Kevin Hollinrake MP: written questions
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Local Government: Employers' ContributionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24193More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the £515 million of new funding to support councils with the costs associated with the increase in employer National Insurance contributions, announced on 18 De
Answer: Raising the revenue required to fund public services and restore economic stability requires difficult decisions on tax, which is why the government is asking employers to contribute more. All of us rely on good public services.We recognise the challenges...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHomelessness: Temporary AccommodationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24192More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of limits on the amount that local authorities can spend on temporary accommodation from the Homelessness Prevention Grant
Answer: This Government has inherited record levels of temporary accommodation, and we recognise the pressure this has put on councils. The Homelessness Prevention Grant was never intended to meet all of councils’ temporary accommodation costs. Councils can and d...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHomelessness: Temporary AccommodationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24191More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reason she has placed a limit on the amount local authorities can spend on temporary accommodation costs from Homelessness Prevention Grant.
Answer: This Government has inherited record levels of temporary accommodation, and we recognise the pressure this has put on councils. The Homelessness Prevention Grant was never intended to meet all of councils’ temporary accommodation costs. Councils can and d...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHoliday Accommodation: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24190More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has issued guidance on when planning permission is required to rent out a dwelling as a short-term let.
Answer: The guidance sought can be found on gov.uk here.
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordChinese Embassy: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24189More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 January 2025 to Questions 19351 and 19356 on Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission, if she will place in the House of Commons Library each written repr
Answer: Written representations submitted to the Planning Inspectorate’s inquiry will not be placed in the House of Commons Library. However, inquiry documentation, including written representations submitted to the inquiry, is available to view in the inquiry li...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 15 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24188More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 January 2025 to Question 20226 on Environment Impact Assessment, what her planned timetable is for replacing the system of environmental assessment.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to question UIN 20226 on 24 December 2024.
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordParish and Town Councils: Employers' ContributionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 24125More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 6 January 2025 to Question HL3294 on Parish and Town Councils: Employers’ contributions, whether her Department has made an assessment of the pote
Answer: The government recognises the important role town and parish councils have in improving the quality of life and wellbeing of their communities. We recognise that the increase in the rate of employers’ National Insurance Contributions will lead to increase...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: AuditMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23800More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the written statement of 18 December 2024 on Local Government Finance Settlement, HCWS342, whether the Local Audit Office will itself undertake local government
Answer: The government’s local audit strategy is seeking views on whether and how to grow public provision, including how to ensure that provision achieves overall growth without reducing private sector capacity.Consideration is also being given as to whether the...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: Employers' ContributionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23799More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her guidance entitled Explanatory note on the National Insurance Contribution compensation 2025 to 2026, published on 18 December 2024, on what methodological b
Answer: The additional £515 million made available by the government to compensate local government in England as a whole for the impact of changes to employer National Insurance contributions (NICs), has been determined based on a national assessment of the cost...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: DevolutionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23798More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to page 99 of the English Devolution White Paper, CP 1218, published on 16 December 2024, whether councils would be allowed to outsource the enforcement of council
Answer: The government will work with councils to determine how byelaws should be made and enforced as set out in the English Devolution White Paper.
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: Employers' ContributionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23797More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's explanatory note entitled, Employer National Insurance Contributions funding, published on 18 December 2024, for what reason the funding is bei
Answer: The additional £515 million made available by the government to compensate local government in England as a whole for the impact of changes to employer National Insurance contributions (NICs), has been determined based on a national assessment of the cost...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBuildings: Carbon EmissionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23796More
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 powers secured through the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 would allow Strategic Environmental Assessment and Environmental Impact Assessment to be replaced with a new framework of Environmental Outcomes Reports.The government is committed to s...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: StandardsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23795More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what data her Department collects on resident satisfaction with local government.
Answer: The Local Government Association carries out a triannual survey of resident satisfaction with local government across Great Britain. The data is published and available here.
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government Finance: WokingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23794More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2024 to Question 18951 on Local Government Finance, whether the debt of Woking Borough Council will be redistributed to a new unitary local
Answer: The English Devolution White Paper published on 16 December announced that the Government will facilitate local government reorganisation for two-tier areas and for unitary councils where there is evidence of failure, or where their size or boundaries may...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordNational IdentityMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23793More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 18 December 2024 to Question 18960 on Council of the Nations and Regions: National Identity, if she will make it her policy to champion (a) the English
Answer: We want to see all of England access devolved power by establishing Strategic Authorities that can make key decisions to drive economic growth, preferably with a Mayor. This will ensure that all parts of England have the powerful voice they need in nation...
Answered 13 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordSocial Rented Housing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23792More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the average grant per unit was for a social rent dwelling in the 2015-18 Affordable Housing Programme.
Answer: The Affordable Housing Programme for 2015-2018 was extended to 2020 at the Autumn Statement 2014.However, the programme was interrupted at the 2015 Spending Review and the remaining programme budget was consolidated into the Affordable Homes Programme for...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordEden Project: MorecambeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23791More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, from what source the £2.5 million released for Eden Project North in July 2024 came; and whether the decision to release the funding was taken by the previous administration.
Answer: I can confirm that in November 2024 the department approved the Full Business Case for the £50 million of HM Government funding.We are all keen to see the delivery impact of this investment as soon as possible. Funding will be released in line with delive...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordEden Project: MorecambeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23790More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the additional cost to Eden Project North of delays to that project.
Answer: I can confirm that in November 2024 the department approved the Full Business Case for the £50 million of HM Government funding.We are all keen to see the delivery impact of this investment as soon as possible. Funding will be released in line with delive...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordEden Project: MorecambeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23789More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her timetable is for releasing funds for the Eden Project North.
Answer: I can confirm that in November 2024 the department approved the Full Business Case for the £50 million of HM Government funding.We are all keen to see the delivery impact of this investment as soon as possible. Funding will be released in line with delive...
Answered 23 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23788More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2024 to Question 16496 on Housing: Construction, how many homes are being delivered under each round of the Brownfield Land Release Fund (a)
Answer: The Brownfield Land Release Fund (BLRF) is supporting the release of land that will deliver up to 20,789 homes. A breakdown of funding tranches and delivery deadlines is set out below. Name of roundFundingHousing Capacity of Land ReleasedLand release dead...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCombined Authorities: ElectionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23787More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2024 to Question 16495 on Local Government and Mayors: Elections, what her timetable is for updating the list with combined authority mayoral
Answer: In response to the Hon. Member’s question tabled on 27 November (UIN 16495), I arranged for the addition of combined and county combined authority mayoral elections to the list of local elections published by the Government; for ease of reference, that li...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordChinese Embassy: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23786More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 19 December 2024 to Question 20283 on Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission, on what date officials met representatives of the People’s Republic of China
Answer: MHCLG officials attended meetings with representatives of the People’s Republic of China in January, April and December 2024, alongside officials from the FCDO. No special advisers were in attendance.The purpose of attending these meetings was to explain ...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMortgages: First Time BuyersTreasuryTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23785More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential role of long-term fixed-rate mortgages in enabling more first-time buyers to get on the property ladder.
Answer: While the design and availability of mortgages is a commercial decision for lenders in which the Government does not intervene, this Government welcomes innovation in the mortgage market, particularly where this provides borrowers with the greatest choice...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMortgages: First Time BuyersTreasuryTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23784More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of increased availability of long-term fixed-rate mortgages on first-time buyers.
Answer: While the design and availability of mortgages is a commercial decision for lenders in which the Government does not intervene, this Government welcomes innovation in the mortgage market, particularly where this provides borrowers with the greatest choice...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordOxford-Cambridge ArcMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 14 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23783More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the policy paper entitled Oxford-Cambridge Arc, published 18 February 2021, whether that policy paper remains her policy.
Answer: This government has put sustained economic growth at the heart of its agenda and recognises that Oxford to Cambridge has a key role to play in delivering on these ambitions. The Oxford to Cambridge region adds over £110 billion to the economy each year, w...
Answered 22 Jan 2025
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