Written questions

Louise Haigh

2,704 written questions tabled, most recent first.

20 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when she plans to respond to the email of 5 October 2023 from the hon. member for Sheffield, Heeley on the availability of RAAC funding for a school in that constituency.

20 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Sheffield

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has received representations from Sheffield City Council on funding for the removal of RAAC from schools.

20 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Schools: Concrete

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the costs of the removal of RAAC in schools will be reimbursed.

20 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Abbey Lane Primary School: Concrete

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will reimburse Sheffield City Council for the cost of RAAC removal at Abbey Lane Primary.

20 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Abbey Lane Primary School: Concrete

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an estimate of the cost to Sheffield City Council of the removal of RAAC at Abbey Lane Primary.

20 Nov 2023 · Department for Education

Abbey Lane Primary School: Concrete

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations her Department has received on the costs of RAAC removal at Abbey Lane Primary in Sheffield.

16 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to limit the use of (a) third party applications not approved by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency and (b) automated bots to book driving tests.

16 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the average waiting time for a practical driving test at each DVSA assessment centre as of 16 November 2023.

16 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the average amount paid in pounds sterling for practical driving test slots that were (a) booked via third-party applications not approved by the DVSA and (b) resold after having

16 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the (a) number of practical driving tests booked in 2023 as of 16 November 2023 and (b) proportion of those practical driving tests booked (i) through third-party applications not a

14 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November 2023 to Question 1195 on Bus Services: Finance, whether the £150 million of redirected HS2 funding formed part of his Department's Capital budget before 4 October 2023.

14 Nov 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: P&O Ferries

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the procurement of P&O Ferries’ services by his Department.

14 Nov 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: P&O Ferries

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Answer of 13 July 2023 to Question 193273 on Ministry of Defence: P&O Ferries, whether his Department's expenditure on P&O Ferries services between 17 March 2022 and 1 July 2023 were recorde

9 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Departments news story entitled Major £150 million funding boost for local bus services as fare cap set to be extended, published on 23 October 2023, whether the £150 million of redirected

9 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport

Railways: Cost Effectiveness

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the internal analysis with which his Department estimated that £1.5 billion could be saved within five years by delivery of the planned efficiencies set out in the the Williams-Shapps Plan fo

9 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport

Railways: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 11 October 2022 to Question 53555 on Railways: Contracts, for what reason his Department has not updated data on fees paid to train operating companies since September 2021; and

9 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport

High Speed 2 Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the estimate was for the (a) cost for the acquisition of properties and (b) number of properties needed to be acquired for the delivery of HS2 Phase One in (i) February 2017 and (ii) the most recent period

8 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport

High Speed 2 Line: Land

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the amount his Department spent on (a) land acquisition and (b) compensation for Phase (i) 2a and (ii) 2b of HS2 from 20 July to 4 October 2023.

8 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport

High Speed 2 Line: Birmingham and Greater Manchester

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 25 October 2023 to Question 203072 on Railways: Greater Manchester, how many and what proportion of the eight trains per hour terminate at (a) Birmingham and (b) Manchester.

8 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport

West Coast Main Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 25 October 2023 to Question 203071 on West Coast Main Line, how much and what proportion of the 250,000 additional seat capacity will be on (a) the West Coast Mainline and (b) HS

8 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport

High Speed 2 Line: Land

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the value was of (a) land, (b) property and (c) businesses that were purchased as part of HS2 phase (i) 2a and (ii) 2b in the period between 20 July 2023 and 4 October 2023.

8 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport

West Coast Main Line: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 23 October 2023 to Question 203073 on Railways: Greater Manchester, whether funding for Network North will be allocated to track upgrades on the West Coast Mainline.

8 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport

High Speed 2 Line: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) land acquisition and (b) compensation for Phase (i) 2a and (ii) 2b of the HS2 project (A) between 1 November 2023 and 31 March 2024 a

7 Nov 2023 · Department for Transport

Railways: Ticket Offices

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the Equality Impact Assessments undertaken by his Department on the recently proposed closures of rail ticket offices in England.

23 Oct 2023 · Department for Transport

Transport: North of England

23 Oct 2023 · Department for Transport

High Speed 2 Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish the next HS2 six-monthly report.

23 Oct 2023 · Department for Transport

High Speed 2 Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 October 2023 to Question 202776 on High Speed 2 Line: Compulsory Purchase, what the cost to the public purse was of the acquisition of land within Phase 2a Act limits.

23 Oct 2023 · Department for Transport

High Speed 2 Line: Compulsory Purchase

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of the 19 October 2023 to Question 202776 on High Speed 2 Line: Compulsory Purchase, how many (a) homes and (b) businesses were acquired through compulsory purchase orders on HS2 Phase 2a

23 Oct 2023 · Department for Transport

High Speed 2 Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times the HS2 ministerial taskforce has met since 25 October 2022.

17 Oct 2023 · Department for Transport

High Speed 2 Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the decision was made to withdraw funding for phases 2a and 2b of HS2.

Source: official written-questions record.