Written questions

1,018 written questions tabled, most recent first.

3 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Passengers

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many rail passenger journeys were made in Great Britain in (a) November 2025 and (b) each month since July 2024.

3 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the number of potholes filled by local authorities in England in (a) November 2025 and (b) each month since July 2024.

27 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Spirits: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of spirits duty on the viability of pub in coastal communities.

27 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Spirits: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of RPI-linked duty increases on consumer prices for spirits in pubs versus supermarkets.

27 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he plans to increase funding for community pharmacies; and whether there are plans for a long-term, inflation-linked funding settlement for the sector.

27 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Pharmacy

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of implementing the recommendations in the APPG on Pharmacy’s report entitled The Future of Community Pharmacy in England, published

26 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Smoking

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of banning cigarette filters on smoking prevalence.

25 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Spirits: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will conduct a review of the potential impact of spirits duty policy on the on-trade sector.

25 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Spirits: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment her Department has made on the potential impact of a complete spirits duty freeze for the on-trade on revenue.

25 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Spirits: National Income

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the contribution of on-trade sale of UK spirits to GDP.

25 Nov 2025 · Treasury

Spirits: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of spirits duty on the ability of pubs to compete with off-trade retailers.

24 Nov 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport

Tennis: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much funding her Department plans to provide to (a) tennis and (b) padel in each year until 2028.

24 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Transport: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's document entitled Transport for City Regions funding allocations, published on 4 June 2025, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of the (a) decarbonising

24 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 November 2025 to Question 85905 on Roads: Repairs and Maintenance, whether she plans to introduce a Live Labs 3 programme.

24 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Civil Liability

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the policy rationale is for clause 31(7) of the Railways Bill, which provides that the obligation to provide or secure the provision of designated railway passenger services does not give rise to civil lia

19 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Electric Vehicles: Grants

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Electric Car Grant criteria will change when the new science based targets come into place.

19 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Driving Tests

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of recruitment and retention challenges in the driving instructor and driving examiner workforce; and what steps she plans to take to raise entry standards, including English

19 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Driving Under Influence: Scotland

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 16 October 2025, to Question 77642, on Driving under Influence: Scotland, whether research has been commissioned or produced on the effect of drink driving limits on the economic viabi

19 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Driving under Influence: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 17 October 2025, to Question 77644, on THINK! Campaign, what is the budgeted spending on publicity on drug driving in (a) 2024-25 and (b) 2025-26, and whether such expenditure has been

19 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Restoring Your Railway Fund

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 27 October 2025, to Question 82997, on Restoring Your Railway Fund, how much central government money was written off as a consequence of the decision to cancel the fund.

19 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Kent County Council: Electric Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether changes are being made to the eligibility for central government funding for Kent County Council, in the context of plans not to switch its fleet of vehicles to electric vehicles.

19 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Driving under Influence

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, further to the press release, Red tape slashed to revamp high streets with new cafes and bars, of 26 July 2025, whether the Department for Transport has conducted or is planning to conduct a review of changes t

19 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his department will put in place constitutional standards for hospital discharges.

19 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospital Beds

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what support his department is making available for trusts to help reduce bed occupancy to the RCEM recommended level of 85% occupancy.

19 Nov 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Hospitals: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the latest report on Corridor Care from the APPG on Emergency Care, what plans his department has to tackle delayed discharges.

19 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Great British Railways: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of changes to staffing levels resulting from the establishment of Great British Railways.

19 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Great British Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what timetable has been set for the transfer of assets, staff and responsibilities from Network Rail to Great British Railways.

19 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Civil Proceedings: Legal Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to support the funding of third-party litigation in London.

19 Nov 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Competition: Civil Proceedings

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps he is taking to ensure the effectiveness of private enforcement in competition cases in the courts.

19 Nov 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Civil Proceedings: Legal Costs

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether he plans to introduce legislation to remedy the impact of the judgment in R (on the application of PACCAR Inc and others) (Appellants) v Competition Appeal Tribunal and others (Respondents) UKSC/2021/0078

Source: official written-questions record.