Richard Holden MP: written questions 2025
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Road Traffic Control: OxfordDepartment for TransportTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86749More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2025 to Question 84700 on Road Traffic Control: Oxford, whether her Department holds information on the level of income the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency has received
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has not directly provided vehicle keeper data to or received income directly from Oxfordshire County Council in the time frame specified.
Answered 7 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordBus Services: FaresDepartment for TransportTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86748More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2025 to Question 84695 on Bus Services: Fares, when her Department expects to complete its evaluation of the £3 single bus fare cap scheme; and whether she plans to publish
Answer: The Department for Transport is currently undertaking an evaluation of the £3 single bus fare cap and its impacts, with the full report expected to be published next year.
Answered 6 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: SafetyDepartment for TransportTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86747More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2025 to Question 83382 on Railways: Safety, what proportion of the campaign’s (a) production and (b) promotion costs were borne by train operating companies (i) owned and (i
Answer: The production costs, referenced in the Answer of 28 October 2025 to Question 83382 on Railways: Safety, were all borne by the Department for Transport. To minimise implementation costs, train operating companies (including those under public ownership) w...
Answered 7 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: AccidentsDepartment for TransportTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86746More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2025 to Question 84701 on Roads: Accidents, whether her Department has requested data from (a) the Home Office and (b) the police on the number of roadside drug-driving test
Answer: While statistics on breath tests are published by the Home Office, the equivalent information on roadside drug-driving tests are not. Decisions relating to the collection and publication of this data would be a matter for the Home Office.The National Pol...
Answered 7 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: FaresDepartment for TransportTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86745More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2025 to Question 84697 on Railways: Fares, what definition her Department uses for the right fare within the Great British Railways ticketing model; whether that definition
Answer: What constitutes the right fare differs depending on passenger needs. For example, some passengers may require more flexibility to travel at an earlier or later time than others. Open access operators will remain able to set their own fare structures in t...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordTransport: Exhaust EmissionsDepartment for TransportTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86744More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2025 to Question 83389 on Transport: Exhaust Emissions, what estimate she has made of (a) total transport-sector emissions between 2025 and 2050 and (b) emissions from (i) c
Answer: The Government’s annual publication titled ‘Energy and Emissions Projections’ (EEP) provides estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions out to 2050 after accounting for policies that have been implemented and planned policies where the level of funding h...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordLarge Goods Vehicles: Electric VehiclesDepartment for TransportTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86743More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2025 to Question 83387 on Large Goods Vehicles: Electric Vehicles, how much underspend has been identified to date; and what the revised total forecast spend for the program
Answer: The Zero Emission HGV and Infrastructure Demonstrator (R&D) programme had a total programme funding spend of approximately £106 million in the 2024-25 financial year. We are unable to confirm the spend for 2025-26 as the financial year is still in pr...
Answered 7 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: ModernisationDepartment for TransportTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86742More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her written statement of 4 December 2024 on Railway Passenger Services, HCWS281, which working practices she intends to reform as part of the Department's plans to modernise the railways; and
Answer: Reforms to working practices are taking place via the usual processes, i.e. led by train operators locally, in partnership with trade unions.
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordGreat British RailwaysDepartment for TransportTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86741More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish the names of the (a) people and (b) organisations responsible for the (i) leadership and (ii) operational design of Great British Railways; and what proportion of those people are (A) civil
Answer: Richard Goodman, Director General, is the Department for Transport’s Senior Responsible Officer for the design of Great British Railways and Chair of the Rail Reform and Strategy Portfolio Board that includes the NR CEO and DfTO CEO.
Answered 7 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for TransportTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86740More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her timetable is for publishing the next Rail network enhancements pipeline.
Answer: This Government recognises the need to develop stable, long-term pipelines for investment and to give communities, investors and the supply chain visibility and certainty about those pipelines. The Secretary of State set out the rail enhancement schemes a...
Answered 7 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: NationalisationDepartment for TransportTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86739More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2025 to Question 82409 on Railways: Public Ownership, whether her Department plans to draw on best practice from (a) devolved operators such as Transport for London, Merseyr
Answer: We expect DfT Operator Limited (DFTO) to draw on best practice from across the rail sector, and other relevant sectors, for its operators.
Answered 7 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordGreat British Railways: FinanceDepartment for TransportTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86738More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2025 to Question 82735 on Great British Railways, how much her Department expects the rail passenger services subsidy to reduce by in each year over the period covered by th
Answer: Rail passenger services subsidy is expected to reduce by over 50 per cent from £2.4 billion in 2024-25 over the period of the Spending Review.
Answered 7 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDFT Operator: StandardsDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86324More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2025 to Question 83373 on DfT Operator, whether her Department has issued any (a) Notices to Improve or (b) written instructions to any DfT Operator train operating company
Answer: The Department has not issued any Notices to Improve to any of the DfT Operator train operating companies because none have been in breach of their formal contractual terms.DfT regularly engages with all operators on service performance and financial mana...
Answered 7 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSouth Western Railway: Personnel ManagementDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86323More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 September 2025 to Question 76344 on South Western Railway: Personnel Management, what the total cost to the Department for Transport Operator was of assuming (a) management and (b)
Answer: There was no cost to Department for Transport Operator (DFTO) of assuming management of South Western Railway (SWR). SWR pays DFTO an annual management fee. DFTO did not assume payroll responsibilities for SWR, therefore there was no cost incurred. SWR ma...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCharging Points and Hydrogen Fuelling Stations: Cost EffectivenessDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86322More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment her Department has made of the value for money of public funding for (a) commercial vehicle charging and (b) hydrogen refuelling infrastructure.
Answer: The Government is supporting the uptake of zero emission commercial vehicles, and their supporting charging and fuelling infrastructure, through initiatives such as the Plug-In Truck and Van Grants, which are reducing upfront costs for heavy goods vehicle...
Answered 7 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordTechnology: InvestmentTreasuryTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85928More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her comments at at the JP Morgan Tech Stars conference on 7 October 2025, with whom at the developer she had a good relationship.
Answer: The government has been clear in its commitment to get Britain building.Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at: https://www.gov.u...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordTechnology: InvestmentTreasuryTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85927More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her comments at at the JP Morgan Tech Stars conference on 7 October 2025, which development she was referring to in the context of the developer with which she had a good relationship.
Answer: The government has been clear in its commitment to get Britain building.Details of ministerial and permanent secretary meetings with external organisations on departmental business are published on a quarterly basis and are available at: https://www.gov.u...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Transport: Industrial DisputesDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85926More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October to Question 77637 on Railways: Industrial Disputes, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of taking steps to introduce minimum service levels legislatio
Answer: Minimum Service Levels (MSLs) legislation was brought in under the Conservative Government and the Labour Government is repealing it. MSLs do not support a positive and productive relationship between employers, employees, and their trade unions. The impl...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordParking: Pedestrian AreasDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85925More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport of 3 September 2025 on Pavement Parking, column 165WH, when she plans to publish the Government’s response to
Answer: The previous government failed to publish a response to its own 2020 consultation on pavement parking. This Government fully understands the serious problems that vehicles parked on the pavement, and other obstacles on the pavement, can cause for pedestri...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85924More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2025 to Question 82744 on Roads: Repairs and Maintenance, whether her Department has (a) conducted and (b) commissioned an assessment of the potential impact of the revised
Answer: As set out at the Spending Review, the £24 billion of capital funding that was announced to maintain and improve our motorways and local roads will allow National Highways and local authorities to invest in significantly improving the long-term condition ...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordHGV Parking and Driver Welfare Grant SchemeDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85923More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2025 to Question 82751 on HGV Parking and Driver Welfare Fund, what the total budget was for that fund; how much of that budget remains unspent; and how that fund relates to
Answer: As set out in my response to Question 82751 there have been three funding windows of the Lorry Parking and Driver Welfare Matched Funding Grant Scheme launched in 2022, 2023 and 2024. £13,849,303.45 of government investment has been awarded in total acros...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: NationalisationDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85922More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2025 to Question 82409 on Railways: Public Ownership, whether she has defined best practice standards for publicly-owned train operating companies since 10 October 2025.
Answer: Publicly owned train operating companies will continue to have regard to a range of industry best practices and deliver services under Services Agreements with the Secretary of State, which sets out specific requirements and performance expectations. As p...
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: Capital InvestmentDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85921More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 September 2025 to Question 76331 on the Road Investment Strategy 2, what the value is of each RIS2 scheme that was written off; and what the total value of the write-offs was.
Answer: The values of the written-off projects are detailed in the National Highways’ Annual Report and Accounts 2025.
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: Capital InvestmentDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85920More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 September 2025 to Question 76329 on Roads: Capital Investment, on what date she plans to publish the final version of the Road Investment Strategy 3.
Answer: The Department for Transport intends to publish the final version of the third Road Investment Strategy by the end of March 2026.
Answered 5 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordSouth Western Railway: Personnel ManagementDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85919More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 September 2025 to Question 76344 on South Western Railway: Personnel Management, which organisation provided payroll services for South Western Railway (a) prior to and (b) followin
Answer: South Western Railway has managed payroll services internally prior to and following the transfer to public ownership.
Answered 3 Nov 2025
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