Mr Richard Holden

16 Jun 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Departmental Responsibilities

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 10 October 2024 to Question 5278 on Cabinet Office: Departmental responsibilities, whether he plans to further transfer Cabinet Office functions or agencies to other departments.

16 Jun 2025 · Cabinet Office

Foreign Investment in UK: National Security

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the number of foreign owned companies using shell companies in an attempt to bypass the National Security and Investment Act since 5 July 2024.

16 Jun 2025 · Cabinet Office

Foreign Investment in UK: National Security

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department plans to take steps to expand the method by which UK companies can appeal decisions made by the government under the powers of the National Security and Investment Act.

16 Jun 2025 · Cabinet Office

Arms Length Bodies

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 10 April 2025 to Question HL6032 on Arms Length Bodies, what the target date is for each of those bodies listed in the answer to be operational.

16 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Universities: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many Universities have received emergency funding from the Government since 4 July 2024; and how much money has been provided as part of that process.

11 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Blood: Contamination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress NHS England has made on sharing data about patients who (a) received a blood transfusion before 1996 and (b) have tested positive for (i) HIV and (ii) Hepatitis C with the Independent

10 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Parents: Prisoners

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she will establish a statutory mechanism to (a) identify and (b) support children with a parent in prison.

9 Jun 2025 · Cabinet Office

Infected Blood Compensation Scheme

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with the Infected Blood Inquiry on effectively sharing data with the Independent Blood Compensation Agency to help (a) increase the speed at which claims can be processed and (b) prev

9 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Written Questions

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish his Department's style guide for answering written Parliamentary questions; and if he will publish (a) the style guide that was in use on and (b) any other style gui

9 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Welfare: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an estimate of the number of rehoming (a) organisations and (b) centres that are operating (i) with and (ii) without a licence.

9 Jun 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Welfare: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had recent discussions with his counterparts in the (a) Scottish, (b) Welsh and (c) Northern Irish governments on the potential merits of extending licensing requirement

9 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether she plans to bring forward (a) legislative and (b) policy proposals to help support the children of prisoners.

9 Jun 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Aviation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many times he has taken a domestic flight for official travel purposes; which locations he has travelled to; and what the cost was for those flights.

6 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Children: Protection

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many referrals made by police to Local Authority Designated Officers for concerns about people (a) working and (b) volunteering with children resulted in direct action being taken by the (i) local authority

6 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Offences against Children: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the threshold is for police to make a proactive disclosure under the Child Sex Offender Disclosure Scheme in the absence of a named child at immediate risk; and if she will review that threshold

6 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Offences against Children: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department holds data on the number of instances where police have been unable to disclose (a) cautions and (b) convictions for child sexual offences to voluntary youth organisations due t

5 Jun 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Office for Investment: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how many full time equivalent permanent staff were assigned to work in the Office for Investment in June (a) 2024 and (b) 2025.

5 Jun 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Government Art Collection

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to ensure greater transparency on the individual works of art displayed by public bodies from the Government Art Collection.

5 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Military Aircraft: Ministers

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which aircraft from the RAF Command Support Aircraft Fleet are available for ministerial visits from across government; and what the call-signs are of each aircraft.

5 Jun 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Strategic Defence Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will publish the (a) media grid and (b) media plan for the Government response to the Strategic Defence Review 2025.

5 Jun 2025 · House of Commons Commission

Written Questions

To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether there is a limit on the number of ordinary written parliamentary questions that Rt hon. and hon. Members can table in hard copy on a sitting day.

5 Jun 2025 · Treasury

Government Departments: Cost Effectiveness

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 23 April 2025 to Question 44962 on Government Departments: Cost Effectiveness, whether the 2025-26 baseline for the 15% saving in administration budgets includes departmental efficiency sav

5 Jun 2025 · Cabinet Office

European Parliament Members: Workplace Pensions

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether any public body holds information on the pension liabilities of former UK Members of the European Parliament; and which public body administers those pensions.

5 Jun 2025 · Cabinet Office

Freedom of Information and Written Questions: Costs

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2025 to Question 51450 on Freedom of Information and Written Questions: Costs, what the hourly rate of assessing staff time is for the Parliamentary Question disproportionate cos

5 Jun 2025 · Cabinet Office

Civil Service: Equality

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to his Department's publication entitled CS EDI Expenditure Review Data, published on 29 May 2025, which external organisations provided consultancy to advice by third party providers in 2023-24.

5 Jun 2025 · Cabinet Office

National Security Adviser

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the National Security Adviser plays a role in the (a) recruitment and (b) selection of civil servants working on national security issues; and whether he has had discussions with the Civil Service Commis

5 Jun 2025 · Cabinet Office

Strategic Defence Review 2025: Information Officers

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether the No10 (a) press office and (b) grid team were involved in releasing the Strategic Defence Review to the media.

5 Jun 2025 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: Special Advisers

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, who the lead policy official is in 10 Downing Street.

4 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the number of vehicles that are using roads that have no known registered (a) keeper and (b) owner.

4 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Registration and Driving Licences

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking with the (a) police and (b) Home Office to help tackle (i) unlicensed drivers obtaining vehicles though registration loopholes and (ii) vehicles disappearing from systems but