Richard Holden MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Disclosure of InformationDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100964More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether it is the policy of DVLA to provide registered keeper data to enforcement authorities under Part 6 of the Traffic Management Act 2004, or their commercial intermediaries, who wish to introduce traffic f
Answer: Regulation 27(1)(a)(iii) of the Vehicle Road Vehicles (Registration and Licensing) Regulations 2002 allows the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) to provide registered keeper information to local authorities in England and Wales for any purpose co...
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordGreat British RailwaysDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100963More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2025 to Question 96704 on Great British Railways, if she will publish any internal implementation plans, programme plans, timelines, milestone documents or transition framew
Answer: As set out in previous answers, the Great British Railways (GBR) design process is underway. We expect to stand up GBR within 12 months of the Railways Bill receiving Royal Assent. We are developing our implementation plans as part of the GBR design proce...
Answered 9 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordGreat British Railways: MarketingDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100962More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2025 to Question 94913 on Great British Railways, whether (a) growing revenue or (b) delivering value for money for passengers takes priority in the rollout of Great British
Answer: Both growing revenue and delivering value for money for passengers will be a priority.
Answered 9 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHome Office: Electric VehiclesHome OfficeTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100961More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many electric vehicles owned or leased by their Department or its arm’s-length bodies are allocated to (a) asylum accommodation operations, (b) migrant transportation, or (c) related contractor-le
Answer: The information sought is not collected and would only be available at disproportionate costAll readily available information on HO EV vehicles and infrastructure was provided in response to UIN: 87860.
Answered 9 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHome Office: Electric VehiclesHome OfficeTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100960More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether expenditure on electric vehicles or electric vehicle charging infrastructure since 4 July 2024 has been incurred directly by their Department or indirectly through contracts with asylum accomm
Answer: The information sought is not collected and would only be available at disproportionate costAll readily available information on HO EV vehicles and infrastructure was provided in response to UIN 87860.
Answered 6 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordTrade Remedies: ChinaDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100959More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2025 to Question 96697 on Motor Vehicles: China, whether Ministers or officials in his Department have had discussions since 4 July 2024 with UK manufacturers or tr
Answer: Ministers and officials regularly engage UK manufacturers and industry bodies on a wide range of trade issues. However, I am not aware of any specific such discussions.
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordRailways: TicketsDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100958More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2025 to Question 96256 on Railways: Tickets, how the proportion of rail journeys using fully digital tickets varies between train operating companies in November 2025 and in
Answer: The Department does not hold this information at this level. The Rail Delivery Group and individual train operating companies hold the data.
Answered 9 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordLondon Underground: StrikesDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100957More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2025 to Question 93777 on London Underground: Strikes, what discussions Ministers and officials in her Department have had with other transport operators regarding continuin
Answer: Under the Conservative Government, we saw national rail disputes that caused two years of widespread strikes and disruption to millions of passengers. On coming into office, this Government acted quickly to reset industrial relations and resolve the natio...
Answered 7 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordRestoring Your Railway FundDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100956More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 November 2025 to Question 86751 on the Restoring Your Railway Fund, whether any expenditure incurred on feasibility, development or preparatory work for Restoring Your Railway schem
Answer: In line with our previous answers, there has been no write-down or impairment in the Department’s accounts from the decision to cancel the Restoring Your Railway programme.
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100955More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the net zero targets are for (a) their Department and (b) its arm’s-length bodies; and whether guidance has been issued on adopting net zero targets earlier than 2050.
Answer: The Department for Transport (DfT), the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), the Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA), the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), Office of Rail and Road (ORR), Trinity House, Transport Focus, the Traffic Commissi...
Answered 9 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100954More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the net zero targets are for (a) their Department and (b) its arm’s-length bodies; and whether guidance has been issued on adopting net zero targets earlier than 2050.
Answer: The Net Zero target in the Climate Change Act 2008 is a target for the whole of the UK, not individual departments or arms-length bodies. The Greening Government Commitments are the central framework setting out the actions UK Government departments and t...
Answered 12 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordTreasury: Carbon EmissionsTreasuryTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100953More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the net zero targets are for (a) their Department and (b) its arm’s-length bodies; and whether guidance has been issued on adopting net zero targets earlier than 2050.
Answer: The net zero target in the Climate Change Act 2008, is a target for the whole of the UK, not individual departments or arms-length bodies. Greening Government Commitments are the central framework setting out the actions UK government departments and thei...
Answered 7 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Carbon EmissionsCabinet OfficeTabled 17 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100952More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the net zero targets are for (a) their Department and (b) its arm’s-length bodies; and whether guidance has been issued on adopting net zero targets earlier than 2050.
Answer: The Net Zero target in the Climate Change Act 2008, is a target for the whole of the UK, not individual departments or arms-length bodies.Greening Government Commitments are the central framework setting out the actions UK government departments and their...
Answered 8 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordRailway Benefit FundDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100815More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the future role of the Railway Benevolent Fund under Great British Railways, and what steps she is taking to ensure the Fund can continue its support for current and former rail
Answer: The Railway Benevolent Institution, known as the Rail Benevolent Fund (RBF), is an independent non-membership charity, supported by charitable fundraising and donations, and regulated by the Charity Commission for England and Wales. The future role of the...
Answered 23 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: StandardsDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 100436More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the national average waiting time in weeks was for a practical car driving test in (a) November 2025 and (b) October 2025.
Answer: The national average waiting time for a car practical driving test in November 2025 was 22 weeks. For the national average waiting time in October 2025, I refer the hon Member to the answers I gave on 28 November and 8 December, to Questions 93246 and 96...
Answered 22 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordVehicle Number Plates: StandardsDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99978More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with the British Standards Institute on its review of BS AU 145e; and whether she plans to ban raised 3D and 4D number plates.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is part of the British Standard Institution committee that has recently reviewed the current standard for number plates. The committee has put forward proposed amendments which are intended to stop the produc...
Answered 19 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordHereditary DiseasesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99967More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to WPQ 87435 answered on 26 November, if he will publish copies of the modules about close relative marriage and genetic risk for midwives and health visitors and guidance on how to submit
Answer: NHS England has already published training modules about close relative marriage and genetic risk for midwives and health visitors, as well as guidance on how to submit data around consanguinity and pregnancy to the Maternity Services Dataset. The trainin...
Answered 19 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: Government AssistanceDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99932More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 December 2025 to Question 96260 on Railways: Government Assistance, what her Department’s latest estimate is of the level of net Government support to the rail sector per passenger j
Answer: Given the forecast steady decrease in the level of the Department's support for the 14 contracted operators and Network Rail, the level of support in 2027/28 is estimated to be slightly higher than in 2028/29.
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordVehicle Number Plates: FraudHome OfficeTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99931More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of ghost plates pose on (a) national security and (b) the ability of hostile or organised criminal actors to evade detection by ANPR technology; an
Answer: Under the new Road Safety Strategy, published on 7 January by the Department for Transport, the Government has announced firm action to tackle illegal or ‘ghost’ numberplates. This includes consulting on tougher penalties, including penalty points and veh...
Answered 15 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordVehicle Number Plates: RegistrationDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99930More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the(a) current DVLA registration process for number plate suppliers, (b) background checks on number plate supplier applicants, (c) measures in place to prevent t
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is working with the National Police Chiefs’ Council and others to improve the identification and enforcement of number plate crime, including the use of illegal plates. The law requires that anyone who suppli...
Answered 19 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordVehicle Number Plates: FraudDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99929More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with police forces on illegal plates or cloned license plates and serious organised crime; and what steps she is taking with police forces to help tackle the use of illegal or clone
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is working with the National Police Chiefs’ Council and others to improve the identification and enforcement of number plate crime, including the use of illegal plates. The law requires that anyone who suppli...
Answered 19 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordVehicle Number Plates: FraudDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99928More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has to amend the penalty regime to (a) make non-compliant number plates offences endorsable with up to six penalty points and (b) increase the fixed penalty fine for such offences from £100 to £1
Answer: This Government takes road safety seriously. We are committed to reducing the numbers of those killed and injured on our roads. We are considering a range of policies under the new Road Safety Strategy; the first for ten years. This includes the case for ...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordGreat British RailwaysDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99927More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to the public purse was for commissioning or licensing material from Dovetail Games for use in promotional content relating to the Great British Railways branding, including the computer-generated
Answer: The new brand for Great British Railways (GBR) was developed in-house by the Department for Transport with support from a livery design specialist working for a train operator in public ownership, with the only minimal design cost being audience testing. ...
Answered 23 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordGreat British Railways: MarketingDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99926More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 26 November 2025 to Question 92061 on Great British Railways, whether her Department has now produced (a) costed rollout plans for the Great British Railways logo and (b) estimated exp
Answer: The Secretary of State has asked the incoming CEO of DfT Operator to lead the rollout of the Great British Railways (GBR) branding. Ministers expect the brand rollout to maximise opportunities to grow revenue as well as to ensure value for money in its ap...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99925More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Budget 2025, published on 28 November 2025, HC 1492, from which financial year she plans to meet her target to fix an additional one million potholes each year.
Answer: This Government takes the condition of our country’s local highway network extremely seriously. This is why the Government has confirmed a record £7.3 billion investment into local highways maintenance over the next four years, bringing annual funding for...
Answered 19 Dec 2025
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