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.