Kevin Hollinrake MP: written questions
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Small Businesses: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28055More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how the proposed lower multiplier for hospitality, leisure and retail from 2026-27 will interact with small business rate relief; and what estimate she has made of the impact of the lower multiplier on the cost of s
Answer: The government is committed to retaining Small Business Rate Relief, which is a permanent relief set down in legislation. Small Business Rate Relief (SBRR) is available to businesses with a single property below a set rateable value. Eligible properties u...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordRight to Buy SchemeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28054More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2024 to Question 16195 on Right to Buy Scheme, if she will publish figures for the amount of Right to Buy receipts retained by local authorit
Answer: The Department does not publish the amount of Right to Buy receipts retained by local authorities in each financial year.
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordChinese Embassy: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28053More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish all correspondence, including electronic communications, between the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and her Department on the planning applicati
Answer: The government does not routinely publish correspondence between departments.
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAffordable Housing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28051More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2024 to Question 16935 on Affordable Housing: Construction, how many homes of each type of tenure will be delivered from the £500 million ad
Answer: The government has made clear that it expects the £500 million in new funding for the Affordable Homes Programme announced in October 2024 to deliver up to 5,000 homes.As set out in my answer to Question UIN 16935 on 16 December 2024, the government will ...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordInfrastructure: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28050More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2024 to Question 16199 on Infrastructure: Planning Permission, what steps she is taking to speed up Ministerial decision-making on national s
Answer: As part of the government’s Plan for Change, we are committed to fast-tracking planning decisions on at least 150 major economic infrastructure projects by the end of this Parliament.The reasons that Ministerial decisions on individual applications can ex...
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government Boundary Commission for EnglandMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28045More
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 additional resources will be provided to the Local Government Boundary Commission for
Answer: The Local Government Boundary Commission for England is independent of Government and accountable to Parliament through the Speakers Committee. The Commission is resourced via that committee on estimates approved by Parliament.
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ElectionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28044More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 30 January 2025 to Question HL4145 on Local Government: Elections, whether (a) county and (b) district council by-elections will take place in areas whe
Answer: As set out in my Statement on 5 February 2025 (HCWS418), I will make secondary legislation to postpone elections to nine local authorities from May 2025 to 2026. No further secondary legislation is planned before May 2025.Where elections have been postpon...
Answered 6 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28037More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to publish the final local government finance settlement for financial year 2025-26.
Answer: The final Local Government Finance Settlement for 2025-26 was published on the 3rd of February, 2025. The Local Government Finance Settlement and supporting documents are available here.
Answered 11 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordRight to Buy SchemeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28036More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Policy paper entitled A review of the increased Right to Buy discounts introduced in 2012, published by her Department on 30 October 2024, if she will publi
Answer: The government does not intend to publish any other documentation in relation to the review of Right to Buy discounts.
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBuildings: Carbon EmissionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 3 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 28035More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department issues on embodied carbon as a material consideration in the planning process when assessing planning applications for the (a) replacement of existin
Answer: The government provides guidance on how carbon impacts can be taken into account in the planning process through its Planning Practice Guidance on Climate Change, the National Design Guide and the National Model Design Code. The revised National Planning ...
Answered 18 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDisadvantagedMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27571More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2024 to Question 17826 on Local Government: Disadvantaged, which data metrics were used to compile the 2019 Index of Deprivation; and from w
Answer: The data metrics used to compile the English Indices of Deprivation 2019, including sources and date, are published online in the English indices of deprivation 2019: technical report - GOV.UK.
Answered 7 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: DevolutionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27570More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2024 to Question 20555 on Elections: Kent, how many local authority areas will participate in the Devolution Priority Programme.
Answer: On 5 February, the Deputy Prime Minister announced that Government will be taking forward six devolution areas on the Devolution Priority Programme: Cumbria; Cheshire and Warrington; Greater Essex; Hampshire and Solent; Norfolk and Suffolk; and Sussex and...
Answered 7 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27569More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to bring forward legislative proposals on nutrient neutrality reform.
Answer: As set out in my answer to Question UIN 26836 on 5 February 2025, proposals for a Nature Restoration Fund are under development for inclusion in the Planning and Infrastructure Bill. Further information will be set out when the Bill is introduced.
Answered 7 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Sector Reform and Innovation FundCabinet OfficeTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27568More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 22 November 2024 to Question 14182 on Public Sector: Finance, whether local authorities will be able to bid to receive funds from the Public Sector Reform and Innovation Fund.
Answer: I refer the hon Member to the answer given to Question UIN 11936 on 8 November 2024. The Public Sector Reform and Innovation Fund allocated £165 million to a range of projects in 2025-26, including support for foster care, delivering apprenticeships and p...
Answered 7 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordAffordable Housing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27567More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2024 to Question 16546 on Housing: Construction, what assessment she has made of the potential effect on affordable housing provision of redu
Answer: The government recognises the ongoing challenge posed by the reduced appetite of Registered Providers of social housing to buy affordable homes delivered under Section 106 agreements.Homes England's Section 106 Affordable Housing Clearing Service was laun...
Answered 12 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLevelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27566More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which provisions of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023 have not been implemented.
Answer: The government continues to review its policy inheritance from the last government, including in relation to specific provisions of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act that have not been brought into force.
Answered 7 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordParish and Town Councils: Employers' ContributionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27565More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what representations she has received from the National Association of Local Councils on the potential effect of higher National Insurance contributions on (a) town and (b) paris
Answer: Ministers and officials regularly meet with a wide range of stakeholders from the local government sector. Baroness Taylor, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State met with the National Association of Local Councils on Tuesday 28 February.The government re...
Answered 7 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: Working HoursMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27564More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2024 to Question 17554 on Local Government: Working Hours, for what reason her Department did not reissue the Best Value Notice previously r
Answer: The department published a letter outlining the decision not to reissue a Best Value Notice to South Cambridgeshire District Council on 8 November 2024.Decisions relating to a local authority’s Best Value Duty are made based on the circumstances of each c...
Answered 7 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordParking (Code of Practice) Act 2019Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27563More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her planned timetable is for the commencement of the Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019.
Answer: The government recognises the need for high standards in the private parking industry and is committed to preparing a code of practice in accordance with The Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019.We are currently reviewing all options regarding the code and...
Answered 7 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordFloods: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27562More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to activate the (a) Bellwin scheme and b) Flood Recovery Framework following Storm Darragh; and whether there is a deadline by which a decision must be made.
Answer: My thoughts remain with householders and business owners impacted by flooding after Storm Darragh at the start of December last year, flooding is a devastating experience for all those affected.The government is ready to consider local authority requests ...
Answered 6 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPrivate Education: Business RatesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27561More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 12 December 2024 to Question 17827 on Private Education: Business Rates, whether the draft Local Government Finance Settlement for 2025-26 incorporates
Answer: Business rates retention means that local authorities retain a proportion of all business rates revenue.As in previous years, the provisional Local Government Finance Settlement reflects local authority baseline funding levels. These are a core part of th...
Answered 7 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Employers' ContributionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27560More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether any private sector companies contracted to her Department will receive increased payments for the increase in employer National Insurance contributions.
Answer: At Autumn Budget, the Chancellor made clear that raising the revenue required to fund public services and restore economic stability requires difficult decisions on tax. That is why the government is asking employers to contribute more.The Government will...
Answered 7 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordDomestic Waste: Recycling and Waste DisposalDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 30 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27559More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department issues guidance on the frequency of household rubbish and recycling collections.
Answer: Through Simpler Recycling, all householders will receive a comprehensive and consistent set of waste and recycling services. This will enable householders to recycle as much waste as possible and to frequently dispose of bad-smelling food waste, which wil...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordEnvironmental Impact AssessmentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27251More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Statement of 17 December 2024 on Development and the environment, HCWS317, how the new Environmental Outcome Reporting regime will differ from the E
Answer: As set out in my answer to Question UIN 26559 on 6 February 2025, the detail of the new system will be set out in secondary legislation through regulations as well as in guidance.
Answered 7 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordWater: Pollution ControlMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 27250More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Statement of 16 December 2024, HCWS317, on Development and the environment, what assessment she has been of the potential impact of nutrient mitigat
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to my answer to Question UIN 22914 on 29 January 2025
Answered 7 Feb 2025
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