Jerome Mayhew MP: written questions
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Safety Belts: Fixed PenaltiesDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12232More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many fixed penalty notices were issued for failure to wear a seat belt in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Department for Transport does not hold the information requested. The Home Office collects and publishes the relevant data on fixed penalty notices and other outcomes for motoring offences, including seat belt offences, for police forces in England an...
Answered 1 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordRoad Traffic Offences: Motor InsuranceDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12231More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many motorists were convicted of driving without valid insurance in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Ministry of Justice publishes data on convictions for using a motor vehicle uninsured against third party risks at criminal courts in England and Wales in the Outcomes by Offences data tool, that can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics ...
Answered 1 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordFreightDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12230More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what ministerial decisions have been taken on the publication of the Freight Plan since 1 January 2026; and on what dates.
Answer: Since 1 January 2026, I have considered the planned publication of the freight plan in the context of wider departmental priorities and the Middle East crisis. In May 2026, I took the decision not to publish the freight plan before summer to ensure the pl...
Answered 1 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordRailways: InfrastructureDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12229More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many rail infrastructure projects in England with a capital value below £50 million are behind schedule.
Answer: Network Rail is delivering hundreds of projects across the country to maintain and upgrade the rail network. Of the projects currently delivering on site with an anticipated cost of less than £50 million, 144 are currently forecasting to complete after th...
Answered 1 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordLiverpool Street Station: ConstructionDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12228More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the establishment of Great British Railways on the governance and delivery of the Liverpool Street Station redevelopment scheme.
Answer: The Liverpool Street Redevelopment scheme is being promoted by Platform 4 on a commercial basis – no Government funding has been allocated. Any specific queries regarding this scheme should be directed to Platform 4 (info@platform4.com).
Answered 1 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordLiverpool Street Station: ConstructionDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12227More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the planned timetable is for the Liverpool Street Station redevelopment scheme from planning consent to commencement of construction; and what the timescales required are for (a) completion of Section 106
Answer: A scheme of this scale requires a large amount of work to mobilise. Network Rail and Platform4 are working on the completion of the Section 106 following resolution to grant consent in February. The appropriate work on public sector procurement and market...
Answered 2 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordEuston Delivery CompanyDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12226More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Euston Delivery Company will be stood up as a public body.
Answer: In April 2026, the Euston Delivery Company (EDC) became the single directing mind for the Euston programme.Currently the EDC sits as a business unit within the Department for Transport as its capability is built. We expect the EDC to be stood up as a publ...
Answered 1 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: NottinghamDepartment for TransportTabled 22 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11723More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the impact on learner drivers of average practical driving test waiting times at Nottingham (Chilwell) Driving Test Centre; and what steps she is taking to reduce waiting times a
Answer: The Government set out a comprehensive package of measures in April 2025 to tackle long waiting times, aiming to deliver around 10,000 additional tests per month. A key step was reintroducing overtime incentives. At Nottingham (Chilwell) driving test cent...
Answered 29 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordTrain Operating CompaniesDepartment for TransportTabled 22 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11722More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June to Question 9171, what the subsidy requirement was for each train operating company in 2025-26 compared with the forecast used in the Department's Main Estimate.
Answer: The department does not intend to publish operator-level comparisons of subsidy requirement against forecast ahead of the publication of Train Operating Companies’ final audited accounts and financial statements. This is because the underlying revenue an...
Answered 29 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: Departmental ResponsibilitiesDepartment for TransportTabled 22 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11721More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June to Question 9167 on Department for Transport: Departmental Responsibilities, whether she plans to publish the internal plan.
Answer: The decision to publish internal Strategic Plans sits with the Cabinet Office who are currently considering whether they will be published.
Answered 6 Jul 2026
Original Parliament recordAir Routes: Public Service ObligationsDepartment for TransportTabled 18 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11191More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2026 to Question 6200 on Air Routes: Public Service Obligations, whether it is her Department's policy that Public Service Obligation support should primarily facilitate connec
Answer: It is the responsibility of regional bodies, such as local authorities and Devolved Governments, to make a compelling case for a Public Service Obligation (PSO) against the criteria set out in the Department for Transport’s guidance on PSO routes which is...
Answered 26 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordHM Coastguard: Conditions of EmploymentDepartment for TransportTabled 18 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11190More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 15 June 2026 to Question 8407 on HM Coastguard: Conditions of Employment, what estimate the Maritime and Coastguard Agency has made of the total cost of backdated payments arising from
Answer: I refer the Hon Member to the answer of 15 June 2026 to Question 8407.
Answered 25 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordGreater Thameslink Railway: CrewDepartment for TransportTabled 18 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11189More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 15 June 2026 to Question 7116, how many drivers were employed by Greater Thameslink Railway on (a) Thameslink and (b) Great Northern services on 1 January 2026.
Answer: We are supporting Greater Thameslink Railway to maintain and strengthen its driver workforce to improve the reliability and punctuality of services.As of 1 January 2026, Greater Thameslink Railway employed approximately 616 full-time equivalent qualified ...
Answered 26 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordGreat British RailwaysDepartment for TransportTabled 18 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11188More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2026 to Question 4598 on Great British Railways, what innovations in passenger rail services will arise as a result of the establishment of Great British Railways that would no
Answer: The Government doesn’t speculate on hypotheticals. Great British Railways will be delivering in reality: a single directing mind to end the fragmentation between track and train; integrated timetabling and operations under one accountable body; and the fa...
Answered 26 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordGreat British RailwaysDepartment for TransportTabled 18 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11187More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2026 to Question 4598 on Great British Railways, what the objectives are; and whether those objectives will be published.
Answer: The objectives for Great British Railways will be set through the Long-Term Rail Strategy, future funding settlements and GBR’s integrated business planning. These will be published in due course. These objectives will focus on core shared outcomes of red...
Answered 26 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordGreat British RailwaysDepartment for TransportTabled 18 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11186More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2026 to Question 4598 on Great British Railways, if Great British Railways will publish guidance setting out the criteria against which applications for open access passenger r
Answer: Yes. Clause 59 of the Railways Bill would require Great British Railways (GBR) to publish the criteria that it intends to apply when making decisions on applications to operate trains other than GBR passenger services, as part of its access and use policy...
Answered 24 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordRailway Stations: Air ConditioningDepartment for TransportTabled 18 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11185More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2026 to Question 7215 on Railway Stations: Nitrogen Dioxide, at which Network Rail managed stations ventilation upgrades, air cleaning technologies or other engineering interve
Answer: Many of Network Rail's Air Quality Implementation Plans contain milestones to assess the cost, feasibility and scope for funding different options. This information on the approval and funding of specific measures to improve air quality at Network Rail ma...
Answered 24 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordNetwork Rail: BiodiversityDepartment for TransportTabled 18 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 11184More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2026 to Question 7211 on Network Rail: Biodiversity, what payments Network Rail has made to the consultancy arm of the Wildlife Trusts for work relating to habitat management p
Answer: Network Rail does not hold centrally collated information on specific payments made to the consultancy arm of the Wildlife Trusts for habitat management plans in each year since 2024.
Answered 24 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordRailways: CCTVDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 10713More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the cost of linking CCTV from railway stations, trackside CCTV and CCTV from train cabs together into a single platform.
Answer: The Department for Transport (DfT) is funding nearly £17 million for a Network Rail programme to connect existing station CCTV to the British Transport Police and wider rail industry into a single cloud-based system. This work is in the early stages of de...
Answered 26 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordTour de France: FinanceDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 15 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9667More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the expected increase in cycling participation arising from the Government funding for the 2027 Tour de France and Tour de France Femmes Grand Départs; and what targ
Answer: Major sporting events provide a stage for powerful moments that can inspire people to participate in sport and physical activity. Following the UEFA European Women’s Championship in 2022, the FA reported the highest year-on-year participation increase amo...
Answered 23 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordActive Travel: FinanceDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9666More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential risk of double-counting expenditure within the active travel investment figure in the Third Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy where individual schemes are fun
Answer: The projected investment has been calculated using a range of evidence and data sources to reduce the potential risk of double counting. This includes funding allocations previously announced, successful funding proposals from local bodies, previous resea...
Answered 22 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordRoads: FreightDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9665More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Minutes of the fourth meeting of the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement Partnership Council published on 6 May 2026, what discussions have taken place since 5 July 2024 on (a) exchanges
Answer: Discussions on the reciprocal sharing of information relating to transport managers and road haulage operators took place at meetings of the UK–EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement Specialised Committee on Road Transport (SCRT) in 2024 and 2025. At the 2025...
Answered 22 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordFreight: CrimeDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9664More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the extent of the relationship between HGV parking availability and freight crime levels.
Answer: The department recognises the importance of the relationship between HGV parking availability and freight crime levels. The government undertook a national lorry parking survey in 2022 which identified secure parking as a priority for drivers. This inform...
Answered 22 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordFreedom of Information: Information SharingHome OfficeTabled 15 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9663More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with the National Police Chiefs' Council on the handling of data of those making FOI requests, including whether there is sharing of such data with other policing bodie
Answer: The National Police Chief’s Council is an independent public authority for the purpose of the Freedom of Information Act. The Home Office has no record of any discussions with the NPCC regarding their handling of FOI requests.
Answered 24 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: Written QuestionsDepartment for TransportTabled 12 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9360More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to respond to Question 4522 from the Hon. Member for Rushcliffe.
Answer: I can confirm that I responded to the Hon. Member for Rushcliffe on 12th June.
Answered 22 Jun 2026
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