Jerome Mayhew MP: written questions 2026
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Railway 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
Original Parliament recordDepartment 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
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