Written questions

3,708 written questions tabled, most recent first.

19 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving examiners ceased to practice in May 2026.

19 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Department for Transport: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish a list of externally procured training programmes used by civil servants in her Department between 1 May 2026 and 31 May 2026.

19 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Security

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many overseas visits officials from her Department have undertaken for aviation security purposes since 4 July 2024; what the destination was of each visit; what the cost was of each visit; what the purpose

19 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Railways: Greater Manchester

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March 2026 to Question 120882, what progress she has made on the work with Greater Manchester Combined Authority.

19 Jun 2026 · Treasury

Electric Vehicles: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2026 to Question 968, on which date she will publish her Department's response to the consultation on the implementation of eVED.

19 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many capacity building visits officials from her Department have undertaken to States on the UK Air Safety List since 4 July 2024; on which dates those visits took place; which Ministers and senior official

19 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Alternative Fuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of Sustainable Aviation Fuel Mandate compliance costs on the commercial viability of domestic air routes.

19 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Alternative Fuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 15 June 2026 to Question 7033, what assumption on the proportion of Sustainable Aviation Fuel Mandate compliance costs being passed through to passengers was used in the Department's c

19 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Air Routes: Public Service Obligations

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2026 to Question 6200 on Air Routes: Public Service Obligations, what factors are taken into account when determining whether a clear public interest case exists for the design

19 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Charging Points

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 15 June 2026 to Question 8188, how many public EV charging points have a rated output of (a) 100-149kW, (b) 150-249kW, (c) 250-349kW and (d) 350kW and above.

19 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Large Goods Vehicles: Electric Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 15 June 2026 to Question 8838, by what year her Department expects the total cost of ownership of zero emission heavy goods vehicles to reach parity with equivalent diesel vehicles wit

19 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Railway Stations: Air Pollution

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2026 to Question 7215 on Railway Stations: Nitrogen Dioxide, whether Network Rail holds estimated costs for actions proposed within individual Air Quality Improvement Plans; an

19 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Network Rail: Biodiversity

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2026 to Question 7211 on Network Rail: Biodiversity, what proportion of habitat management plans completed by Network Rail have been produced using (a) in-house staff and (b) e

19 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Marriage: Relatives

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2026 to Question 1717 on Cousin Marriage, if he will publish (a) the current guidance (b) the current training materials, and (c) any amended versions of (i) guidan

17 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Department for Transport: Executive Agencies

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the estimated financial deficits of the a) Vehicle Certification Agency b) Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, c) Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency and d) Maritime and Coastguard Agency are in monetary

17 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Department for Transport: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2026 to Question 4263, what net zero, carbon reduction, emissions reduction or equivalent environmental sustainability targets have been adopted by (a) the Department for Transp

17 Jun 2026 · Home Office

Horizon IT System: Criminal Investigation

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2026 to Question 5450 on Horizon IT System: Sub-postmasters, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the additional funding provided to support the police inve

17 Jun 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

UK Emissions Trading Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2026 to Question 6816 on the UK Emissions Trading Scheme and Northern Ireland routes, whether he plans to publish any (a) assessments, (b) modelling, (c) case

17 Jun 2026 · Cabinet Office

Collective Responsibility

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2026 to Question 1231 on collective Cabinet agreement, what metrics his Department has proposed for measuring the success of reforms to the process for collective Cabinet agreeme

17 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2026 to Question 5449 on Driving Tests, what the (a) mean and (b) modal waiting time was between the first booking of a practical car driving test and the test being taken in (

17 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Road Works: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of utility works have been inspected each of the last three years by highways authorities; and what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of using digital inspection systems

17 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Road Works: Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to local highway authorities and local taxpayers arising from defective utility reinstatement works in each of the last five years.

17 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Roads

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has assessed the potential merits of a nationally consistent road asset inventory for improving long-term maintenance and policy planning.

17 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Roads: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve the availability of comprehensive road condition data to support infrastructure investment decisions.

17 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Roads: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether officials in her Department have reviewed outcomes from the Northern Ireland road network intelligence programme to identify best practice for adoption elsewhere in the UK.

17 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Roads: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the road and footway digital condition assessment and asset management programmes undertaken by counterparts in Northern Ireland.

17 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many potholes there are in England, how many were filled last year, and how she is performing against her commitment to fill one million additional potholes every year of this Parliament.

16 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Childbirth: Databases

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answers of 16 June to Questions 1233 and 1236, if he will take steps to make the recording of SNOMED codes mandatory across all births.

16 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Disinformation

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps she is taking to counter misinformation being spread globally by a) Russia, b) Iran and c) Afghanistan; and whether she plans to take further such steps.

16 Jun 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office: Afghanistan

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what visits have taken place to Afghanistan by Ministers in her Department since 4 July 2024.

Source: official written-questions record.