Alex Mayer MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Car SharingDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76122More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data her Department holds on the scale of ride sharing car services.
Answer: The Department does not hold any data on the scale of ride sharing car services. However, to help better understand the scale of usage I have commissioned officials to consider how we can support and promote the use of car club and car-sharing schemes, st...
Answered 17 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordChildcare: East of EnglandDepartment for EducationTabled 9 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 76121More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of families expected to benefit from the 30 hours of free childcare by council area in the East of England.
Answer: It is our ambition that all families have access to high quality, affordable and flexible early education and care, giving every child the best start in life and delivering on our Plan for Change. We are delivering more support to working families than ev...
Answered 2 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPensions Commission: BedfordshireDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75217More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what impact the Pension Commission will have for residents in (a) Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard constituency and (b) Bedfordshire.
Answer: This government is committed to enabling tomorrow’s pensioners to have security in retirement. The Pensions Investment Review and the Pension Schemes Bill currently going through Parliament both focus on ensuring the pension pots of savers in Bedfordshire...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: AccidentsDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75216More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an estimate of the number of road traffic incidents in which unrestrained pets have caused (a) injury to vehicle occupants, (b) difficulty for emergency services accessing vehicl
Answer: The information requested is not held by the Department.
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBus Services: ConcessionsDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75215More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of trends in current levels of concessionary bus travel usage.
Answer: The Department publishes statistics on concessionary travel in England in the Concessionary Travel Statistics release, which are based on survey data collected from Travel Concession Authorities (TCAs). Concessionary travel relates to when eligible people...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordActive Travel: Electric ScootersDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75214More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the decision to extend UK e-scooter rental trials until 2028 on (a) private and (b) public funding of active travel infrastructure.
Answer: The Department has made no specific assessment of the impact of e-scooter trial extensions on active travel infrastructure investment.In the Spending Review we announced £616 million for Active Travel England from 2026-27 to 2029-30 to support local autho...
Answered 10 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: Lost PropertyDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75213More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether Great British Railways will introduce a centralised lost property system across the rail network.
Answer: Great British Railways will bring the track, train and rail estate together under one organisation. This will enable it to more effectively adapt and create a system to better suit passenger needs. We are working closely with industry on opportunities to ...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMobile Phones: TheftHome OfficeTabled 4 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 75212More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to prevent the resale of stolen mobile phones in (a) Bedfordshire, (b) Cambridgeshire and (c) Suffolk.
Answer: The Home Secretary has been clear that tackling mobile phone theft and the resale of stolen devices is a priority.Earlier this year the Home Secretary brought together police, the National Crime Agency, the Mayor of London, leading tech companies and othe...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCar SharingDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74755More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of giving National Highways a remit to increase the efficiency of motorways and major A roads by incentivising increasing the number of people in a car.
Answer: National Highways does not currently have a formal policy on car sharing but recognises the role it can play in reducing congestion. National Highways will continue to seek opportunities to collaborate with partners and stakeholders to support a more effi...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS Trusts: Official CarsDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 3 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74722More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of allowing NHS trusts to reduce mileage reimbursement to incentivise use of pool vehicles.
Answer: Whilst no specific assessment has been made, the NHS Staff Council, which has responsibility for maintaining the Agenda for Change system of pay and terms and conditions, is currently negotiating a new mechanism that will assess the costs of motoring to d...
Answered 11 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCrime Prevention: Urban AreasHome OfficeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73462More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what evaluation framework is used to measure the effectiveness of the Safer Streets Summer Initiative.
Answer: The Home Office have developed a multi-strand analytical approach to measure the progress of the Safer Summer Streets Initiative. This includes:PCCs and police forces providing the Home Office with monthly light-touch monitoring data and qualitative insig...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCrimes of Violence: ProsecutionsMinistry of JusticeTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73454More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many prosecutions for assault on public-facing workers under the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 have involved roadworkers; and what assessment she has made of the impact of that provision on se
Answer: The Ministry of Justice does not hold data on the number of prosecutions under the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (“the Act”) that specifically involve roadworkers. This is because offence data collected centrally does not routinely record ...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordTourist Attractions: AnimalsDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73453More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of existing regulatory frameworks governing travel companies that market or sell tickets to animal-based tourist attractions.
Answer: DCMS has made no such assessment. Overall responsibility for consumer regulation, including Package Travel Regulations, sits with the Department for Business and Trade.
Answered 15 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordCanals: ClosuresDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73245More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many miles of canal have been closed for navigation due to water shortages in 2025.
Answer: The country’s largest navigation authority, the Canal and River Trust, reports that the prolonged period of dry weather this spring and summer has led to a number of restrictions and closures across its 2,000-mile inland waterway network. As well as low w...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDfT Operator: StaffDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71891More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of staff working in DfT Operator were women as of the end of July 2025.
Answer: As of 31 July 2025, 56.7 per cent of the DfT Operator workforce were women.
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDfT Operator: StaffDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71890More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of staff working in DfT Operator were in their immediately previous role (a) working in the civil service (b) working in the private sector.
Answer: Neither the Department for Transport nor the DfT Operator hold this information.
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: StaffDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71889More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many full time equivalent staff were working in her Department as of the end of July 2025.
Answer: 3,404.74 full-time equivalent (FTE) staff were in the Ministerial Department’s total workforce at the end of July 2025.11,705.87 FTE staff were working in Executive Agencies.
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordMeasles: VaccinationDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69568More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions his Department has had with Integrated Care Boards on (a) increasing vaccination rates for and (b) prevention of measles.
Answer: The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) declared a national standard incident response for measles on 10 July 2025 to oversee the risk assessment and public health response to the increase of measles cases in England and coordinate the multi-agency input to...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBus Services: Health and SafetyDepartment for TransportTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69567More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on average cab temperatures on buses in periods of hot weather; and if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of average cab temperatures on the health of bus
Answer: The Department for Transport does not hold this information. The Government recognises the importance of ensuring all transport workers have access to suitable working conditions. The majority of bus services in England outside London are provided on a co...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPoultry: Animal HousingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69565More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions his Department has had with animal welfare organisations on the potential merits of phasing out the use of enriched cages for laying hens.
Answer: We remain firmly committed to maintaining and improving animal welfare and want to work closely with the farming sector to deliver high standards. The use of cages and other close confinement systems for farmed animals is an issue which we are currently c...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordPoultry: Animal HousingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69564More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for its policies of the introduction of bans on enriched cages for laying hens in European countries.
Answer: The Government is committed to upholding our high animal welfare standards as part of wider trade policy. We remain firmly committed to maintaining and improving animal welfare and want to work closely with the farming sector to deliver high standards. Th...
Answered 1 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRetail Trade: Urban AreasMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69563More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps her Department is taking to encourage local authorities to undertake high street rental auctions.
Answer: The government is working with eleven early adopter councils who are taking steps to implement High Street Rental Auction powers to showcase their benefits and provide a source of best practice for other councils. My officials are also providing practical...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBlue Badge Scheme: PatientsDepartment for TransportTabled 21 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 69560More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of extending eligibility for Blue Badges to include voluntary patient transport providers.
Answer: It is preferable for disabled individuals to hold their own Blue Badge, allowing them to use it in any vehicle they travel in, whether as a driver or a passenger. However, an organisational Blue Badge may be issued to an organisation for use in vehicles t...
Answered 2 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordParliamentary Estate: WindowsHouse of Commons CommissionTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68879More
Question: To ask the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent and Rhymney, representing the House of Commons Commission, when the external windows were last cleaned on (a) Norman Shaw South, (b) Portcullis House and (c) Richmond House.
Answer: The external windows were last cleaned on the following dates.(a) Norman Shaw South: South, East and West façade were last cleaned in February 2025, with the next clean scheduled in August 2025. The North façade is unable to be cleaned due to reach and wa...
Answered 21 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFireworks: Animal WelfareDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 17 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 68878More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent progress he has made on consulting animal welfare organisations on the review of fireworks legislation.
Answer: I have met with several animal charities in recent months, including Dogs Trust, the RSPCA and Redwings, through the fireworks working group. I continue to engage with businesses, consumer groups and charities to gather evidence on the issues and impacts ...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
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