Asked by: Caroline Johnson (Conservative - Sleaford and North Hykeham)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of (a) named day questions and (b) ordinary written questions were responded to by her Department within the required timescale in (i) May 2025, (ii) June 2025, (iii) July 2025, (iv) August 2025, (v) September 2025, (vi) October 2025 and (vii) November 2025.
Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Government recognises the importance of the effective and timely handling of written parliamentary questions (PQs).
The proportion of Parliamentary Questions answered by the Department during the May-November 2025 period is as follows:
Month answered | Named Day Questions answered on time | Ordinary Written Questions answered on time |
May 2025 | 100% | 97.50% |
June 2025 | 100% | 100% |
July 2025 | 99% | 100% |
August 2025 | N/A | N/A |
September 2025 | 95% | 99% |
October 2025 | 94% | 96% |
November 2025 | 91% | 92% |
The House of Commons Procedure Committee monitors departmental PQ performance and publishes a report of the governments consolidated PQ data following the end of each session.
Asked by: Caroline Johnson (Conservative - Sleaford and North Hykeham)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of items of correspondence from Parliamentarians received by (a) her Department, (b) herself and (c) her ministerial team have not received a substantive response in each month since August 2024.
Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
The information requested is in the table below. Please note that some correspondence received in January will not be due for reply until February and so that month has been excluded.
Month | Number of Cases | Number Closed | Number still Open | % Still Open |
August | 383 | 382 | 1 | 0.2% |
September | 343 | 338 | 5 | 1.5% |
October | 402 | 398 | 4 | 1% |
November | 385 | 366 | 19 | 5% |
December | 382 | 337 | 45 | 12% |
Total | 1895 | 1821 | 74 | 4% |
Asked by: Caroline Johnson (Conservative - Sleaford and North Hykeham)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the letters of 29 July and 8 November 2024 from the hon. Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham, what progress she has made on billing the North Hykeham Relief Road.
Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
It is the responsibility of the Local Authority, Lincolnshire County Council, to provide the Department with a Full Business Case, which will be reviewed and assessed prior to a decision whether to grant full approval for the scheme. We are expecting to see the Full Business Case in the summer of 2025 and my officials are working with the council to progress that.
Asked by: Caroline Johnson (Conservative - Sleaford and North Hykeham)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria her Department is using to assess the (a) value and (b) prioritisation of road projects in its capital spend review.
Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
As the Chancellor set out in her statement on 23 September, the Government has inherited extremely challenging fiscal conditions and a litany of unfunded commitments. The Transport Secretary is undertaking a review of the previous governments transport plans, including unfunded schemes.
The value of roads projects is assessed using the principles set out in the Green Book. Rather than assessing value and prioritisation of individual projects, the review will consider the alignment of capital schemes across mode with the Government’s priorities and provide strategic advice to the Secretary of State on how she might approach prioritisation of projects.