Kevin Hollinrake MP: written questions
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Birmingham City CouncilMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44489More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish the minutes of her meeting with Birmingham City Council on 5 April 2025; and what the conclusions were of the meeting.
Answer: The government has been in frequent dialogue with the leadership of the City Council to ensure the welfare of Birmingham residents and a swift resolution to the dispute. The 5 April meeting provided an update on the clean-up of the waste backlog and indus...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: MeetingsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44488More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether there was a cost to the public purse for the hire of Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club for the roundtable event she attended on 4 April 2025.
Answer: There was no cost to the public purse.
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPalestine ActionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44487More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department engages with Palestine Action.
Answer: No, my department has not engaged with Palestine Action. The responsibility for decisions around who departments engage with sits with those departments and the appropriate policy areas.
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44486More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of the number of houses that will be built in each year between 2025-26 and 2029-30.
Answer: As the hon. Member is aware, the government has not set interim annual targets in respect of its ambitious Plan for Change milestone of delivering 1.5 million safe and decent homes in this Parliament. However, due to the reduced levels of housing supply t...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning Permission: Environment ProtectionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44485More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has undertaken Environment Act environmental principles assessments when issuing (a) new and (b) revised planning practice guidance since July 2024.
Answer: Planning practice guidance published since July 2024 supports the implementation of matters that have been set through legislation or policy. Environmental principles assessments were undertaken for the changes to policy once the requirement for them had ...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordTravellers: Caravan SitesHome OfficeTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44484More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2025 to Question 39632 on Travellers: Caravan Sites, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of this ruling on unauthorised traveller sites.
Answer: The government is carefully considering the judgment issued by the High Court in May 2024 which found that particular sections of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, as amended by the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022, were incompa...
Answered 22 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitality Industry and Retail Trade: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 7 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44483More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2025 to Question 37227 on Hospitality Industry and Retail Trade: Business Rates, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the new (a) lower and (b) higher multiplier
Answer: To deliver our manifesto pledge, we intend to introduce permanently lower tax rates for retail, hospitality, and leisure (RHL) properties, with Rateable Values below £500,000, from 2026-27. This tax cut must be sustainably funded, and so we intend to intr...
Answered 28 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCombined Authorities and Health ServicesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44236More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has a planned timetable for the alignment of administrative NHS boundaries with mayoral combined authority boundaries.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN HL5657 on 24 March 2025.
Answered 14 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCombined Authorities and Police, Fire and Crime CommissionersMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44235More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2025 to Question 25780 on Police, Fire and Crime Commissioners: Elections, what her planned timetable is for the alignment of the Police Force a
Answer: As outlined in my previous response, the timing of the transfer of Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner functions to new mayors established through the Devolution Priority Programme will be determined in due course.
Answered 16 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPolice, Fire and Crime CommissionersMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44234More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2025 to Question 25780 on Police, Fire and Crime Commissioners: Elections, whether existing Police and Crime Commissioners will serve their full
Answer: As outlined in my previous response, the timing of the transfer of Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner functions to new mayors established through the Devolution Priority Programme will be determined in due course.
Answered 16 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNature Restoration FundMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44233More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2025 to Question 39016 on Nature Restoration Fund, whether planning permission can be refused if a self-build developer declines to pay the vol
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 39016 on 26 March 2025.
Answered 16 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness RatesTreasuryTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44232More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the transitional relief scheme for the 2026 business rates revaluation will be financed by (a) direct funding, (b) downward phasing and (c) a higher multiplier.
Answer: The Government is legally required to introduce transitional relief for ratepayers to support those seeing the biggest increases at revaluations. The Non-Domestic Rating Act 2023 removed the requirement for transitional relief schemes to be self-funding. ...
Answered 10 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: IsraelMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44231More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 1 April 2025 to Question 38374 on Economic Activity of Public Bodies (Overseas Matters) Bill, whether her Department has a policy on (a) grant recipient
Answer: The UK government is committed to promoting our trade and business ties with Israel and strongly opposes boycotts. The government has published guidance to public authorities prohibiting procurement boycotts against Israeli firms or firms which trade with...
Answered 24 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ElectionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44230More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has issued guidance to local authorities on making (a) licensing, (b) planning and (c) gambling decisions during local election periods.
Answer: Local authorities are required to consider the Recommended Code of Practice for Local Authority Publicity (‘the Code’) in coming to any decision on any communication, in whatever form, addressed to the public or a section of the public. A Code principle i...
Answered 14 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBuilding RegulationsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44229More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to conduct a review of compliance costs from building regulations.
Answer: All costs associated with updates to the building regulations are considered prior to publication. Full impact assessments including economic, environmental and equalities considerations, are published alongside amendments to the Building Regulations.
Answered 10 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordWaste Disposal: BirminghamMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44228More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions the Best Value Commissioners in Birmingham City Council have had with (a) council officers and (b) the Unite trade union on bin collection industrial action.
Answer: Commissioners, who have been appointed to oversee Birmingham City Council’s improvement journey, continue to work constructively with the Council and encourage opportunities to resolve the ongoing waste dispute in a sustainable, meaningful way. There are ...
Answered 14 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: Compulsory PurchaseMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44227More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to allow (a) councils, (b) Natural England and (c) development corporations to have enhanced Compulsory Purchase Powers for the mandatory purchase of residentia
Answer: Local authorities and development corporations already have various powers to compulsorily acquire property for the purposes of supporting their functions. Natural England also has powers to compulsorily acquire land to establish and maintain nature reser...
Answered 16 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPest Control: BirminghamMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44226More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of providing additional funding to Birmingham City Council for pest control services.
Answer: The government is working closely with Birmingham and continues to monitor the disruption caused by the bin strikes and the associated public health risks to the residents of the city. The council continues to manage local service delivery and has put in ...
Answered 14 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordWaste Disposal: Best ValueMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44225More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance she has issued on whether not collecting refuse waste could lead to a best value intervention at a local authority.
Answer: All local authorities are under a statutory duty to comply with Best Value and must make arrangements to secure continuous improvement in the way their functions are exercised, as outlined in the existing statutory guidance on Best Value standards and int...
Answered 10 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEmployment Rights Bill: Local Government ServicesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44224More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Employment Rights Bill on the ability of councils to provide (a) regular refuse collections and (b) other core services.
Answer: The delivery of the Plan to Make Work Pay is a manifesto commitment. We will be engaging closely with local authorities as the policy develops and further detail on funding models will be provided in due course. We will consult extensively on the implemen...
Answered 10 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Health: BirminghamDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44223More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to provide additional resources to Birmingham City Council to help support public health.
Answer: Birmingham City Council’s Public Health Grant for 2025/26 will be £109,102,134. This is an increase of 5.9% relative to 2024/25, and equates to £92.98 per capita against a per capita average across all English upper tier local authorities of £66.64.Birmin...
Answered 9 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordWaste Disposal: BirminghamMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44222More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's statutory guidance entitled, Best value standards and intervention: a statutory guide for best value authorities, published on 8 May 2024, if s
Answer: The Department is closely monitoring the situation regarding the ongoing bin collection strike in the Birmingham City Council area and stands ready to play its part in supporting the Council where necessary. The Council should remain responsible for manag...
Answered 10 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Special AdvisersMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 4 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 44221More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many special advisers are employed by her Department.
Answer: The Deputy Prime Minister has appointed six Special Advisers to the department.
Answered 11 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Electronic Purchasing Card SolutionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43906More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the transparency data entitled MHCLG: spending over £500, February 2025, published on 31 March 2025, which Ministers used the ministerial private car service pr
Answer: This service was provided for the Minister for Building Safety, Fire and Local Growth during a visit across multiple locations in Scotland. Following consultation with the Government Car Service, this service was the cheapest available option.
Answered 24 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordParish and Town Councils: Council TaxMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43905More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether council tax referendum provisions will be applied to new (a) town and (b) parish councils established in new unitary areas.
Answer: In 2025-26 the Government has not set referendum principles for town and parish councils. The Government encourages councils to be mindful of the impact on tax payers when setting precepts. Decisions taken by town and parish councils in 2025-26 will be ta...
Answered 10 Apr 2025
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