Written questions

542 written questions tabled, most recent first.

10 Jun 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Large Goods Vehicles: Electric Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for UK supply chain resilience of increased demand for critical minerals arising from the electrification of the heavy goods vehicle fleet.

10 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Railways: Nature Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2026 to Question 5044 on Railways: Nature Conservation, on how many occasions planned railway maintenance, vegetation management and infrastructure works were (a) delayed, (b) p

10 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Railways: Nature Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2026 to Question 5043 on Railways: Nature Conservation, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to Network Rail arising from vegetation clearance works being (i) delay

10 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

British Transport Police Authority: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2026 to Question 3238, what proportion of the £256.2 million in Police Service Agreements to be entered into by public sector companies is projected to be covered by passenger f

10 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the oral evidence of Richard Bruce to the Transport Select Committee on 29 April 2026, what the evidential basis is that between 80 and 90 per cent of electric vehicle owners would recommend a

10 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether it remains her target to have 300,000 public charge points by 2030.

10 Jun 2026 · Department for Work and Pensions

Skills England: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many aviation sector employers, representative bodies and training providers have been formally engaged by Skills England since its establishment; and on what dates those engagements took place.

10 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Justice

Prisons: Electric Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has set a target for the installation of electric vehicle charging points across the prison estate; and how many charging points have been installed to date.

10 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Ports

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential for UK ports to support increased dual-use civilian and military capability; and whether her Department is working with the Ministry of Defence on port resilience a

10 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2026 to Question 4297 on Driving Tests: Offices, which driving test centres were (a) added to, (b) removed from and (c) ceased conducting practical car driving tests between 1 J

9 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

CCAV Expert Advisory Panel

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 3807, how many times the CCAV Expert Advisory Panel has met since May 2024; and on how many occasions Unite the Union was present.

9 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 3329 on Electric Vehicles: Grants, what proportion of vehicles purchased with support from the Electric Car Grant have been manufactured in the United Kingdom.

9 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Driving Licences: Health

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 5014 on Driving Licences: Health, what the average processing time was for medical driving licence renewal applications in (a) January, (b) February, (c) March,

9 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Crew

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 3885 on Aviation: Crew, whether mutual recognition of UK pilot licences forms part of the Government's discussions with the EU on strengthening the UK-EU relati

9 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

HM Coastguard: Voluntary Work

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consultation the Maritime and Coastguard Agency undertook with a) Coastguard Rescue Officers, b) coastal communities, c) island communities and d) local resilience forums before introducing the revised vol

9 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Cumbrian Coast Line: Tunnels

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 May 2026 to Question 1278, whether Network Rail has submitted the necessary permit applications to (a) the Environment Agency and (b) the Coal Authority for the permanent repair wor

9 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

High Speed 2 Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 3549 on High Speed 2 Line, when she expects the updating of the HS2 programme business case and the resetting of the benefits baseline to be completed; and whet

8 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Roads: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the introduction of the Highways (Financing) Bill and the transition of the Lower Thames Crossing to a Regulated Asset Base model, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of speci

8 Jun 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Sizewell C Power Station: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, with reference to paragraph 3.12 of the National Audit Office report Sizewell C (HC 33), published in May 2026, what the funding model is for the proposed workforce academy.

8 Jun 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Home Shopping: Electric Bicycles

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether his Department plans to strengthen market regulation and accountability for online marketplaces regarding the sale of non-EAPC electric bikes and high-powered conversion kits.

8 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Railways: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many service cancellations by each state-owned Train Operating Company since January 2024 were attributed primarily to short-notice staff sickness or unavailability of crew.

8 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Transport: Innovation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the National Audit Office report Innovation in Transport cited in the Answer of 4 June 2026 to Question 5446, what central mechanisms her Department uses to track and evaluate the number of bu

8 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2026 to Question 4292, if she will list the specific automotive manufacturers, industry trade bodies, and consumer groups that have submitted representations requesting an accel

8 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Network Rail: Biodiversity

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the total projected expenditure required by Network Rail to achieve a 4 per cent biodiversity net gain by December 2029; and how much of that funding has been formally a

8 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Driverless Vehicles: Disability and Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what specific guidance her Department has issued to operators joining the self-driving vehicles pilot scheme to help ensure that services are (a) fully accessible to and (b) meet the needs of older and disabled

8 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Thameslink Line: Rolling Stock

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the completion schedule is for the deep cleaning, minor repairs, and toilet resurfacing across all 115 Class 700 units on Thameslink: and what anti-graffiti measures are being introduced during this refres

8 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

A47: Dual Carriageways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what was the cost to the public purse of (a) scheme design and development, (b) environmental surveys, (c) ground investigations, (d) land acquisition, (e) legal and planning costs, (f) consultancy costs and (g

8 Jun 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Shipping

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how many unresolved (a) technical and (b) compliance queries his Department has identified relating to the maritime extension of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme; and what steps his Department

3 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Roads: Public Consultation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that local authority highways consultations are representative of the wider motoring public in circumstances where response rates comprise a statistically minor pro

2 Jun 2026 · Home Office

Shoplifting

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment her Department has made of trends in levels of shoplifting.

Source: official written-questions record.