Kevin Hollinrake MP: written questions 2026
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Rents: AppealsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107072More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government has modelled any increase in contingent liabilities arising from changes to rent review certainty under the Renters’ Rights Act 2025.
Answer: My Department engages regularly with build to rent operators and other stakeholders from the sector in relation to the reforms that we are making to the private rented sector and will continue to do so to ensure the successful implementation of the Renter...
Answered 28 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordRented Housing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107071More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment the Government has made of the potential impact of the rent review provisions in the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 on the risk profile of loans supported by Government
Answer: My Department engages regularly with build to rent operators and other stakeholders from the sector in relation to the reforms that we are making to the private rented sector and will continue to do so to ensure the successful implementation of the Renter...
Answered 28 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordRented Housing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107070More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what Government-backed loan guarantees or financing facilities currently support lending to the build-to-rent sector.
Answer: The government‘s £3.5 billion Private Rented Sector Guarantee Scheme (PRSGS) was reopened in March 2025 to new applicants for another three years and makes loan guarantees available for Build-to-Rent operators to support housebuilding Build to Rent operat...
Answered 28 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordRents: AppealsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107069More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had with lenders on assessing the potential impact of changes to rent review mechanics in the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 on loan availability, loan-t
Answer: My Department engages regularly with build to rent operators and other stakeholders from the sector in relation to the reforms that we are making to the private rented sector and will continue to do so to ensure the successful implementation of the Renter...
Answered 28 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordRents: AppealsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107068More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of rent review provisions in the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 on the valuation methodology of build-to-rent developments where f
Answer: My Department engages regularly with build to rent operators and other stakeholders from the sector in relation to the reforms that we are making to the private rented sector and will continue to do so to ensure the successful implementation of the Renter...
Answered 28 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordRents: AppealsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107067More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of rent review provisions in the Renters’ Rights Act 2025 on the viability and future pipeline of build-to-rent developments
Answer: My Department engages regularly with build to rent operators and other stakeholders from the sector in relation to the reforms that we are making to the private rented sector and will continue to do so to ensure the successful implementation of the Renter...
Answered 28 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordRents: AppealsMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107066More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the average cost of determining a market rent application; and what the projected annual cost is following implementation of the Renters’ Rights Act 2025.
Answer: It is not currently possible to identify the cost of determining a market rent application. This is one of several types of case heard by the Residential Property Tribunal and currently costs are not apportioned to individual case types. We are working cl...
Answered 30 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordRents: AppealsMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107065More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many additional (a) judges and (b) valuers have been recruited in advance of the implementation of the rent review provisions in the Renters’ Rights Act 2025.
Answer: Judges, salaried regional surveyors (valuers), and fee paid valuers assigned to the First Tier Tribunal (FTT) Property Chamber can hear any case type in the Chamber, including rent determinations. The number of judges in post as of 1 April 2025 assigned t...
Answered 30 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordRents: AppealsMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107064More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he has made an estimate of the number of (a) judges and (b) valuers required to determine market rent determination applications within reasonable timeframes following implementation of the Renters’ Right
Answer: Judges, salaried regional surveyors (valuers), and fee paid valuers assigned to the First Tier Tribunal (FTT) Property Chamber can hear any case type in the Chamber, including rent determinations. The number of judges in post as of 1 April 2025 assigned t...
Answered 30 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordRents: AppealsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107063More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what modelling he has undertaken on the expected number of market rent determination applications following implementation of the Renters’ Rights Act 2025.
Answer: My Department continues to work closely with the Ministry of Justice and HM Courts and Tribunal Service to ensure that the justice system is well prepared for the implementation of the Renters’ Rights Act, including the potential impact of the Act on the ...
Answered 28 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordRents: AppealsMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107062More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average time taken to determine a market rent application from receipt to decision is in the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber).
Answer: HM Courts & Tribunals Service does not hold specific information for applications for market rent determination. Published data is available on receipts, disposals and open caseload for residential property within Tribunals Statistics Quarterly, which...
Answered 30 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordRents: AppealsMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107061More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many applications for market rent determination were received by the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) in each of the last 12 months.
Answer: HM Courts & Tribunals Service does not hold specific information for applications for market rent determination. Published data is available on receipts, disposals and open caseload for residential property within Tribunals Statistics Quarterly, which...
Answered 30 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordRents: AppealsMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107060More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many (a) judges and (b) specialist valuers are assigned to residential rent determination cases in the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber).
Answer: Judges, salaried regional surveyors (valuers), and fee paid valuers assigned to the First Tier Tribunal (FTT) Property Chamber can hear any case type in the Chamber, including rent determinations. The number of judges in post as of 1 April 2025 assigned t...
Answered 30 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordRentsMinistry of JusticeTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107059More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what methodology the Government intends should be used to determine market rent for the purposes of rent reviews under the Renters’ Rights Act 2025.
Answer: The determination of market rent for the purposes of rent reviews under the Renters' Rights Act 2025 will be a decision for the judiciary in the First-tier Tribunal.The First-tier Tribunal panels, which include expert valuers, will take into account evide...
Answered 30 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordKeir StarmerCabinet OfficeTabled 15 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106204More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the transparency data, Rt Hon Sir Keir Starmer KCB KC MP official charity receptions, July to September 2025, updated on 19 December 2025, what was the cost to the public purpose of each of the
Answer: As under previous administrations, details of official receptions are published in quarterly transparency returns on gov.uk.
Answered 26 Jan 2026
Original Parliament record10 Downing StreetCabinet OfficeTabled 15 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106203More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has negotiated a signed data sharing agreement with the Labour Party in relation to the operation of the Number 10 Political Office.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer of 31 March 2025, Official Report, PQ 39119.
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPublic AppointmentsCabinet OfficeTabled 15 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106202More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office publication, Public Appointments made by or of interest to the Prime Minister, of 30 October 2025, what does the inclusion of a regulated public appointment in that list enta
Answer: This Government is continuing to ensure the highest standards in the public appointments process. The process for public appointments is set out on gov.uk, including a transparent list of appointments that by their nature may be of interest to the Prime M...
Answered 26 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordDiplomatic Service: Redundancy PayForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 15 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106201More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, at what monetary thresholds do exit payments to departing Ambassadors or Heads of Mission need to be approved by (a) the Accounting Officer and Permanent Secretary of FCDO an
Answer: The guidance governing the approval of such payments is publicly available at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-sector-exit-payments-guidance-on-special-severance-payments.
Answered 22 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Disclosure of InformationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105839More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to his Department's register of board members' interests, 2025 to 2026, published on 5 September 2025, what business A.M.Strategy undertakes.
Answer: The Rt. Hon. Alan Milburn has declared A.M. Strategy Ltd in the Department’s register of interests. This is the business through which he has provided advisory services for several years.
Answered 22 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordLord MandelsonForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105838More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether there was a cost to the public purse for external legal advice relating to the departure of Lord Mandelson as (a) Ambassador and (b) from the Civil Service.
Answer: The Government has established processes to seek external legal advice in line with normal practice. The Government does not routinely comment on specific legal advice that it may or may not have received.
Answered 26 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordOfficial Residences: ValuationCabinet OfficeTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105777More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 15 December 2025 to Question 97796, what the estimated financial value was of the Downing Street property in the 2022-23 valuation.
Answer: A professional revaluation of the Downing Street estate was last carried out under the previous government. The estimated value is included in the Cabinet Office Annual Report and Accounts 2022-23.
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordTim AllanCabinet OfficeTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105776More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, Pursuant to the answer of 15 December 2025, to Question 96790, on Tim Allan, how Tom Baldwin is classified in the published list of external meetings.
Answer: The Special Adviser Code of Conduct sets out the categories of meetings, gifts and hospitality that are declared publicly. Any relevant meetings within this category will be published via this process in the normal way.
Answered 26 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial AdvisersCabinet OfficeTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105775More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, Pursuant to the answer of 9 December 2025, to Question 92610, on Special Advisers, what were the topics of the presentations.
Answer: This was an internal meeting, and the topics of discussion are not a matter of public record.
Answered 26 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordDeputy Prime Minister: Admiralty HouseCabinet OfficeTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105774More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, Pursuant to the answer of 9 December 2025, to Question 92614, on Deputy Prime Minister: Admiralty House, if he will publish the Government Property Agency letter of June 2025.
Answer: Communications between officials and third parties are not published as their disclosure would, or would be likely to, prejudice the effective conduct of public affairs. The release of individual names would also be a breach of data protection under the G...
Answered 28 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordChinese Embassy: Royal MintForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105773More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, Pursuant to the answer of 25 November 2025, to Question 91404, on Embassies: Royal Mint, if he will publish the Note Verbale dated 4 May 2018 relating to the consent to the P
Answer: The Government does not routinely publish Notes Verbales outside of legal proceedings, or comment on their contents, as they are regarded by international custom as private diplomatic correspondence and presumed confidential.
Answered 21 Jan 2026
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