Richard Holden MP: written questions
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Written questions
Ports: InfrastructureDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111855More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how paragraph 3.9.2 of the draft National Policy Statement for Ports will be applied by decision-makers when considering development consent for port infrastructure.
Answer: We are currently considering the views received from consultation on, and Parliamentary scrutiny of, the draft revised National Policy Statement for Ports, and will lay a final text in Parliament in due course. In line with the recommendation of the Trans...
Answered 17 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordShipping: OwnershipTreasuryTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111854More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of (a) the abolition of non-dom status and (b) increases in levels of taxation on the retention of international shipowners in the UK; what estimate she has made
Answer: The Government’s priority is improving the UK’s competitiveness internationally and securing economic growth. The reforms to the tax treatment of non-domiciled individuals have been specifically designed to make the UK competitive, with a modern, simple t...
Answered 17 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordRailways: FaresDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111853More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2025 to Question 95968, for what reason there is a difference between the estimates of the fiscal cost of freezing rail fares (a) as set out in that Answer and (b) the figur
Answer: The difference is due to a difference in rounding. The estimates provided in the Department’s previous response were sourced from the published Budget document, where numbers are rounded to the nearest £5m. The OBR choose to round figures to the nearest £...
Answered 17 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: MarketingCabinet OfficeTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111852More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Cabinet Office letter to Business Unit Heads and Senior Finance Business Partner of 24 April 2025, how many approvals have since been given for branded items, according to information held
Answer: Approval has been given to seven requests for branded items since the letter was issued to Business Heads and Senior Finance Business Partners on 24 April 2025.
Answered 24 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordLaw Officers: EqualityAttorney GeneralTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111851More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, pursuant to the Answer of 6 May 2025 to Question 48266 on Equality, whether the proposed socio-economic duty will apply to the Law Officers.
Answer: The public sector duty regarding socio-economic inequalities will apply to the public authorities listed in section 1(3) of the Equality Act 2010. That list includes a Minister of the Crown. The duty will therefore apply to the Law Officers as Ministers o...
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: Electronic Purchasing Card SolutionCabinet OfficeTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111850More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Cabinet Office: Government Procurement Card spend over £500 - March 2025, published 24 April 2025, for what reason the £811 payment to Women in Product UK was not listed in the Cabinet Office’s
Answer: The Cabinet Office published all the external expenditure on Equality, Diversity and Inclusion provided by departments under the Civil Service Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Expenditure Guidance on 30 May 2025.
Answered 29 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordInternational CooperationDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111849More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many Memorandums of Understanding the UK has signed since 5 July 2025, broken down by (a) the countries with which countries they were signed and (b) the policy areas covered by each agreement.
Answer: This Department has signed a range of Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) since 5 July 2025 to help drive economic growth. However, these are not routinely published or notified to Parliament in line with HMG policy on non-legally binding instruments and in...
Answered 17 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: EqualityWomen and EqualitiesTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111848More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what is the policy of (a) the Cabinet Office people group and (b) the Office for Equality and Opportunity, on white privilege.
Answer: The Government wants to ensure that whoever you are, wherever you come from, Britain is a country that will respect your contribution and give you a fair chance to get on in life. The Government is committed to breaking down barriers to opportunity and im...
Answered 16 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordUK Export Finance: Climate ChangeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 6 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111462More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the cost to UK Export Finance was in 2024–25 of expanding its climate stress testing models and scenarios using Network for Greening the Financial System scenarios; what the estimated cost of this
Answer: The work to update UKEF’s climate stress testing models in 2024-25 is in line with industry good practice on financial risk management and uses tools at no extra cost. This work is part of our ongoing responsibilities to meet government risk management re...
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordGovernment Property Agency: ExpenditureCabinet OfficeTabled 6 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111461More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the Government Property Agency’s total expenditure was in 2024–25 on measuring, collecting, reporting or validating greenhouse gas emissions across the Government estate; and what the Agency’s projected ann
Answer: This information is not available. GPA do not manage the greenhouse gas emissions data across all of the government estate.
Answered 13 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 6 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111460More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what staffing or system costs are associated with monitoring, reporting and compliance activity relating to official travel emissions in his Department.
Answer: We can confirm that the Department for Business and Trade does not hold any information associated with monitoring, reporting and compliance activity relating to official travel emissions in his Department.
Answered 16 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordMotorways: AccidentsDepartment for TransportTabled 6 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111459More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the provision of central reservation barriers on the National Highways motorway and trunk road network, how many crossover accidents, where vehicles have breached the central reservation, occu
Answer: Data on road traffic casualties on the roads in Great Britain is collected via the STATS19 process. The most recently available STATS19 dataset is for 2024 and was published by DfT in September 2025:https://www.data.gov.uk/dataset/cb7ae6f0-4be6-4935-9277-...
Answered 16 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordRoads: Safety BarriersDepartment for TransportTabled 6 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111458More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answers of 1 December 2025 to Questions 93461 and 93459, if she will publish the locations, route sections and lengths for a) the 52.6 km of rigid concrete barrier installed in each of the perio
Answer: The data requested in parts (a) and (b) is currently undergoing verification and will be supplied to the Rt. Hon Member shortly. With respect to part (c), the projected total length of steel to concrete barrier replacement has not yet been finalised for R...
Answered 16 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordHome Office: Electric VehiclesHome OfficeTabled 6 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111457More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2025 to Question 87860, what HOPS Change Budget refers to; and whether the figures provided relate solely to spending on electric vehicle charging infrastructure
Answer: The change budget is the capital property budget used to fund infrastructure installation costs only.
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordAirports: ParkingDepartment for TransportTabled 6 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111456More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of airport surface access planning conditions and sustainability requirements on the level of car parking and drop-off charges paid by passengers.
Answer: Surface access strategies give airports the tools they need to stay connected, cut congestion and meet environmental targets. The Department has not undertaken a specific assessment of the potential impact of airport surface access planning conditions and...
Answered 16 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordDartford-Thurrock Crossing: PrivatisationDepartment for TransportTabled 6 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111455More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2026 to Question 105302 on Dartford-Thurrock Crossing: Privatisation, what steps she is taking to mitigate for the loss of revenue to her Department from the privatisation o
Answer: Under the Regulated Asset Base (RAB) model, ownership and operation of the Dartford Crossing would transfer to a new regulated private sector entity. This entity would be responsible for operating and maintaining both the Dartford Crossing and the new Low...
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordRailways: Government AssistanceDepartment for TransportTabled 6 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111454More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether estimates of net Government support per passenger journey are used internally by her Department for (a) budgeting, (b) business planning and (c) performance monitoring purposes; and in which internal do
Answer: As explained in response to Question 89632, the reduction in the rail passenger services subsidy over the Spending Review period will be primarily driven by passenger ridership and revenue continuing to recover post COVID-19 and efficiencies and savings b...
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordBus Lanes: MotorcyclesDepartment for TransportTabled 6 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111453More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when her Department plans to publish the updated Traffic Advisory Leaflet 1/24; and what assessment she has made of the potential merits of recommending that local authorities permit motorcycles to use bus lane
Answer: The Department for Transport does not currently have plans to update Traffic Advisory Leaflet 1/24.The Department for Transport undertook a consultation on the potential merits of recommending that local authorities permit motorcycles to use bus lanes in ...
Answered 16 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordBuses: Anti-social BehaviourDepartment for TransportTabled 6 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111452More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is tacking to help tackle anti-social behaviour on the bus network.
Answer: The Department is working across government and with partners, industry and local transport authorities, to ensure that everyone feels and is safe when travelling by bus. Through the Bus Services Act 2025 we have introduced measures to combat anti-social ...
Answered 16 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordAir Passenger DutyTreasuryTabled 6 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111451More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has conducted a comparative assessment of Air Passenger Duty rates in the UK with aviation passenger taxes and equivalent charges in other European countries; and whether such analysis is used
Answer: Air Passenger Duty (APD) applies to airlines, not individual passengers, and is the principal tax on the aviation sector. It is expected to raise £4.7 billion in 2025-26. The Government is clear that APD is an appropriate tax that ensures airlines make a ...
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordBuses: ProcurementDepartment for TransportTabled 6 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111450More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average grant-supported cost per bus was under each bus procurement scheme in each of the last five years; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of social value weightings on tendere
Answer: My Department is not responsible for the procurement of buses and so does not hold this information.
Answered 17 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPorts: National Policy StatementsDepartment for TransportTabled 6 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111449More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to publish the final National Policy Statement for Ports..
Answer: The final text of the revised National Policy Statement for Ports will be laid in Parliament in due course.
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordAirports: National Policy StatementsDepartment for TransportTabled 6 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111448More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she intends to make changes to the existing Airports National Policy Statement in the context of the potential of a third runway at Heathrow; and what assessment she has made of the likelihood of securi
Answer: Government launched a review of the Airports National Policy Statement (ANPS) on 22 October, to reflect changes in legislation, policy and data. We will consult on any proposed amendments to the ANPS in summer 2026. When the ANPS has been reviewed, and de...
Answered 16 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordRailways: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for TransportTabled 6 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111447More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2026 to Question 105288 on Railways: Repairs and Maintenance, what criteria is used to determine which rail infrastructure schemes are included in the Department’s longer-te
Answer: This government believes in the importance of rail investment to support economic growth and bring connections to people all across the country. The type and level of investment is determined by the needs of passengers, rail users and the network, while d...
Answered 16 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordLevel CrossingsDepartment for TransportTabled 6 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111446More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assurances she has had from Network Rail on steps being taken to minimise unnecessary barrier down-time at level crossings, while maintaining safety; and how such assurances will be monitored.
Answer: Network Rail is responsible for the safe operation of level crossings across the rail network. The safety measures it puts in place are informed by risk assessments which include, where relevant, available information on barrier down-time. Network Rail is...
Answered 23 Feb 2026
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