Joe Robertson MP: written questions 2026
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Electric Vehicles: Charging PointsDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127722More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 14 April 2026 to Question 124238 on Electric Vehicles: Charging Points, how many applicants have successfully received funding under the Electric Vehicle Chargepoint Grant for Househol
Answer: As of 1 January 2026, the Electric Vehicle Chargepoint Grant for Households with On-Street Parking grant has funded 39 sockets with a grant value of £13,531. The grant funds the installation of charge points at residential properties with on-street parkin...
Answered 21 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordRoad Works: CompensationDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127385More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2026 to Question 122116, whether the Government has plans to establish a targeted national relief scheme specifically for disruption arising from roadworks.
Answer: The Government has no plans to establish a targeted national relief scheme specifically for disruption arising from roadworks. Local authorities are responsible for managing and mitigating the impacts of roadworks in their areas. The Government’s focus is...
Answered 22 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordCompetition and Markets Authority: StaffDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 14 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127310More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 13 April 2026 to Question 123378, what are the job titles for the FTE staff.
Answer: Full-time equivalent (FTE) is a measure of the accumulated time recorded across the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) by staff who have allocated any of their time to the Sustainability Taskforce. The FTE figure does not represent an equivalent numb...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: Dominican RepublicDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127309More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the flights listed to the Dominican Republic in WPQ 120039, what the purpose was of each such visit; which Ministers or senior officials approved each visit; how many officials travelled on ea
Answer: On one occasion, a Grade 7 travelled to the Dominican Republic at a cost of £1,123.42, in line with departmental policy, to attend and present at a regional event on management of airspace over or nearby to conflict zones. The event covered North America,...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordDriving TestsDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127308More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, a) what the failure-to-attend rate for practical car driving tests was in each month since January 2026 up to and including the most recent month for which figures are available.
Answer: The table below shows failure-to-attends (FTA) as a percentage of the total number of bookings for each month since January 2026.Month% FTAFebruary3March3 The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency monitors failure to attend rates and consider potential caus...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordDriving Licences: ApplicationsDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127307More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average processing time was for driving licence applications in each month since December 2025 up to and including the most recent month for which figures are available.
Answer: The table below shows the average number of working days taken to process driving licence applications made both online and not onlinefrom January 2026 to date for both group 1 (cars and motorcycle) and group 2 (lorry and bus) applications. Group 1Group ...
Answered 24 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordDriver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: StandardsDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 127306More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many additional practical car driving tests were delivered by DVSA in each month since February 2026 compared with the same months in the previous year; of those additional tests, how many were delivered by
Answer: www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/driving-test-and-theory-test-data-cars shows the number of car practical driving tests conducted up to March 2026. The below table shows the number of overtime tests since February 2026. Further information is n...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordM6: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126106More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total duration in hours was of (a) partial and (b) full closures as a result of the M6 Lune Gorge project.
Answer: Between 1 September 2025 and 14 April 2026, all recorded closures associated with preparatory works were partial closures only, affecting a single northbound or southbound carriageway, or lane closures. There were 18 overnight carriageway closures, each o...
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: Charging PointsDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126028More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking with the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government to help facilitate the installation of pavement gullies for at home EV charging.
Answer: The Department ran a consultation between November 2025 and January 2026, seeking views on changes to permitted development rights for cross-pavement charging solutions. The Department will publish its response shortly. This expands on the £25m grant fund...
Answered 17 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordTransport: FinanceDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126027More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Transport Development Fund, if she will publish (a) the projects and programmes funded and (b) the amount allocated to each.
Answer: The Transport Development Fund referred to in the 2015 Spending Review was a time-limited fund under the previous government.
Answered 15 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordVehicle Certification Agency: Fees and ChargesDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 125760More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 25 March 2026 to Question 122545 on the Vehicle Certification Agency, whether her Department has set a target date for the Vehicle Certification Agency to eliminate its deficit.
Answer: The VCA is currently analysing responses to its recent consultation on increasing certain fees, which would support deficit reduction. If taken forward, any fee changes require the consent of this House through a fee order. We are therefore unable to set ...
Answered 16 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: RecruitmentDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 125759More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of social media, email alerts and in-centre advertising for driving examiner roles by conversion to (a) completed applications and (b) successful hires.
Answer: I refer the Honourable Member to the answer to Question 122595, 30 March 2026.
Answered 20 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordLarge Goods Vehicles and Vans: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for TransportTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123987More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what forecast has been made of uptake rates for (a) zero emission trucks, (b) vans and (c) depot charging grants under the Zero Emission Truck and Van funding package, announced 25 March 2026.
Answer: The schemes have been designed so that grant funding is sufficient to fully support businesses to transition to zero emission vehicles, consistent with the Government’s plan to meet legally binding carbon budget targets. By 2030, within the current fundin...
Answered 14 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordLarge Goods Vehicles and Vans: Carbon EmissionsDepartment for TransportTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123986More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the maximum number of vehicles that could be subsidised under the Zero Emission Truck and Van, which her Department announced on 25 March 2026, at the highest grant rates, and the
Answer: The schemes have been designed so that grant funding is sufficient to fully support businesses to transition to zero emission vehicles, consistent with the Government’s plan to meet legally binding carbon budget targets. By 2030, within the current fundin...
Answered 14 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS: TechnologyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123839More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that successful HealthTech pilots are scaled and adopted nationally.
Answer: The Department, alongside NHS England, is working to improve the conditions for the adoption and scaling of healthcare technology (HealthTech) across the National Health Service.The Department has developed a National HealthTech Access Programme to provid...
Answered 14 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordNHS: TechnologyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 25 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123838More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps are being taken to ensure that legislation, funding and incentives actively enable HealthTech adoption at scale across the health system.
Answer: The Department, alongside NHS England, is working to improve the conditions for the adoption and scaling of healthcare technology (HealthTech) across the National Health Service.The Department has developed a National HealthTech Access Programme to provid...
Answered 14 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordHigh Speed 2 Line: FinanceDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123379More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2026 to Question 120007 on High Speed 2 Line: Finance, whether the Department expects any reduction in the maximum speed of High Speed Two trains to contribute to meeting the
Answer: The Spending Review settlement for the current period is not dependent on the outcome of the Strategic Speed Study.
Answered 16 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordCompetition and Markets Authority: ExpenditureDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 24 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123378More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 18 March 2026 to Question 120645 on Competition and Markets Authority: Costs, what expenditure the Competition and Markets Authority has incurred on (a) consultants, (b) resea
Answer: The Competition and Markets Authority (“CMA”) has not incurred expenditure on (a) consultants, (b) research and (c) external contracts in support of the Sustainability Taskforce.Since its establishment, the expenditure for the Sustainability Taskforce is ...
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordNitrogen Dioxide: Pollution ControlDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 24 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123377More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she will place in the Library a breakdown of NO2 Programme expenditure by project, including spend to date and forecast costs for each scheme.
Answer: A breakdown of the NO2 programme expenditure on local authority grants will be placed in the House of Commons library.
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordVehicle Certification Agency: Fees and ChargesDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123376More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 March 2026 to Question 119471 on the Vehicle Certification Agency: Fees and Charges, whether there is a timeline to eliminate the Agency’s financial deficit; and what steps her Depa
Answer: The VCA is currently analysing responses to the consultation on increasing certain fees, which closed earlier this month. If taken forward, the fee increase would require secondary legislation before it can be implemented (subject to Parliamentary approva...
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: TrainingDepartment for TransportTabled 24 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 123375More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2026 to Question 118043, what steps the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency is taking to improve its ability to evaluate the effectiveness of recruitment activity for driving
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) monitors the performance of recruitment campaigns, including: monitoring pass rates for each of the stages in the recruitment process and comparing these between campaignsaverage times between advert and job ...
Answered 13 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: Speech and Language TherapyDepartment for EducationTabled 20 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122598More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether SEND practitioners will be provided with training on how to support children with speech, language and communication.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Isle of Wight East to the answer of 23 March 2026 to Question 121271.
Answered 25 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordSpecial Educational Needs: Speech and Language TherapyDepartment for EducationTabled 20 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122597More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether the professional overview board of the National Inclusion Standards will include (a) speech and language therapists and (b) other experts on speech, language and communication.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member for Isle of Wight East to the answer of 23 March 2026 to Question 121270.
Answered 25 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: RecruitmentDepartment for TransportTabled 20 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122596More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2026 to Question 118042, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the Government Recruitment Service applicant tracking system on the Driver and Vehicle Standar
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) uses the Government Recruitment Service's applicant tracking system, but this does not provide information on how applicants learned about vacancies.DVSA advertises all driving examiner vacancies on Civil Ser...
Answered 30 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: RecruitmentDepartment for TransportTabled 20 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 122595More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 March 2026 to Question 118043, what assessment the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency has made of the effectiveness of different recruitment channels used to attract applicants for
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) uses the Government Recruitment Service's applicant tracking system, but this does not provide information on how applicants learned about vacancies.DVSA advertises all driving examiner vacancies on Civil Ser...
Answered 30 Mar 2026
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