Written questions
3,708 written questions tabled, most recent first.
2 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport
Taxis: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of a licensing authority taking an extended period of time to accept or reject a private hire vehicle licence application.
2 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport
Taxis: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the level of variation in the time taken to complete private hire vehicle licence applications across local authorities in England.
2 Sep 2025 · Treasury
Taxis: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department produced an impact assessment prior to the Supreme Court judgment in DELTA Merseyside Ltd v Uber Britannia Ltd on the application of VAT to private hire vehicle journeys.
2 Sep 2025 · Treasury
Taxis: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when she plans to publish a response to her Department's consultation entitled Consultation on the VAT Treatment of Private Hire Vehicles, which closed on 8 August 2024.
2 Sep 2025 · Treasury
Taxis: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to her Department's consultation entitled Consultation on the VAT Treatment of Private Hire Vehicles, which closed on 8 August 2024, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of
2 Sep 2025 · Treasury
Taxis: VAT
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Government plans to impose VAT at 20% on all private hire fares.
2 Sep 2025 · Cabinet Office
Children: Death
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many child deaths were recorded where parental consanguinity was (a) identified and (b) not identified in England in each year since 2019.
2 Sep 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Pregnancy: Screening
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment his Department has made of the availability of ultrasound scans to pregnant women who (a) report reduced foetal movement before 28 weeks’ gestation and (b) present on more th
2 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport
Driving Licences: Older People
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to improve transparency in the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency’s decision-making process for over-70s driving licence renewals; and what weightings are given to recent eyesight tests
1 Sep 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Palestinian Authority
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the policy paper entitled UK and Palestinian strategic cooperation: memorandum of understanding, published on 28 April 2025, whether he has made an assessme
1 Sep 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Palestinian Authority
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the policy paper entitled UK and Palestinian strategic cooperation: memorandum of understanding, published on 28 April 2025, what recent assessment he has m
1 Sep 2025 · Department for Transport
Electric Vehicles: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she could publish a breakdown of the Government's £4.5 billion spend on the transition to electric vehicles by (a) scheme and (b) year.
29 Aug 2025 · Treasury
State Retirement Pensions: Uprating
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to ensure HMRC tax calculations accurately reflect the period in which state pension upratings apply; and whether HMRC has a planned date for resolving this issue.
29 Aug 2025 · Treasury
State Retirement Pensions: Uprating
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an estimate of the number of state pensioners that have had their taxable pension income miscalculated due to HMRC applying 52 weeks of the uprated rate rather than accounting for the
29 Aug 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Roads: Flags
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has issued guidance to local highways authorities on the placement of not formally authorised (a) flags, (b) banners and (c) advertisements from (i) lamppo
29 Aug 2025 · Department for Transport
THINK! Campaign
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the cancellation of the THINK! Road Safety communications campaign on road (a) injuries and (b) fatalities.
29 Aug 2025 · Department for Transport
East Coast Main Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority's Annual Report 2024–25, published on 11 August 2025, for what reason no evaluation was completed for the East Coast Mainline p
29 Aug 2025 · Department for Transport
Lower Thames Crossing
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the National Infrastructure and Service Transformation Authority's Annual Report 2024–25, published on 11 August 2025, for what reason no evaluation was completed for the Lower Thames Crossing
29 Aug 2025 · Department for Transport
Railways: Environment Protection and Freedom of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the nationalised railways will be subject to (a) the Freedom of Information and (b) Environmental Information Regulations regimes.
29 Aug 2025 · Department for Transport
Aviation: Fares
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has a policy on airlines using (a) individualized and (b) surveillance pricing when setting air fares.
29 Aug 2025 · Department for Transport
Train Operating Companies: Conditions of Employment and Trade Unions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information (a) her Department and (b) Great British Railways holds on (i) the trade union agreements with each railway operator and (ii) the operating practices on employees rights in each railway operato
29 Aug 2025 · Department for Transport
Department for Transport: Ministers' Private Offices
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department has spent on furniture, fittings and refurbishment for Ministers offices since 4 July 2024; and on what specific items.
29 Aug 2025 · Department for Transport
Department for Transport: Communication
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department has spent on (a) designing, (b) producing and (c) installing posters on departmental workstreams for its headquarters in London since 4 July 2024.
29 Aug 2025 · Department for Transport
Department for Transport: Buildings
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department has spent on (a) purchasing and (b) installing soundproof meeting pods for its headquarters in London since 4 July 2024; and how much of this relates to meeting pods for the Ministerial
29 Aug 2025 · Department for Transport
Bus Lanes
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department has taken to strengthen guidance to help ensure bus lanes operate only (a) when buses are running and (b) when traffic is heavy enough to cause delay to buses.
29 Aug 2025 · Department for Transport
Driving under Influence
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the alcohol drink drive limit level on the viability of (a) pubs, (b) restaurants, (c) cafes and (d) other hospitality businesses in rural areas.
29 Aug 2025 · Department for Transport
Driving under Influence
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to reduce the micrograms of alcohol drink drive limit in England and Wales.
29 Aug 2025 · Department for Transport
Railways: Trade Unions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what role (a) her Department and (b) its agencies will play in making agreements with trade unions on the nationalised railways.
29 Aug 2025 · Department for Transport
Heathrow Airport: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what substantive proposals her Department received relating to the construction of a third runway at Heathrow, other than from (a) Heathrow Airport Limited and (b) the Arora Group; and from which organisations.
29 Aug 2025 · Department for Transport
Parking: Taxation
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to adopt working parking taxes.
Source: official written-questions record.