Asked by: Richard Holden (Conservative - Basildon and Billericay)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether (a) Transport for London, (b) the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham and (c) the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames have, individually or jointly, submitted (i) an expression of interest and (ii) an application to the Structures Fund in relation to Hammersmith Bridge; and whether officials in her Department have held discussions with any of those bodies on a potential Structures Fund application for Hammersmith Bridge in advance of any formal submission.
Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
As the asset owner and project lead, the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham is responsible for submitting any application to the Structures Fund. Local highway authorities have until 3 August 2026 to put forward proposals for investment.
My Department engages regularly with London local highway authorities on matters related to their local highways networks, including the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. The technical advisory body to the Structures Fund is also having conversations on behalf of my Department about projects that local highway authorities may put forward to the fund; including Hammersmith Bridge.
Asked by: Richard Holden (Conservative - Basildon and Billericay)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information her Department holds on how much revenue each local authority in England received from traffic enforcement in each of the last three financial years.
Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
This information is not held by central government.
Asked by: Richard Holden (Conservative - Basildon and Billericay)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 30 June 2026, to Question 13237, on Department for Transport: Public Relations, and with reference to the answer of 30 January 2025, to Question 25857, on Written Questions: Government Responses, if she will provide relevant hyperlinks to each of the live contracts in this area of spending.
Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
Details of all live contracts in this area of spending for the Department and its arm’s length bodies (that are above the relevant thresholds) are published on the Government’s Contracts Finder service and/or Find a Tender Service.
Links to these sites are below.
Contract Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search
Find a Tender - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Search
Asked by: Richard Holden (Conservative - Basildon and Billericay)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 24 April to Question 127689, what her Department's planned timetable is for concluding its review into the findings of the trial; and whether it intends to publish that review.
Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
We have considered the findings of the trial and there are no plans to publish the department's review.
Asked by: Richard Holden (Conservative - Basildon and Billericay)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency's capacity to respond to public correspondence and enquiries; and what steps she is taking to reduce response times.
Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has internal targets to respond to 90% of simple enquiry emails within five working days, and to respond to 90% of more complex emails (such as complaints about driving tests, that need investigating before it can respond) within 10 working days.
DVSA’s 2025/26 annual performance outturn for both types of correspondence is 90% and 93% respectively.
The agency keeps its performance under review.
Asked by: Richard Holden (Conservative - Basildon and Billericay)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of (a) the total hours of delay to road users, (b) the number of road users affected and (c) the economic cost of traffic disruption resulting from incidents on the strategic road network in each of the last five years.
Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
National Highways routinely publishes data on delays on strategic road network links https://nationalhighways.co.uk/our-roads/travel-time-reporting-tool/.
National Highways have previously published estimates of the causes of delay on the SRN, which includes incidents. See: https://nationalhighways.co.uk/media/nixpb1ed/managing-delay-on-the-strategic-road-network.pdf.
The Department also makes an assessment of congestion on the strategic road network using the metric of average delay based on seconds of delay per vehicle per mile (see table CGN0405 Average speed, delay and reliability of travel times (CGN) - GOV.UK).
Asked by: Richard Holden (Conservative - Basildon and Billericay)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2026 to Question 12226 on the Euston Delivery Company, what the target date is for the Euston Delivery Company to be established as a public body.
Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
I refer the Rt Hon Member to Question 16519 answered on 16 July 2026.
Asked by: Richard Holden (Conservative - Basildon and Billericay)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consideration her Department has given to incorporating the Driver Certificate of Professional Competence qualification into the (a) driving licence and (b) driver tachograph card for bus, coach and lorry drivers.
Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Department has no plans to incorporate the Driver Certificate of Professional Competence qualification into either the driving licence or the driver tachograph card.
Asked by: Richard Holden (Conservative - Basildon and Billericay)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress she has made on the Euston Masterplan since 17 April 2026; and when she plans to publish details of the number of (a) homes and (b) social and affordable homes to be delivered as part of the redevelopment of land at and around Euston associated with the HS2 programme.
Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
We are working at pace with our Master Development Partner, Lendlease, on a Masterplan for Euston, with an emphasis on growth and delivering much needed housing. The number of homes and affordable homes is subject to the development of the Masterplan.
Asked by: Richard Holden (Conservative - Basildon and Billericay)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to require motorists to pay (a) tolls and (b) road user charges on new roads constructed as part of the Roads Investment Strategy 3 programme.
Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
Motorists will not be required to pay a) tolls or b) road user charges on sections of the network that are subject to enhancement as part of Road Investment Strategy 3, with the exception of the Lower Thames Crossing (LTC).
LTC will be financed using the Regulated Asset Base model as this is the best way of reducing the cost burden of the project to taxpayers. To do this, the model harnesses private investment, with a link through to charges on users, who are ultimately major beneficiaries of the scheme.