Every parliamentary written question tabled by Paul Holmes this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 20 April 2026, to Question 125733, on Political Parties: Donors, how political parties and regulated donees will be required to verify the revenue
Any revenue statements provided for small, micro and unlimited companies, in the place of publicly available accounts, must be prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting practise. Any revenue for that financial year that cannot be determine...
Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 21 April 2026 to Question 124762 on Political Parties: Finance, what consideration has been made of using powers under the Electronic Communicatio
As I set out in my answer to Question UIN 124762 on 21 April 2026, this will be a matter for the Electoral Commission to consider.
Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 18 March 2026 to Question 118898 on Candidates, what consideration has been made by his Department of amending legislation to allow agents to resi
The Department has no plans to amend legislation to allow election agents to resign after close of nominations.
Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 20 April 2026 to Question 124763 on Political Parties: Donors, how political parties and regulated donees can assess whether companies have suffic
The new rules will not exclude companies less than three years old. The three‑year period is intended as a window of time for assessing whether a company can demonstrate sufficient revenue; it is not an age‑based restriction. Companies may make political ...
Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of fraudulent electoral registration.
Data on allegations and outcomes of electoral fraud is recorded by police forces across the UK and provided to the Electoral Commission. The Electoral Commission publishes this information annually on its website in the section titled ‘research, reports a...
Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 20 April 2026 to Question 124770 on Elections: Proof of Identity, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of that policy on levels of
No such assessment has been made. Allowing UK‑authorised bank cards to be used at polling stations in Great Britain is intended to enable a greater proportion of legitimate electors to meet the voter identification requirements more easily. It is unaccept...
Communities and Local Government, whether (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials have had discussions with the Labour Party on the Government's response to the Rycroft review.
On the day the review was published, on 25 March 2026, the Secretary of State sent a letter to political party representatives setting out the government’s intention to immediately accept two of the recommendations via amendments to the Representation of ...
Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 8 April 2026 to Question 123199 on Political Parties: Finance, what is the threshold at which hon. Members will be required to undertake due dilig
The Know Your Donor regime will introduce new risk-based due diligence checks on significant political donations. These rules will apply across the electoral regime, which includes members of the House of Commons and holders of relevant elected office as ...
Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 14 April 2026 to Question 118771 on Political Parties: Donors and the Answer of 8 April 2026 to Question 123199 on Political Parties: Finance, wha
The government is taking forward the new ‘Know Your Donor’ due diligence requirements through the Representation of the People Bill, which is currently being debated and scrutinised by Parliament. Members of both Houses therefore have the opportunity to c...
Communities and Local Government, with reference to the answer of 20 April 2026 to Question 125733 on Political Parties: Finance, what proportion of the donations from companies that would not meet the new permis
The Impact Assessment provides an overall estimate of the proportion of company donations that would not meet the new permissibility criteria. This estimate is not disaggregated by donation type, including sponsorship or donations relating to events at po...
Communities and Local Government, what is the timetable for the laying of secondary legislation on the change to the postal vote application deadlines.
Secondary legislation intended to support the absent voting system will be laid following Royal Assent to the Representation of the People Bill. Subject to parliamentary time, it will be brought forward at the appropriate point to support the electoral ti...
Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that cots are provided for infants under the age of 2 in temporary accommodation.
The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Households in Temporary Accommodation’s report into child mortality found that between April 2019 – March 2025, 104 children have died with temporary accommodation indicated as a contributing factor to their vulnerabi...
Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on mitigating health and mortality risks faced by children in temporary accommodation.
The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Households in Temporary Accommodation’s report into child mortality found that between April 2019 – March 2025, 104 children have died with temporary accommodation indicated as a contributing factor to their vulnerabi...
Communities and Local Government, how many children have died with temporary accommodation listed as a contributing factor in their death since 2019.
The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Households in Temporary Accommodation’s report into child mortality found that between April 2019 – March 2025, 104 children have died with temporary accommodation indicated as a contributing factor to their vulnerabi...
Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle temporary accommodation as a contributing factor in child mortality.
The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Households in Temporary Accommodation’s report into child mortality found that between April 2019 – March 2025, 104 children have died with temporary accommodation indicated as a contributing factor to their vulnerabi...
Communities and Local Government, what steps the Department is taking to promote safer sleeping practices in all forms of temporary accommodation where infants are placed.
The All-Party Parliamentary Group for Households in Temporary Accommodation’s report into child mortality found that between April 2019 – March 2025, 104 children have died with temporary accommodation indicated as a contributing factor to their vulnerabi...
Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of trends in child mortality rates among children living in temporary accommodation in England in each of the last six years; and what steps his Depar
I refer the Hon. Member to the answer given to UIN 3379 on 1 June 2026.
Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the time taken to finalise infrastructure agreements for residential planning permissions.
Developers may be asked to provide contributions for infrastructure in several ways. Planning obligations, in the form of S106 agreements, should only be used where it is not possible to address unacceptable impacts through a planning condition. The government is aware that the negotiation of S106 agreements can create delays in the planning process and increase costs for developers and local planning authorities. As per the Written Ministerial Statement made on 28 January 2026 (HCWS1286), the government intend to work closely with local planning authorities, registered providers and developers to deliver a series of measures that will provide for a simpler, more transparent and more resilient S106 system. These include a standardised template S106 agreement to speed up the process of drafting and concluding new S106 agreements. Section 278 agreements may also be required where developers need to carry out essential highways improvements to facilitate their projects. It is important that both developers and highways authorities engage early on the works needed to support development proposals to ensure timely decisions The Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) is a charge which can be levied by local authorities on new development in their area. The levy only applies in areas where a local authority has consulted on, and approved, a charging schedule which sets out its levy rates and has published the schedule on its website. Where CIL is in place for an area, charging authorities should work proactively with developers to ensure they are clear about the authorities’ infrastructure needs. My Department’s published guidance on CIL can be found on gov.uk here. Any local planning authority that receives a developer contribution through CIL or S106 planning obligations is required to publish an Infrastructure Funding Statement at least annually, ensuring a transparent and accountable system. To support local planning authorities in negotiating and concluding agreements in a timely manner, the government is investing in their capacity and capability. At the Autumn Budget 2024, the Chanceller announced a £46 million package of investment into the planning system as a one-year settlement for 2025-2026. At the Budget on 26 November 2025, the Chancellor announced a further £48 million of investment over three years to support local planning authorities to attract, retain and develop skilled planners over a sustained period.Of this, £28.8 million has been allocated to MHCLG’s Planning Capacity and Capability Programme, equating to £9.6 million additional per year for the next three years. This allocation will supplement existing budgets. This funding supports the recruitment of new planners and targeted skills development through the Planning Advisory Service, helping local authorities manage S106 and CIL processes effectively and accelerate infrastructure delivery.
Communities and Local Government, what data his department has available on the time taken by local authorities to finalise infrastructure (S106) agreements for residential planning permissions.
Research conducted under the previous government in 2019, which can be found on gov.uk here, found that the large majority of S106 agreements were agreed and signed immediately but that the main cause of delay related to S106 agreements was the time taken by legal teams acting for both the applicant and Local Planning Authority to review the S106 agreements to ensure they were robust, which took an average of four to five months.As per the Written Ministerial Statement made on 28 January 2026 (HCWS1286), we want to simplify and strengthen the process for agreeing developer contributions through S106 agreements at the application stage of new developments. It is our intention to publish a template S106 agreement to speed up the process of drafting and concluding new S106 agreements.
Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 17 March 2026 to UIN 120030, how much of the £252m allocated to Vistry has been paid; and how many of the 3,758 homes have been delivered.
As of 31 March 2026, Vistry has received a total of £202 million from the allocated grant payments in question. As of the same date, Vistry had completed 2,569 homes of the 3,578 allocated with 3,486 homes started on site.