Richard Holden MP: written questions
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Department for Work and Pensions: Civil ServantsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52333More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many permanent civil servants in her Department are staff without assigned posts; and how many are placed in an equivalent (a) people action team, (b) priority movers list, (c) redeployment register
Answer: There are 11 permanent civil servants in The Department for Work and Pensions without assigned posts as of 15/05/2025.These are all held on a priority movers list to enable matching against suitable roles and are also on the redeployment register which is...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordHouse of Commons: Morning StarHouse of Commons CommissionTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52332More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2025 to Question 47830 on House of Commons: Morning Star, what estimate the Commission has made of the level of demand for
Answer: The Commission does not monitor the use of the copies of the Morning Star or other newspapers provided across the Parliamentary Estate. They are made freely available for Members in the Library and communal areas and there is no means for recording their ...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordEnvironment Protection: Public BodiesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52331More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether there is a consolidated public list of each (a) public authority and (b) private body with public functions that is subject to the Environmental Information Regulations.
Answer: No. There is no consolidated, public list of relevant bodies. Bodies are made subject to the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (EIR) through the definition in regulation 2(2), rather than by designation. The Information Commissioner has jurisdict...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMilitary Aircraft: MinistersMinistry of DefenceTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52330More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 28 April 2025 to Question 44594 on Ministers: Aviation, how many of the five tasks were (a) domestic flights within Great Britain and (b) flights from Great Britain to Northern Ireland.
Answer: None. All tasks were outside of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Answered 23 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMilitary Aircraft: MinistersMinistry of DefenceTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52329More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many RAF Envoy IV flights have been provided to (a) the Prime Minister and (b) other Ministers for domestic travel since 4 July 2025.
Answer: It has been the practice of successive administrations not to publish granular information relating to the official movements of Ministers and those accompanying them within the United Kingdom. Information about official overseas travel is published as pa...
Answered 23 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAdvisory Committee on Business AppointmentsCabinet OfficeTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51969More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish guidance provided to members of the Advisory Committee for Business Appointments.
Answer: The Business Appointment Rules and the Committee’s guidance on how it applies the Business Appointment Rules are available online at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/business-appointment-rules.
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Redundancy PayCabinet OfficeTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51968More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2025 to Question 48962 on Civil Service: Redundancy Pay, for what reason he decided to close the consultation to reform the Civil Service Compensation Scheme; when the decision wa
Answer: The consultation began in 2017. As the previous administration did not manage to make progress on this after 7 years of an open consultation, a decision was taken in March 2025 to close the consultation to reform the Civil Service Compensation Scheme on t...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAdmiralty HouseCabinet OfficeTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51967More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the utility bills for the Ministerial residences in Admiralty House are individually metered.
Answer: The Admiralty House residences are currently individually metered for gas utilities only. However, the gas supply to the residences has been stopped following the removal of all gas appliances. Although not metered individually, water and electricity usag...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTreasury: Corporate Hospitality and Official GiftsTreasuryTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51966More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what (a) gifts and (b) hospitality she has (i) accepted and (ii) reimbursed the donor for since 4 July 2024.
Answer: The Cabinet Office publish a monthly register of Ministers’ gifts and hospitality. These returns, including the Chancellor’s, can be found on gov.uk: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/register-of-ministers-gifts-and-hospitality
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign Influence Registration Scheme: ChinaTreasuryTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51965More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the document entitled HM Treasury: Ministers' Hospitality - February 2025, published 25 April 2025, whether the Economic Secretary to the Treasury discussed the (a) foreign influence registration s
Answer: I attended TheCityUK’s annual dinner on 6 February 2025. Each year, a minister and/or regulator addresses the dinner. Speakers in previous years have included the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Governor of the Bank of England, and numerous Economic Secr...
Answered 16 May 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign Influence Registration Scheme: ChinaTreasuryTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51964More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the document entitled HM Treasury: Ministers’ Hospitality - January 2025, published on 27 February 2025, whether the she discussed the foreign influence registration scheme in relation to China wit
Answer: The Chancellor did not discuss the Foreign Influence Registration Scheme with HSBC or the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade during the lunch and dinner referred to in the HM Treasury: Ministers’ Hospitality - January 2025, published o...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: StandardsDepartment for TransportTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51963More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make a comparative assessment of (a) levels of passenger satisfaction and (b) the number of trains on that have run on time on (i) Northern Rail, (ii) C2C and (iii) Greater Anglia in the last 12 mon
Answer: A comparison with Northern is not appropriate as this Government inherited that operation with a long running industrial dispute that the previous Government had taken no steps to resolve. We hold Northern, c2c and Greater Anglia to account for their perf...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAbellio Greater Anglia and c2c: StandardsDepartment for TransportTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51962More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is planning to take to improve the (a) C2C and (b) Greater Anglia rail networks.
Answer: The Cambridge South station project will deliver a new four-platform station on the West Anglia Main Line between the Cambridge Biomedical Campus and Southern Fringe development area. Consideration of further improvements to the C2C and Greater Anglia net...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordAbellio Greater Anglia and c2c: StandardsDepartment for TransportTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51961More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to (a) ensure the consistency of the passenger experience on trains on (i) C2C and (ii) Greater Anglia services after they have been nationalised and (b) establish penalties for those r
Answer: Bringing passenger services into public ownership will ensure services are focused on delivering for passengers, not shareholders. Our priority is to deliver a smooth and safe transition of c2c’s and Greater Anglia’s services into public ownership this y...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTreasury: Global CounselTreasuryTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51960More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the publication HM Treasury: Ministers' Hospitality February 2025, published on 25 April 2025, if she will list the Global Counsel representatives she met on 19 February 2025.
Answer: The Cabinet Office publish a monthly register of the hospitality that Ministers have received, which can be found on gov.uk: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/register-of-ministers-gifts-and-hospitality It should be noted, however, that the Cabine...
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordProof of Identity: DatabasesDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51959More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2025 to Question 48565 on Proof of Identity: Databases and Digital Technology, whether he has had recent discussions with (a) Tony Blair and (b) the Tony
Answer: The department has not had any recent discussions or meetings with (a) Tony Blair or (b) Tony Blair Institute on proposals for a national identity database.
Answered 21 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: Workplace PensionsCabinet OfficeTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51958More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate his Department has made of the current service cost of civil service pensions in the (a) 2023-24, (b) 2024-25 and (c) 2025-26 financial year.
Answer: The current service cost for 2023-24 was £6,274,256,000 and is included in the published annual report and accounts found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/civil-superannuation-annual-account-2023-to-2024The current service cost for 2024-25...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordUK Resilience AcademyCabinet OfficeTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51957More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the press release entitled UK Resilience Academy to help secure Britain’s future with generational upgrade in emergency training, published on 28 April 2025, on what statutory basis the academy
Answer: The UK Resilience Academy (UKRA) is part of the Cabinet Office National Security Secretariat. It is not an Arms Length Body.
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament record10 Downing Street: Energy Performance CertificatesCabinet OfficeTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51956More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to take steps to improve the Display Energy Certificate rating for 10 Downing Street.
Answer: Across the Cabinet Office Estate, which includes 10 Downing Street, steps are always being taken to maximise energy efficiency.
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordElectronic Cigarettes: Young PeopleDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51955More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the lower price point of very high puff-count vapes on youth vaping.
Answer: The Department has not made a direct assessment of the potential impact of the lower price point of high puff-count vapes on youth vaping. However, it is incredibly worrying that 25% of 11 to 15 year old had tried vaping, as of 2023. To address this, the ...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordMedia: MeetingsCabinet OfficeTabled 13 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51954More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 11 December 2024 to Question 18399, on Media: Meetings, if he will take steps to amend Annex C of the guidance entitled Senior Officials’ business expenses, hospitality received and mee
Answer: The Government keeps the guidance on senior officials' business expenses, hospitality received and meetings with external organisations and individuals under review. However, there are no current plans to amend the guidance to include details on how socia...
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordEqual Pay Regulatory and Enforcement UnitWomen and EqualitiesTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51461More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether his Department plans to establish the new Equal Pay Regulatory and Enforcement as an arm’s length body.
Answer: The government is committed to strengthening equal pay and ending pay discrimination. As part of this, we will establish an Equal Pay Regulatory and Enforcement Unit.In April, we launched a call for evidence on a number of areas of equality policy, includ...
Answered 19 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: Saatchi and SaatchiDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51460More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much his Department has spent on services provided by Saatchi and Saatchi since July 2024; and for what purposes.
Answer: The Department has not spent any money with Saatchi and Saatchi since July 2024, nor does it have a contract for services with them.
Answered 20 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDavid KoganDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51459More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will place in the Library a copy of the declaration of interests made by Mr David Kogan in his application for the role of independent football regulator chair.
Answer: Mr Kogan’s declaration of interests was provided to the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee prior to his pre-appointment scrutiny hearing in May. The Committee published this alongside their report, which endorsed his appointment.
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordDavid KoganDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51458More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions the Permanent Secretary to her Department has had with Mr David Kogan on his donations to the Labour Party.
Answer: The Independent Football Regulator Chair process has been run in accordance with the Governance Code on appointments, including the declaration of significant political activity at application and interview.
Answered 15 May 2025
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