Written questions

3,708 written questions tabled, most recent first.

6 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Railways: Government Assistance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether estimates of net Government support per passenger journey are used internally by her Department for (a) budgeting, (b) business planning and (c) performance monitoring purposes; and in which internal do

6 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Bus Lanes: Motorcycles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when her Department plans to publish the updated Traffic Advisory Leaflet 1/24; and what assessment she has made of the potential merits of recommending that local authorities permit motorcycles to use bus lane

6 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Buses: Anti-social Behaviour

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is tacking to help tackle anti-social behaviour on the bus network.

6 Feb 2026 · Treasury

Air Passenger Duty

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has conducted a comparative assessment of Air Passenger Duty rates in the UK with aviation passenger taxes and equivalent charges in other European countries; and whether such analysis is used

6 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Buses: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average grant-supported cost per bus was under each bus procurement scheme in each of the last five years; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of social value weightings on tendere

6 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Ports: National Policy Statements

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to publish the final National Policy Statement for Ports..

6 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Airports: National Policy Statements

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she intends to make changes to the existing Airports National Policy Statement in the context of the potential of a third runway at Heathrow; and what assessment she has made of the likelihood of securi

6 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Railways: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2026 to Question 105288 on Railways: Repairs and Maintenance, what criteria is used to determine which rail infrastructure schemes are included in the Department’s longer-te

6 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Level Crossings

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assurances she has had from Network Rail on steps being taken to minimise unnecessary barrier down-time at level crossings, while maintaining safety; and how such assurances will be monitored.

6 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Ports: National Policy Statements

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to paragraph 4.3.2 of the draft National Policy Statement for Ports, what guidance will be available to decision-makers to support their interpretation of the terms compensation for as a last res

6 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Ports: National Policy Statements

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to paragraph 4.5.12 of the draft amended National Policy Statement for Ports, published on 4 June 2025, what guidance will be available to decision-makers to support them interpreting the term ec

4 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Motorcycles: Motor Insurance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will commission a specific inquiry into the motorcycle insurance market to examine underwriter withdrawals, geographic exclusions and pricing anomalies.

4 Feb 2026 · Home Office

Airports: Immigration Controls

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2026 to Question 104868, what the service standard wait times at passport control are, and what assessment the Department has made of the economic impact of passen

4 Feb 2026 · Ministry of Defence

Air Force: Alternative Fuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the additional cost to the public purse of the Royal Air Force transitioning to 100 per cent sustainable aviation fuel by 2040; and whether his Department has undertaken any assessmen

4 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Great British Railways: Marketing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2026 to Question 106604, whether growing revenue and delivering value for money for passengers carry equal priority in the rollout of Great British Railways branding.

4 Feb 2026 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fires: Health and Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance his Department issues to Natural England on the circumstances in which staff may not attempt to fight wildfires on land they manage.

4 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Railways: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) Notices to Improve and (b) written instructions her Department issued to train operating companies for which the Department is the operator in relation to (i) service performance and (ii) financial

4 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average waiting time for a practical car driving test was in January 2026.

4 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many full-time equivalent driving examiners recruited by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency were (a) in post and (b) delivering practical car driving tests in January 2026.

4 Feb 2026 · Cabinet Office

Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what information his Department holds on the number of vacancies in the automotive manufacturing sector in (a) January 2024 and (b) each subsequent month up to and including the most recent month for which data

4 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

HGV Parking and Driver Welfare Grant Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2025 to Question 82998, whether the Department plans to extend the HGV Parking and Driver Welfare Grant Scheme beyond March 2026; and what assessment has been made of the im

4 Feb 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Portsmouth International Port: Energy Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department provides (a) funding and (b) any other support for increasing (i) grid capacity and (ii) enabling electrification at Portsmouth International Port.

4 Feb 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy Supply: Port of Southampton

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department provides (a) funding and (b) any other support for increasing (i) grid capacity and (ii) enabling electrification at the Port of Southampton.

4 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Heathrow Airport: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has she made of requiring (a) regulatory and (b) policy frameworks to be in place before the Heathrow third runway project can proceed to its next phase.

4 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Roads: Biodiversity

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 January 2026 to Question 104858 on Roads: Biodiversity, what information her Department holds on the (a) estimated cost, (b) estimated cost range and (c) modelling of the biodiversi

4 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 January 2026 to Question 101484 on Electric Vehicles: Charging Points, what estimate she has made of the average amount of public funding provided per chargepoint.

4 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Ports: Climate Change

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government’s view, as set out in paragraph 4.5.10 of the draft National Policy Statement for Ports dated 4 June 2025, that there is no national resilience case for requiring climate resilience stand

4 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Railways: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's report entitled Rail customer experience survey pilot report, published on 25 April 2024, what plans she has to use the survey findings to inform performance standards for pub

4 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Motor Insurance: Fines

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to pages 30 and 31 of the Government's report entitled Motor Insurance Taskforce: final report, published on 10 December 2025, whether the Department has concluded its consideration of penalties

4 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Motor Insurance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has measurable targets for helping to reduce average motor insurance premiums.

Source: official written-questions record.