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 on Department for Transport: Carbon Emissions, if she will set out the programmes Transport Focus is undertaking to ensure its advocacy work and passenger research support the 2050 Net Zero target; and what the associated cost to the public purse is.

Transport Focus supports the Government’s 2050 Net Zero target by ensuring that its passenger advocacy and research activities recognise the need for a more sustainable transport system. This includes incorporating questions on environmental priorities and decarbonisation into its passenger surveys, using evidence from research to inform advice to the Department and the transport industry on how passenger behaviour and expectations can support modal shift, and engaging with operators and policymakers on the passenger implications of decarbonisation measures.

Transport Focus does not have a separate programme or ring‑fenced budget specifically for Net Zero activity. This work is undertaken as part of its core statutory functions and is funded from its existing grant‑in‑aid from the Department for Transport. As such, there are no additional or separately identifiable costs to the public purse arising from this activity.