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To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the staff turnover rate in her Department was in the last 12 months; and what recent assessment she has made the potential impact of staff turnover rates on her Department's ability to deliver its ...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what further steps the Government is taking to support Ukraine and prevent further Russian advance into Ukraine.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many 999 calls for (a) fire services and (b) the police were received on (i) 11 and 12 and (ii) 18 and 19 July 2022.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the adequacy of firefighter numbers to be able to fully respond to the impact of extreme weather events in (a) the current climate and (b) in future years as the ...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has received any advice on the potential for fraud risk associated to the Migration and Economic Development Partnership with Rwanda.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether train operating companies impacted by industrial disputes can (a) communicate or (b) hold discussions with trade unions about changes to pay, pensions or other terms and conditions, or about redundancy ...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he is required to agree the mandate that train operating companies have in industrial disputes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will set out how much public funding train operating companies are set to receive in line with his mandate on the current industrial rail disputes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2022 to Question 25974 on Passengers, if he will publish the scenarios of possible rail demand developed by his Department to reflect uncertainty, including how passengers resp...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2022 to Question 27715 on Network Rail and Train Operating Companies: Redundancy Pay, what recent estimate he has made of the cost of funding redundancy payments to Network Rai...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the impact of recent industrial action by members of the RMT Union on levels of revenue of rail operators.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps with the relevant stakeholders to (a) investigate the circumstances in which a disabled person was required to ascend station stairs without assistance on Friday 17 June at Milton Keynes s...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether (a) Network Rail or (b) the Rail Delivery Group have the authority to negotiate in industrial disputes without either (i) a settlement requiring approval from his Department (ii) a Ministerial ability t...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many incidents of (a) track buckling, (b) electrical faults and (c) fires on the rail network that were caused by the heatwave that occurred between 13 and 20 July 2022.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 July 2022 to Question 27714 on Railways: Contracts, by when his Department plans to conclude the development of the Passenger Service Contracts.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he his directing the negotiating position of the train operating companies.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps his Department has taken to provide for the welfare of (a) staff and (b) passengers on trains without air conditioning.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the economic cost of poor connectivity to the phone network on train services.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2022 to Question 35029 on Midland Main Line: Mobile Phones, if he will work with the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to improve mobile phone coverage o...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason his Department has not yet published the Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline.