Richard Holden MP: written questions
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Written questions
Parking: Automatic Number Plate RecognitionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78690More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what representations her Department has received from local authorities and parking operators on the use of automatic number plate recognition in municipal car parks since 4 July
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to Question UIN 77649 on 13 October 2025.
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: Charging PointsDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78699More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many public electric vehicle chargepoints have been installed in each local authority area in England; and what assessment she has made of the level of regional difference in access to charging infrastructu
Answer: The latest data available regarding the number of public charging devices for electric vehicles in each local authority area in England, as of 1 July 2025, can be found in table 1a of the attached document. Government monitors public charging device roll ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: Charging PointsDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78700More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the government’s target to deliver 300,000 public electric vehicle chargepoints by 2030 is dependent on private sector investment.
Answer: An estimate of potential future demand for chargepoints was originally published in the 2022 “Taking Charge: the National Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Strategy” and ranged from 280,000 to 720,000 in 2030. This analysis was updated in 2024 resu...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: Charging PointsDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78698More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total amount of public funding committed to electric vehicle charging infrastructure to date is; and what estimate her Department has made of the average cost per operational public chargepoint deliver
Answer: In the 2025 Spending Review £400 million of capital funding was allocated to support the rollout of charging infrastructure in the four financial years from 2026/27 to 2029/30. The cost of deploying public chargepoints varies widely due to a range of fact...
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: Charging PointsDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78697More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of the 300,000 public chargepoints required by 2030 that will come from the installation of the 100,000 local chargepoints announced on 13 June 2025.
Answer: An estimate of potential UK future demand for chargepoints was originally published in the 2022 “Taking Charge: the National Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Strategy” and ranged from 280,000 to 720,000 in 2030. This analysis was updated in 2024 r...
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: Charging PointsDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78696More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the announcement of 13 June 2025 on the installation of over 100,000 new local electric vehicle chargepoints in England, what her planned timetable is for this; and how many have been installe
Answer: The Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) Fund has allocated capital and resource funding to local authorities across England, to ensure public chargepoint rollout improves significantly across the country. In total, the LEVI Fund will support the ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: Charging PointsDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78695More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the number of public electric vehicle chargepoints that will be installed in each year between 2025 and 2030.
Answer: An estimate of potential future demand for chargepoints was originally published in the 2022 “Taking Charge: the National Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Strategy” and ranged from 280,000 to 720,000 in 2030. This analysis was updated in 2024 resu...
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: WeatherDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78694More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the resilience of Britain’s rail network to prolonged periods of dry weather, in the context of ongoing speed restrictions and service reductions on routes including the W
Answer: The resilience of Britain’s rail network to severe weather is managed through Network Rail’s Control Period 7 regional weather resilience and climate change adaptation plans. Through the period we will invest £2.8 billion in improving the resilience of th...
Answered 24 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRolling Stock: LeasingCabinet OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78693More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the Office for National Statistics classifies rolling stock leasing liabilities as part of the public sector balance sheet.
Answer: The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 10th October is attached.
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: ConcessionsDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78692More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to introduce (a) a similar scheme to the Great British Rail Sale of April 2022 and (b) other national discounted ticketing initiatives when Great British Railways assumes full respo
Answer: GBR will be empowered to deliver industry-wide modernisation and reform of the complex and fragmented fares landscape inherited from privatisation. This will enable GBR to simplify the ticketing system and make it easy for passengers to find the right far...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: ConcessionsDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 78691More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to use discounted ticketing initiatives to (a) increase passenger utilisation on lightly used services and (b) reduce the volume of trains operating with significant spare capacity
Answer: Great British Railways (GBR) will be empowered to deliver industry-wide modernisation and reform of the complex and fragmented fares landscape inherited from privatisation. This will enable GBR to simplify the ticketing system and make it easy for passeng...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: Freedom of InformationDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77651More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the FOI response Ref: FOI-00045627, if she will publish that response.
Answer: A copy of the response and accompanying documents have been placed in the Library of the House.
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMotorcycles: Bus LanesDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77650More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2025 to Question 59359 on Motorcycles: Bus Lanes, how many respondents responded to the consultation on allowing motorcycles to access bus lanes by default; and what number of
Answer: This information is contained in the ‘Motorcycles in bus lanes consultation outcome’ published on 21 November 2024 and available here: Motorcycles in bus lanes consultation outcome - GOV.UK .
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordParking: Automatic Number Plate RecognitionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77649More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what representations his Department has received on the use of ANPR in municipal car parks since 4 July 2024.
Answer: In January 2024, Parking and Traffic Regulations Outside London (PATROL), together with the British Parking Association and the Local Government Association written jointly to the department and the Department for Transport recommending that the governmen...
Answered 13 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: AutomationDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77648More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2025 to Question 71256 on Railways: Automation, if she will make it her policy to link government investment to conditions on greater take-up of automated train operation t
Answer: The Government is committed to investing in a modern railway that is reliable for passengers and supports economic growth for taxpayers. This has included investment in automated train operation in recent years, as noted in the answer of 8 September, on s...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: Ministers' Private OfficesDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77647More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2025 to Question 71268 on Department for Transport: Ministers' Private Offices, what the expenditure of £2,769.49 was on; and if she will provide a breakdown of each item o
Answer: Since 4 July 2024 the Department has spent £211.34 on redecoration of Ministers' Private Offices. Following a review and a correction to the answer to Question 71268, I can confirm that no costs were incurred on furniture and fittings.
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: BuildingsDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77646More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2025 to Question 71266 on Department for Transport: Buildings, what the make and model of soundproof meeting pods were; and how many were purchased.
Answer: Three Kolo Midi soundproof meeting pods were purchased.
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBuses and Large Goods Vehicles: LicensingDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77645More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2025 to Question 71238 on Buses and Large Goods Vehicles: Licensing, for what reason the consultation response has been delayed.
Answer: The previous government did not publish a response to its consultation before it left office.This government is now working closely with operators to obtain further evidence and will then consider next steps.
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTHINK! CampaignDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77644More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2025 to Question 71274 on THINK! Campaign, what the total amount of savings from reduced spending on the THINK! Road Safety communications campaign is since July 2024.
Answer: For the financial year 2024/2025, the budget for the THINK! road safety campaign has reduced by £1,299,424 compared to the previous financial year. This was in line with the Government’s review of campaign spending.
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordLondon Underground: StrikesDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77643More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with (a) The Office of the Mayor of London and (b) Transport for London on the London Underground strikes in the week of 8 September 2025.
Answer: Transport in London is devolved to the Mayor and TfL, and strike action on London’s transport network is for TfL to manage. The Government encourages all sides to work together to resolve this dispute as quickly as possible. The Secretary of State met wit...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving under Influence: ScotlandDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77642More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2025 to Question 71264 on Driving under Influence, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the lower limit in Scotland on the economic viability of pu
Answer: The power to set the drink drive limit in Scotland is devolved to the Scottish Government. The Department of Transport has not made an assessment of the impact on the economic viability of pubs in Scotland.
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: Facilities AgreementsDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77641More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2025 to Question 71253 on Railways: Facilities Agreements, if she will publish a copy of the extant facility time agreements in place for (a) her Department, (b) Great Brit
Answer: In rail, facility time agreements are between individual train operating companies or Network Rail and the trade unions (TUs), not between the Department for Transport or DfT Operator Limited and the TUs. Great British Railways has not yet been establishe...
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRoad Traffic Control: OxfordDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77640More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2025 to Question 71258 on Road Traffic Control: Oxford, whether (a) Oxfordshire County Council and (b) Oxford City Council have made enquiries to DVLA to access vehicle reg
Answer: In line with the relevant legislation, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) provides vehicle information to Oxfordshire County Council for a number of specified purposes. These include management of the zero emission zones scheme and moving traf...
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRestoring Your Railway FundDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77639More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2025 to Question 71255 on Restoring your railway fund, if she will publish a copy of the (a) environmental principles assessment and (b) public sector equality duty assessm
Answer: The decision to close the Restoring Your Railway fund was taken in the context of a wider review of Public Spending by the Chancellor, where she confirmed the steps the Government was taking to address the pressures on the public finances by cancelling un...
Answered 14 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDefence and National Security: FinanceTreasuryTabled 16 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 77638More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2025 to Question 71207 on National Security: Finance, if she will place publish a copy of the (a) Government’s and (b) NATO guidance on the definition of (i) defence and (bii) s
Answer: The NATO definition of defence expenditure, and defence and security related expenditure can be found on the NATO website: NATO - Topic: Defence expenditures and NATO’s 5% commitment These definitions are used by the UK and all NATO allies when reporting ...
Answered 14 Oct 2025
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