Kevin Hollinrake MP: written questions
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Members' Interests: RegistrationHouse of Commons CommissionTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21254More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the answer of 16 July 2026 to Question 18054 on Members’ Interests: Registration, whether the House of Commons has a policy on whether donation
Answer: The requirement to register donations in the 12 months before they are elected is set out in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Chapter 1 of the Code of Conduct and Guide to the Rules:1. Paragraph 5 of the Code of Conduct for Members of Parliament provides:Members mus...
Answered 11 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordMembers' Interests: RegistrationHouse of Commons CommissionTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21253More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the House of Commons' policy is on whether the name of an intermediary donor to a hon. Member is published on the House of Commons Register of Interes
Answer: The requirements for registering interests and information that has to be supplied is set out in Chapter 1 of the Code of Conduct and Guide to the Rules.The Commissioner has issued an Advice Note on the transparency of registrations in response to questio...
Answered 11 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordWritten Questions: Artificial IntelligenceHouse of Commons CommissionTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21252More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the answer of 29 May 2026, to Question 2113, on Written Questions: Artificial Intelligence, what assessment the Commission has made of the adeq
Answer: The AI feature assists staff in identifying duplicate questions by finding and listing questions which have been submitted previously where there is 80% or greater level of similarity. The Table Office reports that it is a helpful tool to support staff in...
Answered 11 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordMembers' Interests: RegistrationHouse of Commons CommissionTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21251More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the answer of 16 July 2026, to Question 18054, on Members' Interests: Registration, whether the House of Commons has provided any guidance on w
Answer: The Electoral Commission provides authoritative advice on the permissibility of donors.The following paragraphs of Chapter 1 of the Code of Conduct and Guide to the Rules provide advice on the registration of interests received in the 12 months before a M...
Answered 11 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordReform UK: FinanceSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21250More
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 referred its investigation into donations to Reform UK to the Metropolitan Police.
Answer: The Metropolitan Police Service has issued a statement about an ongoing police investigation. The Electoral Commission cannot comment further.
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordElectoral Register: British Nationals AbroadSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21249More
Question: To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, on what date was George Cottrell first registered on the electoral roll as an overseas elector, and aligned to which constituency.
Answer: Electoral registration officers manage the electoral register for their local authority area, including requests for access to and supply of the register.
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPolitical Parties: FinanceSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21248More
Question: To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what guidance has the Electoral Commission given on whether the registration of donations made to Parliamentary candidates prior to
Answer: The Electoral Commission’s guidance for candidates and agents states that permissibility and reporting requirements apply only to donations received after the official date of candidacy. The earliest date of official candidacy is the day of the dissolutio...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPolitical Parties: FinanceSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21247More
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 launched an investigation into the donation made by Christopher Harborne to the Hon Member for
Answer: The Electoral Commission is currently considering this matter under its regulatory remit.
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordElections: ExpenditureSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21246More
Question: To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, with reference to the answer of 29 April 2025, to Question 48132, on Elections: Expenditure, what guidance has the Electoral Commiss
Answer: A party must report spending to promote party list candidates at Senedd elections. The Electoral Commission’s guidance states that the £200 notional spending threshold for party spending applies. For individual candidates, the guidance states that the £50...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordElections: Local GovernmentSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21245More
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 made an assessment into (a) unlawful family voting and (b) intimidation outside polling station
Answer: The Electoral Commission assessment of the May 2026 elections will be published in a post-poll report shortly. It publishes data from police services on allegations of electoral fraud annually, and will do so in March next year.
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordRepresentation of the People BillSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21244More
Question: To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, with reference to para 71 of the Explanatory Notes to the representation of the People Bill as introduced in the House of Commons on
Answer: The Commission has discussed the offences that the UK Government may prescribe in secondary legislation. The Electoral Commission continues to work closely with the Government, through the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on implement...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordMembers' InterestsSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21243More
Question: To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what steps the Electoral Commission is taking to ensure that sponsorship donations listed on their registers on their website are ac
Answer: The Commission adds explanatory notes on sponsorship when publishing updates to the register.
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPolitical Parties: FinanceSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21242More
Question: To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what is the Electoral Commission's policy on publishing the name of an intermediary donor to a regulated donee where an agent channe
Answer: Where an intermediary is simply handling a donation – for example, when a donor gives money to a fundraising group with the intent that it is passed on to a specific Member of Parliament – the intermediary is required to provide the details of the donor s...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordPolitical Parties: FinanceSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21241More
Question: To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, with reference to the Electoral Commission Response to Minister Dixon: spending limit review (13 July 2026), what is the proposed ti
Answer: The UK Government has asked the Commission to complete its review of spending limits by July 2027. On 29 August, the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, and the First Secretary of State wrote to the Commission to extend the r...
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordReturning OfficersSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21240More
Question: To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, if the Electoral Commission will make it their policy to issue standardised guidance to Electoral Returning Offices on how to conduc
Answer: The Electoral Commission already provides guidance to Returning Officers on how to conduct well run election counts.
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordBritain Means Business: Political PartiesSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21239More
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 undertaken an investigation into donations and loans made to and by Britain Means Business.
Answer: The Metropolitan Police Service has issued a statement about an ongoing police investigation. The Electoral Commission cannot comment further.
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordElections: JournalismSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21238More
Question: To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what guidance the Electoral Commission has provided on the definition of journalism for the purposes of the Section 47(3) of the Ele
Answer: The Electoral Commission’s statutory guidance on digital imprints outlines the exemptions that apply to digital material, including journalism.
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordReform UK: FinanceSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21237More
Question: To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what is the status of the Electoral Commission’s investigations into donations to the Reform UK Party and Reform regulated donees by
Answer: The Metropolitan Police Service has issued a statement about an ongoing police investigation. The Electoral Commission cannot comment further.
Answered 7 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordWater: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21236More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the answer of 11 March 2026, to Question 118224, on Water Charges: Conservation, whether the innovative tariff options being considered will include the extension of
Answer: This information is publicly available on Ofwat's website.
Answered 21 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordWater: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21235More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the answer of 11 March 2026, to Question 118224, on Water Charges: Conservation, what is the statutory basis for the use of (a) progressive water metering and (b) sea
Answer: This information is publicly available on Ofwat's website.
Answered 21 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordWater Charges: Social TariffsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21234More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the answer of 17 September 2025, to Question 76604, on Water Charges: Social Tariffs, what is the estimated yearly cross-subsidy, to an average household not on a soc
Answer: Companies decide, in consultation with their customers and organisations representing customers, which household customers will fund social tariffs and how much they will pay. Companies have set out the proposed average cross-subsidy customers will be cha...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordWater ChargesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21233More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether household customers with smart water meters can refuse to be moved onto a (a) seasonal or (b) progressive water meter tariff where a water company wishes to introduce such a ta
Answer: This information is publicly available on Ofwat's website.
Answered 21 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Redundancy PayDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21232More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the answer of 16 December 2025, to Question 94728, on DEFRA: Redundancy Pay, what was the name of the staff member of Flood Re who received the exit package of up to
Answer: Flood Re is operationally independent of government and Defra does not hold information on individual exit packages or their associated business case. Flood Re is both a private company and a central government body for accounting purposes and required to...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordWater ChargesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21231More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the answer of 12 March 2026, to Question 118223, on Water Charge, whether the cost of WaterSure is borne by (a) taxpayers, (b) water firms profits or (c) households n
Answer: WaterSure is funded through a cross-subsidy within each water company area, with the cost met by customers of that company who do not receive WaterSure support. Cross-subsidy payments differ company to company because each supplier's local operational cos...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
Original Parliament recordWater ChargesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Aug 2026AnsweredUIN 21230More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, further to the OFWAT press release, "£3.4bn of funding set to unlock further improvements for water company customers, communities and the environment", of 13 August, 2026, what is Ofw
Answer: On 13 August 2026, Ofwat published draft determinations under its Cost Change Process, provisionally announcing up to £3.4 billion of additional expenditure for certain companies where costs or requirements were uncertain at PR24. These draft determinatio...
Answered 8 Sept 2026
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