Written questions

1,108 written questions tabled, most recent first.

5 Nov 2015 · Department for Transport

Network Rail

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the estimated value of Network Rail was on the most recent date for which figures are available.

5 Nov 2015 · Department for Transport

Department for Transport: Official Cars

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will name the people in his Department who are entitled to use the Government Car Service.

5 Nov 2015 · Department for Transport

Cycling and Walking: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of children have (a) walked and (b) cycled to school in each year since 2009-10.

5 Nov 2015 · Department for Transport

Agility Trains

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much compensation the Government is liable for in its contract with Agility Trains in the event that the new IEP fleet cannot be introduced according to its planned timescales due to delays to either (a) th

5 Nov 2015 · Department for Transport

East Coast Main Line: Level Crossings

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons Network Rail has not yet published a timetable to close 73 dangerous level crossings on the East Cost Main Line; and what recent discussions he has had with Network Rail over the East Coast Mai

2 Nov 2015 · Department for Transport

Great Western Main Line: Electrification

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2015 to Question 4759, if he will update the benefit-cost ratio for Great Western electrification given in that Answer to reflect the revised cost estimate for that electrificat

2 Nov 2015 · Department for Transport

Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 29 October 2015 to Question 13286, whether any additional projects have been paused but not announced by Network Rail.

2 Nov 2015 · Department for Transport

High Speed 2 Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) his Department's and (b) HS2 Ltd's capital and resource expenditure has been on High Speed 2 in each year since 2009-10.

2 Nov 2015 · Department for Transport

Department for Transport: Subscriptions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what publications his private office subscribes to.

2 Nov 2015 · HM Treasury

Transport: Infrastructure

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to his Department's press release, Infrastructure at heart of Spending Review as Chancellor launches National Infrastructure Commission, published on 30 October 2015, what transport projects are includ

28 Oct 2015 · Department for Transport

Great Western Main Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost of the signalling component of the Great Western Modernisation Programme at the most recent date for which figures are available.

28 Oct 2015 · Department for Transport

Driving: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's press release, Government to overhaul young driver rules in bid to improve safety and cut insurance costs, issued 25 March 2013, when heplans to publish the Green Paper on you

28 Oct 2015 · Department for Transport

High Speed Trains

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2015 to Question 13080, whether a clause exists in the lease agreement referred to in that Answer that would enable Great Western Railway's Intercity 125 fleet to remain tem

28 Oct 2015 · Department for Transport

Level Crossings

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 June 2015 to Question 2215, and with reference to the indicative timetable contained in his Department's Level Crossing Reform Action Plan, whether he will issue a public consultati

28 Oct 2015 · Department for Transport

Petrol: Prices

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's press release, Petrol price signs on motorways, dated December 2014, what progress he has made of the pilot introduction of motorway signs that show comparison petrol prices a

27 Oct 2015 · Department for Transport

Iron and Steel

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of changes in UK steel output in the last five years on the (a) value of orders placed by Network Rail and Highways England to companies in the UK supply chain and (b)

27 Oct 2015 · Department for Transport

Iron and Steel

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what orders were placed by (a) Network Rail and (b) Highways England for (i) steel manufactured by UK-based companies and (ii) all steel in 2014-15; and what tonnage was ordered at what cost in each such order.

27 Oct 2015 · Department for Transport

Crossrail Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many tonnes of steel (a) used and (b) projected to be used in the construction of Crossrail were sourced from (i) UK-based steel manufacturers and (ii) all steel manufacturers; and what the monetary value w

27 Oct 2015 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2015 to Question 12540, whether the process for Government approval of bus regulation as part of devolution deals referred to in that Answer will require secondary legislati

26 Oct 2015 · Department for Transport

Bus Service Operators Grant

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's expenditure on the Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG) was in each year from 2010-11 to 2014-15; and what his Department's projected expenditure on the BSOG is in 2015-16.

26 Oct 2015 · Department for Transport

Great Western Main Line: Electrification

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when Network Rail first informed his Department of their estimate that electrification of the Great Western Main Line would cost more than £2 billion.

26 Oct 2015 · Department for Transport

Bus Service Operators Grant: Schools

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2015 to Question 12213, whether his Department has imposed any penalties on bus operators who submitted ineligible claims for Bus Service Operators Grant support for closed

26 Oct 2015 · Department for Transport

Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2015 to Question 12538, and with reference to the statement in the Answer of 21 September 2015 to Question 10029 that Ely to Soham track doubling was among a small number of

26 Oct 2015 · Department for Transport

Railways: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2015 to Question 12539, whether the meeting of the Board Investment and Commercial Committee on 23 March 2015 was attended by (a) Ministers in his Department, (b) special ad

22 Oct 2015 · Department for Transport

Cycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2015 to Question 12187, which organisations were represented at the High Level Cycling Group's meeting on 13 July 2015.

22 Oct 2015 · Department for Transport

Great Western Main Line: Electrification

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Chief Executive of Network Rail's letter to the Chair of the Public Accounts Committee of 19 October 2015, what the component cost headings of Network Rail's revised £2.5 billion to £2.8 b

22 Oct 2015 · Department for Transport

Bus Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 7 of his Department's publication, Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG) Information pack and Conditions of Eligibility, how much his Department has spent on (a) the eight per cent ITSO smar

22 Oct 2015 · Department for Transport

Cycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October to Question 12230, if he will provide a breakdown by English region of the figures provided in the first table contained in that Answer under the headings (a) his Department

22 Oct 2015 · Department for Transport

High Speed Trains

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the transfer of Intercity 125 sets from the Great Western franchise to the Scotrail franchise in 2017-18 is conditional on Network Rail meeting its current regulated output targets on the Great Western

20 Oct 2015 · Department for Transport

Volkswagen

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his oral evidence to the Transport Select Committee on Volkswagen Group emissions violations on 12 October 2015, Q88, HC 495, on what date he sent his letter to Commissioner Bienkowska; whethe

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