Written questions
3,264 written questions tabled, most recent first.
10 Dec 2024 · Department for Education
Kinship Care: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to announce the ten pilot areas for the Kinship Care Allowance.
5 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Homelessness: Temporary Accommodation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information her Department holds on the number of cases in which location data for out-of-area placements made while discharging a homelessness duty is (a) not recorded or (
3 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence: Occupations
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the non-standard occupation groups in his Department are.
27 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport
Rolling Stock
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question12278 on Rolling Stock, whether a rolling stock strategy will be published before the establishment of Great British Railways.
27 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport
Freight Council
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to convene the next meeting of the Department for Transport’s Freight Council.
22 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate she has made of the prison maintenance backlog.
21 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport
Parking Offences
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance her Department issues on the powers available to (a) local authorities and (b) the police to (i) remove and (ii) seize a vehicle parked on a public highway that does not have valid insurance.
21 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport
Parking Offences
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance her Department issues on the powers available to (a) local authorities and (b) the police to (i) remove and (ii) seize a vehicle parked on a public highway that does not have a valid MOT.
15 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Homelessness
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November 2024 to Question 13192 on Homelessness, if she will publish her letter of 11 November 2024 addressed to all local authority Chief Executives
15 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Magistrates' Courts: Closures
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many magistrates courts closed in each year since 2010.
11 Nov 2024 · Home Office
Fire and Rescue Services: Floods
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to create a statutory duty on fire and rescue services to respond to major flooding events.
11 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Countryside: Access
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he plans to publish an Access to Nature White Paper.
8 Nov 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Homelessness
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions her Department has had with local authorities on their legal duties under section 208 of the Housing Act 1996.
6 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport
Railways: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on Great British Railways Decarbonisation plan.
6 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport
Railways: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on Network Rail's Traction Decarbonisation Network Strategy.
6 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport
Railways: Freight
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on the Government's Rail freight Growth Strategy.
6 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport
Railways: Freight
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on (a) the Folkestone to Wembley Rail Freight route and (b) adopting the gauge to W12 for cross-channel rail freight.
5 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Seagreen Wind Energy: Health and Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what information her Department holds on the level of compliance with the Immediate Prohibition Notices issued to (a) SSE Renewables and (b) Petrofac Facilities Management on 6 September 2024 by the Hea
1 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Environment Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether goals to improve (a) access to and (b) engagement with nature are part of the Rapid Review of the current Environmental Improvement Plan; and what plans he has to engage with s
1 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport
Railways: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of Network Rail’s targets to improve railway adhesion in Control Period 7 between 2024 and 2029.
1 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport
Railways: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of Network Rail’s management of railway adhesion in Control Period 6 between 2019 and 2024.
28 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport
Shipping: Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with (a) shipowners, (b) training providers and (c) trade unions on the provision of maritime apprenticeships.
28 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport
Shipping: Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the provision of maritime apprenticeships.
28 Oct 2024 · Department for Education
Shipping: Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many seafarer apprentices were in training in 2023-24.
28 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport
Railways: Passengers
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 6029 on Railways: Passengers, if he will publish those forecasts.
25 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport
Network Rail: Alexander Mann Solutions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the value for money of Network Rail's annual spending with Alexander Mann Solutions.
25 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport
Cambrian Line: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding her Department has provided for signalling improvements on the Cambrian line since 2014.
25 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport
Rail Delivery Group and Rail Partners: Membership
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much (a) Northern Rail, (b) London North Eastern Railway, (c) TransPennine Express and (d) Southeastern pay annually in membership fees to (i) the Rail Delivery Group and (ii) Rail Partners.
25 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport
Rail Partners: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding her Department provided to Rail Partners in (a) 2021, (b) 2022 and (c) 2023.
25 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport
Trade Fairs: Berlin
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which consular representatives from his Department attended the Innotrans rail trade convention in Berlin between Tuesday 24 and Friday 27 September 2024.
Source: official written-questions record.