Pippa Heylings MP: written questions
4 Jul 2025–3 Jul 2026
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Written questions
Roads: Repairs and MaintenanceDepartment for TransportTabled 23 Jun 2026AnsweredUIN 12345More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance her Department provides to local authorities on instructing external legal firms to defend claims relating to vehicle damage caused by potholes; and whether she plans to review the (a) cost-effect
Answer: The Department does not provide guidance to local authorities on this matter. Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980 places a statutory duty on highway authorities to maintain public highways. Dealing with compensation claims due to defects such as potholes ...
Answered 29 Jun 2026
Original Parliament recordRoads: AccidentsDepartment for TransportTabled 13 May 2026AnsweredUIN 748More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to introduce legislation to make it an offence to fail to report a road traffic incident in which a cat is struck and killed; and what assessment she has made of the potential merits of extend
Answer: There are no plans to amend section 170 of the Road Traffic Act to make it mandatory for drivers to report road collisions involving cats. Although there is no obligation to report all animal deaths on roads, drivers should, if possible, make enquiries to...
Answered 18 May 2026
Original Parliament recordLondon Underground: Air PollutionDepartment for TransportTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126793More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with Transport for London on interim measures it is currently implementing on the London Underground to reduce passenger exposure, including that of children and clinically vulnerab
Answer: Transport in London is devolved to the Mayor of London and Transport for London (TfL). The Department has regular discussions with TfL on a range of issues, however, the management of air quality on the London Underground is a matter solely for them. I wo...
Answered 21 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordLondon Underground: Air PollutionDepartment for TransportTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126792More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government plans to introduce additional regulatory or statutory oversight to control air pollution on major public transport hubs, including the London Underground; and whether it intends to place
Answer: The Mayor of London and Transport for London are responsible for the management of air quality on the London Underground. However, the Government remains committed to improving air quality to deliver benefits for public health, the environment, and the ec...
Answered 21 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordLondon Underground: Air PollutionDepartment for TransportTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126791More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Committee on the Medical Effects of Air Pollutants’ recommendation in 2019 for a comprehensive toxicological study of particulate matter on the London Underground, what the current status
Answer: Transport in London is devolved to the Mayor of London and Transport for London (TfL). The Department has regular discussions with TfL on a range of issues, however, the management of air quality on the London Underground is a matter solely for them. I wo...
Answered 21 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordLondon Underground: Air PollutionDepartment for TransportTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126790More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with TfL on progress implementing the interventions identified as urgent in the UK Chief Medical Officers’ Annual Report 2022, including improvements to ventilation and filtration s
Answer: Transport in London is devolved to the Mayor of London and Transport for London (TfL). The Department has regular discussions with TfL on a range of issues, however, the management of air quality on the London Underground is a matter solely for them. I wo...
Answered 21 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordLondon Underground: Air PollutionDepartment for TransportTabled 13 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 126789More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the UK Chief Medical Officers’ Annual Report 2022, what specific actions the Government is taking to help address the public health risks arising from exposure to air pollution on the London U
Answer: Transport in London is devolved to the Mayor of London and Transport for London (TfL). The Department has regular discussions with TfL on a range of issues, however, the management of air quality on the London Underground is a matter solely for them. I wo...
Answered 21 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: Charging PointsDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Apr 2026AnsweredUIN 125028More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of requiring the installation of dynamic roadside electric vehicle charging pricing totems, including on the functioning of the market, the level of competit
Answer: The Department for Transport has not made such an assessment. However, Government is modernising electric vehicle charging signage on major A-roads. Changes now allow larger electric vehicle charging hubs to be signposted from major A-roads. We are also ...
Answered 17 Apr 2026
Original Parliament recordLarge Goods Vehicle Drivers: FacilitiesDepartment for TransportTabled 14 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 105980More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve the availability and quality of facilities for HGV drivers, including secure parking, welfare facilities and overnight rest areas; and what assessment has she made
Answer: The HGV Parking Matched Funding Grant Scheme (MFGS) was launched in 2022 to fund investment in: HGV driver welfare facilities, lorry parking provision, site security, and decarbonisation. The scheme is supporting truck stop operators across 30 counties in...
Answered 20 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordMotor Insurance: Fees and ChargesDepartment for TransportTabled 5 Jan 2026AnsweredUIN 102943More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she is taking to protect motorists from facing increased motor insurance premiums following a non-fault road traffic accident.
Answer: Motor insurers are responsible for setting the terms and conditions of the policies that they offer and decide the level of risk that they take in issuing any policy to a given applicant. Drivers need to declare incidents that they are involved in, regard...
Answered 13 Jan 2026
Original Parliament recordRailways: Public ConsultationDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98577More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she has taken to recover the 6120 missing responses from the Railways Bill consultation; and what steps she is taking to ensure the integrity of the consultation process for future consultations.
Answer: The Secretary of State has written to the Transport Select Committee on this issue, a copy of which can be found here: https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/50296/documents/271772/default/. We have no evidence of other consultations being affected...
Answered 23 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: Public ConsultationDepartment for TransportTabled 9 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 98575More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure her Department's consultations comply fully with the Gunning Principles in the future.
Answer: The Department, its executive agencies and arm’s-length bodies publish a large number of consultations and calls for evidence. The Department conducts consultations in line with the Government Consultation Principles. These state that consultations should...
Answered 18 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordPort of Felixstowe: FreightDepartment for TransportTabled 8 Jul 2025AnsweredUIN 65969More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the freight throughput was in twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) passing through Felixstowe port in the most recent 12 months for which data are available; and how many and what proportion of those TEUs w
Answer: Container throughput passing through Felixstowe port in the calendar year 2023 was 3.246 million TEU. Source: DfT Port Freight Statistics 2023. Data for the 2024 will be published 30th July 2025.https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6698eaf1fc8e1...
Answered 14 Jul 2025
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