Written questions
5,143 written questions tabled, most recent first.
4 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport
Railways: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of systems to quickly alert train drivers and controllers to emergency situations which are occurring on or immediately adjacent to the tracks.
4 Sep 2023 · Department for Transport
Railways: Ticket Offices
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer to Question 194787, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of publishing correspondence with the (a) Chair of the Rail Delivery Group and (b) chief executive officers of tr
1 Sep 2023 · Treasury
Income Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answers of 13 and 25 July 2023 to Questions 193196 and 194519 on Income tax, for what reasons summing boxes 2 and 4 on HMRC CT61 forms across all corporate taxpayers does not provide the information
1 Sep 2023 · Ministry of Justice
Rape: Trials
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many rape cases were awaiting trial in the Crown courts in (a) March 2020, (b) March 2021, (c) March 2022 and (d) March 2023.
1 Sep 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Cervical Cancer: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to make cervical smear tests more accessible for women with (a) newborn babies and (b) young children.
1 Sep 2023 · Home Office
Offenders: Deportation
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2023 to Question 193669 on Offenders: Deportation, what information her Department holds on the number of applications for the Facilitated Return Scheme (a) that were
20 Jul 2023 · Department for Transport
Railways: Ticket Offices
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what sum was spent on (a) building and (b) refurbishing ticket offices in England in the last year.
20 Jul 2023 · Department for Transport
Railways: Vacancies
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many safety critical vacancies there were on the rail network as of 20 July 2023.
20 Jul 2023 · House of Commons Commission
Parliamentary Security Department: Conditions of Employment
To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, what changes were made to the terms and conditions of security staff who were transferred from the Metropolitan Police to the Parliamentary Security Department.
20 Jul 2023 · Department for Transport
Railways: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential effect of (a) station staff and (b) on-board guards on the levels of passenger confidence for (i) all passengers and (b) vulnerable passengers.
20 Jul 2023 · Department for Education
Family Hubs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care about the potential merits of facilitating the universal provision of Family Hubs across the UK.
20 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Surgery
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many NHS operations have been postponed as a result of strikes by doctors in the last six months.
20 Jul 2023 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Poultry: Animal Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had recent discussions with relevant stakeholders on the phasing out of cages for laying hens.
20 Jul 2023 · Department for Transport
Network Rail: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to the public purse was of stopping and restarting the CP7 Network Rail Eastern region procurement process.
20 Jul 2023 · Department for Transport
Railway Network: Cybersecurity
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to safeguard (a) digital signal systems and (b) other digital critical infrastructure on the rail network from (i) cyber attacks and (ii) failures which risk safety.
20 Jul 2023 · Department for Transport
Department for Transport: Public Appointments
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many public appointments are sponsored by his Department.
20 Jul 2023 · Department for Transport
Railways: Suicide
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to support (a) British Transport Police staff, (b) train drivers and (c) other railway staff who respond to suicide-related incidents on the rail network.
20 Jul 2023 · Department for Transport
Railways: Ticket Offices
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many rail journeys were undertaken by passengers who purchased their tickets from a ticket office in (a) 2021 and (b) 2022.
20 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Department of Health and Social Care: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer to Question 193672 on Department of Health and Social Care: Contracts, if he will seek advice from (a) the National Audit Office and (b) other external bodies on improving th
20 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Department of Health and Social Care: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 19 July 2023 to Question 193672 on Department of Health and Social Care: Contracts, what systems are in place for Ministers to track spending on (a) all contracts and (b)
20 Jul 2023 · Department for Transport
Railways: Industrial Disputes
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he last met with (a) representatives from the Rail Delivery Group and (b) general secretaries of (i) RMT and (ii) ASLEF to discuss ongoing industrial disputes within the rail industry.
20 Jul 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Afghanistan: Development Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2023 to Question 190954 on Afghanistan: Development Aid, whether parts of that funding has been ringfenced to support Afghan women and girls
20 Jul 2023 · Treasury
Tom Scholar
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total cost was to the public purse of dismissing Sir Tom Scholar as permanent secretary at the Treasury; and if he will provide a breakdown of those costs.
20 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Department of Health and Social Care: Written Questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 19 July 2023 to Question 193672 on Department of Health and Social Care: Contracts, what estimate he has made of the cost of providing an answer to that Question.
20 Jul 2023 · Department of Health and Social Care
Department of Health and Social Care: Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 19 July 2023 to Question 193672 on Department of Health and Social Care: Contracts, how many contracts worth more than £1 million his Department has entered into where the
20 Jul 2023 · Department for Transport
Railway Stations: Access
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data his Department holds on the number of train stations which did not have (a) tactile paving, (b) disabled toilets, (c) changing places toilets and (d) step-free access to platforms as of 19 July 2023.
19 Jul 2023 · Ministry of Defence
Afghanistan: Refugees
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 19 July 2023 to Question 194186, how many and what proportion of the applications which have been received but not granted ARAP eligibility are (a) awaiting consideration and (b) have be
19 Jul 2023 · House of Commons Commission
Queen Elizabeth II: Death
To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the House of Commons Commission, whether the Commission plans to publish a report on Operation Marquee.
19 Jul 2023 · Department for Transport
Roads: Trespass
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to the public purse was of allegations of trespass against National Highways in each of the last five years.
19 Jul 2023 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Afghanistan: Embassies
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he plans to reopen the embassy in Afghanistan.
Source: official written-questions record.