Written Questions
Written parliamentary questions and answers between MPs and government departments.
187,198 questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to bring forward legislative changes to permit the electronic recording of domestic drivers’ hours to be recognised as the true record of activity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2026 to Question 16605 on Parking Offences: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, when the trial of higher-level Penalty Charge Notices in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole is
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2026 to Question 12083 on Railway Stations: Construction, which organisations hold records of the original approved budgets and final outturn costs for completed rail station co
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2026 to Question 16636 on Department for Transport: Public Relations, from which Department's budget the expenditure on 23red's work for the Electric Vehicles campaign was met.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 21 July 2026 to Question 16600 on Department for Transport: Public Relations, if she will place in the Library a copy of each live public relations contract held by the Department and
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if his department will consult on changes to VAT on taxi and private hire fares.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2026 to Question 16636 on Department for Transport: Public Relations, how much was spent on 23rd's work on the Electric Vehicles campaign, and what services
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 July 2026 to Question 16599 on National Highways: Expenditure, if she will place a copy of the contract with Lexington referred to in that Answer in the Library.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of physical measures to prevent pedestrians from accessing the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge at the Dartford Crossing; and whether National Highways has plans to install
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what suicide prevention measures are in place at the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge at the Dartford Crossing; what assessment she has made of their effectiveness; and whether any further measures are under considera
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many scheduled passenger services were formed of fewer carriages than planned listed by train operating company in each month since December 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 4 August 2026 to Question 18165 on Department for Transport: Carbon Emissions, when the Greening Government Commitments 2025–2030 will be (a) finalised and (b
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how much his Department has spent through the Access to Work scheme on (a) taxi journeys and (b) other private hire vehicle journeys in each of the last three years; and, for those journeys, what the to
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many incidents involving pedestrians accessing the Queen Elizabeth II Bridge at the Dartford Crossing have been recorded in each of the last five years; and what estimate she has made of the average duratio
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2026 to Question 6328 on Department for Transport: Streaming, if she will provide a breakdown of the £598,454.02 spent on podcast advertising in 2025-26 by (a) podcast, (b) pub
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he had with the Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China at the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting; and whether he raised the case of Jimmy Lai.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) maintenance, (b) renewal and (c) enhancement shifts were undertaken by Network Rail in each of the last three financial years, excluding work undertaken as part of the TransPennine Route Upgrade.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Policy Paper entitled Policy paper ASEAN-UK Dialogue Partnership: plan of action 2027 to 2031, of 22nd July 2026, how he plans to prioritise the UK’s re
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will publish a readout of his meeting with the Foreign Minister of the People’s Republic of China at the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting on 23 July 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the Chinese Foreign Minister’s remarks on security considerations and economic and trade issues;
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will commit to ensuring the government tackle mobile phone fraud.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Cabinet Office is taking to tackle fraud.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if she will commit to ensuring new Ministerial appointments disclose a criminal conviction upon taking office.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to support schools and colleges with (a) implementing the Enrichment Framework and (b) delivering against the Enrichment Entitlement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans she has to support schools and colleges in delivering the Enrichment Benchmarks.