Written questions

3,708 written questions tabled, most recent first.

27 Oct 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Parking: Automatic Number Plate Recognition

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 16 October to Question 78690 on Automatic Number Plate Recognition, whether his Department plans to change rules on the use of automatic number plate re

27 Oct 2025 · Cabinet Office

Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many people were employed in the automotive manufacturing sector on (a) 4 July 2024 and (b) the most recent date for which data is available.

27 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Grants

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2025 to Question 82740 on Electric Vehicles: Manufacturing, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Electric Car Grant on (a) new jobs created and (b) jo

27 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

East Anglia Rail Franchise: Nationalisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2025 to Question 82408 on Railways: Public Ownership, what the targets are for (a) punctuality, (b) reliability, (c) service quality and (d) customer satisfaction for GA Tra

27 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Industrial Disputes

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2025 to Question 82734 on Railways: Industrial Disputes, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of industrial action relating to new technology paym

27 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Airports: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2025 to Question 82402 on Airports: Business Rates, what the rateable value is of each airport that may be uprated; what the proposed revaluation from the Valuation Office Agency

27 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the full scheme costs for all Strategic Road Network projects will be published in the final Road Investment Strategy 3 document.

27 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Events Industry and Logistics: Visas

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what support his Department is providing to UK companies in the (a) events and (b) logistics sectors affected by EU visa and travel restrictions under the Schengen 90/180-day rule.

27 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Freight: EU Countries

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the Schengen 90/180-day rule on UK-based haulage companies operating in the European Union.

27 Oct 2025 · Cabinet Office

Logistics: Visas

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had with the European Commission on securing exemptions from the Schengen 90/180-day rule for UK (a) road haulage and (b) touring logistics professionals.

27 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Company Cars: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of proposed changes to benefit in kind taxation for vehicles provided through Employee Car Ownership Schemes on retired scheme participants; and if she

27 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

London, Tilbury and Southend Line: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2025 to Question 78728 London, Tilbury and Southend Line: Standards, what performance targets her Department has agreed with c2c on (a) service reliability and (b) the permi

27 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Alternative Fuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will list the (a) oil refineries and (b) fuel producers which (i) manufacture sustainable aviation fuel and (ii) are developing (A) second-generation and (B) advanced sustainable aviation fuel facilities

27 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help ensure that passenger (a) fare data and (b) service performance from operators outside the Office of Rail and Road’s are independently verified.

27 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Licensing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether Great British Railways or the Office of Rail and Road will be responsible for (a) granting and (b) monitoring open access rail applications under the new rail structure.

27 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Motor Vehicles: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate she has made of the total cost to taxpayers of the Zero Emission Vehicle Mandate compliance system; and what assessment she has made of the potential impact of that system on (a) emissions

27 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of conventional (a) pothole repair and (b) resurfacing techniques on levels of carbon emissions.

23 Oct 2025 · Department for Education

Pupils: Absenteeism

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the reforms to penalty notices for unauthorised school absences made in August 2024 on levels of unauthorised absence; and whether she plans to

23 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Transport: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology on establishing a cross-government mechanism to support UK participation in international research partnerships

23 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Transport: Research

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to increase opportunities for UK-US research in transport innovation by (a) the NSF–UKRI Lead Agency Opportunity and (b) other research and development programmes.

23 Oct 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, on what date that meeting took place.

23 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) road deaths, (b) serious injuries and (c) roadside drug-driving tests were recorded in each year since 2020.

23 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Road Traffic Control: Oxford

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2025 to Question 77640 on Road Traffic Control: Oxford, how much income the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency has received from Oxfordshire County Council for sharing vehi

23 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Tickets

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2025 to Question 78714 on Railways: Tickets, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the number of participants in the Digital Pay As You Go trials in eva

23 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2025 to Question 78696 on Electric Vehicles: Charging Points, whether her Department has set a timetable for the completion of the installation of those chargepoints.

23 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Fares

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled Rail passengers in the North to benefit from simpler fares and cheaper tickets thanks to public ownership, published on 24 July 2025, which (a) fares an

23 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Shipping: Investment

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2025 to Question 78703 on Shipping: Investment, what proportion of that £448 million will be spent in coastal (a) towns and (b) cities; and what steps she is taking to ensur

23 Oct 2025 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Fares

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2025 to Question 78712 on Bus Services: Fares, what (a) modelling, (b) internal estimates, (c) tables and (d) equations her Department holds on the number of bus journeys fo

23 Oct 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Biofuels: Imports

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the UK–US trade deal on bioethanol imports on the UK’s sustainable aviation fuel sector.

23 Oct 2025 · Treasury

Taxis: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2025 to Question 65386 on VAT Treatment of Private Hire Vehicles, if she will publish the Government’s response to the consultation referred to in that Answer.

Source: official written-questions record.