Written questions
440 written questions tabled, most recent first.
6 Nov 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
Geothermal Power: Heating
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, when the Government plans to publish its findings from research into the potential costs of geothermal heat in the UK.
4 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport
High Speed 2 Line: Euston Station
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate she has made of the total cost to the public purse of extending HS2 from Old Oak Common to Euston Station.
23 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport
Railways: Electrification
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to increase the speed of rail electrification.
23 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport
Roads: Freight
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 October 2024 to Question 8568 on Roads: Freight, what steps her Department is taking to support road haulage businesses.
23 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport
Railways: Freight
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps Shadow Great British Railways is taking to increase the volume of goods moved by rail.
23 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport
Mode Shift Revenue Support Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will provide additional funding for the Mode Shift Revenue Support scheme.
23 Oct 2024 · Ministry of Justice
Criminal Records
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, with reference to the guidance by her Department entitled Disclosing your criminal record, published on 28 October 2023, on what evidential basis the guidance says that one in four people of working age have a cr
14 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport
Network Rail: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much and what proportion of the Control Period 7 funding settlement remains available to Network Rail; and if she will take steps to ensure that total funding level remains the same for the next financial y
8 Oct 2024 · Department for Transport
Railways: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what Network Rail’s year one projected spend profile is under the regulatory Control Period 7 funding settlement.
4 Oct 2024 · Treasury
Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will adjust the method of assessment for vehicle excise duty rates in the next fiscal year.
4 Oct 2024 · Treasury
Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has received representations on an increase to the standard rate of vehicle excise duty in the next fiscal year.
4 Oct 2024 · Treasury
Air Passenger Duty
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will increase domestic aviation duty.
4 Oct 2024 · Treasury
Air Passenger Duty
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will re-band aviation duty.
4 Oct 2024 · Treasury
Valuation Office Agency
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what data her Department holds on the (a) number of applications for valuations of any type by the District Valuer that took longer than (i) three, (ii) six and (iii) 12 months to be completed from the point of appl
5 Sep 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
National Landscapes: Planning
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on the potential impact of planning reforms on areas of outstanding natura
3 Sep 2024 · Department for Transport
London North Eastern Railway: Industrial Disputes
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the terms of the agreement were with the Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen that led to industrial action being called off at London North Eastern Railway.
30 Aug 2024 · Department for Transport
Railways: Conditions of Employment and Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she plans to take to tackle (a) variances in employment terms and conditions and (b) the introduction of technological innovations in the rail sector.
30 Aug 2024 · Treasury
Railways: Nationalisation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of public ownership of the railways on Government debt in the (a) short and (b) medium term.
30 Aug 2024 · Department for Transport
Railways: Timetables
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how timetable adjustments will be managed (a) during and (b) after the transition of operations into public ownership.
30 Aug 2024 · Department for Transport
Railways
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she plans to take to support open access operators.
30 Aug 2024 · Department for Transport
Railways: Nationalisation
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to set specific performance targets for the nationalisation of the railways.
30 Aug 2024 · Department for Transport
High Speed 2 Line: Euston Station
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish her Department's detailed plans for the extension of HS2 to Euston.
30 Aug 2024 · Department for Transport
East Midlands Railway and West Midlands Trains: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to fund (a) rail infrastructure and (b) fleet modernisation projects at (i) East Midlands Railway and (ii) West Midlands Trains (A) during and (B) following their potential transition to publi
30 Jul 2024 · Department for Transport
Railways: Nationalisation
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how she plans to manage the capacity of DfT OLR Holdings Limited to absorb additional rail franchises; and what steps she is taking to expand its capabilities.
30 Jul 2024 · Department for Transport
Railways: Nationalisation
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help (a) maintain and (b) improve the operational performance of (i) Greater Anglia and (ii) other private rail operators during the transition to public ownership.
30 Jul 2024 · Department for Transport
Railways: Nationalisation
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she plans to take to ensure that there is a smooth transition from private to public rail operators.
30 Jul 2024 · Department for Transport
Railways: Nationalisation
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether any rail operators will be brought into public ownership before their contract expires.
30 Jul 2024 · Department for Transport
Railways: North of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress her Department has made on (a) strategic rail projects in the north of England and (b) Northern Powerhouse Rail.
30 Jul 2024 · Department for Transport
Transport
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to ensure engagement with (a) the public and (b) campaign groups on decisions on transportation projects that have been (i) halted or (ii) altered due to the cancellation of the Restoring
30 Jul 2024 · Department for Transport
Restoring Your Railway Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help mitigate the impact of the cancellation of the Restoring Your Railway programme on (a) regional connectivity and (b) economic development.
Source: official written-questions record.