Kevin Hollinrake

21 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Second Homes: Council Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether (a) her Department and (b) the Valuation Tribunal Service has issued guidance to local billing authorities on the definition of a second home for council tax purposes.

21 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has issued guidance to relevant authorities on whether the use of a hotel as asylum hostel accommodation constitutes a material change of use.

21 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of (a) collating and (b) publishing how much Vehicle Excise Duty is collected by local authority area.

21 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Returning Officers

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 1 May 2025 to Question 47263 on Returning Officers, whether she provides guidance to local authorities on whether Electoral (a) Returning Officers and (

20 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Waste Management: Birmingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2025 to Question 45683 on Waste Management: Birmingham, if he will publish the (a) advice and (b) assessments provided by the Environment Agency as p

20 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Sites of Special Scientific Interest: Property Development

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he plans to de-designate the Swanscombe Peninsula Site of Special Scientific Interest to allow housebuilding previously planned for the Ebbsfleet Development Corporation.

20 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Lancashire Combined County Authority: Mayors

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if there will be a mayoral election for Lancashire County Combined Authority in May 2026.

20 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish a copy of the Section 106 agreement that was submitted to the planning inquiry for the proposed Chinese Embassy in London.

20 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Oxford Growth Commission: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's correspondence on the appointment of the Oxford Growth Commission Chair, published on 12 May 2025, whether the Chair is remunerated; and if she

20 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Flags

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what county flags have been flown from her Department's headquarters in Marsham Street since 4 July 2024.

20 May 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Private Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions he has had with the Home Secretary on whether changes to minimum energy performance standards for the private rented sector will apply to fixed-term accommodation for irregul

20 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Chinese Embassy: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether interested parties will be able to submit written representations on the proposed Chinese Embassy to the Secretary of State after the planning inspector’s report has been

20 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Planning

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she intends to lay regulations to commence the substantive provisions in section 113 of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 on Power to decline to determine applic

20 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Land: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what data her Department holds on the amount of (a) Metropolitan Open Land and (b) Green Belt land in Greater London, broken down by (i) electoral ward and (ii) division.

20 May 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Innovate UK: Cybersecurity

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what work Innovate UK has undertaken in relation to (a) cyber-security and (b) cyber-physical infrastructure in the last five years.

20 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Combined Authorities: Sex

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2025 to Question 38621 on Combined Authorities, if she will make it her departmental policy to ask for sex not gender in future consultations.

20 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Elections: Essex

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the scheduled local council elections in Essex in 2026 will be (a) postponed and (b) cancelled.

19 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Land

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many hectares of metropolitan open land there are in each local authority in Greater London; and whether there is an (a) electronic and (b) hard copy map of metropolitan open

19 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Offences against Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Minister for Local Government and English Devolution has policy responsibilities to help tackle grooming gangs.

19 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Green Belt: Statistics

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the accredited official statistics entitled Local authority green belt statistics for England: 2023 to 2024, published on 5 December 2024, whether these statist

19 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Second Homes: Council Tax

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has issued guidance to local billing authorities on whether a second homes council tax premium can be applied where a person claims a job-related second ho

19 May 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Picketing

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 12 May 2025 to Question 48445 on Picketing, whether there is a statutory basis for the six person limit in the Code of Practice on Picketing, published in March 2024.

19 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mayors: Police and Crime Commissioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether proposed (a) combined authority and (b) county combined authority mayors will take on the roles and duties of Police and Crime Commissioners where the boundaries of those

19 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mayors: East of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the proposed combined authority mayor for Suffolk and Norfolk will have policing powers.

19 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mayors: Police and Crime Commissioners

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department has issued on whether incumbent Police and Crime Commissioners can stand for election to be (a) combined authority and (b) county combined authority

19 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Foreign Nationals

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has made an assessment of the number of social housing tenants in (a) England, (b) London and (c) each local authority in England who were born outside the United Kin

19 May 2025 · Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

By-elections: Costs

To ask the Right hon. Member for Kenilworth and Southam, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what information the Electoral Commission holds on the average cost to local authorities for holding (a) Parliamentary and (b) local

19 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mayors: North of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her comments to the Convention of the North in Preston on 28 February 2025, on what evidential basis she said that the whole of the North will have elected mayo

19 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Elections: East of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2025 to Question 49921 on Elections: Surrey, whether the scheduled local council elections in (a) Norfolk and (b) Suffolk in 2026 will be (i) pos

19 May 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Elections: Hampshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 13 May 2025 to Question 49921 on Elections: Surrey, whether the scheduled local council elections in Hampshire in 2026 will be (a) postponed and (b) can