track process established within the Building Safety Regulator (BSR) will launch on 4 August and will initially focus on new-build applications before being broadened to include other application categories once the effectiveness of the proce...
Answered 25 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAlcoholic DrinksTreasuryTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68763More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2025 to Question 64049 on Alcoholic Drinks, what the evidential basis is that the exclusion of the direct manufacture of alcohol beverages is in line with international conventions f
Answer: The twenty largest sovereign green bond issuers to date are: Germany, the UK, France, Italy, Hong Kong, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria, Japan, Ireland, Spain, Canada, India, Hungary, Chile, Singapore, Indonesia, Australia, Poland and Denmark. This is a...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness Rates: ValuationTreasuryTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68418More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2025 to Question 63677 on Business Rates: Valuation, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increases in business rates on (a) the flexible workplace sector and (b)
Answer: The VOA must apply the law to the facts on a case-by-case basis. It does not hold data on business rates liabilities as billing and collection is the responsibility of local authorities.
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: TrainingTreasuryTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68417More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2025 to Question 63629 on Civil Servants: Training, what was the definition of Islamophobia used in the anti-Islamophobia training for civil servants; and whether (a) handouts and (b
Answer: HM Treasury does not hold any materials used by the supplier for the event, including any definitions given. No handouts or documentation were provided as part of the events.
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordScottish Parliament and Senedd Cymru: ElectionsSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68416More
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 18 June 2025 to Question 59783 on Scottish Parliament and Senedd Cymru: Elections, if the Electoral Commis
Answer: The Commission encourages the UK’s governments to ensure that changes to electoral legislation are clear at least six months before voters, campaigners, or electoral administrators are expected to comply with them. This helps to ensure all stakeholders, i...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPolitical Parties: FinanceSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68415More
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 18 June 2025 to Question 59356 on Political Parties: Finance, whether political parties can accept the don
Answer: Political parties may only accept donations, including donations in kind of research services, from permissible sources. However, there are currently no restrictions on where donors themselves raise funds. The Commission has highlighted this weakness in t...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordElectoral Commission: FinanceSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68414More
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 9 July 2025 to Question 64449 on Electoral Commission: Finance, what is the business case for increasing t
Answer: The main driver is spend related to a UK General Election. The figures referenced in Question 64449 were shared with HM Treasury and our funding parliaments as an overall estimate for the Commission’s spending over the next five years, prior to the Commis...
Answered 23 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic Cigarettes: Public PlacesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68413More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Public Health England guidance entitled Use of e-cigarettes in public places and workplaces, published in July 2016, whether it remains his policy to treat vaping differently
Answer: Our health advice is clear that whilst vapes can be an effective quit aid for adult smokers, children and adult non-smokers should never vape. The evidence on second-hand vaping is still developing and whilst the harm will be lower than smoking, the degre...
Answered 25 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFast FoodDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68412More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2025 to Question 54908 on Fast Food, whether sandwiches for consumption off the premises are deemed to be fast food.
Answer: In February 2025, the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities published data on fast food outlets per 100,000 population. In this analysis, fast food was described as “food that is energy dense and available quickly, usually via a counter service, a...
Answered 25 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic Cigarettes: Bus ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68411More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the merits of banning vaping at outdoor bus stops.
Answer: Our health advice is clear that whilst vapes can be an effective quit aid for adult smokers, children and adult non-smokers should never vape. The evidence on second-hand vaping is still developing and whilst the harm will be lower than smoking, the degre...
Answered 25 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordObesity: FoodDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68410More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Healthy food revolution to tackle obesity epidemic, published on 29 June 2025, whether he has had discussions with the hospitality sector o
Answer: As we set out in our 10-Year Health Plan, we will take decisive action on the obesity crisis, easing the strain on our National Health Service and creating the healthiest generation of children ever.Businesses, including in the restaurant sector, have tol...
Answered 25 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversal Studios: BedfordshireDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 16 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68409More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2025 to Question 45662 on Universal Studios: Bedfordshire, what her planned timetable is for publishing this information.
Answer: The Government is following due process and will publish further information later this year.
Answered 18 Aug 2025
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