Richard Holden MP: written questions

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Cabinet Office: Written QuestionsCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Apr 2026Awaiting answerUIN 125108More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to respond to Question 108900 from the Hon. Member for Sheffield Central.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
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Cabinet Office: Written QuestionsCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Apr 2026Awaiting answerUIN 125107More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to respond to Question 109562 tabled by the hon. Member for Brentford and Isleworth on 29 January 2026.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
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Cabinet Office: Written QuestionsCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Apr 2026Awaiting answerUIN 125106More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to respond to Question 109928 tabled by the hon. Member for Chelsea and Fulham on 30 January 2026.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
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Cabinet Office: Written QuestionsCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Apr 2026Awaiting answerUIN 125105More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to respond to Question 109929 tabled by the hon. Member for Chelsea and Fulham on 30 January 2026.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
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Cabinet Office: Written QuestionsCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Apr 2026Awaiting answerUIN 125104More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to respond to Question 109930 tabled by the hon. Member for Chelsea and Fulham on 30 January 2026.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
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Cabinet Office: Written QuestionsCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Apr 2026Awaiting answerUIN 125103More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to respond to Question 109968 from the Hon. Member for Widnes and Halewood.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
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Cabinet Office: Written QuestionsCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Apr 2026Awaiting answerUIN 125102More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to respond to Question 109977 from the Hon. Member for The Wrekin.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
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Cabinet Office: Written QuestionsCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Apr 2026Awaiting answerUIN 125101More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to respond to Question 110022 from the Hon. Member for Kingswinford and South Staffordshire.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
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Cabinet Office: Written QuestionsCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Apr 2026Awaiting answerUIN 125100More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to respond to Question 110108 from the Hon. Member for Stockton West.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
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Cabinet Office: Written QuestionsCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Apr 2026Awaiting answerUIN 125099More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to respond to Question 106566 from the Hon. Member for Bedford.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
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Cabinet Office: Written QuestionsCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 125098More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to respond to Question 106942 from the Hon. Member for Widnes and Halewood.
Answer: A response has been issued.
Answered 16 Apr 2026
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Cabinet Office: Written QuestionsCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Apr 2026Awaiting answerUIN 125097More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to respond to Question 107534 from the Hon. Member for Falkirk.
Answer: No published answer in this record yet.
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Railways: Birmingham and ManchesterDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 125095More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 31 March 2026 to Question 122888 on High Speed 2 Line: Crewe, when her Department expects to complete the work required to develop plans for a North-South new line between Birmingham a
Answer: The Northern Growth Strategy set out the Government’s intention to ultimately deliver a full North-South new line between Birmingham and Manchester. We expect the delivery timelines for this line to follow the completion of HS2 and NPR.
Answered 20 Apr 2026
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Department for Transport: Written QuestionsDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 125092More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to respond to Question 123167 from the Hon. Member for Maidstone and Malling.
Answer: I refer the Right Honourable Member to the answer given on 31 March 2026.
Answered 20 Apr 2026
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Department for Transport: Written QuestionsDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 125091More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to respond to Question 122529 from the Rt Hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay.
Answer: Question 122529 was answered on 2 April 2026.
Answered 20 Apr 2026
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Department for Business and Trade: Sustainable DevelopmentDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 125061More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2026 to Question 116229 on Department for Business and Trade: Carbon Emissions and Sustainable Development, on what date did his Department (a) allocate funding to Mot
Answer: In 2024, the UK signed a Government-to-Government Arrangement with the Dominican Republic to help deliver infrastructure projects that promote mutual economic growth. My department awarded Mott MacDonald a contract to review the Dominican Republic's state...
Answered 15 Apr 2026
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Government Departments: Environment ProtectionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 125037More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when she plans to complete the review of the Greening Government Commitments, including the Government fleet commitment.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given on 26 February to the hon. Member for Bristol Central to PQ UIN 114247.
Answered 15 Apr 2026
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Department for Transport: Annual ReportsDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 125029More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 21 of her Department's report entitled Department for Transport annual report and accounts 2024 to 2025, published on 22 July 2025, if she will provide a breakdown of the £644 million exp
Answer: Page 21 of the Annual Report & Accounts is the ‘Financial Overview’ report, which presents total departmental spending by Estimate Line. ‘Sustainable Travel’ is an Estimate Line descriptor shown in the Statement of Parliamentary Supply within the 202...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
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Railways: PassengersDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 125025More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the total number of passenger rail journeys in Great Britain in 2025–26; what figure for passenger journeys underpins its estimate of subsidy per passenger journey for t
Answer: Data relating to the total number of passenger rail journeys in Great Britain for 2025–26 is not yet available and is scheduled for publication in June. Historic data on journeys is published here: Passenger rail usage | ORR Data Portal. Using the most re...
Answered 15 Apr 2026
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Department for Transport: Annual ReportsDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 125022More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's report entitled Department for Transport annual report and accounts 2024 to 2025, published on 22 July 2025, what expenditure is included under the category entitled Science,
Answer: ‘Science, Research and Support Functions’ is an Estimate Line descriptor shown in the Statement of Parliamentary Supply within the 2024-25 Annual Report & Accounts. All costs recorded on this Estimate line are incurred by the Core department. A break...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
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Department for Transport: Annual ReportsDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 125019More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date her Department will publish its annual report and accounts for the financial year 2025 to 2026.
Answer: The Department plans to publish its 2025-26 Annual Report and Accounts ahead of the Parliamentary summer recess.
Answered 20 Apr 2026
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Electric Vehicles: BatteriesDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 125018More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 30 March 2026 to Question 123517 on Electric Vehicles: Costs, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of introducing requirements for standardised battery state
Answer: On 13 April 2026, the Department launched a public consultation on updating the minimum emission standards for new road vehicles to Euro 7. Assessment of the impact of introducing these requirements will be included within the regulatory impact assessment...
Answered 17 Apr 2026
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DfT OperatorDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 125016More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 30 March 2026 to Question 122220 on DfT Operator, what was the cost to the public purse of establishing the new sponsorship model and team; how many staff are employed in that team; fr
Answer: There has been no additional cost to the public purse in establishing the new DFTO sponsorship model and team. The team was formed by redeploying existing staff. This approach ensured that existing expertise and institutional knowledge were retained. Day‑...
Answered 21 Apr 2026
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Immobilisation of VehiclesDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 125015More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 30 March 2026 to Question 120168 on Immobilisation of Vehicles, how many immobilisation devices were unlawfully removed from a vehicle in (a) 2022, (b) 2023, (c) 2024 and (d) 2025.
Answer: The table below shows the number of immobilisation devices which were unlawfully removed from a vehicle in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025. YearsTotal202221,135202320,855202428,059202528,642Total98,691
Answered 20 Apr 2026
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Unadopted Roads: ResearchDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 125014More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 30 March 2026 to Question 122959 on Unadopted Roads: Research, what was the cost to the public purse of the research study her Department commissioned from Ipsos UK on the operation of
Answer: Ipsos UK has been commissioned by the Department for Transport to conduct research into the operation of sections 37 and 38 of the Highways Act 1980 and to assess whether the current road adoption system remains fit for purpose. The total cost to the publ...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
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