Written questions

1,840 written questions tabled, most recent first.

1 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Newton Abbot

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with South Western Railway on extending London Waterloo Services past Exeter St Davids to Newton Abbot.

1 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Tickets

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to introduce a contactless payment system for commuter rail services in Devon.

1 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport

Diesel

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of funding research into the use of Diethyl Ether fuel.

1 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 1 April 2025 to Question 41578 on Nurses: Training, if he will take steps to increase the number of nursing positions in Devon.

1 Apr 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Public Houses: Devon

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to help support pubs in Devon.

1 Apr 2025 · Treasury

Digital Services Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will take steps to ensure the digital service tax is not repealed.

1 Apr 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether she has plans to repeal part 1, Schedule 13 of the Elections Act 2022.

31 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to enable disabled bus pass users to use their passes at peak times.

31 Mar 2025 · Department for Work and Pensions

Means-tested Benefits: Take-up

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps her Department is taking to increase the take up of means-tested benefits among households with children in poverty.

31 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Animal Experiments: Dogs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information his Department holds on the number of 16-week old puppies brought into the UK for animal testing purposes in the latest period for which data is available.

27 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Digital Services Tax

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department plans to end the digital services tax.

27 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

South West Water

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if his Department will take steps to review its policy on the private ownership model of South West Water.

27 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

South West Water: Water Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will take steps to reintroduce the Government's £50 reduction for customers of South West Water.

27 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Refugees: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to grant Ukraine Scheme visa holders the right to settled status after five years.

27 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Refugees: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to grant an automatic extension of 18 months to all Ukraine Scheme visas.

27 Mar 2025 · Home Office

Refugees: Ukraine

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how long visa terms for the Ukraine Permission Extension Scheme are.

27 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Driving Licences

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many current driving licences that entitle the holder to drive category (a) B and (b) D1 vehicles were issued (a) before and (b) on or after 1 January 1997.

27 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of tests for (a) D1 and (b) B category licenses resulted in a (i) pass and (ii) fail in each of the last five years.

27 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Community Transport: Driving Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the oral answer to the hon. Member for Newton Abbot of 27 March 2025, what the evidential basis is for the statement by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport that up to 30%

27 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Great Western Railway

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of changes proposed by Great Western Railway on (a) ticket offices and (b) station staffing.

27 Mar 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Gambling: Advertising

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will take steps to (a) strengthen and (b) enforce regulations on gambling advertising.

26 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Newton Abbot

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with Crosscountry trains on increasing capacity on rail routes in Newton Abbot constituency.

26 Mar 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Newton Abbot

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy that the existing level of funding for Education and Health Care Plans will be provided in Newton Abbot constituency in 2025-26.

26 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Parkinson's Disease

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of implementing the Parkinson's UK Parky Charter.

26 Mar 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Warm Homes Plan

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, if he will take steps to provide adequate funding for the warm homes local grant.

26 Mar 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Nurses: Training

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number and proportion of nurses on a bursary unable to find nursing jobs after graduating.

26 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Newton Abbot

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of re-opening the railway line between Heathfield and Newton Abbot.

26 Mar 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Dogs: Animal Welfare

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to make importing dogs with cropped ears illegal.

26 Mar 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Elections

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of using the Single Transferrable Vote system in English local elections.

26 Mar 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with religious leaders on the Listed Places of Worship Grant scheme.

Source: official written-questions record.