Written questions

9,475 written questions tabled, most recent first.

23 Nov 2021 · Home Office

Crime Prevention: North Yorkshire

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding her Department has allocated to partnership working with agencies to divert people from crime in North Yorkshire.

23 Nov 2021 · Home Office

Gender Based Violence and Hate Crime

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding her Department has allocated to partnerships of the police with other agencies to tackle misogyny and violence against women and girls.

22 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: Freight

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish a transport freight strategy on the move of freight from road to rail.

19 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport

High Speed 2 Line: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Integrated Rail Plan for the North and Midlands, published on 18 November 2021, what consultation his Department carried out ahead of the publication of that plan with local economies affe

19 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport

High Speed 2 Line: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the impact on the cost of HS2 per mile of the decision not to deliver the Eastern leg.

19 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Business: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will enable businesses to schedule the repayment of tax owed by businesses as a result of financial challenges caused by the covid-19 outbreak.

19 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Business: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with representatives of HMRC on the challenges faced by businesses in the payment of their tax as a result of the covid-19 outbreak.

19 Nov 2021 · Treasury

Business: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what additional resources his Department plans to put in place to enable businesses to talk to representatives of HMRC in person about tax returns and other matters affected by the covid-19 outbreak.

19 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: North West

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much investment will go into rail enhancements to the North West compared to the North East.

19 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport

High Speed 2 Line: York

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his rail enhancement plans include the expansion of HS2to York via the East Coast Main Line.

19 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: North of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he will take to ensure the Integrated Rail Plan ensures equality of economic effects to Yorkshire and the North East.

19 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: North East

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of his Integrated Rail Plan on the economy of (a) Yorkshire, (b) York and the (c) the North East compared to his previous proposals on Northern Powerhouse Rai

19 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: North of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he will take to ensure the Integrated Rail Project includes sufficiently skilled engineers.

19 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: York

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish (a) his plans on establishing a rail operation centre in York, (b) the role of that centre in the delivery of the Integrated Rail Plan, and (c) operational coverage of that centre after the I

19 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: North of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason the capacity data on the Transpennine Route was not set out in the Integrated Rail Plan.

19 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: Leeds and York

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the increased rail capacity between York and Leeds following his proposed rail improvement works.

19 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he will take to tackle rail disruption during his proposed improvement works on existing rail routes.

19 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: York

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will published the proposed journey times between York and (a) Newcastle and (b) Edinburgh after the Integrated Rail Plan. plan is delivered

19 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: York

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of his proposals for (a) HS2 and (b) Northern Powerhouse Rail on journey duration from York to (i) Birmingham, (ii) London, (iii) Manchester and (iv) Leeds.

19 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: Freight

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the proposed change of services for HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail, if he will take steps to provide additional support for rail freight.

19 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: North of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will set out how the tunnelling challenges on the Transpennine Route will be addressed to deliver extensive capacity uplifts.

19 Nov 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: North of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Integrated Rail Plan sets out (a) capacity improvements on the Transpennine Route and (b) the potential effect of his proposals on Northern Powerhouse Rail on transport from York.

18 Nov 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Empty Property: Change of Use

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what further steps he will take to ensure that void properties are brought into use.

18 Nov 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Social Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the (a) availability of labour in maintenance roles and (b) potential effect of that availability on the time taken for council residential properties

18 Nov 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Housing: York

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to ensure that City of York Council progress house building to meet local need.

18 Nov 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Business Premises: Empty Property

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will ensure that commercial landlords are subject to full business rates in the event that the property is unoccupied.

18 Nov 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Business Premises: Empty Property

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will enable large empty retail facilities to be converted into small business facilities.

18 Nov 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Empty Property: Shops

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will determine a maximum period for a high street property to be empty before mandating that the property be sold.

18 Nov 2021 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Business Premises: Empty Property

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to require property landlords to accommodate local businesses in empty premises at affordable rates.

17 Nov 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Social Services: Learning Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment has he made of the number of people working in learning disability services compared to the need for those services.

Source: official written-questions record.