Mr Richard Holden

20 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Large Goods Vehicles: Electric Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the cost of (a) electric and (b) hydrogen HGVs for small and medium-sized enterprises since July 2024; and whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the (i) 2

20 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Large Goods Vehicles: Electric Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the total cost of the Zero Emission HGV and Infrastructure Demonstrator (ZEHID) programme to date; whether any underspends or project delays have been identified; and

20 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Electric Vehicles: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate she has made of the total cost of electric vehicle (a) incentives and (b) tax reliefs for fleet and company car (i) leasing and (ii) purchases to the exchequer; and what assessment she has made of the

20 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that (a) rural and (b) smaller local authorities can access funding to (i) trial and (b) adopt (A) faster, (B) cheaper and (C) lower-carbon road repair technol

20 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Yorkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people signed up to take part in the digital rail tickets trial scheme between Harrogate and Leeds (a) before and (b) after it began.

20 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total cost was of the (a) rebrand, (b) design, (c) production and (d) promotion of the rebranded See it. Say it. Sorted. campaign.

20 Oct 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Prize Money: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it her policy to require large-scale commercial prize draws to return a statutory minimum percentage of proceeds to charitable causes.

20 Oct 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Prize Money: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it her policy to ensure that large-scale commercial prize draws are subject to the same advertising regulations as other gambling products.

20 Oct 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Prize Money: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make it her policy to prevent large-scale commercial prize draws from being able to accept credit card payments from participants.

20 Oct 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to p.17 of the report by NfP entitled An Unregulated Gamble, published in March 2025, what assessment her Department has made of the potential implications for its policies that 12

20 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Large Goods Vehicles: Parking

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the shortfall in secure overnight HGV parking spaces in each year since 2023-24.

20 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Large Goods Vehicles: Parking

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) new and (b) upgraded HGV parking spaces have been provided through the HGV Parking and Driver Welfare Fund; and when each was completed.

20 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Large Goods Vehicles: Parking

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many HGV (a) parking and (b) roadside welfare upgrade projects funded through the HGV Parking and Driver Welfare Fund have been completed; and when each was (i) started and (ii) completed.

20 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Alternative Fuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the sustainable aviation fuel mandate on (a) airline operating costs and (b) the average price of a passenger ticket in each financial year to

20 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

DfT Operator: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department issued any formal directions to DfT Operator Limited in (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26 in respect of (i) service performance and (ii) financial control.

20 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether her Department has made of the welfare conditions of animals kept by local authorities in public parks.

20 Oct 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether local authorities are required to obtain a licence under the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving Animals) (England) Regulations 2018 when (a) keeping and (b) exhi

17 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Apprentices and Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of changes to funding for Level 7 apprenticeships on levels of workforce (a) up-skilling and (b) productivity in (i) all sectors and (ii) the transp

17 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Bicycles: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of Section 6.2.2. of the British Standard BS 8300-1:2018 entitled Design of an accessible and inclusive built environment, published on 31 J

17 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Alternative Fuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the number of UK-based sustainable aviation fuel production facilities that have commenced construction since July 2022; and how many jobs have been created through those productio

17 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the cost per tonne of carbon dioxide reduction achieved through the Revenue Certainty Mechanism compared to other Sustainable Aviation Fuel pathways; and what assessment she has ma

17 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Fares

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the potential impact of (a) the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill and (b) the proposed Revenue Certainty Mechanism on average passenger air fares by 2030 and 2035; and whether passeng

17 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

East West Rail Line: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the reasons for the re-baselining of Connection Stages 2 and 3 of the East West Rail project; and what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the Oxford–Bedford section ca

17 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Office of Rail and Road’s 2024–25 train operator statistics, whether she plans to use the data on (a) cancellations, (b) delay minutes and (c) compensation claims as a baseline for new rig

17 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Restoring Your Railway Fund

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2025 to Question 71255 on the Restoring Your Railway Fund, if she will publish all the assessments undertaken by her Department relating to the decision to cancel the Restoring

17 Oct 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Jobcentres: Neurodiversity and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what trials his Department is undertaking relating to the frequency of (a) appointments, (b) interventions and (c) workcoach support provided to (i) young people and (ii) people with neurodivergent cond

17 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Midland Main Line: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress her Department has made on resolving clearance issues at Marle Pit on the Midland Main Line.

17 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Channel Tunnel: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has received updated cost estimates for Channel Tunnel container gauge clearance.

17 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Cambridgeshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to decide whether her Department will progress the Ely Area Capacity Enhancements scheme to the next development stage.

17 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Essex

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of electrifying the branch between London Gateway and Thames Haven Junction on (a) the efficiency, (b) the reliability and (c) the reduction in emissions of