Charlie Dewhirst MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
How these years work
Our reporting years run from 4 July to 3 July, starting with the 2024 general election. They are not official parliamentary sessions. Office costs keep IPSA’s April–March financial years. Records may cover only part of a year; a missing record does not mean no work was done.
Read what this MP said, asked and contributed in Parliament.
17 published records · newest first.
Written questions
Transport: Small BusinessesDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60298More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help ensure that small and medium-sized enterprises in the (a) aviation and (b) maritime sectors have adequate access to Government procurement contracts.
Answer: The Department for Transport runs a series of regional Meet the Buyer Small Business roadshows across the UK to highlight opportunities and encourage participation in our supply chains. This programme also enables the Department to identify opportunities ...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAviation: Alternative FuelsDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60297More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that small and medium-sized enterprises can contribute to the Government’s sustainable aviation fuel targets.
Answer: There are a number of steps we are taking to support enterprises of all sizes to contribute to SAF targets. We are encouraging the use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) in the UK through the SAF mandate, which obligates fuel suppliers to supply a proport...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAviation: Small BusinessesDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60296More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what engagement she has had with small and medium-sized enterprises in the aviation sector to better understand the challenges and opportunities they face.
Answer: The Department believes that small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) have a vital role to play within the aviation and maritime sectors and in supporting our objectives on growth, innovation and the environment. The Department has regular engagement wit...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTransport: Small BusinessesDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60295More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment her Department has made of the role of small and medium-sized enterprises in supporting (a) innovation and (b) resilience in the UK (i) aviation and (ii) maritime sectors.
Answer: The Department believes that small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) have a vital role to play within the aviation and maritime sectors and in supporting our objectives on growth, innovation and the environment. The Department has regular engagement wit...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTransport: Small BusinessesDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60294More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what engagement his Department has had with small and medium-sized enterprises in the (a) aviation and (b) maritime sectors on barriers to (i) growth, (ii) innovation and (iii) sustainability.
Answer: The Department believes that small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) have a vital role to play within the aviation and maritime sectors and in supporting our objectives on growth, innovation and the environment. The Department has regular engagement wit...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordEast Coast Main Line: SunderlandDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48696More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason LNER has withdrawn its London to Sunderland services from the East Coast Main Line timetable.
Answer: The recast timetable being implemented in December 2025 can no longer accommodate the London North Eastern Railway (LNER) service. This was made clear in the 2021 consultation.The new December 2025 East Coast Timetable change will see additional services ...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordEast Coast Main Line: Bradford and Kingston upon HullDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48695More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an estimate of the costs to LNER of operating once-a-day train services to (a) Hull and (b) Bradford.
Answer: London North Eastern Railway (LNER) already operates one service a day to Hull and two services a day, increasing to seven next month, to Bradford. The cost of these services are included within LNER's annual budget agreed by the Department.
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordGreat British RailwaysDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48694More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding has been (a) allocated to and (b) spent by the Great British Railways Transition Team since it was established; and how many external consultants were employed by that team on 28 April 2025.
Answer: The Great British Railways Transition Team (GBRTT) was set up as a temporary organisation under the previous government to design and transition towards Great British Railways, including building cross-industry capability. Total funding allocated to GBRTT...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: CompetitionDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48693More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with (a) Network Rail and (b) the Office of Rail and Road on the necessary provision of information by Network Rail to the Office of Rail and Road, so the Office of Rail and Road ca
Answer: The Department for Transport works closely with both the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) and Network Rail to ensure that information to inform access decisions is provided in as timely a manner as possible. However, it is important that decisions are fully ...
Answered 8 May 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: AccessDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47452More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress her Department has made with the Office of Rail and Road and Network Rail on (a) identifying unused track access rights and (b) making underused rail capacity available to open access operators.
Answer: Identification and address of unused track access rights is through the robust industry process for maintenance of rights in accordance with the Network Code, applied by the Operators and Network Rail as overseen by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR). Open...
Answered 1 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTrain Operating Companies: Land and PropertyDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47451More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the amount of land owned by Train Operating Companies that is (a) unused, (b) undeveloped and (c) available for commercial use.
Answer: The Department does not hold information on land owned by train operating companies as they do not typically own land; rather they lease stations and pay track and depot access charges to the relevant infrastructure owner.
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordNetwork Rail: Land and PropertyDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 47450More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on the amount of (a) land and (b) property estate owned by Network Rail that is (i) unused, (ii) under-developed and (iii) available for commercial use.
Answer: Network Rail owns c.52,000 hectares of land. All of Network Rail’s land is deemed to be operational and required for the specific functioning of the railway network. Land can only be deemed surplus once it has gone through a regulatory process governed by...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: Official CarsDepartment for TransportTabled 30 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11972More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answers of 14 October 2024 to Questions 7031 and 7032 on Department for Transport: Official Cars, which senior officials in her Department have access to a government car; and whether those offi
Answer: The Government Car Service (GCS) offers vehicles to government departments as a shared resource. Each department independently determines the allocation of these vehicles.The arrangements relating to the using of vehicles in the Government Car Service is ...
Answered 7 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for TransportDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 9360More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what meetings (a) Ministers and (b) her officials have held with external stakeholders since 5 July 2024.
Answer: Details of ministers’ and senior officials’ meetings with external individuals and organisations are published quarterly in arrears on GOV.UK. Data for the period of July to September 2024 will be published in due course.
Answered 23 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: Official CarsDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7032More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her Department's policy is on the allocation of Government Car Service cars to senior officials; what the policy was on 24 May 2024; and which senior officials have been granted access to the service since
Answer: The Government Car Service (GCS) offers vehicles to government departments as a shared resource. Each department independently determines the allocation of these vehicles to its ministerial cadre/officials. Cabinet Office is responsible for the management...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: Official CarsDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7031More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answers of 6 September 2024 to Questions 2306 and 2308 on Ministers: Official Cars, which (a) Ministers and (b) officials in her Department have (i) been allocated a dedicated vehicle and (ii) a
Answer: The Government Car Service (GCS) offers vehicles to government departments as a shared resource. Each department independently determines the allocation of these vehicles to its ministerial cadre/officials. The Department for Transport is currently alloca...
Answered 14 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordTransport: East RidingDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 237More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her policy is on East Riding of Yorkshire Council receiving reallocated HS2 funding.
Answer: The previous Government made a number of funding commitments in the Network North Command Paper and these will be examined closely by my Government in the coming months.
Answered 25 Jul 2024
Original Parliament record
Explore activity by topic or department
Written questions by answering department
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025. One record per UIN and tabled date; the named department is not a measure of answer quality.
View as listWhat this shows and doesn't show
Published records only — not a full account of an MP’s work. How we work →