Written questions
1,329 written questions tabled, most recent first.
9 May 2019 · Department for Transport
Shipping
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) targets, (b) timescale and (c) funding is in place to deliver the objectives of the (i) Port Connectivity Study and (ii) Maritime 2050 strategy.
9 May 2019 · Department for Transport
East Midlands Rail Franchise
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Abellio bid for the East Midlands Trains franchise was fully compliant with the terms set out by the Department for the evaluation of bids.
8 May 2019 · Department for Transport
East Midlands Rail Franchise
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 May 2019 to Question 247080, for what reason he is unable to state whether or not Arriva submitted a compliant bid for the East Midlands Trains franchise; and if he will make a state
8 May 2019 · Department for Transport
Electric Vehicles: Grants
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the removal of the plug-in car grant on the number of sales of zero emission-capable plug-in hybrids since that grant was removed.
7 May 2019 · Department for Transport
South Eastern Rail Franchise
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the value for money of the South Eastern rail franchise.
7 May 2019 · Department for Transport
Aviation: Exhaust Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of instructing UK airlines to adopt turbulence-dodging technology to reduce emissions.
7 May 2019 · Department for Transport
Aircraft: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to ask the Civil Aviation Authority to review the safety of the Sukhoi Superjet 100.
7 May 2019 · Department for Transport
Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the merits of Highways England's decision to reduce the number of road upgrades in the 2015-2020 Road Investment Strategy by 10 per cent.
1 May 2019 · Department for Transport
Railways: Franchises
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons his Department (a) disqualified Stagecoach from the East Midlands, South Eastern and West Coast Partnership rail franchise competitions on 1 April 2019 and (b) did not inform that company of th
1 May 2019 · Department for Transport
East Midlands Rail Franchise
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether all three bids for the East Midlands franchise were non-compliant.
1 May 2019 · Department for Transport
Railways: Franchises
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 April 2019 to Question 243471 on Abellio Group, what weighting his Department gives to competition considerations and the wider impact on competition across the rail and wider trans
1 May 2019 · Department for Transport
East Midlands Trains: Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to Answer of 10 April 2019 to Question 243470, what estimate has he made of the amount of pension risk and liability the Government will be required to share on the East Midlands Trains as a result of
1 May 2019 · Department for Transport
Abellio Group and Arriva
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 April 2019 to Question 243472 on Abellio Group, what assurances his Department has received from owning groups (a) Abellio and (b) Arriva that any sale of their UK government rail c
1 May 2019 · Department for Transport
Railways: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer 9 April 2019 to Question 241018 on Durham Coast Railway Line, what assessment he has made of the implications of the reorganisation of Network Rail on those parts of the rail network unde
1 May 2019 · Department for Transport
Northern: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans respond to the recommendations of Richard George on the resilience of the northern rail network; and what plans he has to implement those recommendations.
1 May 2019 · Department for Transport
Railway Signals: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the amount of signalling which needs to be renewed across the rail network in (a) Control Period 7, (b) Control Period 8 and (c) Control Period 9; and what estimate he h
1 May 2019 · Department for Transport
East Coast Main Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will set out the (a) revenue, (b) growth and (c) investment on the East Coast mainline by successive operators of the route in (i) 2015, (ii) 2016, (iii) 2017 and (iv) 2018.
1 May 2019 · Department for Transport
Rail Delivery Group: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the financial contribution of Network Rail to the Rail Delivery Group in each year for which figures are available.
1 May 2019 · Department for Transport
West Coast Partnership Rail Franchise: Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether First Group has met his Department's criteria on railway pensions as a shortlisted bidder for the West Coast Partnership rail franchise.
1 May 2019 · Department for Transport
Railways: Franchises
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions the Department for Transport's Operator of the last Resort has had with existing rail franchise operators on potential changes of ownership of those franchises.
30 Apr 2019 · Department for Transport
Railways
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assurances his Department will provide train operators over new routes as determined by the market-led proposals; and whether those assurances will be classified as Government support for the Department's
30 Apr 2019 · Department for Transport
Railways
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimates he has made of the timeframes required to (a) design, (b) consent and (c) tender for those new railway projects set out in the specification for market-led rail proposals.
30 Apr 2019 · Department for Transport
Railways
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to set out the next steps for his market-led proposals for rail.
24 Apr 2019 · Department for Transport
East Midlands Rail Franchise
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether Arriva have submitted a compliant bid for the East Midlands Trains franchise.
10 Apr 2019 · Department for Transport
Heathrow Airport
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of people affected by the proposals for airspace change at Heathrow.
10 Apr 2019 · Department for Transport
Department for Transport: Public Consultation
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average response rate is to a public consultation undertaken by his Department.
10 Apr 2019 · Department for Transport
Department for Transport: Public Consultation
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what definition of consultation his Department uses.
10 Apr 2019 · Department for Transport
Abellio Group
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what contingency planning his Department has undertaken in the event of change in ownership of Abellio Transport Holdings Limited.
10 Apr 2019 · Department for Transport
Abellio Group
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect on the competitiveness of rail services in the Midlands of Abellio operating services in the West Midlands and throughout the East Midlands.
10 Apr 2019 · Department for Transport
East Midlands Trains
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what pension liability has been accepted by Abellio on East Midlands trains in addition to the parent company bond.
Source: official written-questions record.