Kevin Hollinrake MP: written questions 2024

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Infrastructure: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16199More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether any planning applications for national significant infrastructure development consent have been delayed from the original statutory deadline since 4 July 2024.
Answer: There has been a total of seven planning applications delayed from the original statutory deadline since 4 July 2024.They are as follows:Cambridge Waste Water Treatment Plant;Heckington Fen Solar;Hinckley National Rail Freight Interchange;Luton Airport;Lo...
Answered 5 Dec 2024
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Queen Elizabeth II Conference CentreMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16198More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her policy is on facilitating the use of the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre by Parliament during its Restoration and Renewal Programme.
Answer: There is no policy or agreement in place with the Houses of Parliament on using the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre during the Restoration and Renewal Programme. However, the Government continues to work with Parliament on the Restoration and Renewal...
Answered 4 Dec 2024
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Prisoners' Release: HomelessnessMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16197More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the early release of prisoners on levels of homelessness.
Answer: Prisons, probation and local authorities worked closely together to mitigate the risk of homelessness during the standard determinate sentence (SDS40) release scheme. MHCLG is working closely with the MoJ to build on lessons learned through SDS40.The MoJ ...
Answered 4 Dec 2024
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Grenfell Tower: FiresMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16196More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her Department's practice is on ministerial attendance at (a) meetings and (b) conferences (i) sponsored and (ii) connected to firms associated with the Grenfell Tower fire.
Answer: The government has written to firms associated with the failing identified by the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, as the first step to stopping them being awarded government contracts. While this process continues, Ministers within my department will avoid meetin...
Answered 4 Dec 2024
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Right to Buy SchemeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16195More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been provided to local authorities from Right to Buy receipts to fund new housing in each year since 2009-10.
Answer: Since 2012, councils have been able to retain a portion of the capital receipts generated from Right to Buy sales to use towards new affordable housing.Prior to 2012, around 75% of receipts were returned to the Treasury and the remaining 25% was retained ...
Answered 5 Dec 2024
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Public ConsultationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16194More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which consultations launched in her Department by the previous Government have closed but have not yet received a substantive Government response, in the context of the Cabinet O
Answer: This government is committed to using consultations and other forms of public engagement to support effective decision-making and delivery. We will respond to all consultations in a timely manner, in line with agreed deadlines.Within MHCLG, responsibility...
Answered 4 Dec 2024
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Housing: RegenerationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16193More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 31 October 2024 to Question HL1722 on Housing: Regeneration, whether the 1.5 million new homes target will count residential dwellings resulting f
Answer: As confirmed in my recent evidence to the select committee, net additional dwellings will be the main measure of the commitment to deliver 1.5 million homes over this Parliament.This statistic includes residential dwellings resulting from a change of use ...
Answered 5 Dec 2024
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Corporate Hospitality and Official GiftsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16192More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will provide details of (a) gifts, (b) donations, (c) donations in kind and (d) hospitality that Ministers in her Department have accepted that have since been paid back t
Answer: All gifts and donations are declared in line with the Ministerial Code and published on gov.uk in the usual way. No gifts or donations have been paid back by the department.
Answered 6 Feb 2025
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Local Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16191More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, by what dates her Department is required to (a) publish and (b) ratify the local government finance settlement for 2025-26; and what the deadlines are for local authorities to pu
Answer: Precepting authorities must set their council tax by 1 March each year and billing authorities must set their council tax by 11 March. Within 21 days of setting their council tax, billing authorities are required to publish details of the total council ta...
Answered 4 Dec 2024
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Social Services: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16190More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 18 October 2024 to Question 8190 on Social Services: Finance, for what reason a decision on council tax (a) referendums and (b) associated thresholds wi
Answer: The government has published the local government finance policy statement setting out referendum thresholds for 2025-26. This is available here.
Answered 4 Dec 2024
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Private Rented HousingMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16188More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to commission further rounds of the (a) Build to Rent fund and (b) Private Rented Sector Guarantee scheme.
Answer: The government provides development finance for Build to Rent schemes alongside institutional investors through our Levelling Up Home Building Fund, delivered by Homes England.Building on the announcement in the last Budget, we will be reopening the Priva...
Answered 5 Dec 2024
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Public AppointmentsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16179More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish all correspondence between her Department and the Commissioner for Public Appointments in relation to the appointment of the MHCLG Lead Non-Executive Director
Answer: I will place a copy of the department’s letter to the Commissioner for Public Appointments in the Library of the House in the coming days. The Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments also publishes an annual list of direct appointments that the...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
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Labour Party: ConferencesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15832More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many civil servants other than special advisers from his Department attended this year’s Labour Party Conference.
Answer: Guidance on Party Conferences is published on gov.uk and can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-servants-and-party-conferences-guidance(opens in a new tab).This is applied appropriately and robustly in MHCLG. There is no recor...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
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Affordable Housing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15806More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2024 to Question 8688 on Affordable Housing: Construction, if she will make a comparative assessment of the (a) spending profile and (b) cont
Answer: The National Audit Office’s report into the Affordable Homes Programme since 2015, which can be found here, assessed the programme’s management and whether it achieved the intended benefits. The report captured a range of helpful data and made a number of...
Answered 5 Dec 2024
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Mo BainesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15805More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) interests and (b) political activities Mo Baines declared when she was appointed as Lead Non-Executive Director.
Answer: Relevant information will be published in due course as part of the annual publication of board members' interests.
Answered 3 Dec 2024
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Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: ChinaMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15804More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether (a) she and (b) Ministers in her Department have had meetings with representatives of the Chinese government since 4 July 2024.
Answer: Details of ministerial meetings with external organisations are published on gov.uk as part of the government’s transparency agenda.An independent Planning Inspector will hold a public inquiry at which interested parties will be able to put forward eviden...
Answered 28 Nov 2024
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Affordable Housing: Greater LondonMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15803More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the affordable housing grant funding rates are per unit in London under the Accelerated Funding Route by type of affordable housing tenure.
Answer: The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government delegates delivery of the government’s Affordable Homes Programme to Homes England (outside London) and to the Greater London Authority (GLA) in London.The government agrees budgets and targets wit...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
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Affordable Housing: Greater LondonMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15766More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what is the average grant awarded per unit for (a) London Living Rent and (b) London affordable rent under the Affordable Homes Programme 2021 to 2026.
Answer: The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government delegates delivery of the government’s Affordable Homes Programme to Homes England (outside London) and to the Greater London Authority (GLA) in London.The government agrees budgets and targets wit...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
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Affordable Housing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15765More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information (a) her Department and (b) Homes England hold on the average grant awarded per unit for new affordable dwellings for homeownership in (A) England, (B) London and
Answer: The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government delegates delivery of the government’s Affordable Homes Programme to Homes England (outside London) and to the Greater London Authority (GLA) in London.The government agrees budgets and targets wit...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
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Affordable Housing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15764More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information (a) her Department and (b) Homes England holds on the average grant awarded per unit for new (i) affordable and (ii) social rent dwellings in (A) England, (B) Lo
Answer: The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government delegates delivery of the government’s Affordable Homes Programme to Homes England (outside London) and to the Greater London Authority (GLA) in London.The government agrees budgets and targets wit...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
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Civil Servants: Conditions of EmploymentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15763More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has received representations from trade unions on introducing a four-day working week for civil servants working in her Department.
Answer: The department is aware of a campaign by members of the Public and Commercial Services trade union (PCS) on the introduction of a four-day week. No formal representations have been made to the department.
Answered 3 Dec 2024
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Affordable Housing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15762More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Statement of 28 October 2024 on Social and Affordable Housing: Next Steps, HCWS169, if she will make an estimate of the (a) number of Right to Buy s
Answer: The Review of the Increased Right to Buy Discounts introduced in 2012 includes figures on the impact of the new reduced maximum discounts.We estimate that an average of 1,700 sales will take place annually which will generate, on average, approximately £2...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
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Affordable Housing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15761More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Statement of 28 October 2024 on Social and Affordable Housing: Next Steps, HCWS169, what the tenure mix will be for the 5,000 new social and afforda
Answer: At the Budget on 30 October, the Chancellor announced a one year top up of £500 million to the Affordable Homes Programme. This is expected to deliver up to 5,000 additional homes under the programme. The delivery of the additional homes will follow the t...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
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Affordable Housing: ConstructionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15760More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Statement of 28 October 2024 on Social and Affordable Housing: Next Steps, HCWS169, what the target date is for the 5,000 new homes to be (a) starte
Answer: At the Budget on 30 October, the Chancellor announced a one year top up of £500 million to the Affordable Homes Programme. This is expected to deliver up to 5,000 additional homes under the programme. The delivery of the additional homes will follow the t...
Answered 3 Dec 2024
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Employment Rights BillDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 25 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15759More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to classify new measures in the Employment Rights Bill as a burden via the New burdens doctrine.
Answer: Our Impact Assessments provide an initial, indicative assessment of the impacts that could result from primary legislation. This represents the best estimate for the likely impacts given the current stage of policy development. We intend to refine our ana...
Answered 2 Dec 2024
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