Written questions
698 written questions tabled, most recent first.
13 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport
Buses: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Public Service Vehicle operator licences were issued in each of the last five years for which data is available.
13 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport
Bus Services: Timetables
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of removing (a) home-to-school and (b) home-to-work transport from the registration of local services requirements of the Bus Open Data Service.
13 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport
Bus Services: Timetables
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the roll out of the Bus Open Data Service.
6 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Influenza
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of influenza cases in hospitals in the last 12 months.
6 Jan 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Tourism: Buses
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the level of contribution of coaches to the tourism industry.
6 Jan 2025 · Department for Education
Schools: Educational Visits
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department holds data on the number of coaches booked by schools for (a) cultural and (b) sports trips in (i) 2024 to date and (ii) the last five years.
6 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport
Buses: Registration
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many coaches were registered by the Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain in (a) 2024 to date and (b) each of the last five years.
6 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what criteria he uses for defining whether an area is a dental desert; and in what areas dentistry graduates will receive golden hellos.
6 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Dental Services: East of England
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many of the planned additional 700,000 urgent dental appointments a year will be in (a) Bedfordshire and (b) the East of England.
19 Dec 2024 · House of Commons Commission
Parliamentary Estate: Cosmetics and Soaps
To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, how many and what proportion of soaps and other skincare products used on the parliamentary estate are cruelty free certified.
19 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Post Offices
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what discussions his Department has had with the Post Office on the number of expressions of interest for remaining directly-managed Crown Post Office branches.
19 Dec 2024 · Department for Transport
Bus Service Operators Grant: Reform
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero on reforms to the Bus Service Operators Grant.
18 Dec 2024 · Home Office
Crimes of Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of trends in the level of violent crime during heatwaves in 2024.
18 Dec 2024 · Department for Education
Students: Assessments
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will commission research on the potential impact of room temperature during examinations on student performance.
18 Dec 2024 · Department for Business and Trade
Supply Chains: Refrigeration
To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to support the cold chain sector with (a) resilience and (b) preparedness for potential disruption as a result of (i) heat waves, (ii) power loss and (iii) cyberatta
18 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Neurodiversity: Schools
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Education on neurodiversity-affirmative approaches in schools.
18 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health Services: Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his planned timetable is for recruiting 8,500 additional mental health workers.
18 Dec 2024 · Department for Transport
Bus Services: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department issues guidance to local authorities on running good-quality bus stops.
18 Dec 2024 · Department for Transport
British Transport Police: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of funding for British Transport Police.
18 Dec 2024 · Department for Transport
Network Rail: Railway Stations
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with Shadow Great British Railways on future management of the 20 railway stations directly managed by Network Rail.
18 Dec 2024 · Department for Transport
Bus Services: Company Liquidations
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an estimate of recent trends in the number of coach companies that have ceased trading.
18 Dec 2024 · Women and Equalities
Equality: Public Sector
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what her planned timetable is for updating her Department's guidance entitled Public Sector Equality Duty: guidance for public authorities, last updated on 18 December 2023.
18 Dec 2024 · Department for Transport
Transport
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which areas has her Department provided additional funding for to develop Mobility as a Service apps; and what the potential cost to the public purse is of this work.
16 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Mental Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many (a) mental health and (b) dementia related hospital admissions took place during heatwaves in 2024.
16 Dec 2024 · Department for Education
Education: Weather
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many hours of teaching were lost as a result of (a) extreme heat and (b) flooding in 2024.
16 Dec 2024 · Cabinet Office
Working Hours: Floods and Temperature
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make an estimate of the number of working hours lost as a result of (a) extreme heat and (b) flooding in 2024.
16 Dec 2024 · Department for Transport
Railways: Mobile Broadband
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether there will be a minimum service requirement for broadband on train services under Great British Railways.
16 Dec 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Ophthalmic Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent steps his Department is taking to improve the availability of (a) eye clinic appointments and (b) hospital eye services.
16 Dec 2024 · Department for Transport
Bus Services: ICT
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data her Department holds on how many and what proportion of buses have onboard connections for electronic devices in England.
16 Dec 2024 · Department for Transport
Bus Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle changes in average bus speeds.
Source: official written-questions record.