Question follow-through · 128839

Motor Vehicles: Insurance

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions her Department has had with the insurance industry and relevant regulators on the rising cost of motor insurance in England.

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Answering body: Department for Transport
Tabled: 21 Apr 2026
Target answer date: 23 Apr 2026
Answer: 28 Apr 2026 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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21 Apr 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions her Department has had with the insurance industry and relevant regulators on the rising cost of motor insurance in England.
23 Apr 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Apr 2026
Answer published
Ministers and officials regularly engage with representatives from the insurance industry and regulatory bodies.Furthermore, in order to fulfil the government’s commitment to tackling the soaring cost of motor insurance in the UK, the cross-government tas...

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