Kevin Hollinrake MP: written questions
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Prime MinisterCabinet OfficeTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38051More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2025 to Question 33046 on Prime Minister, how 10 Downing Street determines whether an organisation (a) should and (b) should not be engaged with.
Answer: Engagement with organisations is considered on a case-by-case basis.
Answered 21 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning and Infrastructure BillCabinet OfficeTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38050More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which (a) individuals and (b) organisations were invited to the Downing Street preview of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill on 11 March 2025.
Answer: Ministerial meetings with external organisations will be published in the usual way on gov.uk
Answered 21 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNon-departmental Public BodiesCabinet OfficeTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38049More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of non-departmental public bodies that (a) were operating and (b) scheduled to operate on 13 March 2025.
Answer: As of March 2025 there are currently 249 non-departmental public bodies operating. Whether an ALB will become an NDPB, or another type of body is dependent on a number of factors and is subject to the Cabinet Office and Treasury approval process. The Prim...
Answered 21 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHigh SheriffsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38048More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment has been made of the indirect impact of local government restructuring on the appointment and boundaries of the High Sheriffs.
Answer: There is no intention that the priorities set out in the English Devolution White Paper will impact on the ceremonial counties or the important roles the High Sheriffs and Lord Lieutenants play as the Monarch’s representatives in those counties, and cerem...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38047More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, published on 11 March 2025, whether she has made an estimate of the number of planning applications decided by the casting vo
Answer: My Department has had a constructive engagement with the sector regarding our proposals for mandatory training for planning committee members and we will continue to engage with relevant stakeholders in respect of the details of the proposed training and ...
Answered 21 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal PlansMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38046More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what will happen to adopted local plans within local authorities abolished in local government re-organisation.
Answer: The legal status of local development plans is not impacted by local government reorganisation. Where reorganisation occurs, new unitary authorities are expected to promptly prepare a local plan covering the whole of their area. Until that new plan is ado...
Answered 21 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncillors: PlanningMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38045More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to clause 45 of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, published on 11 March 2025, what training on planning matters councillors will receive.
Answer: My Department has had a constructive engagement with the sector regarding our proposals for mandatory training for planning committee members and we will continue to engage with relevant stakeholders in respect of the details of the proposed training and ...
Answered 21 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncillors: PlanningMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38044More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to clause 45 of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, published on 11 March 2025, who will deliver planning training for councillors.
Answer: My Department has had a constructive engagement with the sector regarding our proposals for mandatory training for planning committee members and we will continue to engage with relevant stakeholders in respect of the details of the proposed training and ...
Answered 21 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for TransportTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38043More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what statistics her Department holds on the (a) number of potholes repaired and (b) area of roads resurfaced each year.
Answer: The Department does not collect data on the number of potholes treated or miles of road resurfaced in each local authority area each year, but instead collects information from local highway authorities on the overall condition of their roads. This is pub...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: FinanceDepartment for TransportTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38042More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much (a) Network North and (b) repurposed High Speed 2 funding was given to local highways authorities in 2024-25; and whether she plans to continue that funding in 2025-26.
Answer: In 2024/25 the previous Government allocated £150 million of additional highway maintenance funding to local highway authorities as part of its Network North plan, all of which was repurposed High Speed 2 funding. This Government has allocated £500 millio...
Answered 21 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for TransportTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38041More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether repairing potholes is (a) revenue and (b) capital expenditure for local authorities.
Answer: The Department for Transport provides local highway authorities with capital funding for local highway maintenance. Local authorities receive revenue funding from the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government through the Local Government Fina...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: HampshireDepartment for TransportTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38040More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2025 to Question 33369 on Roads: Hampshire, whether the change to local highways allocations for 2025-26 (a) is in addition to or (b) replaces the funding for highways from (i)
Answer: The highway maintenance funding uplift of £500 million for 2025/26, which was announced by the Chancellor in October 2024, comes on top of the increase of £150 million in 2024/25 that was announced by the previous Government as part of the Network North p...
Answered 21 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRural Areas and Urban AreasDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38039More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to publish an update of the document entitled The 2011 Rural-Urban Classification for Output Areas in England, published on 13 September 2013, in the conte
Answer: The Office for National Statistics published the 2021 Rural Urban Classification for Output Areas and other geographies on 6 March 2025. This takes account of the 2021 Census, local Government reorganisation and development since 2011. Details can be foun...
Answered 26 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordConditions of Employment: ReformDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38038More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Deputy Prime Minister has a role in the development of his Department’s employment law reforms.
Answer: Making work pay is a priority for delivering the Government's Plan for Change.As Chair of the Future of Work Cabinet Committee, the Deputy Prime Minister oversees the Committee which considers and takes decisions on matters related to the Make Work Pay pa...
Answered 24 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCITB: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38037More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an estimate of the total value of Construction Industry Training Board (a) levies paid and (b) expenditure on (i) apprenticeships and (ii) training in the most recent year for which figures are
Answer: The requested information is contained in the published Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) Annual Report and Accounts (ARA) for 2023/24. The report is available on the CITB’s website and GOV.UK. It can be accessed at: https://www.gov.uk/governmen...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordRefugees: Social Rented Housing and Temporary AccommodationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 13 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 38036More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what access rights asylum seekers with refugee status have to social housing; and whether homeless asylum seekers with refugee status are entitled to emergency housing.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answers given to Question UIN 34617 on 10 March 2025 and Question UIN 11929 on 8 November 2024.
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government Boundary Commission for EnglandSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37585More
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 3 March 2025 to Question 31951 on Local Government Boundary Commission for England, whether the Local Gove
Answer: The Speaker's Committee plans to hold a public evidence session with the Local Government Boundary Commission for England (LGBCE) on 19 March 2025 to consider its draft supply estimate for 2025/26. This session will be made available on Parliament Live.Fo...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordElections: ExpenditureSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37584More
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 3 March 2025 to Question 31952 on Elections: Expenditure, what guidance the Commission has provided on (a)
Answer: The Commission has published guidance for parties and candidates on how to distinguish between party and candidate spending, and how to report such spending. The classification of spend on a battlebus visit will depend on whether the spending promotes the...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordElections: ExpenditureSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37583More
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 3 March 2025 to Question 31952 on Elections: Expenditure, what guidance the Commission has provided on (a)
Answer: The Commission has published guidance for parties and candidates on how to distinguish between party and candidate spending, and how to report such spending. The classification of spend on a battlebus visit will depend on whether the spending promotes the...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPolitical Parties: FinesSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37582More
Question: To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, whether the Electoral Commission issues fines to political parties that narrowly miss a reporting deadline.
Answer: The Electoral Commission takes enforcement action, including using investigatory powers and sanctions, where it is satisfied that it is necessary and proportionate to do so. Where it is satisfied it can resolve a matter without enforcement action, it will...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPolitical Parties: FinanceSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37581More
Question: To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, for what reason the Electoral Commission briefing entitled Parliamentary briefing: Political finance rules, sent to hon. Members on
Answer: The Political Parties, Election and Referendums Act 2000 (PPERA) sets out the permissibility rules for political donations.Unincorporated associations who donate to political parties are required to be permissable donors. However, those who give money to ...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordElectoral Commission: Companies HouseSpeaker's Committee on the Electoral CommissionTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37580More
Question: To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, with reference to section 94 of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023, whether the Electoral Commission has been gr
Answer: Under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023, Companies House has powers to share information with individuals and public authorities, including the Electoral Commission, as long as the disclosure aligns with the functions of the receiving...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordWarm Homes PlanDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37579More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether the Warm Homes Plan will (a) rationalise the number of home energy efficiency funding schemes and (b) streamline application processes for those schemes.
Answer: The Warm Homes Plan will help people find ways to save money on energy bills and transform our ageing building stock into comfortable, low-carbon homes that are fit for the future. As a first step the Government launched the Warm Homes: Local Grant (WH:LG...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37578More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether (a) long-term vacant and (b) derelict homes returned to use count towards local housing targets.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the government response to the proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework and other changes to the planning system consultation (Question 15) which can be found on gov.uk here.
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Written QuestionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37577More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she plans to answer Question 26478 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Employers' Contributions, tabled on 27 January 2025.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer to Question UIN 26478 on 17 March 2025.
Answered 19 Mar 2025
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