Written questions

698 written questions tabled, most recent first.

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Fares

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 26 July 2024 to Question 721 on Bus Services: Concessions, what her Department’s funding contribution was to Arriva The Shires Ltd under the £2 National Bus Fare Cap scheme?

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Transport

A5: Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential options for providing relief for the trunk A5 road through Hockliffe Village during the next road investment period.

30 Aug 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Social Rented Housing: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, If her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of capping tenant contributions to qualifying works set out in section 6 of the Service Charges (Consultation Re

30 Aug 2024 · Home Office

Animal Experiments

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will publish a list of animal tests replaced by non-animal methods since 2010.

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Transport

Public Transport: Safety Measures

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will make an assessment of the potential merits of pedal monitoring cameras on all new (a) buses, (b) trams, (c) coaches and (d) other forms of public transport.

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Vans

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles' report entitled Consultation outcome: driving licence flexibility for alternatively-fuelled vehicles, published on 10 October 2023, whether her Departmen

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Work and Pensions

Pension Credit

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number of pensioners that are (a) eligible and (b) not claiming Pension Credit by constituency.

30 Aug 2024 · Department for Education

Natural History: GCSE

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to introduce a Natural History GCSE in September 2025.

30 Aug 2024 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what data her Department holds on the (a) number of units of housing stock, (b) population and (c) area in square miles in each local planning authority area.

30 Jul 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of (a) Anglian Water and (b) all water companies in England in (i) identifying and (ii) removing barriers that prevent the connectivity

30 Jul 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Heat Batteries

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of using heat batteries for households who experience challenges in installing a heat pump.

30 Jul 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Broadband: Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if he will make an estimate of the proportion of households that have access to gigabit-capable broadband in Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard constituency.

30 Jul 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Olympic Games: Paris

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department will take to help build on the legacy of the Paris Olympics.

30 Jul 2024 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Sports: Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help improve the quality of sporting facilities in (a) Bedfordshire and (b) Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard constituency.

30 Jul 2024 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 266 July 2024 to Question 722 on Public Transport, which Local Transport Authorities (a) are using and (b) plan to use Bus Service Improvement Plan funding to fund Demand Responsive Tr

29 Jul 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Noise: Complaints

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a minimum complaints threshold for investigating noises that could be a statutory nuisance under th

29 Jul 2024 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 26 July 2024 to Question 722 on Public Transport, if her Department will list the Local Transport Authorities that are (a) using and (b) planning to use Bus Service Improvement Plan fu

29 Jul 2024 · Department for Transport

Railways: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to introduce an online search facility hosted by Great British Rail to help people affected by train delays find actual past (a) departure and (b) arrival times to support their c

29 Jul 2024 · Department for Transport

Railways: Compensation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was paid out to passengers by (a) West Midlands Trains and (b) all train operators as part of the Delay Repay scheme in each of the last 12 months for which data is available.

29 Jul 2024 · Treasury

Banking Hubs

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what criteria her Department plans to use to identify locations for banking hubs; and if she will set out a timetable for rolling out hubs in constituencies affected by branch closures.

26 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Leighton Buzzard

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will hold discussions with the Bedfordshire Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board on funding options for a health hub in Leighton Buzzard and Linslade.

24 Jul 2024 · Home Office

Shoplifting: Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the number of police hours spent on investigating shoplifting crimes in Bedfordshire in which the value of the goods taken was less than £200, in the latest period fo

24 Jul 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 bus drivers.

24 Jul 2024 · Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

Mobile Broadband: Houghton Regis

To ask the Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, if his Department will take steps to help improve the quality of mobile phone signal in (a) Houghton Regis and (b) Bidwell West.

24 Jul 2024 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency is taking to reduce waiting times for practical tests in Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard constituency.

22 Jul 2024 · Home Office

Animal Experiments: Cosmetics

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Written Statement of 17 May 2023 on Regulation Update, HCWS779, if she will make it her Department's policy to reinstate a full ban on the testing of cosmetic products on animals

18 Jul 2024 · Department for Transport

London Northwestern Railway

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of (a) the adequacy of services provided by London Northwestern Railway and (b) whether London Northwestern Railway is meeting its obligations set out in the West Midlands Tr

18 Jul 2024 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control: Central Bedfordshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce the risk of flooding in central Bedfordshire.

18 Jul 2024 · Department of Health and Social Care

Mental Health Services: Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to tackle waiting lists for mental health services in Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard constituency.

18 Jul 2024 · Department for Transport

Roads: Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the number and proportion of miles of roads in (a) Dunstable and (b) Leighton Buzzard that are in poor condition.

Source: official written-questions record.