Written questions
1,108 written questions tabled, most recent first.
30 Sep 2020 · Department for Transport
Acceleration Unit
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 September 2020 to Question 91626, if he will publish a list of projects and programmes he has tasked the Acceleration Unit with speeding up the delivery of.
30 Sep 2020 · Department for Transport
Railways
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans publish a white paper on the future of UK railways.
30 Sep 2020 · Department for Transport
Network Rail: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of staff (a) employed by or (b) under contract to Network Rail to undertake rail electrification construction work from October to December 2020.
17 Sep 2020 · Department for Transport
Acceleration Unit
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he plans to take to evaluate the effectiveness of the Transport Acceleration Unit.
16 Sep 2020 · Department for Transport
Northern Transport Acceleration Council: Public Appointments
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether members of the Northern Transport Acceleration Council have been appointed; on what basis those appointments will be made; and if he will publish that Council’s relationship to (a) Transport for the Nor
16 Sep 2020 · Department for Transport
Electric Scooters: Hire Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria his Department will use to determine whether e-scooter rental trials are successful.
16 Sep 2020 · Department for Transport
Electric Scooters: Hire Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress he has made on establishing the evaluation arrangements for e-scooter rental trials.
16 Sep 2020 · Department for Transport
Electric Scooters: Hire Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what e-scooter trials are (a) operational and (b) in the planning phase.
11 Sep 2020 · Department for Transport
Acceleration Unit: Public Appointments
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, (a) who are the members of the new Transport Acceleration Unit and (b) how were those members selected.
11 Sep 2020 · Department for Transport
Railways: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to accelerate projects listed in the Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline.
11 Sep 2020 · Department for Transport
Railways: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what rail schemes are listed at any stage of the Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline as of September 2020.
11 Sep 2020 · Department for Transport
Railways: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he intends to publish an updated Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline list, which was last updated on 21 October 2019.
28 Aug 2020 · Department for Transport
Cycling and Walking: Inland Waterways
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the role of canal towpaths in his plans to increase walking and cycling.
28 Aug 2020 · Department for Transport
Cycling and Walking: Inland Waterways
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using canal towpaths to provide safe walking and cycling routes to deprived neighbourhoods.
28 Aug 2020 · Department for Transport
Cycling and Walking: Inland Waterways
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the Canal and River Trust’s proposals for 30 towpath improvement schemes across the country.
22 Jul 2020 · Department for Transport
Transport: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the needs of disabled passengers as lockdown restrictions are lifted on the transport system.
22 Jul 2020 · Department for Transport
Transport: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure the transport system is safe and accessible to disabled passengers as covid-19 lockdown restrictions are lifted.
21 Jul 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Independent Serious Case Panel
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2020 to Question 18385 on Independent Serious Case Panel, if she will publish the qualifications the independent members have for membership of the panel.
21 Jul 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Independent Serious Case Panel
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2020 to Question 18385 on Independent Serious Case Panel, if she will publish the agenda for each meeting of the Independent Serious Case Panel since 2018.
21 Jul 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Social Security Benefits
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 24 February 2020 to Question 592 on Social Security Benefits, on what dates the Independent Serious Case Panel has met since 7 November 2019.
21 Jul 2020 · Department for Work and Pensions
Department for Work and Pensions: Reviews
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what progress her Department has made on its Safeguarding Policy Review which was due for completion in Autumn 2019.
21 Jul 2020 · Department for International Trade
Imports: Motor Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what assessment she has made of the effect on pedestrian and cyclist safety of the differences in vehicle safety standards between vehicles produced in (a) the USA and (b) the EU; and what safety stan
21 Jul 2020 · Department for Transport
Motor Vehicles: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the effect on levels of (a) pedestrian and cyclist safety and (b) passenger safety of vehicle construction standards in the (i) US and (ii) UK.
20 Jul 2020 · Department for International Trade
Trade Agreements: Motor Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, if she will take steps to ensure that vehicles that do not meet current UK vehicle safety standards would not be permitted to be (a) sold and (b) registered in the UK as a result of an international f
20 Jul 2020 · Department for International Trade
Trade Agreements: Motor Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what discussions she has had with her counterparts in (a) the US and (b) Australia on vehicle safety standards during negotiations on free trade agreements.
20 Jul 2020 · Department for International Trade
Trade Agreements: Motor Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what progress has been made in negotiations on free trade agreements covering the automotive sector with (a) the US and (b) Australia.
14 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Bowling: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, for what reason bowling alleys were not included in the reopening of businesses on 4, 11 and 13 July 2020.
14 Jul 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
Bowling: Coronavirus
To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to enable bowling alleys to reopen.
13 Jul 2020 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Beverage Containers: Deposit Return Schemes
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) materials and (b) containers his Department plans to include in the Deposit Return Scheme announced on 22 August 2019.
6 Jul 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how data in relation to the (a) gender, (b) age, (c) ethnicity and (d) location of a person's antibody test result is (i) collected (ii), distributed and (iii) analysed.
Source: official written-questions record.