Kevin Hollinrake MP: written questions
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Chinese Embassy: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17140More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the material considerations were that satisfied the call-in criteria for the proposed Chinese Embassy near the Tower of London.
Answer: Call-in decisions are inherently about process and not the merits of any given planning application.I refer the hon Member to the Written Ministerial Statement made on 26 March 2019 (HCWS1452) which outlines the broad criteria for calling-in planning appl...
Answered 18 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBusiness RatesTreasuryTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17139More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the additional revenue to be raised from properties with rateable value of £500,000 or above in order to be able to set lower multipliers for retail, hospitality and leisure properties
Answer: At Autumn Budget 2024, the Government announced that it intends to introduce permanently lower tax rates for retail, hospitality, and leisure (RHL) properties, with rateable values below £500,000, from 2026-27. This permanent tax cut will ensure that they...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordRetail Trade: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17138More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the decision to apply a higher multiplier to all properties with a rateable value of £500,000 or above on (a) large supermarkets and (b) department stores.
Answer: At Autumn Budget 2024, the Government announced its intention to introduce permanently lower tax rates for retail, hospitality, and leisure (RHL) properties, with rateable values below £500,000, from 2026-27. This permanent tax cut will ensure that they b...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBusiness RatesTreasuryTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17137More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the number of properties that the proposed new multiplier above £500,000 Rateable Value will apply to by (a) special categories and (b) sector.
Answer: The VOA regularly publishes official Non-Domestic Rating statistics on gov.uk here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/valuation-office-agency-non-domestic-rating-statistics. The number of properties over £500,000 in rateable value, broken down by ...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBusiness RatesTreasuryTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17136More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will publish an impact assessment for the proposed application of a higher multiplier to properties with a rateable value of £500,000 or above.
Answer: At Autumn Budget 2024, the Government announced that it intends to introduce permanently lower tax rates for retail, hospitality, and leisure (RHL) properties, with rateable values below £500,000, from 2026-27. This permanent tax cut will ensure that they...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBusiness Rates: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17135More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will publish an impact assessment for the proposed reduction in business rate relief for retail, hospitality and leisure businesses in England.
Answer: At Autumn Budget 2024, the Government announced that it intends to introduce permanently lower tax rates for retail, hospitality, and leisure (RHL) properties, with rateable values below £500,000, from 2026-27. This permanent tax cut will ensure that they...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBusiness RatesTreasuryTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17134More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what is the (a) mean and (b) median Rateable Value of hereditaments over £500,000.
Answer: The VOA regularly publishes official Non-Domestic Rating statistics on gov.uk here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/valuation-office-agency-non-domestic-rating-statistics. The number of properties over £500,000 in rateable value, broken down by ...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBusiness RatesTreasuryTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17133More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the level of the (a) lower multiplier for retail, hospitality and leisure hereditaments from April 2026 and (b) higher multiplier for hereditaments above £500,000 Rateable Value; and wh
Answer: At Autumn Budget 2024, the Government announced that it intends to introduce permanently lower tax rates for retail, hospitality, and leisure (RHL) properties, with rateable values below £500,000, from 2026-27. This permanent tax cut will ensure that they...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPublic Houses: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17132More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will publish a list of the Rateable Value of each pub in England by (a) address, (b) local authority and (c) Rateable Value.
Answer: The VOA makes the Non-Domestic Rating (NDR) lists publicly available. This is to allow a person “access to information to enable them to establish the state of the list” and is set out under paragraph 8(1) of schedule 9 of the Local Government Finance Act...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBusiness RatesTreasuryTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17131More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what guidance she has issued on whether (a) supermarkets, (b) hotels and (c) department stores with a rateable value over £500,000 will be liable to pay the new business rates rateable value multiplier surcharge fro
Answer: At Autumn Budget 2024, the Government announced its intention to introduce permanently lower tax rates for retail, hospitality, and leisure (RHL) properties, with rateable values below £500,000, from 2026-27. This permanent tax cut will ensure that they b...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBusiness Rates: Tax AllowancesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17130More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the debate on the Non-Domestic Rating (Multipliers and Private Schools) Bill of 25 November 2024, Official Report, column 594, whether the Retail, Hospitality a
Answer: To deliver our manifesto pledge, we intend to introduce permanently lower tax rates for retail, hospitality, and leisure properties, including those on the high-street, from 2026-27. This permanent tax cut will ensure they benefit from much-needed certain...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPlanning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17129More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department issues on whether a planning application previously been rejected by a planning authority can be resubmitted without substantive changes.
Answer: Planning Practice Guidance found on gov.uk here, sets out the position on this matter. The guidance makes clear that section 70A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 allows local planning authorities to decline planning applications for recently refu...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ReorganisationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17128More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to page 58 of the Autumn Budget 2024, HC 295, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of local government restructuring on social care (a) delivery an
Answer: The upcoming English Devolution White Paper will set out more detail on the government’s devolution plans, including on working with councils to move to simpler structures that make sense for their local areas, with efficiency savings from council reorgan...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordLevelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17127More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans not to commence provisions of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023.
Answer: Following Royal Assent of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act (LURA) in October 2023, a small number of provisions were commenced by the previous government, for example relating to pavement licensing, planning enforcement and certain reforms to the com...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: FinanceDepartment for TransportTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17126More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to paragraph 3.80 of the Autumn Budget 2024, published on 30 October, what proportion of the £120 million is new funding.
Answer: The £120m of funding announced in the Budget for 2025/26 is in addition to the existing funding of £120m in 2024/25, and will continue to support the purchase of new electric vans as well as the manufacture of wheelchair accessible electric vehicles (EVs)...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: GrantsDepartment for TransportTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17125More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding from the Spring Budget 2022 for the purchase of new electric vans via the plug-in vehicle grant remains available.
Answer: Over the last two financial years since Spring 2022, the Plug in Van Grant has supported the purchase over 30,000 zero emission vans. The Government continues to recognise the importance of grants, providing £120 million for next financial year to incenti...
Answered 5 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordLevelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17124More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which provisions of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2024 have (a) been and (b) are due to be commenced.
Answer: Following Royal Assent of the Levelling Up and Regeneration Act (LURA) in October 2023, a small number of provisions were commenced by the previous government, for example relating to pavement licensing, planning enforcement and certain reforms to the com...
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness RatesTreasuryTabled 2 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 17123More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has the Valuation Office Agency made of the potential impact of the 2026 business rates revaluation on businesses, broken down by (a) special category code and (b) each English region.
Answer: The Valuation Office Agency (VOA) has a statutory duty to compile and maintain accurate rating lists. The Non-Domestic Rating Act 2023 set the date of completion for the next revaluation as 1 April 2026. Valuation activity is now underway. In line with se...
Answered 10 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordNew TownsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16954More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the provision of new housing through New Towns counts towards housing targets in Local Plans.
Answer: The government established the New Towns Taskforce in September 2024, tasking this independent expert advisory panel with making recommendations to ministers within 12 months on the location and delivery of new large-scale new communities in England.As de...
Answered 16 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordLocal Government Services: CostsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16953More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to employer National Insurance contributions on the cost of outsourced local government services.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer to Question UIN 11851 on 8 November 2024.
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ProcurementMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16952More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department has made of the total value of local government procurement of (a) goods and (b) services in the most recent year for which figures are available.
Answer: MHCLG does not collect data on the procurement activities of individual local authorities. They are independent contracting authorities and accountable to their own electorates.
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ProcurementMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16951More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an estimate of the cost of outsourced (a) goods and (b) services in local government in the last 12 months.
Answer: MHCLG does not collect data on the procurement activities of individual local authorities. They are independent contracting authorities and accountable to their own electorates.
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: Disclosure of InformationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16950More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 6 June 2016 to Question 38442 on Local Government: Public Private Partnerships, what steps her Department has taken to assess compliance with the
Answer: The purpose of the Local Government Transparency Code 2015 (the Code) is to make it easier for the public to directly hold their councils to account, not as a means for central government to check up on local authorities. Therefore, the government does no...
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFlags: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16949More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 6385 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Flags, if she will publish guidance on whether the flying of
Answer: The relevant government guidance, Flying flags: a plain English guide, sets out the planning rules for the display of flags.
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordPlanning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16948More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department provides on the processes to be followed by other Government departments making representations on the potential call-in or recovery of a planning ap
Answer: There is no separate guidance provided to other government departments regarding making representations on the potential call-in or recovery of a planning application or appeal. Processes are laid out in the House of Commons Library research briefing ‘Cal...
Answered 5 Dec 2024
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