Kevin Hollinrake MP: written questions 2026
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Firearms: LicensingHome OfficeTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105215More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of aligning shotgun and firearm licensing systems on (a) the rural economy, (b) legitimate sporting shooting and (c) essential wildlife management
Answer: The Government response to the 2023 firearms licensing consultation, published on 13 February 2025, included a commitment to having a public consultation on strengthening the licensing controls on shotguns to bring them more into line with the controls on...
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordFirearms: LicensingHome OfficeTabled 13 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105214More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of aligning shotgun and firearm licensing systems on (a) public safety and (b) police licensing resource capacity.
Answer: The Government response to the 2023 firearms licensing consultation, published on 13 February 2025, included a commitment to having a public consultation on strengthening the licensing controls on shotguns to bring them more into line with the controls on...
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordOfficial ResidencesCabinet OfficeTabled 12 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104757More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, on what dates his Department has received Freedom of Information requests relating to the Downing Street flats since 4 July 2024; what information was requested; and what the substantive decision was in each cas
Answer: Requests made under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act (2000) are handled on a case by case basis. The relevant records are not structured in such a way that would provide an answer without incurring a disproportionate cost.
Answered 15 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordProof of Identity: Digital TechnologyCabinet OfficeTabled 12 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104756More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, Pursuant to the answer of 12 December 2025, to Question 97383, on Proof of Identity: Digital Technology, how an individual who declines to have a Digital ID Card will be able to complete the mandatory right to w
Answer: As the Prime Minister has stated in the House of Commons, there will be checks. They will be digital and they will be mandatory. We will consult on the technical detail of how this will be implemented.
Answered 16 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordAdmiralty House: ValuationCabinet OfficeTabled 12 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104755More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 15 December 2025, to Question 92616, on Admiralty House: Valuation, for what reason the valuation report of a wholly-owned government building is commercially sensitive; and whether he
Answer: The valuation report is provided by the valuer to His Majesty’s Government on a confidential basis and is relevant only for that point in time considering prevailing market comparables. The valuer provides their report on condition it is not shared with t...
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMinisters: Admiralty HouseMinistry of DefenceTabled 12 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104754More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2025 to Question 96203 on Admiralty House, for what reason the Secretary of State for Defence occupied the residence as a second home for the period September to November 202
Answer: As has been the case under successive administrations, the allocation of official Ministerial residences, including Admiralty House, is determined by the Prime Minister on the grounds of security or to enable Ministers to better perform their official dut...
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordWater ChargesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 12 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104753More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2025 to Question 94727 on Water Charges, if she will provide a hyperlink to that information.
Answer: Price Review 2024 Final Determinations financial models for each water company can be found on the Ofwat website.
Answered 15 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPolitical Parties: FinanceSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 12 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104752More
Question: To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Electoral Commission would request information on the type of cryptocurrency used to make political donations when such
Answer: In line with guidance issued by HMRC and the Financial Conduct Authority, donations in crypto assets are treated as non-monetary donations. Recipients are required to identify the nature of non-monetary donations. For crypto assets, this means identifying...
Answered 14 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMayors: ElectionsSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 12 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104751More
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 10 December 2025, to Question 97532, on Local Government: Elections, when the Electoral Commission was inf
Answer: The Commission was first made aware of the UK Government’s proposals on the same day as the publication of the Secretary of State’s written ministerial statement on 4 December 2025.
Answered 14 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPolitical Parties: FinanceSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 12 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104750More
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 provided guidance on requirements for candidates for election to report cryptocurrency donation
Answer: The Electoral Commission’s guidance states that candidates must report all monetary and non-monetary donations they accept or return as impermissible, including donations in crypto assets. The Commission will shortly publish updated guidance for parties a...
Answered 14 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPolitical Parties: FinanceHouse of Commons CommissionTabled 12 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104749More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether guidance has been provided to any hon. Members on receiving donations in the form of cryptocurrencies.
Answer: The House of Commons Commission has no responsibility for issuing such guidance.It may be helpful to know that the Code of Conduct and Guide to the Rules on Registration does not directly reference crypto currencies.Paragraphs 14 to 20 of the Guide to the...
Answered 15 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordIron and Steel: Safeguard MeasuresDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104496More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department has assessed the potential impact on UK producers of changes announced to EU steel safeguard quotas applying from June 2026..
Answer: Steel is a high priority for this Government. We have worked closely with industry on potential impacts and their needs in terms of EU market access and are now engaging closely with the EU to make the case. We expect the EU to honour the UK-EU Trade and ...
Answered 16 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordIron and SteelDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104495More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had discussions with the Trade Remedies Authority on the treatment of bright steel bar and associated raw material categories; and whether he will ensure that representations from UK bri
Answer: The Department engages regularly with the Trade Remedies Authority (TRA), including on matters related to steel product categories. The UK’s trade remedies system is industry led, and we encourage bright steel bar and bright drawing businesses to raise an...
Answered 19 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordIron and Steel: Safeguard MeasuresDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104494More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to help ensure that revised steel safeguard measures applying from June 2026 maintain access to steel feedstock covered by categories 1A, 12A, 12B and 16, in cases where UK stee
Answer: The Government continues to closely monitor market trends, including for categories 1A, 12A, 12B and 16, to ensure UK manufacturers retain reliable access to appropriate feedstock. We are exploring a range of options to support the UK steel industry and e...
Answered 16 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordIron 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
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