Written questions
2,704 written questions tabled, most recent first.
26 Jan 2023 · Department for Transport
Railways: Midlands and North of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2023 to Question 129878, if he will estimate the length of track in kilometres on which trains could travel at 140 miles per hour broken down by rolling stock performance sp
25 Jan 2023 · Department for Transport
Domestic Visits: North of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date he last travelled on official business by train to the north of England.
24 Jan 2023 · Department for Transport
Motorway Service Areas: Charging Points
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the policy paper Government vision for the rapid chargepoint network in England, published on 14 May 2020, what progress his Department has made on the aim of having at least six high-powered
23 Jan 2023 · Department for Transport
High Speed 2 Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the letter from the Minister of State for Transport to the Chair of the Transport Select Committee, dated 30 December 2022, whether the analysis being undertaken for specific phases of the HS2
23 Jan 2023 · Department for Transport
Railways: North East
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what change in numbers of (a) non-stop and (b) stopping trains per hour along the East Coast Mainline is needed to support journey time savings of 25 minutes to the North East.
23 Jan 2023 · Department for Transport
Railways: Midlands and North of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 17 January to Question 122183 on Railways: Midlands and North of England, how many stops would need to be reduced in order to achieve savings of (a) 25 minutes to Newcastle and Edinbur
23 Jan 2023 · Department for Transport
Railways: Midlands and North of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17th January to Question 122182 on Railways: Midlands and North of England, for how many of the 217 track kilometres would a train reach 140mph.
23 Jan 2023 · Department for Transport
Rapid Charging Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Rapid Charge Fund will begin to deliver funding.
23 Jan 2023 · Department for Transport
Department for Transport: Public Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Written Answer of the 28 October 2022 to Question 67099 on Department of Health and Social Care: Public Expenditure, what the expected annual expenditure will be on the Major Projects Portfoli
17 Jan 2023 · Department for Transport
Northern Transport Acceleration Council
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Northern Transport Acceleration Council (a) last met and (b) will next meet.
17 Jan 2023 · Department for Transport
Northern Transport Acceleration Council
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when a minister last attended a meeting of the Northern Transport Acceleration Council.
17 Jan 2023 · Department for Transport
Northern Transport Acceleration Council
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the workplan of the Northern Transport Acceleration Council.
12 Jan 2023 · Department for Transport
Railways: Midlands and North of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Integrated Rail Plan p15, whether the assumptions of twenty five minute time savings are based on reducing intermediate stops along the East Coast Mainline.
12 Jan 2023 · Department for Transport
Railways: Midlands and North of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 14 of the Integrated Rail Plan for the North and Midlands published on 18 November 2021, what estimate his Department has made of the length of track in kilometres that is feasible to upg
12 Jan 2023 · Department for Transport
P&O Ferries
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he last met representatives of P&O Ferries; and what recent assessment he has made of the future viability of the ferry routes that that company operates from UK ports.
12 Jan 2023 · Department for Transport
Railways: North of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 33 of the Autumn Statement 2022, published on 17 November 2022, CP 751, whether the commitment to deliver core Northern Powerhouse Rail includes a new line from Manchester through Bradfor
10 Jan 2023 · Cabinet Office
Prime Minister: Leeds
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the cost to the public purse was of the Prime Minister's flight to and from Leeds on 9 January 2023.
9 Jan 2023 · Department for Transport
Northern Transport Acceleration Council
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding was provided to the Northern Transport Acceleration Council; and how many meetings of the council were held.
15 Dec 2022 · Department for Transport
TransPennine Express: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to DfT payments to passenger rail operators under emergency agreements and National Rail contracts released on 15 December, for what reason there are no performance scores and fees for TransPenni
6 Dec 2022 · Department for Transport
Train Operating Companies: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the savings that each Train Operating Company has been asked by his Department to make in financial years (a) 2021-22, (b) 2022-23 and (c) 2023-24.
1 Dec 2022 · Ministry of Justice
Child Contact Centres: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to announce the funding arrangements for this year's grants for child contact centres.
29 Nov 2022 · Department for Transport
Electric Vehicles: Public Sector
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of public sector vehicle fleets have made the transition to electric vehicles in the UK; and what estimate he has made of the timescale to fully transition those vehicles.
29 Nov 2022 · Department for Transport
Official Cars: Electric Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of his Department's fleet of vehicles are electric.
29 Nov 2022 · Department for Transport
Official Cars: Electric Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the central government fleet of cars is electrified.
21 Nov 2022 · Department for Transport
Avanti West Coast and TransPennine Express: Timetables
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of whether the (a) TransPennine Express and (b) Avanti West Coast December 2022 timetable change is achievable.
21 Nov 2022 · Department for Transport
TransPennine Express: Timetables
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many timetable alterations to TransPennine Express services will be introduced in December 2022.
21 Nov 2022 · Department for Transport
Railways: North of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will reassess the Northern Powerhouse Rail options considered in the Integrated Rail Plan using the updated PLANET Framework Model v10.1 and NoRMS 2 model.
17 Nov 2022 · Department for Transport
East West Rail Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 33 of the Autumn Statement, CP 751 published on 17 November 2022, whether the commitment to Build East-West Rail includes building connection stages 2 and 3.
17 Nov 2022 · Department for Transport
High Speed 2 Line: Cost Effectiveness
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Second Report of the Transport Committee entitled The Integrated Rail Plan for the North and Midlands, published on 27 July 2022, if he will publish an updated benefit-cost ratio for the (
17 Nov 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
P&O Ferries: Redundancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, when he expects the Insolvency Service to deliver its conclusions on the civil investigation into redundancies made by P&O Ferries.
Source: official written-questions record.