Kevin Hollinrake MP: written questions
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Local Government: Disclosure of InformationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37213More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 24 February 2025, to Question 30652, on Local Government: Disclosure of Information, if she will undertake an audit of the local government transparency
Answer: The purpose of the Transparency Code is to make it easier for the public to directly hold their councils to account. Councils are independent of central government and expected to meet the Code’s requirements, and to take account of recommendations in the...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: MigrantsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37212More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2025 to Question 23144 on Housing: Migrants, whether her Department holds information on the potential impact of immigration on housing cost
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer to Question UIN 23144 on 18 February 2025.
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordAsylum: ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37211More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2025 to Question 26035 on Housing: Asylum, what information her Department holds on the average annual cost to local authorities for looking after (a) unaccompani
Answer: The Home Office does not hold the specific data requested in a readily reportable form, but the funding policy can be found online here: Unaccompanied asylum seeking children and leaving care: funding instructions - GOV.UK.
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPrivate Rented Housing: Social Security BenefitsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37210More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's press release entitled Powers for landlords to collect rent from benefit payments to be re-examined, published on 25 January 2025, what assessment her Department has m
Answer: No assessment has been made as there are no plans to end landlord deductions from benefit payments. The Press release was in relation to the Nathan Roberts judgement, and the Department is considering the actions required carefully with regards to impleme...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordWritten Questions: Government ResponsesLeader of the HouseTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37209More
Question: To ask the Leader of the House, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2024 to Question 8807 on Government Departments: Written Questions, whether her policy on Freedom of Information requests also applies to Environmental Information Regulation requests
Answer: The Government’s policy on answers to Written Parliamentary Questions and Questions for Written Answer is set out in the Guide to Parliamentary Work (available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guide-to-parliamentary-work). The guidance conta...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNoise: Pollution ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37208More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the answer of 17 January 2025, to Question 22329, on Noise: Pollution Control, whether his Department has published guidance on established use in statutory nuisance compla
Answer: The Statutory Nuisance Regime under Section 79 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (EPA) is designed to provide protection from nuisances including noise, odour, smoke, fumes, artificial light, infestations and accumulations. Local authorities are re...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordNoise: Pollution ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 37207More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2025 to Question 30643 on Nightclubs and Public Houses: Planning, what guidance his Department has issued on noise and statutory nuisance; and whe
Answer: The Statutory Nuisance Regime under Section 79 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (EPA) is designed to provide protection from nuisances including noise, odour, smoke, fumes, artificial light, infestations and accumulations. Local authorities are re...
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: ConstructionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36698More
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, whether SANGS payments and other nature mitigation payments can be offset towards BNG payments.
Answer: We have published GOV.UK guidance on “what you can count towards a development’s biodiversity net gain”. This confirms that Suitable alternative natural green space can count in part, and also lists other schemes which can count either in full or in part ...
Answered 28 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Conditions of EmploymentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36697More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2025 to Question 30659 on Conditions of Employment: Departmental Responsibilities, how many headcount staff in her Department are assigned t
Answer: Strengthening employment rights is a key priority across Government. The Deputy Prime Minister is supported in her role as the Chair of the Future of Work Cabinet Committee, alongside the delivery of other cross-cutting priorities on Make Work Pay, by a D...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordChinese Embassy: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36696More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2025 to Question 30144 on Chinese Embassy: Planning Inspectorate, if she will (a) list the representations that were received after the dead
Answer: The representations which were received after the deadline that were accepted by the Inspector can be viewed in the inquiry library here.The number of representations submitted after the deadline and not accepted by the Inspector stands at 33 as of 12 Mar...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordCouncillors and Polling Stations: DatabasesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36695More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to support open data across-council look up database for (a) councillor contact details and (b) polling station addresses.
Answer: The Electoral Commission provide a comprehensive tool to support electors in finding their local polling station address at https://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/i-am-a/voter/your-election-information. Electors enter their postcode, and the tool shows th...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren's Play: Business RatesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36694More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2025 to Question 30226 on Children’s Play: Business Rates, whether children’s soft play centres are entitled to retail, hospitality and leis
Answer: The administration of business rates, including billing, enforcement and decisions on the award of relief, including for the Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Relief Scheme is the responsibility of local councils. They do so having regard to the guidance pu...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic InquiriesCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36693More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to para 144 of the UK Government Response to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 Report, CP1248, published in February 2025, what his planned timetable is for the publicly accessible record, and wh
Answer: As confirmed in the government’s response to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry’s recommendation 25, the government will establish a record on GOV.UK of all recommendations made by public inquiries since 2024, and will consider making this an enduring legal requi...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordGrenfell Tower: MonumentsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36692More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the latest timetable is for the Grenfell memorial.
Answer: The government is fully committed to supporting the independent Grenfell Tower Memorial Commission in the creation of a fitting and lasting memorial, determined by the community, to honour those who lost their lives, and those whose lives were forever cha...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordTenant Management Organisations: Freedom of InformationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36691More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to para 129 of the UK Government Response to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 Report, CP1248, published in February 2025, whether the extension of the Freedom of
Answer: The government is committed to increasing transparency in the social rented sector, including by enabling residents of Tenant Management Organisations (TMOs) to request access to information about the management of their homes in the same way as other soc...
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing: WindowsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36690More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to make changes to the cost of (a) Lawful Development Certificate and (b) householder planning consent application in relation to making changes to the windows
Answer: The fee for the enlargement, improvement or other alteration of a dwellinghouse will increase to £528 from 1 April 2025. The fee for lawful development certificates will vary depending on the type of development involved.
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordUnitary CouncilsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36689More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her policy is on doughnut-sized unitary local authorities.
Answer: The English Devolution White Paper announced a programme of local government reorganisation for two-tier areas, and set out that Government will also facilitate reorganisation for those unitary councils where there is evidence of failure or where their si...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordDefending Democracy TaskforceHome OfficeTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36688More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to increase the transparency of the work of the Defending Democracy Taskforce.
Answer: The Defending Democracy Taskforce continues to drive forward a programme of work to address the full range of threats to our democracy.I will, as Chair of the Taskforce, update Parliament in due course particularly on the work of the Taskforce to tackle h...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordUnitary CouncilsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36687More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to expand existing unitary authorities.
Answer: The English Devolution White Paper announced a programme of local government reorganisation for two-tier areas, and set out that Government will also facilitate reorganisation for those unitary councils where there is evidence of failure or where their si...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Industrial DisputesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36686More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions she has had with the Public and Commercial Services Union on industrial action in her Department; and whether a formal notice of industrial action has been issue
Answer: The Public and Commercial Services Union has declared a Trade Dispute with the Department and is balloting members on industrial action. Discussions with Trade Union representatives on a range of issues continue to take place.
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning: ReformMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36685More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2025 to Question 31044 on Planning: Reform, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of listing the names of the organisationa
Answer: The Department does not routinely publish a list of organisations responding to public consultations. Many organisations choose to publish their responses on their websites.
Answered 18 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFreedom of ExpressionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36684More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2025 to Question 24223 on Freedom of Expression, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of introducing a definition of Islamo
Answer: The Government has established a new working group to provide government with a definition of Anti-Muslim Hatred/Islamophobia, advising government and other bodies on how to best understand, quantify and define prejudice, discrimination, and hate crime ta...
Answered 19 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordUnadopted RoadsDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36683More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance her Department has issued to local authorities on whether a road in a new build development should be adopted by a local authority.
Answer: Any decision on whether or not to adopt roads of this sort is a matter for the local highway authority. The Department has published guidance on gov.uk on Highways Adoption: The Adoption of Roads into the Public Highway, which was last updated in August 2...
Answered 12 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordHousing Estates: Service ChargesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36682More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department is taking steps to (a) reduce the level and (b) increase the transparency of service charges on (i) private estates and (ii) new build developments.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement made on 21 November 2024 (HCWS244).
Answered 17 Mar 2025
Original Parliament recordFire Prevention: RegulationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Mar 2025AnsweredUIN 36681More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the level of duplication of regulation on fire matters in (a) building regulation and (b) plannin
Answer: Fire safety regulations in building regulation and planning permission processes serve distinct purposes and are not duplicated. Planning addresses fire safety in relation to land-use planning matters, such site layout, and access for emergency services. ...
Answered 18 Mar 2025
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