Alex Mayer MP: written questions
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Roads: SafetyDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64811More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to include the safety of road workers in its Road Safety strategy.
Answer: This Government takes the safety of all road users seriously, including those who work on our roads. We are developing a Road Safety Strategy and further details will be shared in due course.
Answered 10 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRoad Works: StaffHome OfficeTabled 1 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 64308More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the system of recording abuse against roadworkers.
Answer: Assaults against a person are already an offence (Common Assault) under the Criminal Justice Act 1988, and are covered under other legislation such as the Offences against the Person Act 1861, which also covers more serious violence, including actual bodi...
Answered 24 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFiresMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63798More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her Department's planned timetable is for reviewing the national wildfire framework.
Answer: The Government is taking a joined-up approach to enhancing resilience to wildfires. Prior to the transfer of fire functions to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), the Home Office convened a number of stakeholder workshops wi...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordFiresMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63797More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating standardised wildfire (a) definitions and (b) recording protocols.
Answer: The Government is taking a joined-up approach to enhancing resilience to wildfires. Prior to the transfer of fire functions to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), the Home Office convened a number of stakeholder workshops wi...
Answered 8 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: Optical FibresDepartment for TransportTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63453More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's press notice entitled On track and online: landmark deal to end mobile dead zones, published 26 June 2025, if she will publish the location of the rail lines due to get improv
Answer: New high-count 432 fibre RoutesKMsLondon Kings Cross to Newcastle432Birmingham New Street to Stoke-on-Trent to Manchester Deansgate133London Marylebone to Birmingham Moor Street (via Chilterns)177London Paddington to Bristol Parkway to Cardiff235Other r...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: Mobile BroadbandDepartment for TransportTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63451More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's press release entitled On track and online: landmark deal to end mobile dead zones, published on 26 June, if she will list the locations of the 57 tunnels due to receive impro
Answer: The list of tunnels is shown below. Please note the exact timings are subject to commercial discussions with Mobile Network Operators: TunnelRegionRoute MONUMENT LANE TUNNELNorth West & CentralCentral BEECHWOOD TUNNELNorth West & CentralCentral N...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: Fees and ChargesDepartment for TransportTabled 27 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 63403More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost of a practical driving test was in each year since 1995.
Answer: The table below shows the cost of a car practical driving test on weekdays (normal hours) and on evenings, weekends and bank holidays (out of hours), from 1 April 1994 to 30 March 2009. The table also shows the cost of an extended car practical driving te...
Answered 7 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordMuseums and Galleries and TheatresDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62040More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps her Department is taking to increase opportunities for people to visit (a) theatres, (b) galleries and (c) museums.
Answer: This Government is committed to increasing opportunities for people to visit theatres, galleries, and museums.This year the Government is delivering a £270 million Arts Everywhere package, providing a major boost for arts venues, museums, libraries and he...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordAir Pollution: Motor VehiclesDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62039More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Transport on tackling non-exhaust emissions from road transport as a source of particulate pollution.
Answer: The Government is committed to meeting legal targets for air quality, including the PM2.5 targets recently set under the Environment Act 2021. My officials have regular discussions across Government about the policies needed to ensure we meet these target...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordLitterDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62038More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help tackle the sources of littering in (a) Bedfordshire and (b) England.
Answer: Littering is a crime that blights communities and the environment. Local councils are usually best placed to respond to littering and related problems, in a way tailored to the community in which they occur. They have a range of enforcement tools at their...
Answered 30 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBusiness: SummertimeDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62037More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential merits for businesses of adopting Single/Double Summer Time.
Answer: The Government believes the current daylight-saving arrangements represent the optimal use of the available daylight across the UK. Therefore, we have no plans to introduce double summertime, permanent summertime, or other such changes which would require...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: 5GDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62036More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to roll out rail-5g.
Answer: The Department continues to work closely with Network Rail and industry to look at solutions to improve connectivity on trains, which includes rolling out rail 5G on the rail network. Following the spending review, funding has been made available to inves...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordRailwaysDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 62035More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the existing regulatory framework for open access rail operators.
Answer: The Government believes the existing regulatory framework that governs access to the railway is not fit for purpose. It has failed not only passengers but also freight operators as it is designed for each part of the railway to act in isolation, resulting...
Answered 1 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordLobsters: TransportDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60397More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what his Department’s policy is on the transportation of live lobsters through (a) postal and (b) courier services within the UK.
Answer: Animal welfare legislation protects all animals from being transported in a way likely to cause injury or suffering. Lobsters and other live decapod crustaceans are protected from injury or unnecessary suffering during transportation by a general duty of ...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBus ServicesDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60269More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a centralised portal for guidance on registering local bus services in areas where (a) the traffic commissioner registers the
Answer: The government is committed to ensuring transparency in Local Transport Authority (LTA) and operator service delivery. The Bus Services (No.2) Bill was introduced on 17 December as part of the government’s ambitious plan for bus reform. Bill measures aim ...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordTraffic CommissionersDepartment for TransportTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60268More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department is taking steps to introduce formal tribunal rules for traffic commissioner tribunal functions.
Answer: I understand the important role that the Traffic Commissioners perform with regards to the licensing and regulation of the HGV and PSV industries, and road-user safety.My Department are currently considering a range of reform options aiming to ensure that...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordDroughts: Tree PlantingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60267More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make an assessment of (a) recent trends in the level of drought and (b) the potential impact of drought on his Department's tree-planting plans.
Answer: We continue to monitor and adapt to the impact that drought conditions can have on trees, particularly for young trees which are most susceptible. The Government has introduced extraordinary measures to support trees that have suffered because of drought ...
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAnti-social Behaviour: DrivingHome OfficeTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60266More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on tackling anti-social car driving.
Answer: Ministers and officials meet with their counterparts on a regular basis and discuss a wide range of topics.Tackling anti-social behaviour is a top priority for the Government, and a key part of the Safer Streets Mission.On 25 February 2025, the Crime and ...
Answered 24 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordNHS: ICTDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 16 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 60265More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to (a) update and (b) improve NHS IT systems.
Answer: We are investing more than £2 billion in National Health Service technology and digital to run essential services and drive NHS productivity improvements.In June 2023, NHS England agreed a Health Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), which is a strategic agr...
Answered 25 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordParkingDepartment for TransportTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59575More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of allowing local transport authorities to compel highways authorities to provide parking provision for shared mobility schemes.
Answer: The Department has not made a detailed assessment of this. It is up to local transport authorities to decide what parking provision to make in their areas, including for shared mobility schemes such as car clubs. In doing so they have to take into account...
Answered 17 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBus ServicesDepartment for TransportTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59573More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to bring forward regulations under section 141A of the Transport Act 2000 to improve the collection of centrally held data on local coach journeys.
Answer: The government is committed to ensuring transparency in Local Transport Authority and operator service delivery. The Bus Services (No.2) Bill was introduced on 17 December as part of the government’s ambitious plan for bus reform. The Bill will amend powe...
Answered 16 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordCrime: East of EnglandHome OfficeTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59571More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of trends in the level of rural crime in (a) Bedfordshire and (b) the East of England; and what steps her Department is taking to reduce that level.
Answer: Rural crime can have devastating consequences for countryside communities and the agricultural sector. That is why this Government is committed to reducing crime in rural areas.Under our Safer Streets Mission reforms, rural communities will be safeguarded...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: East of EnglandDepartment for TransportTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59569More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of rail infrastructure schemes in the East of England on regional economic growth.
Answer: The Department has not made a combined assessment of regional economic growth of all projects relating to the East of England region. The Department undertakes appraisal of business cases on a project-by-project basis. This appraisal attempts to quantity ...
Answered 18 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordFree School Meals: Universal CreditDepartment for EducationTabled 12 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 59566More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of children who will become eligible for free school meals following the extension to households in receipt of Universal Credit in (a) Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard con
Answer: This government is committed to breaking down barriers to opportunity and tackling child poverty. We have now announced that we are extending free school meals to all children from households in receipt of Universal Credit from September 2026. This will l...
Answered 20 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordAllotmentsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58901More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what guidance her Department provides to local authorities on increasing the provision of land for food-growing allotments.
Answer: The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) is clear that planning policies and decisions should enable and support healthy lives, including through the provision of allotments. The NPPF also makes clear that open spaces and recreational buildings and l...
Answered 19 Jun 2025
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