Richard Holden MP: written questions
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Foreign Investment in UK: National SecurityCabinet OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60218More
Question: 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.
Answer: I refer the Rt Hon member to the answer given on 22 May in response to question 54012.
Answered 19 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordForeign Investment in UK: National SecurityCabinet OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60217More
Question: 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.
Answer: Decisions made under the Act may be subject to judicial review. The Government currently has no plans to change this. All acquisitions considered under the NSI Act are assessed on a case by case basis, taking account of all relevant considerations.
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordArms Length BodiesCabinet OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60216More
Question: 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.
Answer: The Cabinet Office does not centrally estimate, nor hold information on when proposed arm’s-length bodies will be operational. Departments are responsible for setting target dates for the establishment of their proposed new bodies.
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordUniversities: FinanceDepartment for EducationTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60215More
Question: 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.
Answer: The government has not provided emergency funding to any university since 4 July 2024.Universities are independent from government and as such must continue to make the necessary financial decisions to ensure their long-term sustainability. If a universit...
Answered 16 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordBlood: ContaminationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 11 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59037More
Question: 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
Answer: NHS England is supporting the Infected Blood Compensation Authority (IBCA) with their engagement with National Health Service organisations for the purposes of sharing data on patients who received a blood transfusion before 1996 and who have tested posit...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordParents: PrisonersDepartment for EducationTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58709More
Question: 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.
Answer: The department knows growing up with a parent in prison can have a devastating impact on a child’s life chances. The government has a key mission to break down the barriers to opportunity for every child, which is why we have committed to identifying chil...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordInfected Blood Compensation SchemeCabinet OfficeTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58278More
Question: 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
Answer: As the sponsor Minister for the Infected Blood Compensation Authority, I stand ready to help and assist in any way I can to speed up the payments. I am restless for the speed of delivery to increase, including considering what data could be identified to ...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Written QuestionsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58277More
Question: 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
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the answer given on 12 June 2025 to PQ 57805.
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal Welfare: LicensingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58276More
Question: 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.
Answer: Defra does not hold a central list of rehoming centres or rescue organisations.
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAnimal Welfare: LicensingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58275More
Question: 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
Answer: Animal welfare is a devolved matter in the UK. This means that responsibility for animal welfare policy in the individual nations is the responsibility of the relevant nation’s Ministers. Defra engages regularly with its counterparts in the devolved admin...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordPrisoners: ChildrenMinistry of JusticeTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58274More
Question: 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.
Answer: This Government recognises that having a parent in prison is considered an adverse childhood experience and can have a significant impact on a child’s life chances. We have therefore committed to ensuring that children impacted by parental imprisonment ar...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero: AviationDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58273More
Question: 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.
Answer: Data on ministers’ travel is published on a quarterly basis. This can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/desnz-ministerial-gifts-hospitality-travel-and-meetings
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordChildren: ProtectionDepartment for EducationTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58053More
Question: 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
Answer: The department does not hold this information. Information about referrals to Local Authority Designated Officers (LADO) is held at a local level by individual police forces and the local authorities.The outcomes of LADO investigations are also held at lo...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: Disclosure of InformationHome OfficeTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58052More
Question: 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
Answer: The Child Sex Offender Disclosure Scheme was introduced in 2011 and allows members of the public to make an application to police for information about a person who has contact with a child. The police guidance for the Scheme was updated in April 2023, wh...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOffences against Children: Disclosure of InformationHome OfficeTabled 6 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58051More
Question: 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
Answer: The Child Sex Offender Disclosure Scheme was introduced in 2011 and allows members of the public to make an application to police for information about a person who has contact with a child. The police guidance for the Scheme was updated in April 2023, wh...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordOffice for Investment: StaffDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57743More
Question: 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.
Answer: The number of staff (FTE) in the Office for Investment (OfI) was approximately 30. The target operating model for the expanded OfI, which launched on the 5th of June 2025, includes approximately 230 FTE (including overseas OfI representatives). This will ...
Answered 27 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Art CollectionDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57742More
Question: 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.
Answer: The Government Art Collection contains over 15,000 works of art which are displayed in UK government buildings in the UK, and in more than 125 countries around the world. All artworks in the Government Art Collection are listed online and their locations ...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordMilitary Aircraft: MinistersMinistry of DefenceTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57741More
Question: 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.
Answer: The Ministry of Defence provides two Envoy aircraft, for Ministerial visits from across Government. I am not prepared to release the details of the call-signs for security reasons.
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordStrategic Defence ReviewMinistry of DefenceTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57740More
Question: 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.
Answer: Communications plans and products were drafted and issued in line with standard procedures. On Monday 2 June 2025, Ministers conducted 21 interviews with 16 outlets.
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordWritten QuestionsHouse of Commons CommissionTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57739More
Question: 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.
Answer: There is no limit to the number of questions for ordinary written answer which a Member may table in hard copy on each sitting day (see Erskine May, 25th Edition, paragraph 22.4).
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordGovernment Departments: Cost EffectivenessTreasuryTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57738More
Question: 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
Answer: The savings and efficiencies announced in July 2024 helped to address spending pressures identified through the public spending audit. These included a 2% savings against government administration budgets.In the Spring Statement, the Chancellor announced ...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEuropean Parliament Members: Workplace PensionsCabinet OfficeTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57737More
Question: 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.
Answer: The Trustees of the Consolidated Fund provide details of pension scheme liabilities for the European Parliamentary (United Kingdom Representatives) Pension Scheme, which was open to UK Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) elected up to 2009. This inf...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFreedom of Information and Written Questions: CostsCabinet OfficeTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57736More
Question: 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
Answer: As set out in paragraph 219 of the guide to Parliamentary work, the disproportionate cost threshold is set at 140% of the Freedom of Information cost limit for central government, which is currently £600. The Freedom of Information and Data Protection (Ap...
Answered 13 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCivil Service: EqualityCabinet OfficeTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57735More
Question: 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.
Answer: The Civil Service Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Expenditure Review, which was commissioned by the previous administration, asked for consultancy expenditure. It did not collect specific information regarding consultancy providers.
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNational Security AdviserCabinet OfficeTabled 5 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 57734More
Question: 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
Answer: Special advisers are bound by the Special Adviser Code of Conduct which states they should not be involved in the line management of civil servants or in matters affecting a civil servant’s career such as recruitment, promotion, reward and discipline. The...
Answered 10 Jun 2025
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