Kevin Hollinrake MP: written questions
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PlanningMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38371More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she consulted with external organisations on the content of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill before it was published.
Answer: Various government departments, including the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government, have engaged with external organisations during the development of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill. Furthermore, specific measures have been subject...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordIslam: RadicalismHome OfficeTabled 14 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38370More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 10 March 2025 to Question HL5013 Islam, what is the Government’s working definition of Islamism as it relates to (a) extremism, (b) violence or (c). terrorism.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to Question UIN 19354 answered on 27 December 2024.
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEnvironmental Delivery PlansMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38369More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether measures included in Environmental Delivery Plans are funded through (a) her Department or (b) income from the Nature Restoration Fund.
Answer: The Nature Restoration Fund will operate on a full cost recovery basis. The government may in some instances provide upfront funding to Natural England to commence actions identified in Environmental Delivery Plans in advance of levy payments, with costs ...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFire Prevention: London UndergroundHome OfficeTabled 14 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38368More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with the London Fire Brigade on (a) the issuance of advice to Transport for London on flammable material in sub-surface stations and (b) book exchanges in London Underg
Answer: The Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 (FSO) places a range of legal duties on Responsible Persons (the person in control of a premises), chief among which is the need to undertake a fire risk assessment to identify any general fire safety precaut...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFast Food: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38367More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 97 of the National Planning Policy Framework, last updated on 7 February 2025, whether her Department categorises (a) Greggs, (b) Pret a Manager and (
Answer: It is for local planning authorities, when receiving a planning application from any of the providers named in the question, to consider whether, given the type of food and service to be provided at the location proposed, they consider the outlet to be ei...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: PayMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38366More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of her Department’s (a) staff and (b) outsourced contractors are paid (i) below, (ii) at and (iii) above the London Living Wage.
Answer: The department engages a small number of Interns each year whose full-time equivalent rate of pay is less than the London Living Wage (LLW) rate. Salaries for these roles are set centrally by Cabinet Office with contracts typically lasting up to 12 weeks....
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Spaces Protection Orders: Fixed PenaltiesHome OfficeTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38055More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of recent trends in levels of fixed penalty notices for Public Spaces Protection Orders that are issued by private enforceme
Answer: The Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 provides the police, local authorities and other local agencies with a range of tools and powers they can use to respond to anti-social behaviour (ASB), including the Public Spaces Protection Order.Th...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Muslim Council of BritainCabinet OfficeTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38054More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2025 to Question 33046 on Prime Minister, how his Department records its policy of non-engagement with the Muslim Council of Britain.
Answer: Our policy on engagement with the Muslim Council of Britain has not changed.
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: SanitationCabinet OfficeTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38053More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of (a) 3 March 2025 to Question 33047 and (b) 23 January 2025 to Question 24244 on Government Departments: Sanitation, what the terms are of the policy review; and what plans he has for pr
Answer: I refer the hon. member to the answer given in response to PQ24244 on 23 January.
Answered 21 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Appointments: Political ActivitiesCabinet OfficeTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38052More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2025 to Question 33485 on Public Appointments: Political Activities, through what process a declaration of previous political activity within the last five years is made public.
Answer: Declarations of previous political activity within the last five years made by successful candidates in the Public Appointments process are published on the announcements page of the Public Appointments website. This can be found using the following link:...
Answered 21 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPrime MinisterCabinet OfficeTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38051More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2025 to Question 33046 on Prime Minister, how 10 Downing Street determines whether an organisation (a) should and (b) should not be engaged with.
Answer: Engagement with organisations is considered on a case-by-case basis.
Answered 21 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning and Infrastructure BillCabinet OfficeTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38050More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which (a) individuals and (b) organisations were invited to 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 21 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNon-departmental Public BodiesCabinet OfficeTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38049More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of non-departmental public bodies that (a) were operating and (b) scheduled to operate on 13 March 2025.
Answer: As of March 2025 there are currently 249 non-departmental public bodies operating. Whether an ALB will become an NDPB, or another type of body is dependent on a number of factors and is subject to the Cabinet Office and Treasury approval process. The Prim...
Answered 21 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHigh SheriffsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38048More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has been made of the indirect impact of local government restructuring on the appointment and boundaries of the High Sheriffs.
Answer: There is no intention that the priorities set out in the English Devolution White Paper will impact on the ceremonial counties or the important roles the High Sheriffs and Lord Lieutenants play as the Monarch’s representatives in those counties, and cerem...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38047More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, published on 11 March 2025, whether she has made an estimate of the number of planning applications decided by the casting vo
Answer: My Department has had a constructive engagement with the sector regarding our proposals for mandatory training for planning committee members and we will continue to engage with relevant stakeholders in respect of the details of the proposed training and ...
Answered 21 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal PlansMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38046More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what will happen to adopted local plans within local authorities abolished in local government re-organisation.
Answer: The legal status of local development plans is not impacted by local government reorganisation. Where reorganisation occurs, new unitary authorities are expected to promptly prepare a local plan covering the whole of their area. Until that new plan is ado...
Answered 21 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncillors: PlanningMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38045More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to clause 45 of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, published on 11 March 2025, what training on planning matters councillors will receive.
Answer: My Department has had a constructive engagement with the sector regarding our proposals for mandatory training for planning committee members and we will continue to engage with relevant stakeholders in respect of the details of the proposed training and ...
Answered 21 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncillors: PlanningMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38044More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to clause 45 of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, published on 11 March 2025, who will deliver planning training for councillors.
Answer: My Department has had a constructive engagement with the sector regarding our proposals for mandatory training for planning committee members and we will continue to engage with relevant stakeholders in respect of the details of the proposed training and ...
Answered 21 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for TransportTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38043More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what statistics her Department holds on the (a) number of potholes repaired and (b) area of roads resurfaced each year.
Answer: The Department does not collect data on the number of potholes treated or miles of road resurfaced in each local authority area each year, but instead collects information from local highway authorities on the overall condition of their roads. This is pub...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: FinanceDepartment for TransportTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38042More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much (a) Network North and (b) repurposed High Speed 2 funding was given to local highways authorities in 2024-25; and whether she plans to continue that funding in 2025-26.
Answer: In 2024/25 the previous Government allocated £150 million of additional highway maintenance funding to local highway authorities as part of its Network North plan, all of which was repurposed High Speed 2 funding. This Government has allocated £500 millio...
Answered 21 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for TransportTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38041More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether repairing potholes is (a) revenue and (b) capital expenditure for local authorities.
Answer: The Department for Transport provides local highway authorities with capital funding for local highway maintenance. Local authorities receive revenue funding from the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government through the Local Government Fina...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: HampshireDepartment for TransportTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38040More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2025 to Question 33369 on Roads: Hampshire, whether the change to local highways allocations for 2025-26 (a) is in addition to or (b) replaces the funding for highways from (i)
Answer: The highway maintenance funding uplift of £500 million for 2025/26, which was announced by the Chancellor in October 2024, comes on top of the increase of £150 million in 2024/25 that was announced by the previous Government as part of the Network North p...
Answered 21 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRural Areas and Urban AreasDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38039More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to publish an update of the document entitled The 2011 Rural-Urban Classification for Output Areas in England, published on 13 September 2013, in the conte
Answer: The Office for National Statistics published the 2021 Rural Urban Classification for Output Areas and other geographies on 6 March 2025. This takes account of the 2021 Census, local Government reorganisation and development since 2011. Details can be foun...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordConditions of Employment: ReformDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38038More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Deputy Prime Minister has a role in the development of his Department’s employment law reforms.
Answer: Making work pay is a priority for delivering the Government's Plan for Change.As Chair of the Future of Work Cabinet Committee, the Deputy Prime Minister oversees the Committee which considers and takes decisions on matters related to the Make Work Pay pa...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCITB: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38037More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the total value of Construction Industry Training Board (a) levies paid and (b) expenditure on (i) apprenticeships and (ii) training in the most recent year for which figures are
Answer: The requested information is contained in the published Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) Annual Report and Accounts (ARA) for 2023/24. The report is available on the CITB’s website and GOV.UK. It can be accessed at: https://www.gov.uk/governmen...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
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