Written questions
3,708 written questions tabled, most recent first.
24 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport
Great British Railways
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2025 to Question 88357 on Great British Railways, whether she plans for the consultation on the draft policy to be launched during the passage of the Railways Bill in the H
24 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Electric Vehicles: China
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2025 to Question 87864 on Department for Transport: Electric Vehicles, whether he has had discussions with car manufacturers on the potential impact of the entry o
24 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport
British Transport Police: Industrial Disputes
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether officers of the British Transport Police are permitted to take industrial action.
24 Nov 2025 · Department for Education
Education: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) 2022 scores, what steps she is taking to reduce the performance gap between the UK nations and (a) Singapore, (b) Japan and (c) V
24 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport
Railways: Industrial Disputes
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 19 September 2025, to Question 76656, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her polices of trade unions objections to staff scanning electronic tickets without
24 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport
Airports: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether vehicle rentals at airports are in scope of the definition of airport operations for the purposes of Government targets to achieve net zero for UK airport operations.
24 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport
South Western Railway: Nationalisation
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 20 October 2025, to Question 78720, on South West Railway: Nationalisation, whether the pubic purse is liable for potential (a) losses, (b) cost over-runs and (c) increases in costs.
24 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport
London Underground: Strikes
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2025 to Question 77643 on London Underground: Strikes, for what reason her Department met with Transport for London on 8 September 2025.
24 Nov 2025 · Treasury
Airports: Business Rates
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 30 October 2025 to Question 85352 on Airports: Business Rates, what the rateable value is for each civil airport in England and Wales.
24 Nov 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions
Employment Schemes: Neurodiversity and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether a new frequency trial being is being implemented in Jobcentres under which claimants including young people aged (i) under 24, (ii) under 30 and (iii) those with neurodivergent conditions are re
24 Nov 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Animal Welfare: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what enforcement powers are available when local authorities fail to meet minimum animal welfare standards.
21 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport
Roads: Safety Barriers
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many kilometres of life-expired steel barrier have been replaced with concrete barrier on the Strategic Road Network in each of the last four years excluding upgrades delivered through the Smart Motorways P
21 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport
Roads: Safety Barriers
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Departures from Standard have been granted to permit the replacement of life-expired steel barrier with further steel barrier in the last two years; and what the kilometre length is of steel barrier co
21 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport
Roads: Safety Barriers
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Interim Settlement: Investment and Management of the Strategic Road Network from April 2025 to March 2026, what the estimated quantity is of life-expired steel barrier that will be replace
21 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport
Great British Railways: Chiltern Railways
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of Chiltern Railways’ decision to adopt driver-only operation on the Oxford to Milton Keynes section of East West Rail on the future operati
21 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence: Electric Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many electric vehicles (a) manufactured by Chinese companies and (b) containing Chinese-made critical components are in use across the defence estate.
21 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Defence
Ministry of Defence: Electric Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department plans to rule out the future (a) leasing and (b) purchase of electric vehicles manufactured by Chinese companies.
21 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport
Active Travel
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether it is her Department's policy that 50% of journeys in towns and cities should be walked or cycled by 2030.
21 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Employment Rights Bill on (a) planned capital investment in the UK automotive sector, (b) the economies of areas with substantial automotive m
21 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Employment Rights Bill on SME firms within UK automotive supply chains; and whether his Department has undertaken any separate modelling of th
21 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the Employment Rights Bill on (a) UK automotive manufacturers and (b) their domestic supply chains; and whether he has estimated the (
21 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what formal consultation his Department has undertaken with (a) UK automotive manufacturers and (b) their UK-based supply-chain firms on the Employment Rights Bill; what representations his Department
20 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport
Active Travel: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, further to the £616 million capital allocation for active travel announced on 3 November, if she will publish a breakdown of that funding by programme, scheme and spending category, including the amount allocat
20 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport
Transport: Carbon Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the estimated cost to the public purse is of UK transport-sector decarbonisation policies relating to (a) the Zero Emission Vehicle Mandate for cars and vans, (b) HGV decarbonisation programmes, (c) bus an
20 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport
Transport: Exhaust Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2025 to Question 83389 on Transport: Exhaust Emissions, if she will provide a breakdown of the remaining 33.7MtCO2e by mode, including (a) HGVs, (b) buses and coaches, (c) r
20 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade
Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, which UK automotive manufacturers and tier-one suppliers Ministers and officials have met to discuss the provisions of the Employment Rights Bill since 1 July 2024; on what dates those meetings took pl
20 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport
Taxis: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, a) what steps her Department is taking to ensure consistent national safeguarding standards for taxi and private hire vehicle licensing, including (i) DBS checks, (ii) knowledge and safeguarding tests and (iii)
20 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport
Taxis: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when her Department last met (a) the Mayor of Greater Manchester, (b) combined authorities and (c) other local authorities to discuss potential reforms to taxi licensing across local authority boundaries; when
20 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport
Taxis: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to chapter 7 and recommendation 11 of Baroness Casey's independent report entitled National audit on group-based child sexual exploitation and abuse, published on 16 June 2025, what assessment he
20 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport
Driving Tests: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving test centres recorded the maximum waiting time of 24 weeks for a practical car driving test in each month from July 2023 to October 2025; and if he will list those centres.
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