Written questions

3,708 written questions tabled, most recent first.

13 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Innovation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Railways Bill on private sector innovation within the rail industry.

13 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Accountability

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to introduce additional independent oversight mechanisms beyond the Office of Rail and Road.

13 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Great British Railways: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the criteria that will be used by Great British Railways to allocate funding for (a) infrastructure and (b) rolling stock.

13 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Greater London

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Railways Bill on the coordination of services in London.

13 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Great British Railways: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to publish annual data on passenger (a) complaints and (b) resolutions under Great British Railways.

13 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Fares

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Railways Bill on fare affordability for passengers on low incomes.

13 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Fares

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to set a national framework for discounted fare schemes.

13 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Great British Railways: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether Great British Railways will be required to publish data on (a) permanently cancelled services and (b) decisions to withdraw particular routes.

13 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Great British Railways: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what performance indicators Great British Railways will be required to publish on (a) punctuality, (b) reliability and (c) overcrowding.

13 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Great British Railways and Network Rail: Reorganisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessments she has made of potential duplication of functions between Network Rail and Great British Railways, and their (a) cost and (b) impact, during the transition period.

13 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Freight

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will support the financial resilience of small and medium-sized haulage businesses facing increased fuel and operating costs.

13 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Assets: Small Businesses

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she plans to extend full expensing to leased assets to support small and medium-sized transport businesses that lease vehicles.

13 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Heathrow Airport: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether it is her policy that the views of airlines operating long-haul services should be central to determining the necessary length of a third runway at an expanded Heathrow Airport.

13 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Heathrow Airport: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to ensure that all proposals for a third runway at Heathrow Airport will avoid unnecessary cost and delay, including options that would require construction over the M25.

13 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Road Traffic Control: Oxford

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2025 to Question 86749 on Road Traffic Control: Oxford, whether the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency has provided vehicle keeper data to, or received income from, any thi

13 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Charging Points and Hydrogen Fuelling Stations: Cost Effectiveness

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2025 to Question 86322 on Charging Points and Hydrogen Fuelling Stations, what assessment her Department has made of the value for money of public funding allocated specific

13 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Driverless Vehicles: Taxis

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the regulatory changes required to enable the commercial deployment of autonomous ride-hailing services at scale in the UK, similar to those operating in cities includ

13 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Train Operating Companies: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she plans to take to ensure that track access charges for operators outside Great British Railways will not be increased to offset the absence of access charges for Great British Railways-operated se

13 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Train Operating Companies: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she plans to take to ensure that track access charges for operators outside Great British Railways remain based on the direct operating costs incurred by the infrastructure manager.

13 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in what circumstances she would extend track access rights for existing operators on the network.

13 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Train Operating Companies: Contracts

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to enable track access agreements longer than five years on the railway network.

13 Nov 2025 · Cabinet Office

Prime Minister: Aviation

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 28 March 2024 to Question 39576 on Prime Minister: Aviation, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the use of Sustainable Aviation Fuel for the Prime Minster

13 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Transport: Apprentices and Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2025 to Question 82989 on Level 7 apprenticeships, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Education on the potential impact of this policy on workfo

13 Nov 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Prize Money

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of non-regulated large-scale prize draws on (a) the National Lottery and (b) society lotteries.

12 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Armed Forces

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the press notice entitled Mirror, signal, manoeuvres: Military driving examiners mobilised to cut test backlog, published on 12 November 2025, what the total full-time employee equivalent cont

12 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 30 October 2024 to Question 85351, whether the Government plans to publish the individual scheme costs for Strategic Road Network projects as part of the third Road Investment Strategy

12 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

South Western Railway: Rolling Stock

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2025 to Question 87421 on Rolling Stock: Leasing, on what terms South Western Railway’s rolling stock leasing arrangements were transferred into public ownership; and what

12 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Grants

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the Electric Car Grant scheme on market competition.

12 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Electric Vehicles: Grants

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department was involved in the development of the Electric Car Grant.

12 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Grants

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has produced an impact assessment for the Electric Car Grant criteria.

Source: official written-questions record.