Written questions
1,820 written questions tabled, most recent first.
8 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport
Transport: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of moving to multi-year funding settlements for local authorities to support long-term transport infrastructure investment.
8 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport
South Western Railway
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of multi-year funding settlements on (a) service improvements and (b) long-term planning by South Western Railway.
8 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport
Great Western Railway: Rolling Stock
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average age is of Great Western Railway's current fleet of rolling stock.
8 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport
Great Western Railway: Rolling Stock
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of rolling stock age on (a) reliability and (b) service quality on Great Western Railway routes.
8 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport
Great Western Railway: Rolling Stock
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of the availability of spare parts for ageing rolling stock operated by Great Western Railway.
8 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport
Great Western Railway: Rolling Stock
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions her Department has had with Great Western Railway on the (a) maintenance and (b) servicing of older rolling stock.
8 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport
Bus Services: Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the recent £2 million Bus Service Improvement Plan funding allocated to Dorset Council is effectively utilised to enhance bus services in underserved rural com
8 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport
Ports: Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the time taken to consider the revised Lyme Regis and Bridport Harbour Order (revision of October 2022) on Dorset Council.
8 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport
Ports: Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the revised Lyme Regis and Bridport Harbour Order (revision of October 2022) for Dorset Council will include provisions to allow the granting of longer leases; and what assessment her Department has mad
7 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport
Ports: Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the status is of the revised Harbour Revision Order relating to the Harbour managed by Dorset Council; and when she expects it to be approved.
4 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport
Active Travel: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to request funds for (a) cycling and (b) walking as part of the upcoming Comprehensive Spending Review.
4 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport
Active Travel
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if her Department will allocate 10% of the transport budget to active travel to increase cycling levels.
4 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport
Active Travel: Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding her Department plans to provide to Dorset Council for (a) cycling and (b) walking infrastructure in each of the next three financial years.
4 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport
Active Travel: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential return on investment of increasing funding for (a) cycling and (b) walking.
4 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport
Great Western Railway: West Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will hold discussions with Great Western Railway on improving seat availability on services in West Dorset constituency.
4 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport
Great Western Railway
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had recent discussions with Great Western Railway on improving customer satisfaction of services in (a) West Dorset constituency and (b) other areas.
4 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport
Great Western Railway
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of introducing additional diesel multiple units to the Great Western Railway fleet on the environment; and whether she plans to take steps t
4 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport
Great Western Railway
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department is taking steps to help support Great Western Railway to procure additional rolling stock.
4 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport
Roads: West Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding has been allocated to Dorset Council for road resurfacing projects in West Dorset for the fiscal years (a) 2023-24 and (b) 2024-25; and how this compares to the last five years for which inform
4 Apr 2025 · Department for Transport
Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria are used to determine the allocation of funding for road resurfacing to local councils; and how these criteria have been applied to Dorset Council.
4 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
Higher Education: Cayman Islands
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that British citizens from the Cayman Islands with a right of abode in the UK are not mistakenly denied access to home fee status due to administrative misinterpret
4 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
Higher Education: Fees and Charges
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of the (a) training and (b) qualifications of higher education administrative staff involved in determining eligibility for home fee status under th
4 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
Higher Education: Cayman Islands
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of incorrectly assessing people as ineligible for home fee status on students from the Cayman Islands.
4 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
Higher Education: Cayman Islands
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent discussions her Department has had with the Cayman Islands Government Office in the UK on improving access to home fees for students from the Cayman Islands.
4 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
Higher Education: Cayman Islands
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of the consistency of decisions made by higher education providers on the eligibility of students from the Cayman Islands for home fee status.
4 Apr 2025 · Department for Education
Higher Education: Cayman Islands
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether his Department plans to issue formal guidance to higher education providers on assessing the eligibility of students from the Cayman Islands for home fee status under the Education (Fees and Awards) (En
4 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Earwax: West Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent assessment he has made of the (a) availability and (b) accessibility of NHS ear wax removal services in West Dorset constituency.
4 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Medical Equipment: Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of working with local authorities to facilitate the (a) collection and (b) redistribution of (i) Zimmer frames, (ii) walking st
4 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Medical Equipment: Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether he has made an assessment of the potential (a) environmental and (b) financial merits of implementing nationwide recycling programmes for durable medical equipment.
4 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care
Medical Equipment: Recycling
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help promote the (a) recycling and (b) reuse of (i) Zimmer frames, (ii) walking sticks and (iii) other medical equipment within the NHS.
Source: official written-questions record.