Asked by: Lord Moylan (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many reported road traffic collisions involved a driver who was driving on a foreign driving licence that was valid for use in the UK in each of the last five years.
Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
The information requested is not held by the Department for Transport.
Asked by: Lord Moylan (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask His Majesty's Government, for each of the last five years, how many street works reinstatements there are that (1) fail inspection, and (2) require remedial works both within and after the statutory guarantee period; and what estimate they have made of the cost to highways authorities of remedial works undertaken after that period has expired.
Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
The Department’s Street Manager digital service enables local authorities to record, monitor and co-ordinate street works, including inspections. As use of the service is not mandatory for all types of works, the Department does not hold complete data on the number of inspections that fail.
The Department has not made an estimate of the cost to highway authorities of remedial works undertaken after the statutory guarantee period has expired.
Asked by: Lord Moylan (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect passenger rail services to run between Oxford and Bletchley serving the new station at Winslow.
Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
The Government recognises how important the first stage of East West Rail is to communities and passengers along the route, and we are working closely with industry partners to support the introduction of passenger services as soon as possible.
Asked by: Lord Moylan (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask His Majesty's Government what lessons they have learned from the delay in opening the current phase of East West Rail passenger services, and what steps they are taking to ensure that future phases are delivered and opened on schedule.
Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
While every phase of EWR presents different delivery challenges, lessons are already being incorporated into future planning, including strengthening programme governance, improving integration between infrastructure delivery and railway operations, and ensuring operational readiness is considered earlier during project development. The procurement of the operator should have taken place much earlier than it did, which is the fault of the previous government.
Asked by: Lord Moylan (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask His Majesty's Government what was the average daily percentage of rolling stock available for passenger service for each train operating company in every month since June 2024.
Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
The Department does not hold this information. The Department expects train operators to provide appropriate capacity to meet anticipated passenger demand, including through the effective deployment and maintenance of rolling stock.
Asked by: Lord Moylan (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary at the Department for Transport on 9 July (HC16088), on what basis each of the 12 additional journeys approved from their overseas posting in New Delhi under the qualifying hardship post policy was authorised; and whether each journey was taken by (a) the posted officer only, or (b) accompanying family members.
Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
The Department for Transport follows the hardship policy set by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, including the entitlement to additional journeys, which enables staff and accompanying dependants at qualifying hardship posts to take a break away from local conditions during their posting. New Delhi is a qualifying hardship post under that policy.
Each of the 12 additional journeys referred to in the Answer of 9 July was authorised under the hardship-post entitlement available to staff and eligible accompanying dependants serving at qualifying hardship posts.
Of those 12 journeys, six were undertaken by the posted officer and six were undertaken by their accompanying partner.
Asked by: Lord Moylan (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to relax, suspend or repeal the zero emission vehicle mandate; and what assessment they have made of the impact of the mandate on vehicle manufacturing, investment and employment in the UK.
Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
The Government has a long-standing commitment to publish a review of the Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Mandate to ensure we are taking a pragmatic and balanced approach to the ZEV transition that works for industry. We intend to conclude the review in the next six months. This will include a public consultation, which will set out the relevant analysis undertaken as part of the review process.
Asked by: Lord Moylan (Conservative - Life peer)
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 May (HL40), whether they have now made an estimate of the capital and ongoing operating costs of developing, launching and maintaining the proposed Great British Railways ticketing website and mobile application.
Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
Potential estimates will not be published in advance of the launch and completion of the procurement process, as these are commercially sensitive.
We have recently communicated to the supplier market our target of launching the procurement process in late Summer/early Autumn.
Asked by: Lord Moylan (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill on 2 June (HL335), how many rail trespass incidents were recorded in each of the last 30 years; and what estimate they have made of the long-term revenue loss arising from those incidents in each of those years.
Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
Data supplied by Network Rail indicates that the volume of trespass incidents increased from 6,415 in 2014/15 to 13,921 in 2025/26 (an increase of 117 per cent).
Over the same time, when adjusted for inflation, the estimated cost of delays associated with trespass incidents rose from £46.7 million to £85.5 million (an increase of 83 per cent).
When adjusted for inflation, the average estimated cost per trespass incident has reduced over time, from approximately £7,300 in 2014/15 to around £6,100 in 2025/26.
Volume of trespass related incidents and estimated costs of associated delays, annual, Great Britain, 2014/15 to 2025/26
Financial year | Volume of incidents1,2,4 | Costs3,5 (£million, current prices) | Costs (£million, 2025/26 prices) | Average cost per incident |
2014/15 | 6,415 | 33.6 | 46.7 | £ 7,300 |
2015/16 | 7,488 | 34.4 | 47.5 | £ 6,300 |
2016/17 | 8,336 | 44.0 | 59.7 | £ 7,200 |
2017/18 | 9,576 | 54.1 | 72.3 | £ 7,500 |
2018/19 | 9,798 | 61.2 | 80.2 | £ 8,200 |
2019/20 | 10,127 | 66.6 | 85.2 | £ 8,400 |
2020/21 | 9,410 | 35.7 | 43.5 | £ 4,600 |
2021/22 | 11,559 | 50.2 | 60.8 | £ 5,300 |
2022/23 | 11,583 | 64.9 | 74.4 | £ 6,400 |
2023/24 | 12,726 | 84.0 | 90.5 | £ 7,100 |
2024/25 | 13,611 | 86.5 | 89.8 | £ 6,600 |
2025/26 | 13,921 | 85.5 | 85.5 | £ 6,100 |
Notes:
1. Incidents are delay causing incidents attributed to XA,VA reason codes
2. An incident can appear in more than one rail period if delay was suffered in more than one period
3. Costs are an internal Network Rail estimate of the long-term revenue loss due to those incidents (based on the economics behind the Schedule 8 performance regime)
Source: Network Rail
4. Delay & Cancellation metric dashboard
5. Process for Performance Improvement (PfPI) Costs are from the Performance System database Business Objects attribution universe
Asked by: Lord Moylan (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill on 19 June (HL718), what was the total value of Schedule 8 compensation payments made by Network Rail to Train Operating Companies resulting from rail trespass incidents in each of the last 30 years.
Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport)
Network Rail holds data on the estimated Schedule 8 costs arising from rail trespass incidents from 1 April 2014 onwards. The total value of the payments during this time can be found in the following table:
Volume of trespass related incidents and estimated costs of associated delays, annual, Great Britain, 2014/15 to 2025/26
Financial year | Volume of incidents1,2,4 | Costs3,5 (£million, current prices) | Costs (£million, 2025/26 prices) | Average cost per incident |
2014/15 | 6,415 | 33.6 | 46.7 | £ 7,300 |
2015/16 | 7,488 | 34.4 | 47.5 | £ 6,300 |
2016/17 | 8,336 | 44.0 | 59.7 | £ 7,200 |
2017/18 | 9,576 | 54.1 | 72.3 | £ 7,500 |
2018/19 | 9,798 | 61.2 | 80.2 | £ 8,200 |
2019/20 | 10,127 | 66.6 | 85.2 | £ 8,400 |
2020/21 | 9,410 | 35.7 | 43.5 | £ 4,600 |
2021/22 | 11,559 | 50.2 | 60.8 | £ 5,300 |
2022/23 | 11,583 | 64.9 | 74.4 | £ 6,400 |
2023/24 | 12,726 | 84.0 | 90.5 | £ 7,100 |
2024/25 | 13,611 | 86.5 | 89.8 | £ 6,600 |
2025/26 | 13,921 | 85.5 | 85.5 | £ 6,100 |
Notes:
1. Incidents are delay causing incidents attributed to XA,VA reason codes
2. An incident can appear in more than one rail period if delay was suffered in more than one period
3. Costs are an internal Network Rail estimate of the long-term revenue loss due to those incidents (based on the economics behind the Schedule 8 performance regime)
Source: Network Rail
4. Delay & Cancellation metric dashboard
5. Process for Performance Improvement (PfPI) Costs are from the Performance System database Business Objects attribution universe