Written questions

277 written questions tabled, most recent first.

10 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Electrification

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pu if she will list all reports and documents that train operators have (a) submitted to and (b) discussed with her Department on the reliability of battery (i) bi-mode, (ii) tri-mode, (iii) battery/electric hy

10 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Electrification

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2025 to Question 51730 on Railways: Electrification, if she will list all reports and documents that train operators have (a) submitted to and (b) discussed with her Department

10 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Electrification

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2025 to Question 51729 on Railways: Electrification, when she plans to publish the whole-life costs for (a) full and (b) partial electrification for all rolling stock traction t

10 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Railways: Concessions

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason 3-year Network Railcards have been discontinued.

10 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Yutong: Batteries and Buses

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had meetings with Yutong on the supply of (a) buses and (b) batteries to the UK.

10 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport

Yutong: Batteries and Buses

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the number of (a) buses and (b) batteries manufactured by Yutong that are supplied to bus companies operating in the UK.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Social Tariffs

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of a national social tariff.

29 Aug 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Water Charges

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what progress his Department has made on establishing a national social tariff for water consumers.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services: Negligence

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce concerns amongst NHS dental professionals about the cost of clinical negligence claims.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether NHS dental contract holders will be eligible for treatment at the Staff Treatment Hubs announced in the 10 Year Health Plan.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dental Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce workplace pressures on NHS dentists.

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dentistry: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the concerns raised by the Dental Defence Union in their British Dental Journal article, published on 16 May 2025 in re

29 Aug 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

Dentistry: Regulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of issuing a Section 60 Order to update fitness to practise proceedings for dental professionals.

16 Jul 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care

General Practitioners: Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what criteria will he base the review of the Carr-Hill formula.

16 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the performance of the HM Revenue and Customs helpline.

16 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps her Department is taking to help make the HM Revenue and Customs helpline more accessible to customers.

16 Jul 2025 · Treasury

Electric Vehicles: Excise Duties

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what comparative assessment she has made of the amount of Vehicle Excise Duty on (a) electric motorcycles and (b) electric quadricycles.

11 Jul 2025 · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

Renewable Energy

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what discussions his Department has had with Ofgem on selling energy generated by community-led renewable energy schemes directly to the community.

9 Jul 2025 · Ministry of Justice

Crown Court and Magistrates' Courts: Parking

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether her Department holds data on the number of (a) cycle and (b) car parking spaces at each (i) Crown and (ii) Magistrate Court.

7 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Electric Bicycles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve data collection on e-bike (a) collisions and (b) journey purpose.

7 Jul 2025 · Home Office

Electric Bicycles: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing police forces with new enforcement powers to seize (a) unsafe and (b) non-compliant e-bikes.

7 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Electric Bicycles: Delivery Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential risks of the use of (a) illegal or (b) modified e-bikes being used by food delivery riders.

7 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Delivery Services: Electric Bicycles

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, with reference to the report entitled Unregulated and Unsafe: The Threat of Illegal E-Bikes by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Cycling and Walking, published in June 2025, whether his Department

7 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Delivery Services: Health and Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that self-employed delivery riders are included in mandatory training obligations designed to protect (a) themselves and (b) the public.

7 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Electric Bicycles and Electric Scooters: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to prevent people from selling high-powered e-bikes and scooters that are not legal for use on roads.

7 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Electric Bicycles: Standards

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent discussions he has had with the Office for Product Safety and Standards on the enforcement of existing standards for (a) e-bike batteries and (b) conversion kits.

7 Jul 2025 · Department for Business and Trade

Electric Bicycles: Sales

To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what steps his Department is taking to hold online marketplaces accountable for the sale of (a) unsafe and (b) non-compliant e-bike products.

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

Reservoirs: South East

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether a cost benefit analysis has been carried out on the South East Strategic Reservoir Option.

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

Reservoirs: South East

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will publish the total life costs for the South East Strategic Reservoir Option.

3 Jul 2025 · Department for Transport

Avanti West Coast: Rolling Stock

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact Avanti West Coast’s non-tilting 110mph (a) Class 805 and (b) Class 807 trains on the capacity of the West Coast Main Line.

Source: official written-questions record.