Asked by: Shivani Raja (Conservative - Leicester East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to introduce a specific category within STATS19 road casualty data collection for collisions involving non-EAPC electric bikes.
Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
The STATS19 collection is overseen by the Standing Committee on Road Injury Collision Statistics (SCRICS) and changes are made via periodic reviews, the last of which was in 2018.
There are currently no plans to introduce a specific category for non-EAPC electric bikes; this will be considered as part of the next review of STATS19.
Asked by: Shivani Raja (Conservative - Leicester East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what transport funding was allocated per head of population to (a) Leicester and Leicestershire, (b) the East Midlands Combined County Authority area, (c) the West Midlands Combined Authority area, and (d) Greater Manchester Combined Authority area in 2025-26.
Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The table below shows the core transport funding allocated to Local Transport Authorities in 2025-26.
The funding has been allocated on a range of factors beyond population, including deprivation and road mileage.
| Leicester City Council | Leicestershire County Council | East Midlands Combined County Authority | West Midlands Combined Authority | Greater Manchester Combined Authority |
Local Transport Grant | £9,520,000 | £12,305,000
| Not eligible | Not eligible | Not eligible |
Integrated Transport Block | £2,576,000 | £2,750,000 | £12,860,000 | Not eligible | Not eligible |
Highways Maintenance Block | £5,365,790 | £28,790,790 | £75,742,160 | £8,620,740* | £14,823,900* |
Local Authority Bus Grant | £9,453,592 | £8,154,155 | £40,580,499 | £49,983,869 | £66,393,752 |
Consolidated Active Travel Fund | £2,002,773 | £1,446,914 | £5,574,643 | £15,956,459 | £15,695,209 |
The electric vehicle (EV) pavement channels grant (EVPCG) Funding | Did not apply | £153,000 | £945,000 | £1,531,000 | £1,839,000 |
Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure capital funding | £3,380,000
| N/A | N/A | N/A
| N/A
|
Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure capability funding | £184,090 | £217,300
| £862,640 | £493,640 | £590,400 |
City Region Sustainable Transport Settlements | Not eligible | Not eligible | £66,000,000 (Note 1) | £261,477,000 | £226,576,000 |
*This figure includes only incentive elements of Highways Maintenance funding. CRSTS consolidates the baseline allocation of highways maintenance funding for eligible authorities.
Note 1 - EMCCA was allocated £11million in resource funding for 2025-26 for capacity and capability building, and to support planning and delivery as EMCCA prepared to move into the CRSTS programme. EMCCA was also allocated £55 million in capital funding for 2025-26, as early CRSTS2 funding. This was in addition to existing capital funding allocated to the area for 2025-26, as shown in the table.
Asked by: Shivani Raja (Conservative - Leicester East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that areas without a strategic transport authority receive long-term transport funding planning comparable to that available in devolved mayoral areas.
Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Government is committed to supporting local leaders across the country to deliver transport that works for their communities, regardless of governance arrangements.
We are providing local leaders in England with £21bn of local transport funding until 2029/30, through consolidated, multi-year settlements, including £9.6bn in non-mayoral areas, which they can use to deliver their local transport priorities. The majority of local transport funding is allocated by formula to give a fair share of funding for all areas.
This approach ends the previous short-term funding model and ensures that areas without a strategic transport authority benefit from stable, multi-year settlements, enabling them to take a longer-term view of transport planning alongside mayoral areas.
Asked by: Shivani Raja (Conservative - Leicester East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the expenditure by Network Rail has been on (a) transitioning 25 per cent of its car fleet to ultra-low emissions vehicles and (b) installing electric vehicle charging facilities across 10 per cent of passenger parking bays since 2020; and what estimate her Department has made of the projected capital cost required to transition 100 per cent of Network Rail’s car and van fleet to zero-emissions vehicles.
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: Shivani Raja (Conservative - Leicester East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Greater Anglia trains have been fitted with advanced monitoring equipment since early 2026; and what the timeline is for the remainder of the fleet to be retrofitted.
Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
Greater Anglia has now fitted six units with advanced monitoring equipment. The goal remains to have an estimate of eight to twelve units fitted with advanced monitoring equipment by the end of the year and work continues to deliver on this.
Asked by: Shivani Raja (Conservative - Leicester East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the residual values of (a) battery electric vehicles and (b) internal combustion engine vehicles; and what assessment she has made of the impact of those trends on the vehicle leasing and rental sectors.
Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Government is aware that, despite strong growth of the used electric vehicle (EV) market, the residual values of some EVs have depreciated more quickly than their internal combustion engine equivalents. The used EV market continues to mature, but we are aware that developments in EV technology and increasingly affordable new models have put downward pressure on used EV prices.
We are actively supporting industry-led working groups focused on the used EV market and supporting the health of the rental and leasing sectors. We will continue to work closely with industry, including the British Vehicle Rental and Leasing Association, on this.
Asked by: Shivani Raja (Conservative - Leicester East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 9 January 2026 to Question 100955, what programmes HS2 Limited is undertaking to achieve its Net Zero target; and what the estimated cost to the public purse is of those programmes.
Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
HS2 Ltd published a net zero carbon plan in 2022 that set out a range of targets to reduce carbon, based on the plans for HS2 at that time. HS2 Ltd reports on progress on carbon reduction annually in its Environmental Sustainability Progress Report.
Led by CEO Mark Wild, HS2 Ltd is fundamentally resetting the programme and the Transport Secretary has now set out new costs and timeframes for HS2, including efforts to cut construction costs. Looking ahead, HS2 Ltd is developing a new baseline for the programme to provide a clear scope of the work and path to delivery. Once this new baseline is in place, HS2 Ltd will review its carbon targets and plans to ensure they are consistent and deliverable within the new baseline.
Carbon reduction is embedded within the design, procurement, construction and future operation of HS2 and is not funded as a standalone programme. However, lower carbon design, which encourages more efficient use of steel, concrete and other carbon-intensive materials that are prevalent in major infrastructure can reduce cost as well as carbon and case studies can be found on HS2 Ltd’s carbon learning legacy page.
Asked by: Shivani Raja (Conservative - Leicester East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of services were operated with fewer carriages than planned on each route operated by each train operating company under DfT operator ownership in each of the last 18 months.
Answered by Keir Mather - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
DFT Operator expects operators to provide appropriate capacity in response to expected demand and holds operators to account for short- formed services. DFT Operator generally monitors levels of short formations at an operator level every four weeks and therefore is not able to provide data for each route operated by each train operating company.
Asked by: Shivani Raja (Conservative - Leicester East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 9 January 2026 to Question 100955, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of upgrading the Vehicle Certification Agency’s testing facilities and technologies to support the transition to Net Zero by 2050.
Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) intends to develop a strategy to articulate how it will support the drive to Net Zero over the course of this financial year, including a roadmap and timelines. The points raised will be considered as part of that exercise.
Asked by: Shivani Raja (Conservative - Leicester East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Department has concluded its evaluation of the Mode Shift Revenue Support (MSRS) scheme to assess its performance and impact.
Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The Department for Transport’s evaluation of the MSRS scheme is continuing and will conclude later in the year.