Written questions

1,108 written questions tabled, most recent first.

19 Nov 2020 · Department for Transport

Transport: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of providing financial support to international rail operators with UK connections during the covid-19 pandemic.

19 Nov 2020 · Department for Transport

High Speed 1 Line: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with (a) Eurostar and (b) HS1 on international travel (i) during and (ii) after the covid-19 pandemic.

19 Nov 2020 · Department for Transport

High Speed 1 Line: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the covid-19 pandemic on (a) Eurostar’s and High Speed One’s financial sustainability and (b) the long-term consequences for UK connectivity with mainlan

16 Nov 2020 · Treasury

Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme: Public Sector

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether public sector workers who are clinically extremely vulnerable, and who cannot work from home, are eligible to be furloughed under the extended Job Retention Scheme.

5 Nov 2020 · Department for Transport

Buses: Electric Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to announce the local authority selected to become England's first All Electric Bus Town.

5 Nov 2020 · Department for Transport

Bus Service Operators Grant: Hydrogen

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of amending the eligibility conditions of the Bus Service Operator's Grant to include hydrogen fuelled buses.

5 Nov 2020 · Department for Transport

Buses: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Prime Minister on the Government's commitment of 4,000 UK-made zero emission buses by 2024.

2 Nov 2020 · Treasury

Universal Credit: Coronavirus

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on extending the uplift to universal credit beyond April 2021.

30 Oct 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Employment: Hearing Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of people (a) with hearing loss, and (b) who list their primary medical condition as difficulty in hearing who were (i) in employment, (ii) econom

23 Oct 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families with children have received the £20 per week uplift in universal credit standard allowance payments in (a) Nottingham South and (b) the UK in each month since that uplift was introduce

23 Oct 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Crown Court: Nottingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, on what date (a) protective screens installed and (b) other covid-19 protective measures were introduced at Nottingham Crown Court.

22 Oct 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Administration of Justice: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he has taken to prioritise cases dealt with by the courts during the covid-19 outbreak.

22 Oct 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Security Guards

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of court security staffing.

22 Oct 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Culture Recovery Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many applications to the Culture Recovery Fund have been (a) received, (b) accepted and (c) rejected by region in England.

22 Oct 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Culture Recovery Fund: East Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many applications to the Culture Recovery Fund from applicants in the East Midlands have been (a) received, (b) accepted and (c) rejected.

22 Oct 2020 · Department for Transport

Electric Scooters

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his planned timescale is for bringing forward legislative proposals to legalise the use of e-scooters.

21 Oct 2020 · Ministry of Justice

Courts: Nottingham

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what plans his Department has to implement a Nightingale Court in Nottingham.

21 Oct 2020 · Department for Transport

Electric Scooters

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to enable members of the public to report incidents involving e-scooters to researchers conducting e-scooter trials.

14 Oct 2020 · Department for Transport

Motorway Service Areas: Leasehold

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to make a decision on whether to renew or extend the leases at state-owned motorway service areas with leases expiring in 2020-32.

14 Oct 2020 · Department for Transport

Motorway Service Areas: Leasehold

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of renewing or extending the leases at state-owned motorway service areas on levels of private sector investment in (a) electric vehicle charging infrastructu

14 Oct 2020 · Department for Transport

Motorway Service Areas: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with operators of state-owned motorway service areas on those operators accessing investment in (a) site improvements, (b) HGV parking facilities and (c) electric vehicle charging in

14 Oct 2020 · Department for Transport

Motorway Service Areas: Leasehold

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with operators of state-owned motorway service areas on renewing their leases.

12 Oct 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Community Development: Bus Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the role of the National Bus Strategy in the creation of stronger communities.

12 Oct 2020 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies on the National Bus Strategy of the National Audit Office report entitled, Improving local bus services in England outside London, published on 2

12 Oct 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

Buses: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has with the Secretary of State for Transport on the role of buses in helping to provide access to healthcare.

12 Oct 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bus Services: Air Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the potential for the National Bus Strategy to deliver improved air quality and carbon emissions.

12 Oct 2020 · Department for Transport

Bus Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the National Bus Strategy; and when those discussions took place.

9 Oct 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Theatres: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, whether not-for-profit productions are eligible to apply for the Operation Sleeping Beauty fund.

9 Oct 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Theatres: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what the criteria are for applications to the Operation Sleeping Beauty fund.

9 Oct 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Theatres: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what proportion of Operation Sleeping Beauty funding he plans to allocate to productions in (a) London, (b) regions outside London and (c) the East Midlands.

Source: official written-questions record.