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.