Written questions

2,491 written questions tabled, most recent first.

2 Jun 2023 · Department for Transport

Cross Country Trains and Great Western Railway: WiFi

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with (a) Great Western Railway and (b) CrossCountry about the removal of wi-fi from their trains in the south west of England.

23 May 2023 · Ministry of Defence

UK Border Force: Military Aid

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department has received a Military Aid to Civilian Authority request from the Home Office for Armed Forces personnel to cover for striking Border Force staff in summer 2023.

18 May 2023 · Department for Transport

Fisheries: Older Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the potential impact of the medical fitness certificate on fisherman aged over 50.

18 May 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to his Department's press release entitled £173 million investment in hundreds of new homes for UK Armed Forces families, published on 16 May 2023, how many and what proportion of the new homes wi

18 May 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Armed Forces: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether service family accommodation is covered by the definition of social housing in the Social Housing (Regulation) Bill,

18 May 2023 · Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Armed Forces: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether personnel living in Service Family Accommodation will have the same rights and benefits under Social Housing (Regulation) Bill as social housing tenants.

17 May 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Frigates: Guided Weapons

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what are the planned missiles systems that will be used in the Mk41 vertical launch system on Type 26 and Type 31 frigates.

16 May 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Afghanistan: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy cases are (a) open and (b) undecided.

16 May 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Afghanistan: Refugees

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many of his Department's staff are working on the Afghan Relocations and Assistance Policy scheme.

16 May 2023 · Department for Transport

Active Travel: South West

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much (a) capital and (b) revenue funding for active travel was allocated to the South West for the (i) 2023-24 and (ii) 2024-25 financial years (A) before and (B) after March 2023.

15 May 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Cabinet Office's key performance indicators data for October to December 2022, if he will explain what the key performance indicators (a) Customer Satisfaction and (b) Right First Time refer

15 May 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, with reference to the Cabinet Office's key performance indicators data for October to December 2022, if he will explain what the key performance indicators (a) voids prepared to Move-in Standard, (b) Customer Sat

15 May 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2023 to Question 146780 on Armed Forces: Housing, who sets the key performance indicators for the Future Defence Infrastructure Service contracts for service family accommoda

2 May 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Sea King Helicopters: Exhaust Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 21 April 2023 to Question 177952 on Sea King Helicopters: Exhaust Emissions, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of conducting routine smouldering myeloma screening for f

2 May 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Sea King Helicopters: Exhaust Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 21 April 2023 to Question 177953 on Sea King Helicopters: Exhaust Emissions, how many open compensation claims against his Department there are relating to exposure of Sea King helicopte

2 May 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Sea King Helicopters: Exhaust Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 21 April 2023 to Question 177953 on Sea King Helicopters: Exhaust Emissions, how many compensation claims against the Ministry of Defence for health issues relating to Sea King helicopte

26 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Sea King Helicopters: Exhaust Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 21 April 2023 to Question 177951 on Sea King Helicopters: Exhaust Emissions, for what reason the Institute of Naval Medicine Toxicologist was asked in 2022 to investigate whether there w

26 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Sea King Helicopters: Exhaust Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 21 April 2023 to Question 177951 on Sea King Helicopters: Exhaust Emissions, how many reports his Department has made on exposure of Sea King air crew to exhaust fumes.

26 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Sea King Helicopters: Exhaust Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 21 April 2023 to Question 177951 on Sea King Helicopters: Exhaust Emissions, whether the literature on benzene exposure in general and multiple myeloma relates to the benzene contained i

26 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Sea King Helicopters: Exhaust Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 21 April 2023 to Question 177951 on Sea King Helicopters: Exhaust Emissions, when his Department first investigated the potential link between long exposure to Sea King helicopter exhaus

26 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Sea King Helicopters: Exhaust Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 21 April 2023 to Question 177951 on Sea King Helicopters: Exhaust Emissions, when he was first made aware of the potential link between exposure to Sea King helicopter exhaust fumes and

25 Apr 2023 · Department for Transport

A38: Cornwall

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether it remains his policy to allocate funding to the A38 Trerulefoot to Carkeel Safety Project in Cornwall.

24 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Defence

RM Bickleigh: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 April 2023 to Question 177936 on Bickleigh Barracks: Repairs and Maintenance, how many power outages were there at Bickleigh Barracks in the last 12 months; on what days power outages

24 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Defence

RM Bickleigh: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 April 2023 to Question 177936 on Bickleigh Barracks: Repairs and Maintenance, what the cost to his Department was of resolving the 243 maintenance tasks at Bickleigh Barracks.

24 Apr 2023 · Department for Transport

Roads: Cornwall and Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in how many cases his Department has made reductions to the amount it had first planned to spend on a road scheme in Devon and Cornwall in the past three months; and in each case, by how much that amount was re

24 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Ministry of Defence: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2023 to Question 165250 on Ministry of Defence: Housing, how many boilers in service family accommodation (a) over 10 years old have failed at least three times and (b) have bee

24 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much from the public purse his Department spent on repair work in service family accommodation in each year since 2015; and if he will provide a breakdown of costs for each year.

21 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Type 32 Frigates

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he expects to allocate additional funding to Babcock for the construction of the Type 32 frigates beyond that which was previously agreed.

20 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Armed Forces: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many service personnel were living in grade four single living accommodation at (a) Combermere Barracks, (b) Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, (c) Victoria Barracks and (d) Denison Barracks as of 20 April 202

20 Apr 2023 · Ministry of Defence

Military Bases: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what was the cost of maintenance repairs at (a) Combermere Barracks, (b) Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, (c) Victoria Barracks and (d) Denison Barracks in each month since April 2022; and if he will provide a b

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