Mr Richard Holden

25 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Trade Unions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether changes have been made to the NHS terms and conditions of service for Agenda for Change in relation to trade unions since 4 July 2024.

25 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Crown Representatives: Political Activities

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what declarations of political (a) activity and (b) interests were made by each Health Crown Representative.

24 Jun 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Pornography: Internet

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether his Department plans to implement recommendation 9 of the Independent Pornography Review: the challenge of regulating online pornography, published on 27 February 2025.

24 Jun 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Pornography

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps her Department is taking to ensure parity between the regulation of online and offline pornography.

24 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

National Maternity and Neonatal Taskforce

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the national investigation into NHS maternity and neonatal services announced on 23 June 2025 will be empowered to recommend (a) regulatory and (b) structural reform of the Care Quality Com

24 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Pakistan: Marriage

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Pakistani counterpart on first cousin marriage involving UK and Pakistani nationals.

24 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Neighbourhood Policing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the (a) legal and (b) operational feasibility of local councils (i) establishing or (ii) co-funding neighbourhood policing constabularies under the Police Act 19

24 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Neighbourhood Policing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of encouraging police forces to establish ringfenced neighbourhood policing units with a dedicated remit to tackle (a) illegal e-scooter use, (b)

24 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Maternity Services: Essex

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department has taken to improve (a) safety and (b) other standards in maternity services at (i) Southend and (ii) Basildon Hospital.

24 Jun 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much funding his Department plans to allocate for the (a) development and (b) validation of non-animal human-relevant scientific methods in each financial year until 2028-29.

23 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

T-levels

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that there is an improved transition from T-levels to (a) Level 4, (b) Level 5 and (c) Level 6 apprenticeships in the (i) creative arts, (ii) media and (iii) computing sectors

23 Jun 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Gibraltar: British Nationals Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of time spent in Gibraltar counting towards the 90-day limit for Schengen short stays on British citizen

23 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Government plans to reform the complaints process to allow the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman to intervene earlier in cases of excessive delay by her Department.

23 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that complaints submitted online are not prematurely disregarded due to a lack of submission evidence.

23 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason her Department’s online complaints process does not provide an acknowledgment or reference number upon submission.

23 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Germany: Educational Visits

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken with his German counterparts to facilitate more bi-lateral school visits since July 4 2024.

23 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Germany: Military Alliances

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department is taking steps to further develop the Trinity House Agreement.

23 Jun 2025 · Leader of the House

Members' Staff: Business Interests

To ask the Leader of the House, whether she plans to implement the recommendations of the Third Report of Session 2024-25 of the Standards Committee, Register of Interests of Members' Staff, published on 12 June 2025, HC 943.

23 Jun 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Buildings

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps he is taking to improve Departmental compliance with Open Government Partnership data requirements on property condition reporting.

17 Jun 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Unemployment: Basildon

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people aged (a) between 16 and 24 and (b) over 16 are unemployed in Basildon and Billericay constituency; and how many and what proportion were unemployed in June 2024.

17 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Guardianship and Parents: Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2024 to Question 16525 on Guardianship and Parents: Prisoners, what recent progress her Department has made with the Ministry of Justice to effectively identify children of

17 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Prisoners: Parents

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to ensure that schools are informed when a pupil's parent is sent to prison.

17 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Prisoners: Parents

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on introducing a formal duty to the criminal justice system to notify (a) schools and (b) local safeguarding boards when the parent of a chil

16 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Pre-school Education and Private Education: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) private education providers have closed and (b) early years places have been removed in each of the last 12 months.

16 Jun 2025 · Cabinet Office

Public Sector: Procurement

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to establish a social value council.

16 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Prisoners: Parents

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has had the (a) Ministry of Justice, (b) Home Office, (c) ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government on improving information sharing between (i) prisons, (ii) the po

16 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Prisoners: Parents

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to (a) reduce the potential impact of a parent's imprisonment on the educational attainment of their child and (b) ensure that children with a parent in prison are being considered in s

16 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Prisoners: Parents

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what guidance her Department issues to schools on identifying and supporting children whose parents are in custody; whether there is any additional guidance when no formal notification is received from other ag

16 Jun 2025 · Cabinet Office

Passenger Standards Authority: Statistics

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he plans to lay a new Official Statistics Order to include the Passenger Standards Authority.

16 Jun 2025 · Cabinet Office

Foreign Investment in UK: National Security

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the government has altered its risk assessment criteria for foreign-state linked acquisition companies under the National Security and Investment Act since 5 July 2024.