Asked by: Greg Smith (Conservative - Mid Buckinghamshire)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 September 2026 to Question 26362 on Speed Limits: Cameras, what estimate her Department has made of (a) the number and (b) the proportion of speed awareness courses that have been cancelled as a result of the HADECS camera system anomaly; and what estimate it has made of the associated loss of income to course providers and instructors.
Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
As set out in the Written Ministerial Statement on 16 December 2025, all wider enforcement activity in progress was stopped, regardless of whether the cases were impacted by the HADECS anomaly. As a result, tens of thousands of speed awareness courses were cancelled. This represents a small proportion of the approximately 2 million National Driver Offender Retraining Scheme courses delivered annually. The majority of courses are still taking place.
Asked by: Greg Smith (Conservative - Mid Buckinghamshire)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 September 2026 to Question 26992 on Road Traffic Accidents: Minibuses, how many of the reported traffic collisions with a contributory or road safety factor attributed to a minibus driver involved at least one fatality by year.
Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The total number of reported traffic collisions involving at least one fatality in Great Britain, as reported by the police using the STATS19 system, with a contributory or road safety factor attributed to a minibus driver, broken down by year, are shown in the table below. These figures include only collisions where police attended the scene and at least one factor was recorded.
Year | Fatal collisions |
2015 | 2 |
2016 | 5 |
2017 | 2 |
2018 | 7 |
2020 | 3 |
2021 | 4 |
2022 | 2 |
2023 | 1 |
2024 | 5 |
2025 | 1 |
Asked by: Greg Smith (Conservative - Mid Buckinghamshire)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2026 to Question 26119 on East West Rail Line, how many drivers are required for the commencement of passenger services between Oxford and Milton Keynes; how many have completed the required training; and when she expects all required driver training to be completed.
Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
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.
Asked by: Greg Smith (Conservative - Mid Buckinghamshire)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September 2026 to Question 19238 on Large Goods Vehicles: Electric Vehicles, whether the analysis referred to in the Answer of 24 June 2026 to Question 11454 will be published in full.
Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
As set out in our previous responses, we are analysing the feedback and considering our response to the first consultation on the future carbon regulatory framework for HGVs. We will publish our response once this process is completed.
Asked by: Greg Smith (Conservative - Mid Buckinghamshire)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 21972 on Large Goods Vehicles: Licensing, what specific reforms to (a) operator licensing requirements and (b) associated regulatory processes her Department is considering; and which road freight industry representative bodies it has consulted on those potential reforms.
Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
I refer to my answer of 8 September 2026 to Question 21972.
Asked by: Greg Smith (Conservative - Mid Buckinghamshire)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2026 to Question 8116, whether the modelling work cited has now been completed, and if she will publish the modelling in full.
Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The additional modelling work has now been completed. Colleagues from Network Rail, the Mining Remediation Authority and the Environment Agency have discussed the findings to agree a preferred option to address the pollution issue in Whitehaven Harbour. This has been communicated to local stakeholders.
Asked by: Greg Smith (Conservative - Mid Buckinghamshire)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of revoking the Traffic Distribution Rules 1991 on (a) passenger services, (b) dedicated air freight services and (c) regional airports serving the London air freight market.
Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is currently undertaking its review of the 1991 Traffic Distribution Rules (TDR) after consulting stakeholders more widely. Once the review has concluded and the CAA has provided its advice, the government will give this careful consideration before determining next steps.
Asked by: Greg Smith (Conservative - Mid Buckinghamshire)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate she has made of the level of net Government support to the rail sector per passenger journey in September 2026.
Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Department does not routinely publish estimates of net government support to the rail sector per passenger journey for individual months. The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) publishes annual statistics on government support to the rail industry and passenger journeys. These can be found here:
https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/finance/rail-industry-finance/.
https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/usage/passenger-rail-usage/.
Rail industry finance figures for 2025-26 will be released in November by the ORR but will not include September 2026 as this falls in the 2026-27 financial year.
Asked by: Greg Smith (Conservative - Mid Buckinghamshire)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 August 2026 to Question 18207 on Railway Stations: Biometrics, what offences were the 13 individuals arrested for; at which railway station did each arrest take place; and in what way was each arrest linked to the deployment of live facial recognition technology.
Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The British Transport Police have informed us that this information is not readily accessible within the timeframe for parliamentary questions. I have asked the Rail Minister to write to you with the data requested when it is available.
Asked by: Greg Smith (Conservative - Mid Buckinghamshire)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2026 to Question 17404 on British Transport Police: Railway Stations, how many full-time equivalent British Transport Police officers were assigned to each of the 20 major rail interchange stations listed in that Answer in each year from 2022-23 to 2026-27.
Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The British Transport Police (BTP) are operationally independent and decisions on the total numbers of officers at locations on the railway is a decision for senior officers within BTP. The BTP are not able to provide the specific breakdown of officer numbers at individual stations for operational security reasons.