Kevin Hollinrake MP: written questions
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Voting Rights: British Nationals AbroadMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41056More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to help increase (a) registration and (b) participation in elections by overseas British electors.
Answer: The Government is committed to improving electoral registration. We are exploring a wide range of options to deliver on this manifesto commitment. As set out in our response to the Electoral Commission’s evaluation of the 2024 general election, published ...
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordElections: Pilot SchemesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41055More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to conduct electoral pilots under the Representation of the People Act 2000.
Answer: The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has no plans at present to conduct electoral pilots under the powers in the Representation of the People Act 2000 in England.
Answered 3 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLicensing LawsHome OfficeTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41054More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Home Office's closed consultation entitled Impact assessment: alcohol in licensed pavement areas, published on 10 May 2024, whether her Department has produced an impact assessme
Answer: The previous government ran two consultations in 2023 and 2024 to consider the future of this temporary easement, each accompanied by an impact assessment. The most recent impact assessment, published alongside the 2024 consultation, can be found at Impac...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncillors: Workplace PensionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41053More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to re-introduce pensions for councillors.
Answer: MHCLG keeps access to the Local Government Pension Scheme under regular review.
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ReorganisationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41052More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's correspondence entitled Local government reorganisation: invitation to local authorities in two-tier areas, published on 6 February 2025, if sh
Answer: The Government has no plans to place interim plans received from councils in the House of Commons Library. Interim plans are not a decision-making point but are designed to enable areas to set out their progress on developing proposals in line with the cr...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordGreen BeltMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 41049More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the guidance entitled Green Belt, published on 27 February 2025, whether a regulatory impact assessment was prepared in relation to the new guidance.
Answer: No. Regulatory impact assessments are prepared to support the appraisals of new primary or secondary legislation.
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDeputy Prime Minister: Admiralty HouseCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40494More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, at which flat number at Admiralty House is the Deputy Prime Minister resident.
Answer: As has been the case under successive administrations, the Prime Minister allocates official residences to ministers, either on the grounds of security or to allow them to better perform their official duties. The Deputy Prime Minister was allocated one ...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDeputy Prime Minister: Admiralty HouseMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40492More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2025 to Question 37220 on Admiralty House, how many civil servants provided support to the Deputy Prime Minister for the move.
Answer: As this support was provided in relation to the move to an official residence it is not possible to identify a specific number of staff.Professional removal and cleaning services were hired and paid for personally by the Deputy Prime Minister and at no co...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning and Infrastructure BillCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40491More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2025 to Question 38050 on Planning and Infrastructure Bill, whether Ministers attended the Downing Street preview of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill on 11 March 2025.
Answer: Ministerial meetings with external organisations will be published in the usual way on gov.uk.
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordChinese Embassy: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40487More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2024 to Question 16572 on Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission, if she will publish the information disclosed under the Environmental Informa
Answer: A further call-in request was received from Innovate UK on 16 October 2024, after the planning application had been called in on 14 October 2024. We do not routinely publish planning representations seeking call in of applications.
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNew Deal for CommunitiesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40486More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the guidance entitled Plan for Neighbourhoods: prospectus, published on 12 March 2025, if she will publish the evaluation reports on the New Deal for Communitie
Answer: The Plan for Neighbourhoods prospectus was published on 4 March, and the Plan for Neighbourhoods: governance and boundary guidance was published on 12 March. The prospectus drew from the publicly available evaluation and analysis of the New Deal for Commu...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordTemporary Accommodation: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40485More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2025 to Question 31949 on Temporary Accommodation: Construction, what proportion of new homes built under that scheme will be for social rent.
Answer: All homes delivered through the Local Authority Housing Fund must be affordable/low-cost. It is up to local planning authorities to determine the precise rent level and tenure of homes delivered in line with the scheme objectives. This could include socia...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHomes England: ConsultantsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40203More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2025 to Question 32217 on Homes England: Consultants, what the consultancy spend is as a percentage of the total funding provided by her Depart
Answer: Full details of Homes England’s expenditure will be published in the annual report and accounts in due course.
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: Highways EnglandDepartment for TransportTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40202More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many miles of road Highways England manages in each county of England.
Answer: National Highways is responsible for managing England’s strategic road network, which is made up of over 4,500 miles of centrally managed motorway and main A-roads. The latest available data on road length of centrally managed motorways and A-roads broken...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPlan for NeighbourhoodsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40200More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to (a) paragraph 5.140 of the Spring Budget 2024 and (b) her Department's press release entitled £1.5 billion to restore pride in Britain's neighbourhoods, publish
Answer: The Long-Term Plan for Towns programme was launched in 55 towns in September 2023 by the previous administration and expanded to an additional 20 places in March 2024, as confirmed in paragraph 5.410 of the Spring Budget 2024.This programme was an unfunde...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordChinese Embassy: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40199More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the letter to her department from Innovate UK on the Chinese Embassy call-in request, disclosed under EIR reference EIR2024/31081 on 3 March 2025, whether Innov
Answer: A further call-in request was received from Innovate UK on 16 October 2024, after the planning application had been called in on 14 October 2024. We do not routinely publish planning representations seeking call in of applications.
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFuture High Streets FundMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40198More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) capital and (b) resource funding was allocated to the Future High Streets Fund in 2024-25 by the previous Government; and what funding is now allocated.
Answer: The Future High Streets Fund was originally intended to run up until the end of financial year 23/24. In August 2023 MHCLG was granted approval from the HM Treasury to extend the Future High Streets Fund and rollover any remaining payments into financial ...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordTowns FundMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40197More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) capital and (b) resource funding was allocated to town deals in (i) 2024 and (ii) 2025.
Answer: Like all other departmental expenditure, Town Deal programme allocations are broken down by financial year (FY) rather than by calendar year. The forecast allocation for future financial years is subject to change due to the way that Town Deal payments ar...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPlan for NeighbourhoodsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40196More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's guidance entitled Plan for Neighbourhoods: prospectus, published on 4 March 2025, for what reasons the programme operates on a bidding fund bas
Answer: The Long-Term Plan for Towns programme was launched during the previous administration. It was an unfunded commitment for which the previous administration had no funded plan as to how that promise would be delivered. All 75 towns across the UK that were ...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLevelling Up FundMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40195More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) capital and (b) resource funding was allocated to the Levelling Up Fund in 2024-25 in (i) May 2024 and (ii) March 2025.
Answer: In 2024-25, the Levelling Up Fund received £797 million in Capital DEL funding. Additionally, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government allocated £20 million in Resource DEL funding for the same period. These allocations were consistent fo...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDevolution: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40194More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) capital and (b) resource funding was allocated to devolution deals in 2024-25 in (i) May 2024 and (ii) March 2025.
Answer: Three devolution agreements were implemented across 2024-25 in the North East; York and North Yorkshire; and East Midlands. Full details of the funding allocated to each area can be found in their individual devolution deals, published on gov.uk. Funding ...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: ExpenditureMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40193More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2025 to Question 30616 on Asylum: Health services, what the outturn aggregate spend was on refugees and asylum seekers by local government in En
Answer: The most recent data collected by the department regarding budgeted spending on refugees and asylum seekers by local government in England is from 2024-25 and can be found here. The relevant lines are: RA326 Children's social care – Asylum seekers; and RA...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Houses: Change of UseMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40192More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether pubs which are reclassified by their owners as restaurants are deemed to be pubs for change of use applications.
Answer: Planning permission is always required for the material change of use of a pub, including to a restaurant. It is for the local planning authority to determine whether there has been a material change of use for which a planning application was required.
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil Tax: Second HomesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40191More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the second homes council premium on recent trends in the number of properties being switched to hereditaments paying busin
Answer: The government annually publishes data on properties liable for business rates and intends to publish the next set of data in June. The current data does not show a trend of second homes switching to business rates however the government will continue to ...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HotelsHome OfficeTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40190More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is her Department's policy to consult (a) council leaders, (b) council chief executives and (c) Members of Parliament before an asylum hotel is stood up in an area.
Answer: This Government inherited an asylum system under exceptional strain, with tens of thousands of people stuck in limbo without any prospect of having their claims processed. At their peak use under the previous government, in the autumn of 2023, more than 4...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
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