Written questions by Mayhew.

When she plans to respond to Question 4598 from the Hon. Member for Fylde.

Question 4598 was answered on 12 June.

When she plans to respond to Question 4522 from the Hon. Member for Rushcliffe.

I can confirm that I responded to the Hon. Member for Rushcliffe on 12th June.

When she plans to respond to Question 2649 from the Hon. Member for North Herefordshire.

Question 2649 was answered on 17 June.

Pursuant to the answer of 9 June 2026 to Question 6390 on Euston Station: Finance, what contingency measures her Department has put in place to deliver HS2 Euston if a public-private partnership is not secured.

The Department’s focus over the next two years is to ensure it is well-placed to run a successful competitive procurement for HS2 Euston Station. The Department is using a well-understood public-private partnership model widely applied internationally, an...

With reference to her Department's Main Estimate 2025-26, whether the forecast £464.6 million reduction in net subsidy to Train Operating Companies relative to 2024-25 will be achieved; and what contingency pla

The 2025-26 final outturn for Support for Passenger Rail Services was £2,159.2 million. This represented an actual reduction of £399.1 million, which is 86 per cent of the forecast £464.6 million reduction. The outturn was fully funded from within the Dep...

What expenditure has been incurred to date on the introduction of the Great British Railways brand; what estimate she has made of the cost of implementing that brand across the rail network; how much of that ex

The introduction of the Great British Railways (GBR) brand marks a move to the railway 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...

If she will publish a list of externally procured training programmes used by civil servants in her Department between 5 July and 31 December 2024.

The information requested can only be provided at disproportionate cost.

Whether her Department maintains an internal Outcome Delivery Plan.

No. The Outcome Delivery Plan has been replaced by an internal plan.

Whether she plans to publish her Department’s Outcome Delivery Plan for 2025-26.

The department used Outcome Delivery Plans (ODP) as a tool for internal planning and performance management. We will continue to provide transparency through existing published reports and updates to Parliament but as an internal document, we do not inten...

What assessment his Department has made of the implications for UK supply chain resilience of increased demand for critical minerals arising from the electrification of the heavy goods vehicle fleet.

The UK’s Critical Minerals Strategy sets out the UK’s vision for securing the critical minerals it needs across the Industrial Strategy’s growth sectors, including advanced manufacturing. The strategy introduced a forward-looking growth minerals list, ide...

Whether her Department has modelled the effect of increased axle weights associated with zero-emission heavy goods vehicles on pavement deterioration rates across the strategic and local road network; and what

While zero-emission vehicles can be heavier than their petrol or diesel equivalents, the increasing weight of all road vehicles is one of a number of factors affecting the condition of the road network.National Highways is currently undertaking research i...

Pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2026 to Question 3238, what proportion of the £256.2 million in Police Service Agreements to be entered into by public sector companies is projected to be covered by passenger f

Passenger revenue in Train Operating Companies is not directly attributable to particular costs, it offsets the entire cost base which will include a contribution to the British Transport Police. The British Transport Police is wholly funded by the contr...

Pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2026 to Question 5044 on Railways: Nature Conservation, on how many occasions planned railway maintenance, vegetation management and infrastructure works were (a) delayed, (b) p

Neither the Department nor Network Rail hold data on delays, postponements and alterations to work that may have occurred due to advice from ecologists specifically relating to nesting birds. Network Rail routinely undertakes checks in advance of vegetati...

Whether his Department has set a target for the installation of electric vehicle charging points across the prison estate; and how many charging points have been installed to date.

The Department has not set a specific target for installation of electric vehicle changing points in prisons. However, the Ministry of Justice has already installed over 250 charging points across the prison estate with plans to install more in the future...

How many aviation sector employers, representative bodies and training providers have been formally engaged by Skills England since its establishment; and on what dates those engagements took place.

Skills England engaged with a total of 23 aviation bodies (which includes aviation sector employers, representative bodies and training providers) between 5 June 2025 and 10 June 2026. The focus of these engagements was to support the development, reform ...

Pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2026 to Question 5043 on Railways: Nature Conservation, what estimate her Department has made of the cost to Network Rail arising from vegetation clearance works being (i) delay

Neither the Department nor Network Rail have estimated the cost to Network Rail arising from vegetation management works being delayed or rescheduled following the identification of protected species. Activities such as environmental checks and surveys in...

What assessment she has made of the potential for UK ports to support increased dual-use civilian and military capability; and whether her Department is working with the Ministry of Defence on port resilience a

Through the Home Defence Programme, the Government is implementing an additional layer of defence, security and resilience planning to ensure close alignment of military and civilian effort.The Department for Transport is working with the Ministry of Defe...

Pursuant to the Answer of 8 June 2026 to Question 4297 on Driving Tests: Offices, which driving test centres were (a) added to, (b) removed from and (c) ceased conducting practical car driving tests between 1 J

As of 1 June 2026, when compared to the driving test centres (DTC) in operation as of 1 July 2024, there were 12 test centres that had either opened, closed or ceased conducting car practical driving tests. These are shown in the table below and includes ...

Whether it remains her target to have 300,000 public charge points by 2030.

The 2022 Taking Charge: the National Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Strategy estimated demand for 280,000–720,000 charge points by 2030. This has often been simplified to around 300,000 charge points, but this remains an estimate of demand, not ...

With reference to the oral evidence of Richard Bruce to the Transport Select Committee on 29 April 2026, what the evidential basis is that between 80 and 90 per cent of electric vehicle owners would recommend a

The Government’s EV tracker survey, published in August 2025, shows that the vast majority of EV drivers would recommend their vehicle type to others: 88% of battery electric vehicle drivers and 83% of plug-in hybrid EV drivers said that they were likely ...