Kevin Hollinrake MP: written questions
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Local Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25698More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2025 to Question 22384 on Local Government Finance: Services, if she will publish the (a) cash and (b) percentage change in central governmen
Answer: This government is committed to tackling the issues that matter to rural communities. Places with a significant rural population (encompassing both authorities classed as predominantly Rural, and Urban with Significant Rural) will on average receive aroun...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMo BainesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25697More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2025 to Question 22321 on Mo Baines, if she will publish a copy of Mo Baines’ declaration of political activity (a) submitted when she applie
Answer: As noted in the Answer of 15 January 2025 to Question 22321, Non-Executive Board Members’ relevant interests are updated and published bi-annually as part of an established process as set out on the following gov.uk page: Non-Executive Board Member declar...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Appointments: Political ActivitiesCabinet OfficeTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25696More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2025 to Question 22321 on Mo Baines, if he will make it his policy to require that political activity is published as part of announcements of (a) non-executive directors and
Answer: The interests of non-executive board members and public appointments will continue to be updated and published bi-annually as part of an established process as set out in the Non-Executive Board Member declaration of interests process - GOV.UK. The Govern...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordEmpty Property: ShopsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25695More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2025 to Question 22379 on Local Government Finance: Devolution, and with reference to her Department's High Street Rental Auctions fund: pros
Answer: The government has made over £1 million available to support all local authorities in England to deliver High Street Rental Auctions (HSRA), a crucial part of how we will address persistent vacancies on high streets.The non-ringfenced grant funding is des...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ReorganisationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25694More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to support local councils which plan to hold referendums on local government restructuring proposals under Section 116 of the Local Government
Answer: It will be essential for councils to work with local partners, including MPs, to develop plans for sustainable unitary structures capable of delivering the high-quality public services that residents need and deserve. It is for councils to decide how best...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ReorganisationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25693More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer by the Minister for Local Government and English Devolution of 15 January 2025 on Local Government Reorganisation, Official Report, column 344, if sh
Answer: The case for unitarisation in the English Devolution White Paper set out the opportunities available to areas for local government reorganisation. We will prioritise the delivery of high quality and sustainable public services to citizens and communities ...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ReorganisationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25692More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer by the Minister for Local Government and English Devolution of 15 January 2025 on Local Government Reorganisation, Official Report, column 344, wheth
Answer: It will be essential for councils to work with local partners, including MPs, to develop plans for sustainable unitary structures capable of delivering the high-quality public services that residents need and deserve. It is for councils to decide how best...
Answered 28 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ReorganisationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25691More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 15 January 2025 to the Urgent Question on Local Government Reorganisation, Official Report column 344, if she will make it her policy that both di
Answer: The English Devolution White Paper set out our policy on local government reorganisation and our commitment to get on with delivering what areas need. We will expect all two tier areas and smaller or failing unitaries to develop proposals for reorganisati...
Answered 31 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPolitical Parties: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25690More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of foreign political donations made through membership of the Scottish electoral roll.
Answer: Electoral law ensures that only those with legitimate ties to the UK can donate. This includes people of varying nationalities, who are entitled to vote at a UK election. The Scottish Government has responsibility for the franchise for elections to the Sc...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: AuditMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 22 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25689More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Statement entitled Local Government Finance Settlement, HCWS342, published on 18 December 2024, whether she plans create the Local Audit Office as (
Answer: The government’s local audit strategy committed to establish the Local Audit Office (LAO) to streamline and simplify the audit system and drive change.The LAO will be a statutory and independent arm’s-length body of MHCLG, adopting functions currently fra...
Answered 30 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil Tax: Cheshire EastMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25277More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how she plans to respond to representations from Cheshire East Council to set a council tax referendum threshold of 10% in 2025-26.
Answer: I refer the hon Member to the answer given to Question UIN 24234 on 22 January 2024.
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordLevelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25276More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to implement the provisions on design codes of Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 6867 on 15 October 2024 and to the Written Ministerial Statement made on 12 November 2024 (HCWS209).
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25275More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the (a) abolition of the Office for Place and (b) removal of the beauty criteria in the National Planning Policy Framewo
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 6867 on 15 October 2024 and to the Written Ministerial Statement made on 12 November 2024 (HCWS209).
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ReorganisationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25274More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the correspondence entitled Local government reorganisation: letter to two-tier areas, published on 15 January 2025, if she will publish the correspondence from
Answer: The department has no plans to publish the correspondence from each council that responded to the letter published on the 15 January. A decision on the requests made by councils to postpone local elections will be made in due course, recognising the need ...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordChinese Embassy: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25273More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she expects the Planning Inspectorate to publish the written representations received to planning application APP/E5900/V/24/3353754 on its website.
Answer: The Planning Inspectorate does not publish written representations received on its website as I explained in the answer to written Question UIN 19351 on 20 December 2024.
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPolitical Parties: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25272More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the oral answer of 15 January 2025, Official Report, House of Lords, Col. 1123, on Political Parties: Funding, what steps her Department is taking to obtain vie
Answer: As set out in our manifesto, the Government intends to strengthen the rules around donations to political parties to protect our democracy. The work to give effect to this commitment is ongoing, and we are engaging with key stakeholders, such as the Elect...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: PylonsTreasuryTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25271More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2025 to Question 22322 on Housing: Pylons, whether her Department is taking steps to help increase awareness of the right to submit a proposal to alter the Council Tax list.
Answer: Guidance on the right to submit a proposal (formal challenge) against a Council Tax band and changes that may affect a property’s band is published at the following links:Challenge your Council Tax band: Overview - GOV.UK.How Council Tax works: Working ou...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCandidates: ExpenditureSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25270More
Question: To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2025 to Question 22034 on Candidates: Expenditure, whether such notional invoices need to provid
Answer: There is no leal requirement for an invoice for notional spending where it is reported in a candidate return. The requirement is for agents to make a declaration of the value of the notional spending. However, additional information about the nature of th...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCandidates: ExpenditureSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25269More
Question: To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2025 to Question 22034 on Candidates: Expenditure, whether the Commission has given unpublished
Answer: The Electoral Commission offers advice to all candidates and parties in reponse to their queries and in line with its published guidance. For notional spending, the law states that no invoice is required in a candidate return. The Commission advises that ...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPolitical Parties: FinanceSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25268More
Question: To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, with reference to the oral answer of 15 January 2025, Official Report, House of Lords, Columns 1123-1124, on Political Parties: Fund
Answer: Qualifying foreign citizens residing in Scotland and Wales are eligible to register to vote in local government and devolved elections, and are therefore permissible donors for those elections. The Commission provides guidance to Electoral Registration Of...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordElectionsSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25267More
Question: To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what plans the Commission has to consult on changes to electoral (a) law, (b) practice, (c) guidance and (d) policy in 2025.
Answer: The Electoral Commission develops guidance in consultation with electoral administrators and parties and campaigners, to ensure it is clear and meets their needs. The Commission has upcoming statutory consultations on the new digital imprint guidance in S...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordParliamentary Parties PanelSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25266More
Question: To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, on what topics the Commission has (a) open consultations (i) through the Parliamentary Parties Panel and (ii) generally and (b) cons
Answer: The Electoral Commission has no open consultations with the Parliamentary Parties Panel, and no consultations that are closed but have not yet been concluded.The Commission hold regular discussions with the Westminster Parliamentary Parties Panel, and eac...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordChinese Embassy: Planning PermissionHome OfficeTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25265More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what national security mitigations she plans to take in the context of the Chinese embassy planning application.
Answer: China’s planning application to convert the former Royal Mint buildings into its new UK embassy has been called-in by the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, in line with established planning policy. The planning decision sit...
Answered 29 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Written QuestionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 25264More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to answer Questions 23789, 23790 and 23791 on Eden Project: Morecambe, tabled on 14 January 2025.
Answer: I responded to the Hon Member on 23 January 2024.
Answered 24 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: Inheritance TaxTreasuryTabled 16 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24450More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the impact of family-owned businesses on the local economy; and what assessment has she made of the potential impact of changes to the Business Property Relief on local communities.
Answer: At Autumn Budget 2024, the Government took a number of difficult but necessary decisions on tax, welfare, and spending to restore economic stability, fix the public finances, and support public services. These were tough decisions given the situation we i...
Answered 24 Jan 2025
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