Written questions by White.

What steps she is taking to help improve rail (a) reliability and (b) performance to ensure people are able to access (i) work and (ii) educational opportunities.

We are starting to see train performance stabilise, following a decade of decline. We are working with the rail industry on a Performance Restoration Framework, with five clear areas of focus to recover performance to acceptable levels, including timetable resilience, staffing and keeping trains safely moving during disruptive events. The Rail Minister is meeting with the Managing Directors of all train operators and their Network Rail counterparts, to address poor performance and demand immediate action to raise standards.

What steps the Government is taking to provide guidance to local authorities on pavement parking regulations.

The Department has been considering all the views expressed in response to our pavement parking consultation in 2020 and is currently working through the policy options and the appropriate means of delivering them. As soon as the Government has decided its preferred way forward, we will announce the next steps and publish our formal response. We will also publish any relevant guidance once that response has been published.

What steps she is taking with the aircraft industry to help reduce (a) noise and (b) carbon emissions from aircraft and (c) air space modernisation.

The Department works closely with Sustainable Aviation – an industry alliance to support a sustainable UK aviation sector – and they published an updated Noise Road Map in February 2025. We recognise the nationwide noise reduction benefits that the latest generation of aircraft and aircraft technology will deliver. The Government has also established the Jet Zero Taskforce to convene stakeholders from across the UK aviation sector to identify, and advise on, unblocking the key barriers in delivering greener aviation. Further, through the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) Programme, Government is co-investing with industry in the development of ultra-efficient and zero-carbon aircraft technology. It aims to grow the UK’s competitive position in civil aerospace while reducing harmful emissions, including CO2 and noise. The Government’s airspace modernisation programme works closely with a range of industry stakeholders, primarily airports and airlines, to ensure the environmental benefits of airspace modernisation can be realised as quickly as possible.