Richard Holden MP: written questions
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Written questions
Wales Office: LanyardsWales OfficeTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8099More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, how much her Department has spent on lanyards since 4 July 2024; what designs of lanyards have been purchased; and what the cost and number of each lanyard design purchased was.
Answer: The Wales Office has spent £173.17 on lanyards since 4 July 2024. There was one design, bilingual Wales Office branding which was included in the cost of the lanyards.
Answered 16 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordLeader of the House of Commons: LanyardsLeader of the HouseTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8098More
Question: To ask the Leader of the House, how much his Office has spent on lanyards since 4 July 2024; what designs of lanyards have been purchased; and what the cost and number of each lanyard design purchased was.
Answer: The Office of the Leader of the House of Commons has not incurred costs for lanyards since 4th July 2024.
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordNorthern Ireland Office: LanyardsNorthern Ireland OfficeTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8097More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its public bodies has spent on lanyards since 4 July 2024; what designs of lanyards have been purchased; and what the cost and number of each lanyard
Answer: The Northern Ireland Office (NIO) spent £714.00 (inc VAT) on lanyards for staff since 4 July 2024. The design features NIO branding. 100 lanyards were purchased at a cost of £5.95 each.In the same time period, the NIO’s public bodies made the following pu...
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology: LanyardsDepartment for Science, Innovation and TechnologyTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8096More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, how much (a) her Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its public bodies has spent on lanyards since 4 July 2024; what designs of lanyards have been purchased; and what the cost and numb
Answer: In 2024, the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology spent £3,972+VAT on 5,000 lanyards for its staff. These lanyards were of one design, containing the words Science, Innovation and Technology. In 2025, 100 lanyards were purchased for members o...
Answered 22 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: LanyardsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8095More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how much (a) her Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its public bodies has spent on lanyards since 4 July 2024; what designs of lanyards have been purchased; and what the cost and num
Answer: Since 4 July 2024, core Defra (excluding its agencies and arm’s-length bodies) has spent £7,251 on lanyards, purchasing a total of 12,870 items. These comprised ‘staff’, ‘escorted’ and ‘unescorted’ designs used to facilitate access to Defra group building...
Answered 24 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: Manufacturing IndustriesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7531More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of UK vehicle production since 2020.
Answer: The Government recognises that UK vehicle production has been affected by global shocks since 2020. Output declined during the Covid19 pandemic and was further impacted by supply chain disruption and volatile consumer demand. We want to make the UK one of...
Answered 11 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordNorthern: Rolling StockDepartment for TransportTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7499More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2026 to Question 3326 on Northern Trains: Rolling Stock, how many and what proportion of short-formed services there were for each of those routes in the 18 months prior to 4 Ju
Answer: DFT Operator expects operators to provide appropriate capacity in response to expected demand and holds operators to account for short -formed services. While DFT Operator generally monitors levels of short formation at an operator level every four weeks,...
Answered 22 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordElectricity: PricesDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7496More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to paragraph 14 of the National Audit Office report on Sizewell C, HC 33, published in May 2026, whether his Department plans to analyse the potential impact of projected elect
Answer: The department estimates that RAB levies for Sizewell C will add on average approximately £1 a month to a typical household bill. Eligible Energy Intensive Industries are exempt from RAB levies.There will be £2 billion per year savings to the energy syste...
Answered 11 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordTransport: InnovationDepartment for TransportTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7495More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2026 to Question 5446, what criteria her Department uses to define a proportionate and flexible approach to business case approvals for innovative transport projects; and whethe
Answer: Business cases for innovative projects are assessed through the Department’s investment boards, in line with the published principles in the Green Book. The objective of the use of a proportionate and flexible approach is to use the most appropriate metho...
Answered 11 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordScotland Office: LanyardsScotland OfficeTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7494More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, how much (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its public bodies has spent on lanyards since 4 July 2024; what designs of lanyards have been purchased; and what the cost and number of each lanyard design
Answer: The Scotland Office has spent nil on lanyards since 4 July 2024.
Answered 11 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Justice: LanyardsMinistry of JusticeTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7493More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its public bodies has spent on lanyards since 4 July 2024; what designs of lanyards have been purchased; and what the cost and number of each lanyard design p
Answer: The information requested is not centrally held in an accessible form. Due to this any response could only be collated and verified for the purposes of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Answered 18 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Defence: LanyardsMinistry of DefenceTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7492More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its public bodies has spent on lanyards since 4 July 2024; what designs of lanyards have been purchased; and what the cost and number of each lanyard design p
Answer: The information is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordHome Office: LanyardsHome OfficeTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7491More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much (a) her Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its public bodies has spent on lanyards since 4 July 2024; what designs of lanyards have been purchased; and what the cost and number of each lany
Answer: This information would only be available at disproportionate cost.
Answered 11 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordTreasury: LanyardsTreasuryTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7490More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much (a) her Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its public bodies has spent on lanyards since 4 July 2024; what designs of lanyards have been purchased; and what the cost and number of each lanyard design purc
Answer: The information requested is not held.
Answered 16 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office: LanyardsForeign, Commonwealth and Development OfficeTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7489More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how much (a) her Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its public bodies has spent on lanyards since 4 July 2024; what designs of lanyards have been purchased; and what the co
Answer: The requested information is not centrally held, and could only be collated and verified for the purposes of answering this question at disproportionate cost.
Answered 16 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: LanyardsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7488More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how much (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its public bodies has spent on lanyards since 4 July 2024; what designs of lanyards have been purchased; and what the cost and number of each l
Answer: The following table shows the requested information for all bodies except for NHS England and the UK Health Security Agency; information for the excepted bodies is not held centrally or in the format requested, and can only be obtained at disproportionate...
Answered 22 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Work and Pensions: LanyardsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7487More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its public bodies has spent on lanyards since 4 July 2024; what designs of lanyards have been purchased; and what the cost and number of each lanyar
Answer: The department purchases plain lanyards as standard. There are lanyards with clip and safety release in a blue colour and come in packs of 10. Spend on these lanyards since July 2024 is £24,906.73 Spend on other lanyards is £421.23. This was for 500 DWP D...
Answered 16 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Energy Security and Net Zero: LanyardsDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7486More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its public bodies has spent on lanyards since 4 July 2024; what designs of lanyards have been purchased; and what the cost and number of
Answer: This detail of information is not held centrally and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Answered 16 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Education: LanyardsDepartment for EducationTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7485More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how much (a) her Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its public bodies has spent on lanyards since 4 July 2024; what designs of lanyards have been purchased; and what the cost and number of each lanyard design
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally. The building landlord (usually the Government Property Agency) would be responsible for ensuring lanyards are available for security passes.
Answered 16 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Culture, Media and Sport: LanyardsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7484More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much (a) her Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its public bodies has spent on lanyards since 4 July 2024; what designs of lanyards have been purchased; and what the cost and number of each
Answer: The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has spent £1087.45 on 3107 lanyards for Remembrance Sunday since July 2024. These were plain and did not carry any design. The lanyards were used as part of the delivery of the annual national Remembrance Sunday...
Answered 19 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Business and Trade: LanyardsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7483More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, how much (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its public bodies has spent on lanyards since 4 July 2024; what designs of lanyards have been purchased; and what the cost and number of each lanya
Answer: Since July 2024, DBT has spent £6306.41 (including delivery charges) on a total of 4530 lanyards through our print supplier (APS) and our stationery suppliers (Banner up until October 2025 and Lyreco from November 2025). Specific details of design, quanti...
Answered 16 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: LanyardsCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7482More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its public bodies has spent on lanyards since 4 July 2024; what designs of lanyards have been purchased; and what the cost and number of each lanyard design
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Answered 30 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordCabinet Office: LanyardsCabinet OfficeTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7481More
Question: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much the Prime Minister's Office has spent on lanyards since 4 July 2024; what designs of lanyards have been purchased; and what the cost and number of each lanyard design purchased was.
Answer: The information requested is not held centrally and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.
Answered 30 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordAttorney General's Office: LanyardsAttorney GeneralTabled 8 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7480More
Question: To ask the Solicitor General, how much (a) her Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its public bodies has spent on lanyards since 4 July 2024; what designs of lanyards have been purchased; and what the cost and number of each lanyard design purchased was.
Answer: Since the 4th July 2024:The AGO has bought no lanyards.The SFO have bought 250 SFO lanyards, for a total cost of £251.50.The GLD have bought 400 lanyards, for a total cost of £454.20.The CPS have bought 3405 lanyards, for a total cost of £5,117.59.
Answered 16 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordTransport: East of EnglandDepartment for TransportTabled 5 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 7224More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which new (a) road and (b) rail schemes have been (i) signed off and (ii) cancelled in the East of England since July 2024.
Answer: On 8 July 2025, and following the Spending Review, the Secretary of State set out the list of funded road schemes and rail enhancements schemes. These included those schemes that remained under consideration for future progression, providing transparency ...
Answered 19 Jun 2026
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