Paul Holmes MP: written questions 2024
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Written questions
Sales: CompetitionTreasuryTabled 11 Dec 2024AnsweredUIN 19407More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make it her policy to extend deemed reseller rules to cover UK-established sellers to help mitigate potential risks of unfair competition from overseas sellers.
Answer: Since 1 January 2021 overseas sellers, or online marketplaces where they facilitate the sale, are required to be registered and account for VAT for supplies of low value imports of £135 or less. Where an overseas seller sells goods located in the UK at th...
Answered 20 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordChinese Embassy: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16572More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 27 November 2024 to Question 14996 on Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission, if she will publish the planning representations made by the (a) Secretary o
Answer: We do not routinely publish planning representations seeking call in of applications.
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAir Traffic Control: LicensingDepartment for TransportTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16351More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress her Department is making on amending regulations to allow for the conversion of military Air Traffic Controller licences to civil Air Traffic Controller licences.
Answer: The government has no plans to amend regulations to allow for the conversion of military Air Traffic Controller licences to civil Air Traffic Controller licences.
Answered 4 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordAir Traffic Control: LicensingDepartment for TransportTabled 26 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 16350More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress her Department is making on amending regulations to allow for recognition of non-UK Air Traffic Controller licences.
Answer: The government currently has no plans to amend regulations to allow for the recognition of non-UK Air Traffic Controller licences.
Answered 4 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBusiness Rates: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 20 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15243More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her plans for a retail, hospitality and leisure multiplier in 2026-27 and the associated increase in the multiplier for hereditaments over £500,000, whether it is her policy that (a) the two polici
Answer: As set out at Budget, the government intends to introduce permanently lower tax rates for high-street retail, hospitality, and leisure (RHL) properties from 2026-27. However, this plan to support the high street must be sustainable. That is why we intend ...
Answered 25 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordBusiness Rates: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 20 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15242More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will make an estimate of the additional revenue generated following the reduction of business rate relief from 75% to 40% for the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors in the 2025-26 financial year.
Answer: Retail, Hospitality and Leisure (RHL) relief is a single year policy intervention. As such, the baseline scorecard assumption for 2025-26 was for RHL relief to not be extended. At Autumn Budget, the Government announced that from 2026-27, it intends to in...
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordLocal Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15007More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what datasets her Department used to calculate the Local Government Finance Settlement for financial year 2024-25.
Answer: The Department uses a wide range of data to calculate the Local Government Finance Settlement. Each year, the government publishes an explanatory note alongside the settlement, which sets out the methodology used to calculate core spending power and what ...
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: Employers' ContributionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15006More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans to provide additional funding via the Local Government Finance settlement to help local authorities with the cost of increases to employer national insurance co
Answer: We have announced £1.3 billion of new grant funding in 2025/26 for local government to deliver core services, of which £600 million is for social care.The Government has committed to provide support for departments and other public sector employers for ad...
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: BuildingsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15005More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reasons her Department plans to close its offices in (a) Birmingham, (b) Exeter, (c) Truro, (d) Sheffield, (e) Warrington and (f) Newcastle; what estimate her Department
Answer: The department has made the decision to close these six offices over the next two years, as existing leases end, in order to create a more coherent estate across the UK with strong office communities. The department will continue to have an office in ever...
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordBusiness RatesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15004More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she next plans to reset business rate retention system.
Answer: The government is committed to pursuing a comprehensive set of reforms to public services and the local government funding system while providing as much certainty as possible.The budget confirmed that we will update and improve the approach to funding al...
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCouncil TaxMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15003More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans she has to set a council tax referendum threshold for combined authority mayoral precepts in the 2025-26 financial year.
Answer: Details of the proposed council tax referendum principles for 2025-26 will be set out in the local government finance policy statement in late November.
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordLocal Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15002More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 4.63 of the Autumn Budget 2024, HC 295, published on 30 October 2024, what methodology her Department plans to use to allocate the £1.3 billion of gra
Answer: We will be publishing a policy statement in late November, where we will set out our intentions for the provisional Local Government Finance Settlement 2025-26, including the £1.3 billion of grant funding for local government announced at the Budget, in a...
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordLocal Government FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15001More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much and proportion of local government core spending power was compromised of locally-retained business rate receipts in the 2024-25 financial year; and what estimate her De
Answer: Locally retained business rates are £13.5 billion or 21% of LGFS CSP in 24/25.Information for 2025-26 will be included in the forthcoming Local Government Finance Settlement.
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordBusiness RatesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 15000More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate her Department made of the revenue that would be raised by the (a) small business multiplier and (b) standard multiplier in the 2024-25 financial year; and how much
Answer: Local authority estimates on the revenue collected on each business rates multiplier in 2024-25 are published here: National non-domestic rates collected by councils in England: forecast 2024 to 2025 - GOV.UK. Part 2 of the local authority data tables con...
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCouncil Tax: Greater LondonMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14999More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2024 to Question 11925 on Council tax: Greater London, what estimate her Department has made of the (a) value and (b) proportionate increase
Answer: Decisions on council tax levels and additional precepts are for relevant individual local authorities, including the Greater London Authority. There is no separate council tax precept charged by Transport for London.
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordCouncil Tax: Greater LondonMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14998More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2024 to Question 11925 on Council tax: Greater London, if she will publish a breakdown of the core spending power for 2024-25.
Answer: A breakdown of Core Spending Power of local authorities in England for the 2024-25 financial year, including for the Greater London Authority, can be found at the following link.
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordChinese Embassy: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14997More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, on what criteria she called in the planning application for the Chinese Embassy in London.
Answer: The decision to call in these applications was made on the basis of the policy set out in the Written Ministerial Statement of 26 October 2012. In line with the Written Ministerial Statement of 26 March 2019, we do not give specific reasons for calling in...
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordChinese Embassy: Planning PermissionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14996More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, If she will publish a list of (a) people and (b) organisations who made representations to her Department on the call-in of the planning application for the Chinese Embassy in Lo
Answer: Requests to call in these applications were made by the Foreign Secretary and by the Cyber-Physical and Digital Twins, Innovate UK.
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordBusiness Rates: Tax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14995More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 1.7 of her Department's publication entitled Transforming Business Rates, published on 30 October 2024, what estimate she has made of the amount of tax relief in (a) monetary terms and (b
Answer: In 2025-26, Retail, Hospitality and Leisure (RHL) relief will provide RHL properties 40% relief up to a cash cap of £110,000 per business and the small business multiplier will be frozen at 49.9p. This is a package worth over £1.6 billion, aimed at suppor...
Answered 27 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordChinese Embassy: Planning PermissionCabinet OfficeTabled 19 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 14994More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister has had discussions with the Chinese government on the planning application for the Chinese Embassy in London.
Answer: The Prime Minister raised a range of domestic and foreign issues in his meeting with President Xi at the G20 on 18 November. A read-out of this meeting is available on the GOV.UK website.
Answered 4 Dec 2024
Original Parliament recordFootball: Regulation and TaxationCabinet OfficeTabled 29 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11643More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Prime Minister has had discussions with (a) the Premier League and (b) football clubs on (i) statutory football regulation and (ii) the taxation of football clubs.
Answer: Ministerial meetings with external organisations will be published in the usual way on gov.uk as part of the government’s transparency agenda.
Answered 6 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordRoyal and VIP Executive CommitteeHome OfficeTabled 29 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11634More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2024 to Question 9549 on Royal and VIP Executive Committee, who represents her on the Executive Committee for the Protection of Royalty and Public Figures.
Answer: The Home Secretary is responsible within Cabinet and accountable to Parliament for the protective security of members of the Royal Family and public figures at particular risk.The Home Secretary has delegated responsibility to the Executive Committee for ...
Answered 5 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordBuildings: Fire PreventionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9960More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much has been paid by (a) Kingspan and (b) all cladding manufacturers towards remediation of eligible buildings under the Developer Remediation Contract where their products
Answer: The Developer Remediation Contract requires developers to take responsibility for fixing or paying to fix buildings which they developed. The Ministry will shortly begin issuing payment demands to developers - who are contractually required to pay back mo...
Answered 28 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordBuilding Safety FundMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9959More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the amount that has been reimbursed to the Building Safety Fund from signatories to the Developer Remediation Contract.
Answer: The Developer Remediation Contract requires developers to take responsibility for fixing or paying to fix buildings which they developed. The Ministry will shortly begin issuing payment demands to developers - who are contractually required to pay back mo...
Answered 28 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordProperty Development: TaxationMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9958More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate she has made of the proportion of revenue spent which has been generated by the Residential Property Developer Tax.
Answer: The Residential Property Developer Tax has raised £157 million in 2022-23 and £103 million in 2023-24. Revenue raised from the tax goes into the UK Consolidated Fund, which contributes to the government’s ambitious Building Safety Package aiming to bring ...
Answered 29 Oct 2024
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