Written questions

1,940 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Jun 2022 · Department for Transport

Railways: Industrial Disputes

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the (a) number and (b) dates of times ministers in his Department have met with officials at the RMT union since 13 May 2022.

13 Jun 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Buildings: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2022 to Question 9090, on Buildings: Safety, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of (a) requirements for checks fro

9 Jun 2022 · Department for Transport

Electric Scooters: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure that the needs of visually impaired people are taken into account when designing regulation of e-scooters.

7 Jun 2022 · Home Office

Passports: Applications

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information his Department uses to estimate processing times for passport applications; and whether that estimate begins from the date on which the Passport Office receives (a) confirmation of th

7 Jun 2022 · Department for Transport

Tyres: Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made a comparative assessment of the particulate pollution produced by (a) tyre wear and (b) exhaust fumes; and whether his Department plans to take to steps tackle particulate pollution from tyr

7 Jun 2022 · Department for Transport

Tyres: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to introduce regulations on (a) the wear rate of and (b) chemicals contained within tyres.

6 Jun 2022 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Testing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 21 March 2022 to Question 141263 on Motor Vehicles: Testing, what estimate he has made of the initial MOT failure rate for (a) diesel, (b) petrol, (c) plug-in hybrids and (d) bat

1 Jun 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Parking: Private Sector

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that private car park operators adhere to the Code of Practice published by his Department on 7 February 2022.

1 Jun 2022 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing fines for car idling.

31 May 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Fuels: Excise Duties

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that petrol wholesalers and/or retailers pass on the 5p reduction to fuel duty to consumers.

25 May 2022 · Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Public Houses: Codes of Practice

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, if he will publish a timeline of when he plans to undertake the next statutory review of the Pubs Code and the performance of the Pubs Code Adjudicator.

25 May 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Buildings: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of (a) requirements for checks from the Building Safety Regulator and (b) other requirements contained in provis

25 May 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Building Safety Regulator

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will publish a timeline for the creation of the proposed Building Safety Regulator.

25 May 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Building Safety Regulator: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate he has made of the number of additional staff that will be employed by the Health and Safety Executive to form the Building Safety Regulator in (a) 2022, (b) 2023, and

25 May 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Building Safety Regulator

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if the Department will set out how it intends to scale-up resource within the Health and Safety Executive in order for the Building Safety Regular to have the capacity required to ca

25 May 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Leasehold: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department made of the impact of introducing the first part of leasehold reforms to prohibit ground rent on new build flats without bringing forward the correspon

25 May 2022 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Leasehold: Reform

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what plans he has to bring forward the leasehold reforms proposed by his Department in 2017; and for what reason a leasehold reform bill was not included in the Queen's speech.

23 May 2022 · Department for Transport

River Thames

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of London Port Authorities proposal to expand control over the Thames riverbank eastwards of Teddington Lock.

23 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus Certificates: Children

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason children aged five to 11 are not able to obtain a Digital Covid Pass; and whether his Department has plans to extend eligibility to that cohort.

23 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Doctors: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) improve retention of student doctors and (b) ensure that they receive adequate funding throughout their studies.

23 May 2022 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing two factor authentication for the booking of driving tests.

23 May 2022 · Department for Work and Pensions

Social Security Benefits

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the closure of 41 of her Department's facilities on the ability of people to access benefit support.

23 May 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Bottles: Deposit Return Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of including glass bottles in the Deposit Return Scheme.

17 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what progress his Department has made on meeting the Government's commitment to build 40 new hospitals by 2030; and how many of those hospitals will be completed in the next five years.

16 May 2022 · Department of Health and Social Care

Obesity: Mental Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for its policies of the conclusion of the Sixth Report of Session 2019–21 of the Women and Equalities Committee, Changing the perfect pic

16 May 2022 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Pigeon Racing: English Channel

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he has taken to support pigeon racing across the English Channel.

16 May 2022 · Department for Transport

Railways: Freight

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of whether there is a correlation between the maximum weight of HGVs allowed on UK roads and the use of rail freight.

16 May 2022 · Department for Transport

Large Goods Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy not to increase the maximum weight of lorries allowed on UK roads beyond 44 tonnes.

16 May 2022 · Department for Transport

Large Goods Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many HGVs have registered to use UK roads in each year from 1992 to date.

16 May 2022 · Department for Transport

Large Goods Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will set out the changes to maximum weight of lorries allowed on UK roads since 1992; and the years in which such changes were made.

Source: official written-questions record.