Mr Richard Holden

20 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2025 to Question 78713 on Driving Tests: Waiting Lists, what the national average car driving test waiting time was in weeks in October 2025.

20 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Level Crossings

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what performance indicators her Department uses to assess level-crossing down-time; whether she plans to introduce maximum permitted barrier down-time standards; and if she will publish annual statistics on ave

20 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Level Crossings

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of i) timetable planning, ii) signalling and iii) freight pathing margins on barrier down-times at level crossings; and how Network Rail monitors and reports

20 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Level Crossings

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department holds information on a) the average barrier down-time at each public highway level crossing in England, b) the five crossings with the longest average down-times in the most recent year,

20 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 31 October 2025 to Question 84696 on Shipping: Investment, when her Department plans to publish the competition scopes and assessment criteria for the maritime funding programme.

20 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Biodiversity

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the potential impact of biodiversity net gain requirements on the cost of non completed strategic road network improvement projects since the implementation of the relevant legisla

20 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Information Sharing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to Question 88884, how much income has been collected by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency by providing vehicle registered keeper details in 2025.

20 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the national average car driving test waiting time is in weeks in October 2025.

20 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Congenital Abnormalities

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2025 to Question 87431 on Congenital Abnormalities, whether he has plans to (a) publish aggregated consanguinity statistics collected through the Maternity Ser

20 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Congenital Abnormalities

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2025 to Question 87431 on Congenital Abnormalities, what consanguinity data NHS England collects through the Maternity Services Data Set; what assessment he ha

19 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Frozen Food: Storage

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of updating the international frozen food storage standard from –18°C to –15°C, including the potential impact on (a) energy co

19 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Grants

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2025 to Question 89627 on the Electric Car Grant, whether the eligibility criteria for that scheme could be amended to allow access to manufacturers that do not hold a veri

19 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

South Western Railway: Rolling Stock

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2025 to Question 90406 on South Western Railway: Rolling Stock, what the the total cost is of the renewed rolling stock leasing contract; how long that contract is for; and

19 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Great British Railways: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2025 to Question 89632 on Great British Railways: Finance, if she will publish the assumptions on passenger ridership growth that underpin the Department’s estimate of a £1

19 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Construction: Stone

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential energy-efficiency benefits derived from using natural stone in public and private construction.

19 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Construction: Materials

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department provides to local authorities on including locally manufactured materials such as natural stone in planning conditions and development frameworks.

19 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Quarrying: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department plans to review the level of regulation of small quarrying and stone-processing firms.

19 Nov 2025 · Cabinet Office

Public Buildings: Stone

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps his Department is taking to strengthen supply chain resilience by supporting the use of British natural stone in public building projects.

19 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving tests a full-time driving examiner can conduct per year, allowing for annual leave.

19 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 November 2025 to Question 88361 on Railways: Reform, whether either the estimated £200–£400 million set-up and transitional cost range cited in the Impact Assessment or the projecte

19 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

London North Eastern Railway: Fares

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2025 to Question 89630 on London North Eastern Railway: Fares, what estimate she has made of the potential impact of the LNER demand-based pricing trial on ticket prices fo

19 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Freight: Fuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2025 to Question 88363 on Freight: Fuels Excise Duties, whether her Department holds data on the relative changes in operating costs for (a) rail freight and (b) road freig

19 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Railway Network

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2025 to Question 90060 on Railway Network: Environment Protection, whether she plans to make changes to the size of the rail network under Great British Railways.

19 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2025 to Question 90058 on Railways: Safety, how the ORR’s railway safety enforcement regime will change following the establishment of Great British Railways.

19 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hereditary Diseases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2025 to Question 87859 on Hereditary Diseases, if his Department will publish any estimates or research they have of the annual cost to the public purse for th

19 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Great British Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 November 2025 to Question 88882 on Great British Railways, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of establishing and operating the regulatory oversight function

19 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Congenital Abnormalities

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2025 to Question 87431 on Congenital Abnormalities, what use is made of consanguinity data collected by NHS England through the Maternity Services Data Set in

18 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS England: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the net zero targets for NHS England are; and what guidance has been given to NHS bodies on adopting net zero targets earlier than 2050.

18 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Motor Vehicles: Batteries

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support UK car manufacturers in developing and commercialising solid-state battery technology.

18 Nov 2025 · Leader of the House

Written Questions

To ask the Leader of the House, with reference to paragraph 221 of the Guide to Parliamentary Work, how many answers to Written Parliamentary Questions have (a) declined to provide information on the grounds that it should be sought via the Freedom of Inf