Written questions

1,329 written questions tabled, most recent first.

16 Jul 2019 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 July 2019 to Question 275205 on Shipping: Exhaust Emissions, what estimate has he made of the capital expenditure required by a port to fund a berth for electric charging of vessels

12 Jul 2019 · Department for Transport

Roads: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress Highways England have made towards its target of ensuring that the majority of roads with a (a) 1* and (b) 2* safety rating under the EuroRAP3* assessment programme have improved to a 3* rating; a

12 Jul 2019 · Department for Transport

Freight

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 July 2019 to Question 273804 on Freight, what comparative assessment he has made of the value for money of the plans for new freight network capacity made in (a) December 2018 and (

12 Jul 2019 · Department for Transport

Freight

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 July 2019 to Question 273804 on Freight, what assessment he has made of the value for money of the freight network capacity plans that he announced in December 2018.

12 Jul 2019 · Department for Transport

Rolling Stock: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's news story, Competition opens to create community facilities as Pacer trains retire from passenger service, published on 11 July 2019, how much that competition has cost; and

10 Jul 2019 · Department for Transport

Manston Airport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what role he played in Riveroak Strategic Partners' application for a Development Consent Order on the site of Manston Airport; and what the (a) process and (b) timeframe is for his granting of consent after th

10 Jul 2019 · Treasury

Manston Airport

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to use Manston airport as an inland, pre-customs clearing port for outward freight in relation to his Department's freight network capacity plans in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a dea

10 Jul 2019 · Department for Transport

Manston Airport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what due diligence his Department undertook on Riveroak Strategic Partners before that company's purchase of Manston Airport in July 2019.

10 Jul 2019 · Department for Transport

Manston Airport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the implications of the purchase of Manston airport site by Riveroak Strategic Partners from Stone Hill Park in July 2019 for (a) his freight network capacity plan in the event th

10 Jul 2019 · Department for Transport

Roads: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the (a) finding in the July 2019 Highways England Strategic Road Network Star Rating Report that for the funding period 2015-2020 60 per cent

9 Jul 2019 · Department for Transport

Railways: WiFi

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2019 to Question 271564 on Railways: Telecommunications, what estimate he has made of the timescale of the delivery of improvements to rail passenger wi-fi connectivity; and wha

9 Jul 2019 · Department for Transport

Railways: WiFi

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2019 to Question 271562, if he will publish the value for money assessment for his Department’s on-train wi-fi policy for the Thameslink, Southern and Great Northern, South East

9 Jul 2019 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Exhaust Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what level of funding is available to support his Department's Clean Maritime Plan.

9 Jul 2019 · Department for Transport

Railways: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the finding of the July 2019 Railway Gazette International report that the real time performance speed of trains in the UK were 1

8 Jul 2019 · Department for Transport

Gatwick Airport Station

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much new rail capacity will be provided at Gatwick airport railway station under the £150 million upgrade to that station which he announced on 8 July 2019.

5 Jul 2019 · Department for Transport

Freight

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to ensure that his Department's plans announced in June 2019 to increase freight network capacity in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal will deliver value for money for t

5 Jul 2019 · Department for Transport

Railways: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if it is his policy that the rail (a) network and (b) supply chain will be net carbon neutral by 2050.

4 Jul 2019 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how his Department plans to record complaints by service users during the transition period between asylum accommodation contracts; and whether that information will be made public.

4 Jul 2019 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support the Government provides to vulnerable asylum-seekers in the North East in the transition period between asylum accommodation contracts; and how the needs of those service-users are assess

4 Jul 2019 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers in the North East will be required to leave their properties during the transition to a new accommodation provider.

4 Jul 2019 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department will take in the event that asylum-accommodation provider Mears is unable to procure sufficient housing stock to accommodate service users in the North East.

4 Jul 2019 · Home Office

Asylum: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many properties new asylum-accommodation provider Mears has procured in the North East; how many service-users can be accommodated in those properties; and the number of service users in the North

3 Jul 2019 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons his Department ceased to use a multiplier of 1.9 for the radiative forcing or non-CO2 effects of air travel in 2011 for Departmental passenger demand and CO2 forecasts; and if he will make a st

3 Jul 2019 · Department for Transport

Railways: Passengers

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the (a) effectiveness and (b) value for money of organisations working to protect the interests of consumers throughout the rail industry.

3 Jul 2019 · Department for Transport

Office of Rail and Road

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has he made of the adequacy of the statutory remit of the Office for Rail and Road to work on behalf of the interests of rail passengers.

3 Jul 2019 · Department for Transport

Office of Rail and Road

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions officials in his Department have had with officials in the Office for Rail and Road on the development of that organisation’s (a) service standards and (b) strategic objectives in (a) 2017, (b)

1 Jul 2019 · Department for Transport

Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many strategic outline business cases for rail network enhancements have been (a) received and (b) accepted by his Department since March 2018.

1 Jul 2019 · Department for Transport

Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what new Network Rail enhancement projects have been announced since the commencement of control period six.

1 Jul 2019 · Department for Transport

Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many full-time equivalent posts in his Department have been allocated to the rail network enhancements pipeline since March 2018.

1 Jul 2019 · Department for Transport

Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what meetings his Department has held on the rail network enhancements pipeline with (a) Welsh Ministers, (b) the Mayor of London, (c) combined authority mayors, (d) integrated transport authorities, (e) local

Source: official written-questions record.