Written questions

3,264 written questions tabled, most recent first.

12 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy: Closures

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the closure of community pharmacies on the communities.

12 Apr 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services and Pharmacy: Easington

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information her Department holds on the number of pharmacies that have closed in Easington since 2019; and if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of these closures on primary c

12 Apr 2024 · Department for Transport

Transport: Forecasts

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department last (a) reviewed the evidence base underpinning its demand forecasts and (b) update its forecasts of travel demand across modes as set out in its Transport Analysis Guidance.

12 Apr 2024 · Department for Transport

Transport: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Director General of the Road Transport Group in his Department is responsible for co-ordinating Network North.

12 Apr 2024 · Department for Transport

European Rail Traffic Management System

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the European Train Control signalling system is classified as a (a) renewal or (b) enhancement for the purposes of Network Rail’s budget.

12 Apr 2024 · Department for Transport

Railways and Roads: Conflict of Interests

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of guidance issued by his Department to (a) Network Rail, (b) National Highways and (c) the Great British Railways transition team on potential conflicts of in

22 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport

Railways: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 25 November 2020 to Question 120953 on Network Rail: Finance and pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2024 to Question 18100 on Railways: Finance, what assessment he has made of th

22 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport

Department for Transport: Social Media

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department provides to officials on the use of the social media platforms (a) X and (b) LinkedIn.

22 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport

Large Goods Vehicles: Europe

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish the roads good vehicles travelling to Europe statistics for April 2023 to March 2024; and when this series will conclude.

20 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will list the mandatory employment conditions excluding national minimum wage rates which apply to seafarers working on routes between maritime ports in the territorial waters of (a) the UK and (b) France

19 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Pension Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when the last pre-Fresh Start prison officer with reserved pension rights retired from service.

19 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Justice

Prison Officers: Pension Rights

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many pre-Fresh Start prison officers with reserved pension rights remain in service.

19 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport

Rolling Stock: International Cooperation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the UK signing up to the European Company for the Financing of Railroad Rolling Stock convention.

19 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport

Railways: Public Appointments

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recruitment process his Department followed for the recent appointment of the Director General for Rail Services on 18 March 2024.

19 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport

P&O Ferries

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions his Department has had with P&O Ferries.

19 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport

Railways: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of Network Rail's Traction Decarbonisation Network Strategy.

19 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport

Railways: Passengers

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the accuracy of projected future rail passenger volumes made by consultancy Steer in its report entitled Research on Long-Term Passenger Demand Growth, published on 19 Febru

19 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport

Avanti West Coast: Catering

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the on-board catering capacity of the Class 390 Pendolino trains operated by Avanti West Coast following the refurbishment of that train fleet.

14 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport

P&O Ferries: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to ensure that crew employment conditions on the (a) P&O Pioneer and (b) P&O Liberte ferries are compliant with the (i) ILO Maritime Labour Convention and (ii) Seafarers’ Charter.

14 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport

P&O Ferries: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what dates the Maritime and Coastguard Agency carried out port state control inspections of the (a) P&O Pioneer and (b) P&O Liberte ferries in Dover under the Merchant Shipping (Inspections of Ro-Ro Passenge

14 Mar 2024 · Treasury

Treasury: Pay

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the impact that changes in the national (a) living and (b) minimum wage commencing on 1 April 2024 will have on staffing costs in his Department; and how many staff in his Department wi

14 Mar 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Department for Work and Pensions: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the impact that changes in the national (a) living and (b) minimum wage commencing on 1 April 2024 will have on staffing costs in his Department; and how many staff in his D

12 Mar 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Food Banks

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of his Department's policy on the use of foodbank signposting slips at Jobcentres on vulnerable households.

12 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport

Railways: North of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) reporting mechanisms and (b) governance structures are in place to oversee spending on the Transpennine Route Upgrade project.

12 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport

Railway Signals: Cambridge

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 31 January 2024 to Question 11055 on Railway Signals: Cambridge, what his Department's timeframe is for the development of a business case for the re-signalling of Ely Junction.

12 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport

Railways: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 31 January 2024 to Question 11059 on Railways: Finance, how much was spent on rail enhancements in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021, (d) 2022 and (e) 2023.

11 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport

Ferries: Republic of Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Irish Sea ferry services operators have signed the Seafarers Charter; and what progress his Department has made on reaching a bilateral agreement with the Irish Government on seafarer welfare standards

11 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Conditions of Employment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Government response to the Fifth Report of the Transport Committee of Session 2022–23 on Maritime 2050: objectives, implementation and effects, published on 24 May 2023, what progress he h

11 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Government response to the Fifth Report of the Transport Committee of Session 2022–23 on Maritime 2050: objectives, implementation and effects, published on 24 May 2023, what his planned t

11 Mar 2024 · Home Office

Offences against Children

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 2 February 2024 to Question 12789 on Offences against Children, what steps is he taking to incorporate paragraph 35 of General Comment 26 of the UN Convention on the Rights o

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