Written questions

3,708 written questions tabled, most recent first.

29 May 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Nitrogen Dioxide: Pollution Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 13 April 2026 to Question 123377 on Nitrogen Dioxide: Pollution Control, when her Department plans to place a breakdown of the NO2 programme expenditure

29 May 2026 · Treasury

Electric Vehicles: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the introduction of Electric Vehicle Excise Duty on consumer uptake of electric vehicles; and what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that t

29 May 2026 · Department for Business and Trade

Airports: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, whether the Competition and Markets Authority has investigated the pricing practices of UK airports for vehicle drop-off charges.

29 May 2026 · Department for Transport

Driving Licences: Electronic Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 May 2026 to Question 1463 on Driving Licences: Electronic Government, when the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency will complete the work on bringing online services to Web Content

29 May 2026 · Department for Transport

Driving Licences

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 May 2026 to Question 1407 on Driving Licences, whether the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency met its targets to (a) dispatch 95% of straightforward online driving licence applicat

29 May 2026 · Treasury

Electric Vehicles: Tolls

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential implications for its policies of (a) per-kilometre road charging schemes for electric vehicles in other countries, including Iceland and (b) Iceland’s E

29 May 2026 · Treasury

Electric Vehicles: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department’s consultation on the proposed Electric Vehicle Excise Duty scheme permitted respondents to comment on the proposed implementation date, mileage tariff structure and sectoral exemptions.

29 May 2026 · Department for Transport

Railways: Nationalisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Explanatory Notes to the Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill, whether the projected savings are net of police funding obligations; and what estimate her Department has made

29 May 2026 · Department for Transport

Department for Transport: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 9 January 2026 to Question 100955, whether other arm’s-length bodies in her Department have adopted the 2050 target.

29 May 2026 · Department for Transport

Civil Aviation Authority: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 9 January 2026 to Question 100955, what programmes the Civil Aviation Authority is engaged in to support airspace modernisation and sustainable aviation fuel take-up in line with

29 May 2026 · Department for Transport

Northern Lighthouse Board: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 9 January 2026 to Question 100955, what programmes the Northern Lighthouse Board is undertaking to achieve its Net Zero target by 2050; and what the estimated cost to the public

29 May 2026 · Department for Transport

Department for Transport: Lanyards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department has spent on lanyards since 4 July 2024; what designs of lanyards have been purchased; and what the cost and number of each lanyard design purchased was.

29 May 2026 · Treasury

Air Passenger Duty

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of the air passenger duty rate increases for commercial airlines on the international competitiveness of UK hub airports relative to major European aviation

29 May 2026 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many public electric vehicle chargepoints have been installed in each local authority area in England; and what assessment she has made of trends in the level of regional difference in access to charging in

29 May 2026 · Treasury

Shipping: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made a sector-specific assessment of the potential impact of changes to the non-domicile tax regime on the competitiveness of the maritime sector; whether (a) she (b) Treasury Ministers an

19 May 2026 · Department for Transport

Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the ten routes with the highest number of short-formed services were for each train operating company under DfT Operator ownership in the last 18 months; and how many and what proportion of services operat

19 May 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Somaliland: Commonwealth and Recognition of States

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to support Somaliland in achieving (a) international recognition and (b) membership of the Commonwealth.

19 May 2026 · Department for Transport

Department for Transport: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to transition from short-term innovation grant funding to longer-term commercial and procurement support for suppliers; and what strategy she has implemented to apply the Pro

19 May 2026 · Department for Transport

Transport: Concrete

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the National Audit Office's report entitled Innovation in transport, published on 18 May 2026, what the expenditure has been by her Department and HS2 Ltd on the calcined clay acceleration pla

19 May 2026 · Department for Transport

Advanced Fuels Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the planned spending is on the Advanced Fuels Fund in (a) 2026–27, (b) 2027–28 and(c) 2028–29 by project.

19 May 2026 · Department for Transport

Transport: Innovation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for which projects her Department has adapted its business case approvals process for innovative activity.

19 May 2026 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Exhaust Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will provide a list of the innovative research and development programmes for the UK Shipping Office for Reducing Emissions, including the funding allocated to each.

19 May 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Marriage: Relatives

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 10 March 2026 to Question 108307 on Marriage: Relatives, whether the internal review has concluded; and if he plans to publish its findings.

19 May 2026 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when her Department plans to publish its response to the consultation entitled Electric vehicle charging: changes to permitted development rights, which closed on 21 January 2026.

19 May 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Transport: Greenhouse Gas Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department has assessed the recommendations of the Independent Greenhouse Gas Removal Review, published on 23 October 2025; and what is his timeline for responding to that report'

18 May 2026 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Exhaust Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress her Department has made on its considerations of the recommendations of the report by the Contrail Impact Mitigation Task and Finish Group, published on 17 March 2026.

18 May 2026 · Department for Transport

Vehicle Certification Agency: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has considered the evidence provided from the recent consultation on the Vehicle Certification Agency's fees and charges; and whether it plans to increase those fees during this parliamen

18 May 2026 · Department for Transport

Ports: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when her Department plans to publish the findings of the Net Zero Ports call for evidence.

18 May 2026 · Department for Transport

Maritime and Coastguard Agency: Codes of Practice

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 15 April 2026 to Question 126329, when her Department plans to publish the revised MCA Rescue Boat Code.

18 May 2026 · Department for Transport

Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 31 March 2026 to Question 123169, when she expects to issue a Long Term Rail Strategy.

Source: official written-questions record.