Written questions

821 written questions tabled, most recent first.

11 May 2022 · Home Office

UK Visas and Immigration: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many callers spoke to an agent on the MPs' enquiry line in April 2022.

11 May 2022 · Home Office

UK Visas and Immigration: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many calls made to the MPs' enquiry line had a waiting time of greater than (a) one hour, (b) two hours, (c) three hours and (d) four hours for a caller to speak to an agent in April 2022.

11 May 2022 · Home Office

UK Visas and Immigration: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average waiting time to speak to an agent on the MPs' Enquiry Line was for each week in April 2022.

11 May 2022 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Safety Measures

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential impact the European Union's General Safety Regulation (GSR) would have on road fatalities were they to be implemented in the UK.

10 May 2022 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Safety Measures

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when a decision will be made on whether to implement the European Union's General Safety Regulation (GSR) on new vehicles in the UK.

10 May 2022 · Department for Transport

Large Goods Vehicles: Concrete

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the environmental impact of reducing the maximum operational weight of volumetric concrete mobile plants to 32 tonnes from 2028.

10 May 2022 · Department for Transport

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many full time equivalent staff were employed by DVLA as at the latest date for which data is available.

10 May 2022 · Department for Transport

Electric Scooters: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Reported road casualties Great Britain, provisional results: 2021, due to be released on 25 May 2022, will include e-scooters.

10 May 2022 · Department for Transport

Electric Scooters

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the STATS19 data collection system will be amended so that e-scooters can be identified as a vehicle type.

14 Apr 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Landlords: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when the results and Government response to the public consultation on extending the database of rogue landlords and property agents will be published; and what assessment he has mad

30 Mar 2022 · Department for Transport

Highway Code: Publicity

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 21 March 2022 to Question 141256 on Highway Code: Publicity, if he will provide a further breakdown of spending under the £160 thousand allocated to Production - Radio and Social Asset

28 Mar 2022 · Department for Transport

Motorway Service Areas: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the installation of rapid charge points in all motorway service stations in England by the end of 2023 will be funded solely from the Rapid Charging Fund or whether other funds will be used; when he pla

18 Mar 2022 · Department for Transport

Road Works: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure there is opportunity for effective participation in the review of the Safety at Street Works and Road Works Code of Practice.

18 Mar 2022 · Department for Transport

Road Signs and Markings: Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adoption of sector scheme seven compliance by local authorities when contracting road marking services.

18 Mar 2022 · Department for Transport

Large Goods Vehicles: Driving Licences

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the lack of requirement for a HGV specific licence for road construction purposes.

18 Mar 2022 · Department for Transport

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Telephone Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average waiting time was for customers to speak to a DVLA agent over the telephone in (a) each of the last five years and (b) in 2022; and what steps he is taking to reduce that waiting time.

18 Mar 2022 · Department for Transport

Driving Licences: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps is he taking to tackle the backlog in paper applications to the DVLA.

18 Mar 2022 · Department for Transport

Driving Licences: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average processing time is for driving licence applications by (a) new applications, (b) renewal applications and (c) replacement applications.

18 Mar 2022 · Department for Transport

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the (a) number of enquiries made to the DVLA from Members of Parliament and (b) proportion of those queries answered within that agency's service standard on enquiry res

18 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Visas: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of Ukraine Family Scheme Visas granted to date are for three years; and what proportion of those visas have been offered for shorter periods of time.

17 Mar 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Professions: Students

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of offering a retrospective financial award to healthcare students who studied between 2017 and 2020 who did not receive a bursary during their t

16 Mar 2022 · Department for Transport

Motorway Service Areas: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of motorway service stations have grid connectivity suitable for providing electric vehicle charging stations.

16 Mar 2022 · Department for Transport

Highway Code: Publicity

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 March to Question 138103 on Highway Code: Publicity, if he will provide a breakdown of expenditures within the £500,000 allocated to raising awareness of changes to the Highway Code

16 Mar 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Refugees: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to support the needs of elderly Ukrainian refugees.

14 Mar 2022 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Refugees: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure that people who sought asylum and refuge in Ukraine are receiving support and assistance to relocate, including those who were recently eva

10 Mar 2022 · Department for Transport

Highway Code: Publicity

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what budget his Department has allocated to publicising changes to the Highway Code implemented in January 2022; and what proportion of that budget has been spent to date.

10 Mar 2022 · Home Office

Visas: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when the Ukraine community sponsorship visa system will be open for applications.

28 Feb 2022 · Department for Transport

Electric Scooters: Road Traffic Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2022 to Question 125383, on Electric Scooters: Injuries, if he will ensure that the National Police Chiefs Council's publishes its national strategy for tacking the illegal

28 Feb 2022 · Department for Transport

Electric Scooters: Hire Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of to Question 125381, on Electric Scooters: Injuries, with which NHS Trusts he is working to collect evidence on rental e-scooter casualties; and if he will publish all evidence collecte

21 Feb 2022 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to (a) publish the Government's response to the consumer experience at public electric vehicle chargepoints consultation and (b) lay any subsequent secondary legislation.

Source: official written-questions record.