Kevin Hollinrake MP: written questions
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Combined AuthoritiesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33488More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the consultations on establishing mayoral combined authorities, published on 17 February 2025, for what reason respondents are asked their sexual orientation to
Answer: Collecting demographic information in the consultation helps us to understand whether the responses we receive are representative of those who live and work in the areas involved in the consultations. This will also help MHCLG conduct an equality impact a...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDemocracy and ElectionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33487More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 19 February 2025 to Question 30633 on Democracy and Elections, whether she plans to hold discussions with (a) the Conservative and Unionist Party, (b) o
Answer: The Government is consulting with various stakeholders ahead of setting out our approach to elections and electoral reform for this Parliament.
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHeathrow AirportDepartment for TransportTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33486More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2025 to Question 29617 on Heathrow Airport, whether she plans to have a vote in Parliament on the revised Airports National Policy Statement.
Answer: The Government has invited proposals for a third runway at Heathrow to be brought forward by the summer. Once proposals have been received, the government will review the Airports National Policy Statement in line with the requirements of the Planning Act...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Appointments: Political ActivitiesCabinet OfficeTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33485More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2025 to Question 27548 on Cabinet office: Public Appointments and with reference to the his Department's Non-Executive Board Member declaration of interests process, publishe
Answer: With reference to the guidance on declarations of interests published on 28 November 2024, political activity is a declarable interest, and any current political activity declared by a Non-Executive Board Member will be published on the online register of...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordChinese Embassy: Planning PermissionCabinet OfficeTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33484More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether 10 Downing Street has had communications with the company Lowick on the proposed new Chinese Embassy.
Answer: The decision to call in the planning application for the proposed Chinese Embassy was made by the Deputy Prime Minister, in line with current policy on call-in. Details of ministerial meetings with external organisations are published on gov.uk, and relev...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCandidates: ExpenditureMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33483More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 30 October 2024 to Question 10528 on Candidates: Expenditure, what guidance the Government issued to (a) candidates, (b) parties and (c) election agents
Answer: The government is not responsible for issuing guidance on campaign expenditure. From 2001, it has been the role of the independent regulator, the Electoral Commission, to issue guidance on campaign expenditure, including notional expenditure. Retrieving t...
Answered 5 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitality Industry: Business RatesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33050More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether private members’ clubs with licensed premises are eligible for full retail, hospitality and leisure business rate relief.
Answer: The administration of business rates, including billing, enforcement and decisions on the award of relief is the responsibility of local government. Local authorities are responsible for making decisions and do so having regard to guidance published by th...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector: Trade UnionsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33049More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to paragraph 94 of his Department's final stage impact assessment entitled Strengthening workers’ rights to trade union access, recognition and representation, published on 21 October 20
Answer: Equality representatives play a key role in raising awareness and promoting equal rights, as well as developing collective policies and practices that will enable organisations to realise the benefits of being an equal opportunities employer.As the impact...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHouseholds: English LanguageCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33048More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2025 to Question 26555, on Households: English Language, what his planned timetable is for the substantive response and deposit.
Answer: The substantive response and deposit have now been published.
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: SanitationCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33047More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2025 to Question 24244 on Government Departments: Sanitation, what steps her Department is taking to review the toilet policy; and with reference to the Government Property S
Answer: I refer the hon. member to the answer given in response to PQ24244 on 23 January.
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPrime MinisterCabinet OfficeTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33046More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether 10 Downing Street has a list of organisations or groups that it does not engage with.
Answer: 10 Downing Street does not hold a list of this nature.
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunities and Recovery Steering GroupMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33045More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2025 to Question 23866 on Communities and Recovery Steering Group, if she will place the minutes of each meeting in the Library.
Answer: In keeping with general practice, we do not currently intend to place these minutes in the Library.
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordChinese Embassy: LowickHome OfficeTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33044More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has had communications with the company Lowick on the proposed new Chinese Embassy.
Answer: A final decision on China’s planning application for a new embassy has yet to be made. The Secretary of State for Housing, Communities, and Local Government in her independent, quasi-judicial role will make the final decision in due course.As such, it wou...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHome OfficeHome OfficeTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33043More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has a list of organisations or groups that it does not engage with.
Answer: There are many organisations that the Home Office does not engage with, but there is no central list of the kind that the Hon Member describes.
Answered 11 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: Muslim Council of BritainDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33042More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason the Minister for Social Security and Disability attended the Muslim Council of Britain's leadership dinner on 25 January 2025.
Answer: I attended the event in order to bid farewell to the outgoing General Secretary, Zara Mohammed.
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ReorganisationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33041More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department has issued to local authorities on whether a local authority’s decision to respond to the invitation for two-tier restructuring requires approval of
Answer: On 5 February, 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 decide what approval processes they should follow in respondi...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordUnitary CouncilsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33040More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the proposed population size for unitary councils on (a) democratic accountability, (b) local identity and (c)
Answer: On 5 February 2025, I formally invited proposals for local government reorganisation from all the councils in two tier areas and their neighbouring unitary councils.The invitation letter sets out the criteria against which proposals will be assessed in co...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: Equal PayWomen and EqualitiesTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33039More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will make an estimate of the potential impact of the Government’s policies on extending equal pay rights as set out in the policy paper entitled Next Steps to Make Work Pay, published on 8 November 2024
Answer: The government is committed to strengthening equal pay and ending pay discrimination. Through planned legislation, we will make the right to equal pay effective for ethnic minority and disabled people. We will also put in place measures to ensure that out...
Answered 4 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanningMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 33038More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her proposals for local government restructuring on (a) planning capacity and (b) the number of planners working in local
Answer: There has not yet been a direct assessment of the potential impact of proposals for local government restructuring on planning capacity or planning workforce numbers. This will be a matter for local councils to consider as they develop their proposals for...
Answered 7 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHammersmith Bridge: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for TransportTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32248More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps is her Department taking to help reopen Hammersmith Bridge to vehicular traffic; and what responsibilities (a) central government, (b) Transport for London and (c) the London Borough of Hammersmith a
Answer: My Department is continuing to work productively with both the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham (LBHF) and Transport for London (TfL) to explore possible next steps for the Hammersmith Bridge restoration project. As the asset owner, LBHF is ultima...
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ElectionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32247More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, on what date councils with cancelled elections in May 2025 will cease to exist as legal entities.
Answer: The date of elections to new unitary authorities will depend on the nature of proposals and progress on development of those proposals.The position remains that elections to authorities specified in the Local Authorities (Changes of Years of Ordinary Elec...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ElectionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32246More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the final date is for by-elections for councils with cancelled elections in May 2025.
Answer: The date of elections to new unitary authorities will depend on the nature of proposals and progress on development of those proposals.The position remains that elections to authorities specified in the Local Authorities (Changes of Years of Ordinary Elec...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32235More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the ending of the statutory override for the Dedicated Schools Grant on the financial viability of local authority budge
Answer: The government recognises the impact that Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) deficits are having on councils’ finances and will continue to work with the sector on a way forward.The government intends to set out plans for reforming the Special Educational Need...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32234More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the end of the statutory override for the Dedicated Schools Grant on the ability of local authorities to set General Fund
Answer: The government recognises the impact that Dedicated Schools Grant (DSG) deficits are having on councils’ finances and will continue to work with the sector on a way forward.The government intends to set out plans for reforming the Special Educational Need...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 32227More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether national security considerations relating to (a) foreign interference and (b) spying are a valid material consideration in the planning process.
Answer: National Planning Policy Framework paragraph 102 sets out how planning policies and decisions should promote public safety and take into account wider security and defence requirements. Each case is considered on their own merits.
Answered 3 Mar 2025
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