Kevin Hollinrake MP: written questions
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Ministers: Criminal RecordsCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96210More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any Ministers have unspent criminal records.
Answer: There is an established process in place for the appointment of ministers. Any conversations held take place in confidence. All ministers are expected to adhere to the high standards of conduct set out in the Ministerial Code.
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordMission BoardsCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96209More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the name of each Mission Board is.
Answer: The Mission Boards are:Growth Mission Board;Clean Energy Mission Board;Safer Streets Mission Board;Opportunities Mission Board; andHealth Mission Board.
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic AppointmentsCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96208More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many Direct Ministerial Appointments are in post across government; and how many are paid.
Answer: The Cabinet Office does not hold data from across government on all direct ministerial appointments. As set out in the recently published Guidance on Making Direct Ministerial Appointments, the Cabinet Office has recently made changes to its public appoin...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordOfficial ResidencesCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96207More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 28 October 2025 to Question HL10808 on Official Residences, for what reason the Defence Secretary was allocated use of Flat 2 of Admiralty House.
Answer: The Government has a number of official residences that are allocated to ministers to support them to discharge their duties, or on the grounds of security. Admiralty House has been used as an official residence under successive administrations.
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordLord AlliCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96206More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Information Commissioner decision notice of 29 October 2025, Ref IC-362303-N0J6, para 27, whether Lord Alli was on the list provided.
Answer: Yes. The UK’s constitutional arrangements require an immediate transition of power the day after a general election. A list of individuals is provided to the Cabinet Secretary’s Office by political parties, so that the incoming Prime Minister has the abil...
Answered 11 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAdmiralty House: Empty PropertyCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96205More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many months each of the Ministerial flats in Admiralty House have been empty for.
Answer: Official residences are allocated to Ministers at the Prime Minister's discretion, to support them in their official duties. This has been the case under decades of successive governments, and it is not usual practice to publish specific dates of their oc...
Answered 23 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAdmiralty House: Council TaxCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96203More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the answer of 28 October 2025 to Question HL10808 on Official Residences, whether his Department paid council tax on the Ministerial residence in Admiralty House between 9 September and 4 Novem
Answer: The Government paid council tax on the Ministerial residence in Admiralty House between 9 September and 4 November 2024. In line with longstanding precedent, where a minister occupies an official residence as a second home, the responsibility for payment ...
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordMoorland: FiresDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96199More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to assist landowners in coordinating and accessing relevant grants and schemes for the long-term moorland restoration required following the Fylingd
Answer: The Farming Advice Service (FAS) helps farmers navigate the range of grants and schemes to support increased productivity and managing land to benefit the environment and rural areas. Specifically, actions to support moorland restoration sit within the Co...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordAgriculture: FiresDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96198More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to establish a financial support scheme for farmers, graziers and landowners impacted by major wildfires, equivalent to the Farming Recovery Fund available for
Answer: Through the Farming Recovery Fund, this Government provided an exceptional, one-off recovery payment to support farmers affected by Storms Babet, Henk and severe wet weather to help cover the uninsured costs of restoring farmland. The Government recognise...
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFires: Fylingdales MoorMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96197More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the economic impact of the Fylingdales Moor fire on businesses that were (a) evacuated and (b) made inaccessible due to road closures; and what fin
Answer: The Flood Recovery Framework is unique to flooding and only activated in exceptional circumstances. No assessment has been made of the merits of establishing a similar scheme for wildfire incidents. There are a range of potential support mechanisms from a...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFires: CompensationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96196More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of establishing a financial recovery framework for major wildfire incidents, equivalent to the Flood Recovery Framework, to pr
Answer: The Flood Recovery Framework is unique to flooding and only activated in exceptional circumstances. No assessment has been made of the merits of establishing a similar scheme for wildfire incidents. There are a range of potential support mechanisms from a...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Political ImpartialityCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96191More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has issued recent guidance to Departments on the disclosure of political activity at the same time as the announcement of appointments.
Answer: For public appointments, the Governance Code on Public Appointments requires that relevant political activity, as defined within the Code, should be publicly disclosed for successful candidates. This is expected to happen at the time that a department or ...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordIdentity Cards: Digital TechnologyCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96190More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to page 122 of the OBR, Economic and Fiscal Outlook, November 2025, CP1439, 26 November 2025, if he will itemise the cost of Digital ID Cards in each of those three years.
Answer: The number was an initial, and early, estimate, spread over a number of years. We do not recognise it as an accurate cost of the program. Any costs in this Spending Review period will be met within existing settlements. The Government will run a public co...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFootball: RegulationDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96189More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether the Prime Minister plans to recuse himself from the appointments process for non-executive board members of the independent football regulator.
Answer: The Football Governance Act 2025 is clear that decisions regarding the appointment of Non-Executive Members of the Independent Football Regulator are made by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.
Answered 8 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPrime Minister: Liaison CommitteeCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96188More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if the Prime Minister will make it his policy to appear before the Liaison Committee before Christmas recess.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Liaison Committee's website, which has published that the Prime Minister is due to appear before the Committee on 15 December.
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordFamily Proceedings: ChildrenMinistry of JusticeTabled 2 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96156More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Government action to protect children from abusive parents, published on 22 October 2025, how he plans to enact the repeal of the presumption of parental
Answer: The Government will repeal the presumption of parental involvement when Parliamentary time allows. Doing so requires amendments to the Children Act 1989 which will be taken forward once an appropriate legislative vehicle is identified. This remains a Mini...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDemonstrations: WhitehallDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95685More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with the (a) Mayor of London, (b) Greater London Authority and (c) Metropolitan Police on the decision to cancel the farmers’ tractor protest in
Answer: This is an operational matter for the police. Defra has had no discussions with them about it.
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDemonstrations: WhitehallHome OfficeTabled 1 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 95684More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the notice period given to organisers of the farming protest on 26 November 2025 of the cancellation of that protest.
Answer: The right to peaceful protest is a vital part of our democracy and will not be curtailed by this Government. However, these rights are not absolute and must be balanced with the rights and freedoms of others.Section 12 of the Public Order Act 1986 allows ...
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordLow Alcohol Drinks: Labelling and MarketingDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94731More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the publication Updating labelling guidance for no and low-alcohol alternatives, published on 28 September 2023, and pursuant to the Answer of 31 March 2025, to Question 41063, on
Answer: In Fit for the Future: 10-Year Health Plan for England, the Government has committed to exploring whether to raise the upper alcohol limit for drinks labelled as alcohol-free to 0.5% alcohol by volume (ABV) from 0.05% ABV, as set out in the current labell...
Answered 10 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordWomen: Politics and GovernmentWomen and EqualitiesTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94730More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, Pursuant to the answer of 20 October 2025, to Question 80915, on Women: Politics and Government, what plans she has to consult political parties on implementation of Section 106 of the Equality Act 2010.
Answer: The Government is committed to commencing Section 106 of the Equality Act 2010, requiring registered political parties to publish anonymised data relating to the diversity of their candidate selections.Office for Equality and Opportunity officials are cur...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordNick JoiceyDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94729More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Further to the DEFRA 2024-25 annual report and accounts, HC 1388, 12 November 2025, p.147, whether Nick Joicey has permanently left her Department as a civil servant.
Answer: Nick Joicey is currently on secondment from Defra. He remains a Civil Servant and, in line with standard practice, continues to be on Defra's headcount during the period of the secondment.
Answered 5 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Redundancy PayDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94728More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Further to the DEFRA 2024-25 annual report and accounts, HC 1388, 12 November 2025, p.140, what was the title of the staff member who received the exit package of £300,000 to £350,000;
Answer: The exit package relates to Flood Re. 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.
Answered 16 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordWater ChargesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94727More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what is the (a) percentage and (b) cash terms increase in the average household water bills, including waste water, of a dwelling in the Thames Water area, in each year from 2025 onwar
Answer: This information is available on Ofwat’s website.
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordWater Charges: Social TariffsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94726More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what is the estimated amount of average household water and drainage bills, per household which is not receipt of the social tariff, that pays for the cross-subsidy to the social tarif
Answer: Companies decide, in consultation with their customers and organisations representing customers, which household customers fund social tariffs and how much they pay.
Answered 4 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordWater ChargesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 94725More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 30 June 2025 to Question 57658 on Water Charges, if he will make it his policy to use his powers under the Water Industry Act 1999 to provide directions or re
Answer: Innovative approaches are being taken to trial new charges aiming to make bills more affordable and is engaging with industry leaders to drive further progress. Ofwat called on companies to conduct charging trials aimed at supporting affordability and oth...
Answered 3 Dec 2025
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