Written question asked by Ashley Fox (Conservative) on Thursday, 9 July 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 14 July 2026 (named day). A holding answer was provided on Tuesday, 14 July 2026. A substantive answer was provided by Justin Madders (Labour) on Friday, 7 August 2026 on behalf of the Department for Transport.
Department for Transport: Public Relations
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 30 June 2026, to Question 13237, on Department for Transport: Public Relations, how much spending has there been on these contracts since July 2024.
- Answer
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The value of all contracts referred to in the answer to 13237 are published on Contracts Finder - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search (contracts above £12,000 - including VAT and £25,000 in the wider public sector) and/or Find a Tender - Find a Tender.
ORR currently holds contracts with Field Consulting, the spend on these contracts since July 2024 would be £9000.
From July 2024 to 31 May 2026, National Highways spent £280,921 on its technical professional services’ public affairs contract.
Transport Focus have a Public Affairs monitoring contract with Randall’s Monitoring Ltd. They have spent £6,210 excluding VAT on this.
Network Rail holds a contract for stakeholder engagement services with Lexington Communications. The contract was awarded in September 2021. Spend on this contract amounts to £423,439.93 since July 2024. Network Rail also spent a total of £143,480 with Yonder. . A total of £33,660 has been spent on the Future Governance Forum project since July 2024.
HS2 Ltd identified 2 live contracts which fall into the scope of Public Affairs spending. From July 2024 to 30 April 2026, HS2 Ltd has spent £71,100 on live contracts.
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- Written question
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- 17510
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- 2026-27
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Department for Transport: Public Relations
Wednesday, 2 September 2026
Written questions
House of Commons
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- Contracts Department for Transport Expenditure Public relations
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