Written questions

1,329 written questions tabled, most recent first.

22 Mar 2018 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Grants

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to extend the plug-in car grant to 2020.

22 Mar 2018 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to introduce an online emissions standard system for drivers to check the euro emissions standard of their vehicle; and if he will make a statement.

21 Mar 2018 · Department for Transport

Network Rail: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment. he has made of the merits of supply chain audits of Network Rail to ensure that procurement practices provide value for money.

21 Mar 2018 · Department for Transport

Network Rail: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to encourage Network Rail to (a) monitor its Tier 1 suppliers and (b) ensure SMEs are contracted for high value supply side contracts.

21 Mar 2018 · Department for Transport

Rolling Stock

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the amount of surplus rolling stock on the rail network in (a) 2019, (b) 2020 and (c) 2021.

20 Mar 2018 · Department for Transport

Heathrow Airport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what contingency plans his Department have made to revise the National Policy Statement in the event of a change to the cost of Heathrow Airport’s North West Runway scheme.

20 Mar 2018 · Department for Transport

Heathrow Airport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of Heathrow Airport’s North West Runway scheme.

20 Mar 2018 · Department for Transport

Heathrow Airport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) terms of reference and (b) timeframe are for (i) Systra and (ii) Costain to make an assessment of the feasibility of Heathrow Airport’s North West Runway.

20 Mar 2018 · Department for Transport

East Midlands Rail Franchise: Rolling Stock

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that the rolling stock on the East Midlands Trains franchise will be PRM TSI compliant by 2020.

14 Mar 2018 · Department for Transport

East Anglia Rail Franchise

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of whether the Greater Anglia rail franchise contract will be fulfilled.

14 Mar 2018 · Department for Transport

East Anglia Rail Franchise

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the premium payments of £3.8 billion on the Greater Anglia rail franchise will be paid in full.

14 Mar 2018 · Department for Transport

East Anglia Rail Franchise

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether Greater Anglia rail franchise is meeting its financial performance targets; and if he will make a statement.

14 Mar 2018 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the cost of bidding for funds from the City Transformation Fund.

14 Mar 2018 · Department for Transport

Midland Main Line: Rolling Stock

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of changes to journey time on the Midland Mainline in the event that the Mark 4 InterCity 225 stock is cascaded onto that route.

13 Mar 2018 · Department for Transport

Railways: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that Network Rail’s procurement framework for Control Period 6 will encourage UK SMEs to tender for work.

13 Mar 2018 · Department for Transport

Midland Main Line: Rolling Stock

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost of ensuring the High Speed Trains on the East Midlands line will be PRM TSI compliant by 2020.

13 Mar 2018 · Department for Transport

Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the timetable of three weeks allocated by the Office of Rail and Road for a public consultation to scrutinise Network Rail’s strategic plan for the railways betwee

20 Feb 2018 · Department for Transport

East Coast Main Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what contractual changes his Department agreed with Agility Trains for the new Intercity Express Programme rolling stock on the East Coast in (a) 2014 (b) 2015 (c) 2016 (d) 2017 and (e) 2018.

20 Feb 2018 · Department for Transport

Railways: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Transport what adjustments mechanisms exist within the (a) Greater Anglia and (b) South Western Trains franchises to support train operators in the event of downturns in employment levels in central London.

20 Feb 2018 · Department for Transport

Stagecoach Group: South Western Rail Franchise

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether Stagecoach submitted a compliant bid for the South Western Railways franchise competition in 2017.

20 Feb 2018 · Department for Transport

M20: Large Goods Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what advice his Department received from Highways England on planning for Operation Stack.

20 Feb 2018 · Cabinet Office

Aortic Aneurysm: Tees Valley

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people in South Tees died from a ruptured aortic abdominal aneurysm in (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and 2017.

19 Feb 2018 · Cabinet Office

Aortic Aneurysm: Tees Valley

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many women in South Tees died from a ruptured aortic abdominal aneurysm in (a) 2015, (b) 2016 and (c) 2017.

1 Feb 2018 · Department for Transport

Gatwick Airport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the surface access requirements required for Gatwick Airport expansion; and if he will make a statement.

1 Feb 2018 · Department for Transport

Heathrow Airport

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with Transport for London on the surface access requirements required for Heathrow Airport expansion; and if he will make a statement.

1 Feb 2018 · Department for Transport

Bus Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the causes of decline in the number of passenger journeys made by bus since 2010; and if he will make a statement.

1 Feb 2018 · Department for Transport

Bus Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the trend in the level of passenger journeys made by bus by people aged (a) 16 and under, (b) 17-20 and (c) 21-29 since 2010.

30 Jan 2018 · Department for Transport

Great Western Main Line: Electrification

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timetable is for the paused parts of the Great Western electrification to be resumed; and if he will make a statement.

29 Jan 2018 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of charging points for electric vehicles there will be in the UK on (a) 1 January 2019, (b) 1 January 2020 and (c) 1 January 2021.

29 Jan 2018 · Department for Transport

East Coast Rail Franchise

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which delayed or incomplete infrastructure improvements were taken into account in the decision to terminate the East Coast rail franchise early.

Source: official written-questions record.