Written questions by Holden.

Whether the Government Car Service holds information on cars provided for civil service use.

Awaiting answer.

If he will update ALB guidance to prevent the spending of public funding on lobbying events.

Awaiting answer.

With reference to the answer of 10 February 2026 to Question 108240 on Government Departments: Aviation, whether any planes have been commissioned through Cabinet Office Central Travel Contract since its inception.

Awaiting answer.

With reference to the Answer of 6 March 2026 to Question 116220 on Military Aircraft: Ministers, how many individual trips his Department has organised for Ministerial travel by helicopter since July 2024.

Awaiting answer.

With reference to the answer of 4 February 2026, to Question 109542, on Ministers: Official Cars, if he will set out how his Department's finance team invoices expenditure for cars used by Cabinet Office (a) Ministers and (b) officials.

Awaiting answer.

With reference to the answer of 5 March 2026 to Question 54801 on Ministers: Official Cars, whether there is internal guidance separate to that linked to.

Awaiting answer.

Which budget the cat flap and cat ramp in Downing Street was funded from.

The associated costs were covered by the Prime Minister personally with no cost to the taxpayer.

With reference to his Department’s press release entitled Ministers rip up consultation culture, published on 26 March 2026, whether any Cabinet decisions since July 2024 would have been sped up as a result of the proposed reform to the process for collective Cabinet agreement of government policy.

Awaiting answer.

What information his Department holds on the number of marriages between uncle and niece legally contracted overseas by people now residing in England and Wales.

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.A response to the Rt. Hon gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 14th May is attached.

With reference to the College for National Security Privacy Notice, published on 20 May 2025, whether individuals participating in the College for National Security's pilot courses are required to provide data relating to protected characteristics as part of diversity monitoring and course evaluation.

The College for National Security’s courses are open to all civil and crown servants with safeguards to ensure content is only accessed by staff with appropriate clearances.The College does not collect Protected Characteristic data of pilot participants and does not use it for monitoring or evaluation. However, the College does gather additional information to ensure that accessibility requirements are met.Personal data is currently collected and processed in line with the College’s Privacy Notice, which can be accessed on GOV.UK.

Whether he plans to accept the UK Statistics Authority's recommendation that the Office for National Statistics deliver a census of England and Wales in 2031.

The Government response was published alongside the UKSA recommendation in July 2025 and can be found here. It confirmed that a census of England and Wales will be held in 2031.

What recent estimate his Department has made of the scale of the maintenance backlog across central government property.

Awaiting answer.

With reference to the Answer of 21 February 2025 to Question 30828 on 9 Downing Street: Media, which scheduled transparency return will publish the OCS invoice; and on which date.

Awaiting answer.

With reference to the Answer of 4 April 2025 to Question 41645 on Cabinet Office: Email, what the automatic deletion policies are for non-Ministerial inboxes for officials in his Department where individual emails are not intentionally selected for long-term storage.

I refer the Rt Hon Member to the answer of 4 April 2025, Official Report, PQ 41645.

How many Permanent Secretary and Second Permanent Secretary roles are (a) being advertised through open and fair competition, (b) have advertised but the recruitment is now closed and the appointment has not yet been made, (c) are being advertised only internally and (d) are unfilled with no recruitment process.

There are currently five permanent secretary recruitment processes underway. One is open for applications through an external advert. Four are now closed but the appointment has not yet been made. Three were advertised externally and one was advertised internally across government.There are currently no unfilled roles with no recruitment process.

Pursuant to the Answer of 4 April 2025, to Question 41645, on Cabinet Office: Email, what are the automatic deletion policies for non-Ministerial inboxes for officials currently in post in the Cabinet Office, where individual emails are not intentionally selected for long-term storage.

It has not proved possible to respond to the Rt Hon Member in the time available before Prorogation

With reference to the Downing Street press release of 9 April 2025, on policing, what definition the Prime Minister’s office uses of the term 'across the country' in official communications.

An official definition does not exist, but it is a term that will be widely recognised by the public.

Pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2025 to Question 30828 on 9 Downing Street: Media, which scheduled transparency return will publish the OCS invoice; and on which date.

It has not proved possible to respond to the Rt. Hon Member in the time available before Prorogation

What information his Department holds on the number of people who were employed in the automotive manufacturing sector in each month since September 2025 up to and including the most recent month for which figures are available.

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority. A response to the Rt. Hon. Gentleman’s Parliamentary Question of 14th April is attached.

When he plans to respond to Question 116154 tabled by the hon. Member for Kingswinford and South Staffordshire on 26 February 2026.

Awaiting answer.