Written questions

698 written questions tabled, most recent first.

3 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will bring forward a bus workforce strategy.

3 Mar 2025 · Treasury

Travel: Tax Allowances

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of Oversea Scale Rates on UK long-haul airline crew and other employees who rely on these allowances for subsistence costs.

3 Mar 2025 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Timetables

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2025 to Question 23556 on Bus Services: Timetables, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of expanding the definition of privately organised trip

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Active Travel: Recreation Spaces

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to create active travel routes (a) to and (b) through green spaces.

21 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Emergency Services and Immigration Controls: Trade Unions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to facilitate engagement with trade unions representing police, fire and border security staff.

21 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services and Social Services: Trade Unions

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to facilitate engagement with trade unions representing health and social care workers.

21 Feb 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Trade Unions

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to (a) protect and (b) support trade unions in (i) Bedfordshire, (ii) the East of England and (iii) the UK.

10 Feb 2025 · Home Office

Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answers of 21 January 2025 to Questions 23569 and 23568 on Animal Experiments, what steps she is taking to ensure that more (a) establishments are audited, (b) audits are unannounced a

10 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Unadopted Roads

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average time taken was for a local authority to adopt a road in each local authority in each of the last five years.

10 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Walking

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of increasing funding for active travel on national river walks.

10 Feb 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Conditions of Employment and Trade Unions

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps he is taking to help support (a) trade unions and (b) workers' rights through foreign policy.

6 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Active Travel: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of increasing the allocation of the transport budget in England for walking and cycling initiatives.

6 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the new government-backed train ticket website will include a search facility to help people affected by train delays find actual past (a) departure and (b) arrival times to support their claims under t

6 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2024 to Question 18740 on Driving Tests, whether the DVSA has developed a training schedule for organisations requiring delegated examiners in 2025.

6 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Mayors

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how the proposed statutory powers of Metro Mayors for rail services will operate under Great British Railways.

6 Feb 2025 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

5G: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, what assessment his Department has made of (a) the adequacy of the availability of land and property for new 5G infrastructure and (b) its impact on the UK telecoms market.

6 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Vacancies

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driver shortages have been reported by each rail company in the most recent period for which data is available.

6 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Patients: Travel

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of reviewing the polices on issuing Penalty Charge Notices for patient transport service vehicles.

6 Feb 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Rights of Way

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department plans to take to ensure local authorities have adequate resources to process the anticipated increase in claims following the 2031 cut-off date for recording

6 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Buses: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 24 January 2025 to Question 25028 on Buses: Sales, for what reason an end-of-sale date is not set for coaches.

6 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of existing regulations for demand responsive transport.

6 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Community Transport: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of existing regulations for community transport provision.

6 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Franchises

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of updating her Department's guidance for local transport authorities to require them to have an alternative dispute resolution when franchising servic

3 Feb 2025 · House of Commons Commission

Parliamentary Estate: Detergents

To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many and what proportion of cleaning products used on the parliamentary estate are cruelty free certified.

3 Feb 2025 · Treasury

Barclays: ICT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps she is taking to ensure people who could not pay their Self Assessment Tax because of the Barclays outage do not have to pay a fixed penalty.

3 Feb 2025 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of SEND provision in schools in (a) Bedfordshire and (b) the East of England.

3 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the widespread adoption of updated circulator pumps in the UK on energy savings.

3 Feb 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Energy: Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether his Department plans to include information on the benefits of updating circulator pumps in official energy efficiency guidance for consumers and businesses.

3 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the final evaluation report for the Rural Mobility Fund will include a conclusion on the optimum zone size for Demand-Responsive Transport services.

3 Feb 2025 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she expects the final evaluation report for the Rural Mobility Fund to be published.

Source: official written-questions record.