Written questions
2,704 written questions tabled, most recent first.
10 May 2024 · Department for Transport
Driving Tests: Waiting Lists
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average waiting time was in weeks for a DVSA practical driving test in (a) Great Britain, (b) England, (c) each region and (d) each driving centre in April (i) 2024, (ii) 2023 and (iii) 2022.
9 May 2024 · Department for Transport
High Speed 2 Line: Euston Station
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received on public funding for the Euston development corporation and associated civil engineering works.
9 May 2024 · Department for Transport
High Speed 2 Line: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the cost of the rescoped HS2 project; what recent estimate he has made of the benefit cost ratio of that project; and whether he plans to update the estimated costs of HS2 us
9 May 2024 · Department for Transport
High Speed 2 Line: Euston Station
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the status is of the planned development corporation for Euston and associated civil engineering works.
8 May 2024 · Department for Transport
Euston Station: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the amount of private finance required to deliver the HS2 Euston quarter development; and how much private finance has been secured for the project as of 8 May 2024.
8 May 2024 · Department for Transport
High Speed 2 Line: Euston Station
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues in HM Treasury on funding for (a) delivering HS2 to Euston and (b) the re-scoped Euston station development.
8 May 2024 · Department for Transport
Euston Station: Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of houses that will be delivered as part of the Euston quarter development corporation.
8 May 2024 · Department for Transport
High Speed 2 Line: Euston Station
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the total cost to the public purse of the HS2 Euston development, including core civil engineering and tunnelling.
8 May 2024 · Department for Transport
High Speed 2 Line: Euston Station
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the most recent HS2 6-monthly report to Parliament, whether phase one estimates at completion include public funding required to deliver core civil engineering and tunnelling work related to H
26 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport
Avanti West Coast and South Western Railway: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the (a) Avanti and (b) South Western train contracts.
26 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport
Rolling Stock: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish his Department's strategy on rolling stock procurement.
26 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport
Railways: Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representation he has received on the future of UK rail manufacturing capability.
26 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport
Alstom and Hitachi: Redundancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations they have received from (a) Hitachi and (b) Alstom on their redundancy consultations.
18 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport
Carbon Emissions: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2024 to Question 17165 on Carbon Emissions: Finance, how much funding each of the policies listed will receive in the financial year 2025-26.
18 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport
Carbon Emissions: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 March 2024 to Question 17164 on Carbon Emissions: Finance, how much funding has been allocated for the continuation of his Department's 2024-25 net zero policies in the 2025-26 fina
7 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport
Department for Transport: Defamation
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to paragraphs 7.16 and 7.17 of the Ministerial Code, on how many occasions Ministers in his Department have informed the Law Officers that they are the defendants in a libel action in (a) their p
7 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport
Department for Transport: Written Questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to respond to Question 15694 on Department for Transport: DP World and P&O Ferries ,tabled by the Hon. Member for Sheffield, Heeley on 26 February 2024 for answer on 29 February 2024.
6 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport
Shipping: Crew
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Seafarers in the UK Shipping Industry statistics, published by his Department on 22 February 2024, how many vessels belonging to members of the UK Chamber of Shipping were surveyed as part
6 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport
Shipping: Minimum Wage
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussion he has had with the Secretary of State for for Business and Trade on enforcement of the National Minimum Wage (Offshore Employment) (Amendment) Order 2020 for seafarers working on (a) dom
6 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport
Shipping: Crew
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the number of non-qualifying seafarers working on vessels in scope of the Seafarers Wages Act 2023; and when he plans to publish the updated impact assessment.
6 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Re-employment: Tribunals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the number of employment tribunal cases concerning fire and rehire practices in (a) 2021, (b) 2022, (c) 2023 and (d) 2024.
5 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport
Shipping: Minimum Wage
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of seafarers working on ships that regularly use UK ports who are paid less than the national minimum wage.
5 Mar 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Re-employment: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the number of employment tribunals in relation to fire and rehire practices that have found in favour of employees in (a) 2021, (b) 2022, (c) 2023 and (d) 2024.
5 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport
Carbon Emissions: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 73 of the Autumn Budget and Spending Review, which policies were identified for receipt of core net zero spend funding from the £1 billion allocated to fund decarbonisation of cars and va
5 Mar 2024 · Department for Transport
Carbon Emissions: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 73 of the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021, which policy areas will receive funding from the £1.8 billion allocated to core net zero spend relating to the Department for Transport f
27 Feb 2024 · Department for Transport
Railways: Cost Effectiveness
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Written Statement of 20 February 2024 on Government response to the consultation on rail reform legislation and draft Rail Reform Bill, HCWS267, what estimate he has made of the savings av
27 Feb 2024 · Department for Transport
Railways: Cost Effectiveness
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason supporting documents for the draft Rail Reform Bill published on 20 February 2024 do not reference the expected £1.5 billion in recurring annual savings after an initial five year implementation
27 Feb 2024 · Department for Transport
Railways: Cost Effectiveness
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his latest estimate is of the recurring annual cost savings after an initial five year implementation period from reforms proposed in the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail.
27 Feb 2024 · Department for Transport
Railways: Cost Effectiveness
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to pages 8 and 36 of the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail, CP423, published in May 2021, if he will publish the workings behind the £1.5 billion annual cost savings after an initial five year implem
26 Feb 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Department for Business and Trade: Electronic Purchasing Card Solution
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether her Department made payments to (a) P&O Ferries and (b) DP World (i) for Departmental business travel and (ii) on Government Procurement Cards in the period between 17 March 2022 and February 2
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