Written questions

670 written questions tabled, most recent first.

31 Oct 2019 · Department for Transport

South Western Rail Franchise

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding his Department has allocated to the South Western Trains/South Western Railways franchise area in the last 10 years.

31 Oct 2019 · Department for Transport

Waterloo Station

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what change in passenger capacity there has been at Waterloo station in the last 10 years.

31 Oct 2019 · Department for Transport

South Western Rail Franchise

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what change in the number of passenger miles travelled there has been in the South Western Trains/South Western Railway franchise area in the last 10 years.

31 Oct 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Farmers

What recent steps she has taken to help ensure business certainty for farmers after the UK leaves the EU.

30 Oct 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2019 to Question 198, what steps she is taking to improve telephone waiting times for the employment and support allowance telephone helpline.

30 Oct 2019 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) monitoring and (b) analysis his Department undertakes of the average (i) capital cost, (ii) running cost and (iii) whole-life cost of electric vehicles relative to (A) petrol and (B) diesel vehicles fo

28 Oct 2019 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data his Department holds on the proportion of (a) petrol and diesel and (b) electric (i) cars and (ii) other vehicles bought through (A) purchase, (B) financed purchase, (C) leasing arrangements and (D) o

28 Oct 2019 · Department for Transport

A3: Hindhead

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data are available on levels of road noise along the A3 between the Hindhead tunnel and Queen Elizabeth country park (a) prior to and (b) since the opening of that tunnel.

28 Oct 2019 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Noise: East Hampshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, where Noise Important Areas (NIAs) have been identified in East Hampshire constituency; and what plans he has for updating the identification of NIAs.

23 Oct 2019 · Department for Transport

Transport: Exhaust Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent analysis he has undertaken on the rate of improvement in carbon-efficiency for UK-originating journeys in (a) aviation and (b) shipping.

23 Oct 2019 · Department for Transport

Trains

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of (a) rail journeys and (b) passenger miles were undertaken in (i) electric powered and (ii) diesel powered trains in the last 12 months for which figures are available; and what estimate he ha

23 Oct 2019 · Department for Transport

Transport: Alternative Fuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what comparative assessment he has made of the rates of take-up of non-petrol/diesel road vehicles between the UK and other countries for (a) domestic, (b) goods and (c) passenger transport.

22 Oct 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS and Social Services: Recruitment

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to (a) the NHS and (b) the social care system of recruitment advertising in the most recent period for which data is available.

22 Oct 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

NHS and Social Services: Agency Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to the (a) NHS and (b) social care system of (i) fees, (ii) markups and (ii) commissions to supply agencies for (A) clinical and (B) other staff.

22 Oct 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Professions: Hampshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answers of 9 September 2019 to Question 286692 and 4 October 2019 to Question 290772 on Health Professions: Hampshir

22 Oct 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Professions: Hampshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answers of 9 September 2019 to Question 286692 and 4 October 2019 to Question 290772 on Health Professions: Hampshire, what estimate he has made of the number of FTE (a) gener

18 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on arrangements for prisoners to apply for universal credit (a) prior to and (b) no later than their release from custody.

18 Oct 2019 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners' Release: Universal Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the proportion of prisoners who leave custody each month who (a) are eligible for universal credit and (b) apply for that benefit at the point of their release from prison.

18 Oct 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Prisoners' Release

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment the Government has made of the (a) ease and (b) effectiveness of mechanisms for prisoners applying for universal credit prior to release from custody.

16 Oct 2019 · Department for Transport

Electric Bicycles: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 7 October 2019 to Question 293525 on Bicycles: Electric Vehicles, what information his Department holds on the geographical distribution of the take up of those incentives; and w

15 Oct 2019 · Home Office

Police: Hampshire

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the change in FTE police numbers in Hampshire (a) in 2019 (b) in subsequent years.

14 Oct 2019 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment and Support Allowance: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average waiting time has been for calls to the Employment Support Allowance helpline in each month since October 2018.

2 Oct 2019 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department has issued to enforcement officers in relation to idling engines; and whether he plans to update that guidance.

2 Oct 2019 · Department for Transport

Electric Bicycles: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the take up and effectiveness of the incentives for e-cargo bikes announced on 10 September 2018.

26 Sep 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breastfeeding

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what evidence base his Department used to produce guidance on the relative merits of breastfeeding and bottle feeding; and what changes have been made to that guidance in each of the last ten years

26 Sep 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes and Tobacco

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what evidence base?his Department used for the guidance issued on (a) vaping, (b) heat-not-burn and (c) other non-smoke nicotine products.

26 Sep 2019 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

New Businesses: Hampshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what estimate she has made of the number of business start-ups in (a) East Hampshire constituency and (b) Hampshire in each year since 2010.

26 Sep 2019 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Help to Buy Scheme: East Hampshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many homes have been purchased through the Help to Buy scheme in the East Hampshire constituency in each of the last six years.

25 Sep 2019 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Professions: Hampshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2019 to Question 286692, what equivalent data exists for the county of Hampshire and not limited to Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

25 Sep 2019 · Treasury

Children: Day Care

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) children and (b) families benefiting from tax-free childcare in each year since its inception in (a) East Hampshire constituency, (b) Hampshire local authority area and

Source: official written-questions record.