Written questions

5,143 written questions tabled, most recent first.

7 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport

Railways: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of undertaking planned maintenance of the rail network( a) midweek, (b) in solid blocks of time which do not require start stop overnight repairs and (c) no

7 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport

Railway Signals: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to reduce instances of signalling equipment failures.

7 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport

Railways: Overcrowding

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to reduce overcrowding on rail services.

7 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport

Railways: Ticket Offices

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answers to Questions 193235 and 194771 on Railways: Tickets, on which date the meeting where Ministers met stakeholders to discuss closing the majority of ticket offices in England took place; w

6 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport

Railways: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has he made on decarbonising rail freight.

6 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport

Railways: Crew

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of compliance by train operating companies to the occupational psychological fitness and medical requirements in the Train Driving Licences and Certificates Regulations 2010.

6 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport

Railway Signals

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times train signalling equipment has failed in each of the last 12 months.

6 Sep 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent steps has she taken to reduce environmental contamination from PFA chemicals.

6 Sep 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Inland Waterways: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Written Statement of 10 July 2023 on Future funding for the Canal & River Trust, HCWS924, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the announced fu

6 Sep 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Niger: Politics and Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to support democracy in Niger.

6 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Breast Cancer: Screening

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the availability of breast cancer screening appointments in (a) Slough, (b) the South East and (c) England.

6 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Diabetes: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he plans to take to tackle the shortages in supply of type 2 diabetes medications.

6 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Refugees: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Afghan people who acted as interpreters for the British military remain in Afghanistan as of 6 September 2023.

6 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport

Railways: Freight

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has held with (a) industry and (b) other stakeholders on the potential merits of increasing the amount of freight transported around the UK on the rail network.

6 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport

Railways: Sexual Offences

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether train operating companies are required to have a policy on dealing with sexual assault and harassment as a condition of securing a passenger service contract.

6 Sep 2023 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: Policy

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps they are taking to help ensure that their Department (a) gives sufficient attention to long term strategic challenges, (b) does not allow current events to slow down work on long term

6 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Policy

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps they are taking to help ensure that their Department (a) gives sufficient attention to long term strategic challenges, (b) does not allow current events to slow down work on long term strategic issues

6 Sep 2023 · Treasury

Treasury: Policy

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps they are taking to help ensure that their Department (a) gives sufficient attention to long term strategic challenges, (b) does not allow current events to slow down work on long term strategic issues and

6 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Justice

Ministry of Justice: Policy

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps they are taking to help ensure that their Department (a) gives sufficient attention to long term strategic challenges, (b) does not allow current events to slow down work on long term strategic issues

6 Sep 2023 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Policy

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what steps they are taking to help ensure that their Department (a) gives sufficient attention to long term strategic challenges, (b) does not allow current events to slow down work on

6 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Department of Health and Social Care: Policy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps they are taking to help ensure that their Department (a) gives sufficient attention to long term strategic challenges, (b) does not allow current events to slow down work on long term st

6 Sep 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Policy

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps they are taking to help ensure that their Department (a) gives sufficient attention to long term strategic challenges, (b) does not allow current events to slow do

6 Sep 2023 · Home Office

Home Office: Policy

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps they are taking to help ensure that their Department (a) gives sufficient attention to long term strategic challenges, (b) does not allow current events to slow down work on long term strat

6 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport

Department for Transport: Policy

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps they are taking to help ensure that their Department (a) gives sufficient attention to long term strategic challenges, (b) does not allow current events to slow down work on long term strategic issue

6 Sep 2023 · Home Office

Knives: Advertising

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to take steps to prevent the appearance of pop-up knife advertisements on social media.

6 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Diabetes: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of the availability of medicines for type-2 diabetes on the level of diagnoses of (a) diabetic foot disease and (b) other associated illnesses.

6 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care

Podiatry

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of the availability of NHS podiatric care appointments in (a) Slough constituency, (b) the South East and (c) the rest of England.

5 Sep 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Agriculture: Environment Protection and Innovation

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to support (a) low carbon farming and (b) agricultural innovation.

5 Sep 2023 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Insulation: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether she has made an estimate of the value to the UK economy from improving home insulation.

5 Sep 2023 · Home Office

Missing Persons

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in the UK are reported as missing as of September 2023.

Source: official written-questions record.