Written questions by Smith.

Whether her Department consulted the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee on the final draft of the statutory guidance entitled Floating Bus Stops: Provision and Design Guidance, published on 26 January 2026.

Awaiting answer.

Pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2026 to Question 11465 on Airports: Fees and Charges, if her Department will have discussions with airport operators on the implementation of parking fees and charges.

Awaiting answer.

Pursuant to the answer of 26 June 2026 to Question 11220 on Aviation: Alternative Fuels, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of Sustainable Aviation Fuel Mandate compliance cos

Awaiting answer.

Pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2026 to Question 11452 on Network Rail: Biodiversity, what guidance Network Rail issues on when a habitat management plan is required; and how many such plans are currently in

Awaiting answer.

Pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2026 to Question 12905 on Large Goods Vehicles: Electric Vehicles, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential cost savings for businesses operating battery-

Awaiting answer.

Whether her Department has issued any directions to its arm's length bodies on limiting expenditure on public affairs, government relations or lobbying activity since 4 July 2024.

Awaiting answer.

What estimate her Department has made of the annual number of air traffic controllers expected to leave the profession over the next five years; and how many newly qualified air traffic controllers will be requ

Awaiting answer.

How many people qualified as licensed aircraft maintenance engineers in each of the last five years; and how many of those were (a) British nationals and (b) overseas nationals in each year.

Awaiting answer.

Pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2026 to Question 122545 on the Vehicle Certification Agency, when she expects the evaluation of the consultation on proposed Vehicle Certification Agency fee increases to be c

Awaiting answer.

What assumptions her Department has made about the average daily mileage of light commercial vans when assessing the charging infrastructure required to support the transition to zero emission vans.

Awaiting answer.

Pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2026 to Question 7511, whether the review of the Zero Emission Vehicle Mandate will have published terms of reference; and if so, on what date she expects those terms of refere

Awaiting answer.

Pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2026 to Question 8651 on Large Goods Vehicles: Electric Vehicles, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of heavy goods vehicle journeys for which charging can

Awaiting answer.

How many delay minutes per 100 train miles were recorded on South Western Railway in the (a) final year before transfer into public ownership and (b) latest year for which data is available.

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.

Pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2026 to Question 9696 on the Low Carbon Fuels Fund, whether applicants will be required to demonstrate that funded projects will support (a) jobs, (b) supply chains and (c) eco

Applicants to the Low Carbon Fuels Fund will be assessed through a competitive process, scored against set and weighted assessment criteria. High-level scoring criteria will be released in the guidance to applicants upon the launch of the competition this...

What proportion of active travel funding approvals since 2020 have relied on projected or estimated cycling usage figures rather than independently audited counts.

In line with other transport modes, submissions for active travel funding have not traditionally been underpinned by independently audited traffic counts but Active Travel England (ATE) provides guidance to local authorities on conducting effective apprai...

How many prosecutions were brought for cyclists failing to comply with traffic signals in each of the last five years.

The collection of data on prosecutions is a matter for the Ministry of Justice.Data on prosecutions for cycling offences by offence code are available online at: Criminal Justice Statistics Quarterly: December 2025 - GOV.UK

Whether her Department has undertaken a value for money assessment of the White Rose Station project.

The Department has not undertaken a value for money assessment of the White Rose Station scheme as the White Rose Station forms part of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority's (WYCA's) City Regions Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS) programme. CRSTS...

When she expects Free Route Airspace to be operational across all UK upper airspace.

Following the implementation and deployment Free Route Airspace in Scotland and the West of England, NATS is working to design and deploy the remaining Free Route Airspace areas. The delivery and implementation of future Free Route Airspace remain under r...

How much funding has been (a) allocated, (b) committed and (c) paid out under (i) the Low Carbon Fuels Fund and (ii) the Advanced Fuels Fund since 4 July 2024; and which projects have received support under eac

For the Low Carbon Fuels Fund (LCFF), £219m has been made available between financial years 2026/27 and 2029/30, with £93m over the first two years and £126m over the latter two. Funding in the first two years will be committed to specific projects follow...

Whether she plans to provide funding to help support the Liverpool Street Station redevelopment scheme.

This project delivers huge public benefit while operating within public funding constraints. Creating additional retail and new office space on Network Rail land will generate the value and income needed to help deliver customer transformation. The Liver...