Written questions

1,329 written questions tabled, most recent first.

14 Nov 2018 · Department for Transport

Boeing 737: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the safety of Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft for UK air passengers following the recent incident in Indonesia; and if he will make a statement.

14 Nov 2018 · Department for Transport

Sea Level

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 23 of the report of the Committee on Climate Change entitled Managing the coast in a changing climate, published in October 2018, what assessment he has made of the implications for his p

14 Nov 2018 · Department for Transport

Railways: Tickets

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 1 November 2018 to Question 183470 on Railways and Aviation: Fares, what proportion of the UK rail network passengers are planned to be able to use (a) smart cards and (b) mobile phone

14 Nov 2018 · Department for Transport

Railways: Croydon

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to make a decision on the Windmill Junction East Croydon grade-separated capacity enhancement.

6 Nov 2018 · Department for Transport

Cross Country Rail Franchise

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to Answer of 1 November 2018 to Question 183468 on Cross Country Rail Franchise, when he plans to publish the timetable for each stage of the Cross country rail franchise process.

5 Nov 2018 · Department for Transport

London North Eastern Railway

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 October 2018 to Question 178321 on Railway signals, what assessment he has made of the merits of the ongoing use of the Intercity Express Programme Class 800/801 on the Great Wester

5 Nov 2018 · Department for Transport

Aerospace Industry and Aviation: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what target he has set for investment in research and development in the aviation and aerospace industries.

2 Nov 2018 · Home Office

Passports

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of UK residents without a valid passport.

2 Nov 2018 · Department for Transport

Aviation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number UK residents who did not take a (a) domestic and (b) international flight in (i) 2015, (ii) 2016 and (iii) 2017.

2 Nov 2018 · Department for Transport

Aerospace Industry and Aviation: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Department for Transport has spent on research and development in (a) aviation and (b) aerospace in (i) 2015, (ii) 2016 and (iii) 2017.

2 Nov 2018 · Department for Transport

Railways: Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 October 2018 to Question 178322 on Train Operating Companies: Pay, whether he has asked the Rail Delivery Group to include executive pay in the development of a pay award system tha

2 Nov 2018 · Department for Transport

Laing O'Rourke

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment has he made of the financial sustainability of Laing O’Rourke and the ability of that company to fulfil its contractual responsibilities in relation to (a) railways and (b) highways.

29 Oct 2018 · Department for Transport

Department for Transport: Motor Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 March 2018 to Question 131715 on motor vehicles, what proportion of the fleet (a) owned and (b) leased by the (i) Government Car Service, (ii) Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency, (ii

24 Oct 2018 · Department for Transport

Great Western Railway: Rolling Stock

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of adequacy of the performance of Great Western Railway’s Class 800s in relation to Miles per Technical incident for the last three reporting periods.

24 Oct 2018 · Department for Transport

Govia Thameslink Railway: Rolling Stock

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the performance of GTR’s Class 700 in relation to Miles per Technical Incident in each of the last three reporting periods.

24 Oct 2018 · Department for Transport

Northern and TransPennine Express

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether (a) Arriva Rail North and (b) First Transpennine spent one per cent of their revenue on innovation in each year of their franchise required by the Innovation in Franchising Fund.

24 Oct 2018 · Department for Transport

Railways and Aviation: Fares

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) rail and (b) air fares that were booked online in each of the last three years.

24 Oct 2018 · Department for Transport

London North Eastern Railway

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) instructions and (b) delivery timeframes he has issued to (i) LNER and (ii) Network Rail to develop the proposals for the LNER network.

24 Oct 2018 · Department for Transport

Cross Country Rail Franchise

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timeframe is for the procurement of new rolling stock on the Cross Country rail franchise.

24 Oct 2018 · Department for Transport

South Western Rail Franchise

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the shortfall in revenues on the South Western rail franchise as a result of the December 2018 timetable not being introduced.

24 Oct 2018 · Department for Transport

South Western Rail Franchise

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what meetings his Department has held with (a) First Group and (b) MTR on renegotiating the South Western franchise.

24 Oct 2018 · Department for Transport

Train Operating Companies and Network Rail: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) open and closed data, (b) data produced legacy systems, (c) data owned or created by train operating companies and (d) data from Network Rail.

24 Oct 2018 · Department for Transport

Railways: Industrial Disputes

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 October 2018 to Question 178322 on Train Operating Companies: Pay, what (a) locus, (b) authority or (c) remit the Rail Delivery Group has to intervene in rail industry industrial re

24 Oct 2018 · Department for Transport

Railway Signals

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 October 2018 to Question 178321, what assessment he has made of the role of his Department in overseeing the introduction of the Automatic Power Change Over (APCO) system integratio

18 Oct 2018 · Department for Transport

TransPennine Express: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the contribution in premiums to the public purse from First Transpennine in (a) 2016, (b) 2017 and (c) 2018.

18 Oct 2018 · Department for Transport

Railways: Franchises

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of the franchise competitions for (a) Southeastern, (b) East Midlands Trains and (c) West Cost trains.

18 Oct 2018 · Department for Transport

Northern

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to protect the operator against falling passenger numbers on Northern Rail.

18 Oct 2018 · Department for Transport

Northern: Subsidies

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the value was of the subsidy his Department provided to Arriva Rail North in (a) 2016, (b) 2017 and (c) 2018.

18 Oct 2018 · Department for Transport

Northern Rail Franchise

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what adjustments he has made to the provisions of the Northern Rail franchise that provide protection to the operator against falling passenger numbers.

18 Oct 2018 · Department for Transport

Northern Rail Franchise

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the provisions of the Northern Rail franchise to protect the operator against falling passenger numbers.

Source: official written-questions record.