Written questions by Smith.

What assessment Skills England has made of the aviation sector’s reliance on overseas-based licensed engineers.

Awaiting answer.

What steps her Department is taking to ensure that students who have studied BTEC Level 3 in Aerospace Engineering and similar qualifications are not prevented from accessing employer-led levy funded engineering apprenticeships.

Awaiting answer.

How many local authority-owned highway bridges are subject to weight restrictions or closures because the estimated repair costs exceed the funding currently available.

Awaiting answer.

How much funding has been provided by her Department towards Hammersmith Bridge since its closure in April 2019; and how much further funding has been requested by the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.

Awaiting answer.

Whether Skills England has undertaken an assessment of current and projected workforce shortages in aviation engineering, including the implications of new apprentice registrations remaining below pre-pandemic levels.

Awaiting answer.

What information her Department holds on the number and proportion of light commercial vans that, under normal operating conditions, would require (a) no en route charging, (b) one charging stop, (c) two chargi

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How many people have (a) applied for, (b) commenced and (c) successfully completed air traffic controller training in each of the last five years.

Awaiting answer.

Whether her Department has undertaken any review of whether expenditure by its arm's length bodies on external affairs and public affairs complies with Cabinet Office guidance on lobbying using public funds sin

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What assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the exemptions in the regulations governing the employment of young seafarers.

Awaiting answer.

What assessment her Department has made of the relationship between the age of commercial minibus drivers and collision risk; and whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of changing the minim

Awaiting answer.

Whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing additional tariffs on battery electric vehicles manufactured in China.

Awaiting answer.

Whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of a high-speed railway between Belfast and Dublin.

Awaiting answer.

What her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing (a) procurement and (b) local content requirements for publicly supported vehicle purchases.

Awaiting answer.

How many veterans with amputations or other permanent injuries were reassessed for disability-related benefits in each of the last three years.

Awaiting answer.

Whether he has made an assessment of the impact of treating Armed Forces Compensation Scheme payments as income for means-tested benefit assessments.

Lump sum compensation from the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme is not treated as income, rather as capital which Universal Credit disregards for 12 months and may be disregarded indefinitely when it is held in a trust or used to purchase an annuity. The ...

Whether Active Travel England undertakes realised value for money assessments of completed active travel schemes.

Active Travel England is coordinating independent process, impact and value for money evaluation of active travel interventions. In particular, the Active Travel Fund (ATF) 2 evaluation will be published later this year and will cover a range of different...

For each railway station project in England approved since 2015, if she will set out the (a) original budget, (b) latest budget, (c) original completion date, (d) current expected completion date where applicab

The Department does not hold the information requested. Information on railway station projects approved since 2015, including original and latest budgets and planned and actual completion dates, is not held centrally by Network Rail.

With reference to her Department's press release entitled Government boost for businesses to drive freight innovation, published on 3 December 2025, whether she will publish the Freight Plan during 2026.

The government is committed to supporting a strong and resilient freight and logistics sector that enables economic growth across the UK. My department is working closely with industry and the Freight Council to develop a new freight plan which reflects t...

How many prosecutions were brought relating to the use of electrically assisted pedal cycles that exceeded the (a) legal power and (b) speed limits in each of the last five years.

The collection of statistics concerning criminal prosecutions are matters for the Ministry of Justice. They do not however hold information regarding prosecutions concerning the use of e-bikes that do not comply with the power and speed limitations set ou...

How much funding has been allocated to progress the Liverpool Street Station redevelopment scheme from committee resolution to a legally implementable planning permission; if she will set out who is funding tha

The Liverpool Street Redevelopment scheme is being promoted by Platform 4 on a commercial basis – no Government funding has been allocated. Any specific queries regarding this scheme should be directed to Platform 4 (info@platform4.com).