Written questions
698 written questions tabled, most recent first.
16 Dec 2024 · Department for Transport
Passenger Transport Executives
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will publish guidance on the process for establishing passenger transport executives.
16 Dec 2024 · Department for Transport
Buses: Exhaust Emissions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding her Department provided for retrofitting buses to reduce emissions under (a) the Clean Vehicle Retrofit Accreditation Scheme and (b) other relevant schemes in 2024.
16 Dec 2024 · Department for Transport
Euston Station: Passengers
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 October 2024 to Question 6923 on Euston Station: Passengers, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of progress in the implementation of crowd management improvemen
9 Dec 2024 · Department for Transport
Driving Tests
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many DVSA delegated driving examiner training slots are scheduled for 2025.
2 Dec 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022
To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, when he plans to implement sections (a) 61 to 65, (b) 67 (c) 70 to 74 and (d) other remaining provisions of the Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022.
2 Dec 2024 · Home Office
Action Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of enquiries to Action Fraud were taken up in the latest period for which data is available.
2 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Fishing Catches
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to introduce a timebound legal duty to end overfishing in UK waters.
2 Dec 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
Local Government: Parking
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing local authorities to use automatic number plate recognition for car park management.
2 Dec 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Flood Control: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to page 79 of the Autumn Budget 2024, HC 295, published on 30 October 2024, which regions will receive funding from the £2.4 billion allocated to the building of flood d
2 Dec 2024 · Department for Transport
Public Transport: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make a comparative estimate of the cost per mile of new (a) busways, (b) ultra light rail and (c) conventional train systems.
2 Dec 2024 · Department for Transport
Train Operating Companies: Nationalisation
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the oral statement entitled Rail Performance of 11 November 2024, Official Report, column 517, when she plans to issue a private train operating company with three months' notice that it will
2 Dec 2024 · Department for Transport
Rolling Stock: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her planned timetable is to publish her Department's strategy on rolling stock procurement.
2 Dec 2024 · Department for Transport
Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Driving Tests
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average waiting time was in weeks for a Driver Certificate of Professional Competence part 3b test in (a) England, (b) Central Bedfordshire and (c) each driving centre in November (i) 2024 and (ii) 202
2 Dec 2024 · Department for Transport
Community Railways Initiative: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her Department’s policy is on funding for Community Rail Partnerships, in the context of the Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Act 2024.
2 Dec 2024 · Department for Transport
Motor Vehicles: Carbon Emissions
What discussions she has had with car manufacturers on progress towards achieving the zero emission vehicle mandate for cars by 2030.
25 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Achalasia: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of amending the Rare Diseases Framework to include provisions for improving patient-centred care pathways for Achalasia.
25 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Coronavirus and Influenza: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to promote the uptake of (a) Covid-19 and (b) flu vaccinations in the Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes ICB area.
25 Nov 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care
Accident and Emergency Departments: Injuries
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what data his Department holds on the number of A&E visits resulting from animal bites.
25 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Pest Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to promote (a) safer and (b) environmentally friendly pest control alternatives to rodenticide for (i) residential and (ii) commercial use.
25 Nov 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Wildlife: Rodenticides
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to enhance monitoring of wildlife exposure to (a) rodenticides and (b) other toxic substances; and whether he plans to allocate additional resources
25 Nov 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions
Rodenticides: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department is taking steps to strengthen restrictions on the use of rodenticides in order to reduce exposure to non-target wildlife.
25 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport
Parking Offences: Fines
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data her Department has on increases in penalty charge notice fees for parking compared to fines for other traffic contraventions.
25 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport
Road Traffic Offences: Fines
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data her Department holds on penalty charge notice rates for different offences, broken down by (a) year and (b) location.
25 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport
Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of planning regulations on the installation of electric vehicle charge points.
25 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport
Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will take steps to reduce the cost of electric vehicle public charging.
25 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport
Buses: Driving
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of removing the requirement to hold a provisional bus, coach or HGV licence to undertake the theory and off-road modules of the Driver Certificate of Profess
25 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport
Buses and Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of removing the 50km restriction for 18- to 20-year-old bus and coach drivers on a regular service.
25 Nov 2024 · Department for Education
Bus Services: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make it her policy to allow local leaders to use Skills Bootcamp funding to support training for coach drivers.
22 Nov 2024 · Home Office
Fire and Rescue Services: Floods
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many flooding incidents the fire and rescue services have responded to in England in each year since 2010.
20 Nov 2024 · Department for Transport
Bus Services: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will publish the formula used to determine the final allocations for bus service improvement plan funding for local transport authorities for 2025-26.
Source: official written-questions record.