Written questions
545 written questions tabled, most recent first.
9 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport
Trams: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 18 of the report by Britain Remade entitled Back on Track: How To Build New Trams in The UK and Get Britain Moving, published in August 2024, on updating the Highway Authorities and Utili
9 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport
Trams: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 18 of the report by Britain Remade entitled Back on Track: How To Build New Trams in The UK and Get Britain Moving, published in August 2024, on updating the Highway Authorities and Utili
9 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport
Trams: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the findings on p.18 of the report by Britain Remade entitled Back on Track: How To Build New Trams in The UK and Get Britain Mov
9 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport
Trams: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference page 15 of Britain Remade's report entitled Back on Track: How To Build New Trams in The UK and Get Britain Moving, published in August 2024, whether she plans to devolve the Transport and Works
9 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport
Trams: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the findings on page 14 of the report by Britain Remade entitled Back on Track: How to Build New Trams in the UK and Get Britain Moving, published in August 2024, whether she has considered th
9 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport
Rapid Transit Systems and Trams: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 14 of the report by Britain Remade entitled Back on Track: How To Build New Trams in The UK and Get Britain Moving, published in August 2024, what assessment she has made creating a speci
6 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport
Bus Services: Concessions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the restrictions on concessionary bus pass use on weekdays before 9:30am on (a) older and (b) disabled people accessing (i) medical appointments and (ii)
6 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport
Bus Services: Concessions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with local authorities on enabling earlier start times for concessionary bus pass use in areas where early-morning access to healthcare is limited.
6 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport
Travel: Concessions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the cost of allowing (a) older and (b) disabled bus pass holders to travel before 9:30am on weekdays under the English national concessionary travel scheme.
6 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport
Travel: Concessions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of expanding the statutory English National Concessionary Travel Scheme to include young people aged 18 to 21 in (a) full-time education and (b) low-paid emp
6 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport
Bus Services: Concessions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of reviewing the eligibility age for concessionary bus travel.
6 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport
Bus Services: Concessions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of extending free bus pass eligibility to (a) unpaid carers and (b) low income workers on those groups.
5 Jun 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Leisure: Facilities
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to introduce a national strategy for (a) community leisure provision and (b) swimming facilities.
5 Jun 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Swimming: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she plans to extend funding for (a) free and (b) subsidised swimming for children from low-income families.
5 Jun 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Leisure Centres and Swimming Pools: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions she has had with local authorities on funding for (a) leisure and (b) swimming facilities.
5 Jun 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Swimming Pools: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the level of financial support available for publicly-funded swimming pools.
5 Jun 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Swimming Pools: Closures
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her polices of trends in levels publicly-funded swimming pool closures since 2019.
5 Jun 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Leisure: Facilities
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to support councils in upgrading aging (a) swimming and (b) leisure facilities.
5 Jun 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Swimming Pools: Closures
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of swimming pool closures on the ability of children to meet national curriculum standards for swimming by age 11.
5 Jun 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Leisure Centres and Swimming Pools
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether she has considered making (a) swimming pool provision and (b) other leisure provision a statutory duty for local authorities.
5 Jun 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Swimming: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps is she taking to increase access to affordable swimming lessons.
5 Jun 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Swimming Pools: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to help support councils to upgrade public swimming facilities.
5 Jun 2025 · Department for Education
Classroom Assistants: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether funding allocations through the National Funding Formula will allow headteachers to maintain levels of teaching assistant support.
5 Jun 2025 · Department for Education
Classroom Assistants: Labour Turnover and Incentives
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing (a) retention bonuses and (b) bursaries for teaching assistants.
5 Jun 2025 · Department for Education
Classroom Assistants: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she plans to introduce a national pay framework for teaching assistants.
5 Jun 2025 · Department for Education
Classroom Assistants: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to standardise access to high-quality (a) training and (b) continuing professional development for teaching assistants.
5 Jun 2025 · Department for Education
Classroom Assistants: Resignations
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many teaching assistants have left the profession in the last year; and what estimate her Department has made of the cost to schools of this turnover.
5 Jun 2025 · Department for Education
Classroom Assistants: Recruitment and Labour Turnover
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the level of (a) recruitment and (b) retention of teaching assistants since 2020.
5 Jun 2025 · Department for Education
Classroom Assistants: Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of (a) pay freezes and (b) real-terms wage reductions on the teaching assistant workforce.
5 Jun 2025 · Department for Education
Special Educational Needs: Classroom Assistants
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to improve the retention of teaching assistants who support children with SEND.
Source: official written-questions record.