Written questions

1,018 written questions tabled, most recent first.

17 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Great British Railways: Staff

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff were moved from Great British Railways Transition Team to (a) Network Rail, (b) DfT Operator and (c) her Department following the disbandment of the Great British Railways Transition Team on Marc

17 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Great British Railways

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to establish Great British Railways, following the disbandment of the Great British Railways Transition Team in March 2025.

17 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Motorcycles: Convictions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 June 2025 to Question 57194 on Motorcycles: Convictions, on what date the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency plans to complete its scan of the driver database; and when the informa

16 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Motorcycles: Driving Licences

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data her Department holds on holders of provisional licences to ride AM category mopeds by (a) age and (b) country of birth of holder.

16 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Isle of Wight NHS Trust: Negligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many deaths involving the Isle of Wight NHS Trust required a serious incident investigation in each of the last five years; for each case, on what dates the investigation was (a) opened and (b)

16 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Roads: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many road-traffic fatalities were recorded by the Isle of Wight coroner in each of the last five years; for each case, on what dates a forensic collision investigator’s report was (a) commissioned and (b) com

15 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Driving: Disability

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what is the cost to the public purse of the higher-rate mobility component of the Personal Independence Payment for the (a) London Congestion Charge, (b) Ultra Low Emission Zone charge, (c) Dart Charge, (d) Bla

15 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Prisoners: Isle of Wight

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prison deaths were recorded by the Isle of Wight coroner in each of the last five years; on what dates the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman investigation was (a) opened and (b) completed for each of those

15 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Post-mortems: Isle of Wight

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information her Department holds on the number of post-mortem imaging scans that have been carried out in the Isle of Wight coroner area in each of the last five year; and in how many of those cases imaging

14 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Coroners: Isle of Wight

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information his Department holds on the number of deaths referred to the Isle of Wight coroner involved a Marine Accident Investigation Branch inquiry in each of the last five years; when each case was (a) o

14 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Coroners: Isle of Wight

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what information her Department holds on (a) levels of pathologists engaged by the Isle of Wight coroner and (b) how those appointments were made.

14 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Coroners: Isle of Wight

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps she is taking to increase the number of pathologists able to undertake coronial post-mortem examinations on the Isle of Wight.

11 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Animals in Science Regulation Unit

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to he Written Ministerial Statement on 14 October 2024, HCWS127, what progress she has made on reforming the Animals in Science Regulator to ensure that licence holders are compliant with the

11 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Animals in Science Regulation Unit: Inspections

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many inspectors are in post in the Animals in Science Regulation Unit.

7 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Equality

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Change NHS Blog entitled Ensuring the Plan represents everyone, published on 21 January 2025, which groups are classified as inclusion health groups.

7 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Health Services: Reorganisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, which (a) stakeholders, (b) NGOs and (c) interest groups took part in the Change NHS consultation.

7 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Litter: Codes of Practice

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, with reference to Information Commission's Office case reference IC-385446-V5T5, if he will place in the Library a copy of the responses to the consultation on the Code of Practice on

4 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Environment Agency on the (a) transparency of flood investigation reporting and (b) timeliness of the publication of its flood investigation report

4 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department monitors the time taken by the Environment Agency to (a) produce and (b) publish post-flood incident reports.

4 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions he has had with the Environment Agency on the time taken for flooding investigations to be completed.

4 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Environment Agency has a target timeframe for publishing flood investigation reports following significant flooding events.

4 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control: Ryde

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, when he expects the Environment Agency’s report into the flooding in Ryde in October 2023 to be (a) completed and (b) published.

4 Jul 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Flood Control: Ryde

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress the Environment Agency has made on its investigation into the flooding in Ryde in October 2023.

2 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Hospitality Industry and Tourism: Taxation

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative assessment she has made of the total effective tax payable by (a) the hospitality sector and (b) other sectors.

2 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Hospitality Industry and Tourism: VAT

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the standard 20% VAT rate on the international competitiveness of the (a) tourism and (b) hospitality sectors.

2 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Hospitality Industry: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if she will publish a distributional impact assessment of changes to national insurance contributions on (a) low and (b) middle income workers in the hospitality industry.

2 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Hospitality Industry: Employers' Contributions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the impact of changes to the employer National Insurance contributions on employment levels in the hospitality sector.

30 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Spiking

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of existing data collection systems in capturing the scale of spiking incidents in the UK.

30 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Spiking

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to improve data collection on the prevalence of spiking.

30 Jun 2025 · Home Office

Spiking

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the importance of understanding offender motivation as part of the Government's strategy to tackle spiking.

Source: official written-questions record.