Richard Holden MP: written questions
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Money Laundering: BangladeshTreasuryTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23471More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate HMRC has made of levels of money laundering from Bangladesh into the UK property market.
Answer: HM Revenue and Customs continually reviews and monitors international risks and threats on an ongoing basis, deploying the full range of investigative tools and capabilities to address such issues as they arise. HMRC cannot provide information requested i...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Advisers: TrainingCabinet OfficeTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23470More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 29 October 2024 to Question 10436 on Special Advisers: Training and with reference to the Freedom of Information Act request with reference FOI2024/14571, for what reason the requested
Answer: All Freedom of Information requests are considered on their individual merits in accordance with the relevant legislation. A copy of the information released in the response will be deposited in the House Library.
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: PublicityCabinet OfficeTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23469More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2025 to Question 21256 on Film: Marketing, where on gov.uk her Department plans to publish departmental spending on (a) branding and (b) official events.
Answer: Departmental spending that meets the criteria are published in gov.uk transparency data publications, available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cabinet-office-spend-data
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordRecruitment and Unpaid Work: EqualityCabinet OfficeTabled 13 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23468More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will issue new guidance to (a) the civil service and (b) public bodies to prevent practices which limit (i) recruitment and (ii) internships on the basis of protected characteristics.
Answer: Individual departments are responsible for recruitment decisions and they are required to meet all obligations of relevant legislation, including the Equality Act 2010. If a department wants to restrict an internship programme to a specific group or group...
Answered 21 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: British Society for Genetic MedicineDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23180More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had meetings with representatives of the British Society for Genetic Medicine in the last 30 years.
Answer: In the last 30 years, officials in the Department of Health and, later, the Department of Health and Social Care, have had meetings with representatives of the British Society for Genetic Medicine. As far as can be determined, ministers have also had meet...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Service: Unpaid WorkCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 23179More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 3 December 2024 to Question HL2771 on Civil Servants: Recruitment, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of crown servant internships not being open those of white Briti
Answer: Individual departments are responsible for recruitment decisions and they are required to meet all obligations of relevant legislation, including the Equality Act 2010. If a department wants to restrict an internship programme to a specific group or group...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordTax AllowancesTreasuryTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22999More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what her Department’s definition of a tax break is.
Answer: ‘Tax breaks’ are commonly understood to be policies that mean taxpayers either pay less tax through exemptions or deductions, or get tax back through credits or repaid in another way.
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordRachel Reeves: Self-assessmentTreasuryTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22998More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2025 to Question 21387 on Rachel Reeves: Self-assessment, for what reason she does not plan to publish her tax return.
Answer: I refer the hon member to the answer given on the 7 January 2025 to UIN 21387.
Answered 17 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordEd MilibandCabinet OfficeTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22997More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2025 to Question 19415 on Ed Miliband, whether the Rt Hon Member for Islington North (a) made an application for and (b) received a severance payment.
Answer: Ministers and certain office-holders are entitled to a severance payment when they leave office under the Ministerial and other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991. As set out in the Act, to be eligible to receive the payment ministers and office-holders must ...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordMinisters: QuestionnairesCabinet OfficeTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22996More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish of the questionnaire form that incoming Ministers are asked to provide to the Propriety and Ethics Team.
Answer: The established process for the declaration and management of ministers’ private interests is set out in Part B Chapter 3 of the Ministerial Code. Details of the categories ministers are asked to declare their interests in can be found in the List of Mini...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament record9 Downing Street: MediaCabinet OfficeTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22995More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2024 to Question 13808 on 9 Downing Street: Media, whether refurbishment works had been commissioned when this Answer was given.
Answer: No refurbishment works had been commissioned.
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordSpecial Advisers: PayCabinet OfficeTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22994More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 27 December 2024 to Question 20832 on Special Advisers: Pay, if he will ensure that the list of special advisers is published by 31 March 2025.
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon Member to my response to PQ 20832 and PQ 22188.
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: DirectorsCabinet OfficeTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22993More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether Baroness Casey made a declaration of political activity following her appointment as Lead Non-Executive Director.
Answer: Baroness Casey followed the published process for declaring any interests.https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/non-executive-board-member-declaration-of-interests-process/non-executive-board-member-declaration-of-interests-process#contextInterests w...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: PayCabinet OfficeTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22992More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 9 January 2025 to Question 21403 on Cabinet Office: Pay, whether the mean salary of civil servants in the (a) Women's Equality Unit, (b) Race Disparity Unit and (c) Disability Unit will
Answer: Details of Cabinet Office structure and salaries are due to be published by the end of January 2025 as part of regular transparency reporting. This will include the Office for Equality and Opportunities and within it the sub units of: Women’s Equality Uni...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordNon-departmental Public BodiesCabinet OfficeTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22991More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2025 to Question 19414 on Non-departmental Public Bodies, how many non-departmental public bodies the Government plans to (a) open and (b) close.
Answer: As said in my previous answer of 8 January 2025, Cabinet Office maintains records and oversight of formally established Arm’s Length Bodies, including NDPBs. Individual departments are responsible for any proposals to open or close NDPBs.
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordUndocumented MigrantsHome OfficeTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22990More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2025 to Question 16332 on Undocumented Migrants, whether she plans to make an estimate of the number of people in the UK illegally.
Answer: By its very nature, it is not possible to know the exact size of the illegal migrant population, and so the Home Office under successive governments has not published any official estimates of the illegal migrant population. In June 2019, the Office for N...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordUnpaid Work: Ethnic GroupsCabinet OfficeTabled 9 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22989More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of (a) 6 January 2025 to Question 21057 on Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Unpaid Work and (b) 20 November 2024 to Question 14502 on Gender: Equality, whether guidance
Answer: Individual departments are responsible for recruitment decisions and they are required to meet all obligations of relevant legislation, including the Equality Act 2010. If a department wants to restrict an internship programme to a specific group or group...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners' ReleaseMinistry of JusticeTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22706More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prisoners have been (a) released in error and (b) released in error and not re-apprehended under the Early Release scheme as of 8 January 2025.
Answer: On 10 September 2024, the Government took the necessary and unavoidable step to move certain release points from 50% to 40%, with an initial tranche of eligible offenders released on this date, and a second tranche released on 22 October 2024.There was an...
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordGonorrhoea: Health ServicesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22705More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 8 January 2025 to Question 21699 on Gonorrhoea: Health Services, what data his Department holds on the cost of treating gonorrhoea to the NHS; and if he will publish that
Answer: The data on the cost of treating gonorrhoea to the National Health Service is not held centrally. This is because most gonorrhoea infections are treated with antibiotics in sexual health services using funding from the Local Authority Public Health Grant....
Answered 13 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordConstruction: Mental Health ServicesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22704More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, if he will take steps to ensure the availability of positive mental health initiatives including (a) on-site mental health resources, (b) training for employers in mental health first aid and (c) helpl
Answer: Considerable investment has been made in improving mental health in the construction sector. Since 2018, the Construction Industry Training Board has supported 950 employers and invested over £1.5m in mental health projects, including training mental heal...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordConstruction: Vocational EducationDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22703More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department provides support programs including (a) appropriate training, (b) mentorship and (c) career pathways to encourage young people to enter the construction sector.
Answer: This government is working to create a clear, flexible, high-quality skills system that supports people of all ages, breaking down the barriers to opportunity and driving economic growth.The department has already established Skills England to ensure we h...
Answered 20 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against ChildrenHome OfficeTabled 8 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22702More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) national and (b) local inquiries have been carried out into rape grooming gangs.
Answer: It is essential that we continue to learn from past failings on group-based Child Sexual Exploitation to improve and strengthen our ongoing response to grooming gangs offending.The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA), led by Professor Alex...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordOverseas Trade: Northern IrelandDepartment for TransportTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 902095More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to improve trade links between Northern Ireland and the channel ports.
Answer: The Department for Transport is supporting Great Britain–Northern Ireland maritime freight connectivity through implementation of the Windsor Framework to streamline goods movement.
Answered 15 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordIntelligence Services: Unpaid WorkCabinet OfficeTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22360More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any internship programmes at (a) MI5, (b) M16 and (c) GCHQ were open to people from white British backgrounds.
Answer: Yes. In recent years, UKIC has run a number of internships and placement schemes. They are designed to provide insight about what it is like to work in UKIC to individuals who have particular skills and expertise, want to work in a particular area and/or ...
Answered 14 Jan 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Unpaid WorkDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 7 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 22359More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if the Environment Agency plans to run an internship programme which is open to people from white British backgrounds in 2025.
Answer: The Environment Agency offers several career entry opportunities open to people from all ethnic backgrounds (including White British backgrounds) who meet the criteria of the specific programme. In 2025 these programmes include: Industry Placements (tempo...
Answered 16 Jan 2025
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