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1783431

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2025
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Gobowen-Oswestry Railway Line
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will hold discussions with rail companies on reopening of the Oswestry to Gobowen railway line.
	tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
	tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	37330
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2025 answer text <p>The Chancellor’s statement of 29 July 2024 confirmed that the Restoring Your Railway programme would be brought to a close, which included the proposed scheme to reopen the line between Oswestry and Gobowen. Proposals from the former Restoring Your Railway programme will be considered in the current Spending Review. There are no proposals to consult with rail operators on schemes whilst the Spending Review is ongoing.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wakefield and Rothwell answering member printed Simon Lightwood question first answered 14/03/2025 12:13:11 answering member 4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood
	tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1783436

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2025
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Whitchurch Station: Access
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of (a) 24 July 2024 to Question 835 and (b) 25 November 2024 to Question 15073 on Whitchurch (Shropshire) Station: Access, what progress she has made on providing step-free access at Whitchurch Railway Station in Shropshire.
	tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
	tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	37331
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2025 answer text <p>Network Rail have completed an option selection report for step-free access at Whitchurch railway station. This will be reviewed alongside 49 other stations across Britain to determine which should progress.</p> answering member constituency Wakefield and Rothwell answering member printed Simon Lightwood question first answered 14/03/2025 12:14:49 answering member 4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood
	tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1783458

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2025
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railway Stations: Disability Aids
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of train platforms have tactile platforms.
	tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
	tabling member printed	Mr Paul Kohler
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	37492
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2025 answer text <p>Using £75m of government funding, Network Rail have recently completed a programme to install platform edge tactiles at all mainline stations that did not have them in place or where they were planned to be installed as part of another enhancement or renewal project. This leaves 20 stations across Britain without tactiles out of a total of 2585 stations, with the majority of these to be installed this year or early in 2026.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wakefield and Rothwell answering member printed Simon Lightwood question first answered 14/03/2025 11:59:35 answering member 4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood
	tabling member	5321

1783497

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2025
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	M6: Accidents
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an estimate of the number of road traffic accidents leading to a fatality on the M6 motorway within Lancashire since 2022.
	tabling member constituency	South Ribble
	tabling member printed	Mr Paul Foster
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	37362
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2025 answer text <p>The number of fatal road collisions reported to police which occurred on the M6 within Lancashire was 2 in 2022 with none in 2023. 2023 is the latest year for which figures are available.</p> answering member constituency Nottingham South answering member printed Lilian Greenwood question first answered 17/03/2025 17:48:27 answering member 4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood
	tabling member	5074

1783501

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2025
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Raynes Park Station: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress she has made on the feasibility study for installing lifts at Raynes Park station under the Access for All programme; and what her planned timetable is for the completion of those lifts.
	tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
	tabling member printed	Mr Paul Kohler
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	37493
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2025 answer text <p>Feasibility work for step free access at Raynes Park station is underway. We expect all 50 of the feasibility studies announced last year to be complete in April. We expect to be able to confirm which stations will move forward over the summer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wakefield and Rothwell answering member printed Simon Lightwood question first answered 14/03/2025 11:48:22 answering member 4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood
	tabling member	5321

1783525

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2025
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railway Stations: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential causes of the underspend of the Access of All Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
	tabling member printed	Mr Paul Kohler
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	37494
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2025 answer text <p>After Network Rail’s failure to deliver a large number of Access for All projects between 2014 and 2019, various reviews of the Access for All programme have been undertake by the Department for Transport and Network Rail. A number of changes to the programme have been implemented around Network Rail resourcing, governance and supply chain engagement. We are starting to see the benefits of these changes with the programme due to complete 27 projects in financial year 24/25.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wakefield and Rothwell answering member printed Simon Lightwood question first answered 14/03/2025 12:37:09 answering member 4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood
	tabling member	5321

1783527

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2025
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railway Stations: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to publish her Department's review of the Access for All Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Wimbledon
	tabling member printed	Mr Paul Kohler
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	37495
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2025 answer text <p>Various reviews of the Access for All programme have been undertake by the Department for Transport, the Government Internal Audit Agency and Network Rail. A number of changes to the programme have been implemented around Network Rail resourcing, governance and supply chain engagement. We are starting to see the benefits of these changes with the programme due to complete 27 projects in financial year 24/25.</p><p>The review has been completed in full. However, any decision regarding its publication will be a matter for the Government Internal Audit Agency (GIAA). The report has found that the governance structures are generally strong, with only minor recommendations for improvement.</p> answering member constituency Wakefield and Rothwell answering member printed Simon Lightwood question first answered 14/03/2025 12:11:38 answering member 4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood
	tabling member	5321

1782488

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2025
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Fares
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason she agreed to the recent increase in train fares.
	tabling member constituency	Ashfield
	tabling member printed	Lee Anderson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	36750
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2025 answer text <p>The recent 4.6 per cent increase to the cap on regulated rail fares, announced in last autumn's budget, supports the Government's long-term plan to achieve financial sustainability of the railway and is the lowest absolute increase in three years. Any long-term changes or concessions made to rail fares policy require balancing against the potential impacts on passengers, taxpayers and the railway.</p> answering member constituency Wakefield and Rothwell answering member printed Simon Lightwood question first answered 17/03/2025 10:51:32 answering member 4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood
	tabling member	4743 label Biography information for Lee Anderson

1782538

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2025
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Unadopted Roads
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance her Department has issued to local authorities on whether a road in a new build development should be adopted by a local authority.
	tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
	tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	36683
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2025 answer text <p>Any decision on whether or not to adopt roads of this sort is a matter for the local highway authority. The Department has published guidance on gov.uk on <em>Highways Adoption: The Adoption of Roads into the Public Highway</em>, which was last updated in August 2022. It sets out the process by which new and existing roads can be adopted by highway authorities so that they become maintainable at public expense.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nottingham South answering member printed Lilian Greenwood question first answered 12/03/2025 15:20:44 answering member 4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood
	tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1782585

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2025
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	East Midlands Railway: Spalding
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with East Midlands Railways on the feasibility of increasing the frequency of train services to and from Spalding.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	36583
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2025 answer text <p>East Midlands Railway’s proposed new regional timetable for December 2025 includes one additional service every weekday and four additional services every Saturday calling at Spalding.</p> answering member constituency Wakefield and Rothwell answering member printed Simon Lightwood question first answered 17/03/2025 11:10:22 answering member 4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes