Kevin Hollinrake MP: written questions
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Council TaxMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37576More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of a cap on Mayoral Combined Authorities precepts for 2025-26.
Answer: The government has not set referendum principles for Mayoral Combined Authorities for 2025-26. The government held a consultation on the provisional local government finance settlement, providing opportunity for the public and local authorities to share v...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCombined Authorities and Integrated Care SystemsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37575More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to ensure that Integrated Care Systems operate on areas that co-terminate with Mayoral Combined Authorities.
Answer: As set out in the English Devolution White Paper, the government recognises the benefits that aligned geographical boundaries can have for improving coordination between public services. The English Devolution White Paper therefore set out government's lo...
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEmergencies: PlanningCabinet OfficeTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37574More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) terms of reference are and (b) timetable is of his Department’s resilience review.
Answer: As the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster set out in his statement to the House on Friday 19 July, this government is committed to undertaking a comprehensive review of long-term resilience. The resilience review is considering established practices and...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEnglish LanguageCabinet OfficeTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37573More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the number of adults resident in the UK unable to (a) read and (b) write in English.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 12th March is attached.
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAirports: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37572More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant of the Answer of 20 December 2024 to Question 19700 on Airports: Business Rates, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of (a) the rates revaluation in April 2026 and (b) the surcharge for h
Answer: The Government recognises that in the post-COVID world, expected valuations for airports at the 2026 revaluation amount to significant increases. The aviation sector is in conversation with the Valuation Office Agency (VOA) about their 2026 draft rateable...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordWarehouses: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37571More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of hereditaments in England with a Rateable Value above £500,000 are internet retail warehouses.
Answer: The Valuation Office Agency published official statistics detailing the number of non-domestic properties in England with a rateable value over £500,000, broken down by sector, sub-sector, special category and region here: www.gov.uk/government/publicatio...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHousingTreasuryTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37570More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many dwellings there were in England in April (a) 2010 and (b) 2024; how many of those dwellings had (a) one, (b) two, (c) three, (d) four and (e) five or more bedrooms; and how many of those dwellings had a gar
Answer: Please see the response to UIN 32144. The Valuation Office Agency does not usually record whether a domestic property has a garden.
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Houses: Business Rates and Employers' ContributionsTreasuryTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37569More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2025 to Question 32146 on Public Houses: Business Rates and Employers’ Contributions, for what reason the median rateable value is used.
Answer: The Transforming Business Rates consultation used the median RV of a pub (£16,800) to illustrate the amount the average pub is estimated to save in business rates liabilities (over £3,300) from RHL relief being extended at 40% for 2025-26 rather than bein...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness RatesTreasuryTabled 12 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37568More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18 February 2025 to Question 30645 on Business Rates, if she will make an estimate of the number of hereditaments subject to the £500,000 multiplier if the threshold is not uprated in 2026.
Answer: The Government intends to introduce permanently lower tax rates for high street retail, hospitality, and leisure properties, with rateable values below £500,000, from 2026-27. This tax cut must be sustainably funded, and so the Government intends to apply...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAirports: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37229More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2025 to Question 32153 on Airports: Business Rates, how airports will be valued in the 2026 business rates revaluation.
Answer: Civil Airports for the 2026 Revaluation are being valued using the ‘receipts and expenditure’ valuation method. This takes into account the business’ income and expenses in determining the rateable value. As with other revaluations, the VOA are in discuss...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPrivate Education: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37228More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2025 to Question 31955 on Private Education: Business Rates, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of liability for business rates on the commercial viability of
Answer: As the Government confirmed at Autumn Budget 2024, schools that satisfy the definition of a private school will lose any entitlement to charitable rate relief entirely. This may include private schools with some nursery classes, which, despite the presenc...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHospitality Industry and Retail Trade: Business RatesTreasuryTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37227More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 18 February 2025 to Question 30146 on Business Rates, what estimate she has made of the change in overall cost of the retail, hospitality and leisure relief scheme without a cash cap.
Answer: Without any Government intervention, retail, hospitality and leisure (RHL) relief would have ended entirely in April 2025, creating a cliff-edge for businesses. Instead, the Government has decided to offer a 40 per cent discount to RHL properties up to a ...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDarlington Economic CampusTreasuryTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37226More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many days each Minister in her Department has spent working at the Darlington Campus since 5 July 2024.
Answer: Since 5th July 2024 the following working visits have taken place by HMT ministers at the DEC. Chancellor Rachel Reeves has spent 3 days at the DEC, on 11th July 2024, 12th December 2024 and 13th March 2025. Exchequer Secretary James Murray MP has spent 4...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: EqualityMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37225More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 18 February 2025 to Question 29152 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Equality, which (a) contractors and (b) organisations that
Answer: a) Funding in the aforementioned response procured learning services from the following suppliers: Ernst & Young LLP through the Government Learning FrameworksInclusive Employers Ltd. b) This funding was not provided to any other organisations.
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNeighbourhood Plans: ContractsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37224More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2025 to Question 25703 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Consultants, what changes she has made to the neighbourhood
Answer: The current neighbourhood planning support contract was last changed in May 2024.The government launched the procurement for the neighbourhood planning support contract on 1 October 2024 and we will announce the outcome of that exercise in due course.
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: ConsultantsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37223More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2025 to Question 25703 on MHCLG: consultants, what the monetary value is of the target to reduce spending by 50%.
Answer: This information will be published in due course as part of MHCLG’s annual report and accounts for financial year 2024-25.
Answered 1 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordParking: RegulationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37222More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2025 to Question 30336 on Parking: Regulation, for what reason a further consultation is required.
Answer: The Parking (Code of Practice) Act 2019 places a duty on the government to prepare a code of practice containing guidance about the operation and management of private parking facilities. The Act explains in Section 2 that the Secretary of State must cons...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Ministers' Private OfficesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37221More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 14 February 2025 to Question 23920 on MHCLG: Minister’s Private Offices, if she will publish the invoices for these works.
Answer: It is not in our policy to publish individual invoices for works. However, we have previously provided costings for fittings in Ministers’ Private Offices in the answers to Question UIN 9072 on 3 December 2024 and Question UIN 23920 on 14 February 2025.
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDeputy Prime Minister: Admiralty HouseMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37220More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2025 to Question 30632 on Admiralty House, whether any civil servants assisted her move into Admiralty House.
Answer: Professional removal and cleaning services were hired and paid for personally by the Deputy Prime Minister and at no cost to the Department. Some logistical support was provided by civil servants for the move into an official residence.
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Public ConsultationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37219More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2025 to Question 23917 on MHCLG: Public Consultation, what the reference number is of each response that was published in response to a (a)
Answer: The Department has not published Freedom of Information or Environmental Information Regulations responses for the last three years. We are currently exploring options for routinely publishing this information in future.
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordByelawsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37218More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department has issued to local authorities on whether byelaws can be applied to regulate inside (a) the curtilage of private property, (b) a dwelling and (c) a
Answer: MHCLG and other government departments publish guidance for local authorities on the process they should follow when making byelaws and also publish model byelaw sets which councils can adopt. Local authorities are required to seek legal advice on their p...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordEnergy: ShopsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37217More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of minimum energy efficiency standards on the commercial viability of shops in (a) high street and (b) town centre locations.
Answer: The energy shock of recent years has highlighted the urgent importance of improving energy efficiency in non-domestic buildings. For shops in high street and town centres, improving energy efficiency can be one of the most cost-effective mechanisms for bu...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37216More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2025 to Question 30440 on Housing: Construction, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of enabling developers to meet biodiversity
Answer: The biodiversity gain hierarchy makes clear that a developer should first look to deliver their 10% BNG on-site. If they cannot achieve all or part of the 10% on-site, they must achieve the BNG off-site either on their own land, or by purchasing biodivers...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37215More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the non-regression principle in the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement on her Department's ability to introduce dereg
Answer: The government is committed to unlocking and accelerating the building of new homes without reducing relevant protections. For example, the new Nature Restoration Fund provided for by the Planning and Infrastructure Bill will enable developers to fund res...
Answered 21 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFire and Rescue Services: PoliceHome OfficeTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37214More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2025 to Question 29614 on Fire and Rescue Services: Police, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to support (a) joint working between emergency servic
Answer: The Government is committed to seeing more and better collaboration between emergency services to increase efficiency and public safety outcomes. The Policing and Crime Act 2017 sets out a statutory duty for ambulance trusts, fire and rescue bodies and po...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
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