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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Whether her Department has assessed the potential merits of a nationally consistent road asset inventory for improving long-term maintenance and policy planning.
Local highway authorities manage a wide range of assets, including carriageways, footways, drainage, bridges, street lighting, traffic signals and road markings. They are responsible for managing their networks, including asset data and maintenance decisi...
What the estimated financial deficits of the a) Vehicle Certification Agency b) Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, c) Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency and d) Maritime and Coastguard Agency are in monetary
The Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) reported a net deficit of £8.8m in its accounts for the 2024/25 financial year. Income was reported at £22.252m against costs of £31.031m. This is primarily because the hourly rate charged by the VCA for technical wo...
What assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the road and footway digital condition assessment and asset management programmes undertaken by counterparts in Northern Ireland.
The Department keeps developments in road maintenance and asset management under review and engages regularly with a wide range of stakeholders, including devolved administrations and industry partners, to share best practice and consider emerging approac...
Pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2026 to Question 1231 on collective Cabinet agreement, what metrics his Department has proposed for measuring the success of reforms to the process for collective Cabinet agreeme
Policy analysis on options for reforming collective agreement is ongoing and we have high ambitions for speeding up the government’s decision making processes. The operation of the system and efficacy of all changes will be kept under continuous review.
Pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2026 to Question 5450 on Horizon IT System: Sub-postmasters, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the additional funding provided to support the police inve
The Home Office has already provided £6m to the MPS to date for Operation Olympos. The government is determined to see justice delivered as swiftly as possible. It is for PCCs and Chief Constables to determine the allocation of operational resources.
Pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2026 to Question 6816 on the UK Emissions Trading Scheme and Northern Ireland routes, whether he plans to publish any (a) assessments, (b) modelling, (c) case
The Government published the final stage Impact Assessment for this policy on 25 November 2025. Overall, it found the policy delivers emissions reductions and wider economic benefits in the most cost-effective way possible. There are no plans to publish a...
Pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2026 to Question 5449 on Driving Tests, what the (a) mean and (b) modal waiting time was between the first booking of a practical car driving test and the test being taken in (
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) cannot report a single modal waiting time as the distribution of waiting times was bi-modal. Therefore, the table below provides only the mean and median waiting times, between the first booking of a practica...
What modelling her Department has undertaken on the potential impact of abolishing Stamp Duty on share transactions on a) economic growth and b) net taxation revenues.
Stamp Taxes on Shares raised £4.7 billion in 2025/26; vital revenue to help fund key public services. There are multiple reliefs and exemptions built into the framework which are designed to boost liquidity and growth. While recognising the need for fisca...
Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to counter misinformation being spread globally by a) Russia, b) Iran and c) Afghanistan; and whether she plans to take further such steps.
As set out in our response to the Foreign Affairs Committee's report published on 27 March, this Government recognises the seriousness of the threat posed by foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI), including mis- and disinformation, to t...
Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the proportion of people owning their own home by age group (a) now and (b) in each of the next 20 years.
My Department collects data on home ownership through the English Housing Survey, which is published annually and can be found on gov.uk here. Data on the demographic and economic characteristics, including age, can be found here. The English Housing Surv...
Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what visits have taken place to Afghanistan by Ministers in her Department since 4 July 2024.
Details of ministers' overseas travel are published on a quarterly basis in the Department's transparency returns. No UK Government Ministers have travelled to Afghanistan during this period.
Pursuant to the Answers of 16 June to Questions 1233 and 1236, if he will take steps to make the recording of SNOMED codes mandatory across all births.
There are no current plans to make the recording of SNOMED codes mandatory across all births.
What estimate she has made of the number of people who will be affected by the salary sacrifice cap on pension contributions of £2,000.
An estimate for the number of employees with salary sacrifice pension contributions above £2,000 was published in the Tax Information Impact Note published following Autumn Budget 2025: Salary sacrifice reform for pension contributions - GOV.UK
Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment she has made of whether the privileges and immunities granted to the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices under the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office Act 19
I refer the Hon Member to the answer provided on 21 May in response to Question 724.
How many recorded offences of theft from a motor vehicle involved commercial freight vehicles in each of the last five years; what estimate she has made of the value of goods stolen in those offences;
The Home Office collects information on the number of notifiable offences, and their investigative outcomes, recorded by the police in England and Wales. This includes offences of Theft from a Motor Vehicle. However, we do not hold data on the types of ve...
When he plans to respond to Questions 1233 and 1236 from the Rt Hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay.
I refer the Rt. Hon. Member to the answers I gave on 16 June 2026 to Questions 1233 and 1236.
With reference to her Department's policy paper entitled Active Travel – Active England: the third cycling and walking investment strategy, published on 12 June 2026, how much of the £4.555 billion represents (
The projected investment covers the period 2025-6 to 2029-30. All funding has been announced since July 2024, but prior to publication of the Strategy, with the exception of City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements (CRSTS) funding which was announced...
If she will publish the methodology used to estimate the proportion of expenditure from wider Government funding streams that is expected to be invested in active travel for the Third Cycling and Walking Invest
The methodology used to estimate projected funding in the third Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy (CWIS3) is summarised in the financial resources section of the Strategy and explained in more detail in the supporting documents.
If she will provide a breakdown of the £4.555 billion projected active travel investment figure in the Third Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy by source, specifically, how much from: 1.) Funding provided
A breakdown of the £4.555 billion projected investment in the Third Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy is detailed in the table below.Funding sourceProjected investment (£ million) (rounded)ATE funding£1107Transport for City Regions£1333Highways Main...
What assessment she has made of the costs to local transport authorities arising from the requirements and expectations contained in the Third Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy; and whether those costs wi
The Government has projected over £4.5 billion of investment into active travel over the period of the Third Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy (CWIS3), the vast majority of which is available to local transport authorities to deliver walking, wheeli...