Written questions

1,018 written questions tabled, most recent first.

15 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

Large Goods Vehicles: Electric Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2026 to Question 15001 on Large Goods Vehicles: Electric Vehicles, whether the "further details" to be published alongside the next consultation on Heavy Goods Vehicle regulati

15 Jul 2026 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

Government Departments: Overseas Workers

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2026 to Question 13240, how many overseas posts are currently classified as qualifying hardship posts for the purpose of additional journeys

15 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes and Tobacco

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the speech made by Baroness Merron on 3 March 2026 on vape tank capacity limits, Official Report, House of Lords, column 1217, when he plans to consult on such limits; and what di

14 Jul 2026 · Department of Health and Social Care

Electronic Cigarettes and Tobacco: Retail Trade

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the speech by Baroness Merron on 3 March 2026 on the proposed retail licensing scheme for tobacco, vaping and nicotine products, Official Report, House of Lords, columns 1169 to 1

13 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

Rolling Stock

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what factors are preventing the acceptance and entry into passenger service of the Class 810 fleet.

13 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

Aviation: Biofuels

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate has been made of the level of buy-out under the sustainable aviation fuel Mandate that would prompt a review of the trajectory of the advanced fuel and power-to-liquid sub-mandates.

13 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

Network Rail: Nature Conservation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what protected species licensing requirements Network Rail is required to comply with when undertaking (a) maintenance and (b) enhancement projects on the railway network.

13 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

Heathrow Airport: Fees and Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of Heathrow Airport expansion on passenger charges under the existing economic regulatory model.

13 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

Trains: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many knife-enabled crimes were recorded by the British Transport Police as having occurred on board trains in each of the last 30 years.

13 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

Driving under Influence

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the use of roadside evidential drug testing devices in other countries; and whether she plans to introduce comparable technology in England a

13 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

Driving under Influence

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with the Home Office on the introduction of roadside evidential drug testing devices for drug driving offences since 4 July 2024.

13 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

Driving Under Influence

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average time was between (a) a roadside drug test, (b) the taking of an evidential sample, (c) receipt of toxicology results and (d) the first court hearing for drug driving cases in the latest period

13 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

Driving Under Influence: Reoffenders

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the number of people arrested or charged for a drug driving offence who were subsequently arrested for a further alleged drug driving offence before the conclusion of the original

7 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

Maritime and Coastguard Agency: British Overseas Territories

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether any monitoring visit to a British Overseas Territory since 4 July 2024 identified non-compliance with maritime safety or security requirements; and what follow-up action was taken in each case.

7 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the failure-to-attend rate for practical car driving tests was in (a) April 2026, (b) May 2026 and (c) June 2026.

7 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many full-time equivalent driving examiners recruited by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) were (a) in post and (b) delivering practical car driving tests in June 2026.

7 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average waiting time for a practical car driving test was in June 2026.

7 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving examiners started to practice in June 2026.

7 Jul 2026 · Home Office

Police: Freedom of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what safeguards are in place to ensure that Freedom of Information requests made to police bodies are considered on the basis of the information requested rather than the identity of the applicant.

6 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

Car Sharing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential implications of recent developments in the peer-to-peer car sharing market, including the withdrawal of Zipcar from the UK, for the future of the sector; and whethe

6 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

Car Sharing

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of (a) regulation and (b) insurance on the development of the peer-to-peer car sharing sector.

6 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

Buses: Driving Licences

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 2 July 2026 to Question 13942, what estimate she has made of the average cost to an individual of maintaining licences and certifications required to drive a (i) bus and (ii) coach com

6 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

Active Travel: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the press release entitled Cycling and walking boom with £4.5 billion for thousands of new routes and safer crossings, of 12 June 2026, how much funding has been allocated in each financial ye

6 Jul 2026 · Home Office

Aviation: Northern Ireland

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with her US counterpart on allowing airports in Northern Ireland whose departing travellers fly to the United States to clear immigration in US airports as domestic fli

6 Jul 2026 · Treasury

Electric Vehicles: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of calculating benefit-in-kind tax on used electric company vehicles using original P11D list prices on (a) demand in the used electric vehicle market and (b) bus

6 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

HM Coastguard

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 29 June 2026 to Question 12027 on HM Coastguard, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of amending legislation to facilitate continued allowances for the Coastguard Rescu

6 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

South West Main Line

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many scheduled passenger train services South Western Railway operated in the 12 months ending (a) 25 May 2025 and (b) the latest 12-month period for which data is available.

3 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

Members: Correspondence

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 22 May 2026 to Question 382 on Members: Correspondence, for what reason did Network Rail not write to the Rt. Hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay by the end of May; and when

3 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

Network Rail: Biodiversity

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2026 to Question 13067 on Network Rail: Biodiversity, how many protected species licences have been applied for (a) by and (b) on behalf of Network Rail in each of the last fiv

3 Jul 2026 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Cycleways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which organisations and individuals were consulted during the preparation of the statutory guidance on floating bus stops published on 26 January 2026.

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