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Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the adequacy of national standards and guidance for managing incidents on strategic road networks.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
15 Jan 2026
Target answer date
19 Jan 2026
Answer
21 Jan 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 15 Jan 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to ensure the adequacy of national standards and guidance for managing incidents on strategic road networks.

  2. 19 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 21 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    National Highways works closely with emergency service partners and other specialist responders to ensure England’s motorways and larger A-roads are as safe and reliable as they can be.National Highways developed the Strategic Road Responders Agreement wh...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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27 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to improve flood resilience on (a) key arterial roads and (b) motorways in (i) Surrey and (ii) the South East.

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Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

28 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has undertaken of the effectiveness of local authority trials of innovative road surfacing materials intended to improve durability and reduce maintenance requirements.

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28 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of developing a national strategy for improving the long-term resilience of the local road network.

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28 Jan 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support is available to Surrey County Council to (a) trial and (b) adopt more durable road surfacing materials to tackle pothole formation on local road networks.

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Roads: Safety

2 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consideration has been given to the effects of her proposed road safety policies on people from both (a) younger and (b) older age demographics.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

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2 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of road safety policy on older people's (a) mobility and (b) independence.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Roads: Surrey Heath

6 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of funding for road maintenance in Surrey Heath constituency.

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Railways: Surrey Heath

6 Feb 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of rail services that have been returned to state ownership on the level of service in Surrey Heath constituency.

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Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud

2 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the current number plate supplier registration framework in providing sufficient audit capability to prevent misuse.

Unreviewed candidateSame MP and department; topic relationship is unreviewed

Vehicle Number Plates: Fraud

2 Mar 2026 · To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to strengthen the regulatory powers of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency to tackle (a) number plate cloning and (b) the use of ghost plates.