Kevin Hollinrake MP: written questions
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PlanningMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60484More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what status local designations have under the National Planning Policy Framework.
Answer: Locally designated sites have no special status within the National Planning Policy Framework. However, under the Framework local plans are expected to identify, map and safeguard locally designated sites of importance for biodiversity, including Local Wi...
Answered 2 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: CFE ResearchMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60483More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the document entitled MHCLG: spending over £25,000, March 2025, published on 28 April 2025, what consultancy services were commissioned from CFE Research and Co
Answer: The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government appointed a consortium of organisations, led by CFE Research and including Cordis Bright, Revolving Doors, and the Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research (SCHARR) at The University of She...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: UBDS DigitalMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60482More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the document entitled MHCLG: spending over £25,000, March 2025, published on 28 April 2025, what consultancy services were commissioned from UBDS IT Consulting
Answer: MHCLG’s March 2025 listing of spending over £25,000 include three entries for UBDS. This spend relates to the provision of specific technical services to deliver a range of improvements to the Department’s data tools and technologies. They are augmenting ...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDisability: CandidatesDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60481More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the press notice entitled New steering group to champion disabled people in elected office, published on 9 June 2025, how the members of the working group from political parties were s
Answer: It is this government’s ambition to see more disabled people in public office. We have been clear that we will champion disabled people’s rights and work closely with them so that disabled people’s views and voices are at the heart of decision-making.On 9...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAdmiralty HouseCabinet OfficeTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60480More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 30 May 2025 to Question 52864 on Admiralty House, on what date the last assessment of market rent of the building was undertaken.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to my answer of 27 May 2025, Official Report, PQ 52864.
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDeputy Prime Minister: Official ResidencesCabinet OfficeTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60479More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what services are provided to the Deputy Prime Minister without charge in relation to her official residence.
Answer: The Deputy Prime Minister’s flat does not receive any dedicated services without charge. Costs are discharged in the usual way as has been the case for successive governments.
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAdmiralty HouseCabinet OfficeTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60478More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 30 May 2025 to Question 52864 on Admiralty House, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of repurposing the two unoccupied flats in Admiralty House.
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given by the Parliamentary Secretary for the Cabinet Office of 27 May 2025, Official Report, PQ 43478.
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEspionage: ChinaHome OfficeTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60477More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment the security services have made of the level of economic espionage by the Chinese Government in the UK.
Answer: As a matter of long-standing policy, we do not comment on the detail of security and intelligence matters. However, we continuously assess potential threats to the UK and, where necessary, deploy the full range of tools available to mitigate them.
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDefending Democracy TaskforceHome OfficeTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60476More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2025 to Question 53973 on Defending Democracy Taskforce, if she will publish the conclusions of the review into harassment and intimidation.
Answer: The Defending Democracy Taskforce is reviewing its levers for preventing the harassment and intimidation of elected representatives, identifying gaps and vulnerabilities, and developing recommendations to strengthen our response.I will update the House on...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60475More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much (a) her Department and (b) its contractors have spent on the rent or lease of (i) caravan and mobile homes and (ii) park homes for housing asylum seekers since July 2024.
Answer: Zero.
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HotelsHome OfficeTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60474More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2025 to Question HL7763 on Asylum: Housing, what the absolute number of individual hotels that housed the 32,345 people is as of 31 March 2025; and what was the equiva
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer I gave on 31 March to Question 41380.
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDefending Democracy TaskforceHome OfficeTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60473More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2025 to Question 53973 on Defending Democracy Taskforce, if she will publish the assessment on Transnational Repression in the UK.
Answer: Owing to the classified nature of the findings, the Transnational Repression Review will not be a publicly available document.My Written Ministerial Statement on 14 May provides an overview of the Review’s key findings and recommendations.
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingHome OfficeTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60472More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much (a) her Department and (b) its contractors have spent on the capital purchase of mobile and caravan homes for asylum seekers since July 2024.
Answer: Zero.
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCounter-terrorismHome OfficeTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60471More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) internal and (b) external Prevent guidance her Department has drafted on cultural nationalism; and what her Department’s definition is of cultural nationalism.
Answer: The current Prevent duty guidance, including reference to cultural nationalism, was last revised under the previous Government on 6 March 2024, and is available at: Prevent duty guidance: Guidance for specified authorities in England and Wales
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HotelsHome OfficeTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60470More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2025 to Question HL7763 on Asylum: Housing, whether such hotel figures include housing in former communal accommodation.
Answer: The definition of each type of category can be found in the notes section of the published statistics.
Answered 26 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Greater London AuthorityMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60469More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the transparency data entitled MHCLG: spending over £25,000, April 2025, published on 30 May 2025, if she will publish the research commissioned from the Greate
Answer: This funding was to cover legal and administrative costs incurred by the Greater London Authority in setting up the Grenfell Assisted Home Ownership Scheme.
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChinese Embassy: Planning PermissionHome OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60084More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2025 to Question 53973 on Defending Democracy Taskforce, if she will provide a copy of the Defending Democracy Taskforce's assessment of transnational repression to th
Answer: The planning application has been called in by the Secretary of State for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and she will make this quasi-judicial decision independent from the rest of Government.The Foreign Secretary and Home Secre...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGreen Belt: PlanningMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60083More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2025 to Question 53925 on Green Belt: Planning, what definition her Department uses for a built-up area; and what level of density or rurality pr
Answer: The definition of Previously Developed Land is set out in Annex 2: Glossary of the National Planning Policy Framework. It excludes land in built-up areas such as residential gardens, parks, and allotments. The National Planning Policy Framework, and assoc...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordWaste Disposal: BirminghamMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60082More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answers of (a) 4 June 2025 to Question 54046 on Waste Disposal: Birmingham and (b) 7 May 2025 to Question 48129 on Birmingham City Council, what information (i) h
Answer: A negotiated outcome is in everyone’s interest and the government remains committed to supporting Birmingham’s long-term transformation, for the benefit of residents. The details of the civil injunction are a matter for Birmingham City Council. Following ...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60081More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2025 to Question 53912 on Asylum: Housing, if she will make it her policy to issue planning practice guidance on changing hotels to asylum hostel
Answer: My Department has no plans to issue such guidance.
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAffordable Housing: Grants and SubsidiesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60080More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the average (a) cash grant and (b) subsidy per unit is for a unit of (i) social rent housing, (ii) affordable rent and (iii) affordable home ownership.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answers given to questions UIN 15764 on 3 December 2024, UIN 23794 on 22 January 2025, UIN 31045 on 25 February 2025 and UIN 31046 on 25 February 2025.
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMo BainesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60079More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2025 to Question 54410 on Mo Baines, if she will publish that declaration.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 50166 on 14 May 2025.
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordWaste Disposal: BirminghamMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60078More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2025 to Question 48129 on Birmingham City Council, what information her Department holds on which contractors are collecting domestic rubbish from
Answer: The government has been working intensively with Birmingham City Council to tackle the backlog and clean up the streets in the interests of Birmingham residents and public health. Birmingham City Council believe the amount of waste on the streets is broad...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: Solar PowerMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60077More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the press release entitled Rooftop solar for new builds to save people money, published on 6 June 2025, what estimate her Department has made of the capital cos
Answer: As part of the previous government’s consultation on the Future Homes Standard, an impact assessment estimating the costs and wider impacts of the proposals, including solar installations, was published. It can be found on gov.uk here.This government inte...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: EssexMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60076More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her planned timetable is for making a decision on local government restructuring in Essex; when she plans to hold a formal consultation process on the number of new unitary
Answer: On 5 February 2025 councils in Essex, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock were invited to submit proposals for unitary local government by 26 September 2025. Once a proposal has been submitted it will be for the government to decide on taking a proposal forward ...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
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