Anna Dixon MP: written questions

Written questions

• Roads: AccidentsDepartment for TransportTabled 2 May 2025AnsweredUIN 50007More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to Answer of 25 February 2025 to Question 31102 on Driving Licences: Young People, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the root causes of the proportion of incidents involving young vict

  Answer: My department is developing our Road Safety Strategy and will set out more details in due course. THINK!, the Government’s flagship road safety campaign, aims to reduce the number of people killed and seriously injured on the roads in England and Wales by...

  Answered 12 May 2025

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• Parking: Pedestrian AreasDepartment for TransportTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34514More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to Answer of 23 January 2025 on Question 24557 on the pavement parking consultation, what her planned timeline is for (a) publishing a formal response and (b) announcing next steps for pavement parking

  Answer: The Department has been considering all the views expressed in response to our consultation and is currently working through the policy options and the appropriate means of delivering them. As soon as the Government has decided its preferred way forward, ...

  Answered 6 Mar 2025

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• Cars: InsuranceDepartment for TransportTabled 27 Feb 2025AnsweredUIN 34513More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of (a) the potential implications for her policies of car insurance terms allowing providers to retain up to 90 percent of refunds on cancellation and (b) the potential merits of re

  Answer: The Secretary of State has made no assessment of the potential implications of motor insurance terms allowing providers to retain up to 90 percent of refunds on cancellation, or the potential merits of reforming this practice.Motor insurers are responsibl...

  Answered 5 Mar 2025

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• Travel: ConcessionsDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7216More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of removing the requirement for individuals with lifelong conditions to re-apply for disability travel cards.

  Answer: The Disabled Persons Railcard offers discounts of a third off most rail fares for people with a disability that makes travelling by train difficult. As with other railcards, Disabled Persons Railcards can be purchased with either a one or three-year valid...

  Answered 14 Oct 2024

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• Fares: North of EnglandDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 7195More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help lower ticket prices across the north of England.

  Answer: Affordability is one of our key objectives – so that prices are kept, wherever possible, at a point that works for both passengers and taxpayers. We are committed to reviewing the overcomplicated fares system with a view to simplifying it and will explore...

  Answered 14 Oct 2024

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• Dangerous Driving: Rural AreasDepartment for TransportTabled 4 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4310More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to tackle dangerous driving in (a) villages and (b) rural areas.

  Answer: The safety of our roads is an absolute priority for this Government and that is why the Department is committed to delivering a new Road Safety Strategy, the first in over a decade. The Department will set out next steps on this in due course.

  Answered 11 Sept 2024

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