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To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect to lay the Highways (Financing) Bill before Parliament; and through what mechanisms they intend for the Bill to increase public control of key utilities.
To ask His Majesty's Government when they expect to lay the Highways (Financing) Bill before Parliament; and through what mechanisms they intend for the Bill to increase public control of key utilities.
The Highways (Financing) Bill will be brought forward when Parliamentary time allows. This House will have full opportunity to scrutinise this legislation in the usual way at that time. The Bill will be concerned with a new financing model for our largest road projects, not with utilities more generally.
This briefing paper answers Frequently Asked Questions about roads and vehicles.
This briefing paper answers Frequently Asked Questions about roads and vehicles.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to review National Highways' management of major incidents, in light of the closure of the M25 on 16 July.
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to review National Highways' management of major incidents, in light of the closure of the M25 on 16 July.
National Highways routinely reviews the management of major incidents to identify lessons learned and opportunities for improvement. In relation to the closure of the M25 on 16 July 2026, National Highways will undertake both an internal debrief and contribute to multi-agency review processes involving the emergency services and other partners.
Major incidents on the Strategic Road Network (SRN) are managed through a multi-agency response led by the police. National Highways works in accordance with the Joint Emergency Services Interoperability Principles (JESIP) and the Collision, Lead, Evaluate, Act, Reopen (CLEAR) process and supports partners in delivering a coordinated response.
As part of the review process, National Highways will consider the tactical options available and deployed during the incident, including arrangements for traffic management, the release of trapped traffic where appropriate, and support for driver welfare. The review will identify what worked well and any areas where improvements can be made.
National Highways will share relevant lessons learned with operational partners and incorporate any agreed actions into future incident management arrangements. The Government is also supporting work to review local arrangements for driver welfare during major incidents.
There are no current plans to review either the CLEAR or JESIP processes which National Highway works in accordance with to clear incidents on the SRN.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 20 May 2026, to Question 1718, of National Highways: Expenditure, what company or contractor provided the public affairs services for National Highways.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 20 May 2026, to Question 1718, of National Highways: Expenditure, what company or contractor provided the public affairs services for National Highways.
I refer the Hon Member to Question 16599 answered on 14 July 2026.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 30 June 2026, to Question 13259, on National Highways: Expenditure, which company or supplier provided the public affairs contract; if she will publish the contract and work specification; and for what reason an external public affairs contract...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 30 June 2026, to Question 13259, on National Highways: Expenditure, which company or supplier provided the public affairs contract; if she will publish the contract and work specification; and for what reason an external public affairs contract...
Lexington were awarded the technical professional services’ public affairs contract in April 2023.
Details of all contracts awarded by the Department and its arm’s length bodies above the relevant thresholds are published on the Government’s Contracts Finder service. This includes information on the value and purpose of each contract.
The contract provides additional strategic support to inform the external affairs engagement activity, which is delivered by National Highways' own in-house team at local, regional and national level.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 20 May 2026 to Question 1718 of National Highways: Expenditure, whether the National Highways public affairs contract was approved by the Cabinet Office.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 20 May 2026 to Question 1718 of National Highways: Expenditure, whether the National Highways public affairs contract was approved by the Cabinet Office.
The value of this expenditure does not meet the threshold for Cabinet Office Commercial Assurance Review or Approval.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the breakdown of the National Highways operational fleet is by vehicle (a) make and (b) model; and what proportion are manufactured by British manufacturers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the breakdown of the National Highways operational fleet is by vehicle (a) make and (b) model; and what proportion are manufactured by British manufacturers.
The information requested is provided in the table below.
Vehicle make | Vehicle model | Number |
BYD | Atto 3 | 13 |
Toyota | BZ4X | 89 |
Toyota | Corolla Commercial | 103 |
Peugeot | e-5008 GT 73kWh 210 | 5 |
Maxus | Edeliver 9 van | 5 |
KIA | E-Niro | 11 |
Renault | e-Scenic | 3 |
KIA | EV3 | 3 |
KIA | EV6 | 39 |
KIA | EV9 | 4 |
Volvo | EX90 Plus | 1 |
Ford | Explorer | 54 |
BMW | 225XE | 3 |
Vauxhall | Grandland | 2 |
BMW | I01 i3 120Ah AC EV | 1 |
Hyundai | Ioniq 9 | 4 |
Hyundai | Kona EV | 31 |
Ford | Kuga ST-Line PHEV | 21 |
Tesla | Model Y | 31 |
KIA | Niro PHEV | 8 |
Peugeot | e-Partner Van | 1 |
Toyota | Proace | 20 |
BYD | Sealion | 6 |
KIA | Sportage PHEV | 4 |
Farizon | SV | 1 |
Maxus | T90 | 5 |
BMW | X5 Xdrive | 65 |
Volvo | XC40 Inscription | 1 |
Volvo | XC90 T8 Momentum Auto | 267 |
KIA | Xceed PHEV | 22 |
Volvo | C+26 | 17 |
Volvo | L26 | 3 |
Other | Moveable Barrier Machine | 2 |
Mercedes-Benz | Unimog | 12 |
Volvo | P18 | 1 |
Volvo | P26 | 444 |
Volvo | P32 | 4 |
Rolba | Snowblower | 4 |
Total | 1310 | |
Approximately 7.9% of National Highways operational fleet were manufactured in Britain. The Toyota Corolla Commercial is assembled in Burnaston, Derbyshire, and the hybrid engine is built at the Deeside plant in North Wales. The Peugeot e-Partner Van is built at Stellantis Ellesmere port in Cheshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 30 June 2026, to Question 13259, on National Highways: Expenditure, who are the stakeholders in relation to the external public affairs contract, and whether they included (a) Government representatives and (b) Parliamentarians.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 30 June 2026, to Question 13259, on National Highways: Expenditure, who are the stakeholders in relation to the external public affairs contract, and whether they included (a) Government representatives and (b) Parliamentarians.
The contract supports National Highways’ commitment to engage openly, effectively and appropriately with a wide range stakeholders who have an interest in the Strategic Road Network. This includes, but is not limited to, regional representatives, relevant Government departments and public bodies, transport and infrastructure organisations, business groups, road safety organisations, environmental groups, and parliamentarians.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance her Department issues to National Highways on ensuring that expenditure on external affairs and public affairs activities complies with Cabinet Office guidance on the use of public funds for lobbying.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance her Department issues to National Highways on ensuring that expenditure on external affairs and public affairs activities complies with Cabinet Office guidance on the use of public funds for lobbying.
Accounting Officers of DfT public bodies, including National Highways, are bound by Managing Public Money and Cabinet Office guidance. The Department reminds individual bodies, as necessary, of these rules and the expectations set out in section 4.1 of the Code of Conduct for Board Members of Public Bodies (2019), which states, 'it will always be an improper use of public funds for public bodies to employ consultants or other companies to lobby Parliament, Government or political parties'.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2026 to Question 5451 on National Highways: Expenditure, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed within National Highways' external affairs function on (a) 4 July 2024 and (b) the latest date for which figures are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2026 to Question 5451 on National Highways: Expenditure, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed within National Highways' external affairs function on (a) 4 July 2024 and (b) the latest date for which figures are...
On 4 July 2024 the National Highways external affairs team had 10.9 full-time equivalent (FTE) staff in post. The team was at that time carrying a number of vacancies out of its total headcount of 19 FTE.
The National Highways external affairs team currently consists of 17 FTE staff and is carrying no vacancies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether any part of National Highways' external affairs function has as one of its objectives engagement with Ministers, special advisers or officials within her Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether any part of National Highways' external affairs function has as one of its objectives engagement with Ministers, special advisers or officials within her Department.
National Highways engages regularly with the Department’s Ministers, special advisers and officials on a wide range of matters relating to its responsibility for the strategic road network. The National Highways external affairs function does not have a specific objective related to this engagement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2026 to Question 1718, how many staff employed by National Highways undertake stakeholder engagement, public affairs, public relations and external affairs functions as (a) the entirety and (b) part of their role.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2026 to Question 1718, how many staff employed by National Highways undertake stakeholder engagement, public affairs, public relations and external affairs functions as (a) the entirety and (b) part of their role.
Stakeholder engagement and external affairs are an important part of National Highways’ work and are routinely undertaken by a range of teams across the organisation in relation to projects and operational matters. As such, it is not possible accurately to quantify the number of staff that contribute to this work as part of their roles. National Highways employs 17 people in its External Affairs team.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2026 to Question 5451 on National Highways: Expenditure, how much of the expenditure on National Highways' in-house external affairs function since 4 July 2024 was spent on (a) salaries, (b) agency staff, (c) communications consultants,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2026 to Question 5451 on National Highways: Expenditure, how much of the expenditure on National Highways' in-house external affairs function since 4 July 2024 was spent on (a) salaries, (b) agency staff, (c) communications consultants,...
For the period between 4 July and 31 May 2026, the National Highways in-house External Affairs Team's expenditure was as follows:
(a) £1.6 million on salaries.
(b) Zero spend on agency staff.
(c) £280,921 on a technical professional services’ public affairs contract, which includes the provision of stakeholder engagement events. An additional £3,045.60 was spent separately on stakeholder events in the period.
(d) see above.
(e) £29 on hospitality.
(f) £53,328 on travel (July 2024 to March 2026 based on latest verified reporting).
(g) £58,500 on other expenditure consisting of a stakeholder monitoring service and spend on stakeholder sentiment surveys.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) average age and (b) number of deaths in service was for employees of (i) National Highways and (ii) Network Rail in each of the last ten years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) average age and (b) number of deaths in service was for employees of (i) National Highways and (ii) Network Rail in each of the last ten years.
The tables below show the average age of all active employees at the start of each year and the number of employees who have died while in service across each year at both National Highways and Network Rail.
National Highways (NH) | ||
Year | Average age of all NH employees at the start of each year (rounded to the nearest whole number) | NH employees who have died in service |
2016 | 49 | 8 |
2017 | 45 | 5 |
2018 | 44 | 10 |
2019 | 44 | 5 |
2020 | 44 | 6 |
2021 | 45 | 6 |
2022 | 46 | 9 |
2023 | 47 | 8 |
2024 | 44 | 9 |
2025 | 44 | 8 |
2026 | 45 | 2 |
Network Rail (NR) | ||
Year | Average age of all NR employees at the start of each year (rounded to the nearest whole number) | NR employees who have died in service |
2016 | 43 | 40 |
2017 | 43 | 62 |
2018 | 43 | 50 |
2019 | 43 | 61 |
2020 | 43 | 74 |
2021 | 43 | 55 |
2022 | 43 | 61 |
2023 | 43 | 66 |
2024 | 43 | 50 |
2025 | 43 | 56 |
2026 | 43 | 27 |
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much National Highways has spent on its in-house external affairs work since 4 July 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much National Highways has spent on its in-house external affairs work since 4 July 2024.
National Highways spent approximately £1.9 million on its in-house external affairs function between 4 July 2024 and 31 May 2026. This reflects staff costs and associated contracts for the External Affairs team over that period.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 9 January 2026 to Question 100955 on Department for Transport: Carbon Emissions, what steps the Office of Rail and Road is taking to integrate Net Zero targets into its economic and safety regulatory frameworks for Network...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 9 January 2026 to Question 100955 on Department for Transport: Carbon Emissions, what steps the Office of Rail and Road is taking to integrate Net Zero targets into its economic and safety regulatory frameworks for Network...
The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) is an independent regulator and decisions regarding net zero targets for Network Rail is a matter for the ORR Board.
The ORR does not set the targets for National Highways. Government has set its requirements and targets for National Highways for the next five-year road period (RP3) in the third road investment strategy (RIS3). This reiterates National Highways’ commitments to support the achievement of net zero by 2050 through achieving: net zero for its own operations by 2030; net zero for maintenance and construction by 2040; and net zero carbon travel on the Strategic Road Network by 2050. The RIS sets out two untargeted performance metrics over the next road period for corporate carbon emissions and construction and maintenance carbon emissions.
The ORR holds National Highways to account to deliver the RIS set by the Government and ensure that it does so in compliance with its licence, which includes wider consideration of environmental matters and a requirement to comply with Government policy. The ORR’s approach to undertaking its role is set out in its HTA policy and its RIS3 monitoring letter.