Jerome Mayhew MP: written questions
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Department for Transport: Written QuestionsDepartment for TransportTabled 12 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9359More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to respond to Question 4598 from the Hon. Member for Fylde.
Answer: Question 4598 was answered on 12 June.
Answered 22 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: Written QuestionsDepartment for TransportTabled 12 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9358More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she plans to respond to Question 2649 from the Hon. Member for North Herefordshire.
Answer: Question 2649 was answered on 17 June.
Answered 22 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordTrain Operating Companies: FinanceDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9171More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's Main Estimate 2025-26, whether the forecast £464.6 million reduction in net subsidy to Train Operating Companies relative to 2024-25 will be achieved; and what contingency pla
Answer: The 2025-26 final outturn for Support for Passenger Rail Services was £2,159.2 million. This represented an actual reduction of £399.1 million, which is 86 per cent of the forecast £464.6 million reduction. The outturn was fully funded from within the Dep...
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordGreat British Railways: MarketingDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9170More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what expenditure has been incurred to date on the introduction of the Great British Railways brand; what estimate she has made of the cost of implementing that brand across the rail network; how much of that ex
Answer: The introduction of the Great British Railways (GBR) brand marks a move to the railway putting passengers and the public interest first. It is being designed to maximise opportunities to grow revenue while ensuring value for money for the taxpayer. We are...
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: TrainingDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9169More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish a list of externally procured training programmes used by civil servants in her Department between 5 July and 31 December 2024.
Answer: The information requested can only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: Departmental ResponsibilitiesDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9168More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to publish her Department’s Outcome Delivery Plan for 2025-26.
Answer: The department used Outcome Delivery Plans (ODP) as a tool for internal planning and performance management. We will continue to provide transparency through existing published reports and updates to Parliament but as an internal document, we do not inten...
Answered 19 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: Departmental ResponsibilitiesDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9167More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department maintains an internal Outcome Delivery Plan.
Answer: No. The Outcome Delivery Plan has been replaced by an internal plan.
Answered 19 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordHigh Speed 2 Line: Euston StationDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 9057More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 9 June 2026 to Question 6390 on Euston Station: Finance, what contingency measures her Department has put in place to deliver HS2 Euston if a public-private partnership is not secured.
Answer: The Department’s focus over the next two years is to ensure it is well-placed to run a successful competitive procurement for HS2 Euston Station. The Department is using a well-understood public-private partnership model widely applied internationally, an...
Answered 17 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordLarge Goods Vehicles: Electric VehiclesDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8642More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has modelled the effect of increased axle weights associated with zero-emission heavy goods vehicles on pavement deterioration rates across the strategic and local road network; and what
Answer: While zero-emission vehicles can be heavier than their petrol or diesel equivalents, the increasing weight of all road vehicles is one of a number of factors affecting the condition of the road network.National Highways is currently undertaking research i...
Answered 16 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordLarge Goods Vehicles: Electric VehiclesDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8641More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, what assessment his Department has made of the implications for UK supply chain resilience of increased demand for critical minerals arising from the electrification of the heavy goods vehicle fleet.
Answer: The UK’s Critical Minerals Strategy sets out the UK’s vision for securing the critical minerals it needs across the Industrial Strategy’s growth sectors, including advanced manufacturing. The strategy introduced a forward-looking growth minerals list, ide...
Answered 16 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordRailways: Nature ConservationDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8608More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2026 to Question 5044 on Railways: Nature Conservation, on how many occasions planned railway maintenance, vegetation management and infrastructure works were (a) delayed, (b) p
Answer: Neither the Department nor Network Rail hold data on delays, postponements and alterations to work that may have occurred due to advice from ecologists specifically relating to nesting birds. Network Rail routinely undertakes checks in advance of vegetati...
Answered 22 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordRailways: Nature ConservationDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8607More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2026 to Question 5043 on Railways: Nature Conservation, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to Network Rail arising from vegetation clearance works being (i) delay
Answer: Neither the Department nor Network Rail have estimated the cost to Network Rail arising from vegetation management works being delayed or rescheduled following the identification of protected species. Activities such as environmental checks and surveys in...
Answered 22 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordBritish Transport Police Authority: FinanceDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8606More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2026 to Question 3238, what proportion of the £256.2 million in Police Service Agreements to be entered into by public sector companies is projected to be covered by passenger f
Answer: Passenger revenue in Train Operating Companies is not directly attributable to particular costs, it offsets the entire cost base which will include a contribution to the British Transport Police. The British Transport Police is wholly funded by the contr...
Answered 18 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordElectric VehiclesDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8605More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the oral evidence of Richard Bruce to the Transport Select Committee on 29 April 2026, what the evidential basis is that between 80 and 90 per cent of electric vehicle owners would recommend a
Answer: The Government’s EV tracker survey, published in August 2025, shows that the vast majority of EV drivers would recommend their vehicle type to others: 88% of battery electric vehicle drivers and 83% of plug-in hybrid EV drivers said that they were likely ...
Answered 24 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: Charging PointsDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8604More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether it remains her target to have 300,000 public charge points by 2030.
Answer: The 2022 Taking Charge: the National Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Strategy estimated demand for 280,000–720,000 charge points by 2030. This has often been simplified to around 300,000 charge points, but this remains an estimate of demand, not ...
Answered 24 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordSkills England: StaffDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8603More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many aviation sector employers, representative bodies and training providers have been formally engaged by Skills England since its establishment; and on what dates those engagements took place.
Answer: Skills England engaged with a total of 23 aviation bodies (which includes aviation sector employers, representative bodies and training providers) between 5 June 2025 and 10 June 2026. The focus of these engagements was to support the development, reform ...
Answered 19 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPrisons: Electric VehiclesMinistry of JusticeTabled 10 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8602More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department has set a target for the installation of electric vehicle charging points across the prison estate; and how many charging points have been installed to date.
Answer: The Department has not set a specific target for installation of electric vehicle changing points in prisons. However, the Ministry of Justice has already installed over 250 charging points across the prison estate with plans to install more in the future...
Answered 19 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordPortsDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8601More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential for UK ports to support increased dual-use civilian and military capability; and whether her Department is working with the Ministry of Defence on port resilience a
Answer: Through the Home Defence Programme, the Government is implementing an additional layer of defence, security and resilience planning to ensure close alignment of military and civilian effort.The Department for Transport is working with the Ministry of Defe...
Answered 19 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordDriving TestsDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8600More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2026 to Question 4297 on Driving Tests: Offices, which driving test centres were (a) added to, (b) removed from and (c) ceased conducting practical car driving tests between 1 J
Answer: As of 1 June 2026, when compared to the driving test centres (DTC) in operation as of 1 July 2024, there were 12 test centres that had either opened, closed or ceased conducting car practical driving tests. These are shown in the table below and includes ...
Answered 22 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordCentre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles Expert Advisory PanelDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8122More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 3807, how many times the CCAV Expert Advisory Panel has met since May 2024; and on how many occasions Unite the Union was present.
Answer: The Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV) Expert Advisory Panel has met six times since May 2024. The Panel membership was revised in 2025 to reflect a shift in focus to implementing the Automated Vehicles Act 2024. Unite the Union joined th...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: Manufacturing IndustriesDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8120More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 3329 on Electric Vehicles: Grants, what proportion of vehicles purchased with support from the Electric Car Grant have been manufactured in the United Kingdom.
Answer: This information is not held by the Department because some eligible models are manufactured in more than one location. The Department is unable to provide a per model breakdown of vehicles supported through the Electric Car Grant due to commercial sensit...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordDriving Licences: HealthDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8119More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 5014 on Driving Licences: Health, what the average processing time was for medical driving licence renewal applications in (a) January, (b) February, (c) March,
Answer: The table below shows the average number of working days taken to process medical driving licence applications for both group 1 (cars and motorcycle) and group 2 (lorry and bus) applications. MonthGroup 1Group 2January 202659.742.5February 202671.446.3Mar...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordAviation: CrewDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8118More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2026 to Question 3885 on Aviation: Crew, whether mutual recognition of UK pilot licences forms part of the Government's discussions with the EU on strengthening the UK-EU relati
Answer: The Government has reset our relations with European partners in order to improve our economic and security cooperation following Brexit. We are committed to a constructive, and forward-looking relationship with the EU on aviation safety, including seekin...
Answered 15 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordHM Coastguard: Voluntary WorkDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8117More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consultation the Maritime and Coastguard Agency undertook with a) Coastguard Rescue Officers, b) coastal communities, c) island communities and d) local resilience forums before introducing the revised vol
Answer: There has been significant engagement with the Coastguard Rescue Service over the past few months leading up to and since the Court of Appeal judgement, on the implications for the service, and since the changes to the model were communicated to members. ...
Answered 18 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordCumbrian Coast Line: TunnelsDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 8116More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 May 2026 to Question 1278, whether Network Rail has submitted the necessary permit applications to (a) the Environment Agency and (b) the Coal Authority for the permanent repair wor
Answer: Network Rail and the Mining Remediation Authority are currently undertaking further modelling work, so have not yet submitted applications for all of the necessary permits to undertake the repair works in Bransty Tunnel. This modelling work is expected to...
Answered 17 Jun 2026
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