Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2026 to Question 18158 on Road Traffic, whether her Department or National Highways holds estimates of (a) total hours of delay and (b) the economic cost of delay attributable specifically to incidents on the strategic road network in each of the last five years.

Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

1. Neither the Department for Transport nor National Highways has produced assured estimates of total hours of delay specifically attributable to incidents.

2. An estimate of the economic cost of delay on the strategic road network, for all causes of delay, can be found at: https://nationalhighways.co.uk/media/nixpb1ed/managing-delay-on-the-strategic-road-network.pdf

National Highways is in the process of developing updated, suitable estimates, and more broadly continues to improve the data and understanding of delay across the strategic road network and regularly publishes information in this area.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 August 2026 to Question 18371 on Trains: Crimes of Violence, how many knife-enabled crimes were recorded by the British Transport Police as having occurred on board trains in each of the five years for which it holds readily extractable, comparable data.

Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The British Transport Police have provided the following data which shows the number of recorded knife-enabled crimes occurring on board trains in each of the last five years:

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 22 May 2026 to Question 2368 on Parking: Private Sector, whether that review has now concluded; and when she plans to publish its outcome.

Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The outcome of the review of the fees charged for releasing vehicle keeper information will be published in due course.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the scope, content and diagrams have been developed for the forthcoming update to the Manual for Streets.

Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The revised Manual for Streets is currently being developed. Decisions regarding its scope, content and supporting diagrams will be considered and determined as part of that process.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 27 May 2026 to Question 2243, what decisions stemmed from the initial workshop on updating the Setting Local Speed Limits and Red Light and Speed Camera guidance.

Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The initial workshop on 16 June 2026 formed part of the Department’s stakeholder engagement programme for updating the Setting Local Speed Limits and Red Light Speed Camera guidance. The workshop helped identify key issues for further consideration, informed the development of options for updating the guidance, and shaped the subsequent programme of work and stakeholder engagement.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many full-time equivalent driving examiners recruited by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) were (a) in post and (b) delivering practical car driving tests in each month since May 2026.

Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The table below shows the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) driving examiners (DE) who were in post and available to deliver car practical driving tests in July and August 2026. Data for June 2026 was provided in the Answer to Question 16745 on 13 July 2026.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2026 to Question 17041 on Parking Offences: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, if she will publish (a) the evidence considered, (b) the conclusions reached and (c) any recommendations arising from her Department's review of the trial.

Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

Bournemouth, Christchurch, and Poole Council (BCP) published the evidence from its August 2025 trial. There is no plan to publish any Departmental considerations of BCP's findings.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average processing time was for medical driving licence renewal applications in each month since June 2026.

Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The table below shows the average number of working days taken to process medical driving licence applications for both group 1 (car and motorcycle) and group 2 (lorry and bus) in July and August. This includes all applications, including renewals.

Data for June was set out in Question 17039 answered on 13 July 2026.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 2 September 2026 to Question 17595 on Maritime and Coastguard Agency: British Overseas Territories, how many officials participating in each monitoring visit were (a) qualified auditors and (b) new auditors attending as part of their training; and what proportion of the cost of each visit was attributable to officials attending for training or succession planning purposes.

Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The number of (a) fully qualified auditors and (b) new auditors attending as part of their training, together with the proportion of cost for each visit attributable to officials attending for training or succession planning who participated in each monitoring visit to British Overseas Territories since 4 July 2024 is shown below: This does not include staff salaries, subsistence cost included in the total cost was estimated in some areas.

Primary Monitoring

Secondary Monitoring / Support Visits

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 September 2026 to Question 19484 on Large Goods Vehicles: Electric Vehicles, what average purchase price her Department assumed for (a) diesel and (b) zero-emission HGVs in each of the weight categories listed in that Answer.

Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

I refer the Hon Member to Question 28062 answered on 11 September 2026.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when her Department plans to publish the revised MCA Rescue Boat Code.

Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The MCA remains committed to the development of the replacement to the Rescue Boat Code and continues to actively engage with Rescue Boat Organisations, HM Coastguard, and other industry stakeholders to finalise the draft as we work toward setting an implementation date.

Further stakeholder engagement sessions were held with Rescue Boat Organisations in June 2026 in response to feedback received from industry to the draft circulated on 18th May 2026, and to identify and close any remaining drafting issues. These sessions were positively received by industry and a revised draft was circulated to targeted industry stakeholders in August 2026 with feedback expected during September 2026.

The MCA will publish the replacement to the rescue boat code as the Search and Rescue Craft Annex to Workboat Code Edition 3, as soon as practicable, once these processes have been completed.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 2 June 2026 to Question 3957, in which month will she publish her update on SAF and the Call for Evidence.

Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The update on SAF, including the Call for Evidence on SAF supply and industry certainty, was published on 16 June. The Call for Evidence closed on 28 July. Officials are currently reviewing the evidence provided by stakeholders across the industry. Our intention is to publish a government response in the Autumn, subject to the usual approval processes.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 May 2026 to Question 383, whether her Department intends to publish the recommendations and options review for the Northern Powerhouse Rail station choice at Manchester Piccadilly once the joint team concludes its work this autumn.

Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

City mayors and ministers will consider the recommendations arising from the review. Decisions on publication will be taken in due course.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 20 May 2026 to Question 510 on Railway Stations: CCTV, whether bike thefts will be included in the assessment of railway stations with the highest crime levels when prioritising CCTV integration across the network.

Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

I refer the Hon Member to the Answer of 20 May 2026 to Question 510.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to ensure that local residents are adequately considered in the construction of the new prison adjacent to HMP Grendon.

Answered by Catherine McKinnell - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

We are committed to working with the local community at all new prison sites. We have invested significantly in building positive community relationships; this will continue throughout the prison's construction. Officials will continue to regularly meet with local council officials, elected Councillors and Parish Councils to ensure local residents concerns and views are heard.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2026 to Question 17404 on British Transport Police: Railway Stations, how many full-time equivalent British Transport Police officers were assigned to each of the 20 major rail interchange stations listed in that Answer in each year from 2022-23 to 2026-27.

Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The British Transport Police (BTP) are operationally independent and decisions on the total numbers of officers at locations on the railway is a decision for senior officers within BTP. The BTP are not able to provide the specific breakdown of officer numbers at individual stations for operational security reasons.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the level of net Government support to the rail sector per passenger journey in September 2026.

Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The Department does not routinely publish estimates of net government support to the rail sector per passenger journey for individual months. The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) publishes annual statistics on government support to the rail industry and passenger journeys. These can be found here:

https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/finance/rail-industry-finance/.

https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/usage/passenger-rail-usage/.

Rail industry finance figures for 2025-26 will be released in November by the ORR but will not include September 2026 as this falls in the 2026-27 financial year.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 August 2026 to Question 18207 on Railway Stations: Biometrics, what offences were the 13 individuals arrested for; at which railway station did each arrest take place; and in what way was each arrest linked to the deployment of live facial recognition technology.

Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The British Transport Police have informed us that this information is not readily accessible within the timeframe for parliamentary questions. I have asked the Rail Minister to write to you with the data requested when it is available.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 21 April 2026 to Question 124880, what proportion of completed applications resulted in (a) interview invitations, (b) driving assessments, (c) appointments to training courses and (d) successful qualification as a driving examiner in each recruitment campaign listed.

Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The table below provides updated data, where possible, for the recruitment campaigns listed in the Answer, 21 April 2026, to Question 124880. This data is again broken down by the total completed applications received, the number of applicants invited to interview, the number of applicants invited to the driving assessment stage, applicants recruited and placed on a training course and how many applicants successfully passed training.

[note 1] - No of applicants invited to interview and driving assessment are the same as this was an assessment centre.

[note 2] – The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) continue to recruit from merit lists for these live recruitment campaigns. The final numbers for the recruitment campaigns shown are therefore not yet known.

DVSA continues to run recruitment campaigns for new driving examiners (DE). DE numbers are at their highest level since November 2017.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2026 to Question 13947 on Road Traffic Accidents: Minibuses, how many casualties in reported road traffic collisions involving a minibus, where a contributory factor was attributed to the minibus driver, were (a) fatalities, (b) seriously injured and (c) slightly injured in each of the last ten years.

Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The number of casualties in reported road traffic collisions in Great Britain, as reported by the police using the STATS19 system, with a contributory or road safety factor attributed to a minibus driver, broken down by severity, are shown in the table below. These figures include only collisions where police attended the scene and at least one factor was recorded.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has received all data returns from the forces who participated in the pilot of the freight crime recording flag, and if she will published the assessment of the effectiveness of the pilot.

Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)

The Home Office have conducted a pilot initiative within a small number of police forces, which trialled the use of a hashtag to identify freight-related offences within their crime reporting systems.

This approach aimed to improve visibility and tracking of freight crime. The pilot has now finished and data from the forces who participated in the pilot has been returned.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will publish a list of legislative and statutory requirements that apply to the planning and construction of railways.

Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

Railways may be authorised and constructed by:

• an order made under the Transport and Works Act 1992, a Transport and Works Act Order;

• an order under the Planning Act 2008- a Development Consent Order; or,

• a hybrid Bill, as has been the case with HS2.

Various impact assessment requirements would be incorporated into these consenting regimes. General planning legislation, under the Town and Country Planning Act 1992, may still be relevant for related development or where railways are altered or constructed on existing railway undertakers’ land in reliance on permitted development rights.

The construction of railways would be subject to the requirements of general legislation on construction and some specific railways legislation and regulation, for example:

• The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974.

• The Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems (Safety) Regulations 2006 (ROGS).

• The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2026 to Question 8116, whether the modelling work cited has now been completed, and if she will publish the modelling in full.

Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The additional modelling work has now been completed. Colleagues from Network Rail, the Mining Remediation Authority and the Environment Agency have discussed the findings to agree a preferred option to address the pollution issue in Whitehaven Harbour. This has been communicated to local stakeholders.

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2026 to Question 17031 on Government Departments: Aviation, if he will list each of the 32 occasions on which an aircraft was commissioned for foreign travel since July 2024, including the (a) date, (b) destination, (c) purpose of the journey and (d) cost to the public purse.

Answered by Mark Ferguson - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)

I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave on 8 September 2026 to Question UIN 26999.