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Division Votes
10 Dec 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Hendy voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 144 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 244 Noes - 220
10 Dec 2025 - Employment Rights Bill - View Vote Context Lord Hendy voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 144 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 219 Noes - 223
12 Jan 2026 - Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill - View Vote Context Lord Hendy voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 147 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 201 Noes - 169
14 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Hendy voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 152 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 213 Noes - 211
14 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Hendy voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 162 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 278 Noes - 176
19 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Hendy voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 149 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 159 Noes - 153
19 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Hendy voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 155 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 232 Noes - 160
19 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Hendy voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 154 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 216 Noes - 161
19 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Hendy voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 156 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 235 Noes - 164
19 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Hendy voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 151 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 148 Noes - 156
21 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Hendy voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House One of 140 Labour No votes vs 1 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 207 Noes - 159
21 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Hendy voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 114 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 53 Noes - 116
21 Jan 2026 - Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - View Vote Context Lord Hendy voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House One of 139 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes Tally: Ayes - 65 Noes - 162

Speeches
Lord Hendy speeches from: Crime and Policing Bill Lord Hendy contributed 1 speech (96 words) Committee stage part one Tuesday 13th January 2026 - Lords Chamber Home Office
Lord Hendy speeches from: Crime and Policing Bill Lord Hendy contributed 2 speeches (292 words) Committee stage part one Wednesday 7th January 2026 - Lords Chamber Home Office
Lord Hendy speeches from: Employment Rights Bill Lord Hendy contributed 4 speeches (1,055 words) Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasons Wednesday 10th December 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Business and Trade

Lord Hendy mentioned

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8 Dec 2025, 3:34 p.m. - House of Lords "Order of commitment. Discharge. Lord Hendy of Richmond. " Business of the House - View Video - View Transcript
8 Dec 2025, 3:34 p.m. - House of Lords "Consequential Amendments Regulations 2025 Lord Hendy of " Business of the House - View Video - View Transcript
8 Dec 2025, 6:59 p.m. - House of Lords "place? I have enormous respect for the noble Lord Lord Hendy, the Minister, who I know is an " Lord Borwick (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
9 Dec 2025, 3:34 p.m. - House of Commons "bill. The Rail Minister and my colleague Lord Hendy wrote in that publication that for far too many " Rt Hon Heidi Alexander MP, The Secretary of State for Transport (Swindon South, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
10 Dec 2025, 6:35 p.m. - House of Lords ">> My Lords House, to be in Committee on Sustainable Aviation. Fuel Bill Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill. " Division - View Video - View Transcript
10 Dec 2025, 6:03 p.m. - House of Lords " My Lords. There was a moment when I was engulfed in shame that I had misunderstood the difference between median and average. between median and average. Fortunately, the noble Lord Hendy distracted, distracted your lordships quite quickly. So I've " Lord Fox (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript
10 Dec 2025, 8:37 p.m. - House of Lords "am putting myself, I Lord Hendy I on behalf of the government and " Lord Moylan (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
11 Dec 2025, 7:39 p.m. - House of Lords "our Department of Transport provisions led by my noble friend Lord Hendy, but they're based on " Lord Hanson of Flint, The Minister of State, Home Department (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
11 Dec 2025, 7:29 p.m. - House of Lords "that are being operated on My right hon. Friend the Transport friend in this House, Lord Hendy, " Lord Hanson of Flint, The Minister of State, Home Department (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
15 Dec 2025, 8:55 p.m. - House of Lords "definition are ones for the Department of Transport, which I will take away. Make sure my noble friend Lord Hendy has an " Lord Hanson of Flint, The Minister of State, Home Department (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Dec 2025, 7 p.m. - House of Lords "of Liverpool and Lord Hendy for adding their names. These amendments seek to tackle one of " Lord Marks of Henley-on-Thames (Liberal Democrat) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Dec 2025, 7:17 p.m. - House of Lords "support the Baroness Smith of Llanfaes, not least because my noble friend Lord Hendy co-signed " Baroness Chakrabarti (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
17 Dec 2025, 7:17 p.m. - House of Lords "noble friend Lord Hendy co-signed the amendment and is sadly not able to to be in the country this " Baroness Chakrabarti (Labour) - View Video - View Transcript
7 Jan 2026, 4:07 p.m. - House of Lords " I it's actually the noble Lord Lord Hendy amendment 356, which attracts me to the chamber. attracts me to the chamber. Although I, I don't necessarily " Baroness Stowell of Beeston (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
7 Jan 2026, 4:08 p.m. - House of Lords "workers that noble Lord Lord Hendy has been referring to in his " Baroness Stowell of Beeston (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
7 Jan 2026, 4:09 p.m. - House of Lords "the noble Lord Lord Hendy has highlighted in his remarks today. " Baroness Stowell of Beeston (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
7 Jan 2026, 4:18 p.m. - House of Lords "to amendment 356 F in the name of the noble Lord Lord Hendy, which proposes a new offence of " Lord Davies of Gower (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
7 Jan 2026, 4:25 p.m. - House of Lords "five, six F in the name of my noble friend Lord Hendy, which includes " Lord Davies of Gower (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
7 Jan 2026, 4:37 p.m. - House of Lords "can let the other Lord Hendy know to expect such debate. But for now, I beg leave to withdraw the amendment. " Baroness Morgan of Cotes (Non-affiliated) - View Video - View Transcript
7 Jan 2026, 4:34 p.m. - House of Lords "that he mentioned himself, his noble kinsman Lord Hendy, who is the Transport Minister? British " Lord Davies of Gower (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
7 Jan 2026, 4:34 p.m. - House of Lords "Transport and answer to the Department of Transport. And my noble friend Lord Hendy is the " Lord Davies of Gower (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
7 Jan 2026, 4:34 p.m. - House of Lords "noble friend Lord Hendy is the other Lord Hendy is is the Minister responsible for for transport. What " Lord Davies of Gower (Conservative) - View Video - View Transcript
7 Jan 2026, 9:03 p.m. - House of Commons "the Rail Minister from the other place, Lord Hendy, who I, with whom I met earlier this afternoon for " Adjournment: Potential merits of a new eastern entrance at Bletchley Railway Station Callum Anderson MP (Buckingham and Bletchley, Labour) - View Video - View Transcript

Calendar
Wednesday 7th January 2026 9:15 a.m. Transport Committee - Oral evidence Subject: Railways Bill At 9:15am: Oral evidence The Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill CBE - Minister of State for Rail at Department for Transport Jeremy Westlake - Chief Executive at Network Rail Richard Goodman - Director General for Rail Reform and Strategy at Department for Transport Lucy Ryan - Director for Rail Transformation Programme at Department for Transport View calendar - Add to calendar

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Wednesday 7th January 2026 9:15 a.m.
Transport Committee - Oral evidence
Subject: Railways Bill
At 9:15am: Oral evidence
The Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill CBE - Minister of State for Rail at Department for Transport
Jeremy Westlake - Chief Executive at Network Rail
Richard Goodman - Director General for Rail Reform and Strategy at Department for Transport
Lucy Ryan - Director for Rail Transformation Programme at Department for Transport
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Parliamentary Debates
Railways Bill (Third sitting) 64 speeches (11,181 words) Committee stage: 3rd sitting Thursday 22nd January 2026 - Public Bill Committees Department for Transport Mentions: 1: Laurence Turner (Lab - Birmingham Northfield) I am grateful to the Minister in the Commons and to the Minister of State, the noble Lord Hendy, for - Link to Speech 2: Keir Mather (Lab - Selby) reciprocate his warm words about the conversations he has been able to have with me and the Rail Minister Lord Hendy - Link to Speech 3: Keir Mather (Lab - Selby) Through both Lord Hendy in the other place and Ministers in this House, we have a real ambition to explain - Link to Speech
Railways Bill (Fourth sitting) 123 speeches (25,726 words) Committee stage: 4th sitting Thursday 22nd January 2026 - Public Bill Committees Department for Transport Mentions: 1: None The noble Lord Hendy likes to cite the Mid Cornwall Metro, which is a very small piece of railway that - Link to Speech 2: None I have the privilege of sitting on the Transport Committee; we had the noble Lord Hendy in front of us - Link to Speech
Railways Bill (Second sitting) 173 speeches (33,734 words) Committee stage: 2nd sitting Tuesday 20th January 2026 - Public Bill Committees Department for Transport Mentions: 1: Keir Mather (Lab - Selby) Lord Hendy mentioned in his testimony to the Transport Committee that upcoming elections in Scotland - Link to Speech 2: Keir Mather (Lab - Selby) One of the benefits of the Bill that Lord Hendy stressed in his evidence to the Transport Committee is - Link to Speech 3: Olly Glover (LD - Didcot and Wantage) Q You have both been very clear, and so has Lord Hendy, that a key intention of the Bill and the creation - Link to Speech
Railways Stations: Accessibility 1 speech (693 words) Thursday 15th January 2026 - Written Statements Department for Transport Mentions: 1: Simon Lightwood (LAB - Wakefield and Rothwell) The Minister of State for Transport, my noble Friend Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill, has made the following - Link to Speech
Bletchley Railway Station: Eastern Entrance 17 speeches (3,393 words) Wednesday 7th January 2026 - Commons Chamber Department for Transport Mentions: 1: Callum Anderson (Lab - Buckingham and Bletchley) Friend the Secretary of State for Transport and Lord Hendy—the Rail Minister in the other place, whom - Link to Speech
Crime and Policing Bill 96 speeches (28,955 words) Committee stage part one Wednesday 7th January 2026 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Baroness Stowell of Beeston (Con - Life peer) My Lords, it is Amendment 356F from the noble Lord, Lord Hendy, that attracts me to the Chamber, although - Link to Speech 2: Lord Goddard of Stockport (LD - Life peer) That issue may need to be looked at again.Amendment 356F from the noble Lord, Lord Hendy, would create - Link to Speech 3: Lord Davies of Gower (Con - Life peer) I hope the Minister considers them carefully.Amendment 356F, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Hendy - Link to Speech 4: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) My noble friend mentioned his noble kinsman, my noble friend Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill, who is the - Link to Speech
Crime and Policing Bill 114 speeches (27,322 words) Committee stage part one Wednesday 17th December 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Baroness Smith of Llanfaes (PC - Life peer) I thank the noble Lords, Lord Russell of Liverpool and Lord Hendy, for adding their names. - Link to Speech 2: Baroness Chakrabarti (Lab - Life peer) Liverpool, and to support the noble Baroness, Lady Smith of Llanfaes, not least because my noble friend Lord Hendy—who - Link to Speech
Crime and Policing Bill 66 speeches (14,148 words) Committee stage part two Monday 15th December 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) I will take those issues away and make sure that my noble friend Lord Hendy examines them, but it is - Link to Speech
Grooming Gangs: Independent Inquiry 15 speeches (4,460 words) Thursday 11th December 2025 - Lords Chamber Home Office Mentions: 1: Baroness Brinton (LD - Life peer) My noble friend Lady Pidgeon has already raised this problem with the noble Lord, Lord Hendy of Richmond - Link to Speech 2: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) My right honourable friend the Transport Secretary and in this House my noble friend Lord Hendy will - Link to Speech 3: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) provisions in the English devolution Bill are Department for Transport provisions led by my noble friend Lord Hendy - Link to Speech
Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill 71 speeches (18,026 words) Committee stage Wednesday 10th December 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Transport Mentions: 1: Lord Moylan (Con - Life peer) I, Lord Hendy, on behalf of the Government, am putting myself behind that estimate: £1.50, not £10, not - Link to Speech
Employment Rights Bill 50 speeches (10,612 words) Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasons Wednesday 10th December 2025 - Lords Chamber Department for Business and Trade Mentions: 1: Lord Fox (LD - Life peer) Fortunately, the noble Lord, Lord Hendy, distracted your Lordships quite quickly, so I have recovered.Nobody - Link to Speech
Railways Bill 198 speeches (36,125 words) 2nd reading Tuesday 9th December 2025 - Commons Chamber Department for Transport Mentions: 1: Heidi Alexander (Lab - Swindon South) My colleague Lord Hendy, the rail Minister, wrote in that publication that“for too many people…the railway - Link to Speech
Network Rail Timetable Changes: Rural Communities 39 speeches (7,333 words) Tuesday 9th December 2025 - Westminster Hall Department for Transport Mentions: 1: John Lamont (Con - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) Last week, I met the Rail Minister Lord Hendy. - Link to Speech
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill 75 speeches (34,873 words) 2nd readingLorsd Hansard Monday 8th December 2025 - Lords Chamber Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government Mentions: 1: Lord Borwick (Con - Excepted Hereditary) I have enormous respect for the Minister the noble Lord, Lord Hendy, who I know is enthusiastic to solve - Link to Speech

Select Committee Documents
Wednesday 21st January 2026 Correspondence - Letter from the Chief Executive, Office of Rail and Road relating to timetable changes on West Coast Main Line, dated 13 January 2026 Transport Committee Found: The second was a formal letter from Lord Hendy, Secretary of State for Rail on 1 December 2025 to ORR
Wednesday 21st January 2026 Correspondence - Letter from the Minister for Rail relating to accessibility at stations, dated 15 January 2026 Transport Committee Found: Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill Minister of State for Rail Great Minster House 33 Horseferry Road
Wednesday 21st January 2026 Correspondence - Letter from the Secretary of State for Transport relating to the appointment of Chair of Network Rail, dated 12 January 2026 Transport Committee Found: In parallel with the passage of the Railways Bill, which will lay the legal framework for GBR, Lord Hendy
Wednesday 7th January 2026 Oral Evidence - Department for Transport, Network Rail, Department for Transport, and Department for Transport Railways Bill - Transport Committee Found: Lord Hendy: Good morning. My name is Peter, Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill.
Wednesday 17th December 2025 Oral Evidence - The Welsh Government Railways Bill - Transport Committee Found: We are very grateful for the engagement from Lord Hendy, as Rail Minister, and his officials.

Written Answers
Old Oak Common Station Asked by: Baroness Pidgeon (Liberal Democrat - Life peer) Tuesday 20th January 2026 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill on 28 July 2025 (HL9776), what recent progress they have made towards ensuring that every platform has level boarding at the new Old Oak Common station. Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport) Old Oak Common station will provide full street to platform step-free access, with HS2 platforms designed to offer full level boarding. Platforms serving the Elizabeth Line and conventional rail services have been designed to accommodate different kinds of rolling stock that have different boarding heights. Work to establish the feasibility and safety of deviating from standard 915mm platform heights on the relief line platforms (platforms 5-8, which will predominantly serve the Elizabeth Line) is continuing. Completed assessments to enable a final decision on this issue are expected by Spring 2026, with an announcement expected by the end of the year.
Rapid Transit Systems: West Yorkshire Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East) Friday 9th January 2026 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the cost to the public purse of delaying the West Yorkshire mass transit scheme. Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) The Government fully supports the Mayor of West Yorkshire’s ambition to deliver Mass Transit in the region, boosting connectivity and unlocking growth and opportunity for the people of West Yorkshire. That is why we have allocated funding for the project as part of West Yorkshire’s £2.1 billion Transport for City Regions funding between 2027 and 2032. I am pleased to confirm that Lord Hendy, Minister of State for Rail, will be working alongside the Mayor to support her in delivering the programme. WYCA plan to submit their first business case for approval to the Government in 2026 As the body responsible for developing and delivering the project, it is for West Yorkshire Combined Authority to undertake any assessment of impacts on communities as the plans for mass transit develop.
Rapid Transit Systems: West Yorkshire Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East) Friday 9th January 2026 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the recent government review of the West Yorkshire mass transit scheme on planned delivery timescales for the Bradford–Leeds line. Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) The Government fully supports the Mayor of West Yorkshire’s ambition to deliver Mass Transit in the region, boosting connectivity and unlocking growth and opportunity for the people of West Yorkshire. That is why we have allocated funding for the project as part of West Yorkshire’s £2.1 billion Transport for City Regions funding between 2027 and 2032. I am pleased to confirm that Lord Hendy, Minister of State for Rail, will be working alongside the Mayor to support her in delivering the programme. WYCA plan to submit their first business case for approval to the Government in 2026 As the body responsible for developing and delivering the project, it is for West Yorkshire Combined Authority to undertake any assessment of impacts on communities as the plans for mass transit develop.
Rapid Transit Systems: West Yorkshire Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East) Friday 9th January 2026 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has imposed new conditions on the release of funding for the West Yorkshire mass transit scheme following the government review. Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) The Government fully supports the Mayor of West Yorkshire’s ambition to deliver Mass Transit in the region, boosting connectivity and unlocking growth and opportunity for the people of West Yorkshire. That is why we have allocated funding for the project as part of West Yorkshire’s £2.1 billion Transport for City Regions funding between 2027 and 2032. I am pleased to confirm that Lord Hendy, Minister of State for Rail, will be working alongside the Mayor to support her in delivering the programme. WYCA plan to submit their first business case for approval to the Government in 2026 As the body responsible for developing and delivering the project, it is for West Yorkshire Combined Authority to undertake any assessment of impacts on communities as the plans for mass transit develop.
Rapid Transit Systems: West Yorkshire Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East) Friday 9th January 2026 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of delaying the West Yorkshire mass transit scheme into the late 2030s on Bradford. Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) The Government fully supports the Mayor of West Yorkshire’s ambition to deliver Mass Transit in the region, boosting connectivity and unlocking growth and opportunity for the people of West Yorkshire. That is why we have allocated funding for the project as part of West Yorkshire’s £2.1 billion Transport for City Regions funding between 2027 and 2032. I am pleased to confirm that Lord Hendy, Minister of State for Rail, will be working alongside the Mayor to support her in delivering the programme. WYCA plan to submit their first business case for approval to the Government in 2026 As the body responsible for developing and delivering the project, it is for West Yorkshire Combined Authority to undertake any assessment of impacts on communities as the plans for mass transit develop.
Rapid Transit Systems: West Yorkshire Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East) Friday 9th January 2026 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help ensure that the West Yorkshire mass transit scheme is delivered by the late 2030s. Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) The Government fully supports the Mayor of West Yorkshire’s ambition to deliver Mass Transit in the region, boosting connectivity and unlocking growth and opportunity for the people of West Yorkshire. That is why we have allocated funding for the project as part of West Yorkshire’s £2.1 billion Transport for City Regions funding between 2027 and 2032. I am pleased to confirm that Lord Hendy, Minister of State for Rail, will be working alongside the Mayor to support her in delivering the programme. WYCA plan to submit their first business case for approval to the Government in 2026 As the body responsible for developing and delivering the project, it is for West Yorkshire Combined Authority to undertake any assessment of impacts on communities as the plans for mass transit develop.
Rapid Transit Systems: West Yorkshire Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East) Friday 9th January 2026 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the impact of inflation on the projected costs of the West Yorkshire mass transit scheme following its delay. Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) The Government fully supports the Mayor of West Yorkshire’s ambition to deliver Mass Transit in the region, boosting connectivity and unlocking growth and opportunity for the people of West Yorkshire. That is why we have allocated funding for the project as part of West Yorkshire’s £2.1 billion Transport for City Regions funding between 2027 and 2032. I am pleased to confirm that Lord Hendy, Minister of State for Rail, will be working alongside the Mayor to support her in delivering the programme. WYCA plan to submit their first business case for approval to the Government in 2026 As the body responsible for developing and delivering the project, it is for West Yorkshire Combined Authority to undertake any assessment of impacts on communities as the plans for mass transit develop.
Rapid Transit Systems: West Yorkshire Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East) Friday 9th January 2026 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what lessons her Department has learned from the cancellation of previous mass transit proposals in West Yorkshire when overseeing the current scheme. Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) The Government fully supports the Mayor of West Yorkshire’s ambition to deliver Mass Transit in the region, boosting connectivity and unlocking growth and opportunity for the people of West Yorkshire. That is why we have allocated funding for the project as part of West Yorkshire’s £2.1 billion Transport for City Regions funding between 2027 and 2032. I am pleased to confirm that Lord Hendy, Minister of State for Rail, will be working alongside the Mayor to support her in delivering the programme. WYCA plan to submit their first business case for approval to the Government in 2026 As the body responsible for developing and delivering the project, it is for West Yorkshire Combined Authority to undertake any assessment of impacts on communities as the plans for mass transit develop.
Rapid Transit Systems: West Yorkshire Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East) Friday 9th January 2026 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has conducted an equality impact assessment of the delay to the West Yorkshire mass transit scheme. Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) The Government fully supports the Mayor of West Yorkshire’s ambition to deliver Mass Transit in the region, boosting connectivity and unlocking growth and opportunity for the people of West Yorkshire. That is why we have allocated funding for the project as part of West Yorkshire’s £2.1 billion Transport for City Regions funding between 2027 and 2032. I am pleased to confirm that Lord Hendy, Minister of State for Rail, will be working alongside the Mayor to support her in delivering the programme. WYCA plan to submit their first business case for approval to the Government in 2026 As the body responsible for developing and delivering the project, it is for West Yorkshire Combined Authority to undertake any assessment of impacts on communities as the plans for mass transit develop.
Rapid Transit Systems: West Yorkshire Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East) Friday 9th January 2026 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what specific risks were identified by her Department that led to requiring West Yorkshire Combined Authority to separate route planning from the business case for the mass transit system. Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) The Government fully supports the Mayor of West Yorkshire’s ambition to deliver Mass Transit in the region, boosting connectivity and unlocking growth and opportunity for the people of West Yorkshire. That is why we have allocated funding for the project as part of West Yorkshire’s £2.1 billion Transport for City Regions funding between 2027 and 2032. I am pleased to confirm that Lord Hendy, Minister of State for Rail, will be working alongside the Mayor to support her in delivering the programme. WYCA plan to submit their first business case for approval to the Government in 2026 As the body responsible for developing and delivering the project, it is for West Yorkshire Combined Authority to undertake any assessment of impacts on communities as the plans for mass transit develop.
Rapid Transit Systems: West Yorkshire Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East) Friday 9th January 2026 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure that the delay to the West Yorkshire mass transit scheme does not disproportionately disadvantage communities in Bradford. Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) The Government fully supports the Mayor of West Yorkshire’s ambition to deliver Mass Transit in the region, boosting connectivity and unlocking growth and opportunity for the people of West Yorkshire. That is why we have allocated funding for the project as part of West Yorkshire’s £2.1 billion Transport for City Regions funding between 2027 and 2032. I am pleased to confirm that Lord Hendy, Minister of State for Rail, will be working alongside the Mayor to support her in delivering the programme. WYCA plan to submit their first business case for approval to the Government in 2026 As the body responsible for developing and delivering the project, it is for West Yorkshire Combined Authority to undertake any assessment of impacts on communities as the plans for mass transit develop.
Rapid Transit Systems: West Yorkshire Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East) Friday 9th January 2026 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the £2.1bn funding commitment for the West Yorkshire mass transit scheme remains fully allocated to the project following the programme reset. Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) The Government fully supports the Mayor of West Yorkshire’s ambition to deliver Mass Transit in the region, boosting connectivity and unlocking growth and opportunity for the people of West Yorkshire. That is why we have allocated funding for the project as part of West Yorkshire’s £2.1 billion Transport for City Regions funding between 2027 and 2032. I am pleased to confirm that Lord Hendy, Minister of State for Rail, will be working alongside the Mayor to support her in delivering the programme. WYCA plan to submit their first business case for approval to the Government in 2026 As the body responsible for developing and delivering the project, it is for West Yorkshire Combined Authority to undertake any assessment of impacts on communities as the plans for mass transit develop.
Rapid Transit Systems: West Yorkshire Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East) Friday 9th January 2026 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what role the Rail Minister has been given in overseeing the West Yorkshire mass transit project following the recent review. Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport) The Government fully supports the Mayor of West Yorkshire’s ambition to deliver Mass Transit in the region, boosting connectivity and unlocking growth and opportunity for the people of West Yorkshire. That is why we have allocated funding for the project as part of West Yorkshire’s £2.1 billion Transport for City Regions funding between 2027 and 2032. I am pleased to confirm that Lord Hendy, Minister of State for Rail, will be working alongside the Mayor to support her in delivering the programme. WYCA plan to submit their first business case for approval to the Government in 2026 As the body responsible for developing and delivering the project, it is for West Yorkshire Combined Authority to undertake any assessment of impacts on communities as the plans for mass transit develop.
Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Tax Allowances Asked by: Earl Attlee (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary) Monday 22nd December 2025 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill on 15 December (HL12602), whether they will now state when the amount in question was last uprated in line with inflation. Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport) The agreed industry scale rate for lorry drivers’ overnight subsistence is not uprated in line with inflation. Normally the relevant industry body, in this case the Road Haulage Association, would approach His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to discuss changing the industry rate. If individual haulage operators think the industry rate is inadequate, they would need to provide evidence to HMRC that drivers are incurring expenses that exceed the current benchmark rate to have a bespoke rate agreed. Employers can choose to reimburse drivers for the actual subsistence costs incurred when staying away from home, rather than pay the set benchmark scale rate.
Euston Station: Access Asked by: Lord Wigley (Plaid Cymru - Life peer) Thursday 18th December 2025 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill on 9 December (HL12329), when they plan for Euston station to be equipped with full step-free access for passengers. Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport) Work is continuing with delivery partners to develop affordable, integrated plans for Euston Station, which will include the new HS2 terminus, along with upgrades to the existing Network Rail and London Underground stations and local transport facilities. The development of these plans will include provision of step free access for passengers. The Department will set out more details in due course as the plans for Euston Station are progressed.
West Yorkshire Police: Finance Asked by: Earl Attlee (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary) Tuesday 16th December 2025 Question to the Home Office: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill on 1 December (HL12185), what estimate they have made of the total annual budget of West Yorkshire Police. Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office) West Yorkshire Police will receive funding of up to £659.6m in 2025-26. You should note that this figure includes core Government grants and council tax precept only and does not represent the totality of the force’s budget. The Home Office does not routinely collect information on other police force revenue.
Railways: North of England Asked by: Earl Attlee (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary) Monday 15th December 2025 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill on 1 December (HL12185), whether the consortium appointed by Network Rail to deliver infrastructure works to the west of Leeds as part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade programme has made payments to crane hire companies to cover the cost of police escorts in connection with the movements of cranes and vehicles; and, if so, how much has been spent since October 2024 by their largest supplier of crane or lifting services, and for how many movements. Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport) The cost for police to escort abnormal loads to Transpennine Route Upgrade worksites, when required, is included within crane hire companies’ costs to the consortium. The Department does not hold information on the breakdown of crane suppliers’ costs or the number of movements they undertake.
Railways: North of England Asked by: Earl Attlee (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary) Monday 15th December 2025 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill on 1 December (HL12185), whether Network Rail’s Transpennine Route Upgrade programme is largely funded by central and local government. Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport) I can confirm that the TransPennine Route Upgrade programme is wholly funded by central government.
Railways: West Yorkshire Police Asked by: Earl Attlee (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary) Friday 12th December 2025 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill on 1 December (HL12185), whether they will publish the livery, if any, of the vehicles funded by the consortium, and whether that livery was specially designed for escorting abnormal loads or suitable for general policing duties. Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport) The vehicles funded by the West Alliance as part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade Programme are Volvo XC90s. The vehicles have standard police livery, and in addition of ‘Abnormal Load Escort’ on the rear side windows. The vehicles are only used for abnormal load escorts and not general roads policing duties. Transfer of funds took place on 26 March 2025 and 20 June 2025, amounting to £175,000.
Railways: West Yorkshire Police Asked by: Earl Attlee (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary) Friday 12th December 2025 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill on 1 December (HL12185), whether they will publish the make and model of all of the vehicles funded in whole or in part by the consortium. Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport) The vehicles funded by the West Alliance as part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade Programme are Volvo XC90s. The vehicles have standard police livery, and in addition of ‘Abnormal Load Escort’ on the rear side windows. The vehicles are only used for abnormal load escorts and not general roads policing duties. Transfer of funds took place on 26 March 2025 and 20 June 2025, amounting to £175,000.
Railways: West Yorkshire Police Asked by: Earl Attlee (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary) Friday 12th December 2025 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill on 1 December (HL12185), whether they will publish the date and amount of all relevant transfers of funds from the consortium to West Yorkshire Police. Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport) The vehicles funded by the West Alliance as part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade Programme are Volvo XC90s. The vehicles have standard police livery, and in addition of ‘Abnormal Load Escort’ on the rear side windows. The vehicles are only used for abnormal load escorts and not general roads policing duties. Transfer of funds took place on 26 March 2025 and 20 June 2025, amounting to £175,000.
West Yorkshire Police: Motor Vehicles Asked by: Earl Attlee (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary) Thursday 11th December 2025 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill on 1 December (HL12185), how many light vehicles, excluding those used for covert purposes, are operated by West Yorkshire Police. Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport) The Department for Transport does not hold information on the number of vehicles that are operated by West Yorkshire Police.
Roads: Repairs and Maintenance Asked by: Lord Bradshaw (Liberal Democrat - Life peer) Monday 8th December 2025 Question to the Department for Transport: To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill on 27 November (HL11894), why time changes of such small increments are used in the calculation of journey saving; and what assessment they have made of the extent to which time changes in these increments can be depended upon. Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport) Our approach to the modelling and appraisal of journey time changes is intended to capture the behavioural choices of travellers, and the resulting impacts on the welfare of society. There is evidence from everyday life of individuals making choices that suggest they value very small time savings. For instance, pedestrians may choose to cross rather than wait for traffic lights to change, while travellers may rush to catch an underground service, to save 1-2 minutes. The most recent national study into passenger values of time (Arup et al, 2015), considered this issue, and we provided the rationale for capturing the full range of sizes of time saving as part of our 2016 consultation response on values of travel time. Firstly, that appraisals are carried out ‘at the margin’ for an incremental scheme, and hence capturing time savings of any size and valuing them at a constant unit value provides a robust mathematical framework to aggregate impacts in a consistent fashion across appraisals. Furthermore, to ensure a representative approach, we want to reflect the full spectrum of sizes of time saving attributable to different kinds of schemes and different modes. Our approach to the capturing of small time savings is consistent with appraisal frameworks in other countries, for example Sweden. We intend to gather further evidence on the value of small increments of time savings as part of the next national value of time study, currently being planned.

Written Answers

Old Oak Common Station
Asked by: Baroness Pidgeon (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Tuesday 20th January 2026

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill on 28 July 2025 (HL9776), what recent progress they have made towards ensuring that every platform has level boarding at the new Old Oak Common station.

Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport)

Old Oak Common station will provide full street to platform step-free access, with HS2 platforms designed to offer full level boarding. Platforms serving the Elizabeth Line and conventional rail services have been designed to accommodate different kinds of rolling stock that have different boarding heights. Work to establish the feasibility and safety of deviating from standard 915mm platform heights on the relief line platforms (platforms 5-8, which will predominantly serve the Elizabeth Line) is continuing. Completed assessments to enable a final decision on this issue are expected by Spring 2026, with an announcement expected by the end of the year.

Rapid Transit Systems: West Yorkshire
Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East)
Friday 9th January 2026

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the cost to the public purse of delaying the West Yorkshire mass transit scheme.

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

The Government fully supports the Mayor of West Yorkshire’s ambition to deliver Mass Transit in the region, boosting connectivity and unlocking growth and opportunity for the people of West Yorkshire. That is why we have allocated funding for the project as part of West Yorkshire’s £2.1 billion Transport for City Regions funding between 2027 and 2032. I am pleased to confirm that Lord Hendy, Minister of State for Rail, will be working alongside the Mayor to support her in delivering the programme.

WYCA plan to submit their first business case for approval to the Government in 2026

As the body responsible for developing and delivering the project, it is for West Yorkshire Combined Authority to undertake any assessment of impacts on communities as the plans for mass transit develop.

Rapid Transit Systems: West Yorkshire
Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East)
Friday 9th January 2026

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the recent government review of the West Yorkshire mass transit scheme on planned delivery timescales for the Bradford–Leeds line.

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

WYCA plan to submit their first business case for approval to the Government in 2026

Rapid Transit Systems: West Yorkshire
Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East)
Friday 9th January 2026

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has imposed new conditions on the release of funding for the West Yorkshire mass transit scheme following the government review.

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

WYCA plan to submit their first business case for approval to the Government in 2026

Rapid Transit Systems: West Yorkshire
Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East)
Friday 9th January 2026

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of delaying the West Yorkshire mass transit scheme into the late 2030s on Bradford.

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

WYCA plan to submit their first business case for approval to the Government in 2026

Rapid Transit Systems: West Yorkshire
Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East)
Friday 9th January 2026

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help ensure that the West Yorkshire mass transit scheme is delivered by the late 2030s.

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

WYCA plan to submit their first business case for approval to the Government in 2026

Rapid Transit Systems: West Yorkshire
Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East)
Friday 9th January 2026

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the impact of inflation on the projected costs of the West Yorkshire mass transit scheme following its delay.

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

WYCA plan to submit their first business case for approval to the Government in 2026

Rapid Transit Systems: West Yorkshire
Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East)
Friday 9th January 2026

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what lessons her Department has learned from the cancellation of previous mass transit proposals in West Yorkshire when overseeing the current scheme.

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

WYCA plan to submit their first business case for approval to the Government in 2026

Rapid Transit Systems: West Yorkshire
Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East)
Friday 9th January 2026

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has conducted an equality impact assessment of the delay to the West Yorkshire mass transit scheme.

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

WYCA plan to submit their first business case for approval to the Government in 2026

Rapid Transit Systems: West Yorkshire
Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East)
Friday 9th January 2026

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what specific risks were identified by her Department that led to requiring West Yorkshire Combined Authority to separate route planning from the business case for the mass transit system.

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

WYCA plan to submit their first business case for approval to the Government in 2026

Rapid Transit Systems: West Yorkshire
Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East)
Friday 9th January 2026

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to ensure that the delay to the West Yorkshire mass transit scheme does not disproportionately disadvantage communities in Bradford.

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

WYCA plan to submit their first business case for approval to the Government in 2026

Rapid Transit Systems: West Yorkshire
Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East)
Friday 9th January 2026

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the £2.1bn funding commitment for the West Yorkshire mass transit scheme remains fully allocated to the project following the programme reset.

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

WYCA plan to submit their first business case for approval to the Government in 2026

Rapid Transit Systems: West Yorkshire
Asked by: Imran Hussain (Labour - Bradford East)
Friday 9th January 2026

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what role the Rail Minister has been given in overseeing the West Yorkshire mass transit project following the recent review.

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

WYCA plan to submit their first business case for approval to the Government in 2026

Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Tax Allowances
Asked by: Earl Attlee (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Monday 22nd December 2025

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill on 15 December (HL12602), whether they will now state when the amount in question was last uprated in line with inflation.

Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport)

The agreed industry scale rate for lorry drivers’ overnight subsistence is not uprated in line with inflation. Normally the relevant industry body, in this case the Road Haulage Association, would approach His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to discuss changing the industry rate. If individual haulage operators think the industry rate is inadequate, they would need to provide evidence to HMRC that drivers are incurring expenses that exceed the current benchmark rate to have a bespoke rate agreed.

Employers can choose to reimburse drivers for the actual subsistence costs incurred when staying away from home, rather than pay the set benchmark scale rate.

Euston Station: Access
Asked by: Lord Wigley (Plaid Cymru - Life peer)
Thursday 18th December 2025

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill on 9 December (HL12329), when they plan for Euston station to be equipped with full step-free access for passengers.

Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport)

Work is continuing with delivery partners to develop affordable, integrated plans for Euston Station, which will include the new HS2 terminus, along with upgrades to the existing Network Rail and London Underground stations and local transport facilities. The development of these plans will include provision of step free access for passengers. The Department will set out more details in due course as the plans for Euston Station are progressed.

West Yorkshire Police: Finance
Asked by: Earl Attlee (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Tuesday 16th December 2025

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill on 1 December (HL12185), what estimate they have made of the total annual budget of West Yorkshire Police.

Answered by Lord Hanson of Flint - Minister of State (Home Office)

West Yorkshire Police will receive funding of up to £659.6m in 2025-26. You should note that this figure includes core Government grants and council tax precept only and does not represent the totality of the force’s budget. The Home Office does not routinely collect information on other police force revenue.

Railways: North of England
Asked by: Earl Attlee (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Monday 15th December 2025

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill on 1 December (HL12185), whether the consortium appointed by Network Rail to deliver infrastructure works to the west of Leeds as part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade programme has made payments to crane hire companies to cover the cost of police escorts in connection with the movements of cranes and vehicles; and, if so, how much has been spent since October 2024 by their largest supplier of crane or lifting services, and for how many movements.

Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport)

The cost for police to escort abnormal loads to Transpennine Route Upgrade worksites, when required, is included within crane hire companies’ costs to the consortium. The Department does not hold information on the breakdown of crane suppliers’ costs or the number of movements they undertake.

Railways: North of England
Asked by: Earl Attlee (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Monday 15th December 2025

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill on 1 December (HL12185), whether Network Rail’s Transpennine Route Upgrade programme is largely funded by central and local government.

Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport)

I can confirm that the TransPennine Route Upgrade programme is wholly funded by central government.

Railways: West Yorkshire Police
Asked by: Earl Attlee (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Friday 12th December 2025

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill on 1 December (HL12185), whether they will publish the livery, if any, of the vehicles funded by the consortium, and whether that livery was specially designed for escorting abnormal loads or suitable for general policing duties.

Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport)

The vehicles funded by the West Alliance as part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade Programme are Volvo XC90s. The vehicles have standard police livery, and in addition of ‘Abnormal Load Escort’ on the rear side windows. The vehicles are only used for abnormal load escorts and not general roads policing duties. Transfer of funds took place on 26 March 2025 and 20 June 2025, amounting to £175,000.

Railways: West Yorkshire Police
Asked by: Earl Attlee (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Friday 12th December 2025

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill on 1 December (HL12185), whether they will publish the make and model of all of the vehicles funded in whole or in part by the consortium.

Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport)

Railways: West Yorkshire Police
Asked by: Earl Attlee (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Friday 12th December 2025

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill on 1 December (HL12185), whether they will publish the date and amount of all relevant transfers of funds from the consortium to West Yorkshire Police.

Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport)

West Yorkshire Police: Motor Vehicles
Asked by: Earl Attlee (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Thursday 11th December 2025

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill on 1 December (HL12185), how many light vehicles, excluding those used for covert purposes, are operated by West Yorkshire Police.

Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport)

The Department for Transport does not hold information on the number of vehicles that are operated by West Yorkshire Police.

Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
Asked by: Lord Bradshaw (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Monday 8th December 2025

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill on 27 November (HL11894), why time changes of such small increments are used in the calculation of journey saving; and what assessment they have made of the extent to which time changes in these increments can be depended upon.

Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport)

Our approach to the modelling and appraisal of journey time changes is intended to capture the behavioural choices of travellers, and the resulting impacts on the welfare of society.

There is evidence from everyday life of individuals making choices that suggest they value very small time savings. For instance, pedestrians may choose to cross rather than wait for traffic lights to change, while travellers may rush to catch an underground service, to save 1-2 minutes.

The most recent national study into passenger values of time (Arup et al, 2015), considered this issue, and we provided the rationale for capturing the full range of sizes of time saving as part of our 2016 consultation response on values of travel time.

Firstly, that appraisals are carried out ‘at the margin’ for an incremental scheme, and hence capturing time savings of any size and valuing them at a constant unit value provides a robust mathematical framework to aggregate impacts in a consistent fashion across appraisals.

Furthermore, to ensure a representative approach, we want to reflect the full spectrum of sizes of time saving attributable to different kinds of schemes and different modes. Our approach to the capturing of small time savings is consistent with appraisal frameworks in other countries, for example Sweden.

We intend to gather further evidence on the value of small increments of time savings as part of the next national value of time study, currently being planned.

Bill Documents
Dec. 02 2025 Letter from Lord Hendy to Peers regarding questions raised during the WTO’s Article III, risk assessment on subsides dispute, UK Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) and relation with EU ETS, discussions with US, fuel providers and using crops as feedstock. Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill 2024-26 Will write letters Found: Letter from Lord Hendy to Peers regarding questions raised during the WTO’s Article III, risk assessment
Nov. 13 2025 Letter from Lord Hendy to Lord Moylan regarding clarifications concerning the Highways Act 1980: compulsory acquisition powers to include taking of temporary possession. Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 Will write letters Found: Letter from Lord Hendy to Lord Moylan regarding clarifications concerning the Highways Act 1980: compulsory

Bill Documents

Dec. 02 2025
Letter from Lord Hendy to Peers regarding questions raised during the WTO’s Article III, risk assessment on subsides dispute, UK Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) and relation with EU ETS, discussions with US, fuel providers and using crops as feedstock.
Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill 2024-26
Will write letters

Found: Letter from Lord Hendy to Peers regarding questions raised during the WTO’s Article III, risk assessment

Nov. 13 2025
Letter from Lord Hendy to Lord Moylan regarding clarifications concerning the Highways Act 1980: compulsory acquisition powers to include taking of temporary possession.
Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025
Will write letters

Found: Letter from Lord Hendy to Lord Moylan regarding clarifications concerning the Highways Act 1980: compulsory

Department Publications - Transparency
Tuesday 16th December 2025 Department for Transport Source Page: DfT: ministerial travel and meetings, July to September 2025 Document: View online (webpage) Found:	Meeting with Lawrence Bowman to discuss the SWR conference that Lord Hendy
Tuesday 16th December 2025 Department for Transport Source Page: DfT: senior officials’ business expenses and meetings, July to September 2025 Document: View online (webpage) Found: class="govuk-table__cell">Internal Meeting Investment Portfolio and Delivery Committee (IPDC) Lord Hendy
Tuesday 16th December 2025 Cabinet Office Source Page: Register of Ministers’ Gifts and Hospitality: November 2025 Document: (webpage) Found: Value of Hospitality (£) Heidi Alexander Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Lord Hendy
Tuesday 16th December 2025 Department for Transport Source Page: DfT: senior officials’ business expenses and meetings, July to September 2025 Document: (webpage) Found: Over 01/07/2025 01/07/2025 Internal Meeting Investment Portfolio and Delivery Committee (IPDC), Lord Hendy
Tuesday 16th December 2025 Cabinet Office Source Page: Register of Ministers’ Gifts and Hospitality: November 2025 Document: View online (webpage) Found:
Lord Hendy
Tuesday 16th December 2025 Cabinet Office Source Page: Register of Ministers’ Gifts and Hospitality: November 2025 Document: (webpage) Found: Received gifts only) Heidi Alexander Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Nil Return Lord Hendy
Tuesday 16th December 2025 Cabinet Office Source Page: Register of Ministers’ Gifts and Hospitality: November 2025 Document: View online (webpage) Found:
Lord Hendy

Deposited Papers
Friday 16th January 2026 Home Office Source Page: Letter dated 13/01/2025 from Lord Hanson of Flint to Baroness Stowell of Beeston and others regarding a clarification to remarks made during the Committee stage (eighth day) of the Crime and Policing Bill on the rationale behind clauses 37 and 38: assaults on retail workers. 2p. Document: L_Hanson_to_Bns_Stowell_of_Beeston.pdf (PDF) Found: I am copying this letter to Baroness Morgan of Cotes, Lord Hendy, Baroness McIntosh of Pickering, the
Monday 15th December 2025 Department for Transport Source Page: Letter dated 13/11/2025 from Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill to Lord Moylan regarding the Planning and Infrastructure Bill report stage debate (second day): clarifications concerning the Highways Act 1980: compulsory acquisition powers to include taking of temporary possession. 2p. Document: Lord_Hendy_letter_to_Lord_Moylan.pdf (PDF) Found: Letter dated 13/11/2025 from Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill to Lord Moylan regarding the Planning and Infrastructure
Wednesday 10th December 2025 Department for Transport Source Page: Letter dated 02/12/2025 from Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill to Peers regarding questions raised during the Second Reading of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel Bill: WTO’s Article III, risk assessment on subsides dispute, UK Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) and relation with EU ETS, discussions with US, fuel providers and using crops as feedstock. 3p. Document: SAF_second_reading_follow_up.pdf (PDF) Found: Letter dated 02/12/2025 from Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill to Peers regarding questions raised during the