Kevin Hollinrake MP: written questions
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Business Rates: Tax AllowancesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39035More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the change in business rates from the valuation of a retail, hospitality and leisure hereditament moving from a Rateable Value of £499,999 to £500,0
Answer: The Valuation Office Agency are currently completing the valuation process for the 2026 business rates list. As part of the usual process, the government will announce the multipliers at the Budget, having regard to the evidence of the valuation. When the...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPlan for NeighbourhoodsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39034More
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, which of the 75 areas are (a) rural and (b) urban.
Answer: The Plan for Neighbourhoods was launched on 4 March. The 75 places across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland were chosen via a selection methodology that has been published in the Plan for Neighbourhoods prospectus. Eligible places had to have ...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGreen BeltMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39033More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's guidance entitled Green Belt, updated on 27 February 2025, how she classifies (a) towns and (b) villages.
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 recordDemocracy and ElectionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39032More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 19 February 2025 to Question 30633 on Democracy and Elections, if she will consult with political parties.
Answer: The government is currently in the process of consulting with various stakeholders, ahead of setting out our approach to elections and electoral reform for this Parliament.
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Relations: English LanguageMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39031More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to Deposited Paper DEP2025-0132, dated 7 February 2025, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of levels of English language p
Answer: The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is leading cross-Government efforts to develop a longer-term, more strategic approach to social cohesion - working in partnership with communities and local stakeholders to rebuild, renew a...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Relations: English LanguageMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39030More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish a cross-government strategy on English language and integration.
Answer: The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is leading cross-Government efforts to develop a longer-term, more strategic approach to social cohesion - working in partnership with communities and local stakeholders to rebuild, renew a...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Shared Prosperity FundMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39029More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the guidance entitled UK Shared Prosperity Fund: prospectus, updated on 4 March 2025, whether applications for funding will be competitive.
Answer: The UK Shared Prosperity Fund has been extended for 2025-26 at £900 million. All areas of the UK will again receive an allocation from the Fund via a funding formula rather than a competition.
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: PylonsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39028More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to the press release entitled Households near new pylons to save hundreds on energy bills, published on 10 March 2025, if he will make an estimate of the potential impact of an
Answer: The Government does not assess the impact of new transmission network infrastructure on house prices. However, landowners, businesses, and homeowners that have electrical equipment, such as pylons or towers, sited on their land have the right to compensat...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: ProcurementMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39027More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2025 to Question 33868 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Procurement, and with reference to the Procurement Policy Note
Answer: Procurement Policy Note 002: Taking account of Social Value in the award of contracts is not a mandatory policy for local government as stated within the scope of the procurement policy note. It is optional for local authorities to elect to apply this pol...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCommunity Ownership FundMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39026More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much (a) capital and (b) resource funding was allocated to the Community Ownership Fund in (i) 2024-25 and (ii) 2025-26.
Answer: Under this government, we allocated over £33m in capital funding and almost £3m in resource funding to 85 projects in Round 4 Window 1 of the Community Ownership Fund (COF). This represents the largest ever window of COF to date, both in terms of funding ...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign Influence Registration SchemeHome OfficeTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39025More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the enhanced tier of the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme on (a) Russian, (b) Iranian and (c) Chinese interference in democratic
Answer: Protecting the integrity and security of UK democratic processes from threats of foreign interference is a priority for the government.The Foreign influence Registration Scheme will increase transparency of foreign power influence over the core aspects of...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPolitical Parties: Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39024More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what information his Department holds on whether foreign political donations from outside the Republic of Ireland are channelled through Irish (a) people, (b) companies and (c) unincorporated association
Answer: This information is not held by the Government. The Electoral Commission verifies donations and loans to Northern Ireland parties, assesses the proof of identity of Irish citizens and verifies these with the Irish Government. Details of donations and loan...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government FinanceCabinet OfficeTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39023More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the population is of each local authority that has received exceptional financial support for the 2025-26 financial year.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 18th March is attached.
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: InsolvencyCabinet OfficeTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39022More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the population is of each local authority that has issued a Section 114 notice in the last three years.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 18th March is attached.
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNature Restoration FundMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39021More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the unit cost to developers of the Nature Restoration Fund for a new build house.
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 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPolitical Parties: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39020More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January 2025 to Question 25268 on Political Parties: Finance, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to prevent (a) Iranian, (b) Russian and
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the Question UIN 25690 on 30 January 2025.
Answered 21 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHM Land Registry: BuildingsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39019More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 14 March 2025 to Question 36095 on HM Land Registry: Buildings, if he will provide equivalent figures for each week expressed as the total number of emp
Answer: WeekCroydon office daily average attendance by week04/11/2024 - 08/11/2024200.611/11/2024 - 15/11/202420618/11/2024 - 22/11/2024199.225/11/2024 - 29/11/2024190.4 These figures do not include staff on short term leave. Staff are asked to manage their atten...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEnvironmental Delivery PlansMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39018More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to clause 49 of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, what guidance she plans to provide on the geographical scope of Environmental Delivery Plans; and whether the
Answer: Each Environmental Delivery Plan will be required to delineate the geography to which it applies. The scale of Environmental Delivery Plans will reflect the nature of the environmental impact being addressed. This could result in Environmental Delivery Pl...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39017More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the press notice entitled Major overhaul of planning committees to get Britain building, published on 9 December 2024, what threshold will be applied at which m
Answer: The government intends to consult on the delegation of planning decisions in England alongside passage of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill.
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNature Restoration FundMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39016More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether there will be a minimum development size threshold for liability for payments to the Nature Restoration Fund; and whether self-build development will be exempt from liabi
Answer: The Nature Restoration Levy will not create a new financial burden since developers already have to meet the cost of project-specific measures arising from, for example the Habitats Regulations. The intent of the Nature Restoration Fund is to provide for...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordChinese Embassy: Planning PermissionDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 18 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 39015More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has had recent discussions with Historic England on the reasons for which it did not appear at the public inquiry on the Chinese Embassy planning application.
Answer: DCMS Ministers have had no such discussions.
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDemocracy and ElectionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38627More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 5 March 2025 to Question 33487on Democracy and Elections, when she expects political parties to be consulted.
Answer: The government is currently in the process of consulting with various stakeholders, ahead of setting out our approach to elections and electoral reform for this Parliament.
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordTower Hamlets CouncilMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38626More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March 2025 to Question 33490 on Tower Hamlets Council, if she will take steps to ensure that the Conservative group is represented on the Board.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 33490 on 5 March 2025 and UIN 30642 on 19 February 2025. The Deputy Prime Minister has set clear expectations for local opposition party involvement in Tower Hamlets Council’s Transformation and ...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordUnitary CouncilsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38625More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2025 to Question 34287 on Unitary Councils, what criteria she plans to use to decide whether to request a formal review by the Local Government
Answer: As previously set out, my department is liaising closely with the Local Government Boundary Commission for England so that they are involved at the appropriate time to ensure fair electoral arrangements across the area of any new unitary local authorities...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEnvironmental Delivery PlansMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38624More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her planned timetable is for publication of Environmental Delivery Plans; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of that timetable on developments paused d
Answer: The government will work with Natural England to put the first Environmental Delivery Plans in place as soon as possible following Royal Assent of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill. Given the impact nutrient neutrality has had on development in some lo...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
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