Jerome Mayhew MP: written questions
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Driving Tests: Waiting ListsDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112816More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to reduce average waiting times for practical car driving tests to seven weeks by summer 2026.
Answer: Following the publication of the NAO report and the appointment of a new Chief Executive, DVSA is accelerating its efforts to increase the supply of tests in order to reduce waiting times. DVSA is driving a strengthened and faster recruitment pipeline and...
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordTaxis: LicensingDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 112222More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will amend statutory taxi and private hire vehicle licensing guidance to ensure that licensing authorities require taxi and private hire vehicle drivers to undertake safeguarding training and demonstrate
Answer: The Department’s existing statutory guidance recommends that licensing authorities should require taxi and private hire vehicle drivers to undertake safeguarding training. The English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill, currently being considered b...
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordRailways: Retail TradeDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111819More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what forms of corrective action the Office of Rail and Road will be able to require where it finds non-compliance with the rail retail Code of Practice, including whether it will be able to impose directions, b
Answer: The retail industry code of practice announced in the Government's response to the Railways Bill consultation will incorporate clear requirements for how Great British Railways (GBR) should interact with all market participants. The code of practice will ...
Answered 17 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordRailways: Retail TradeDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111818More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the information safeguards referred to on page 88 of her Department's publication entitled A Railway Fit for Britain’s Future: Government Response, published 5 November 2025, will be defined within the
Answer: The code of practice will set out measures to ensure fairness and manage any concerns of GBR preferencing its own retail arm. We expect the code will ensure that the retail industry management functions managed by GBR will have reporting lines that are se...
Answered 17 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordUK Emissions Trading Scheme: ShippingTreasuryTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111817More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2026 to Question 109207, whether she plans to publish a breakdown of UK Emissions Trading Scheme receipts derived from maritime emissions alongside Government expenditure support
Answer: Receipts from the UK ETS derive from the sale of UK ETS allowances at fortnightly auctions at the prevailing market price. The OBR have estimated 2024-25 receipts to be £3.4bn. ETS operators can buy and sell allowances – including free allocation - on the...
Answered 17 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordUK Emissions Trading Scheme: ShippingTreasuryTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111816More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2026 to Question 109216, what estimate she has made of the annual amount of UK Emissions Trading Scheme revenue generated from domestic maritime emissions allocated to maritime d
Answer: Domestic maritime emissions will be subject to the UK Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) from July this year. The OBR’s November 2025 Economic and Fiscal Outlook states that the UK ETS overall raised £3.4bn in 2024-25. Revenues from the scheme are not hypothe...
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordTechnology: InvestmentDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111815More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2026 to Question 108013, if she will list those technology investments and provide the Benefit-Cost Ratio for each of those investments.
Answer: I have asked Network Rail to write to you on this matter.
Answered 18 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordNational Highways and Network Rail: FinanceDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111814More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2026 to Question 108013, whether the Department has identified any financial year in which the cumulative efficiency savings attributed to Network Rail are expected to excee
Answer: Network Rail's overall Control Period 7 (running from April 2024 to March 2029) efficiency target is £3.9 billion, which it remains on track to achieve. This will significantly exceed the cumulative cost in Control Period 7 of the major technology investm...
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordDriving: AccidentsDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111813More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the number of collisions and near misses in the last five years involved drivers with vision below the legal standard.
Answer: Data on road injury collisions in Great Britain is reported to the Department by police forces using a data collection system known as STATS19.STATS19 does not record near misses or identify whether drivers involved in collisions have vision below the leg...
Answered 17 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordDriving: EyesightDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111812More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions her Department has had with the Department of Health and Social Care on promoting regular sight tests for drivers as part of the Government’s road safety strategy.
Answer: Both Department for Transport and Driving and Vehicle Licensing Agency officials have worked with officials from the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) while developing the proposed changes to eyesight testing for older drivers, and we will conti...
Answered 17 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordDriving: EyesightDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111811More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to include reminders about sight testing in driving licence renewal notices.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) already include clear messaging on the required eyesight standards for driving and the importance of regular eyesight tests on reminders, application forms, information leaflets and online guidance provided a...
Answered 25 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordRailways: TicketsDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111810More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of rail journeys used fully digital tickets in January 2026.
Answer: The approximate proportion of tickets fulfilled as Digital Tickets for January 2026 are: January 2026Digital87%105mNon Digital13%15m
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordUK Emissions Trading Scheme: ShippingDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109217More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what evidence the Department has that the inclusion of emissions at berth in the UK ETS will lead to emissions reductions in the absence of widespread shore power and alternative fuel availability.
Answer: The Maritime Decarbonisation Strategy sets the strategic direction to reduce all domestic maritime emissions, which includes all emissions at berth, and therefore it is important that these emissions are brought into the scope of the UK Emissions Trading ...
Answered 23 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordUK Emissions Trading Scheme: ShippingTreasuryTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109216More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of ringfencing UK ETS revenues generated from maritime emissions for investment in shore power, grid upgrades, vessel retrofits and alternative fuels.
Answer: The government is committed to maintaining an ambitious carbon pricing scheme to ensure that polluters continue to pay for their emissions. The UK Emissions Trading Scheme is our key lever to do so. This supports a cost-efficient transition toward net zer...
Answered 5 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordUK Emissions Trading Scheme: ShippingDepartment for Energy Security and Net ZeroTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109215More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero, what steps he plans to take to prevent the UK ETS from operating as a pay-to-pollute scheme for maritime operators unable to access decarbonisation infrastructure.
Answer: The Emissions Trading Scheme is a cap-and-trade system with a declining cap that ensures emissions from the traded sector, including the domestic maritime sector, fall in line with the United Kingdom’s statutory net zero commitments. The scheme limits tot...
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordFerries: UK Emissions Trading SchemeDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109214More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the UK ETS on lifeline ferry services outside Scotland, including routes serving the Isle of Wight, the Isles of Scilly and Northern Ireland.
Answer: An Impact Assessment was published alongside the main Authority Response in November 2025, which includes analysis of regional and distributional impacts. To mitigate risks of competitive impacts with routes between Great Britain and Ireland, we intend to...
Answered 12 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordLiverpool Street Station: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109213More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential future costs to the public purse of the Liverpool Street Station redevelopment.
Answer: The proposed redevelopment of Liverpool Street station could enable substantial private investment in one of the busiest stations in the UK.
Answered 18 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordLiverpool Street Station: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109212More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of Network Rail’s Liverpool Street station viability appraisal.
Answer: The viability appraisal has been submitted as part of the planning application and the determining authority will review this as part of its planning report.
Answered 18 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordLiverpool Street Station: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109211More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of any compensation to be provided by Network Rail to Transport for London in respect of costs arising from disruption during the redevelopment of Liverpool Street Statio
Answer: Network Rail has carried out a detailed review of the proposals to keep the station open and operational, including Transport for London's infrastructure and services.
Answered 26 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordLiverpool Street Station: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109210More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the programme is for the delivery of the Liverpool Street Station redevelopment; and what steps the Department has taken to ensure this timetable is achievable.
Answer: Officials in my Department are engaged with Network Rail Property and Planning teams around the redevelopment proposals for Liverpool Street station. These plans are at an early stage and will be subject to planning consents. Both my Department and Networ...
Answered 26 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordLiverpool Street Station: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109209More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total expenditure has been to date by Network Rail, including Network Rail Property and any contractors engaged by it, on work related to the planning application for the redevelopment of London Liverp
Answer: Due to continuing commercial negotiations, I regret that it is not possible to share the requested information at this point.
Answered 27 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordBuses: ProcurementDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109208More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of buses manufactured outside of the UK were procured using Government funding schemes in each of the last five years.
Answer: My department does not hold that specific information as local authorities procure buses.However, through the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas programme, in phase 1, 491 zero emission buses out of 1194 (41.1%) were manufactured outside of the UK. For phas...
Answered 27 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordUK Emissions Trading Scheme: ShippingTreasuryTabled 28 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 109207More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether revenues generated by the inclusion of domestic maritime within the UK Emissions Trading Scheme will be ringfenced for maritime decarbonisation.
Answer: The government is committed to maintaining an ambitious carbon pricing scheme to ensure that polluters continue to pay for their emissions. The UK Emissions Trading Scheme is our key lever to do so. This supports a cost-efficient transition toward net zer...
Answered 3 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordNational Highways and Network Rail: FinanceDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108014More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2026 to Question 105895, what proportion of the £424 million efficiency saving attributed to regulated settlements in 2028–29 is expected to be delivered by Network Rail alo
Answer: All of the £424 million efficiency saving attributed to regulated settlements in 2028–29 is forecasted to be delivered by Network Rail. Efficiencies for National Highways for the equivalent period will be determined through the Road Investment Strategy 3 ...
Answered 4 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordNational Highways and Network Rail: FinanceDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 108013More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2026 to Question 105895, what the assumed payback period is for the major technology investments cited for Network Rail in delivering efficiency savings; and in which financ
Answer: Network Rail undertake numerous technology-related investments, including those cited as examples in the previous response on 19 January. The payback period for technology-related investments will vary in range and this will depend on the scope and busine...
Answered 29 Jan 2026
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