Written questions

1,887 written questions tabled, most recent first.

20 Apr 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Marine Environment: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if the Government will sign up to the UN Environment Programme's Sustainable Blue Economy Finance Principles.

20 Apr 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Travel: Quarantine

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will review Government guidance on exemptions to covid-19 hotel quarantine rules for people (a) in exceptional circumstances and (b) on compassionate grounds.

20 Apr 2021 · Department for Transport

Electric Scooters

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals on electric scooters.

19 Apr 2021 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Vehicle Number Plates

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that ineligible vehicles are not fitted with green number plates.

19 Apr 2021 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Vehicle Number Plates

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which vehicles are eligible for green number plates.

19 Apr 2021 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Public Sector and Supported Housing

What steps he is taking to implement the policies set out in his Department's recent response to its consultation on supporting housing delivery and public service infrastructure.

16 Apr 2021 · Department for Transport

Road Traffic Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of setting targets under the (a) Traffic Reduction Act 1997 and (b) Road Traffic Reduction (National Targets) Act 1998 to reduce road traffic levels ye

16 Apr 2021 · Department for Transport

Aviation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the most popular UK domestic flight routes were in 2019-20.

15 Apr 2021 · Department for Transport

Aviation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of domestic passenger flight routes in operation in the UK that would take less than two and a half hours to complete by train.

15 Apr 2021 · Department for Transport

Aviation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of UK domestic passenger journeys made by air in 2019-20 that would have taken less than two and half hours to complete by train.

15 Apr 2021 · Department for Transport

Roads: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he had made of the potential effect on road casualties of introducing a default 20mph speed limit on residential streets.

15 Apr 2021 · Department for Transport

Roads: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of lower traffic levels in 2020 on the number of road traffic casualties in that year.

15 Apr 2021 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the transition of public and private sector fleets to electric vehicles on (a) the development of electric vehicle second hand markets and (b) electric vehicle affor

14 Apr 2021 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to encourage the uptake of electric vehicles in public and private sector fleets ahead of the 2030 ban on new petrol and diesel vehicles.

14 Apr 2021 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the role of telematics in assisting the rollout of electric vehicles.

14 Apr 2021 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of public sector fleets have made the transition to electric vehicles in the UK; and when he estimates the rest to fully transition.

14 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

St Vincent and the Grenadines: Volcanoes

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential merits of (a) writing off and (b) postponing debt repayments from St Vincent to the UK due t

14 Apr 2021 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

St Vincent and the Grenadines: Volcanoes

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what support the UK is providing to St Vincent since the recent volcanic eruption on that island.

13 Apr 2021 · Department for Transport

Freight: EU Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the cultural and creative touring working group on the effect of EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement rules on specialist hauliers.

13 Apr 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Entertainers: EU Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many meetings there have been of the cultural and creative touring working group to date.

13 Apr 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Entertainers: EU Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the membership is of the cultural and creative touring working group.

13 Apr 2021 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Exhaust Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the level of emissions that, based on current projections and without the introduction of any new measures to reduce emissions, will be attributable to (a) domestic and (b) intern

12 Apr 2021 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Exhaust Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress the UK has made towards meeting the 2018 International Maritime Organisation target of halving shipping emissions by 2050.

12 Apr 2021 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the International Chamber of Shipping proposals to the United Nations for a global carbon levy on shipping.

12 Apr 2021 · Department for Transport

Transport: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the inclusion of a roadmap for decarbonising international aviation and shipping in the Transport Decarbonisation Plan.

12 Apr 2021 · Department for Transport

Transport: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the delay in the publication of the Transport Decarbonisation Plan from December 2020 to Spring 2021 on his Department’s ability to reduce carbon emissions to meet c

12 Apr 2021 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on extending funding for the On-street Residential Charge Point Scheme beyond the 2021-22 financial year.

25 Mar 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: Concessions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Rail to Refuge scheme run by train operators; and what assessment he has made of the potential merits of allocating funding to support that scheme.

22 Mar 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dogs: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when the research on responsible dog ownership his Department has commissioned from Middlesex University is planned to be completed; and if he will make a statement.

18 Mar 2021 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has provided in plug-in vehicle grants in the financial year (a) 2018-19, (b) 2019-20 and (c) 2020 to date.

Source: official written-questions record.