Kevin Hollinrake MP: written questions 2025
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Speed LimitsDepartment for TransportTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64510More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 56829 on Speed Limits, whether her Department has plans to update 20mph zone guidance for England.
Answer: We believe that traffic authorities are best placed to decide where lower limits will be effective on the roads for which they are responsible, and that consultation and community support should be at the heart of the process.
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordTransport: Urban AreasDepartment for TransportTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64509More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her Department's policy position is on 15 minute cities.
Answer: Local Government is at the heart of our transport ambitions. Traffic management schemes to promote walking cycling and public transport are a matter for Local Authorities because they know their areas best. Such schemes should always be developed through ...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRoad Traffic Control: OxfordDepartment for TransportTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64502More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has had discussions with Oxfordshire County Council on its planned introduction of traffic filters by Oxford in 2026.
Answer: The Department has not had discussions with Oxfordshire County Council on its planned introduction of traffic filters by Oxford in 2026. Local authorities are responsible for managing their roads and are accountable to their communities.
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordWaste Disposal: Fixed PenaltiesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64498More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with local authorities on the use of fixed-penalty notices for households for minor waste receptacle issues.
Answer: In England, local authorities have limited powers to issue fixed penalties to households relating to waste receptacle requirements. Defra is not proposing changes to this position as part of Simpler Recycling reforms and has not conducted discussions with...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordWater ChargesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64455More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 57278 on Water Charges, if he will make it his policy to prevent water companies from using (a) rising block tariffs and progressive a
Answer: The Government welcomes companies’ willingness to trial innovative new approaches to charging customers in order to make bills more affordable and improve water efficiency, putting pounds back in the pockets of working families. Several water companies ar...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordOffice of the Deputy Prime MinisterCabinet OfficeTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64454More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government plans to establish an Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
Answer: Deputy Prime Ministers are rightly supported in their role to deliver the additional responsibilities.The Deputy Prime Minister’s responsibilities are set out on Gov.uk and any such plans would be set out in the usual way.
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNational LandscapesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64453More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 30 May 2025 to Question 55440 on National Landscapes, for what reason work has stopped on the (a) Cheshire Sandstone Ridge and (b) Chiltern National Landscape
Answer: Natural England has the statutory responsibility for identifying areas for new or extended National Landscape designations. Given the pressures on public finances, Defra has had to make difficult decisions about funding. It was not affordable to continue ...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordWater Companies: Social TariffsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64452More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether water companies are permitted to fund social tariffs by passing costs to other residential customers.
Answer: Social Tariffs are voluntary schemes designed and administered by water companies to provide a discounted water bill to qualifying customers who are unable to pay their water bill in full. These schemes are permitted to be funded through cross subsidies f...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPolitical Parties: FinanceSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64451More
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 issued guidance on (a) companies and (b) unincorporated associations raising funds from foreign
Answer: The Commission’s guidance for political parties covers permissibility of donations from companies and unincorporated associations. If an organisation makes a donation on behalf of another source without disclosing the details of the original donor, this i...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPolitical Parties: FinanceSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64450More
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 June 2025 to Question 56565 on Political Parties: Crypocurrencies, if he will publish the guidance on n
Answer: The Commission’s published guidance on donation permissibility, includes information on cryptocurrencies.This guidance states that the controls which apply to donations of crypto assets are the same as the controls which apply to other types of donations....
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordElectoral Commission: FinanceSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 2 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64449More
Question: To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the value is of the (a) RDEL and (b) CDEL settlement for the Electoral Commission in each year of the Spending Review 2025; and
Answer: The Electoral Commission’s five-year Corporate Plan was approved by Parliament in February 2025. The plan outlines the benefits that the Commission’s work and spending will deliver for voters, electoral administrators and political parties and campaigners...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAirports: National Policy StatementsDepartment for TransportTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64090More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2025 to Question 57460 on Policy, what her planned timetable is for the revision of the National Policy Statement on airport expansion.
Answer: The government supports airport expansion and has invited proposals for a third runway at Heathrow. It expects any proposals to be brought forward by the summer and is clear that any scheme must be delivered in line with the UK’s legal, climate and enviro...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal GovernmentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64089More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has published guidance to local authorities on transferring internal council (a) personal data and (b) papers to political parties where such information i
Answer: MHCLG has not published guidance of this nature. Local authorities must comply with the FOI Act in relation to access to information held by public bodies, with GDPR guidelines in relation to personal data, and with Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO)...
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: London AllowanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64088More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2025 to Question 56482 on Civil Service: London allowances, if she will take steps to ensure that the London weighted salaries for civil servant
Answer: MHCLG has separate National pay ranges and London pay ranges. The MHCLG London pay range is only applicable to colleagues formally assigned to 2 Marsham St and MHCLG’s Hemel Hempstead office.
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil Tax: ReferendumsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64087More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Spending Review 2025, published on 11 June 2025, what assumptions have been made on the level of the (a) shire district, (b) police precept, (c) parish prec
Answer: For the shire district and fire precept, the Spending Review assumes that precept levels increase in line with those in 2025/26 over the coming SR period (3%/£5, and £5 respectively). The SR assumes a fire precept level of £5. No assumptions were made in ...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: Cost EffectivenessMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64086More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Statement of 12 June 2025 on Local Government Best Value, HCWS697, which (a) external individuals, (b) external organisations, (c) hon. Members and
Answer: On 12 June I announced that I was minded to exercise powers of direction under section 15(5) and 15(6) of the Local Government Act 1999 to ensure London Borough of Croydon’s compliance with the Best Value Duty. As I told the House, before making this anno...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordOxford Growth Commission: Public AppointmentsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64085More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 28 May 2025 to Question 53573 on Oxford Growth Commission: Public Appointments, what the level of remuneration is for the Chair of the Oxford Growth Com
Answer: The Chair of the Oxford Growth Commission’s (OGC) remuneration is commensurate with the seniority of the role and in line with current policy on senior pay levels. We understand that the Chair has written to Kevin Hollinrake to disclose his level of renum...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNight Time Industries AssociationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64084More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 28 May 2025 to Question 52627 on Night Time Industries Association, what correspondence her Department has received from the Night Time Industries Assoc
Answer: The Chief Executive Officer of the Night Time Industries Association wrote to the Department on 29 October 2024. Their letter was passed to the Department for Business and Trade for a response.
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFast Food: PlanningMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64082More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2025 to Question 58054 on Fast Food, whether local authority powers under the National Planning Policy Framework to block new fast-food outlets
Answer: It is for local planning authorities, when receiving a planning application, to consider whether, given the type of food and service to be provided at the location proposed, they consider the outlet to be either a hot food takeaway or a fast food outlet.
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning Permission: DocumentsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64081More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2025 to Question 57269 on Planning Permission, if she will introduce a policy requiring plain English in planning documents produced by her Depa
Answer: The government has no plans to introduce a specific policy related to the use of plain English in planning documents. We would expect local planning authorities to ensure that planning documents are clear and easy to understand.
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHomes England: StaffMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64080More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many Homes England staff are undergoing redeployment.
Answer: Homes England have no staff currently undergoing redeployment.
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSleeping Rough: DecriminalisationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64079More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Rough sleeping to be decriminalised after 200 years, published on 10 June 2025, how the approach to a replacement regime
Answer: As we work to fulfil our manifesto commitment to get the country back on track to ending homelessness, one principle must be clear – no one should be criminalised for simply sleeping rough. We will be the government that repeals the Vagrancy Act 1824.This...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFilm: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64077More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 55222 on Film: Business Rates, how many film studios in England will be subject to the higher multiplier on Rateable Values above £500,000, from April 2026.
Answer: At Autumn Budget 2024, the Government announced an intention to introduce a higher business rates multiplier on the most valuable properties – those with Rateable Values (RVs) of £500,000 and above – from April 2026 to fund permanently lower multipliers f...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil Tax: ValuationTreasuryTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64076More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 56711 on Council tax: valuation, how many complaints have been made to (a) Tier 1 complaints process, (b) Tier 2 complaints process and (c) the Adjudicator's Office
Answer: Between 1 July 2024 and 30 June 2025, the VOA received the following number of complaints about delays: Tier 1 – 677Tier 2 - 103Adjudicator’s Office (Council Tax complaints)– 9 For context, on average the VOA deals with around 60,000 cases each year in En...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ReorganisationTreasuryTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64050More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2025 to Question 57280 on Local Government: Reorganisation, what estimate she has made of the change in public sector net borrowing from local government reorganisation in each of t
Answer: HM Treasury has not undertaken an assessment of the impact of local government reorganisation on local authority borrowing nor the impact on public sector net borrowing. The OBR will continue to update its forecast for overall local government borrowing a...
Answered 9 Jul 2025
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