Kevin Hollinrake MP: written questions 2024
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Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20643More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to implement the Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019.
Answer: The Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019 places a duty on the Government to prepare a code of practice containing guidance about the operation and management of private parking facilities.This government is determined to drive up standards in the private p...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: SecondmentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20642More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2024 to Question 17559 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Secondment, which organisations second staff to her Departm
Answer: Organisations provided are for secondments active on 30/11/2024 within the Ministry for Housing Communities and Local Government. OrganisationUniversity of CambridgeAylesbury Vale District CouncilNewcastle City CouncilHomes EnglandLocal Government Associa...
Answered 27 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordLocal Government Services: Rural AreasMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20641More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2024 to Question 17560 on Local Government Services: Rural Areas, if she will publish that equality impact assessment.
Answer: The provisional settlement, published on 18 December, increases the total additional grant funding which will be made available to local councils in England through the settlement to over £2 billion. This Government is absolutely committed to tackling the...
Answered 27 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHousing: OwnershipMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20640More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2024 to Question 17553 on Housing: Ownership, if she will make an estimate of the number of replacement affordable housing units in each of
Answer: As detailed in the review of the increased Right to Buy discounts introduced in 2012 published on 30 October 2024 alongside the Budget, during the period 1 April 2012 to 31 March 2021 the replacement target was 62,485 but only 47,864 replacements were del...
Answered 24 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordChinese Embassy: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20232More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 9 December 2024 to Question 16572 on Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission and with reference to paragraphs 18 and 19 of her Department's Guidance on pla
Answer: We do not routinely make requests to call in planning applications available to interested parties.
Answered 24 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordChinese Embassy: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20231More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the letter to her from the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China of 4 December 2024, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies
Answer: I refer the hon Member to the answer given to Question HL3240 on 19 December 2024.
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordChinese Embassy: Planning PermissionCabinet OfficeTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20230More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether officials from 10 Downing Street had discussions with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office on the call-in of the Chinese Embassy planning application prior to the decision being taken.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to my Hon Friends answer of 6 December, Official Report, 17009.
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordChinese Embassy: Planning PermissionCabinet OfficeTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20229More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2024 to Question 14994 on Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission, if he will provide a readout of the Prime Minister's discussions with President Xi on the planning application
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to my answer of 4 December, Official Report, 14994. The official read-out is a summary of the issues discussed at their meeting.
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCivil Society: IslamMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20228More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 10 December 2024 to Question 17299 on Muslim Council of Britain, whether her Department engages with (a) MEND, (b) CAGE and (c) the Muslim Association o
Answer: The department does not engage with MEND, CAGE or the Muslim Association of Britain.
Answered 24 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordChinese Embassy: Planning PermissionCabinet OfficeTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20227More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2024 to Question 14994 on Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission, if he will publish a summary of any discussions with President Xi on 18 November 2024 on the planning applicat
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to my answer of 4 December, Official Report, 14994. The official read-out is a summary of the issues discussed at their meeting.
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordEnvironmental Impact AssessmentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20226More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 26 July 2024 to Question 1315 on environmental assessments, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of repealing the environmental as
Answer: As set out in the Written Ministerial Statement I made on 16 December 2024 (HCWS317), the government will, in due course, replace the current systems of environmental assessment with Environmental Outcomes Reports.
Answered 24 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPrisons: ConstructionMinistry of JusticeTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20225More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether any recent proposals to (a) build and (b) expand prisons have been affected by nutrient neutrality rules.
Answer: Within the prison expansion programmes, the Rapid Deployment Cells Programme has been affected by nutrient neutrality rules at four sites. Developments in these catchment areas need to either secure nutrient credits or other nutrient mitigation for planni...
Answered 23 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordRetail Trade: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20224More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many hereditaments were classified per individual special category codes within the shops sub-sector special category code grouping by the Valuation Office Agency in each of the last ten years for which figures
Answer: As part of its official statistics, the Valuation Office Agency publishes the number of hereditaments by special category code under the shops sub-sector for England and Wales for the past 10 years. This can be found under the stock of non-domestic proper...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordForeign Investment in UKDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20223More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether he has had recent discussions with participants at the UK Investment Summit 2024 on the status of their planned investments in the context of the Autumn Budget 2024.
Answer: The International Investment Summit brought together the world’s most important companies and investors to showcase the UK’s strengths and opportunities. Since it took place, the Secretary of State for Business and Trade has been working closely with the ...
Answered 24 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHospitality Industry and Leisure: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20222More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2024 to Question 16139, on Hospitality Industry and Leisure: Business Rates, and to the Answer of 10 December 2024, to Question 17139, on Business Rates, on what basis and using
Answer: To deliver our manifesto pledge, from 2026-27, the Government intends to protect the high street by introducing permanently lower tax rates for retail, hospitality, and leisure (RHL) properties with Rateable Values below £500,000. This permanent tax cut w...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordHoliday Accommodation: TaxationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 20221More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 29 November 2024 to Question 15209 on Holiday Accommodation: Taxation, whether she has received representations from local authorities on providing powe
Answer: Whilst both hotels and short-term lets are vital to many local economies, some Mayors have called for the introduction of a tourist levy and some local authorities have called for further powers to manage the impacts of short-term lets where they are affe...
Answered 24 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFilm: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19716More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the forecast gross cost is of film studio business rate relief in (a) 2024-25, (b) 2025-26 and (c) 2026-27.
Answer: At Autumn Budget 2024, the Government announced that it intends 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 they...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFilm: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19715More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what plans she has to continue the 2024 to 2034 film studio business rate relief announced in March 2024 at the rate announced at that time.
Answer: At Autumn Budget 2024, the Government announced that it intends 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 they...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordSwimming Pools: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19714More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Valuation Office Agency holds data on the average rateable value of municipal swimming pools.
Answer: The Valuation Office Agency publishes this data as part of its official statistics on the stock of non-domestic properties:www.gov.uk/government/statistics/non-domestic-rating-stock-of-properties-2024. The mean rateable value for municipal swimming pools ...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPublic Houses: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19713More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information other than address and rateable value the Valuation Office Agency holds on pubs for business rate purposes.
Answer: The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) holds information about pubs to assess them for non-domestic rating purposes, one of the VOA’s statutory duties. The vast majority of the information held is sent by occupiers of pubs following a statutory request for inf...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordCouncil Tax: Disposable IncomeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19712More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of trends in the level of council tax on Real Household Disposable Income per person.
Answer: Local authorities are responsible for deciding the level of council tax, and as such the government has not undertaken such an assessment of impact on disposable income.
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAirports: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19711More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment (a) her Department and (b) the Valuation Office Agency has been of the potential impact on airports of the (a) surcharge on business hereditaments above £500,000 Rateable Value from 2026-27 and (b) 2
Answer: The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) conducts analysis of changes in rateable value to prepare for regular revaluations. The VOA is currently working on a revaluation of all non-domestic properties, which will come into effect on 1 April 2026. The revaluatio...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPrivate Education: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19710More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average Rateable Value is of an independent school.
Answer: The Valuation Office Agency publishes this data as part of its official statistics on the stock of non-domestic properties: www.gov.uk/government/statistics/non-domestic-rating-stock-of-properties-2024 The mean rateable values for pre-school nurseries and...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordNurseries: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19709More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average Rateable Value is of a pre-school nursery.
Answer: The Valuation Office Agency publishes this data as part of its official statistics on the stock of non-domestic properties: www.gov.uk/government/statistics/non-domestic-rating-stock-of-properties-2024 The mean rateable values for pre-school nurseries and...
Answered 19 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordEnergy Performance Certificates: Rented HousingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 12 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19708More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to his Department’s press release of 23 September 2024 entitled Home upgrade revolution as renters set for warmer homes and cheaper bills announcement, if he will list the exem
Answer: The Government will consult on increasing minimum energy efficiency standards in the domestic private rented sector and on introducing a minimum energy efficiency standard for the social rented sector. The Government will work closely with both the privat...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
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