Kevin Hollinrake MP: written questions
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Written questions
Political Parties: FinanceSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31891More
Question: To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the status is of the Electoral Commission's investigation into the donation from the Foundation for European Progressive Studie
Answer: The Electoral Commission is currently considering the matter in line with its regulatory remit. It does not have an investigation open.The Commission has not published specific guidance on the permissibility of the programme mentioned. The Commission's gu...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGeneral Election 2024: Morecambe and LunesdaleSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31890More
Question: To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what discussions the Electoral Commission has had with Lancashire Police on electoral law matters relating to Morecambe and Lunesdal
Answer: Lancashire Police have confirmed they are investigating a complaint regarding a candidate's election expenses. As part of its work to support the police, the Commission has respondeded to requests for advice from Lancashire Police in relation to this matt...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPolitical Parties: FinanceSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31889More
Question: To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, if he will list the enforcement cases in relation to foreign donors channelling funds through UK-registered corporate bodies on whic
Answer: Information on all concluded investigations dating back to April 2020 is listed on the Commission's website. Information on investigations which concluded prior to April 2020 can be found using the National Archives website.The Commission's guidance sets ...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Bodies: Racial DiscriminationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31888More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department has issued on the application of critical race theory by local public bodies.
Answer: No such guidance has been issued by the department since 5 July 2024.
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDeputy Prime Minister: Departmental ResponsibilitiesCabinet OfficeTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31887More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Government plans to establish an Office of the Deputy Prime Minister.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to my answer of 19 November 2024, Official Report, PQ 11597.
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNew Towns TaskforceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31886More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the cost to the public purse is for the work of the New Towns Taskforce since it was established in September 2024.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Questions UIN 22561 on 27 January 2025.
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31885More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme 2025 carbon price on the (a) housebuilding sector and (b) her Department's housebuilding t
Answer: The housebuilding sector is not covered by the UK Emissions Trading Scheme so the effects on the sector are not assessed.
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ReorganisationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31884More
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 formal invitations to submit unitary proposals were sent to the leaders of all the councils in two tier areas and their neighbouring small unitaries. These letters have been published on gov.uk. The letters set out the criteria for the development of ...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Public AppointmentsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31883More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2025 to Question 24230 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Public Appointments, whether her Department has had discussi
Answer: The Commissioner for Public Appointments regulates public appointments and provides independent assurance in relation to these. We wrote to the Commissioner on 2 October 2024 to consult him on the appointment of an interim Lead Non-Executive Director to e...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ReorganisationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31882More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2025 to Question 23871 on Unitary Councils, whether she plans to (a) instruct the Local Government Boundary Commission for England to underta
Answer: As set out in my answer to Question UIN 23871, the department is liaising closely with the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) so that they are involved at the appropriate time to ensure fair electoral arrangements across the area of ...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal PlansMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31881More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2025 to Question 23146 on Local Plans, how many times local planning authorities will be required to update their local development plans dur
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 20841 on 7 January 2025 and the answer to UIN 23146 on 21 January 2025.Local planning authorities should review local development plans once every five years from their adoption date to ensure th...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil Tax: Payment MethodsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31880More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Statement of 18 December 2024 on Local Government Finance Settlement, HCWS342, for what reason her Department plans to change the default option for
Answer: The government has announced it will consult on moving to default 12-month billing to support taxpayers to manage their household finances and further spread the cost of their bills. No decisions on the policy have yet been taken.
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncillors: Data ProtectionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31879More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2025 to Question 23872 on Councillors: Data protection, for what reason her Department’s plans to deliver the policy on councillor’s home add
Answer: Primary legislation is needed to amend the Localism Act 2011 which contains provisions that require councillors to disclose their home address and authorities to disclose them on the public register of interests.
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil Tax: ProbateMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31878More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2025 to Question 22038 on Council Tax: Probate, what the minimum length of time is that a property has to be empty for, before which an empt
Answer: Local authorities have the discretionary power to charge a council tax premium on homes which have been left unoccupied and substantially unfurnished for one or more years. The government has published guidance which sets out that certain classes of dwell...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCandidates: ExpenditureSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31877More
Question: To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answers of 23 January 2025 to Questions 25270 and 25269 on Candidates: Expenditure, if he will publish any (a) guida
Answer: No invoice is required for notional spending; the legal requirement is to make a declaration of the value of the notional spending in the return. To avoid confusion, the Commission does not refer to "notional invoices" in its guidance , and this...
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil TaxMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31876More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2025 to Question 23350 on Council Tax, whether her estimate of the (a) total level and (b) annual increase in average Band D council tax in E
Answer: Council tax levels are decided by local authorities, taking account of their local circumstances. The Government will publish data on the council tax levels set by all authorities and the average Band D bill for 2025-26, in England, in March.
Answered 3 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Bodies: Translation ServicesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31875More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 7 January 2025 to Question HL3663 on Public Bodies: Translation Services, if she will take steps to remind (a) local authorities and (b) public bo
Answer: The Government continues to recognise the official status of certain non-English languages in the UK, including Irish in Northern Ireland and Welsh in Wales.More broadly, we continue to encourage local authorities and public bodies to balance their obliga...
Answered 10 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCombined AuthoritiesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31493More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the English Devolution White Paper, published on 16 December 2024, whether (a) combined authorities and (b) combined county authorities will have different (i)
Answer: We will create in law the concept of a Strategic Authority, with three levels. Foundation Strategic Authorities, Mayoral Strategic Authorities and Established Mayoral Strategic Authorities. A Strategic Authority will typically be a combined authority, com...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCombined Authorities: BorrowingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31492More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to monitor municipal borrowing by (a) combined authorities and (b) combined county authorities.
Answer: We will create in law the concept of a Strategic Authority, with three levels. Foundation Strategic Authorities, Mayoral Strategic Authorities and Established Mayoral Strategic Authorities. A Strategic Authority will typically be a combined authority, com...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: WindowsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31491More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 21 January 2025 to Question 23355 on Housing: Windows, what the (a) local exceptions and (b) other consents are that require a planning application to r
Answer: Replacement windows usually benefit from permitted development rights and a planning application is therefore not required.However, local planning authorities have planning powers to make an ‘Article 4 direction’ to remove a permitted development right wh...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil TaxMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31489More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2025 to Question 23909 on Council tax, whether Band D council tax set by the local authority will be taken into account in the assumed counci
Answer: We are currently analysing the responses to the consultation on funding reform which ran from 18 December 2024 – 12 February 2025 and sought views on how we will account for differences in locally raised resources. A response has not yet been published, b...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil TaxMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31488More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the average Band D council tax is for England (a) excluding and (b) including parish precepts in 2025-26.
Answer: Council tax levels are decided by local authorities, taking account of their local circumstances. The Government will publish data on the council tax levels set by all authorities and the average Band D bill for 2025-26, in England, in March. The Governme...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordEmpty Property: Council TaxMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31487More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of changes to the empty homes council tax premium on the number of dwellings categorised by local authorities as being empty.
Answer: Councils have the discretionary power to charge a council tax premium of up to 100% on homes left empty for one or more years, a change from the prior two years. It is for councils to decide whether to introduce the empty homes premium, and at what level,...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordReligious Buildings: SecurityHome OfficeTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31486More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding has been allocated to the (a) Protective Security for Mosques Scheme, (b) Jewish Community Protective Security Grant and (c) the Places of Worship Protective Security Scheme in 2025.
Answer: In 2025/26, up to £50.9 million is available to protect faith communities. This includes £18 million through the Jewish Community Protective Security Grant, £29.4 million through the Protective Security for Mosques scheme and for security at Muslim faith ...
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31485More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her policy is on the use of Special Development Orders.
Answer: Special Development Orders are a long-established part of the planning system. Each case is considered on its individual merits. The government has no plans to change this arrangement.
Answered 25 Feb 2025
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