Every parliamentary written question tabled by Shivani Raja this session, with the full answer and department. See how every department answers, or back to the MP page.
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How much her Department and its arm's-length bodies have spent on (a) advertising, (b) marketing, (c) external public relations and (d) other communications activity on their announcement regarding regulated ra
Other than that reported in the answer on 13 March to Question 117710, the Department has not found any additional external expenditure on advertising, marketing, external public relations or other communications activity specifically in relation to the a...
How many fixed penalty notices and prosecutions were issued for road traffic offences in England and Wales in each year since 2010, broken down by offence category.
The Department for Transport does not hold the information requested. Fixed penalty notices are a matter for the Home Office. The Home Office publishes statistics on fixed penalty notices and other outcomes for motoring offences as part of its Police powe...
Whether Active Travel England requires local authorities to reconcile differences between published promotional material and baseline traffic counts contained within Outline and Full Business Cases.
There is no requirement from Active Travel England for authorities to publish information on traffic counts. Active Travel England provides guidance on appraisal and monitoring and evaluation of active travel schemes to authorities. For transparency purpo...
What proportion of active travel schemes funded since 2020 have had their Outline and Full Business Cases published in full.
The department has funded more than 2,000 active travel schemes since 2020, with many of these funded through the Active Travel Fund and wider cross-modal funding programmes. Responsibility for publishing business cases for these schemes resides with the ...
Pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2026 to Question 9696 on the Low Carbon Fuels Fund, what estimate the Department has made of the amount of private sector investment that will be leveraged by the £219 million
We expect the £219m of capital funding available through the Low Carbon Fuels Fund to be invested directly into progressing projects through the early lifecycle stages towards a Final Investment Decision, by contributing to development costs, whilst maint...
What percentage of South Western Railway services arrived on time in (a) the final full year before transfer into public ownership and (b) the most recent year for which data is available.
At the end of May 2025, 84 per cent of South Western Railway (SWR) services arrived on time, or within three minutes of their scheduled arrival time. At the end of May 2026, the same metric showed 83.1 per cent. SWR inherited delays to the introduction of...
How many drivers received six penalty points for using a hand-held mobile telephone while driving in each of the last five years.
The Department for Transport does not hold the information requested. Fixed penalty notices are a matter for the Home Office. The Home Office publishes statistics on fixed penalty notices and other outcomes for motoring offences as part of its Police powe...
Whether her Department requires independent verification of baseline cycling and pedestrian counts used to support applications for Active Travel England funding.
Following publication of the Devolution White Paper in 2024, the Government has consolidated most local transport funding streams into a single flexible fund that enables local areas to align investment with priorities and reduce burdens on accessing the ...
What lessons learned reviews have been undertaken by her Department into delayed railway station construction projects since 2020.
Since 2020, the Department for Transport has undertaken a number of lessons‑learned reviews relevant to delayed railway station construction, including reviews of the sponsorship, governance, and assurance of major rail infrastructure programmes. The Depa...
What assessment she has made of the impact on learner drivers of average practical driving test waiting times at Lincoln Driving Test Centre; and what steps she is taking to reduce waiting times and increase te
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 Sta...
Pursuant to the Answer of 17 June to Question 9171, whether the £65.5 million difference between the forecast and actual reduction in Support for Passenger Rail Services in 2025-26 was attributable to (a) lower
The department does not intend to publish operator-level comparisons of subsidy requirement against forecast ahead of the publication of Train Operating Companies’ final audited accounts and financial statements. This is because the underlying revenue and...
What steps his Department is taking to ensure the long-term competitiveness of the UK automotive industry in the context of increasing reliance on software-defined vehicle technologies.
This Government is supporting the long-term competitiveness of the UK automotive industry by backing the technologies that will shape the next generation of vehicles. Our flagship DRIVE35 initiative is supporting research and development in zero emission ...
How many staff are assigned to delivery of the Lower Airspace Concept programme.
The delivery of changes to lower terminal airspace, as part of the Airspace Modernisation Programme, is undertaken by the airports for three of the four Clusters; Scotland, Western and Manchester. The fourth cluster, London, will be undertaken by the UK A...
What estimate she has made of the amount of fuel burn resulting from the time taken for Free Route Airspace implementation.
Following the implementation of the Free Route Airspace over Scotland, NATS have calculated a predicted reduction of emissions by approximately 17,000 tonnes of CO₂e per year.
With reference to the HS2 six-monthly report to Parliament published in May 2026, what lessons learned and innovative construction methods were deployed in the completion of the north portal structure at the Ch
The Chiltern Tunnel North and South Portals have been specially engineered with perforated concrete hoods to prevent the possibility of sudden changes in air pressure and a resulting ‘sonic boom’ caused by trains entering and exiting the 10-mile-long tunn...
What assessment she has made of the potential impact on the Liverpool Street Station redevelopment scheme of changes in senior leadership at Platform4 and Network Rail Property since January 2025.
Platform4, GBR Anglia & Network Rail Eastern region continue to work together on the scheme.The Liverpool Street Redevelopment scheme is being promoted by Platform 4 on a commercial basis – no government funding has been allocated. Any specific querie...
What estimate has been made of the total funding gap associated with the Liverpool Street Station redevelopment scheme.
The Liverpool Street Redevelopment scheme is being promoted by Platform 4 on a commercial basis – no government funding has been allocated. Any specific queries regarding this scheme should be directed to Platform 4 (info@platform4.com). Schemes of this s...
What offence is committed by a person who books, amends, cancels or swaps a driving test on behalf of another person; under which statutory provision is that offence created; and what the maximum penalty is upo
If a person falsely asserts they are someone else to book, amend, cancel, or swap a practical driving test, they may commit an existing offence, and the case may be referred to the appropriate authorities. The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency may also ...
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 May 2026.
In May 2026, there were 1,630.14 full-time equivalent driving examiners in post, and out of those, 1,577 were available to deliver practical car driving tests.
What specific steps he is taking to ensure that the new value-based procurement assessment methodology published by the Department’s Medical Technology and Innovation Directorate is adopted and imp
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