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.
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 July 2026 to Question 18158 on Road Traffic, whether her Department or National Highways holds estimates of (a) total hours of delay and (b) the economic cost of delay attributable specifically to incidents on the strategic road network in each of the last five years.
Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
Neither the Department for Transport nor National Highways has produced assured estimates of total hours of delay specifically attributable to incidents.
An estimate of the economic cost of delay on the strategic road network, for all causes of delay, can be found at: https://nationalhighways.co.uk/media/nixpb1ed/managing-delay-on-the-strategic-road-network.pdf
National Highways is in the process of developing updated, suitable estimates, and more broadly continues to improve the data and understanding of delay across the strategic road network and regularly publishes information in this area.
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 18371 on Trains: Crimes of Violence, how many knife-enabled crimes were recorded by the British Transport Police as having occurred on board trains in each of the five years for which it holds readily extractable, comparable data.
Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The British Transport Police have provided the following data which shows the number of recorded knife-enabled crimes occurring on board trains in each of the last five years:
Year | On Train |
2021-2022 | 320 |
2022-2023 | 283 |
2023-2024 | 328 |
2024-2025 | 290 |
2025-2026 | 265 |
Total | 1486 |
Asked by: Greg Smith (Conservative - Mid Buckinghamshire)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 22 May 2026 to Question 2368 on Parking: Private Sector, whether that review has now concluded; and when she plans to publish its outcome.
Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The outcome of the review of the fees charged for releasing vehicle keeper information will be published in due course.
Asked by: Greg Smith (Conservative - Mid Buckinghamshire)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the scope, content and diagrams have been developed for the forthcoming update to the Manual for Streets.
Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The revised Manual for Streets is currently being developed. Decisions regarding its scope, content and supporting diagrams will be considered and determined as part of that process.
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 27 May 2026 to Question 2243, what decisions stemmed from the initial workshop on updating the Setting Local Speed Limits and Red Light and Speed Camera guidance.
Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The initial workshop on 16 June 2026 formed part of the Department’s stakeholder engagement programme for updating the Setting Local Speed Limits and Red Light Speed Camera guidance. The workshop helped identify key issues for further consideration, informed the development of options for updating the guidance, and shaped the subsequent programme of work and stakeholder engagement.
Asked by: Greg Smith (Conservative - Mid Buckinghamshire)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, 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 each month since May 2026.
Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The table below shows the number of full-time equivalent (FTE) driving examiners (DE) who were in post and available to deliver car practical driving tests in July and August 2026. Data for June 2026 was provided in the Answer to Question 16745 on 13 July 2026.
| July 2026 | August 2026 |
Number of FTE DE in post | 1,643 | 1,667 |
Number of FTE DE available to deliver car practical driving tests | 1,595 | 1,605 |
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 July 2026 to Question 17041 on Parking Offences: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, if she will publish (a) the evidence considered, (b) the conclusions reached and (c) any recommendations arising from her Department's review of the trial.
Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
Bournemouth, Christchurch, and Poole Council (BCP) published the evidence from its August 2025 trial. There is no plan to publish any Departmental considerations of BCP's findings.
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 2 September 2026 to Question 17595 on Maritime and Coastguard Agency: British Overseas Territories, how many officials participating in each monitoring visit were (a) qualified auditors and (b) new auditors attending as part of their training; and what proportion of the cost of each visit was attributable to officials attending for training or succession planning purposes.
Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The number of (a) fully qualified auditors and (b) new auditors attending as part of their training, together with the proportion of cost for each visit attributable to officials attending for training or succession planning who participated in each monitoring visit to British Overseas Territories since 4 July 2024 is shown below: This does not include staff salaries, subsistence cost included in the total cost was estimated in some areas.
Primary Monitoring
Location X Number of officials | Dates | Qualified Auditors (QA) | QA Total Cost | Training/ Succession planning | Training/ Succession Planning Total Cost | Overall Total Cost |
Gibraltar X 4 | 16-20 Sept 2024 | 4 | £5,719.77 | - | - | £5,719.77 |
Turks & Caicos Islands X 4 | 2-6 Dec 2024 | 3 | £15,257.99 | 1 | £5,268.90 25.67% of total cost | £20,526.89 |
St Helena X 3 | 24-28 Dec 2024 | 3 | £22,119.56 | - | - | £22,119.56 |
Cayman Islands X 3 | 1-12 Sept 2025 | 3 | £14,406.31 | - | - | £14,406.31 |
British Virgin Islands X 5 | 1-5 Dec 2025 | 3 | £24,406.61 | 2 | £16,227.57 39.94% of total cost | £40,634.17 |
Secondary Monitoring / Support Visits
Location X Number of officials | Dates | Qualified Auditors (QA) | QA Total Cost | Training/ Succession Planning | Training/ Succession Planning Total Cost | Overall Total Cost |
British Virgin Islands X 3 | 29-31 July 2024 | 3 | £21,566.03 | - | - | £21,566.03 |
Anguilla X 1 | 20-24 Jan 2025 | 1 | £4,021.82 | - | - | £4,021.82 |
British Virgin Islands X 2 | 16-18 July 2025 | 2 | £7,251.46 | - | - | £7,251.46 |
Turks & Caicos Islands X 2 | 3-6 Nov 2025 | 2 | £11,060.95 | - | - | £11,060.95 |
St Helena X 3 | 16-20 Mar 2026 | 2 | £7694.39 | 1 | £3,888.86 33.57% of total cost | £11,583.24 |
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 3 September 2026 to Question 19484 on Large Goods Vehicles: Electric Vehicles, what average purchase price her Department assumed for (a) diesel and (b) zero-emission HGVs in each of the weight categories listed in that Answer.
Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
I refer the Hon Member to Question 28062 answered on 11 September 2026.