Kevin Hollinrake MP: written questions
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New Deal for CommunitiesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40486More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the guidance entitled Plan for Neighbourhoods: prospectus, published on 12 March 2025, if she will publish the evaluation reports on the New Deal for Communitie
Answer: The Plan for Neighbourhoods prospectus was published on 4 March, and the Plan for Neighbourhoods: governance and boundary guidance was published on 12 March. The prospectus drew from the publicly available evaluation and analysis of the New Deal for Commu...
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordTemporary Accommodation: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40485More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2025 to Question 31949 on Temporary Accommodation: Construction, what proportion of new homes built under that scheme will be for social rent.
Answer: All homes delivered through the Local Authority Housing Fund must be affordable/low-cost. It is up to local planning authorities to determine the precise rent level and tenure of homes delivered in line with the scheme objectives. This could include socia...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHomes England: ConsultantsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40203More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2025 to Question 32217 on Homes England: Consultants, what the consultancy spend is as a percentage of the total funding provided by her Depart
Answer: Full details of Homes England’s expenditure will be published in the annual report and accounts in due course.
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: Highways EnglandDepartment for TransportTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40202More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many miles of road Highways England manages in each county of England.
Answer: National Highways is responsible for managing England’s strategic road network, which is made up of over 4,500 miles of centrally managed motorway and main A-roads. The latest available data on road length of centrally managed motorways and A-roads broken...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPlan for NeighbourhoodsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40200More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to (a) paragraph 5.140 of the Spring Budget 2024 and (b) her Department's press release entitled £1.5 billion to restore pride in Britain's neighbourhoods, publish
Answer: The Long-Term Plan for Towns programme was launched in 55 towns in September 2023 by the previous administration and expanded to an additional 20 places in March 2024, as confirmed in paragraph 5.410 of the Spring Budget 2024.This programme was an unfunde...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordChinese Embassy: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40199More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the letter to her department from Innovate UK on the Chinese Embassy call-in request, disclosed under EIR reference EIR2024/31081 on 3 March 2025, whether Innov
Answer: A further call-in request was received from Innovate UK on 16 October 2024, after the planning application had been called in on 14 October 2024. We do not routinely publish planning representations seeking call in of applications.
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFuture High Streets FundMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40198More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) capital and (b) resource funding was allocated to the Future High Streets Fund in 2024-25 by the previous Government; and what funding is now allocated.
Answer: The Future High Streets Fund was originally intended to run up until the end of financial year 23/24. In August 2023 MHCLG was granted approval from the HM Treasury to extend the Future High Streets Fund and rollover any remaining payments into financial ...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordTowns FundMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40197More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) capital and (b) resource funding was allocated to town deals in (i) 2024 and (ii) 2025.
Answer: Like all other departmental expenditure, Town Deal programme allocations are broken down by financial year (FY) rather than by calendar year. The forecast allocation for future financial years is subject to change due to the way that Town Deal payments ar...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPlan for NeighbourhoodsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40196More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's guidance entitled Plan for Neighbourhoods: prospectus, published on 4 March 2025, for what reasons the programme operates on a bidding fund bas
Answer: The Long-Term Plan for Towns programme was launched during the previous administration. It was an unfunded commitment for which the previous administration had no funded plan as to how that promise would be delivered. All 75 towns across the UK that were ...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLevelling Up FundMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40195More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) capital and (b) resource funding was allocated to the Levelling Up Fund in 2024-25 in (i) May 2024 and (ii) March 2025.
Answer: In 2024-25, the Levelling Up Fund received £797 million in Capital DEL funding. Additionally, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government allocated £20 million in Resource DEL funding for the same period. These allocations were consistent fo...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDevolution: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40194More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) capital and (b) resource funding was allocated to devolution deals in 2024-25 in (i) May 2024 and (ii) March 2025.
Answer: Three devolution agreements were implemented across 2024-25 in the North East; York and North Yorkshire; and East Midlands. Full details of the funding allocated to each area can be found in their individual devolution deals, published on gov.uk. Funding ...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: ExpenditureMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40193More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2025 to Question 30616 on Asylum: Health services, what the outturn aggregate spend was on refugees and asylum seekers by local government in En
Answer: The most recent data collected by the department regarding budgeted spending on refugees and asylum seekers by local government in England is from 2024-25 and can be found here. The relevant lines are: RA326 Children's social care – Asylum seekers; and RA...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Houses: Change of UseMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40192More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether pubs which are reclassified by their owners as restaurants are deemed to be pubs for change of use applications.
Answer: Planning permission is always required for the material change of use of a pub, including to a restaurant. It is for the local planning authority to determine whether there has been a material change of use for which a planning application was required.
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncil Tax: Second HomesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40191More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the second homes council premium on recent trends in the number of properties being switched to hereditaments paying busin
Answer: The government annually publishes data on properties liable for business rates and intends to publish the next set of data in June. The current data does not show a trend of second homes switching to business rates however the government will continue to ...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HotelsHome OfficeTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40190More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is her Department's policy to consult (a) council leaders, (b) council chief executives and (c) Members of Parliament before an asylum hotel is stood up in an area.
Answer: This Government inherited an asylum system under exceptional strain, with tens of thousands of people stuck in limbo without any prospect of having their claims processed. At their peak use under the previous government, in the autumn of 2023, more than 4...
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: HotelsHome OfficeTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40162More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum hotels stood down by the previous government have been reopened since the 5 July 2024.
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the answer I gave to the Urgent Question on Asylum Seekers: Hotel Accommodation on 20 November 2024.
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFire and Rescue Services: EqualityHome OfficeTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40161More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 6 March 2025, to Question 33937, on Fire and Rescue Services, what her policy is on protected characteristic diversity targets for the recruitment of firefighters.
Answer: Responsibility for recruitment of firefighters in pursuit rests with individual fire and rescue authorities in England.
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPlan for NeighbourhoodsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40160More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Plan for Neighbourhoods: prospectus, published on 4 March 2025, for what reason the programme is restricted to the 75 selected places.
Answer: The Long-Term Plan for Towns programme was launched during the previous administration. It was an unfunded commitment for which the previous administration had no funded plan as to how that promise would be delivered. All 75 towns across the UK that were ...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: ExpenditureMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40159More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2025 to Question 30616, on Asylum: Health services, what the (a) forecast and (b) budgeted aggregate spend on refugees and asylum seekers by loc
Answer: The most recent data collected by the department regarding budgeted spending on refugees and asylum seekers by local government in England is from 2024-25 and can be found here. The relevant lines are: RA326 Children's social care – Asylum seekers; and RA...
Answered 31 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGreen BeltMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 40156More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the guidance entitled Green Belt, published on 27 February 2025, for what reason she has issued the guidance in paragraph 005 on villages and the Green Belt.
Answer: The definition of grey belt, for the purposes of plan-making and decision-making, is provided in the glossary of the revised National Planning Policy Framework published on 12 December 2024. Grey belt is land in the Green Belt that is previously developed...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Society: IslamMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39872More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2025 to Question 31935 on Civil Society: Islam, how such decisions are (a) recorded and (b) communicated to teams within her Department.
Answer: The responsibility for decisions around who departments engage with sits with respective departments and the appropriate policy areas. All policy decisions are taken and recorded in the usual way, as per standard practice.
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordInvestment Zones: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39871More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much (a) capital and (b) resource funding was allocated to Investment Zones in the 2024-25 financial year; and how much funding has been allocated for the 2025-26 financial y
Answer: The allocation of Investment Zone programme funding is published in the Technical Document on gov.uk: Investment Zones: technical document - GOV.UK. Actual amounts paid out to places are based on local requirements and subject to annual delivery planning.
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFreeports: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39870More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) capital and (b) resource funding was allocated to freeports (i) in 2024-25 and (ii) as of 20 March 2025.
Answer: At the Supplementary Estimate, £68.3m Capital DEL (Departmental Expenditure Limits) funding for 2024-25 has been agreed via the Reserve for the Freeports programmes. The department funded £4.3m Resource DEL for the Freeports programme for 2024-25.
Answered 27 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: ReorganisationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39869More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2025 to Question 33041 on Local Government: Reorganisation, if she will require the (a) interim and (b) final response to an invitation to restr
Answer: As set out in my previous answer, I formally invited proposals for local government reorganisation from all the councils in two tier areas and their neighbouring unitary councils.It is for councils themselves to consider the approval processes they should...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGreen BeltMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 20 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39868More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's guidance entitled Green Belt, published on 27 February 2025, whether she carried out a (a) consultation and (b) impact assessment on the guidan
Answer: The definition of grey belt, for the purposes of plan-making and decision-making, is provided in the glossary of the revised National Planning Policy Framework published on 12 December 2024. Grey belt is land in the Green Belt that is previously developed...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
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