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Written questions

Kevin Hollinrake

3,273 written questions tabled, most recent first.

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

Council Tax: Second Homes

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the second homes council premium on recent trends in the number of properties being switched to hereditaments paying busin

21 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Hotels

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether it is her Department's policy to consult (a) council leaders, (b) council chief executives and (c) Members of Parliament before an asylum hotel is stood up in an area.

21 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Asylum: Hotels

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum hotels stood down by the previous government have been reopened since the 5 July 2024.

21 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Fire and Rescue Services: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 6 March 2025, to Question 33937, on Fire and Rescue Services, what her policy is on protected characteristic diversity targets for the recruitment of firefighters.

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

Plan for Neighbourhoods

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Plan for Neighbourhoods: prospectus, published on 4 March 2025, for what reason the programme is restricted to the 75 selected places.

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

Asylum: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2025 to Question 30616, on Asylum: Health services, what the (a) forecast and (b) budgeted aggregate spend on refugees and asylum seekers by loc

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

Green Belt

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the guidance entitled Green Belt, published on 27 February 2025, for what reason she has issued the guidance in paragraph 005 on villages and the Green Belt.

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

Civil Society: Islam

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2025 to Question 31935 on Civil Society: Islam, how such decisions are (a) recorded and (b) communicated to teams within her Department.

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

Investment Zones: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much (a) capital and (b) resource funding was allocated to Investment Zones in the 2024-25 financial year; and how much funding has been allocated for the 2025-26 financial y

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

Freeports: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what (a) capital and (b) resource funding was allocated to freeports (i) in 2024-25 and (ii) as of 20 March 2025.

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

Local Government: Reorganisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2025 to Question 33041 on Local Government: Reorganisation, if she will require the (a) interim and (b) final response to an invitation to restr

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

Green Belt

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's guidance entitled Green Belt, published on 27 February 2025, whether she carried out a (a) consultation and (b) impact assessment on the guidan

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

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many Government Procurement Cards are held by each Ministerial private office in her Department.

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

Local Government: Reorganisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which unitary local authority areas she is considering restructuring.

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

Affordable Housing: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether (a) her Department and (b) Homes England award affordable housing funding based on the Affordable Rent model.

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

Unitary Councils: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she plans she to postpone unitary council elections in 2026.

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

Regulator of Social Housing: Translation Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2025 to Question 23351 on Regulator of Social Housing: Translation Services, if she will issue updated guidance to the regulator on translati

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

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2025 to Question 31950 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution, whether her Department rec

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

Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish her Department's report Population size and local authority performance: final research report”, written in 2006.

19 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Aarhus Convention

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the estimated cost is to the public purse of compliance with the Aarhus Convention.

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

Local Government: Surrey

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 2.1.1 of her Department's English devolution white paper published on 16 December 2024, whether she will designate Surrey as a Foundation Strategic Au

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

Combined Authorities

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she will make it her policy to introduce combined mayoral authorities only in areas where they have been approved through a local referendum.

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

Combined Authorities

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the proposed (a) combined authorities and (b) combined county authorities will operate in shadow form before they are vested.

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

Green Belt

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, further to her Department's Green Belt guidance published on 27 February 2025, for what policy reasons Green Belt (a) purpose (c) and (b) purpose (e) do not form part of the Gree

19 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Aarhus Convention

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of implementation of the Aarhus Convention.

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

Greater London Authority: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has increased the level of funding for the Greater London Authority in 2025-26 to address the increase in employers' National Insurance contributions; and what repres

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

Green Belt

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the guidance entitled Green Belt, published on 27 February 2025, would permit villages in the green belt to be merged with towns.

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

UK Shared Prosperity Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much (a) capital and (b) resource funding was allocated to the UK Shared Prosperity Fund in the (i) 2024-25 and (ii) 2025-26 financial year.

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

Green Belt: Historic Buildings

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the guidance entitled Green Belt, published on 27 February 2025, how a (a) historic town and (b) non-historic town is defined.

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

Green Belt: Planning Permission

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the guidance entitled Green Belt, published on 27 February 2025, will apply to (a) planning applications for authorised, (b) retrospective planning permission for unautho

Source: official written-questions record.