Kevin Hollinrake MP: written questions
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Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26841More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many times the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs has made a representation to her Department on the call-in of a planning application in th
Answer: Officials do not monitor or track the number of representations made by particular organisations or parties over time. As such, the department does not hold such statistics.
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26840More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 4.2.2 of the English Devolution White Paper, published on 16 December 2024, what formula her Department will use to distribute funding to strategic au
Answer: Paragraph 4.2.2 relates to the recovery grant and wider plans to reform funding to local authorities, not Strategic Authorities.Strategic Authorities receive their funding from a variety of sources and different government departments, reflecting their di...
Answered 20 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ReorganisationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26839More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to page 64 of the English Devolution White Paper, published on 16 December 2024, what assessment she has made of the impact of the (a) abolition of district counci
Answer: Where an area is going through local government reorganisation, it is essential that individual local authorities continue to deliver services and statutory duties as these remain unchanged up until such time as the re-organisation process is complete.The...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: DebtsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26838More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to para 4.2.3 of the English Devolution White Paper, published on 16 December 2024, how the (a) debts and (b) surpluses of individual councils will be divided up i
Answer: It is the responsibility of councils to manage their budgets, and it is standard for councils to borrow and to hold debt, which they will do in the normal course of business. Local government re-organisation does not change this. Previous Secretaries of S...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordProperty Development: NewtsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26837More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department’s policy paper entitled Development and Nature Recovery, published on 15 December 2024, what steps is she taking to ensure new housebuilding is p
Answer: When it comes to development and the environment, we know we can do better than the status quo, which too often sees both sustainable housebuilding and nature recovery stall. Instead of environmental protections being seen as a barrier to growth, we want ...
Answered 6 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordEnvironmental Delivery PlansMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26836More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department’s policy paper entitled Development and Nature Recovery, published on 15 December 2024, whether Delivery Plans will be part of Local Plans.
Answer: Delivery Plans as proposed in the Development and Nature Planning Reform Working Paper would be prepared for protected habitats or species and would not necessarily be at the scale of local plans.Proposals for a Nature Restoration Fund are under developme...
Answered 5 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordProperty Development: Environment ProtectionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26835More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department’s policy paper entitled Development and Nature Recovery, published on 15 December 2024, whether she plans to (a) amend and (b) repeal the assimil
Answer: The government does not consider it necessary to repeal environmental legislation to take forward the approach set out in the Development and Nature Planning Reform Working Paper to accelerate housing and infrastructure development whilst going beyond off...
Answered 6 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 28 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26834More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 January 2025 to Question 19702 on Housing: Construction, if the 1.5 million target will be backloaded in this Parliament.
Answer: As set out in our Plan for Change, lead times in planning, infrastructure and construction mean we are already constrained by the impact of decisions taken by the previous government, but we expect the number of new homes to start rising significantly in ...
Answered 6 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: DebtsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26783More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2025 to Question 23337 on Local Government: Debts, what discussions she has had with local authorities on the allocation of council debt foll
Answer: It is the responsibility of councils to manage their budgets, and it is standard for councils to borrow and to hold debt, which they will do in the normal course of business. Local government re-organisation does not change this.Previous Secretaries of St...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordProperty Development: NewtsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26564More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to paragraphs 17 and 60 of the policy paper entitled Planning Reform Working Paper: Development and Nature Recovery, published on 15 December 2024, what assessment his D
Answer: At this stage, the Government has not yet finalised its assessment of how it can further support local authorities to tackle litter. Any new announcements will be announced in the usual way.
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government Finance: Rural AreasMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26563More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding each council will receive from the Rural Services Delivery Grant in (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26.
Answer: I refer the hon Member to the answer given to Question UIN 20652 on 27 December 2024 and the answer to Question UIN 22380 on 15 January 2025.We have published the latest Core Spending Power figures which includes a breakdown of Rural Services Delivery Gra...
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26562More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the policy paper entitled Local Government Finance Report 2025 to 2026: draft, published on 18 December 2024, how much and what proportion of additional funding
Answer: The final Settlement for 2025-26 makes available over £69 billion for local government, which is a 6.8% cash terms increase in councils’ Core Spending Power on 2024-25.This included introducing a new ‘Recovery Grant’, worth £600 million, which will go to ...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHM Land Registry: BuildingsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26561More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 January 2025 to Question 19964 on Land Registry: Buildings, how many members of Land Registry staff attended the office in person on average each day
Answer: 3209
Answered 6 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26560More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 January 2025 to Question 20640 on Housing: Ownership, what estimate she has made of the number of new build replacements in (a) 2025-26 and (b) 2026-2
Answer: As set out in the answer given to Question UIN 17553 on 11 December 2024, our modelling suggests a long-run average of c. 1,700 sales annually under new maximum discounts. As a result, we believe local authorities will now be in a stronger position to rep...
Answered 6 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordProperty Development: Environmental Impact AssessmentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26559More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department’s policy paper entitled Planning Reform Working Paper: Development and Nature Recovery, published on 15 December 2024, and pursuant to the Answer
Answer: The Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023 gave the government powers to bring forward Environmental Outcomes Reports.The detail of the new system will be set out in secondary legislation through regulations as well as in guidance.Until a new system is im...
Answered 6 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMigrants: English LanguageCabinet OfficeTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26557More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the level of English language proficiency of adult migrants to the United Kingdom in the last year for which figures are available.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 27th January is now available in the House Library.
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHouseholds: English LanguageCabinet OfficeTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26555More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of households have resident adults with no English language proficiency.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 27th January is now available in the House Library.
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordHouseholds: English LanguageCabinet OfficeTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26554More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of households in England have resident adults with no English language proficiency.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 27th January is now available in the House Library.
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Development: English LanguageCabinet OfficeTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26553More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of the level of adult English language proficiency on (a) workforce participation and (b) integration.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 27th January is now available in the House Library.
Answered 4 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness Premises: Change of UseMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26552More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to retain office-to-residential permitted development rights.
Answer: The office to residential permitted development right (Class O) was subsumed into the commercial, business and service uses to residential permitted development right (Class MA) in August 2022.Using the most recently available published data, in each quar...
Answered 6 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness Premises: Change of UseMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26551More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many office-to-residential prior approval planning applications there have been in each quarter of the last 24 months.
Answer: The office to residential permitted development right (Class O) was subsumed into the commercial, business and service uses to residential permitted development right (Class MA) in August 2022.Using the most recently available published data, in each quar...
Answered 6 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordPrivate Rented Housing: StudentsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26549More
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 fixed term tenancies on student accommodation in the private rented sector.
Answer: We want all tenants renting privately, including students, to benefit from the increased security and flexibility the Renters’ Rights Bill will provide.Students will benefit from the removal of fixed term tenancies. Fixed terms mean that renters are oblig...
Answered 6 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: United Arab EmiratesHome OfficeTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26481More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the decision by the United Arab Emirates to impose sanctions on (a) Cambridge Education and Training Center Ltd, (b) IM
Answer: I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave to UIN 23462 on the 16th January 2025.
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Employers' ContributionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26478More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2025 to Question 22929 on Treasury: Employers' Contributions, whether she has received any requests for pricing reviews, in the context of ch
Answer: The information is not held centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost as it would require collating information from individual contract managers from across the department.
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil of the Nations and RegionsCabinet OfficeTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26477More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2025 to Question 22044 on Council of the Nations and Regions, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of inviting (a) councillors and (b) council mayors to the
Answer: As set out in its Terms of Reference, the Council of the Nations and Regions is a central, driving forum that brings together governments and authorities with devolved responsibilities to determine actions for tackling some of the biggest and most cross-c...
Answered 4 Feb 2025
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