Sarah Coombes MP: written questions 2025
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Written questions
Water Companies: Disclosure of InformationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99360More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to ensure water companies comply with transparency obligations.
Answer: This information is held by water companies and is governed by the Information Commissioner’s Office.
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordWater Companies: ComplaintsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 11 Dec 2025AnsweredUIN 99359More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what information her Department holds on the number of EIR complaints that have been made against water companies in the last 12 months.
Answer: This information is held by water companies and is governed by the Information Commissioner’s Office.
Answered 17 Dec 2025
Original Parliament recordGamblingDepartment for Culture, Media and SportTabled 20 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 93230More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate she has made of the number of people (a) suffering problem gambling and (b) at risk of problem gambling in the most recent year for which data is available.
Answer: The Government is acutely aware of the impact that harmful gambling can have on individuals and their families. We recognise the importance of using impartial, accurate and up-to-date statistics, in the context of the wider evidence base, to inform policy...
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDriving Offences: ArrestsHome OfficeTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91627More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many drivers were arrested of a driving offence while on bail for causing death by careless or dangerous driving for each of the last five years.
Answer: The data requested is not held centrally.The Home Office collects data on arrests by offence group in England and Wales as part of the Police Powers and Procedures statistical series. The latest data is available here: Stop and search, arrests, and mental...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: OwnershipDepartment for TransportTabled 17 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 91579More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons vehicles may not have registered keepers.
Answer: Vehicles that are currently in the motor trade may legitimately have no registered keeper as well as vehicles that have been sold but the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has not yet been notified of the new keeper. There will also be cases wher...
Answered 20 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: RegistrationDepartment for TransportTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90941More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many fines the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency has issued to people who have failed to update their address on their driving license in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) does not allow individual vehicle keepers to use a PO Box address to register their vehicles. Fleet companies are able to use a PO box address but this must always be accompanied by the full and verifiable po...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: RegistrationDepartment for TransportTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90940More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many fines the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency has issued to people who failed to update their V5C logbook in each of the last five years.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) does not allow individual vehicle keepers to use a PO Box address to register their vehicles. Fleet companies are able to use a PO box address but this must always be accompanied by the full and verifiable po...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: RegistrationDepartment for TransportTabled 13 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 90938More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of vehicle registered keepers have provided a PO Box as an address.
Answer: The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) does not allow individual vehicle keepers to use a PO Box address to register their vehicles. Fleet companies are able to use a PO box address but this must always be accompanied by the full and verifiable po...
Answered 18 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordCounty Courts: Road Traffic OffencesMinistry of JusticeTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87503More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many County Court Judgements were related to vehicle infringements in each of the last five years.
Answer: The information requested is not centrally held. It may be held in court records, but to determine that and obtain it would incur disproportionate costs.
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordVehicle Number Plates: Postal ServicesDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87502More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish a breakdown of the number of registered number plate suppliers registered to each of the most commonly used PO boxes.
Answer: Of the 34,455 registered number plate suppliers, seven (0.02%) have a PO box address. All seven of these PO box addresses are different.
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordVehicle Number Plates: Postal ServicesDepartment for TransportTabled 3 Nov 2025AnsweredUIN 87501More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of registered number plate suppliers have addresses registered to PO boxes.
Answer: Of the 34,455 registered number plate suppliers, seven (0.02%) have a PO box address. All seven of these PO box addresses are different.
Answered 11 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordVehicle Number Plates: FraudDepartment for TransportTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86843More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many suppliers struck off the register of number plate suppliers due to (a) malpractice and (b) selling number plates illegally have rejoined the register.
Answer: While there are no specific targets set, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) aim to audit each registered number plate supplier at least once every three years.The DVLA supports Trading Standards and the police in prosecuting suppliers who fail...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordVehicle Number Plates: FraudDepartment for TransportTabled 30 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 86842More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what targets her Department sets for DVLA enforcement checks of the register of number plate suppliers.
Answer: While there are no specific targets set, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) aim to audit each registered number plate supplier at least once every three years.The DVLA supports Trading Standards and the police in prosecuting suppliers who fail...
Answered 4 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordVehicle Number PlatesDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85995More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many suppliers on the register of number plate suppliers have been found to be failing to carry out legal checks before selling a number plate.
Answer: The information requested about the number of people with criminal convictions, including fraud, is not held by the Department.The DVLA supports Trading Standards and the police in prosecuting suppliers who fail to meet the requirements of the relevant le...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordVehicle Number PlatesDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85994More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many number plate suppliers have been found to be selling number plates without asking for vehicle ownership details.
Answer: The information requested about the number of people with criminal convictions, including fraud, is not held by the Department.The DVLA supports Trading Standards and the police in prosecuting suppliers who fail to meet the requirements of the relevant le...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordVehicle Number PlatesDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85993More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what previous criminal offences checks the DVLA carries out on people on the register of number plate suppliers.
Answer: The information requested about the number of people with criminal convictions, including fraud, is not held by the Department.The DVLA supports Trading Standards and the police in prosecuting suppliers who fail to meet the requirements of the relevant le...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordVehicle Number PlatesDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85992More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people previously convicted of fraud offences are on the register of number plate suppliers.
Answer: The information requested about the number of people with criminal convictions, including fraud, is not held by the Department.The DVLA supports Trading Standards and the police in prosecuting suppliers who fail to meet the requirements of the relevant le...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordVehicle Number PlatesDepartment for TransportTabled 28 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 85991More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people with criminal convictions are on the register of number plate suppliers.
Answer: The information requested about the number of people with criminal convictions, including fraud, is not held by the Department.The DVLA supports Trading Standards and the police in prosecuting suppliers who fail to meet the requirements of the relevant le...
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Original Parliament recordDriverless Vehicles: DisabilityDepartment for TransportTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84561More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with manufacturers on helping to ensure that (a) disabled people and (b) people with accessibility needs are served adequately by automated vehicles.
Answer: Ministers and officials regularly engage with the self-driving vehicle industry to understand opportunities and emerging best practice in respect of accessibility. For example, Waymo, a leading autonomous ride-hailing company and a member of the Departmen...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDriverless Vehicles: SafetyDepartment for TransportTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84560More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure occupant safety in automated vehicles.
Answer: The Automated Passenger Services permitting scheme consultation sought views from respondents on what sort of information could be published by permit holders in respect of the safeguarding of passengers. The consultation closed at the end of the Septembe...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDriverless Vehicles: AccidentsDepartment for TransportTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84559More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of current legislation in ensuring that there is sufficient (a) liability and (b) responsibility in the case of a collision caused by an automated vehicle.
Answer: The framework in place today, established by the Automated and Electric Vehicles Act 2018, provides a process for Secretary of State to list vehicles as "automated" and sets out that if a listed vehicle causes an accident while driving itself, l...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDriverless Vehicles: Data ProtectionDepartment for TransportTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84558More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure that data being transmitted by UK automated vehicles to manufacturers is not stored offshore.
Answer: Effective and secure storage of data produced by self-driving vehicles is vital for their deployment. Ahead of full implementation of the Automated Vehicles Act 2024 in the second half of 2027, the Department for Transport will be seeking further informat...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDriverless Vehicles: SafetyDepartment for TransportTabled 22 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 84554More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of automated vehicles on road safety.
Answer: With 88% of road traffic collisions currently involving human error as a contributory factor, self-driving vehicles offer an opportunity to make our roads safer for the people who rely on them.Government will publish a Statement of Safety Principles – sub...
Answered 27 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordElectric Vehicles: AccidentsDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82440More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure that data from electric vehicles is provided to the authorities in the event of a road traffic crash.
Answer: Event Data Recorders (EDRs) are systems which store information related to vehicle dynamics and other parameters in the moments around a collision. These enable effective crash investigations and analysis of safety equipment performance. Where appropriate...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMotor Vehicles: RegistrationDepartment for TransportTabled 15 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 82439More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of drivers failed to notify the DVLA of a change of vehicle keeper or ownership in the preceeding five years.
Answer: The latest available data shows that of the 52,898,866 vehicles on the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)’s vehicle database, 49,270,958 are contactable and traceable based on the information held on the DVLA’s records. Of the remainder it is esti...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
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