Richard Holden MP: written questions 2026
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Competition and Markets Authority: ExpenditureDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111866More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what the Competition and Markets Authority’s total expenditure was in 2024–25, broken down by project and function.
Answer: The Competition and Markets Authority’s published Annual Report and Accounts contains details of its expenditure, including a breakdown of total gross expenditure by operating segment. It can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cma-a...
Answered 16 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordBritish Business Bank: Carbon Emissions and Environment ProtectionDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111865More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2026 to Question 108798 what the British Business Bank’s total programme expenditure, staffing costs, and consultancy and professional services costs were in 2024–2
Answer: The British Business Bank’s total staffing costs in 2024-25 were £71.591 million. In the same year, the BBB incurred total expenditure of £26.456 million on professional fees. These comprise fees relating to investment scheme design and transactions and o...
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111864More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department issues guidance to teams on the proportion of staff time or budget that should be allocated to net zero strategy or corporate sustainability activity.
Answer: The department does not issue guidance to teams on the proportion of staff time or budget that should be allocated to net zero strategy or corporate sustainability activity.
Answered 16 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordIntellectual Property Office: Environment ProtectionDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111863More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2026 to Question 108801, what the estimated cost to the Intellectual Property Office of policies, programmes or staffing related to net zero, sustai
Answer: We currently have a small amount of staff resource allocated to delivering our sustainability, net zero and green innovation objectives. Based on the planned continuation of this work at current levels, the estimated average annual cost over the next five...
Answered 3 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordUK Emissions Trading Scheme: FerriesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111862More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2026 to Question 110095, whether the Department plans to publish route-specific or island impact assessments before domestic maritime is brought into scop
Answer: The Impact Assessment set out that it is not possible to robustly break down compliance costs to the level of individual routes or service types, as ticket prices, fare structures and commercial operating decisions vary widely. The Assessment therefore co...
Answered 17 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: TechnologyDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111861More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department is considering mandating the TechSafe framework as a national safety, competence and assurance framework to support implementation of the Automated Vehicles Act and related vehicle techno
Answer: The Department is currently running a public Call for Evidence in support of the regulatory framework for automated vehicles. Responses to this Call for Evidence will inform a public consultation on the proposed regulations later in the year. The Departme...
Answered 19 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordMotorcycles: Motor InsuranceDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111860More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Motor Insurance Taskforce examined motorcycle insurance as part of its work leading to the Final Report published on 10 December 2025.
Answer: The taskforce was given a strategic remit to set the direction for government policy, in order to identify short- and long-term actions that may stabilise or reduce motor insurance premiums, but not the cost of motorcycle insurance specifically. The scope...
Answered 17 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordRoads: Safety BarriersDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111859More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 1 December 2025 to Question 93460 on Roads: Safety Barriers if she will publish the (a) location and route section, (b) date granted, c) reason of each departure from standard; what pl
Answer: The locations, routes and dates of approval for the departures from standard allowing steel crash barrier to be replaced with new steel barrier, rather than concrete, are as follows:M4 Junctions 13-14: 20/08/2025M6 Junction 37-38: 12/05/25M5 Junctions 23-...
Answered 17 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: Waiting ListsDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111858More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for each month since November 2025, how many driving test centres recorded the maximum waiting time of 24 weeks for a practical car test; and if she will publish a list of those test centres for each month sinc
Answer: The answer of 9 January 2026 to Question 101472 provided information on which driving test centres had a waiting time of 24 weeks in each month from July 2024, including for November 2025.The answer of 22 January 2026 to Question 104863 provided informat...
Answered 25 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordBuses: ProcurementDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111857More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage weighting is given to social value in the evaluation of bids under each Government-funded scheme supporting the procurement of new buses, including zero-emission, electric, hydrogen and hybrid b
Answer: Social value, through community benefits, was one of the criteria considered when assessing the Zero Emission Bus Regional Area (ZEBRA) 2 funding announced in March 2024. The strategic case, including community benefits, had a 10% weighting. The published...
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: RedundancyDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111856More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2026 to Question 105752, what estimate her Department has made of the number of job losses expected as a result of workforce reform associated with the corporate initiatives
Answer: The Department has set out its forecasted efficiencies in the Departmental Efficiency Plan as well as making a further commitment to reduce our administration budget in line with the government’s overall aim to reduce administration costs by 15% by the en...
Answered 26 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordPorts: 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
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