Kevin Hollinrake MP: written questions
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Recreation SpacesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42243More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether (a) environmental delivery plans and (b) the nature restoration fund will replace suitable alternative natural greenspace.
Answer: Suitable Alternative Natural Greenspace (SANG) can be used to address the negative effects of development leading to recreational disturbance of Habitats Sites. Where appropriate, SANGs will continue to play an important role in nature restoration under b...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordElectoral Registration Officers: Freedom of InformationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42242More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of including Electoral Returning Officers on the list of public authorities subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2
Answer: The Government has not issued guidance on including Returning Officers or Electoral Registration Officers within the definition of local authorities for the Re-use of Public Sector Information. The Government has not made an assessment of the potential me...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordElections and Public Service: HarassmentHome OfficeTabled 28 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42241More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement on Update on tackling intimidation in public life of 18 March 2024, HCWS348, what further steps her Department is taking to help tackle intimidation
Answer: In light of increasing levels of harassment and intimidation ahead of the General Election, the previous Government invested £31m into additional protective security measures such as expanding the police led operation BRIDGER, and the introduction of a Ho...
Answered 10 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAffordable HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 42240More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the press release entitled £2 billion new investment to support biggest boost in social and affordable housebuilding in a generation, published on 25 March 2025
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement made on 25 March 2025 (HCWS549)
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41873More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the press notice entitled £2 billion new investment to support biggest boost in social and affordable housebuilding in a generation, published on 25 March 2025,
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement made on 25 March 2025 (HCWS549).
Answered 4 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPackaging: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41871More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with each local authority in England on how collected Extended Producer Responsibility fees will be allocated.
Answer: Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging (pEPR) payments are allocated fairly to Local Authorities through the calculation of local authority waste management costs, which accurately reflect the costs of efficient management of different packaging m...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPackaging: RecyclingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41870More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how Extended Producer Responsibility fees collected will be allocated to local authorities.
Answer: Extended Producer Responsibility for packaging (pEPR) payments are allocated fairly to Local Authorities through the calculation of local authority waste management costs, which accurately reflect the costs of efficient management of different packaging m...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBuildings: SafetyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41867More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference her Department's consultation response entitled, Building Safety Levy: Technical consultation response, published on 25 March 2025, if the Building Safety Levy wil
Answer: The Building Safety Levy (levy) is one of a package of measures to make sure that the burden of paying for fixing historical building safety defects does not fall on leaseholders or further burden taxpayers.Developers will pay the levy on new residential ...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBuildings: SafetyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41866More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference her Department's consultation response entitled, Building Safety Levy: Technical consultation response, published on 25 March 2025, when the Building Safety Levy w
Answer: The Building Safety Levy (levy) is one of a package of measures to make sure that the burden of paying for fixing historical building safety defects does not fall on leaseholders or further burden taxpayers.Developers will pay the levy on new residential ...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBuildings: SafetyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41865More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference her Department's consultation response entitled, Building Safety Levy: Technical consultation response, published on 25 March 2025, at what rate the Building Safet
Answer: The Building Safety Levy (levy) is one of a package of measures to make sure that the burden of paying for fixing historical building safety defects does not fall on leaseholders or further burden taxpayers.Developers will pay the levy on new residential ...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNature Restoration FundMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41863More
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.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to Clause 62, subsection (2) of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.
Answered 4 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ReorganisationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41862More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2025 to Question 36414 on Local Government: Reorganisation, whether she plans to include London Boroughs in a future round of restructuring.
Answer: As outlined in our answer to Question UIN 36414 on 13 March 2025, on 5 February the government formally invited unitary proposals from only those councils in two-tier local government areas and their neighbouring small unitaries, no London Boroughs were i...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41861More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the average time was to complete a home once planning permission had been granted in the latest period for which data is available.
Answer: The information requested is not held by the Department.
Answered 4 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Trade Union OfficialsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41860More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2025 to Question 36096 on MHCLG: Trade Union Officials, whether she plans to continue publishing this data following the passage of the Employm
Answer: As with any changes to employment legislation, the department will review the position on reporting requirements as appropriate in line with the Employment Rights Bill 2024 and any applicable Cabinet Office guidance.
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41859More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2025 to Question 37069 on Local Government Finance, what information her Department holds on the financial impact of other forms of recent loca
Answer: As set out it in the English Devolution White Paper, the unitary proposals submitted to the Department from the most recently established unitary councils identified a range of efficiencies that could be achieved where council services are brought togethe...
Answered 4 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAnti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia Definition Working GroupMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41858More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2025 to Question 36103 on Islamophobia, what the public appointment process will be.
Answer: The Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia working group has been established to provide government with a working definition of Anti-Muslim Hatred which is reflective of a wide range of perspectives and priorities of British Muslims. The Working Group is made u...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNew Towns: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41857More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether new towns will be built through development corporations.
Answer: The independent New Towns Taskforce will publish its report this Summer, including recommendations on new town locations and delivery mechanisms.
Answered 4 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning: RegulationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41856More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the policy paper entitled A new approach to ensure regulators and regulation support growth, published on 17 March 2025, which public body will be designated as the l
Answer: As the Government announced on 17 March a lead environmental regulator will be appointed for all major projects in which multiple environmental regulators have an interest, to make decisions on their behalf. This will reduce layers of regulation and creat...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPrivate Rented Housing: RegulationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41855More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to section one of the policy paper entitled A new approach to ensure regulators and regulation support growth, published on 17 March 2025, if she will make an asse
Answer: The Renters’ Rights Bill delivers our manifesto commitment to transform the experience of private renting, including by ending Section 21 ‘no fault’ evictions. While the majority of landlords provide a good service, the private rented sector currently pro...
Answered 4 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordTell MAMA: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41854More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer by Lord Khan of Burnley of 13 March 2025, Official Report, House of Lords, Column 822, whether the grant funding agreement with Tell MAMA has been si
Answer: As with all government funding, funding to Tell MAMA is subject to grant funding agreements which are rightly kept under constant review and are subject to continued monitoring and evaluation. Following Tell MAMA’s signing of the required Grant Funding Ag...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDeputy Prime Minister: Departmental ResponsibilitiesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41853More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has any staff permanently based in the Cabinet Office in the context of her role as Deputy Prime Minister.
Answer: The Deputy Prime Minister’s core staff and budget allocation is assigned to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The Deputy Prime Minister is also supported by staff in other Government Departments, including the Cabinet Office, wher...
Answered 4 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordAffordable Housing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41852More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2025 to Question 31973 on Affordable Housing: Construction, and with reference to the Update from MHCLG on targets on the 2021-26 Affordable Hom
Answer: My Department published an update on targets in the 2021-26 Programme on 30 July 2024 on gov.uk here. At Spring statement, the government announced an immediate injection of £2 billion to support delivery of the biggest boost in social and affordable hous...
Answered 4 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: PowersMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41776More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department provides to local authorities on what types of decision are required to be made by (a) the council’s executive and (b) the full council.
Answer: The Local Authorities (Functions and Responsibilities) (England) Regulations 2000, as amended, set out what types of decisions are to be taken by a council’s executive, and which are to be taken by the full council. Guidance was issued in 2000 and 2001 to...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic Cigarettes and Smoking: ByelawsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41466More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2025 to Question 37218 on Byelaws, whether her Department has provided guidance on the application of byelaws which would ban (a) smoking and (
Answer: Government provides guidance on the byelaw making process for local authorities. The department has not provided specific guidance on the application of byelaws which would ban (a) smoking and (b) vaping (i) in parks, (ii) on a highway, (iii) within the c...
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPermitted Development RightsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41465More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2025 to Question 36421 on Permitted Development Rights, if she will publish the Article 4 directions in force in each local authority.
Answer: In keeping with the practice of previous administrations, Article 4 Directions which are implemented without changes are not published. In cases where the Secretary of State determines that an Article 4 Direction should be modified, decisions are publishe...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
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