Alex Mayer MP: written questions
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Written questions
Bus ServicesDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80048More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department plans to issue guidance to local transport authorities on the minimum standards for (a) format, (b) legibility and (c) frequency of updates for printed passenger information at bus stops.
Answer: The Government knows how important it is that passengers have access to high quality and reliable information about their local bus services, including at bus stops. Local authorities are responsible for the bus stops in their area. The Department for Tra...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTree Felling: LicensingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80047More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications for felling licences were refused by Forestry Commission England in the last five years due to the potential impact of felling on ancient woodland remnants within
Answer: The Forestry Commission has not refused any felling licence applications in the past 5 years. However, in 2019 one application was refused as the felling would lead to a loss of woodland containing veteran and future veteran oaks. The felling of these wou...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTree Felling: LicensingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80046More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many felling licences granted by Forestry Commission England in 2024 permitted the felling of ancient trees.
Answer: This Government does not collect data on the number or classification of trees felled. However, when considering a felling licence application the Forestry Commission would expect the application to comply with good forestry practice.
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTree Felling: LicensingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80045More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what criteria are applied by Forestry Commission England when determining whether to refuse an application for a felling licence.
Answer: When considering a felling licence application the Forestry Commission will judge the proposals against the UK Forestry Standard, the government’s technical guide to sustainable forest management, available at The UK Forestry Standard - GOV.UK. There is n...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTree Felling: LicensingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80044More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many applications for felling licences were refused by Forestry Commission England in 2024.
Answer: Forestry is a devolved matter and so this answer is for England only. The Forestry Commission granted 3,437 felling licences in 2024. No felling licence applications were refused.
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTree Felling: LicensingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80043More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many felling licences were granted by Forestry Commission England in 2024.
Answer: Forestry is a devolved matter and so this answer is for England only. The Forestry Commission granted 3,437 felling licences in 2024. No felling licence applications were refused.
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordBus Services: Crimes of ViolenceDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80042More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the incidence of assaults on bus drivers; and what recent discussions she has had with (a) operators, (b) trade unions and (c) local transport authorities on this m
Answer: The Government is committed to ensuring the safety of bus drivers and is taking steps to reduce the incidence of assaults. The Bus Services (No.2) Bill includes measures setting requirements for mandatory training for staff including drivers and those who...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordForests: BiodiversityDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80041More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment he has made of the ecological condition of UK woodlands; and what steps his Department is taking to mitigate the decline in (a) plant, (b) bird, (c) mammal, (d) butterf
Answer: The National Forestry Inventory shows only 9% of England’s native woodlands are in favourable ecological condition, with the majority of the remaining 90% in intermediate condition. In England, we have four legally binding targets for biodiversity: to hal...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTree PlantingDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80040More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the (a) workforce capacity and (b) resources available to deliver large-scale community tree planting programmes.
Answer: In 2024, Defra published independent research by the ICF - UK Forestry Workforce & Skills Research - KT0201. It showed that the forestry workforce had grown steadily over the past decade, with around 24,000 people employed in the core forestry sector ...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordPlanning: Empty PropertyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80039More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 17 September 2025 to Question 76124 on Planning: Empty Property, if his Department will make an assessment of the adequacy of existing national planning
Answer: My Department has no plans to make such an assessment. The Town and Country Planning (Use Classes) Order 1987, as amended, groups common uses of land and buildings into classes. The uses within each class are, for planning purposes, considered to be broad...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTourist Attractions: AnimalsDepartment for Business and TradeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80038More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Business and Trade, pursuant to the Answer of 15 September to Question 73453 on Tourist Attractions: Animals, whether his Department has made an assessment of the adequacy of existing regulatory frameworks governing trave
Answer: The Package Travel and Linked Travel Arrangements Regulations 2018 may apply. Goods or services sold in the UK must adhere to consumer regulations, like the Consumer Rights Act 2015 and the Digital Markets, Competition and Consumers Act 2024.Defra is enga...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHGV Parking and Driver Welfare Grant SchemeDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80037More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 27 May 2025 to Question?53316 on HGV Parking and Driver Welfare Grant Scheme, what recent progress she has made on the review of the scheme; and when she will publish interim findings.
Answer: The HGV Parking Matched Funding Grant Scheme (MFGS) was launched in 2022 to fund investment in: HGV driver welfare facilities, lorry parking provision, site security, and decarbonisation. These priorities were identified through the National Survey of Lor...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRegional Planning and DevelopmentMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80036More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's Pride in Place Programme phase 2 methodology note, published on 25 September 2025, if he will publish the scores of the ranked list of neighbou
Answer: On 25 September the Government announced its flagship Pride in Place Programme, supporting up to 244 of Great Britain’s most in need neighbourhoods with up to £20 million each over the next decade. This will serve as the cornerstone of this Government’s s...
Answered 22 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordCyclewaysDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80035More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many miles of the national cycle network are permissive routes.
Answer: In England, approximately 2,720 miles of the National Cycling Network is on a permissive right of way. Of this, over 50% is on land owned by a Local Authority or other public body.
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordForests: BiodiversityDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80034More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help tackle reductions in biodiversity in existing woodlands; and what steps she plans to take through the Environmental Improvement Plan to moni
Answer: Expanding our trees, woodlands and forests is an important tool at our disposal for reversing reductions in our woodland biodiversity. Establishing native woodland has made the greatest contribution to the increase in priority habitats in recent years, an...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordTrees: ConservationDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80033More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether his Department has considered implementing the recommendations made in the Tree Council’s report entitled Protecting trees of high social, cultural and environmental value, pub
Answer: Defra has reviewed the report’s recommendations and considered the feasibility of actions to take forward while ensuring balance between existing priorities and our statutory obligations. As the criminal case for the Sycamore Gap tree has shown, our judic...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordForestsDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80032More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the £816 million set aside for tree planting over the Spending Review period he plans to spend on the management of existing woodlands.
Answer: The £816 million of funding announced in the spending review is funding dedicated to supporting delivery of the statutory tree canopy and woodland cover target and increasing tree planting rates across England. Recognising the importance of woodland manag...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordRailways: FinanceDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80031More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the National Infrastructure Service and Transformation Authority's document entitled NISTA Annual Report 2024-2025, published on 11 August 2025, what estimate she has made of the forecast underspend
Answer: The Spending Review, announced on 11 June 2025, saw an average annual funding increase for improvements to the railway over the next four years, with £10.2bn provided for rail enhancements in the period. This included funding to continue to deliver at pac...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment of Health and Social Care: Climate ChangeDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80030More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of extreme weather related to climate change since 1 January 2020.
Answer: The UK Health Security Agency’s (UKHSA) Health Effects of Climate Change report estimated that heat-related mortality from climate change and related socio-economic change in England could cost approximately £6.8 billion per year in the 2020s, rising to £...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordScreeningDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80029More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of asking the National Screening Committee’s to review the evidence on risk-stratified screening.
Answer: The UK National Screening Committee (UK NSC) already consider risk stratification in screening programmes.Last year the National Health Service moved from annual diabetic retinopathy testing for all people over 12 years of age with diabetes, to every two ...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordClimate Change: Economic GrowthTreasuryTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80028More
Question: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Office for Budget Responsibility's report entitled Fiscal risks and sustainability – July 2025, published on 8 July 2025, whether she has asked the OBR to include in its next publication update
Answer: The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) is the Government's official independent forecaster responsible for assessing the UK economic and fiscal outlook.The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) is required to prepare an analysis of the sustainability...
Answered 16 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordHome Office: Climate ChangeHome OfficeTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80027More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to her Department of extreme weather related to climate change since 1 January 2020.
Answer: The government’s third UK Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA3), published in 2021 under the UK Climate Change Act 2008, includes a Monetary Valuation of Risks and Opportunities assessment of the current and future costs of climate change to the UK. A 20...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Climate ChangeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80026More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of extreme weather related to climate change since 1 January 2020.
Answer: The government’s third UK Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA3),published in 2021 under the UK Climate Change Act 2008, includes a Monetary Valuation of Risks and Opportunities assessment of the current and future costs of climate change to the UK. A 202...
Answered 20 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Transport: Climate ChangeDepartment for TransportTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80025More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the costs to her Department of climate-related extreme weather since 1 January 2020.
Answer: Climate change projections suggest the UK will experience more frequent and severe weather events which have the potential to disrupt transport. The Department reports on the risks and opportunities from climate change through the Task Force on Climate-re...
Answered 17 Oct 2025
Original Parliament recordDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Climate ChangeDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 10 Oct 2025AnsweredUIN 80024More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what estimate she has made of the costs to her Department of climate-related extreme weather since 1 January 2020.
Answer: The third UK Climate Change Risk Assessment (CCRA3), published in 2021 under the UK Climate Change Act 2008, includes a Monetary Valuation of Risks and Opportunities assessment of the current and future costs of climate change to the UK.
Answered 16 Oct 2025
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