Every parliamentary written question tabled by Richard Holden this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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Pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2025 to Question 64568 on Data, Statistics and Research on Sex and Gender Independent Review, what the planned timetable is for the UK Statistics Authority to respond substantively to Part (a) 1 and (b) 2 of the review.
The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 29th August is attached.
Whether the (a) UK Statistics Authority and (b) Office for National Statistics has a remit over the Government’s statistical (i) classification and (ii) reporting of (A) defence spending and (B) security and resilience spending, in the context of the new 5% NATO targets.
The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 29th August is attached.
Pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2025 to Question 39576 on Prime Minister: Aviation, how many and what proportion of the Prime Minister's overseas flights used Sustainable Aviation Fuel since 4 July 2024.
I refer the Rt Hon Member to the answer of 21 October 2024, Official Report, PQ 8434.
Pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2025 to Question 62771 on Cabinet Office: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution, if he will publish the invoice for that spending.
I refer the Rt Hon Member to my answer of 15 July, Official Report, PQ 65886.
Pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2025 to Question 47344 on Workplace Pensions: Inheritance Tax, whether MyCSP administers the Pension Scheme for Keir Starmer QC; and whether there is an annual (a) set of accounts and (b) report for that pension scheme.
MyCSP currently administers the pension scheme for Keir Starmer QC. Neither an annual set of accounts or a report are provided for this pension scheme.
Pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2025 to Question 63007 on Government Departments: Equality, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on the recruitment of a Diversity and Inclusion Manager in her Department.
Recruitment is delegated to departments and the Cabinet Office would not be involved in relation to recruitment within the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
Pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2025 to Question 65874 on Prime Minister: Staff, how many staff work in the Mission Delivery Unit; whether that unit is part of the Prime Minister’s Office business unit; and in which office that unit is based.
On 1 September the Prime Minister announced changes to the Downing Street operation supporting the government’s next phase of delivery.The Prime Minister has established a reformed Delivery Unit, led out of Downing Street, to drive forward the Plan for Change.
For what reason the Civil Service Jobs website advertises job vacancies which allow employees to work from home permanently.
The Civil Service Jobs website advertises job vacancies on behalf of government departments. The Civil Service currently makes limited use of home-working contracts for certain roles and/or adjustments for people with disabilities. In October 2024, Heads of Departments agreed that Civil Servants should continue to spend a minimum of 60% of their time in the office.
Whether Downing Street uses renewable energy for its electricity.
Downing Street is connected to the National Grid, which uses a range of energy sources, including renewable energy.
With reference to the judgement in George Greenwood v The Information Commissioner & Anor, [2025] UKFTT 391 (GRC), whether his Department has issued guidance to government bodies on whether staff who have left a public authority are subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
The Cabinet Office has not issued Freedom of Information guidance to departments relating to the judgement in George Greenwood v The Information Commissioner & The Cabinet Office, [2025] UKFTT 391 (GRC).
Whether there is an annual allowance for (a) works, (b) fittings and (c) fixtures for Ministerial residences in (i) Downing Street, (ii) Carlton Gardens and (iii) Admiralty House.
The Government Property Agency (GPA) does not have an annual allowance for works, fittings and fixtures for Ministerial residences.
If he will publish Freedom of Information Act response FOI2025/09675, dated 11 July 2025, on the number of undeployed staff in the Skills Hub.
The requested document will be published in the House Libraries.
Whether ice cream vans parked on red lines on Westminster Bridge are monitored by the Government Secure Zone control room.
The Government can confirm that vehicles are monitored within the Government Secure Zone. However, the Government does not comment in detail on security arrangements within the Government Secure Zone.
When he plans to publish the senior officials high earners salaries list for 2025.
The previous administration did not update this list prior to the General Election. The Cabinet Office will publish a new 2025 list in due course.
With reference to the Cabinet Office spend approvals: October to December 2024, published 27 March 2025, what was the purpose of the spending on Great Campaigns HQ; what suppliers were contracted; and on what media channels.
Since 2011, the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Campaign has successfully encouraged an international audience to visit, trade, invest, live, work and study in the UK and has generated over £7 billion of returns to the UK economy. GREAT HQ’s activity targets cross-cutting drivers of growth. To deliver these campaigns, GREAT HQ works with several approved suppliers via government commercial frameworks, delivering mainly via targeted digital channels.
Pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2025 to Question HL8409 on special advisers, whether special advisers who wish to undertake industrial action can only do so as part of industrial action undertaken by their appointing minister’s department.
As special advisers have the same legal rights as other employees, their right to take industrial action is not limited to their appointing minister’s department.
With reference to his Department's transparency data entitled Cabinet Office: spend control data for October to December 2024, published on 27 March 2025, what the spending on (a) 35 Great Smith Street, (b) 5 Endeavour Square, (c) Bishopgate House and (d) Exchange Tower was for.
The spend control data relates to four approvals under the National Property Control (NPC) for rent for office space. The NPC requests were all made by the Government Property Agency, an Executive Agency of the Cabinet Office, on behalf of the department/s or organisation/s to be located in these sites.
Pursuant to the Answer of 26 June 2025 to Question 62339 on Parliamentary and Political Service Honours Committee, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the membership on decision making.
The process for Honours selection is transparent and robust; all nominations are considered by one of ten expert Honours Committees, each chaired by an independent chair, and comprising a majority of independent members each with considerable experience of the area covered by the committee. Once the selections have been made by each Committee, the Chairs take their recommendations to the Main Honours Committee and agree the final List for submission by the Prime Minister to The King for His Majesty’s approval.All independent chairs and members are appointed through an open and transparent public appointments process, in full compliance with the Governance Code on Public Appointments.
What changes his Department made to the Cabinet Office's Government Function: People, Continuous Improvement Assessment Framework, issued 30 June 2025.
A Continuous Improvement Assessment Framework is a management tool designed to provide consistent, comparable management information that supports functional assurance and continuous improvement. The People Function Continuous Improvement Assessment Framework was updated to reflect the updates made in Government Functional Standard GovS 003: People v 2.1 which was published on 16th June 2025.
Pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2025 to Question 65874 on Prime Minister: Staff, on what date (a) the Implementation Unit and (b) the No10 Delivery Unit were abolished.
There has not been an Implementation Unit in 10 Downing Street for at least 15 years. The No10 Delivery Unit moved to the Cabinet Office and was renamed the Mission Delivery Unit reflecting its focus on the government’s five missions.