Written questions

1,768 written questions tabled, most recent first.

2 Dec 2015 · Department for Education

Universities: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of decoupling AS Levels and A Levels on university admissions procedures.

1 Dec 2015 · Department for Transport

Charging Points and Hydrogen Fuelling Stations

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to develop (a) a hydrogen vehicle refuelling network and (b) an electric vehicle network.

1 Dec 2015 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and electric vehicles to help the UK meet the 2050 carbon budget.

1 Dec 2015 · Department for Transport

Roads: Police

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Home Secretary on including road policing as a strategic policing requirement.

1 Dec 2015 · Department for Transport

Blue Badge Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the reasons for changes in the number of Blue Badges held in England since 2014.

30 Nov 2015 · Department for Transport

Cycling and Walking: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he plans for the £300 million allocated for cycling in the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015 to be the sole source of funding for the Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy; and how much of that all

30 Nov 2015 · Department for Transport

Cycling: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will identify which government-funded cycling programmes will (a) continue to be funded, (b) cease to be funded and (c) have their funding reduced in each of the next five years.

30 Nov 2015 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles and Roads: Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the value for money of public investment in (a) roads and (b) electric vehicles in comparison with investment in cycling and walking.

30 Nov 2015 · Department for Transport

Drivers: Qualifications

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many bus and coach drivers were fined for their failure to carry a Driver Qualification Card in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.

30 Nov 2015 · Department for Transport

Cycling: Per Capita Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the spending per head on cycling will be in England (a) outside London and (b) outside London and the eight Cycling City Ambition Grant holder areas in each of the next five years.

30 Nov 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Driving Offences: Sentencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward legislation to encourage the greater use of non-custodial sentencing options for driving offences where danger was caused but with no evidence of intent or wilful risk-taking on the part

25 Nov 2015 · Home Office

Driving Offences: Alternatives to Prosecution

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information she holds on the proportion of drivers who chose the option of attending a driver alertness scheme as an alternative to prosecution in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.

25 Nov 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Driving Offences: Sentencing

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what progress has been made on the Sentencing Guidelines Council's review of sentencing guidelines for driving offences.

24 Nov 2015 · Department for Transport

Driving: Disqualification

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will impose interim driving bans between arrest and the outcome of a court case on drivers involved in fatal or serious injury collisions where the arrestable offence carries a mandatory ban.

24 Nov 2015 · Ministry of Justice

Dangerous Driving

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will clarify the definitions of careless driving and dangerous driving during his review of driving offences and penalties.

24 Nov 2015 · Home Office

Road Traffic Offences: Criminal Investigation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to establish Road Justice Scrutiny Panels to scrutinise investigations of road crime.

24 Nov 2015 · HM Treasury

Financial Ombudsman Service

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph DISP 2.8.4 of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Handbook, if he will direct the FCA to amend its policy on the application of the six year rule in exceptional circumstances to enable t

23 Nov 2015 · Department for Transport

Driving: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress the traffic commissioners have made on reviewing and modernising the regulation of commercial vehicle drivers.

23 Nov 2015 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the trends in the number of bus reliability public inquiries held by the traffic commissioners since 2010.

23 Nov 2015 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the traffic commissioners in enforcing bus service reliability and punctuality.

23 Nov 2015 · Department for Transport

Large Goods Vehicles: Taxation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will ring-fence revenue raised from the HGV Levy for investment in transport infrastructure.

23 Nov 2015 · Department of Health

Driving: Sleep Apnoea

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure that vocational drivers with obstructive sleep apnoea are treated within four weeks from first referral.

23 Nov 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pets: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to reduce the sale of exotic animals online.

20 Nov 2015 · Department for Work and Pensions

Parental Pay: Small Businesses

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what plans he has to review the rate at which small businesses can recover statutory maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave pay.

20 Nov 2015 · Women and Equalities

Females: Recruitment

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what research the Government Equalities Office has (a) commissioned and (b) assessed on the extent to which women are asked about their plans to have children during job interviews; and what steps the Governme

20 Nov 2015 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pets: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to amend the Pet Animals Act 1951 to reflect the increasing number of animals sold over the internet.

19 Nov 2015 · Department for Transport

Cycling and Walking

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2015 to Question 15352, on Cycling and Walking, which stakeholder groups his Department has engaged with since July 2015.

19 Nov 2015 · Department for Transport

Taxis: Wheelchairs

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many local authorities permit taxi drivers to charge for carriage of a wheelchair; and how many local authorities specify in their licensing rules that such charges may not be levied.

19 Nov 2015 · Department for Transport

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 November 2015 to Question 14816, how much funding was allocated to local authorities for road resurfacing in 2014-15.

19 Nov 2015 · Department for Transport

Pedestrian Crossings

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of road crossings in England are (a) puffin and (b) pedex crossings.

Source: official written-questions record.