Asked by: Helen Hayes (Labour - Dulwich and West Norwood)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take steps to ensure the recall of diesel vehicles found to use defeat devices.
Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s Market Surveillance Unit (MSU) is investigating cases of possible non-compliant diesel emissions in cars and vans. The investigations aim to ensure any non-compliance found is fixed as soon as reasonably possible, working together with manufacturers to achieve real-world impacts on air quality.
Where an investigation into the emissions has identified emissions that do not meet the required standard, the MSU will work with the manufacturer to implement improvement plans and, where necessary, recall affected vehicles.
Asked by: Olivia Blake (Labour - Sheffield Hallam)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking make it easier for those in terraced houses to charge their electric vehicle by their home.
Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Government’s £400 million Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) Fund has been allocated to all highest tier local authorities in England to ensure equitable chargepoint rollout across the country. Funding is primarily targeted at low powered, on-street charging infrastructure such as lamp column chargepoints to make it easier and more convenient for residents without off-street parking, such as those in terraced housing, to charge close to home.
The Government has also allocated £25 million to English local authorities to install pavement channels, which will support thousands of residents without off-street parking to conveniently charge their vehicles at home, accessing cheaper tariffs through their domestic energy supplies.
Asked by: Olivia Blake (Labour - Sheffield Hallam)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she has taken to increase the number of lamppost chargers for electric vehicles.
Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Government’s £400 million Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) Fund has been allocated to all highest tier local authorities in England to ensure equitable chargepoint rollout across the country. Funding is primarily targeted at low powered, on-street charging infrastructure such as lamp column chargepoints to make it easier and more convenient for residents without off-street parking, such as those in terraced housing, to charge close to home.
The Government has also allocated £25 million to English local authorities to install pavement channels, which will support thousands of residents without off-street parking to conveniently charge their vehicles at home, accessing cheaper tariffs through their domestic energy supplies.
Asked by: Baroness Redfern (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask His Majesty's Government what support they are providing for the National Vehicle Crime Intelligence Services to formulate a single national secure parking standard.
Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
There are no current plans for the Government to support or endorse a secure parking standard.
The Department for Transport established a Task and Finish Group (TFG) on HGV Facilities which reported in January 2025. This 12-month, industry-led forum was focussed on industry actions to improve capacity for safe and secure HGV parking and driving industry adoption of existing HGV parking Standards. NaVCIS was an active member of the TFG.
There are three HGV parking standards currently available:
The TFG explored whether an additional parking standard was needed but concluded that this was not required.
Asked by: Adam Jogee (Labour - Newcastle-under-Lyme)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost of an off peak return ticket between Stafford Railway Station and London Euston Railway Station was in each of the last 15 years.
Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The cost of an off-peak return ticket in each of the last 15 years between Stafford and London Euston was:
2010 | £49.90 |
2011 | £52.80 |
2012 | £56.00 |
2013 | £58.40 |
2014 | £60.20 |
2015 | £61.70 |
2016 | £62.30 |
2017 | £63.40 |
2018 | £65.60 |
2019 | £67.60 |
2020 | £69.50 |
2021 | £71.30 |
2022 | £74.00 |
2023 | £78.40 |
2024 | £82.20 |
2025 | £86.00 |
Asked by: Adam Jogee (Labour - Newcastle-under-Lyme)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to mitigate the impact of increases in rail fares on residents in (a) Newcastle-under-Lyme and (b) Staffordshire.
Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
We have announced that regulated rail fares will be frozen, for a year from March 2026, for the first time in 30 years putting money back in the pockets of hardworking people. Passengers will benefit from savings on over a billion journeys with season tickets, peak return tickets on commuter routes, and off-peak return tickets on longer-distance routes all protected.
Asked by: Adam Jogee (Labour - Newcastle-under-Lyme)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost of an off peak return ticket between Crewe Railway Station and London Euston Railway Station was in each of the last 15 years.
Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The cost of an off-peak return ticket in each of the last 15 years between Crewe and London Euston was:
2010 | £60.10 |
2011 | £63.60 |
2012 | £67.40 |
2013 | £70.20 |
2014 | £72.40 |
2015 | £74.20 |
2016 | £74.90 |
2017 | £76.30 |
2018 | £79.00 |
2019 | £81.50 |
2020 | £83.80 |
2021 | £86.00 |
2022 | £89.30 |
2023 | £94.60 |
2024 | £99.20 |
2025 | £103.80 |
Asked by: Richard Holden (Conservative - Basildon and Billericay)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 21 November 2025 to Question 90403 on the Electric Car Grant, if she will publish the internal impact assessment produced for the Electric Car Grant criteria.
Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Government does not plan to publish the internal impact assessment for the Electric Car Grant. Officials continue to monitor the grant and assess its impact.
Asked by: Alison Taylor (Labour - Paisley and Renfrewshire North)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of a rail link to Glasgow International Airport from Glasgow Central Station via Paisley Gilmour St.
Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
Transport matters in Scotland are devolved to the Scottish Government. This would be a matter for Transport Scotland.
Asked by: Callum Anderson (Labour - Buckingham and Bletchley)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost of a standard class annual rail season ticket from (a) Bletchley and (b) Milton Keynes to London Euston was in 2010.
Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The cost of an annual season ticket in 2010 between London and a) Bletchley was £3,316 and b) Milton Keynes was £3,832.