Richard Holden MP: written questions
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Great British Railways: MarketingDepartment for TransportTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106604More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Pursuant to the Answer of 9 January 2026 to Question 100962 on Great British Railways: Marketing, whether (a) growing revenue and (b) delivering value for money for passengers will take priority in the rollout
Answer: As set out in the answer to the question 100962, both growing revenue and delivering value for money for passengers will be a priority.
Answered 26 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMarriage: RelativesDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106603More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2026 to Questions 89643, what health risks his Department has identified in relation to first cousin marriage; and whether the Department intends to publish the
Answer: The National Disease Registration Service is working with hospital trusts to continually improve the quality and completeness of data.The Born in Bradford study provides the most definitive United Kingdom based evidence of risk of congenital anomalies. Re...
Answered 26 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Carbon EmissionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106602More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2026 to Question 101474, whether (a) his Department and (b) its arm's length-bodies have adopted any environmental targets.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 101474 answered on 12 January 2026.
Answered 26 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordTransPennine Express: CostsDepartment for TransportTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106601More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what was the (a) total operating revenue, (b) total operating costs and (c) the net cost of onboard catering on the TransPennine Express in the (i) 2023–24 and (ii) 2024–25 financial years.
Answer: In 2023-24, TransPennine Express’ total operating revenue was £234 million, with total operating costs of £408 million. The net cost of onboard catering for that year was £4.7 million. In 2024-25, TransPennine Express’ total operating revenue was £285 mil...
Answered 27 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordPolice: EssexHome OfficeTabled 19 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106600More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) headcount and (b) full time equivalent police officer workforce was on (a) 1 July 2024 and (b) the most recent date for which data is available in Essex Police; and what the net change wa
Answer: The Home Office collects and publishes data on the size of the police workforce in England and Wales, on a bi-annual basis, as at 31 March and 30 September each year in the ‘Police Workforce, England and Wales’ statistical bulletin, available here: https:...
Answered 27 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordDriving: MobilityDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 106149More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of NHS Trusts terminating contracts for driving mobility assessment services, where Department for Transport grant funding does not cover the full
Answer: We take this issue very seriously and the department is committed to supporting everyone to travel safely. The Department for Transport provides grant funding to mobility centres that have been accredited by Driving Mobility in England. Where a mobility c...
Answered 26 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordEconomic CrimeTreasuryTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105763More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to improve oversight and enforcement action against the use of unregulated informal value transfer systems.
Answer: Informal transfer value systems (IVTS) is a type of Money Service Business (MSB) activity. HM Revenue & Customs is the main supervisor of MSBs and leads inter-agency work to tackle the money laundering and illicit finance risks faced by the sector. Th...
Answered 19 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordEconomic Crime: FamiliesHome OfficeTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105762More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment (a) her Department and (b) the National Crime Agency have made of the potential impact of extended family networks on facilitating the use of informal value transfer systems, including
Answer: The latest version of the Government’s National Risk Assessment (NRA) of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing was published in July 2025, and reflects expert contributions from government, law enforcement and the private sector. The NRA 2025 specifica...
Answered 22 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordHybrid Vehicles: SafetyDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105761More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has considered (a) establishing an investigation mechanism and (b) commissioning an independent review into the safety performance of hybrid vehicles.
Answer: As announced in the recently published Road Safety Strategy, the department will be establishing a data-led Road Safety Investigation Branch to learn lessons from road incidents, by taking a strategic, thematic approach, focusing on patterns of collisions...
Answered 23 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: AccidentsDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105760More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an estimate of the fatality rate per vehicle mile travelled for hybrid, petrol, diesel and fully electric cars in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Department does not hold data that would enable an estimate of fatality rates per vehicle mile travelled by propulsion type.The STATS19 collection and DVLA records provide a breakdown of fatalities in reported road traffic collisions by vehicle and pr...
Answered 23 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105759More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2026 to Question 102871, if she will provide a hyperlink to that information.
Answer: The cost-benefit analysis referred to previously and published alongside the VETS order 2023 can be found here: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1394/pdfs/uksiod_20231394_en_001.pdf.
Answered 21 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordTransport: FinanceDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105758More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2026 to Question 101854, how much funding is being provided over the Spending Review period in a) bus services, b) active travel infrastructure, and c) the Mode Shift Revenu
Answer: Funding for Bus Services can be found on GOV.UK at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-authority-bus-grant-allocations/labg-revenue-allocations-2026-to-2029 Funding for Active Travel Infrastructure was published as part of the Spending Revie...
Answered 23 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordTransPennine Express: StaffDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105757More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2026 to Question 101846, how many station staff were employed by TransPennine Express on (a) 4 July 2024 and (b) the most recent date for which figures are available; and wh
Answer: For 2024-25 rail period 4 (23 June-20 July 2024) TransPennine Express reported 153.5 full-time-equivalent (FTE) staff at stations, including barrier staff. That figure for 2025-26 rail period 10 (7 December 2025-3 January 2026) was 178 FTE, representing a...
Answered 29 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordRailways: DisabilityDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105756More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to require train operators, including Northern, to begin recording instances of failed passenger assistance.
Answer: All train and station operators, including Northern, are required by their Accessible Travel Policies to monitor their performance in delivering assistance, including failures. The Office of Rail and Road publish annually the ‘Experience of Passenger Assi...
Answered 26 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordGreat British Railways: IncentivesDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105755More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what incentives will be put in place to encourage growth in passenger numbers for the rail network for (a) Great British Railways as an organisation, (b) senior management within Great British Railways and (c)
Answer: The Government has been clear that GBR will be incentivised to deliver for passengers. By bringing responsibility for track and train into one organisation, GBR will be able to remove the mixture of conflicting incentives across multiple organisations and...
Answered 26 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordLower Thames CrossingDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105754More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she expects construction works on the Lower Thames Crossing to commence.
Answer: Construction enabling works have commenced north and south of the River Thames. These include ground works to create haul roads, construction of site compounds, utility works, ecological and archaeological works and extensive pre-construction surveys are ...
Answered 23 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordGreat British Railways: FinanceDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105753More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much of the projected efficiency saving from corporate initiatives by 2028–29 represents cash reductions in Departmental expenditure, as opposed to productivity improvements, cost avoidance or spending recl
Answer: The Department for Transport’s published Departmental Efficiency Plan states that £199m in corporate initiatives efficiencies are forecast to be delivered in 2028/29. These efficiencies are considered cash releasing efficiencies (i.e. they reduce our expe...
Answered 22 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordGreat British Railways: FinanceDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105752More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) up-front and (b) ongoing costs are for the corporate initiatives underpinning the projected efficiency saving by 2028–29; and how much of those costs relate to (i) AI, (ii) digital tools and (iii)
Answer: As set out in the Departmental Efficiency Plan, the forecast efficiencies of £199m in 28/29 from corporate initiatives will come from a wide range of activities such as workforce reform, estate reform, greater use of AI and digital tools and de-duplicatio...
Answered 22 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordGreat British Railways: FinanceDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105751More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department’s Efficiency Delivery Plans, what proportion of the forecast reduction in the rail passenger services subsidy over the period covered by the Spending Review is attributable to (
Answer: The Department’s Spending Review settlement and additional commentary were set out on gov.uk. As is usual, the Department does not publish further detail on those budgets. The reduction in the rail passenger services subsidy over the Spending Review perio...
Answered 29 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordLondon North Eastern Railway: Travel InformationDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105750More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what milestone dates have been set for the introduction of AI-powered disruption updates on LNER services.
Answer: In the coming months London North Eastern Railway will begin introducing advanced AI‑powered tools designed to keep passengers better informed and in control when travelling. This new capability will enable instant travel updates and make it easier for cu...
Answered 23 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordGreater Anglia: Safety MeasuresDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105749More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Greater Anglia trains are expected to be fitted with physical advanced monitoring equipment by the end of 2026.
Answer: Projects are still in development, but Greater Anglia estimates that between eight and twelve units in total will have physical monitoring equipment installed by the end of this year.
Answered 23 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordGreater Anglia: TimetablesDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105748More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of the the Greater Anglia timetable changes from 14 December 2025 for meeting peak-time passenger demand at Billericay station over the period of th
Answer: Greater Anglia added extra carriages to a small number of Saturday services operating from Billericay as part of the December 2025 timetable change. Greater Anglia monitors passenger demand and will make adjustments to train services and capacity where re...
Answered 23 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMotability: TestingDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105747More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving mobility assessment centres operate in the UK; how many are managed by NHS Trusts; how many are operated by charitable organisations; and what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy
Answer: There are fourteen mobility centres in operation in the UK. Four are managed by NHS Trusts, and nine by charitable organisations, with one Community Interest Company. The Department for Transport provides grant funding to mobility centres that have been a...
Answered 2 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordElectric Scooters: RegulationDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105746More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of (a) mandatory registration and (b) identification plates for e-scooters on road safety.
Answer: Under current legislation, private e-scooters are illegal to use on public roads, cycle lanes and pavements, and rental e-scooters can be used but only as part of the Government’s national rental e-scooter trials. The Government has committed to pursuing ...
Answered 22 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordc2c: Community Railways InitiativeDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105745More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether officials in her Department have had discussions with (a) c2c, (b) Network Rail and (c) relevant local authorities about establishing a community rail partnership on the c2c route; what assessment she h
Answer: Officials have not discussed with Network Rail or relevant local authorities; however, officials have discussed establishing a community rail partnership with c2c which both parties see value in. Next steps would include building the proposal and securing...
Answered 26 Jan 2026
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