Kevin Hollinrake MP: written questions
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Affordable Housing: TaxationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31484More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of affordable housing levies on the (a) cost and (b) size of housing units in developments.
Answer: I interpret ‘affordable housing levies’ in this context to mean affordable housing policy requirements.As set out in Planning Policy Guidance on viability, which can be found on gov.uk here, policy requirements for developer contributions should be inform...
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31483More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2025 to Question 23867 on Local Government Finance, what core spending power excluding council tax was in each local authority in (a) 2024-25
Answer: Core Spending Power measures the core revenue funding available for local authority services through the local government finance settlement. Core Spending Power has been the government’s chosen measure of resources because it gives a consistent measure o...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Consultants and Special AdvisersMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31482More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what disclosures her Department has made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 on special adviser meetings with external organisations.
Answer: We have not received any such requests for disclosure under the FOI Act since 5 July 2024.
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordChinese Embassy: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31481More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2025 to Question HL4075 on Royal Mint: Buildings, what steps the Planning Inspectorate is taking to ensure that it receives advice on nationa
Answer: When dealing with evidence relating to national security, or any other matters, the Inspector will exercise impartial judgment and must not be subject to any improper influence, nor appear to be subject to such influence.There should be no evidence before...
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordWind Power: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31480More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 1 August 2024 to Question 1517 on Wind Power: Planning Permission, and with reference to the Environmental Information Regulations request with referenc
Answer: Environmental principles assessments are not routinely published. However, the information in question was released following a request under the Environmental Information Regulations 2004.
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordEnvironmental Impact AssessmentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31479More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 24 December 2024 to Question 20226 on Environmental Impact Assessment, what her planned timetable is for (a) consultation and (b) secondary legislation.
Answer: The Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023 includes a number of duties to consult on the core elements of the new system of Environmental Outcomes Reports – including the setting of outcomes.The government will consult on draft regulations in due course f...
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHoliday Accommodation: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31478More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether renting out a dwelling on Airbnb for ongoing short-term lets constitutes a material change of use.
Answer: In London, primary legislation identifies where there is a material change of use from dwellings to temporary sleeping accommodation.In all other cases, whether there is a material change of use is a matter of fact and degree and will depend on the circum...
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordChinese Embassy: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31477More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2025 to Question 24189 on Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission, how many submissions to the Planning Inspectorate’s inquiry were accepted aft
Answer: Representations that were made to the inquiry subsequent to the deadline for submissions can be viewed in the inquiry library here.
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordChinese Embassy: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31476More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2025 to Question 24189 on Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission, whether representations made to the London Borough of Tower Hamlets on the 20
Answer: Representations made to the London Borough of Tower Hamlets with regard to the 2024 Chinese Embassy planning application have been transferred to the Planning Inspectorate.These representations are deemed to be material considerations in the planning inqu...
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordChinese Embassy: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31475More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2024 to Question 24506, on Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission, what guidance (a) her Department and (b) the Planning Inspectorate has issue
Answer: Section 1.8 of the Planning Inspectorate’s ‘Called-in planning applications: procedural guide’ explains the role of the Inspector at the inquiry and what they will take into account. The weight to be given to any representation received is a matter for In...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordVoting Rights: Young PeopleSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31474More
Question: To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what assessment the Electoral Commission has made of the potential impact of lowering the voting age on the administration of electi
Answer: The Electoral Commission is engaging with the Government as it brings forward proposals to implement the manifesto commitment to give 16 and 17 year-olds the right to vote. The Commission is providing paractical advice on how any changes to the franchise ...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPolitical Parties: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31472More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether (a) Russian and (b) Chinese citizens on the Scottish electoral register but not on the UK Parliamentary register are able to donate to UK (a) politicians and (b) politica
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the Question UIN 25690 on 30 January 2025.
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordTravellers: Caravan SitesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31050More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what responsibilities Strategic Authorities will have for setting (a) locations and (b) targets for new traveller pitches in the spatial areas for which they have planning oversi
Answer: The English Devolution White Paper, Power and Partnership: Foundations for Growth, sets out that all strategic authorities will have a duty to produce a Spatial Development Strategy.Spatial Development Strategies will guide development for the local plann...
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31049More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether it is her Department's target to build 1.5 million houses by July 2029.
Answer: The government’s Plan for Change includes an ambitious milestone of building 1.5 million safe and decent homes in England in this Parliament. Progress will be measured through the number of net additional dwellings, and we will continue to update Parliame...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLicensing LawsHome OfficeTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31048More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2025 to Question 23524 on Licensing Laws, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that (a) new and existing pavement licences continue to allow for Licensing
Answer: The previous Government explored the feasibility of creating a unified consent regime that would grant businesses a pavement licence and the ability to sell alcohol for consumption there. Unifying the two regimes did not prove workable; the then Governmen...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLicensing LawsHome OfficeTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31047More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2025 to Question 23524 on Licensing Laws, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of permitting pubs to continue to sell take-away pints without requir
Answer: The previous Government explored the feasibility of creating a unified consent regime that would grant businesses a pavement licence and the ability to sell alcohol for consumption there. Unifying the two regimes did not prove workable; the then Governmen...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31046More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2025 to Question 23792 on Social Rented Housing: Construction, and with reference to page 45, note 4, of the National Audit Office report ent
Answer: Allocations data for 2016-2023 and 2021-2026 published by Homes England can be found on gov.uk here.The Greater London Authority (GLA) publish all approvals for grant under the affordable housing programmes in their delegated approvals log on the GLA webs...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31045More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2025 to Question 23792 on Social Rented Housing: Construction, how many social rent homes were funded under the 2016-23 Affordable Homes Prog
Answer: Allocations data for 2016-2023 and 2021-2026 published by Homes England can be found on gov.uk here.The Greater London Authority (GLA) publish all approvals for grant under the affordable housing programmes in their delegated approvals log on the GLA webs...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning: ReformMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31044More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2025 to Question 20653 on Planning: Reform, whether her Department has a policy on the publishing of lists of respondents to consultations.
Answer: The policy in question is set out in Chapter 15 of the consultation document which can be found on gov.uk here.
Answered 26 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: DevolutionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31043More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2024 to Question 25392 on Local Government: Devolution, whether her Department plans to undertake a Regulatory Impact Assessment in relation
Answer: The potential impact of local government reorganisation on individual areas will be a matter for local councils to consider as they develop their proposals for reorganisation. As set out in the published criteria for proposals, unitary structures must pri...
Answered 25 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Trade Union OfficialsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31042More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many (a) headcount and (b) full-time equivalent trade union representatives in her Department receive trade union facility time; what proportion of their working hours are sp
Answer: Paid facility time is captured and published in line with the Cabinet Office guidance on statutory reporting requirements Public-sector trade union facility time data - GOV.UK. As with any changes to employment legislation, internal policies and processes...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordParty Wall etc Act 1996Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31041More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2025, to Question 23815, on Housing: Construction, what steps her Department is taking to continuously review the Party Wall Act 1996.
Answer: The Party Wall Act is an important piece of legislation which safeguards the interests of individuals and organisations where building work takes place adjacent to, or bridges, neighbouring properties.While no date or decision has been made to review the ...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordRadicalismMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31036More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has changed community engagement principles since 4 July 2024.
Answer: The engagement principles have not been further updated since July 2024. The existing principles remain valid.
Answered 28 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil Tax: Mental IllnessMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31035More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will take steps to (a) ensure the standardisation of the administration of and (b) review her Department's (i) guidance and (ii) backdating policy in relation to Council T
Answer: Local councils are responsible for the administration of council tax discounts, disregards and exemptions, including those relating to people with a severe mental impairment. The government understands the importance of these provisions and keeps all coun...
Answered 24 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMusic Venues and Nightclubs: Greater LondonMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 31034More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps she is taking to ensure the continued operation of late-night venues in central London in relation to (a) business rates, (b) planning, (c) licensing; and what assessm
Answer: The night-time industry plays an important role in high streets and town centres across the country. To help high street businesses, as set out at Autumn Budget 2024, we intend to introduce permanently lower tax rates for retail, hospitality, and leisure ...
Answered 27 Feb 2025
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