Written questions

Joe Robertson

1,018 written questions tabled, most recent first.

5 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Driving: Eyesight

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the optical sector on (a) proposals to modernise driver vision testing and (b) any other proposals to strengthen road safety standards.

5 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Driving: Eyesight

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help support public awareness of the Don’t Swerve a Sight Test campaign.

5 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Driving: Older People

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of increasing the number of vision checks required for drivers aged over 70 on road safety.

4 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Taxis: CCTV

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to require in-vehicle CCTV in licensed taxis and private hire vehicles.

3 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests: Waiting Lists

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will provide, for each driving test centre in Great Britain, the car practical driving test waiting time in weeks in January 2026.

3 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Driving Licences

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average processing time was for driving licence applications in December 2025.

3 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Bus Services: Drivers

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her proposed timeline is for publishing her Department's response to the consultation and evidence-gathering exercise on removing the 50km restriction for 18 to 20-year-old bus and coach drivers.

3 Feb 2026 · Treasury

Air Passenger Duty: Regional Airports

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the impact of Air Passenger Duty on domestic air routes and regional airport connectivity in the UK, compared with the approach taken by other European countries to support

3 Feb 2026 · Department for Transport

Regional Airports: Taxation

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the extent to which business rates relief and other fiscal support provided to Heathrow and Gatwick is available to regional airports; and what steps she is taking to

2 Feb 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Electricity: Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, whether he has made a recent assessment of the eligibility of tenants who purchase electricity via landlord-supplied prepayment card systems for support under the Warm Home Discount Scheme.

29 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport

Ports: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many ports have operational shore power infrastructure capable of supporting zero-emission operations; and how this compares with the number of ports affected by the inclusion of emissions at berth in the U

29 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport

Shipping: UK Emissions Trading Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to review the UK Emissions Trading Scheme once the International Maritime Organisation rules come into force.

29 Jan 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Shipping

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps his Department is taking to align UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) maritime rules with the EU ETS to help (a) prevent (i) carbon leakage and (ii) port avoidance and (b) maintain c

29 Jan 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Shipping

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, how much revenue his Department expects to raise annually from the inclusion of domestic maritime in the UK Emissions Trading Scheme; and what proportion of that revenue will be recycled into

28 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport

Buses: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the scope within current procurement and trade obligations for contracting authorities to weight social value criteria to support UK jobs and supply chains in pub

28 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport

Buses: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the average social value weighting applied by contracting authorities in procurements of new buses supported by Government funding schemes in each of the last five years

28 Jan 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Shipping

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of including domestic maritime within the UK Emissions Trading Scheme on the competitiveness of UK ports and shipping operators

28 Jan 2026 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

UK Emissions Trading Scheme: Shipping

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of expanding the UK Emissions Trading Scheme to maritime on shipping and ferry services serving British Overseas Territories; w

28 Jan 2026 · Treasury

Electric Vehicles: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, under the proposed pay-per-mile road charging scheme, whether mileage accrued by UK-registered vehicles while driving in the Republic of Ireland would be subject to UK charges; and whether mileage accrued by Republi

28 Jan 2026 · Treasury

Holiday Accommodation: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of recent rateable value increases on small accommodation providers, including the impact on business viability and local tourism-dependent economies.

28 Jan 2026 · Treasury

Holiday Accommodation: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what factors the Valuation Office Agency takes into consideration in (a) coastal and (b) tourism-dependent areas when setting rateable values for self-catering accommodation.

28 Jan 2026 · Treasury

Holiday Accommodation: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the methodology used by the Valuation Office Agency to calculate recent rateable value increases for self-catering accommodation.

28 Jan 2026 · Department for Education

Students: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of applying an interest rate of RPI plus 3% to Plan 2 student loans for graduates earning over £50,270 on the disposable income of those graduates.

26 Jan 2026 · Treasury

Pharmacy: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether HM Treasury has conducted or commissioned an impact assessment on how the April 2026 business rates increase may affect the financial sustainability of community pharmacies.

26 Jan 2026 · Treasury

Pharmacy: Business Rates

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the planned April 2026 business rates increase on community pharmacies.