Dan Aldridge MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Written questions
Speed Limits: CamerasDepartment for TransportTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114649More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has considered allowing a proportion of speeding fine revenues to be ringfenced for local authorities for road safety purposes, including the funding of fixed speed cameras.
Answer: The Government considers having fines and penalty receipts such as speeding fines being paid into the Consolidated Fund to be preferable to ring-fencing or hypothecating funds for specific spending. This avoids creating incentives to collect fines and pe...
Answered 24 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordSpeed Limits: CamerasDepartment for TransportTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114643More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to review the requirement of local authorities to provide capital funding for fixed speed cameras and that revenue generated from fixed speed camera enforcement is received by HM Tr
Answer: The Department has no plans to review the current arrangements under which local authorities are responsible for meeting the capital costs of installing fixed speed cameras, as part of their wider capital expenditure responsibilities. Revenue raised throu...
Answered 27 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordActive Travel: FinanceDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 96987More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for local pedestrian safety of encouraging local authorities to prioritise the creation and connectivity of active travel routes in ways that could aff
Answer: Active Travel England (ATE) undertakes assurance of new or upgraded schemes in close collaboration with local authorities. Submitted scheme designs are put through a series of checks using the ATE scheme review tools, last published in February 2024. Thes...
Answered 9 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: CompensationDepartment for TransportTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93171More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure that accredited rail retailers offer standardised and automated Delay Repay compensation directly to passengers; and what assessment she has made of the potential merits of do
Answer: Passengers can currently claim delay repay by applying directly to the train operator they travelled with. Through delivering Great British Railways (GBR), the Government is committed to improving the passenger experience. As set out in the recently intro...
Answered 27 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: TestingDepartment for TransportTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74557More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to standardise the measure of vehicle sound testing in MOTs.
Answer: Excessive exhaust noise is currently tested with a subjective assessment at the MOT in which the tester can fail the vehicle if they believe it is producing excessive noise for the vehicle model. The MOT standard for exhaust noise requires that the noise ...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordRoads: NoiseDepartment for TransportTabled 2 Sept 2025AnsweredUIN 74554More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to roll out noise detection cameras on roads.
Answer: The Department for Transport conducted roadside trials of noise camera technology between October 2022 and February 2023. Reports of these trials, including detailed assessment of the technology’s performance and potential merits, were published on 17 Mar...
Answered 9 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving: SafetyDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 72820More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle the safety risks of in-car devices that can distract drivers.
Answer: All vehicles used on the road in Great Britain are subject to the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986, as amended (C&U). Regulation 109 of C&U only permits drivers to view information related to the state of the vehicle or its eq...
Answered 8 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBlue Badge Scheme: Older PeopleDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 71786More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to remove the requirement to reapply for a Blue Badge for people over the age of 80.
Answer: Blue Badge holders generally must reapply for a Blue Badge every three years; this gives local authorities the opportunity to ensure that they continue to meet the criteria which make them eligible for a badge. It also helps ensure that the details local ...
Answered 4 Sept 2025
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