Written questions
485 written questions tabled, most recent first.
7 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport
Department for Transport: Public Relations
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 26 June 2026 to Question 10561 on Department for Transport: Public Relations, which PR firms have been hired since July 2024; on what campaigns and topics; and at what cost.
7 Jul 2026 · Treasury
Motor Vehicles: Car Allowances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Treasury has considered calculating benefit-in-kind tax on used company vehicles by reference to their market value rather than their original P11D list price.
7 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport
Aviation: Anti-social Behaviour
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2026 to Question 13039 on Aviation: Antisocial Behaviour, whether her Department holds information on the number of passengers who have been (a) refused carriage and (b) banned
29 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Visas: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of long term visa applications subject to a minimum service standard were decided within the relevant service standard by visa category since 1 January 2025.
26 Jun 2026 · Treasury
Electric Vehicles: Excise Duties
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 16 June 2026 to Question 7617 on Electric Vehicles: Excise Duties, when the Government expects to publish its response to the Consultation on the Introduction of Electric Vehicle Excise Dut
26 Jun 2026 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Planning: Public Consultation
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when she expects to publish the Government's response to the consultation on the proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework and other changes to the planning syst
26 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport
Network Rail: Assets
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 24 March 2026 to Question 121192 on Network Rail: Assets, when Network Rail's next Delivery Plan update is expected to be published.
26 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport
Railways
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2026 to Question 4598 on Great British Railways, if she will list examples of current open access passenger rail services that her Department considers genuinely add value that
25 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport
National Highways: Expenditure
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2026 to Question 5451 on National Highways: Expenditure, how much of the expenditure on National Highways' in-house external affairs function since 4 July 2024 was spent on (a)
24 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport
Railways: Fares
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much her Department and its arm's-length bodies have spent on (a) advertising, (b) marketing, (c) external public relations and (d) other communications activity on their announcement regarding regulated ra
24 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport
Large Goods Vehicles: Electric Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2026 to Question 8651 on Large Goods Vehicles: Electric Vehicles, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of charging requirements on (a) daily vehicle
23 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport
South West Main Line: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of South Western Railway services arrived on time in (a) the final full year before transfer into public ownership and (b) the most recent year for which data is available.
23 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport
Road Traffic Offences: Fixed Penalties and Prosecutions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many fixed penalty notices and prosecutions were issued for road traffic offences in England and Wales in each year since 2010, broken down by offence category.
23 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport
Road Traffic Offences: Mobile Phones
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many drivers received six penalty points for using a hand-held mobile telephone while driving in each of the last five years.
23 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport
Aviation: Alternative Fuels
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2026 to Question 9696 on the Low Carbon Fuels Fund, what estimate the Department has made of the amount of private sector investment that will be leveraged by the £219 million
23 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport
Active Travel
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of active travel schemes funded since 2020 have had their Outline and Full Business Cases published in full.
23 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport
Active Travel
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether Active Travel England requires local authorities to reconcile differences between published promotional material and baseline traffic counts contained within Outline and Full Business Cases.
23 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport
Active Travel: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department requires independent verification of baseline cycling and pedestrian counts used to support applications for Active Travel England funding.
23 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport
Railway Stations: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what lessons learned reviews have been undertaken by her Department into delayed railway station construction projects since 2020.
22 Jun 2026 · Department for Business and Trade
Motor Vehicles: Software
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the long-term competitiveness of the UK automotive industry in the context of increasing reliance on software-defined vehicle technologies.
22 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport
Liverpool Street Station
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate has been made of the total funding gap associated with the Liverpool Street Station redevelopment scheme.
22 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport
Liverpool Street Station
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact on the Liverpool Street Station redevelopment scheme of changes in senior leadership at Platform4 and Network Rail Property since January 2025.
22 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport
High Speed 2 Line: Tunnels
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the HS2 six-monthly report to Parliament published in May 2026, what lessons learned and innovative construction methods were deployed in the completion of the north portal structure at the Ch
22 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport
Airspace
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff are assigned to delivery of the Lower Airspace Concept programme.
22 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport
Airspace
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the amount of fuel burn resulting from the time taken for Free Route Airspace implementation.
22 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport
Driving Tests: Lincoln
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the impact on learner drivers of average practical driving test waiting times at Lincoln Driving Test Centre; and what steps she is taking to reduce waiting times and increase te
22 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport
Train Operating Companies: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June to Question 9171, whether the £65.5 million difference between the forecast and actual reduction in Support for Passenger Rail Services in 2025-26 was attributable to (a) lower
19 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport
Driving Tests
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what offence is committed by a person who books, amends, cancels or swaps a driving test on behalf of another person; under which statutory provision is that offence created; and what the maximum penalty is upo
19 Jun 2026 · Department for Transport
Driving Tests
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many full-time equivalent driving examiners recruited by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) were (a) in post and (b) delivering practical car driving tests in May 2026.
18 Jun 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care
Medical Equipment: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what specific steps he is taking to ensure that the new value-based procurement assessment methodology published by the Department’s Medical Technology and Innovation Directorate is adopted and imp
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