Kevin Hollinrake MP: written questions 2025
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IslamophobiaMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62976More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure that the creation of a definition of Islamophobia does not prevent discussion and scrutiny of the religious and ethnic dimensions of grooming g
Answer: We are clear vile child sexual abuse must be pursued wherever it is found, and we must guard against misplaced cultural or political sensitivities.As stated in the Terms of Reference for the Working Group to define Islamophobia/Anti-Muslim Hatred, any pro...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBats: Planning PermissionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62971More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with Natural England on the effectiveness of its guidance entitled Bats: advice for making planning decisions, last updated on 7 April 2025.
Answer: In April 2025, Natural England (NE) published updated standing advice on protected species, including bats. This update is aligned with the Government’s radical action plan to cut red tape and kickstart growth. The revised advice provides Local Planning A...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordParish and Town Councils: DevolutionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62970More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2025 to Question 58761 on Parish and Town Councils: Devolution, what steps she is taking to ensure that (a) local government restructuring and (
Answer: Decisions on council tax levels will be taken by new councils. Where new councils inherit different levels of council tax from their predecessors, legislation provides for them to be harmonised for up to seven years. The Secretary of States determines ref...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Lavatories: Business RatesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62969More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether public conveniences are eligible for retail, hospitality and leisure business rate relief in 2025-26.
Answer: The Retail Hospitality and Leisure Rate Relief Scheme 2025/26 does not expressly provide relief for public conveniences. Public toilets may indirectly benefit from RHL relief where they are not separately-assessed and instead form part of a larger propert...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Civil ServantsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62968More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether civil servants in her Department relocated outside of London will have their pay reduced, and whether civil servants employed in new locations outside London will lose th
Answer: MHCLG has separate National pay ranges and London pay ranges. MHCLG has an established policy and salary change calculation that applies when colleagues transfer from the London to the National pay range or vice versa, this includes individuals being plac...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordEmbassies: Building RegulationsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62967More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether building regulations apply to the construction of embassies.
Answer: The Building Regulations 2010 apply to all buildings in England, with specific exemptions given in Schedule 2. Embassies are expected to respect local laws, including the Building Regulations. Building Regulations may apply when somebody is putting up a n...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordChinese Embassy: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62966More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the planning decision on the called-in Chinese Embassy planning application will be delegated to a specific Planning Minister or made personally by the Secretary of State
Answer: As is longstanding practice with all decisions of this nature, the identity of the decision-making Minister will be published as part of the formal decision letter.
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNature Restoration FundMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62965More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 45 of Annex 10 of the Impact Assessment for the Planning and Infrastucture Bill, published on 6 May 2025, whether the 374k net additions per year from
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 55284 on 10 June 2025.
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: TransportDepartment for EducationTabled 26 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62964More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the cost of school transport for SEND children in each of the last five years.
Answer: The department knows that delivering home-to-school travel can be very challenging for local authorities and that costs have increased steeply over recent years. In particular, challenges within the wider special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) ...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordApprentices: PlanningDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62606More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to funding for level 7 apprenticeships on the number of chartered town planning apprenticeships.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Thirsk and Malton to the answer of 13 June 2025 to Question 57098.
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordOxford Growth Commission: Public AppointmentsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62605More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 30 May 2025 to Question 53573 on Oxford Growth Commission: Public Appointments, if she will publish the Chair's declaration of interests.
Answer: As set out in the answer to Question UIN 53573 on 28 May 2025, direct ministerial appointments such as the Chair of the OGC are not regulated public appointments and do not fall within the remit of the Governance Code on Public Appointments. Interests are...
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning: Disclosure of InformationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62604More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance she has issued to local planning authorities on the redaction of the internal layout of proposed developments from (a) planning (i) officers and (ii) councillors an
Answer: We have not issued specific guidance to local planning authorities on redacting internal layouts of proposed developments.
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNuisanceHome OfficeTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62603More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to create an offence of (a) engaging in nuisance begging, (b) arranging or facilitating begging for gain and (c) trespassing with intent to com
Answer: On 10th June, the Government announced its intention to repeal the outdated Vagrancy Act 1824. We have introduced targeted replacement measures in the Crime and Policing Bill to ensure police have the powers they need to keep communities safe, including a...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice: Employers' ContributionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62602More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 55289 on Police: Employment Contributions, whether the methodology used to calculate the National Insurance mitigation for polic
Answer: Government funding for fire and rescue services is provided by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) through the Local Government Finance Settlement (LGFS) in the form of revenue support grant (RSG) and retained business rates....
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordSchools: TransportDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62601More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the reasons for the trend in the level of council spending on school transport in the last decade.
Answer: The department knows that the cost of delivering home to school travel has increased steeply over recent years. In particular, challenges within the wider special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system have created significant pressure on home t...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNuisanceHome OfficeTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62600More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals to give (a) police and (b) councils powers to issue (i) nuisance begging directions, (ii) nuisance begging prevention notices, (iii)
Answer: On 10th June, the Government announced its intention to repeal the outdated Vagrancy Act 1824. We have introduced targeted replacement measures in the Crime and Policing Bill to ensure police have the powers they need to keep communities safe, including a...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Official EngagementsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62599More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will list each official diary event and meeting she undertook on 10 April 2025.
Answer: The Government publishes details of ministers’ meetings with external organisations on a quarterly basis.
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRight to Buy SchemeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62598More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an estimate of the potential impact of (a) Right to Buy receipts on the level of funding for affordable housing and (b) her Department's changes to (i) the level
Answer: The government’s Right to Buy discounts review, which can be found on gov.uk here, was published alongside the Budget on 30 October 2024. It estimated that returning maximum cash discounts to pre-2012 levels would lead to a long-term average of approximat...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62597More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to Table 5.17 in the Spending Review 2025, CP1336, published on 11 June 2025, whether local government core spending power includes revenue from (a) GLA council ta
Answer: Local government core spending power includes revenue from the Greater London Authority (GLA) council tax, including the policing element. It also includes the fire precept flexibility for standalone fire authorities, and combined police and fire commissi...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: Greater ManchesterMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62596More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) funding and (b) financing support her Department has allocated to Greater Manchester Combined Authority for housing development loans since 2011.
Answer: In line with the English Devolution White Paper Homes England is working closely will all Mayoral Combined Authorities, supporting them to achieve their housing growth, regeneration and placemaking ambitions. Since 2011 Homes England have provided investm...
Answered 4 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil TaxMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62595More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what representations she has received on council tax (a) revaluation and (b) rebanding since 5 July 2024.
Answer: The government recognises interest from a number of groups in reforming council tax. However, it does not collect statistics on the issued raised in correspondence it receives. The government currently has no plans to reform council tax.
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAnti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition Working GroupMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62594More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps the Islamophobia Working Group is taking to consult with stakeholders in (a) private and (b) public.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer to Question UIN 61355 on 24 June 2025.
Answered 3 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood Plans: ExpenditureMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62593More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding was allocated by her Department to support local communities to develop neighbourhood plans in the (a) 2023-24, (b) 2024-25, (c) 2025-26 financial years; and how
Answer: Details of the contracts that the Department awarded to support neighbourhood planning are available on the contracts finder website. Funding was allocated to support contracts worth, excluding VAT, (a) £6.37m in 2023/24, (b) £6.96m in 2024/25 and c) £0.4...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: TransportDepartment for EducationTabled 25 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62591More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment has been made of trends in the level of cost of providing school transport for SEND children in the last five years.
Answer: The department knows that the cost of delivering home to school travel has increased steeply over recent years. In particular, challenges within the wider special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system have created significant pressure on home t...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62200More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2025 to Question 54886 on Asylum: Housing, whether she has made an estimate of the number of appeal decisions that have been made by the Plannin
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 60845 on 30 June 2025.
Answered 2 Jul 2025
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