Kevin Hollinrake MP: written questions 2025
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Civil Service: EqualityMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60843More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Civil Service 2024/2025 External Expenditure on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, published on 30 May 2025, if he will li
Answer: Expenditure of £4,853 was approved by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage on 29 October 2024 in line with Civil Service Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Expenditure Guidance.A sum of £4,184 was paid to Inclusive Employers Ltd for the training of Inclusion Allie...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Shared Prosperity FundMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60842More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding she plans to provide to each nation of the UK through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund in each year of the Spending Review period.
Answer: The UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) will not continue beyond the 2025-26 transition year. As announced at the recent Spending Review, the government is introducing a new, targeted approach to support growth, tackle deprivation, and restore pride to comm...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil Tax: ValuationTreasuryTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60841More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has had recent discussions with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development on council tax (a) revaluation and (b) re-banding.
Answer: The Government engages regularly and constructively with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on a range of economic issues. Property tax reform has not been discussed with the OECD since the current Government took office in ...
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFinancial Services: Environment ProtectionDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60840More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2025 to Question 54292 on Financial Services: Environment Protection, what information he holds on which councils offer municipal green bonds.
Answer: The Government does not hold information on which councils offer municipal green bonds centrally. It is the responsibility of the local authority to advertise and communicate bond offers at the time of their launch.
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil Tax: ValuationTreasuryTabled 18 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60839More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps the Valuation Office Agency is taking to tackle delays in processing council tax valuation challenges.
Answer: The VOA is working as quickly as possible to clear cases, and moving staff to where there is the greatest customer demand. The VOA is focusing on the oldest cases first, and where customers are facing financial hardship. The VOA is replacing IT systems w...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMoney Laundering: RegulationTreasuryTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60497More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance she has issued to local authorities on Anti-Money Laundering checks in relation to (a) working with and (b) loaning funds to developers.
Answer: Guidance for local authorities on investments is available here: Guidance_on_local_government_investments.pdf It is for local authorities to determine their own capital strategies as they are best placed to understand local needs and are accountable to th...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChinese EmbassyTreasuryTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60486More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she had discussions with the Chinese Government on the proposed Chinese Embassy at the Royal Mint (a) at the 11th round of China-UK Economic and Financial Dialogue and (b) on any other occasion.
Answer: The Chancellor has engaged with the Chinese Government on a number of occasions, including during her visit to China for the 2025 UK-China Economic and Financial Dialogue, and has discussed a range of economic and financial issues. The Chancellor publishe...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGreen Belt: PlanningMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60485More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has had discussions with the Mayor of London on whether funding for green belt reviews will be used to review the use of Metropolitan Open Land.
Answer: The government has awarded the Greater London Authority £770,000 to undertake a Green Belt review in conjunction with 11 London boroughs. A further six London boroughs have also each received £70,000 to undertake Green Belt reviews. The precise use of thi...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanningMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60484More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what status local designations have under the National Planning Policy Framework.
Answer: Locally designated sites have no special status within the National Planning Policy Framework. However, under the Framework local plans are expected to identify, map and safeguard locally designated sites of importance for biodiversity, including Local Wi...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: CFE ResearchMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60483More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the document entitled MHCLG: spending over £25,000, March 2025, published on 28 April 2025, what consultancy services were commissioned from CFE Research and Co
Answer: The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government appointed a consortium of organisations, led by CFE Research and including Cordis Bright, Revolving Doors, and the Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research (SCHARR) at The University of She...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: UBDS DigitalMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60482More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the document entitled MHCLG: spending over £25,000, March 2025, published on 28 April 2025, what consultancy services were commissioned from UBDS IT Consulting
Answer: MHCLG’s March 2025 listing of spending over £25,000 include three entries for UBDS. This spend relates to the provision of specific technical services to deliver a range of improvements to the Department’s data tools and technologies. They are augmenting ...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDisability: CandidatesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60481More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the press notice entitled New steering group to champion disabled people in elected office, published on 9 June 2025, how the members of the working group from political parties were s
Answer: It is this government’s ambition to see more disabled people in public office. We have been clear that we will champion disabled people’s rights and work closely with them so that disabled people’s views and voices are at the heart of decision-making.On 9...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAdmiralty HouseCabinet OfficeTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60480More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 30 May 2025 to Question 52864 on Admiralty House, on what date the last assessment of market rent of the building was undertaken.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to my answer of 27 May 2025, Official Report, PQ 52864.
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDeputy Prime Minister: Official ResidencesCabinet OfficeTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60479More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what services are provided to the Deputy Prime Minister without charge in relation to her official residence.
Answer: The Deputy Prime Minister’s flat does not receive any dedicated services without charge. Costs are discharged in the usual way as has been the case for successive governments.
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAdmiralty HouseCabinet OfficeTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60478More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 30 May 2025 to Question 52864 on Admiralty House, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of repurposing the two unoccupied flats in Admiralty House.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given by the Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office of 27 May 2025, Official Report, PQ 43478.
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEspionage: ChinaHome OfficeTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60477More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment the security services have made of the level of economic espionage by the Chinese Government in the UK.
Answer: As a matter of long-standing policy, we do not comment on the detail of security and intelligence matters. However, we continuously assess potential threats to the UK and, where necessary, deploy the full range of tools available to mitigate them.
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDefending Democracy TaskforceHome OfficeTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60476More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2025 to Question 53973 on Defending Democracy Taskforce, if she will publish the conclusions of the review into harassment and intimidation.
Answer: The Defending Democracy Taskforce is reviewing its levers for preventing the harassment and intimidation of elected representatives, identifying gaps and vulnerabilities, and developing recommendations to strengthen our response.I will update the House on...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60475More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much (a) her Department and (b) its contractors have spent on the rent or lease of (i) caravan and mobile homes and (ii) park homes for housing asylum seekers since July 2024.
Answer: Zero.
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HotelsHome OfficeTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60474More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2025 to Question HL7763 on Asylum: Housing, what the absolute number of individual hotels that housed the 32,345 people is as of 31 March 2025; and what was the equiva
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer I gave on 31 March to Question 41380.
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDefending Democracy TaskforceHome OfficeTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60473More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2025 to Question 53973 on Defending Democracy Taskforce, if she will publish the assessment on Transnational Repression in the UK.
Answer: Owing to the classified nature of the findings, the Transnational Repression Review will not be a publicly available document.My Written Ministerial Statement on 14 May provides an overview of the Review’s key findings and recommendations.
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60472More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much (a) her Department and (b) its contractors have spent on the capital purchase of mobile and caravan homes for asylum seekers since July 2024.
Answer: Zero.
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCounter-terrorismHome OfficeTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60471More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) internal and (b) external Prevent guidance her Department has drafted on cultural nationalism; and what her Department’s definition is of cultural nationalism.
Answer: The current Prevent duty guidance, including reference to cultural nationalism, was last revised under the previous Government on 6 March 2024, and is available at: Prevent duty guidance: Guidance for specified authorities in England and Wales
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HotelsHome OfficeTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60470More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2025 to Question HL7763 on Asylum: Housing, whether such hotel figures include housing in former communal accommodation.
Answer: The definition of each type of category can be found in the notes section of the published statistics.
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Greater London AuthorityMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60469More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the transparency data entitled MHCLG: spending over £25,000, April 2025, published on 30 May 2025, if she will publish the research commissioned from the Greate
Answer: This funding was to cover legal and administrative costs incurred by the Greater London Authority in setting up the Grenfell Assisted Home Ownership Scheme.
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChinese Embassy: Planning PermissionHome OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60084More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2025 to Question 53973 on Defending Democracy Taskforce, if she will provide a copy of the Defending Democracy Taskforce's assessment of transnational repression to th
Answer: The planning application has been called in by the Secretary of State for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and she will make this quasi-judicial decision independent from the rest of Government.The Foreign Secretary and Home Secre...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
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