Written questions

1,108 written questions tabled, most recent first.

12 Apr 2016 · Department for Transport

Railways: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many temporary speed restrictions were in place on the national rail network on 15 March (a) 2016, (b) 2015, (c) 2014 and (d) 2013.

12 Apr 2016 · Department for Transport

Railways: Property Transfer

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to protect alignments of disused rail lines on publicly-owned land from inappropriate development since May 2010; and whether his Department has established any successor arr

12 Apr 2016 · Department for Transport

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the Strategic Road Network Highways England plans to have resurfaced by the end of the current road investment period.

12 Apr 2016 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Public Service Obligations

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent advice have Ministers and officials in his Department received from the European Commission on the compliance with state aid rules of awarding Public Service Obligation subsidies that specify airpor

12 Apr 2016 · Department for Transport

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average maintenance cost per lane mile incurred by the Highways Agency and Highways England was in each year between 2012-13 and 2015-16.

11 Apr 2016 · Department for Transport

High Speed 2 Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the (a) overall and (b) contingency for High Speed 2 (HS2) (i) Phase 1, (ii) Phase 2a, (iii) Phase 2b and (iv) rolling stock in 2015 prices; and what the overall expenditure has bee

11 Apr 2016 · Department for Transport

Euston Station

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the contribution of the Minister of State in his Department, the hon. Member for Scarborough and Whitby, on 23 March 2016, Official Report, column 1657, what the value is of the funding that h

11 Apr 2016 · Department for Transport

Cycleways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2016 to Question 29270, and with reference to the Answer of 31 March 2008, on cycleways, when his Department stopped collecting data on the creation of cycle lanes by local aut

11 Apr 2016 · Department for Transport

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total expenditure was of his Department and it's predecessor departments in 2015-16 prices on (a) highways maintenance capital block grant funding, (b) the maintenance element of block allocation local

11 Apr 2016 · HM Treasury

Air Passenger Duty

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department's discussion paper on options for supporting English regional airports from the impacts of air passenger duty devolution, published in July 2015, what advice he has received from the

11 Apr 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

UK Trade and Investment: Visits Abroad

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answers of 20 February 2016 to Question 27903 and 3 March 2016 to Question 28905, what the reason is for the apparent discrepancy between the number of overseas visits list

8 Mar 2016 · Department for Transport

Railways: Tickets

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2016 to Question 29373, what his Department's outstanding contractual obligations are under the South East Flexible Ticketing programme.

8 Mar 2016 · Department for Transport

Network Rail: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 35 of Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd's Regulatory Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2015, what cash funding his Department has committed to the (a) Reading Station redevel

8 Mar 2016 · Department for Transport

Network Rail: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 67 of Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd's Regulatory Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2015, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of Network Rail's

8 Mar 2016 · Department for Transport

Motorways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 March 2016 to Question 29383, how many (a) miles and (b) lane miles on which sections of the network Highways England plans to convert to Managed Motorways - All Lane Running (MM-ALR

8 Mar 2016 · Department for Transport

Railways: Land

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has issued guidance to public bodies on the sale of land containing disused rail lines.

7 Mar 2016 · Department for Transport

Network Rail

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of preparing and publishing the Shaw Report on the future shape and financing of Network Rail, published in November 2015.

7 Mar 2016 · Department for Transport

Railways: Land

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether (a) his Department or (b) an arms-length body of his Department has authorised the sale of any land containing disused rail lines since May 2010.

7 Mar 2016 · Department for Transport

Network Rail: Expenditure

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what Network Rail's net expenditure under Schedule 4 inclusive of Access Charge Supplement income was in current prices for each train operating company in each year from 2009-10 to 2014-15.

7 Mar 2016 · Department for Transport

Speed Limits: Cameras

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2016 to Question 25499, how many of the speed cameras referred to in that Answer had been painted grey on the latest date for which figures are available.

4 Mar 2016 · Department for Transport

Railways: Fares

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 March 2016 to Question 29041, and with reference to his Department's press release of 18 August 2015 entitled Earnings outstrip rail fare increases for first time in a decade, in wha

3 Mar 2016 · Department for Transport

Railways: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what amounts have been paid to passengers under the Passenger's Charter and Delay/Repay schemes in 2015-16 to date by each train operating company.

2 Mar 2016 · Department for Transport

Railways: East of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to announce the award of the next East Anglia rail franchise.

2 Mar 2016 · Department for Transport

Motorways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many miles on what sections of the motorway network have been converted to Managed Motorways-All Lane Running (MM-ALR) status; and how many additional miles on which sections of the network Highways England

2 Mar 2016 · Department for Transport

Highways England: Capital Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made any additional capital funding available to Highways England since the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015.

2 Mar 2016 · Department for Transport

Department for Transport: Ministerial Policy Advisers

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2016 to Question 28720, whether the number of special advisers employed in his Department has changed since the list referred to in that Answer was published.

2 Mar 2016 · Department for Transport

Cycling: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent per pupil on cycling training for primary school pupils in each year since 2009-10.

2 Mar 2016 · Department for Transport

Railways: Tickets

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2016 to Question 28078, what plans his Department has for spending the remaining £40.89 million that was allocated to the South East Flexible Ticketing programme.

1 Mar 2016 · Department for Transport

Highways England: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what bonus payments Highways England (a) staff and (b) Board members are entitled to receive.

1 Mar 2016 · Department for Transport

Railway Network

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress has been made on Network Rail's Capacity Plus study; which industry groups have contributed to that study; and when he expects that study to be published.

Source: official written-questions record.