Kevin Hollinrake MP: written questions
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Elections: ExpenditureSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43087More
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 19 March 2025 to Question 37583 on Elections: Expenditure, what guidance the Commission has issued on (a)
Answer: The Elecotoral Commission has published guidance for candidates and agents on reporting notional expenditure. Property, goods, services or facilities received over the value of £50, provided for free or at a non-commercial discount, must be reported as ca...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHomes England: EqualityMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43085More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2025 to Question 32222 on Homes England: Equality, whether this expenditure was signed off by the Principle Accounting Officer for Homes England
Answer: The Whitehall Diversity & Industry Group (WIG) Diversity & Inclusion event is a conference with key note speakers, panel discussions and interactive sessions and therefore does not fall under the EDI restrictions and/or require sign off from the P...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ParkingDepartment for TransportTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42475More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2025 to Question 36099 on Housing: Parking, whether local authorities may recover costs of dropping a kerb greater than the actual cost of the (a) works and (b) administration
Answer: Section 184 of the Highways Act 1980 provides that local authorities may recover the expenses reasonably incurred by them in carrying out works to create a dropped kerb.Local authorities are responsible for managing and maintaining the roads in their area...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for TransportTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42474More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2025 to Question 38041 on Roads: Repairs and Maintenance, whether the complete resurfacing of an existing road is classed as capital or revenue expenditure.
Answer: It is up to local highway authorities’ Section 151 officers to determine what types of highway maintenance expenditure can legitimately be classed as capital and what as revenue expenditure, following the advice provided by the Chartered Institute of Publ...
Answered 4 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for TransportTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42473More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much local highway authorities in England received from the (a) pothole fund, (b) highways maintenance block needs, (b) highways maintenance block incentive, (d) integrated transport block, (e) Maintenance
Answer: In 2024/25, the Department provided a total of £1,067 million to local highway authorities in England under the pothole fund and highways maintenance block (needs and incentive elements). Nominally, this broke down into approximately £407 million from the...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Appointments: Disclosure of InformationCabinet OfficeTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42472More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether every regulated public (a) appointment and (b) re-appointment is published on the Announcement section of the website entitled Apply for a public appointment; and how long each announcement page remains
Answer: All regulated appointment and reappointment announcements should be published on the Apply for a public appointment digital service, unless the appointing department determines that the appointment is of a sensitive nature. All announcements remain on the...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAdmiralty House: Repairs and MaintenanceCabinet OfficeTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42471More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the total planned cost of the repairs to doors in Flat 1 of Admiralty House; and whether any other works are planned for that property.
Answer: We are not able to comment on specific repairs to Admiralty House on security grounds. Admiralty House is a Grade I listed government freehold property and any necessary repairs undertaken have to be compliant with those regulations.
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordElectoral Commission: Companies HouseSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42467More
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 17 March 2025 to Question 37580 on Electoral Commission: Companies House, what discussions the Electoral C
Answer: The Electoral Commission has not had discussions with Companies House on the legislation referred to by the Hon. Gentleman.
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNature Restoration FundMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42466More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the nature restoration fund levy will be subject to economic viability assessments; and whether other development levies will take in account the cost of the nature resto
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 41863 on 4 April 2025.
Answered 16 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42465More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of biodiversity net gain on (a) housebuilding costs and (b) levels of development.
Answer: Mandatory biodiversity net gain establishes a consistent set of requirements which give developers clarity on how they can meet their net gain obligations and deliver developments which leave biodiversity in a better state. The biodiversity net gain regul...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning: Judicial ReviewMinistry of JusticeTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42464More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she has considered raising the Aarhus Convention cost limits on judicial reviews of development and infrastructure.
Answer: The Government remains committed to protecting access to justice in environmental cases, while supporting the timely delivery of infrastructure projects under the Government’s Growth Mission. The issue of cost caps relating to Judicial Review in the plann...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordEnvironmental Delivery PlansMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42463More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether environmental delivery plans will apply to all protected species within the designated area.
Answer: The scale and coverage of an Environmental Delivery Plan (EDPs) will reflect the nature of the specific environmental impact being addressed. EDPs will only be put in place where Natural England and the Secretary of State are confident that conservation m...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBats: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 31 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42457More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affair, with reference to his Department’s publication entitled New approach to ensure regulators and regulation support growth, published 17 March 2025, what assessment he has made of the pote
Answer: As announced by the Chancellor, Defra is fast-tracking the recommendation from the Corry review (published on 2 April) to rapidly review the existing catalogue of environmental compliance guidance, including on protecting bats. This will look to identify ...
Answered 16 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordConservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42271More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to amend the Habitats Regulations.
Answer: The Planning and Infrastructure Bill includes targeted amendments to the Habitats Regulations, with Schedule 4 including changes necessary to streamline environmental assessment as part of Environmental Delivery Plans and Schedule 6 adding Ramsar Sites to...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLicensing LawsHome OfficeTabled 28 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42254More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of changes to (a) pavement licences and (b) take-away pints on regulatory costs for businesses.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the Written Ministerial Statement I made to the House on 27 Feb on the lapse of the easement on takeaway pints.A new impact assessment relating to the lapse of the easement was not required as no new policy or legislation has bee...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLand: Nature ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 28 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42253More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans he has to consolidate the different types of nature designation of land.
Answer: The Government has no plans to consolidate the different types of nature designation of land.
Answered 4 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: DisqualificationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42252More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department plans to change disqualification rules for (a) councillors, (b) mayors and (c) other elected representatives, in relation to those found guilty of sexual o
Answer: On changes to local government disqualification criteria, I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 41451. The government has been clear that standards in local government need to be improved and that could include a standards regime whi...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Consultation: Young PeopleMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42251More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2025 to Question 31685 on Public Consultation: Young People, what his planned timetable is for the publication of the long term strategy for com
Answer: Young people were invited to participate via DCMS-funded youth programmes. Participants represented a range of age groups and communities from across the country. The government continues its work to deliver for communities and is currently developing its...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Consultation: Young PeopleMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42250More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2025 to Question 31685 on Public Consultation: Young People, how the young people for the two round tables on the long term strategy for communi
Answer: Young people were invited to participate via DCMS-funded youth programmes. Participants represented a range of age groups and communities from across the country. The government continues its work to deliver for communities and is currently developing its...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAnti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition Working GroupMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42249More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the members of the working group on the definition of Islamophobia will be remunerated; and what is the process by which they have been selected.
Answer: Members of the Anti-Muslim Hate/Islamophobia Definition Working Group will not be remunerated but will be able to claim expenses for travel and/or costs incurred whilst carrying out their role. Members are technical experts and have been selected for thei...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNature Restoration FundMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42248More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Nature Restoration Fund levy will be in addition to Biodiversity Net Gain.
Answer: The Nature Restoration Fund will be in addition to Biodiversity Net Gain and will run concurrently, focusing on enabling development in areas where it has stalled due to specific environmental obligations relating to impacts on protected sites or species....
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCompulsory PurchaseMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42247More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, in what circumstances a previous landowner is eligible for additional compensation following a Compulsory Purchase Order; and how this applies to Compulsory Purchase Orders where
Answer: Additional compensation may be payable where a compulsory purchase order was confirmed with a direction removing hope value, but the acquiring authority does not build out their scheme as proposed. The Department has issued guidance on the circumstances w...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordUrban Areas: CampaignsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42246More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department has issued to local authorities on how campaigners can (a) hold street stalls and (b) give out leaflets in local high streets.
Answer: The government has not issued any guidance to local authorities on issues relating to campaigning. The Electoral Commission is responsible for providing guidance directly to candidates and campaigners.
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordByelawsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42245More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department holds information on the individual bye-laws in force by each local authority.
Answer: MHCLG does not hold information on individual byelaws in force by each local authority.
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordShops: Money LaunderingHome OfficeTabled 28 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42244More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of whether particular types of retail outlets in high streets and town centres are used for money laundering from the sale of drugs.
Answer: The Government recognises that cash intensive businesses such as barber shops and nail bars can be exploited by criminals seeking to launder their criminal cash from serious and organised crime. Addressing cash-based money laundering is one of the strateg...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
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