Melanie Ward MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Written questions
Driving TestsDepartment for TransportTabled 20 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 114610More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she will consider extending the validity of driving theory tests from two years to three years.
Answer: The maximum duration of two years between passing the theory test and a subsequent practical test is in place to ensure a customer’s road safety knowledge and ability to identify developing hazards is current. This validity period is set in legislation, a...
Answered 26 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordAviation: CrewDepartment for TransportTabled 20 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 107274More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason the CAA cannot release occurrence information on pilot fatigue events.
Answer: Mandatory Occurrence Reporting (“MOR”) Regulations mean that the Civil Aviation Authority can only use information from MORs for the purpose for which they have been collected. The CAA does not make any information from MORs available. The CAA only uses i...
Answered 30 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordAviation: CrewDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104571More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many occasions in the last year the Health and Safety Executive has discussed the issue of pilot fatigue with the Civil Aviation Authority.
Answer: Where a fatigue issue may have led to a safety incident, the UK CAA's Mandatory Occurrence Reporting (MOR) scheme requires that operators send a report to the UK CAA. However, these reports can only be used to improve aviation safety, and the CAA cannot r...
Answered 19 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordAviation: CrewDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 104570More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many incidents of pilot fatigue have been reported to the Civil Aviation Authority in each of the past 10 years.
Answer: Where a fatigue issue may have led to a safety incident, the UK CAA's Mandatory Occurrence Reporting (MOR) scheme requires that operators send a report to the UK CAA. However, these reports can only be used to improve aviation safety, and the CAA cannot r...
Answered 19 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordDriving Licences: EpilepsyDepartment for TransportTabled 29 Aug 2025AnsweredUIN 73525More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to allow people with epilepsy who have been seizure-free for more than ten years while taking medication to apply for a driver's licence.
Answer: People with epilepsy can be issued with a licence to drive Group 1 vehicles (cars and motorcycles) after being seizure free for 12 months (whether or not they are taking medication to treat epilepsy) and as long as they are following their medical profess...
Answered 5 Sept 2025
Original Parliament recordBurntisland Station: AccessDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67703More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when she expects Network Rail to have completed a feasibility study on making Burntisland railway station accessible.
Answer: This government is committed to improving the accessibility of the railway and recognises the social and economic benefits this brings to communities.In May 2024, the previous government selected 50 stations for initial feasibility work for potential upgr...
Answered 17 Jul 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Tests: FifeDepartment for TransportTabled 11 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 67236More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress her Department has made on increasing driving examiner recruitment in Fife.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s (DVSA) main priority is upholding road safety standards while it works hard to reduce car practical driving test waiting times. The driving test centres that serve candidates in Fife are Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy....
Answered 18 Jul 2025
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