Question follow-through · 107771
Level Crossings: Safety
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the collection and analysis of data on level-crossing barrier down-time, including average duration and frequency of extended closures, on the safe operat
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 22 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 26 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 23 Feb 2026 · 32 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
22 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the collection and analysis of data on level-crossing barrier down-time, including average duration and frequency of extended closures, on the safe operat
26 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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23 Feb 2026
Answer published
Network Rail considers available information on barrier down time as part of the risk assessments it routinely carries out for level crossings with barriers. The Office of Rail and Road, as the independent rail safety regulator for Great Britain, is respo...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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