Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 7 September 2026 to WPQ 26656, if her Department will make such an assessment.

Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The Department has no plans to make such an assessment.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 July 2026 to Question 17043 on Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency: Correspondence, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of requiring the DVSA to respond to 100% of simple enquiry emails within five working days.

Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) aims to respond to customer correspondence as quickly as possible and prioritises enquiries to ensure urgent or complex matters are handled appropriately. While simple enquiries are generally expected to be resolved more quickly, setting a 100% target could risk diverting resources from more complex or time-sensitive cases and may not take account of periods of exceptionally high demand.

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) internal target to respond to 90% of simple enquiry emails within five working days was met in 2025/26.

DVSA continues to monitor correspondence performance and keeps its customer service standards under review to ensure they remain effective, proportionate and deliverable.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2026 to Question 15009 on Roads: Construction, whether the cancellation of the National Highways contract with Skanska for the A46 Newark Bypass was taken into account when preparing that Answer.

Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

Yes.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which Ministers in her Department attended the Farnborough International Airshow 2026; on which dates each Minister attended; and what meetings each Minister held during the event.

Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

No Ministers from the Department attended the Farnborough International Airshow in 2026. A Minister had been scheduled to attend but because of the Government reshuffle the same week this was no longer possible because Ministerial portfolios and responsibilities had not been confirmed.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of rail journeys used fully digital tickets in each month since May 2026.

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

The approximate proportion of tickets fulfilled as Digital Tickets since May 2026 are:

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2026 to Question 16605 on Parking Offences: Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, when the trial of higher-level Penalty Charge Notices in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole is expected to conclude; and whether her Department plans to publish an assessment of the outcome of that trial.

Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council (BCP) concluded its trial of higher-level penalty charge notices at the end of August 2026. The publication, or otherwise, of its assessment will be a matter for BCP.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to respond to the Rt hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay's letter of 2 July 2026 to the Minister of State for Policing and Crime.

Answered by Sarah Jones - Minister of State (Home Office)

The letter from the Rt Hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay is currently under consideration and the Department will respond as soon as possible.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has for the Traffic Distribution Rules 1991 following the Civil Aviation Authority's review of those Rules; and when she expects to make a decision on this.

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 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.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2026 to Question 10241 on Births: Medical Records, for what reason her Department does not plan to make the recording of SNOMED codes mandatory across all births.

Answered by Alison McGovern - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

Decisions on whether data items should be mandatory are taken with consideration of clinical need, data quality, implementation feasibility, and impact on frontline services.

The Maternity Services Data Set allows providers to submit relevant SNOMED coded information, where clinically appropriate.

Question to the Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade, whether the Government considers maintaining domestic cement manufacturing capability to be of strategic national importance.

Answered by Blair McDougall - Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade) (Jointly with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)

The Government recognises the importance of the UK’s cement manufacturing industry, particularly to the Government’s goals of reindustrialisation and significant infrastructure projects. The cement sector receives support under the British Industry Supercharger (Supercharger) which exempts eligible businesses from certain electricity policy costs and provides 90% compensation for electricity network charges. Eligible cement manufacturing businesses benefitted from the uplift to the Network Charging Compensation Scheme, part of the Supercharger, and now save approximately £65 – 87/MWh on their electricity bills improving their competitiveness and mitigating the risk of carbon leakage and the offshoring of production to overseas competitors with less stringent climate change policies.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2026 to Question 14998 on British Overseas Territories, what was the total cost to the Maritime and Coastguard Agency of each of the 10 monitoring visits to British Overseas Territories since 4 July 2024, broken down by (a) travel, (b) accommodation and (c) other expenses.

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

I refer the Right Hon Member to Question 17595 answered on 2 September 2026.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2026 to Question 15008 on Train Operating Companies: Finance, what assessment she has made of the reasons for passenger revenue being lower than forecast in 2025-2026 financial year.

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

I refer the Rt Hon member to the Answer of 10 July 2026 to Question 15008.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2026 to Question 15461 on Air Routes, when the UK Airspace Design Service is expected to become fully operational; and for how long it is expected to take to get to around 40 staff.

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

The UK Airspace Design Service (UKADS) provided by NATS En Route Ltd (NERL) is operational and has begun work to design airspace for the complex London region. The final process to establish the UKADS was the Civil Aviation Authority’s (CAA) decision on modifications to the NERL licence, which was published in March 2026, and took effect on 6 May 2026. Staffing arrangements are a matter for NATS En Route Ltd.

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 purchase price differential her Department calculated between diesel and equivalent zero-emission HGVs in each of the weight categories listed.

Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The requested data of purchase price differentials between diesel and equivalent zero-emission HGVs for each weight category will be published alongside the next consultation on the HGV CO2 emissions regulatory framework.

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2026 to Question 14995 on Judicial Appointments, which relevant underrepresented protected characteristic or characteristics were taken into account in each of the recommendations for judicial appointment made following application of the Equal Merit Provision.

Answered by Sarah Sackman - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

Given the relatively small numbers of appointments involved in many exercises, disclosure of the protected characteristic(s) taken into account in individual applications of the Equal Merit Provision could enable individual judicial appointees to be identified. It would therefore not be appropriate to publish this information.

The Judicial Appointments Commission provides a summary of the use of the Equal Merit Provision in its annual report each year. The most recent report can be found at: https://judicialappointments.gov.uk/corp-publication/annual-report-and-accounts-2025-26/

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what topics remain outstanding in relation to (a) the handover of Winslow station, (b) station security arrangements and (c) staffing arrangements before passenger services can commence on East West Rail; and what the estimated cost is of resolving those topics.

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

Winslow Station is progressing towards completion for handover and authority to put into use. Details about its opening will be shared in due course. Costs for Winslow station are commercially sensitive and we cannot share them at this time. The Department continues to work closely with Chiltern Railways and other partners to confirm a start date for the first EWR services.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2026 to Question 13947 on Road Traffic Accidents: Minibuses, how many reported road traffic collisions involving a minibus had a contributory factor attributed to the minibus driver in each of the last ten years.

Answered by Justin Madders - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The total number of reported traffic collisions 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.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, when he plans to respond to Questions 2799 and 11451.

Answered by James Frith - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

I apologise to the Rt. Hon. Member for the delay in responding to his questions of 19 May and 19 June, and I refer him respectively to the answers he received on 9 June in response to Question 1717 and on 17 June in response to Question 8796.

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 10 March 2026 to Question 108307 on Marriage: Relatives, whether the internal review has concluded; and if he plans to publish its findings.

Answered by James Frith - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

I apologise to the Rt. Hon. Member for the delay in responding to his questions of 19 May and 19 June, and I refer him respectively to the answers he received on 9 June in response to Question 1717 and on 17 June in response to Question 8796.

Senior Courts of England and Wales

Found: HC Deb, 22 July 2025, col 743 (Alison Bennett MP); HC Deb, 29 October 2025, cols 350–351 (Mr Richard Holden