Every parliamentary written question tabled by Ashley Fox this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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What guidance Active Travel England issues on the use of data from adjacent routes, junctions or sensors when estimating baseline cycling demand for a proposed scheme.
The Department for Transport publishes guidance to support local authorities to conduct appraisal, supported by bespoke advice provided directly to Authorities. This includes methods to estimate walking and cycling demand to account for relevant local fac...
Pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2026 to Question 9696 on the Low Carbon Fuels Fund, what weighting will be given to (a) carbon savings, (b) value for money, (c) UK job creation, (d) regional economic growth a
High-level scoring criteria for the Low Carbon Fuels Fund will be provided in the guidance for applicants upon the launch of the competition. However, weightings of these scoring criteria are not released in order to maintain a competitive bidding process...
What the cancellation rate was for South Western Railway services in (a) the 12 months before 25 May 2025 and (b) the most recent 12-month period for which data is available.
The Department for Transport has indicated that it will not be possible to answer this question within the usual time period. An answer is being prepared and will be provided as soon as it is available.
How many active travel schemes funded since 2020 have recorded cycling usage levels more than (a) 25 per cent, (b) 50 per cent and (c) 75 per cent below forecast levels after completion.
The monitoring and evaluation of active travel schemes is the responsibility of local authorities. The Department for Transport publishes evaluation guidance, and is supported by Active Travel England’s (ATE) Monitoring and Evaluation guidance for the Act...
How many people were convicted of offences relating to the use of privately-owned e-scooters on public roads in each police force area in each of the last five years.
Awaiting answer.
What estimate has been made of the potential impact of the Liverpool Street Station redevelopment scheme on passenger capacity during construction, including the proportion of concourse space and platforms expe
Awaiting answer.
Pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2026 to Question 7171 on Roads: Development Consent Orders, what the provisional expenditure figures are for (a) the A12 Chelmsford to A120 widening scheme and (b) the A47 Wans
A provisional figure for the costs incurred up to March 2025 on the cancelled A12 Chelmsford to A120 widening and A47 Wansford to Sutton dualling schemes was published in National Highways’ Annual Report and Accounts for 2024-25 in July 2025. Final costs ...
Pursuant to the answer of 15 June 2026 to Question 8838, what assessment her Department has made of whether the potential cost savings for businesses switching to zero emission heavy goods vehicles are dependen
Government is reducing the cost of zero emission vehicles and associated infrastructure required to support the transition to zero emission through grants like the Depot Charging Scheme and Zero Emission Truck Grant. This support is expected to bring the ...
What assessment she has made of the potential impact on learner drivers of average practical driving test waiting times at Isleworth (Fleming Way) Driving Test Centre; and what steps she is taking to reduce wai
The Government set out a comprehensive package of measures in April 2025 to tackle long waiting times, aiming to deliver around 10,000 additional tests per month. A key step was reintroducing overtime incentives. As well as this, the Driver and Vehicle St...
Pursuant to the Answer of 17 June to Question 9171, from which budgets within the Department the additional £65.5 million required for Support for Passenger Rail Services in 2025-26 was funded.
The department uses periodic forecasting processes to understand and manage variances to its budgets. This is done at the Department Expenditure Limit (DEL) control total level and therefore is not attributed to any specific programmes or budgets.
What proportion of Sustainable Aviation Fuel supplied to UK aviation in 2025 was produced within the United Kingdom.
We do not publish data on the country in which Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) supplied to the UK was produced. Our SAF mandate statistical series does however present data on the country of feedstock origin of fuel supplied. The link to the latest provis...
Pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2026 to Question 7211 on Network Rail: Biodiversity, what estimate Network Rail has made of the total cost of (a) compiling and completing habitat management plans for the rema
Network Rail does not hold centrally aggregated figures of estimated costs for compiling, completing and implementing habitat management plans for the remaining network. Developing and implementing habitat management plans is part of business-as-usual act...
What comparative assessment her Department has made of the lifecycle emissions and costs of (a) battery-electric heavy goods vehicles, (b) hydrogen-powered heavy goods vehicles, (c) biomethane vehicles and (d)
Lifecycle analysis of UK road vehicles conducted by Ricardo on behalf of the Department for Transport indicates that battery-electric heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) have the lowest lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions when compared with diesel, hydrogen fuel c...
With reference to the answer of 17 February 2026 to Question 111859, whether the four schemes listed constitute the entirety of departures from standard approved by National Highways permitting life-expired ste
Yes. The four schemes listed constitute the entirety of departures from standards approved by National Highways permitting life-expired steel central reserve barriers to be replaced with steel barrier in the last 2 years.
Pursuant to the answer of 9 June 2026 to Question 6390 on Euston Station: Finance, which organisations participated in the preliminary market engagement exercise; and on what dates those engagements took place.
The initial preliminary market engagement regarding private finance for the Euston HS2 Station has taken place between 4 February and 31 March 2026, in line with published notices. Over 60 organisations signed Non-Disclosure Agreements and received a brie...
If she will publish the business case, cost-benefit assessment and procurement documentation relating to the introduction of the Great British Railways brand.
The introduction of the Great British Railways (GBR) brand marks a move to putting passengers and the public interest first. It is being designed to maximise opportunities to grow revenue while ensuring value for money for the taxpayer. We are also moving...
How much of the £4.555 billion active travel investment figure in the Third Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy consists of (a) confirmed allocations, (b) indicative allocations and (c) projected expenditur
I refer the Hon Member to UIN 9719 answered on 18 June.
What assessment she has made of the potential impact of local authorities allocating funding towards delivery of the Third Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy on road maintenance, highway repairs, bus infra
I refer the Hon Member to UIN 10057 answered on 23 June.
What penalties apply to a person who books, changes, cancels or swaps a driving test on behalf of another person.
Since 12 May 2026, only a learner is allowed to book, change, cancel or swap a practical driving test. The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) continuously monitors the driving test booking service. Where it finds evidence that someone acted on beh...
Pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2026 to Question 5045 on Railways: Nature Conservation, how many licences relating to protected species have been issued to Network Rail and its contractors in each of the last
It is not possible to confirm the number of protected species licences issued to Network Rail and its contractors over the last five years. Network Rail has not made specific estimates of the cost or additional time to rail infrastructure projects arising...