Kevin Hollinrake MP: written questions
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Asylum: HotelsHome OfficeTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40162More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum hotels stood down by the previous government have been reopened since the 5 July 2024.
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave to the Urgent Question on Asylum Seekers: Hotel Accommodation on 20 November 2024.
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFire and Rescue Services: EqualityHome OfficeTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40161More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 6 March 2025, to Question 33937, on Fire and Rescue Services, what her policy is on protected characteristic diversity targets for the recruitment of firefighters.
Answer: Responsibility for recruitment of firefighters in pursuit rests with individual fire and rescue authorities in England.
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPlan for NeighbourhoodsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40160More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Plan for Neighbourhoods: prospectus, published on 4 March 2025, for what reason the programme is restricted to the 75 selected places.
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 recordAsylum: ExpenditureMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40159More
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 (a) forecast and (b) budgeted aggregate spend on refugees and asylum seekers by loc
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 recordGreen BeltMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40156More
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, for what reason she has issued the guidance in paragraph 005 on villages and the Green Belt.
Answer: The definition of grey belt, for the purposes of plan-making and decision-making, is provided in the glossary of the revised National Planning Policy Framework published on 12 December 2024. Grey belt is land in the Green Belt that is previously developed...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Society: IslamMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39872More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2025 to Question 31935 on Civil Society: Islam, how such decisions are (a) recorded and (b) communicated to teams within her Department.
Answer: The responsibility for decisions around who departments engage with sits with respective departments and the appropriate policy areas. All policy decisions are taken and recorded in the usual way, as per standard practice.
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordInvestment Zones: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39871More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much (a) capital and (b) resource funding was allocated to Investment Zones in the 2024-25 financial year; and how much funding has been allocated for the 2025-26 financial y
Answer: The allocation of Investment Zone programme funding is published in the Technical Document on gov.uk: Investment Zones: technical document - GOV.UK. Actual amounts paid out to places are based on local requirements and subject to annual delivery planning.
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFreeports: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39870More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) capital and (b) resource funding was allocated to freeports (i) in 2024-25 and (ii) as of 20 March 2025.
Answer: At the Supplementary Estimate, £68.3m Capital DEL (Departmental Expenditure Limits) funding for 2024-25 has been agreed via the Reserve for the Freeports programmes. The department funded £4.3m Resource DEL for the Freeports programme for 2024-25.
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ReorganisationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39869More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2025 to Question 33041 on Local Government: Reorganisation, if she will require the (a) interim and (b) final response to an invitation to restr
Answer: As set out in my previous answer, I formally invited proposals for local government reorganisation from all the councils in two tier areas and their neighbouring unitary councils.It is for councils themselves to consider the approval processes they should...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGreen BeltMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39868More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's guidance entitled Green Belt, published on 27 February 2025, whether she carried out a (a) consultation and (b) impact assessment on the guidan
Answer: The definition of grey belt, for the purposes of plan-making and decision-making, is provided in the glossary of the revised National Planning Policy Framework published on 12 December 2024. Grey belt is land in the Green Belt that is previously developed...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Electronic Purchasing Card SolutionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39867More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many Government Procurement Cards are held by each Ministerial private office in her Department.
Answer: There are currently two Government Procurement Cards used across all ministerial private offices in MHCLG.
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ReorganisationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39866More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which unitary local authority areas she is considering restructuring.
Answer: On 5th February I formally invited proposals from councils in all two-tier areas and their neighbouring small unitary authorities. The full list of councils who received an invitation is available on the GOV.UK website: https://www.gov.uk/government/publi...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAffordable Housing: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39865More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether (a) her Department and (b) Homes England award affordable housing funding based on the Affordable Rent model.
Answer: The Department delegates delivery of the Affordable Homes Programme to Homes England outside London and to the Greater London Authority (GLA) in London. The government agrees budgets and targets with both agencies to deliver the programme’s overall target...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordUnitary Councils: ElectionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39864More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans she to postpone unitary council elections in 2026.
Answer: There are no plans to postpone unitary council elections in 2026.
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRegulator of Social Housing: Translation ServicesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39802More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2025 to Question 23351 on Regulator of Social Housing: Translation Services, if she will issue updated guidance to the regulator on translati
Answer: The government has no plans to issue guidance or a direction to the Regulator of Social Housing on changes to their standards or codes of practice in relation to translation into foreign languages.The regulator’s consumer standards Code of Practice is des...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Electronic Purchasing Card SolutionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39477More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2025 to Question 31950 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution, whether her Department rec
Answer: The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government did not receive representations from the Cabinet Office on this matter pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2025 to Question 31950.
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal GovernmentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39476More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish her Department's report Population size and local authority performance: final research report”, written in 2006.
Answer: The Government has no plans to publish the report Population size and local authority performance: final research report (2006) as it is already in the public domain.
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAarhus ConventionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39475More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the estimated cost is to the public purse of compliance with the Aarhus Convention.
Answer: The UK Government is committed to the effective implementation of our international obligations. The UK has been a party to the Aarhus Convention since ratification in 2005 and has long given effect to aspects of the Convention in domestic legislation. Th...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: SurreyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39474More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 2.1.1 of her Department's English devolution white paper published on 16 December 2024, whether she will designate Surrey as a Foundation Strategic Au
Answer: The government confirmed we would progress with a non-mayoral single local authority agreement for Surrey in September 2024. Future designation is subject to wider timelines on the passage of the English Devolution Bill as well as next steps on local gove...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCombined AuthoritiesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39473More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she will make it her policy to introduce combined mayoral authorities only in areas where they have been approved through a local referendum.
Answer: There is an existing statutory process for establishing combined authorities, including the requirement for a public consultation. Government is currently carrying out such public consultations in the areas in the Devolution Priority Programme. The result...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCombined AuthoritiesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39472More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the proposed (a) combined authorities and (b) combined county authorities will operate in shadow form before they are vested.
Answer: The establishment of a Combined County Authority or a Combined Authority is done via implementing secondary legislation. It is for the local authorities who are to become constituent councils in the area to determine whether to set up shadow or transition...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGreen BeltMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39471More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to her Department's Green Belt guidance published on 27 February 2025, for what policy reasons Green Belt (a) purpose (c) and (b) purpose (e) do not form part of the Gree
Answer: The definition of grey belt, for the purposes of plan-making and decision-making, is provided in the glossary of the revised National Planning Policy Framework published on 12 December 2024. Grey belt is land in the Green Belt that is previously developed...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAarhus ConventionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39470More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of implementation of the Aarhus Convention.
Answer: The UK Government is committed to the effective implementation of our international obligations. The UK has been a party to the Aarhus Convention since ratification in 2005 and has long given effect to aspects of the Convention in domestic legislation. Th...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGreater London Authority: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39469More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has increased the level of funding for the Greater London Authority in 2025-26 to address the increase in employers' National Insurance contributions; and what repres
Answer: The final Local Government Finance Settlement for 2025-26 makes available over £69 billion for local government in England. The Greater London Authority will see an increase in their Core Spending Power of 3.1% in cash terms, or £97.7 million, on 2024-25....
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGreen BeltMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39468More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the guidance entitled Green Belt, published on 27 February 2025, would permit villages in the green belt to be merged with towns.
Answer: The definition of grey belt, for the purposes of plan-making and decision-making, is provided in the glossary of the revised National Planning Policy Framework published on 12 December 2024. Grey belt is land in the Green Belt that is previously developed...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
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