Written questions
1,887 written questions tabled, most recent first.
24 Feb 2021 · Department for Transport
Motor Vehicles: Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he made of the consumer education requirements that will be required to ensure that drivers using Automated Lane Keeping System technology (ALKS) (a) understand the limitations of that technolog
24 Feb 2021 · Department for Transport
Motor Vehicles: Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Law Commission's consultation on automated vehicles, which closes on 18 March 2021, whether his Department plans to wait for the conclusions of that consultation before listing Automated L
24 Feb 2021 · Department for Transport
Railways and Roads: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reviewing the 2014 national policy statement on national networks in the context of the Government's 2050 net zero target.
24 Feb 2021 · Department for Transport
Roads: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment his Department has made of the environmental effect of the planned expansion of England's road network.
24 Feb 2021 · Department for Transport
Large Goods Vehicles: Kent
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of penalties issued to Heavy Goods Vehicle drivers who have not secured a valid Kent Access Permit since the 1 January 2021.
23 Feb 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Transport: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will make it his policy to include international aviation and shipping emissions in the Sixth Carbon Budget, as recommended by the Climate Change Committee.
23 Feb 2021 · Department for Transport
Freight: Offices
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on providing financial support to UK haulage firms to set up bases in the EU in response to the introduction of haulage movement restrictions under the
23 Feb 2021 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Regional Planning and Development
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether his Department plans to publish a response to the Levelling up our communities: proposals for a new social covenant report by the hon. Member for Devizes, published in September
22 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Residential Women's Centres
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2021 to Questions 151640, 151641, 151642, 151643 and 152427 on Residential Women's Centres (RWC), whether it is his policy that RWCs will be for women sentenced to a communit
22 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
NHS: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the need to expand the NHS’s capacity to conduct life-saving research in the context of the covid-19 pandemic.
10 Feb 2021 · Department for Transport
Transport: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's timeframe is for the publication of the Transport Decarbonisation Plan.
10 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Residential Women's Centres
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the evidential basis is for residential women’s centres leading to a reduction in the level of crime.
10 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Drugs: Rehabilitation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with (a) NHS England and (b) Clinical Commissioning Groups about providing additional financial support to the five remaining inpatient detoxification units in England.
10 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Drugs: Rehabilitation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report entitled Drug deaths: England and Wales see highest number since records began published in the BMJ on 15 October 2020, what discussions he has had with (a) NHS England
10 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Drugs: Death
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the report entitled Drug deaths: England and Wales see highest number since records began published in the BMJ on 15 October 2020, what steps he is taking to address the high numb
9 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Residential Women's Centres
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many beds each planned residential women’s centre will provide.
9 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Residential Women's Centres
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if residential women’s centres will be used exclusively for women released from prison to support resettlement.
9 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Residential Women's Centres: Voluntary Organisations
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether residential women’s centres will be (a) run and (b) managed by voluntary organisations with expertise in providing services to women.
9 Feb 2021 · Ministry of Justice
Residential Women's Centres
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many residential women’s centres his Department plans to develop; and where those centres will be sited.
9 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Drugs: Rehabilitation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support he is providing to NHS inpatient detoxification units in England to tackle the rising numbers of drug-related deaths in the UK.
9 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Drugs: Rehabilitation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of reviewing the Government's approach to allocating funding to inpatient detoxification units in England.
9 Feb 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care
Drugs: Rehabilitation
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support he is providing to NHS inpatient detoxification units in England to tackle rising numbers of drug-related deaths.
9 Feb 2021 · Department for Transport
Freight: Offices
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what advice he is issuing to UK haulage firms on setting up EU offices following the introduction of new haulage restrictions in the EU–UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement; what estimate he has made of the costs
8 Feb 2021 · Department for Transport
Travel: Urban Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what traffic reduction measures he is planning for as part of his strategy to ensure that half of all journeys in towns and cities are taken on foot or by bike by 2030.
8 Feb 2021 · Department for Transport
Cycling and Walking: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to meet the 2025 cycling and walking targets in the Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy; and what estimate he has made of the funding required to do so.
4 Feb 2021 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
Students: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what discussions he has had with UK Research and Innovation on funded extensions to research studentships for postgraduate students whose research has been affected by the covid-1
4 Feb 2021 · Attorney General
Sexual Offences: Prosecutions
What steps she has taken to increase the number of prosecutions relating to rape and sexual assault.
3 Feb 2021 · Department for Transport
Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Working Hours
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many instances of drivers exceeding the limits set out in the retained EU drivers’ hours rules have been reported in January 2021 following the relaxation of enforcement of those rules.
3 Feb 2021 · Department for Transport
Freight: EU Countries
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library correspondence and records of discussions with the European Commission on an exemption for specialist hauliers to new limits on movements in the EU.
2 Feb 2021 · Department for Transport
Freight: EU Countries
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received on the negotiation of a cultural exemption for specialist hauliers to new limits on movements in the EU.
Source: official written-questions record.