Mary Kelly Foy MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Speed LimitsDepartment for TransportTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53630More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of requiring local authorities to consider the curtilage of properties when assessing local speed limits.
Answer: Traffic authorities have the power to make speed limits on the public roads which they manage. English authorities are asked to consider the best practice guidance ‘Setting Local Speed Limits’, designed to make sure that speed limits are appropriately an...
Answered 27 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSpeed LimitsDepartment for TransportTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53629More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has issued guidance to local authorities on the weight that should be given to quality of life issues when assessing local speed limits.
Answer: Traffic authorities have the power to make speed limits on the public roads which they manage. English authorities are asked to consider the best practice guidance ‘Setting Local Speed Limits’, designed to make sure that speed limits are appropriately an...
Answered 27 May 2025
Original Parliament recordSpeed LimitsDepartment for TransportTabled 20 May 2025AnsweredUIN 53628More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has issued guidance to local authorities on considering the hierarchy of road users when assessing local speed limits.
Answer: Traffic authorities have the power to make speed limits on the public roads which they manage. English authorities are asked to consider the best practice guidance ‘Setting Local Speed Limits’, designed to make sure that speed limits are appropriately an...
Answered 27 May 2025
Original Parliament recordCycling: HelmetsDepartment for TransportTabled 14 May 2025AnsweredUIN 52311More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of making the wearing of cycle helmets a legal requirement for cyclists.
Answer: The Department for Transport considered the case for mandating the wearing of cycle helmets as part of a cycling and walking safety review in 2018. The review concluded that the safety benefits were likely to be outweighed by the fact that this would put ...
Answered 22 May 2025
Original Parliament recordTaxis: LicensingDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43941More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of reforming the regulation of cross-border taxi hiring.
Answer: Legislation allows taxis and private hire vehicles to operate outside of the area in which they are licensed. Taxis can only ply for hire (pick up passengers at taxi ranks or be hailed in the street) in the area in which they are licensed. Pre-booked work...
Answered 8 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: FaresDepartment for TransportTabled 21 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 10141More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing flexible railway ticketing.
Answer: Flexible Season Tickets are available across all contracted train operators. They offer most commuters who travel two or three days per week better value compared to both day tickets and other season tickets. All TOCs offer anytime and off-peak tickets fo...
Answered 30 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordCycling and Pedestrians: County DurhamDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5364More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to improve safety for (a) cyclists and (b) pedestrians in County Durham.
Answer: Between 2020/21 to 2023/24, almost £4,000,000 of capital funding has been invested in County Durham for new and improved schemes to improve safety and boost walking, wheeling and cycling, including on the National Cycle Network. In addition, the North Eas...
Answered 9 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordRoads: County DurhamDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5363More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve road safety in County Durham.
Answer: Local authorities are responsible for the management of local roads, within the rules set by Government. It is for the local council to decide what measures may be appropriate in their local areas. The Safer Roads Fund is an innovative, non-competitive pr...
Answered 9 Oct 2024
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