Written questions

5,143 written questions tabled, most recent first.

17 Mar 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2021 to Question 165647 on Railways: Females, what his timescale is for setting out details of his Department's consideration of the issues affecting the diversity of the rail

17 Mar 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2021 to Question 165645, what plans he has to make an assessment on the number of female train drivers in the UK.

17 Mar 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: Tickets

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of a cashless rail network on rail passengers.

12 Mar 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has he has made of the role of the National Infrastructure Bank in decarbonising the rail network.

12 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of providing access to covid-19 tests to early years practitioners and nursery workers in reducing covid-19 cases in those settings.

12 Mar 2021 · Department for Transport

Eurostar: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential economic effect on the UK in the event that Eurostar services permanently ceased as a result of the financial effect of the covid-19 pandemic.

10 Mar 2021 · Home Office

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2021 to Question 160772 on Members: Correspondence, what steps she is taking to increase resources to achieve the target of responding to 95 per cent of written corre

10 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Body Bags

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 4 March 2021 to Question 159014, what safeguards are in place to ensure that deceased persons are not incorrectly identified due to the use of body bags without transparen

9 Mar 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of female train conductors in the UK.

9 Mar 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of women in senior roles within the rail industry.

9 Mar 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to increase (a) female and (b) BAME representation in the rail industry.

9 Mar 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: Females

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of female train drivers in the UK.

8 Mar 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: Fares

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made on the economic effect on commuters of the March 2021 increase in rail fares.

8 Mar 2021 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Inland Waterways and Rivers: Sewage

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that untreated sewage is not discharged into rivers and other inland waters.

8 Mar 2021 · Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission

Electoral Register

To ask the hon. Member for City of Chester, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing automatic voter registration.

8 Mar 2021 · Department for Work and Pensions

Disability: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on the effect of the covid-19 outbreak on the financial situation of disabled people and their carers.

8 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Children's Centres and Nurseries

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education to ensure that workers in nurseries and children's centres have adequate measures in place to prevent them from contracting cov

8 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Children's Centres and Nurseries

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education on ensuring the safety of people who have been working in nurseries and children's centres throughout the covid-19 outbr

8 Mar 2021 · Treasury

Transport: Environment Protection

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the environmental impact of freezing fuel duty while raising rail fares above the level of inflation.

8 Mar 2021 · Treasury

Public Sector: Pay

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the effect of a pay freeze on the (a) retention and (b) recruitment of public sector workers.

8 Mar 2021 · Department for Transport

Wigan North Western Station

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of proposals to reduce rail services to Wigan North Western.

8 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dementia: Health Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he has taken to support people with dementia and ensure they have access to care throughout the covid-19 outbreak.

8 Mar 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: Coronavirus

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with (a) rail operators and (b) Network Rail on preparations for the implementation of the roadmap out of covid-19 lockdown.

8 Mar 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans Network Rail has to end weekend engineering works when covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased.

8 Mar 2021 · Department for Transport

Railways: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has is taken to ensure the health and safety of (a) passengers and (b) workers on the rail network in (i) response the covid-19 outbreak and (ii) general terms.

8 Mar 2021 · Department for Transport

Railway Stations: Visual Impairment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to ensure that there are tactile strips at the edges of all railway station platforms to help people with visual impairments.

8 Mar 2021 · Department for Transport

Eurostar

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions the Government has had with the French Government on Eurostar.

8 Mar 2021 · Treasury

Pensions: Age

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of lowering the private pension age.

8 Mar 2021 · Treasury

Pensions: Age

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reason the Government plans to raise the private pension age.

2 Mar 2021 · Department of Health and Social Care

Coronavirus: Vaccination

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether (a) covid-19 testing staff and (b) all covid-19 vaccinators are included in the covid-19 vaccination priority group of frontline health and social care workers.

Source: official written-questions record.