Written questions

1,768 written questions tabled, most recent first.

20 Jun 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Soil: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the (a) title of, (b) name of contractors used for, (c) budget of and (d) location on her Department's website of each survey of earthworm populations and diversity in arable soil

20 Jun 2016 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Soil: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the current health and status of earthworm populations in English arable soils; and what trends have been observed in the last two decades ba

15 Jun 2016 · Department for Transport

High Speed 2 Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which types of lorries are being used for the delivery of High Speed 2 projects.

15 Jun 2016 · Department for Transport

Walking

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to promote park and stride schemes.

15 Jun 2016 · Department for Transport

Public Places: Seating

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will promote the provision of seating facilities in public places to encourage walking.

15 Jun 2016 · Home Office

Police: Road Traffic Control

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the relationship between the number of road policing officers and the number of road offences.

15 Jun 2016 · Home Office

Police: Road Traffic Control

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many road policing officers there have been in each year since 2010.

14 Jun 2016 · Department for Transport

Bus Services Bill (HL)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received from (a) private bus operators, (b) municipal bus operators and (c) local authorities on Clause 21 of the Bus Services Bill.

14 Jun 2016 · Department for Transport

Bus Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer to Question 39527, (a) for what reasons and (b) what the evidential basis is for the decision that the commissioning and provision of bus services should be kept separate.

14 Jun 2016 · Department for Transport

Bus Service Operators Grant

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to paragraph 4.30 of his Department's Bus reform workshops: background document, published in September 2015, if he plans to devolve the bus service operators grant to those local authorities gra

14 Jun 2016 · Department for Transport

Bus Services Bill (HL)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department expects the Bus Services Bill impact assessments to be published.

14 Jun 2016 · Department for Transport

Bus Services Bill (HL)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department expects the Bus Services Bill draft statutory guidance to be published.

13 Jun 2016 · Department for Transport

Walking: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2016 to Question 39160, what the figures for his Department's spending on walking programmes in each year to 2021 are in real terms.

13 Jun 2016 · Department for Transport

Cycling: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2016 to Question 39159, what the figures for his Department's spending on cycling programmes in each year to 2021 are in real terms.

13 Jun 2016 · Department for Transport

Cycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the most recent meeting of the (a) Cycling Stakeholder Forum and (b) Cycling Safety Sub-Group was held.

13 Jun 2016 · Department for Transport

Pedestrians: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the increase in pedestrian fatalities between 2013 and 2014.

8 Jun 2016 · Department for Transport

Cycling

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of transport projects delivered from the Local Growth Fund have been dedicated to cycling to date.

8 Jun 2016 · Department for Transport

Bus Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which bus operators his Department has (a) met and (b) otherwise engaged with during the last six months on the Bus Services Bill.

8 Jun 2016 · Department for Transport

Road Traffic

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 15 of his Department's Cycle Delivery Plan, published in October 2014, what progress has been made on his Department's review of road traffic law.

8 Jun 2016 · Department for Transport

Walking

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of transport projects delivered from the Local Growth Fund have been dedicated to walking to date.

8 Jun 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Legal Profession

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what recent estimate he has made of the number of lawyers trained in supporting people with mental health problems.

8 Jun 2016 · Ministry of Justice

Road Traffic Offences: Sentencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to undertake a review of the sentencing guidelines for traffic offences.

3 Jun 2016 · Department for Transport

Bus Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason his Department does not collect and publish data on the number of different types of buses operating in England.

3 Jun 2016 · Department for Transport

Bus Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to make buses more environmentally friendly.

3 Jun 2016 · Department for Transport

Bus Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason his Department does not include bus occupants as a road user type in its quarterly road casualty statistics.

3 Jun 2016 · Department for Transport

Walking: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 27 May 2016 to Question 37869, whether the figures for his Department's spending on walking programmes are in real terms.

3 Jun 2016 · Department for Transport

Cycling: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 27 May 2016 to Question 37870, whether the figures for his Department's spending on cycling programmes are in real terms.

26 May 2016 · Women and Equalities

Restaurants: Guide Dogs

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if her will estimate the number of times people with guide dogs have been refused entry to restaurants in each of the last five years; and what steps she is taking to ensure that people with guide dogs are not

26 May 2016 · Department for Transport

Pedicabs: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's press release, Rip-off pedicabs to be driven off the road under new proposals, published 26 May 2016, whether he plans to (a) amend secondary legislation or (b) bring forward

26 May 2016 · Department for Education

Children: Day Care

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) nursery schools, (b) day-care facilities and (c) children's centres have closed due to funding shortages in each of the last three years.

Source: official written-questions record.