Written questions
2,786 written questions tabled, most recent first.
6 Feb 2024 · Home Office
Fire and Rescue Services: Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a minimum safe crewing requirement to have five firefighters on every pumping appliance.
6 Feb 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Private Rented Housing: Mould
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to increase protections for tenants in the private rented sector who are affected by m
6 Feb 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Local Government Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of determining the local government funding (a) formula and (b) settlements by an independent body.
6 Feb 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Local Government Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of multi-year funding settlements for local government.
6 Feb 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Local Government Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of amending local government funding settlements to increase the proportion of Services Grants provided.
6 Feb 2024 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
Local Government Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of amending local government funding settlements to place greater weight on need than local tax raising ability.
6 Feb 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Israel: Palestinians
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether his Department is taking steps to help plan a negotiated settlement on (a) a two-state solution and (b) recognition of a Palestinian state.
6 Feb 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Palestinians: Recognition of States
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has had recent discussions his international counterparts on taking steps to recognise Palestine as a state.
6 Feb 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Israel
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he has had recent discussions with his Israeli counterpart on Israel’s political objectives in Gaza.
2 Feb 2024 · Department for Transport
Railways: WiFi
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether (a) data caps and (b) bandwidth throttling are being applied by each of the train operating companies under the control of DfT OLR Holdings Limited.
2 Feb 2024 · Department for Transport
Railways: WiFi
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the quality of wifi provision is (a) subject to a minimum service requirement and (b) a key performance indicator for train operating companies (i) contracted to the private sector and (ii) under the co
1 Feb 2024 · Department for Transport
Railways: Optical Fibres
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress Network Rail has made on finalising the contract for Project Reach.
1 Feb 2024 · Department for Transport
Brighton Main Line: Aerials
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many mobile masts have been installed on the London-Brighton railway by Cellnex since 2021; and how many mobile network operators were offering services from Cellnex masts as of 1 February 2024.
1 Feb 2024 · Department for Transport
Railways: WiFi
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the average Wi-Fi (a) download and (b) upload speed per passenger provided by each of the train operating companies.
1 Feb 2024 · Department for Transport
Railways: WiFi
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made a comparative assessment of the performance of (a) passenger Wi-Fi and (b) non-passenger data transmission by each of the train operating companies that are (i) contracted by him
1 Feb 2024 · Department for Transport
Railways: WiFi
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to p.26 of the UK Wireless Infrastructure Strategy published by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology in April 2023, what steps he is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help ensure
31 Jan 2024 · Department for Transport
Railways
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Rail Networks Enhancement Pipeline most recently published on 16 October 2019, whether it remains his policy that the Rail Networks Enhancement Pipeline will be published on an annual basi
31 Jan 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Israel: Palestinians
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, whether he made representations in support of a two-state solution during his last meeting with the Prime Minister of Israel.
31 Jan 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Genocide Convention
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent discussions he has had with his Israeli counterparts on compliance with the provisional measures set forth by the International Court of Justice in the case concerning
31 Jan 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
UNRWA: Finance
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what correspondence he has received from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees following the temporary pause in funding, announced on 27January 2024.
31 Jan 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Gaza: Genocide Convention
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what recent assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the International Court of Justice’s decision on the request for provisional measures in th
31 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Defence
AQUIND: Electricity Interconnectors
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he last discussed potential national security implications of the AQUIND Interconnector Project with his French counterpart.
31 Jan 2024 · Ministry of Defence
AQUIND: Electricity Interconnectors
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether Ministers in his Department have had (a) in-person discussions and (b) e-mail correspondence with relevant stakeholders on the AQUIND Interconnector Project.
31 Jan 2024 · Department for Transport
Railways: Birmingham and Greater Manchester
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had discussions with the Mayor of (a) Greater Manchester and (b) the West Midlands on steps to improve rail connectivity between Birmingham and Manchester.
31 Jan 2024 · Department for Transport
High Speed 2 Line: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to the public purse was of (a) acquiring and (b) managing (i) land and (ii) property associated with Phase 2 of HS2 as of 31 January 2024; and whether he has made an estimate of potential future c
31 Jan 2024 · Department for Transport
Railways: Electrification
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an estimate of the length of rail tracks in miles that will be electrified in 2024.
31 Jan 2024 · Department for Transport
Railways: Football
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking with rail providers to help ensure railway timetables meet the requirements of football supporters on match days.
31 Jan 2024 · Department for Transport
Euston Station
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress he has made appointing a development company to manage the delivery of Euston Station.
31 Jan 2024 · Department for Transport
Railway Stations: Access
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 20 July 2023 to Question 195428 on Railway Stations: Access, whether he has had recent discussions with the Great British Railways Transition Team on the accessibility audit of r
31 Jan 2024 · Department for Transport
Great British Railways: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to the public purse was of establishing Great British Railways.
Source: official written-questions record.