Kevin Hollinrake MP: written questions
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Iron and Steel: ImportsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104493More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of trends in the level of imports of bright steel bar on (a) the viability of UK bright drawing businesses and (b) levels of (i) business closu
Answer: In 2021, the Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) conducted a transition review of the steel safeguard measure which is applied via tariff-rate quotas. The TRA recommended maintaining protections on steel categories only where justified; bright steel bar (categ...
Answered 16 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordIron and Steel: Safeguard MeasuresDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104492More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of import penetration in the UK bright steel bar market since the removal of safeguarding measures in 2021.
Answer: In 2021, the Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) conducted a transition review of the steel safeguard measure which is applied via tariff-rate quotas. The TRA recommended maintaining protections on steel categories only where justified; bright steel bar (categ...
Answered 16 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordIron and Steel: Safeguard MeasuresDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104491More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has made an assessment of the potential impact of the removal of tariff rate quota safeguarding measures for bright steel bar (category 27) in 2021 on UK producers; and whether he plans to r
Answer: In 2021, the Trade Remedies Authority (TRA) conducted a transition review of the steel safeguard measure which is applied via tariff-rate quotas. The TRA recommended maintaining protections on steel categories only where justified; bright steel bar (categ...
Answered 16 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMeat: InspectionsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103339More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the number of meat hygiene Inspectors.
Answer: The Food Standards Agency (FSA) does not have directly employed staff who are subject to skilled worker visas.The FSA recruits and trains domestic Official Auxiliaries, Meat Hygiene Inspectors, twice a year in line with the Government strategy of placing ...
Answered 19 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMeat Hygiene Service: VisasHome OfficeTabled 6 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103338More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the potential impact of visa renewal costs and salary thresholds for migrant Meat Hygiene Inspectors under the proposed earned settlement model on food price i
Answer: The earned settlement model, proposed in A Fairer Pathway to Settlement, will raise the standard qualifying period for settlement from five years to ten years.We are proposing a series of tests that will measure a person’s contribution to this country and...
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordVisas: Skilled WorkersHome OfficeTabled 6 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103337More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to allow a reduction in the Indefinite Leave to Remain qualifying period for Meat Hygiene Inspectors who are qualified veterinary surgeons from overseas but unable to re
Answer: The earned settlement model, proposed in A Fairer Pathway to Settlement, will raise the standard qualifying period for settlement from five years to ten years.We are proposing a series of tests that will measure a person’s contribution to this country and...
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordFood: SafetyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 6 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103336More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed retrospective changes to Indefinite Leave to Remain qualifying periods on (a) the number of migrant meat hygiene insp
Answer: The Food Standards Agency (FSA) does not have directly employed staff who are subject to skilled worker visas.The FSA recruits and trains domestic Official Auxiliaries, Meat Hygiene Inspectors, twice a year in line with the Government strategy of placing ...
Answered 19 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordVisas: Skilled WorkersHome OfficeTabled 6 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103335More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to introduce transitional arrangements to exempt existing Skilled Worker visa holders in (a) meat hygiene inspector roles and (b) other skilled roles from the retrospectiv
Answer: The earned settlement model, proposed in A Fairer Pathway to Settlement, will raise the standard qualifying period for settlement from five years to ten years.We are proposing a series of tests that will measure a person’s contribution to this country and...
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordVisas: Skilled WorkersHome OfficeTabled 6 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103334More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed 15-year qualifying period for Indefinite Leave to Remain under the earned settlement model on the retention of migrant m
Answer: The earned settlement model, proposed in A Fairer Pathway to Settlement, will raise the standard qualifying period for settlement from five years to ten years.We are proposing a series of tests that will measure a person’s contribution to this country and...
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordTravellers: Caravan SitesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 103333More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the draft revised National Planning Policy Framework, published on 16 December 2025, what guidance his Department intends to provide to local planning authoriti
Answer: The government will consider whether any new guidance is required following consideration of responses received to the consultation process. The consultation can be found on gov.uk here and will remain open for responses until 10 March 2026.
Answered 14 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPalantirCabinet OfficeTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102820More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 13 October 2025 to Question 77563,on Palantir, why the visit to the offices of Palantir Technologies in Washington with Lord Mandelson on 27 February 2025 was out of scope of the Prime
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer of 13 October 2025, Official Report, PQ 77563.
Answered 14 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic Houses: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102819More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 15 December 2025 to Question 97528 on Electronic Cigarettes: Public Houses, whether a pub vaping ban would constitute a material change of circumstances for the purposes of the Valuation Of
Answer: A vaping ban in pubs would not constitute a material change of circumstance that would impact the rating assessment of a property. Section 14 of the Non-Domestic Rating Act 2023 in England, and in Wales, The Valuation for Rating (Prescribed Assumptions) (...
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Redundancy PayDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102818More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2025 to Question 94728 on DEFRA: Redundancy Pay, whether the Chief Secretary to the Treasury approved the exit package of up to £350,000.
Answer: Flood Re is a company limited by guarantee. It does not receive any grant funding from the Government. As such, no Government funding has been spent on exit packages at Flood Re. Under the previous Government, Flood Re was granted an exemption from the ci...
Answered 26 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic Houses: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102817More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the mean Rateable Value of a public house in (a) 2025-26 under the current Rating List and (b) 2026-27 under the draft Rating List in each billing authority in England.
Answer: The Valuation Office Agency published data relating to your request which can be found here.
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ElectionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102816More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 10 December 2025, to Question 97532 on Local Government: Elections, what consideration was given by Ministers to consulting the Electoral Commission bef
Answer: The Government has announced that it is minded to hold the inaugural mayoral elections for Sussex and Brighton, Hampshire and the Solent, Norfolk and Suffolk, and Greater Essex in May 2028, with areas completing the local government reorganisation process...
Answered 14 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordResolute 1850Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102815More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to the written statement of 16 December 2025 HCWS1186, on electoral resilience, whether the review will consider the foreign influence on UK politics through US-registere
Answer: It is, and always will be, an absolute priority for this Government to protect our democratic and electoral processes. On 16 December, the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government announced an independent review into countering for...
Answered 19 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic Places: Political ActivitiesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102814More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2025 to Question 94722 on Public Spaces: Political Activities, whether local authorities may charge more than cost recovery when levying such
Answer: When setting fees local authorities are encouraged to be mindful of their legislative requirements and any guidance issued to them. The Local Government Association has published guidance on locally set licensing fees here which sets out the reasonable co...
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordChinese Embassy: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102813More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 15 December 2025 to Question HL12628 on Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission, if he will make it his policy not to determine the planning applicat
Answer: My Department does not comment on live planning cases. The full reasons for the decision will be set out in the final decision letter.
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPlanning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102812More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what planning weight can decision-makers give to the emerging policy in the draft National Planning Policy Framework of 16 December 2025 during the consultation period.
Answer: The proposed changes to the National Planning Policy Framework published in draft on 16 December are subject to consultation prior to being finalised. It is at the discretion of individual decision makers as whether any weight should be given to the propo...
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPlanning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102811More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance the (a) Government and (b) Planning Inspectorate has given to local planning authorities and inspectors on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the plan
Answer: Neither the government nor the Planning Inspectorate has issued guidance to local planning authorities on the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in relation to retrospective planning applications and unauthorised development.
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordSolar Power: DecommissioningDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102810More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department requires solar developers to restore land to its original condition following the removal of solar infrastructure.
Answer: The overarching National Policy Statements for Energy (EN-1) and Renewable Energy (EN-3) provide decommissioning guidance for projects deploying under the Nationally Significant Project Regime. EN-3 sets out the expectation that generally solar panel arra...
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordSolar Power: DecommissioningDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102809More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what guidance his Department has issued on the decommissioning of large-scale solar installations at the end of their operational life.
Answer: The department has not published any separate guidance on the decommissioning of solar farms. However, as set out in the Overarching National Policy Statement for Energy (EN-1) and the National Policy Statement for Renewable Energy (EN-3), developers must...
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordSolar Power: DecommissioningMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102808More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance he has issued to local planning authorities on enforcing land restoration following the removal of solar developments.
Answer: The Planning Practice Guidance (PPG) on renewable and low carbon energy sets out that solar farms are normally temporary structures and that planning conditions can be used to ensure that installations are removed when no longer in use and the land restor...
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordSolar Power: DecommissioningMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102807More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether land previously used for solar farms is classified as brownfield following decommissioning.
Answer: Brownfield land, also known as previously developed land, is defined in the glossary of the National Planning Policy Framework which can be found on gov.uk here. It is for those making decisions on specific planning proposals to determine whether a site c...
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordSolar Power: SoilDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102806More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what recent assessment he has made of the potential risk of soil contamination from materials used in solar panels, cabling, inverters or battery storage systems.
Answer: Solar panels are designed to be highly durable, and there is no evidence that they pose a leaching risk under normal operating conditions. New solar sites must have conducted environmental surveys, and environmental and habitat impact assessments. They mu...
Answered 13 Jan 2026
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