Mr Richard Holden

20 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Defence

Veterans: Age

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of veterans are over retirement age.

20 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Recruitment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 8 October 2024 to Question 5742 on Civil Servants, whether his Department has a policy on recruitment to the civil service in advance of the spending review.

20 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Arms Length Bodies: Equality

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 7 October 2024 to Question HL1058 on Civil Service: Equality, whether the exemptions process applies to arm's length bodies.

20 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Ministers: Codes of Practice

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the compliance of the announcement of the new debt rules to the media first with section 9.1 of the Ministerial code.

20 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Political Impartiality

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 4 October 2024 to Question 4699 on Civil Servants: Political Impartiality, whether there have been disciplinary investigations of potential breaches of political impartiality r

20 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Staff

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 18 September 2004 to Question 4680 on Civil Service, how many staff in the Cabinet Office have no post.

20 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

10 Downing Street: Government Art Collection

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2024 to Question 8943 on 10 Downing Street: Government Art Collection, what works from the Government Art Collection with what reference numbers have been (a) added to and (b

20 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Senior Civil Servants: Freedom of Information

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what (a) internal and (b) external guidance his Department has produced for Departments on whether Freedom of Information Act requests requesting information on senior civil servants should be disclosed.

20 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Former Ministers and Senior Civil Servants: Public Appointments

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department has issued guidance on the minimum length of time since leaving government a previous (a) Minister and (b) senior official can be appointed as (i) an Independent Panel Member and (ii) a Se

20 Nov 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Government Digital Service: Fujitsu

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department has made an assessment of the value for money of its contract with Fujitsu Services Ltd for the GDS Digital Service Platforms One Login project prior to agreeing

19 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office and Prime Minister: Travel

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 9 October 2024 to Question 5291 on Cabinet Office and Prime Minister: Travel, if he publish his Department's intranet guidance.

19 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Trade Union Officials

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 9 October 2024 to Question 5290 on Civil Servants: Trade Union Officials, whether he plans to (a) collate and (b) publish data on trade union facility time after the repeal of the Trade

19 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Procurement: National Security

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2024 to Question 10699 on Procurement: National Security, what the topic was of the evaluation that met an exemption under the Act.

19 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Civil Service: Equality

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 7 October 2024 to Question HL1058 on Civil Service: Equality, whether Departments are required to report exemptions to his Department.

19 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 6 November 2024 to Question 12416 on Government Departments: Disclosure of Information, whether it is his policy that Government transparency data should be (a) available and (b) search

19 Nov 2024 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Bank Services

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, on what criteria HMRC awards a contract to provide it with banking services; and whether those criteria include (a) the ownership of the bank and (b) whether the Government owns shares in the bank.

18 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Staff

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2024 to Question 8125 on Government Departments: Staff, if he will publish an updated organogram for his Department on data.gov.uk.

18 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Secondment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress he has made on implementing the recommendations on secondments in his Department’s report entitled A report by Nigel Boardman into the Development and Use of Supply Chain Finance (and associated sc

18 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Honours: Public Appointments

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which competitions for appointments to Independent Honours Committees have been (a) terminated without appointment and (b) re-opened since 5 July 2024; and what the cost of those competitions was.

18 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Conflict of Interests

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's publication entitled Business Critical Models in the Cabinet Office, published on 31 October 2024, if he will publish his Department's Register of British Interests.

18 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: Aviation

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which public authorities hold information for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 on (a) which (i) domestic and (ii) overseas flights for Prime Ministerial travel have been carbon offset and (b)

18 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Remuneration Committee

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his letter to the Chair of the Senior Salaries Review Body, published on 30 September 2024, who the members of the Government Commercial Organisation Remuneration Committee are.

18 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Civil Servants: Secondment

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to the Answer of 15 June 2023 to Question 188973 on Civil Servants: Secondment, whether he has taken steps to increase the data available.

15 Nov 2024 · Home Office

Knives: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to prevent the sale of dangerous knives online.

15 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Procurement

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2024 to Question 11029 on Government Departments: Procurement, what the criteria will be for including a foreign company on the debarment list.

15 Nov 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Government Departments: Artificial Intelligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department has issued guidance to other departments on using AI to (a) read and (b) analyse responses to government consultations.

15 Nov 2024 · Cabinet Office

Lobbying: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what guidance his Department has issued to other departments on the circumstances in which consultant lobbying firms attending (a) meetings and (b) hospitality must be declared on ministerial transparency return

15 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's transparency data entitled DWP and CMG: spending over £500, August 2024, published on 24 October 2024, for what reason her Department spent (a) £1,249 at John Lewis, (

15 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to her Department's transparency data entitled DWP and CMG: spending over £500, July 2024, published on 3 September 2024, for what reason her Department spent (a) £533 at Back Market, (b)

15 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Closures and Mergers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has statutory powers to prevent the (a) merger and (b) closure of GP services.