Written questions

1,018 written questions tabled, most recent first.

19 Jul 2021 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Ventilation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2021 to Question 29872 on Public Transport: Ventilation, what the budget is for enforcement activities for ventilation in each of the last ten years for (a) buses, (b) trains an

12 Jul 2021 · Department for Transport

East Midlands Railway and West Coast Partnership Rail Franchise: Rolling Stock

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the delivery time for new fleets on (a) East Midlands Railway and (b) West Coast Partnership manufactured by Hitachi: and if he will make a statement.

12 Jul 2021 · Department for Transport

Rolling Stock: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2021 to Question 27274 on Rolling Stock: Procurement, what estimate he has made of the trajectory of whole life rolling stock leasing costs on train fleets ordered since Februar

12 Jul 2021 · Department for Transport

Rolling Stock: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2021 to Question 27274 on Rolling Stock: Procurement, what specific assessment he has made of the best value bids for taxpayers of rolling stock ordered since February 2016.

12 Jul 2021 · Department for Transport

Rolling Stock: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2021 to Question 27274 on Rolling Stock: Procurement, to what extent (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have (a) overseen and (b) agreed the rolling stock procure

12 Jul 2021 · Department for Transport

Rolling Stock: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2021 to Question 27274 on Rolling Stock: Procurement, what assessment he has made of the effect of changes to passenger rail operating contracts since March 2020 on rolling stoc

12 Jul 2021 · Department for Transport

Rolling Stock: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2021 to Question 27274 on Rolling Stock: Procurement, to what extent the specification for new rolling stock (a) procured and (b) agreed by the operators of (i) Greater Anglia,

12 Jul 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the level of (a) expertise in and (b) experience of rail in his Department's rail reform team.

8 Jul 2021 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Ventilation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to help ensure adequate ventilation in (a) trains, (b) buses and (c) other forms of public transport to reduce risk of covid-19 infection; what plans he has to issue guidance operators o

8 Jul 2021 · Department for Transport

West of England Line: Rolling Stock

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 17 January 2020 to Question 1751 on London-Exeter Railway Line: Rolling Stock, whether he has exercised the call option over the leasing costs of the 36 Eversholt Rail funded cla

5 Jul 2021 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what impact assessments his Department has undertaken on the potential effect on covid-19 transmission of the removal of rules on the mandatory wearing of face coverings on public transport; and if he will publ

5 Jul 2021 · Department for Transport

Rolling Stock: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2021 to Question 11609 on Rolling Stock: Procurement, what assessment he has made of the effect of (a) provisions and (b) specifications of passenger rail operating contracts

5 Jul 2021 · Department for Transport

Network Rail: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of (a) increases in the steel price and (b) other commodity price fluctuations on Network Rail’s infrastructure investment programme during Control Period 6 from

28 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport

Department for Transport: Email

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether a risk assessment has been carried out on the secure holding of CCTV footage within his Department.

28 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport

Department for Transport: Email

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether any departmental business has been conducted on private email addresses; and what mechanisms are in place to ensure that full records are kept of that business.

17 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport

Great British Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 June 2021 to Question 13162 on Great British Railways, what assessment he has made of how ministerial powers to issue (a) guidance and (b) mandatory directions to Great British Rai

17 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: Franchises

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what settlement figure his Department agreed after the termination of the rail franchise agreements for (a) Greater Anglia, (b) TransPennine, (c) West Midland Trains, (d) South Western Railway and (e) c2c; what

14 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport

Network Rail: Debts

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the level of debt sustained by Network Rail.

14 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: North of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the average per capita savings that will accrue to passengers as a result of the new timetable that will be in operation once the Transpennine Route Upgrade programme has bee

9 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport

Great British Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) performance measures and (b) regulatory framework the Great British Railways body will operate within covering (i) infrastructure, (ii) operations and (iii) track access arrangements.

9 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport

Great British Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the proposed level of (a) Departmental and (b) parliamentary oversight will be of the Great British Railways body.

9 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: North of England

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the total cost to the public purse of the Transpennine Route Upgrade programme.

7 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the timeline for procurement by Great British Railways.

7 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport

Train Operating Companies: Emergency Recovery Measures Agreements

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Written Statement of 21 September 2020, HCWS460 on Rail update, if he will publish the tougher performance targets for operators under the Emergency Recovery Measures Agreements.

7 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what contractual relationships his Department has entered into with (a) KPMG, (b) EY and (c) other external consultants to develop the proposals in the Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail published 20 May 2021; and i

7 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of additional staff required to administer a national system of concessionary rail contracts.

7 Jun 2021 · Department for Transport

Rolling Stock: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the (a) value for money for the public purse of rolling stock procured since 2015 and (b) trajectory of leasing costs over the 30 to 35-year asset life of those trains.

27 May 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish an updated Rail Network Enhancement Pipeline.

27 May 2021 · Department for Transport

Network Rail: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total rail enhancement funding available to Network Rail for Control Period 6 is; what the actual spend is in years (a) one and (b) two; and what the forecast total spend is for years (i) three, (ii) f

25 May 2021 · Department for Transport

Motorways: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what comparative data his Department holds on (a) deaths on the hard shoulder of existing motorways and (b) deaths on the lane that was previously a hard shoulder which is now used as a live running lane.

Source: official written-questions record.