Alex Mayer MP: written questions 2026
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TrappingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102117More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how she plans to enforce the ban on snares.
Answer: This Government was elected on a mandate to introduce the most ambitious plans to improve animal welfare in a generation and this included a commitment to bring an end to the use of snare traps in England. This was recently reaffirmed in the Government’s ...
Answered 8 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: Public ExpenditureDepartment for TransportTabled 2 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102116More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) assessment and (b) estimate she has made of the differential in her Department’s Capital Departmental Expenditure Limit budget in the (i) Spending Review and (ii) Autumn Budget 2025 in each year betwee
Answer: The Spending Review 2025 established allocations of Capital Departmental Expenditure Limits (DEL) up to financial year 2029-30, with further spending announcements made during Autumn Budget 2025. A profile of these spending limits is enclosed in the table...
Answered 14 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: Public ExpenditureDepartment for TransportTabled 2 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102115More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) assessment and (b) estimate she has made of the differential in her Department’s Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit budget in the (i) Spending Review and (ii) Autumn Budget 2025 in each year betwe
Answer: The Spending Review 2025 established allocations of Resource Departmental Expenditure Limits (DEL) up to financial year 2028-29, with further spending announcements made during Autumn Budget 2025. A profile of these spending limits is enclosed in the tabl...
Answered 12 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordTree Planting: Oxford-Cambridge ArcDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102114More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of afforestation on hydrology in the Oxford–Cambridge Forest region.
Answer: As part of our approach to the New National Forest in the OxCam region -spatial data will be used to prioritise sites for woodland creation that will deliver public benefits such as flood management and mitigation as well as other water management functio...
Answered 9 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordForests: Environment ProtectionDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102113More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the EIP25 targets for improving plantations on ancient woodland soils align with Forestry England’s 2044 target on PAWS restoration.
Answer: The Environmental Improvement Plan 2025 (EIP25) target and Forestry England’s Plantations on Ancient Woodland Sites (PAWS) restoration target are compatible. The EIP25 target for improving PAWS is strategic, setting a national ambition to enhance biodiver...
Answered 9 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordTree PlantingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102112More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether the Tree Action Plan will support the restoration of ancient woodland, particularly on smaller plantations on ancient woodland sites and harder to restore sites.
Answer: The Government will continue to support the restoration of ancient woodland. Woodlands as small as 0.5ha are now eligible for the Countryside Stewardship supplements “Manage and restore Plantations on Ancient Woodland Sites (PAWs)” and “Manage native wood...
Answered 9 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordTree PlantingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102111More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Tree Planting Taskforce's progress; and what involvement that Taskforce has had in the development of the Tree Action Plan.
Answer: The UK-wide Tree Planting Taskforce brings together the relevant ministers from across the four UK nations. It has made good progress, enabling cross-UK collaboration and furthered understanding of shared challenges and opportunities. Given the UK-wide na...
Answered 9 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordTree Felling: LicensingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102110More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications for felling licences were refused by the Forestry Commission due to the potential impact of felling on ancient woodland remnants within plantations on ancient woo
Answer: The Forestry Commission has only refused one felling licence in the past 10 years, in 2020. The reason for refusal was based on the fact that the licence would lead to a loss of woodland containing veteran and future veteran oaks and the felling of these ...
Answered 8 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordTree Felling: LicensingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102109More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications for felling licences were refused by the Forestry Commission in each of the last ten years.
Answer: Felling licences refused 2016 to 2025: 20162017201820192020202120222023202420250000100000
Answered 8 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordTree Felling: LicensingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 2 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102108More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many felling licences were granted by the Forestry Commission in England in each of the last 10 years.
Answer: Felling licences issued 2016 to 2025: 20162017201820192020202120222023202420253621389423253002290131873190332634373499
Answered 8 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMotorcycles: SafetyDepartment for TransportTabled 2 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102107More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has assessed the potential impact of motorcycle crash notification systems on (a) emergency service response times and (b) the number of motorcyclist (A) casualties and (B) fatalities.
Answer: On 7 January 2026, we published our new Road Safety Strategy, setting out our vision for a safer future on our roads for all. The Strategy is an opportunity to reflect on the changes and challenges faced by motorcycle riders and the government has announc...
Answered 19 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordRoads: AccidentsDepartment for TransportTabled 2 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102106More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has assessed the potential impact of eCall on (a) response times and (b) the (i) number and (ii) severity of road traffic (A) casualties and (B) fatalities in each of the last five years.
Answer: A pre-legislation appraisal of eCall was conducted in 2013. The report is available on gov.uk at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ecall-uk-cost-benefit-analysis
Answered 12 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordNetwork Rail: AssetsDepartment for TransportTabled 2 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102105More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the likely effectiveness of Network Rail’s asset renewal programme in Control Period 7 between 2024 and 2029; and what estimate she has made of the level of depreciation of Netwo
Answer: Network Rail updates its Delivery Plan each year of the Control Period. As forecast at the start of CP7 we expect to see an increase in the average age of railway assets by the end of the Control Period. The impact of this, measured using the Composite Su...
Answered 14 Jan 2026
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