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.