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Railways: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to establish an independent mechanism for public reporting of rail safety incidents.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
19 Nov 2025
Target answer date
25 Nov 2025
Answer
25 Nov 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 19 Nov 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to establish an independent mechanism for public reporting of rail safety incidents.

  2. 25 Nov 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 25 Nov 2025

    Answer published

    The main independent mechanism for publicly reporting safety incidents on the railways is the Confidential Incident Reporting and Analysis System (CIRAS). The Office of Rail and Road also operate an anonymous whistleblowing service. Therefore, no plans ex...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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