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Written questions by Holden.

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.

Department:All (2,894)Department for Transport (1038)Cabinet Office (763)Treasury (168)Department of Health and Social Care (124)Department for Business and Trade (105)Department for Education (93)Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (77)Home Office (76)Ministry of Defence (75)Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (74)Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (52)Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (41)

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1 Jun 2026·Department for Transport·Pending
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What progress Greater Anglia has made on (a) expanding its pay-as-you-go ticketing system in 2026 and (b) delivering the extra projected 11 million additional journeys of which three million were designated to be for contactless payment by the end of 2026.

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Awaiting answer.

1 Jun 2026·Cabinet Office·Pending
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Pursuant to the Answer of 26 May 2026 to Question 1226, when he plans to publish the State of the Estate report from 2026-27.

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Awaiting answer.

1 Jun 2026·Department for Transport·Pending
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Pursuant to the Answer of 27 May 2026 to Question 2801 on Transport: Innovation, how many projects have had their business case approvals process adapted to support innovative activity since 4 July 2024.

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Awaiting answer.

1 Jun 2026·Department for Transport·Pending
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What steps South Western Railways have taken to complete planned infrastructure upgrades including West of England line resilience works, London Waterloo-Clapham Junction and Fareham-Havant and Portsmouth Harbour strengthening by March 2027.

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Awaiting answer.

1 Jun 2026·Department for Transport·Pending
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If she will provide for each driving test centre in Great Britain the car practical driving test waiting time in weeks in May 2026.

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Awaiting answer.

1 Jun 2026·Department for Transport·Pending
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What the average waiting time for a practical car driving test was in (a) April 2026 and (b) May 2026.

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Awaiting answer.

1 Jun 2026·Department for Transport·Pending
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Pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2026 to Question 1283 on Department for Transport: Official Cars, what assessment her Department has made of the compatibility of collecting anonymised data on the manufacturing origin of its rental fleet with World Trade Organisation rules.

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Awaiting answer.

1 Jun 2026·Department for Transport·Pending
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How many Class 357 trains c2c has upgraded since 17 December 2025; and whether the full fleet upgrade will be completed by December 2026.

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Awaiting answer.

1 Jun 2026·Department for Transport·Pending
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How much National Highways has spent on its in-house external affairs work since 4 July 2024.

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Awaiting answer.

1 Jun 2026·Home Office·Pending
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If she will ensure adequate funding for the police investigation into the Horizon IT System for sub-postmasters, including 93 year old Betty Brown.

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Awaiting answer.

29 May 2026·Department for Transport·Pending
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With reference to the Answer of 9 January 2026 to Question 100955, what programmes the Civil Aviation Authority is engaged in to support airspace modernisation and sustainable aviation fuel take-up in line with the 2050 Net Zero target; and what the financial cost of those programmes is to the public purse.

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Awaiting answer.

29 May 2026·Department for Transport·Pending
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How many public electric vehicle chargepoints have been installed in each local authority area in England; and what assessment she has made of trends in the level of regional difference in access to charging infrastructure.

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Awaiting answer.

29 May 2026·Department for Transport·Pending
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With reference to the Answer of 9 January 2026 to Question 100955, what programmes the Northern Lighthouse Board is undertaking to achieve its Net Zero target by 2050; and what the estimated cost to the public purse is of those programmes.

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Awaiting answer.

29 May 2026·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·Pending
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Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 13 April 2026 to Question 123377 on Nitrogen Dioxide: Pollution Control, when her Department plans to place a breakdown of the NO2 programme expenditure on local authority grants in the House of Commons Library.

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Awaiting answer.

29 May 2026·Department for Transport·Pending
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With reference to the document entitled Analysis of 'Restricting the generation of surplus funds from traffic contraventions' call for evidence, published on 30 March 2026, whether she plans to respond to the independent analysis on restricting the generation of surplus funds from traffic contraventions.

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Awaiting answer.

29 May 2026·Department for Transport·Pending
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How much her Department has spent on lanyards since 4 July 2024; what designs of lanyards have been purchased; and what the cost and number of each lanyard design purchased was.

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Awaiting answer.

29 May 2026·Treasury·Pending
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Whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the air passenger duty rate increases for commercial airlines on the international competitiveness of UK hub airports relative to major European aviation hubs.

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Awaiting answer.

29 May 2026·Treasury·Pending
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What assessment she has made of the potential impact of the introduction of Electric Vehicle Excise Duty on consumer uptake of electric vehicles; and what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that the operation of Vehicle Excise Duty aligns with the objectives of the Electric Car Grant and policies to support the banning of purchase of new Hybrid, Petrol and Diesel Vehicles.

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Awaiting answer.

29 May 2026·Treasury·Pending
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With reference to the answer of 6 March 2026 to Question 116216 on Airports: Business Rates, if she will provide a relevant hyperlink to the revised guidance.

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Awaiting answer.

29 May 2026·Home Office·Pending
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With reference to the answer of 9 March 2026 to Question 115864 on Street Trading: Westminster Bridge, whether she has issued guidance to the police on enforcing the law on dangerous parking in areas of decriminalised parking enforcement; and what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of law enforcement in relation to (a) ice cream vans and (b) pedicabs parked on red lines on Westminster Bridge.

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Awaiting answer.

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