Olly Glover MP: written questions
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Motor Vehicles: InsuranceDepartment for TransportTabled 12 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120589More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has been made of the potential impact of the car insurance taskforce’s recommendations on reducing premiums for consumers.
Answer: The cross-government taskforce on motor insurance was formed in October 2024, to fulfil the government’s commitment to tackling the soaring cost of motor insurance in the UK. The taskforce worked across government, bringing together departments and indepe...
Answered 19 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCar SharingDepartment for TransportTabled 12 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120588More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what actions were taken as a result of the peer-to-peer car sharing roundtable, chaired by the Minister for Local Transport on 10th November 2025.
Answer: Following the November roundtable, the Department is actively considering the experiences shared by stakeholders along with the wider evidence base to develop appropriate measures to support the sector. This includes the role of local authorities in creat...
Answered 19 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCar SharingDepartment for TransportTabled 12 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120587More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the commitment made by the Minister for Roads and Buses in topical questions on 11 September 2025, col 1034, when she plans to reinstate the Car Clubs: Local authority toolkit, withdrawn on 15
Answer: The Department is considering how best to support local authorities in ensuring a supportive environment for car sharing services in their local areas and more information will follow in due course.
Answered 19 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCar SharingDepartment for TransportTabled 12 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120586More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how her Department is ensuring that peer-to-peer car sharing remains part of the UK’s wider strategy for decarbonisation and reducing congestion.
Answer: The Government understands the value of shared transport, including car sharing schemes, to reduce emissions and congestion, improve air quality and supports efforts to make it available to more people in the UK. The Department is actively considering the...
Answered 19 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCar SharingDepartment for TransportTabled 12 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120585More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department intends to review the policy framework for peer-to-peer car sharing.
Answer: The Minister for Local Transport met with the car sharing sector in November to discuss challenges, opportunities, and how Government can help create a supportive environment for car sharing services for people across the UK. While there is currently no n...
Answered 19 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCar Sharing: Insurance and RegulationDepartment for TransportTabled 12 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120584More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of regulatory and insurance barriers facing peer-to-peer car sharing platforms in the UK on the viability of those platforms.
Answer: I met with the car sharing sector in November to discuss challenges, opportunities, and how the Government can help create a supportive environment for car sharing services for people across the UK. As part of this, I heard about the barriers facing diffe...
Answered 20 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCar Sharing: Government AssistanceDepartment for TransportTabled 12 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 120583More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help support the peer-to-peer car sharing sector.
Answer: The Minister for Local Transport met with the car sharing sector in November to discuss challenges, opportunities, and how Government can help create a supportive environment for car sharing services for people across the UK. The Department is actively co...
Answered 19 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAEA Group: Workplace PensionsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119130More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Fifty-seventh Report of the Committee of Public Accounts of Session 2022-23 on AEA Technology Pension Case, HC 1005, published on 14 June 2023, and the Third Report of the Work and
Answer: The issues raised by the AEA Technology pension case have been extensively considered, including by Parliamentary committees, in debates in Parliament, and by Government.AEAT members receive compensation through the Pension Protection Fund, which provides...
Answered 17 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAEA Group: Workplace PensionsDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 9 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119129More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reason The Pensions Ombudsman and The Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman were unable to investigate the information on pension options provided by the Government and its agents to AEA T
Answer: The Pensions Ombudsman and the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman may only investigate matters within the statutory jurisdictions set by Parliament. Decisions on which bodies may investigate pension matters reflect deliberate Parliamentary choices...
Answered 17 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordImmigrationHome OfficeTabled 9 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119128More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to publish policy guidance following the end of the consultation on proposed earned settlement reforms.
Answer: The consultation for the earned settlement model, as proposed in ‘A Fairer Pathway to Settlement’, was open to the public between 20 November 2025 and 12 February 2026.We are now reviewing and analysing all responses received. This analysis will help inf...
Answered 16 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordAnimals (Low-welfare Activities Abroad) Act 2023Department for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 9 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119127More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to implement regulations required in the Animals (Low Welfare Activities Abroad) Act 2023.
Answer: I refer the hon. Member to the reply previously given to the hon. Member for Slough, on 26 February 2026 to PQ UIN 114064.
Answered 17 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordRailways: CompensationDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119126More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has (a) held meetings and (b) consulted with (i) railway companies, (ii) passenger groups and (iii) other stakeholders on potential changes to the Delay Repay scheme.
Answer: Ensuring that passengers can access compensation when they face delays is a key part of delivering a fair deal for passengers on the railway. We have one of the most generous Delay Repay systems in Europe. We continue to make progress on improving the eas...
Answered 12 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordRailways: CompensationDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 119125More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she is considering revising the Delay Repay scheme's eligibility criteria.
Answer: Ensuring that passengers can access compensation when they face delays is a key part of delivering a fair deal for passengers on the railway. We have one of the most generous Delay Repay systems in Europe. We continue to make progress on improving the eas...
Answered 12 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordCivil Partnerships and MarriageWomen and EqualitiesTabled 5 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 908224More
Question: To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with Cabinet colleagues on conversion between civil partnership and marriage.
Answer: In 2019, when civil partnerships were made available for opposite-sex couples in England and Wales, the Government ran a public consultation on the future of conversion rights between marriage and civil partnerships for both opposite-sex and same-sex coup...
Answered 11 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordRolling Stock: StorageDepartment for TransportTabled 2 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117055More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many train coaches that are fit for operational service are currently stored out of use in sidings.
Answer: Rolling stock that is currently on lease to train operating companies is either in operational use, undergoing routine maintenance, or in scheduled overhaul.Where leases have expired and rolling stock has been returned to its owner, responsibility for dec...
Answered 6 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDangerous DogsHome OfficeTabled 2 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117054More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much it is costing the police to house dogs that have been confiscated under the Dangerous Dogs Act.
Answer: The Home Office does not hold data on the total cost to policing for housing dogs confiscated under the Dangerous Dogs Act.I would refer the hon member to the response previously provided by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, UIN: 743...
Answered 25 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordBicycles: TheftDepartment for TransportTabled 2 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117053More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help promote and raise awareness of measures to prevent bike thefts such as insurance, appropriate bike locks, and police bike marking.
Answer: I am aware that bike theft is a major problem and that the fear of having a bike stolen can act as a serious deterrent to those who might otherwise want to take up cycling. Active Travel England is providing funding for local authorities to introduce secu...
Answered 10 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordRoads: SafetyDepartment for TransportTabled 2 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117052More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has been made, as part of the Road Safety Strategy, of the contribution of delivery work - involving e-bikes - to deaths and serious injuries.
Answer: No assessment has been made as part of the Road Safety Strategy of the contribution of delivery work, whether involving e-bikes or other modes of road transport, to deaths and injuries. The evidence base for an assessment is limited but it is estimated th...
Answered 5 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordA34: SafetyDepartment for TransportTabled 2 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117051More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department is developing an integrated safety strategy for the A34; and what discussions she has had with relevant local authorities on (a) funding and (b) delivery of safety improvements along the
Answer: National Highways’s route strategies are the principal evidence-gathering mechanism that informs investment planning for the Strategic Road Network. The A34 is considered as part of the ‘Solent to Midlands’ route strategy where ‘Improving Safety for All’ ...
Answered 10 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordA34: SafetyDepartment for TransportTabled 2 Mar 2026AnsweredUIN 117050More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what further safety improvements are planned for the A34 beyond those currently underway; and what the planned timetable is for the completion of current works.
Answer: National Highways is currently undertaking a renewal of the road markings on the A34 from Chieveley to the M40, which is due to be completed by 18 March. It is undertaking studies into the safety performance of slip roads accessing the A34 from the commun...
Answered 10 Mar 2026
Original Parliament recordDriverless VehiclesDepartment for TransportTabled 5 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111375More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance she has issued to companies conducting autonomous vehicle trials on public communications on the (a) capability and (b) legal compliance of prototype systems.
Answer: The ‘Code of Practice: automated vehicle trialling’ is publicly available online through the government’s website. The Code of Practice was published to support organisations or individuals wishing to trial automated vehicle technologies and services. Fur...
Answered 16 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordRoad Traffic Offences: Driverless VehiclesDepartment for TransportTabled 5 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111374More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department maintains a record of safety interventions, traffic contraventions and near-misses arising from autonomous vehicle trials.
Answer: The Department for Transport does not retain a specific record as set out in the Honourable Member’s question. However, any data related to any incidents from automated vehicle trials, which take place with a safety driver in the vehicle, would be capture...
Answered 16 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordRoad Traffic Offences: Driverless VehiclesDepartment for TransportTabled 5 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111373More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance her Department has issued to the police on detecting and enforcing traffic contraventions committed by autonomous vehicles where no human driver is actively controlling the vehicle.
Answer: Section 39 of the Automated Vehicles Act 2024 (“AV Act”) sets out the Secretary of State’s duty to identify and investigate incidents involving automated vehicles which have potential regulatory consequences. Chapter 2 of the ongoing Call for Evidence, “D...
Answered 16 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordDriverless Vehicles: Urban AreasDepartment for TransportTabled 5 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111372More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the adequacy of the ability of autonomous systems to correctly interpret traffic signals at complex or partially obscured junctions in dense urban environments.
Answer: Self-driving vehicles will be expected to operate safely and legally on GB's road infrastructure as it currently exists, just as human drivers do now. Although not essential for safe self-driving, adaptations to roads and other infrastructure have the pot...
Answered 10 Feb 2026
Original Parliament recordCapital Gains TaxTreasuryTabled 5 Feb 2026AnsweredUIN 111371More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing an inflation adjustment mechanism for capital gains tax calculations.
Answer: An indexation allowance previously existed when Capital Gains Tax (CGT) was charged at income tax rates, with a top rate of 40 per cent. The current rates of 18 and 24 per cent are significantly below the higher rates of income tax, simplifying the calcul...
Answered 12 Feb 2026
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