Mr Richard Holden

4 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to use digital technologies in Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency services to improve driver identity verification during vehicle (a) registration and (b) ownership transfer.

4 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Road Traffic Offences: Driving Licences

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of unlicensed drivers acquiring vehicles without mandatory (a) identity, (b) licence and (c) company checks during ownership transfers on risks to

4 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Registration and Driving Licences

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to introduce mandatory verification of a (a) valid driving licence and (b) company number at the point of vehicle ownership registration.

4 Jun 2025 · Leader of the House

Legislative Drafting: Parliamentary Scrutiny

To ask the Leader of the House, what guidance she has issued on when there should be pre-legislative scrutiny of Bills that have constitutional implications.

4 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department provides unconscious bias training; and whether his Department plans to provide unconscious bias training to staff from NHS England when that organisation is abolished.

4 Jun 2025 · Cabinet Office

Cabinet Office: Racial Discrimination

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether his Department provides (a) lectures, (b) reading lists and (c) other training on critical race theory for its staff.

4 Jun 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Electronic Government: Proof of Identity

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, whether the gov.uk One Login system’s certification with the register of digital verification services has been revoked.

4 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Data (Use and Access) Bill (HL): Legal Profession

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Data (Use and Access) Bill [Lords] on legal professional privilege, in the context of Information Commissioner powers to review documents

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

Fly-tipping

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to his Department's press release entitled Councils to seize and crush fly-tipping vehicles to clean up Britain, published on 29 April 2025 whether the Cabinet Office pr

4 Jun 2025 · Department for Education

Schools: Cost Effectiveness

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the evidential basis is for her assessment that schools can make efficiency savings within budgets without reducing headcount.

3 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Offences against Children: Reviews

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects the National Audit on Group-Based Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse to be published.

3 Jun 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 19 May to Question 51955 on Electronic Cigarettes: Young People, what estimate he has made of the number of very high puff-count vaping devices which (a) are refillable an

30 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Standards

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what progress he has made towards launching an online public dashboard enabling people to monitor progress on policy targets.

30 May 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Nationalisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2025 to Question 51961 on Abellio Greater Anglia and c2c: Standards, if he will list the (a) metrics (b) incentives and (c) penalties applicable to public sector train operators

30 May 2025 · Home Office

National Security: Charities

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the continued operation of UK-registered charities with links to hostile foreign regimes on national security.

22 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Welfare: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has issued guidance to local authorities on interpreting the business tests under Part 1 of the Schedule of the Animal Welfare (Licensing of Activities Involving

22 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Welfare: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has had discussions with the Charity Commission on improving (a) information sharing and (b) oversight of animal rescue organisations operating at scale but outs

22 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Welfare: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of regulations in relation to unlicensed animal rescue centres; and whether he plans to consult on new licensing of registration requirement

22 May 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 plans to publish the findings of stakeholder engagement carried out by his Department on the potential licensing of animal rescue centres in 2023.

22 May 2025 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 29 April 2025 to Question 45917 on Armed Forces: Equality, if he will publish the training manuals and documentation prepared for each of those courses provided by the Defence Academy.

22 May 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Data, Statistics and Research on Sex and Gender Independent Review

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, pursuant to the Answer of 2 May 2025 to Question 47834 on Data, Science and Research on Sex and Gender Independent Review, whether the Government plans to publish a formal response to e

22 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many complaints the Independent Adviser on Ministerial Standards has received in the period since his remit was amended to allow him to initiate investigations unilaterally.

22 May 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Broadcasting: Politicians

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make an estimate of the cost of the Ofcom consultation entitled Politicians presenting news: Consultation on proposed amendment to Rule 5.3 of the Ofcom Broadcasting Code, published on

22 May 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Broadcasting: Politicians

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will ask Ofcom to withdraw its consultation entitled Politicians presenting news: Consultation on proposed amendment to Rule 5.3 of the Ofcom Broadcasting Code, published on 12 May 2025.

22 May 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Broadcasting: Politicians

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether he has had recent (a) discussions, (b) meetings and (c) correspondence with Ofcom on its consultation entitled Politicians presenting news: Consultation on proposed amendment to Rule 5.3

22 May 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Broadcasting: Freedom of Expression

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of the Ofcom consultation on a proposed amendment to Rule 5.3 of the Ofcom Broadcasting Code on freedom of speech.

22 May 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Housing and Animal Welfare: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department plans to introducing licensing for (a) animal sanctuaries and (b) rescue and rehoming centres for (i) cats, (ii) dogs, (iii) horses and (iv) other animals.

22 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Government Departments: Flags

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 15 May 2025 to Question 51165 on Government Departments: Flags, whether VAT was paid on the purchases; what the size of the flags purchased was; and whether the flags were (a) printed a

22 May 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 designate the Passenger Standards Authority’s statistical outputs as official statistics.

22 May 2025 · Cabinet Office

Jonathan Powell

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what financial interests have been declared by Jonathan Powell.