Richard Holden MP: written questions 2025
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Dogs: Public PlacesHome OfficeTabled 9 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 66286More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of local authorities’ (a) powers and (b) resources to enforce Public Spaces Protection Orders (PSPO) requiring dogs to be kept on leads in public pa
Answer: The Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 provides the police and local authorities with a range of flexible tools and powers, including Public Spaces Protection Orders, that they can use to tackle dog-related incidents in public spaces.Appro...
Answered 18 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Electronic Purchasing Card SolutionCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65886More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2025 to Question 62771 on Cabinet Office: Maray Restaurant, if he will publish that invoice.
Answer: In line with the approach of successive administrations, Government Procurement Card spend data over £500 is declared in relevant transparency publications.
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: MarketingCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65885More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the document entitled Cabinet Office spend approvals: January to March 2025, published on 27 June 2025, what the purpose is of the Advertising, Marketing and Communications spending on Q4 missi
Answer: The Q4 mission activity spend formed part of ongoing New Media Unit (NMU) work. The NMU utilises a wide range of digital and social media channels to reach target audiences. The frameworks used for this spend were Campaign Solutions 2 (RM6125) and Media S...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Servants: RedundancyCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65884More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 2 July 2025 to Question 62332 on Civil Service: Redundancy, whether his Department has made an estimate of the potential number of exits under the Civil Service Compensation Scheme in e
Answer: Departments have been commissioned to provide information on their planned use of exits to inform the development of the Civil Service Strategic Workforce Plan, due to be published later this year.
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCabinet Committees: Public AppointmentsCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65883More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will list the secretary to each Cabinet (a) committee and (b) sub-committee.
Answer: The Cabinet Secretariat works on behalf of the Cabinet Secretary to support Cabinet committees. Cabinet committees are supported by the Economic and Domestic Affairs Secretariat, the National Security Secretariat and the European and Global Issues Secreta...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: AviationCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65882More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2025 to Question 62339 on Aviation, which Departments have used the Airbus A321-253NX with registration G-OATW.
Answer: Since assuming the registration G-OATW in October 2023, the aircraft has been chartered under various contracts with other government departments to support their official business. However, this data is not held by the Cabinet Office, as each department ...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPolitical Parties: ResearchCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65881More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the document entitled Committee on Standards in Public Life 334th Meeting, Thursday 15 May 2025: Minutes, published on 30 June 2025, if he will place in the Library a copy of the research paper
Answer: The Committee on Standards in Public Life is an independent advisory body. It is a matter for the Committee to determine the information it publishes.
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLabour: Public AppointmentsCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65880More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 8 May 2025 to Question 48185 on Government: Policy, whether Mission Champions may have access to internal government papers.
Answer: I refer the Rt.Honorable Member to the response to PQ48185.
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordEthics and Integrity Commission: CorrespondenceCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65879More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has received any correspondence from external organisations on the Ethics and Integrity Commission since 4 July 2024.
Answer: The Cabinet Office regularly receives correspondence on a range of policy issues, including on manifesto commitments.
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDeputy Prime Minister: Official ResidencesCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65878More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, Pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2025 to Question 60479 on Deputy Prime Ministers: Official Residences, whether broadband is provided to the ministerial residence.
Answer: We do not routinely set out what services are provided at official residences, as doing so might compromise their security.
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Security: FinanceTreasuryTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65877More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2025 to Question 63032 on National Security: Expenditure, if she will publish the NATO reporting guidelines.
Answer: NATO has a common definition of defence expenditure that is agreed by all NATO allies.The definition of NATO defence expenditure, and the recently announced defence and security related spending, can be found on the NATO website.NATO - Topic: Defence expe...
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Bodies: Employers' ContributionsTreasuryTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65876More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has provided additional funding to government departments to compensate public bodies for the increase in employer National Insurance contributions for each year of the Spending Review 2025.
Answer: At Autumn Budget 2024 the Government set aside funding to support the public sector with the additional cost of employer National Insurance Contributions. The Government then updated Parliament on allocations by department for 2025-26 (published alongside...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordEquality: TrainingCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65875More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of discontinuing unconscious bias training.
Answer: The decision to discontinue unconscious bias training was made in 2020 under the previous administration. No subsequent assessment of the policy has since been made.
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPrime Minister: StaffCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65874More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2025 to Question HL7244 on Prime Minister: Staff, when the No10 Implementation Unit was disbanded; and whether it was replaced.
Answer: There has not been an Implementation Unit in 10 Downing Street for at least 15 years. It would not be appropriate to comment on the decision made by a previous government to disband the unit. This Government has established the Mission Delivery Unit.
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Service: Photographs and Video RecordingsCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65873More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 54808 on Civil Service: Photographs and Video Recordings, whether unpublished content can be used by Ministers for party political purposes.
Answer: I refer the Hon Member for Basildon and Billericay to the answer on 9 June 2025 (PQ54808).
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFly-tippingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65872More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2025 to Question 57394 on Fly-tipping, what discussions his Department had with local authorities prior to the press notice of 29 April 2025.
Answer: Defra officials have regular discussions with local authorities, including through the Defra chaired National Fly-Tipping Prevention Group (NFTPG). Through this group we work with a wide range of stakeholders to promote and share good practice on tackling...
Answered 11 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero: Arms Length BodiesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65871More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 30 May 2025 to Question 53535 on Arms Length Bodies, if he will list those delivery options.
Answer: The options referred to in that response, including delivery options for decarbonisation, are being finalised. Further information will be announced in due course.
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Buildings: StandardsCabinet OfficeTabled 4 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65157More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the (a) address and (b) building condition metric of central government buildings.
Answer: As has been longstanding practice under successive administrations, on security and operational grounds, details of specific central government building addresses and conditions are not published. However, The State of the Estate report containing the agg...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPublic Buildings: ConcreteCabinet OfficeTabled 4 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65156More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2025 to Question 62624 on Public Buildings: Concrete, which three Government Property Agency buildings have been found to have reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete.
Answer: Due to operational and security sensitivities, we do not disclose sites in which Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete is present.
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordIndependent Review of the Performance and Culture of the Office for National StatisticsCabinet OfficeTabled 4 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65155More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the UK Statistics Authority and Cabinet Office response to the Devereux Review, published on 26 June 2025, what plans he has to publish a response to each recommendation of the Devereux Review.
Answer: The UK Statistics Authority and Cabinet Office response to the Devereux Review was published on 26 June. A further announcement was made on 7 July regarding the timeline for appointing new leadership to both the UK Statistics Authority and the Office for ...
Answered 15 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Security: CybersecurityDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 4 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65154More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, with reference page 26 of the National Security Strategy 2025, CP 1338, published on 24 June 2025, what his Department's planned timetable is the publication of the Cyber Security and R
Answer: The Cyber Security and Resilience Bill was announced at the King’s Speech. It will be introduced in this session of Parliament, as soon as parliamentary time allows.The previous government consulted on the majority of measures in 2022, which demonstrated ...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Communication Service: ReviewsCabinet OfficeTabled 4 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65153More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2025 to Question 25449 on Government Communication Service, what his Department's planned timetable is for publishing its review of the size of the Government Communications
Answer: The Government Communications Service (GCS) regularly evaluates communications teams to ensure value for money and operational effectiveness. GCS is currently recruiting a Director of Government Communications who will lead the redesign of the service to ...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordArms Length Bodies: Parliamentary ScrutinyCabinet OfficeTabled 4 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65152More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2025 to Question 57252 on Arms Length Bodies: Parliamentary Scrutiny, whether written Parliamentary Questions on the work of (a) public corporations and (b) private companies ow
Answer: Written Parliamentary Questions about specific arm’s-length entities, including public corporations or government-owned companies, should be directed to the relevant sponsoring department. The arrangements for answering such questions are a matter for spo...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordPermanent Secretaries: PayTreasuryTabled 4 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65151More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many exemptions have been approved for Permanent Secretary remuneration to exceed the band maximum since 4 July 2024.
Answer: Since 4th July 2024, two Permanent Secretary roles have been approved to exceed the Permanent Secretary pay band.
Answered 9 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRoyal Mint: CommitteesTreasuryTabled 4 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65150More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what information her Department holds on who the members are of the Royal Mint (a) sub-committee on the selection of themes and (b) advisory committee.
Answer: The Royal Mint Advisory Committee (RMAC) is an advisory non-departmental public body that advises the Chancellor of the Exchequer (in her capacity as Master of the Royal Mint) and HM The King on matters of design with respect to circulating and commemorat...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
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