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DfT FOI and EIR disclosure log, December 2025
Updated 29 January 2026
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| Case Number | Outcome | Summary | Date Responded |
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| FOI-00053197 | Fully Met | Proposed inland re-routing of the Military Road (A3055) between Brook and Freshwater, Isle of Wight. | 01/12/2025 |
| FOI-00054266 | Fully Met | Details of specially-authorised traffic signs for which the Department has issued notices of removal or alteration since the issue of TSRGD 2016. | 01/12/2025 |
| EIR-00055062 | Fully Met | The date on which the decision was made that the Catford A205 Realignment scheme was "no longer eligible" for Major Road Network funding. Copies of any decision letters or Ministerial submissions that outline the rationale for this eligibility change. Did the DfT provide any "development funding" or grants to TfL to assist with the preparation of the Business Case for this scheme? If so, what was the value of this funding? | 01/12/2025 |
| FOI-00053816 | Part Refusal/Exemptions | Recruitment and diversity practices of Active Travel England. | 01/12/2025 |
| FOI-00053188 | Met But Some Info Not Held | Information relating to the Department's Connectivity Metric and associated tool. | 02/12/2025 |
| FOI-00050586 | Part Refusal/Exemptions | 1. A list of all current contracts for the leasing of passenger rolling stock between (a) rolling stock companies and the Department for Transport and, if different, (b) the rolling stock companies and individual Train Operating Companies. 2. A list of all the types of passenger rolling stock operating across the rail network in England and Wales, with the age of each. 3. Any analysis carried out by DfT of the cost and impact of public ownership of passenger rail rolling stock. 4. A list and details of any meetings between officers of any passenger rolling stock companies and the Secretary of State Heidi Alexander and Rail Minister Lord Peter Hendy, between the 5th of July 2024 and the 8th of October 2025. | 03/12/2025 |
| FOI-00053206 | Part Refusal/Exemptions | A count of passengers that entered or left the U.K. through the euro tunnel or another rail route. | 03/12/2025 |
| FOI-00053273 | Fully Met | 1) Amount the central department spent on Christmas decorations, presents and celebrations in the following years: 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019. This includes any decoration for the office or department that could reasonably be considered a temporary decoration for Christmas and how much was spent on any office Christmas party or parties, whether they were in the office or at an external venue. 2) Could I receive the budget for Christmas decoration/celebration spend in full, in electronic format, for each year listed above, listing what was purchased and in what quantity? | 04/12/2025 |
| FOI-00053825 | Part Refusal/Exemptions | Air Accident Investigation Branch - details of Consultation Process for G-BXFI. | 04/12/2025 |
| FOI-00052076 | Part Refusal/Exemptions | Insurance and liability arrangements for Russian LNG vessels transiting North Sea waters. | 04/12/2025 |
| FOI-00050251 | Part Refusal/Exemptions | Any briefing documents produced by / for the Department for Transport on surface access to Heathrow Airport - specific to road / rail and between 4th July 2024 - 1st October 2025. | 04/12/2025 |
| FOI-00053351 | Fully Met | Air Accident Investigation Branch - questions on 02 Aug 2025 DJI M30T. | 05/12/2025 |
| FOI-00053506 | Fully Met | How many and which local authorities applied to use the EV pavement channels grant funding by the deadline of 31 October 2025. | 05/12/2025 |
| FOI-00054405 | Fully Met | For the Summer 2025 season, for each of the three noise designated airports (Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted), please provide information on the number of night flights during the core night period (23:30 - 06:00), and the number of dispensations granted, with a breakdown showing the number of dispensations granted (a) under government exemptions; (b) the number for medical/emergency reasons; and (c) the number due to delays and/or disruption. Please also advise how many airport claims for dispensation at each of the three airports were rejected by the Department or withdrawn by the airport following discussions with the Department. Please also provide a copy of the returns made to the Secretary of State by the three noise designated airports pursuant to their duty under Section 78 (4) of the Civil Aviation Act 1982 for the Summer 2025 season and copies of the letters sent to the Secretary of State by the three noise designated airports in relation to dispensations recorded during the Summer 2025 season. | 05/12/2025 |
| FOI-00053827 | Met But Some Info Not Held | Request for 6 Air Accident Reports between 1946 & 1963. | 05/12/2025 |
| FOI-00053813 | Fully Met | Since 2016, provide any studies conducted or data generated/collected by the DfT (and only the DfT) relating to the BCR of cycling spending - only data collected and analysed by the DfT, nothing from any external organisations or informed by any external organisations. Data and analysis regarding all types of cycling schemes (both capital and revenue). | 08/12/2025 |
| FOI-00050112 | Fully Met | Amount paid by the Train Operating Companies to the British Transport Police. | 09/12/2025 |
| FOI-00053685 | Fully Met | Information relating to Newquay Airport byelaws. | 09/12/2025 |
| FOI-00053840 | Met But Some Info Not Held | UK Airport Byelaws. | 09/12/2025 |
| FOI-00053870 | Part Refusal/Exemptions | Information about wide area network services. | 09/12/2025 |
| EIR-00053992 | Fully Met | 1. Impact assessments on the March 2025 maritime decarbonisation strategy, limited to evaluations of financial hurdles for ferry operators only (excluding risks to investors or taxpayers, and excluding correspondence). Please provide this for the period from 1 April 2025 to 31 October 2025. 2. Records related to funding requests for local ferries on the Isle of Wight routes only (excluding other examples such as Tilbury-Gravesend), including any reasons for deferring to local authorities. Please provide this for the period from 1 April 2025 to 31 October 2025. | 10/12/2025 |
| FOI-00055317 | Fully Met | All information relating to the review conducted by Active Travel England of the Lower Lansdown ETRO, one of the Liveable Neighbourhood schemes implemented by B&NES with CRSTS funding. | 10/12/2025 |
| FOI-00056135 | Fully Met | EV cars and the 1.5p per mile charge. | 10/12/2025 |
| FOI-00054498 | Part Refusal/Exemptions | For the most recent financial year available: 1. The number of internal communications staff by grade (AA–SCS) in DfT. 2. The total annual staff cost (salary and on-costs) for them. | 10/12/2025 |
| FOI-00054322 | Part Refusal/Exemptions | Copies of correspondence and details of any meetings held regarding an update on the LCWIP proposals (Birkenhead to New Brighton route) during 2025. | 10/12/2025 |
| FOI-00054679 | Part Refusal/Exemptions | Correspondence and notes of any meetings and phone calls between the department and Herefordshire Council in which the Hereford Bypass or Southern Link Road (now known as phase 1 of the Hereford Bypass) was discussed. This is for the period 1st August 2025 to date. | 10/12/2025 |
| FOI-00056047 | Part Refusal/Exemptions | Documents relating to: • the ATE route check conducted by ATE in relation to the Lower Lansdown ETRO; • A design surgery held with B&NES in relation to its liveable neighbourhood schemes, insofar as these relate to the lower Lansdown ETRO; • ATE’s technical view provided to B&NES and WECA of the Lower Lansdown ETRO; • Any notes (electronic or manuscript) of the site visit by ATE representatives to Winifred’s Lane. | 10/12/2025 |
| FOI-00055456 | Met But Some Info Not Held | Traffic data showing either travel time, speed, volume density or all of them to test my predictive delay model using real-time traffic data from arterials in the UK. | 11/12/2025 |
| EIR-00054098 | Met But Some Info Not Held | How many times Sir Keir Starmer MP has contacted DfT and/or Secretary of State for Transport on behalf of constituents with HS2 as subject matter since November 2009. | 12/12/2025 |
| FOI-00054676 | Fully Met | Budget for DfT Christmas party in 2025 / internal social events in Q4 2025 and details of venues / staff/ beverages. | 15/12/2025 |
| FOI-00055164 | Fully Met | A detailed breakdown of Medical Agency spend for the following periods: • 1st April 2024 – 31st March 2025 • 1st April 2025 – 31st October 2025 including the following details for each month: • By grade, specialty, and sub-specialty • For each hospital • Split by framework and non-framework agencies | 15/12/2025 |
| FOI-00054514 | Met But Some Info Not Held | 1. Bikeability funding allocations received by Newcastle City Council for each of the past three financial years (2022/23, 2023/24, and 2024/25). 2. A breakdown of how this funding was distributed internally. 3. The number of children trained under Bikeability in Newcastle for each of the past three years. 4. Any internal documents outlining the criteria or methods used to determine how Bikeability funding is allocated across Newcastle. 5. Any data held on waiting lists, unmet demand, or cancelled Bikeability sessions due to funding or staffing limitations. | 15/12/2025 |
| FOI-00054512 | Met But Some Info Not Held | The total number of unique visits, as recorded by DfT systems, to the TaxPayers' Alliance website. Main domain: www.taxpayersalliance.com The total number of unique visits, as recorded by DfT systems, to the Guido Fawkes website. Main domain: https://order-order.com/ | 16/12/2025 |
| FOI-00054794 | Met But Some Info Not Held | The total value of any contingency or reserve budgets allocated by DfT for the potential transfer of rail operators into public ownership. A list of all consultancy or external advisory contracts commissioned by DfT relating to: a) transition of rail operators into public ownership; b) the management or oversight of publicly owned rail operators; including supplier names and contract values. | 16/12/2025 |
| FOI-00054511 | Fully Met | How many executive agencies / public bodies / advisory groups or commissioners has DfT established since July 2024? What is the name of each body? And what was the budget 2024-25 and 2025-26? How many staff and how many offices | 17/12/2025 |
| FOI-00056616 | Fully Met | Re: the sharing of a Powerpoint file at "section 5 Business Case Development Sharing early proposals for development of Business Cases for Phase 1 and Phase 2 for steer to maximise outcomes." I would like to see that file. | 17/12/2025 |
| EIR-00056644 | Fully Met | A list of all the Local Authorities that, to date, have and have not applied for UK Government "electric vehicle pavement channels grant" funding (electric vehicle charging cable gulley funding). Please also include which Local Authorities have been granted and have not been granted the funding. Please also include within your response, what funding amount, in £GBP has been awarded to each Local Authority and when this is due to be given to them (if not instantly following their application approval). | 17/12/2025 |
| FOI-00054508 | Met But Some Info Not Held | The total amount spent on ChatGPT in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. The total amount spent on other AI tools in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. The number of employees who have been reprimanded for inappropriate or excessive use of generative AI in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. | 17/12/2025 |
| FOI-00054987 | Met But Some Info Not Held | The agenda and minutes from the previous (Mike Kane MP) Aviation Minister's meeting with Manchester Airlines Group on 11/06/2025. | 17/12/2025 |
| FOI-00054406 | Part Refusal/Exemptions | Minutes of meetings and copies of correspondence on noise matters between the Department for Transport and Manchester Airports Group relating to planning matters and/or aircraft night noise at Stansted Airport for the period 1 January 2024 to 20 November 2025. | 17/12/2025 |
| FOI-00055051 | Part Refusal/Exemptions | On the 29.04.25, Simon Lightwood met with the Vice President Northern Europe and General Manager of Voi UK to discuss on-street micromobility, and the English Devolution Bill. Please can you provide the following information: (A) The meeting agenda (B) The list of attendees and apologies (C) Meeting minutes (D) Any presentations shown at the meeting (E) Documents circulated during the meeting. | 17/12/2025 |
| FOI-00055052 | Part Refusal/Exemptions | On the 29.04.25, Simon Lightwood met with the CEO of Lime to discuss their 'London Action Plan' and the English Devolution Bill. Please can you provide the following information: (A) The meeting agenda (B) The list of attendees and apologies (C) Meeting minutes (D) Any presentations shown at the meeting (E) Documents circulated during the meeting Response. | 17/12/2025 |
| FOI-00055065 | Fully Met | For the central Department only: 1. How many Data Protection Subject Access Requests have been made to the DFT per each calendar month since July 2025? 2. How many have been complied with within the 30 day legal timeframe? 3. How many requests have been extended a further 30 days? 4. What is the legal reason given for any delay? | 18/12/2025 |
| FOI-00056408 | Fully Met | Processes, technologies, software and tools used in the development and publication of the Great British Railways branding, announced on 9th December 2025. | 18/12/2025 |
| FOI-00054567 | Met But Some Info Not Held | DfT estimate of the benefit cost ratio of spending on walking/pedestrian schemes since 2016. | 18/12/2025 |
| FOI-00055144 | Met But Some Info Not Held | Information regarding your organisation’s use of ServiceNow. | 18/12/2025 |
| FOI-00055063 | Met But Some Info Not Held | The most recent catchment area analysis for Berwick-upon-Tweed railway station Studies where passengers travelling from Eyemouth, Coldingham, Reston and surrounding areas are choosing to board (Berwick, Dunbar, Reston etc.) Impact of the Reston station reopening on Berwick passenger numbers. Analysis used when deciding reductions to Berwick services in the December 2025 timetable Any projections or planning documents for service levels at Berwick through to May 2026. | 18/12/2025 |
| EIR-00054739 | Part Refusal/Exemptions | Ministerial briefings produced by DfT on air pollution and airport expansion since July 2024. | 18/12/2025 |
| FOI-00056031 | Met But Some Info Not Held | Active Travel Budget — Cycle Lanes. | 19/12/2025 |
| FOI-00055548 | Met But Some Info Not Held | M62 between junction 20 and 19 WESTBOUND. ALL information on trials and studies on why evening and night time produces more driving emissions than daytime. Who authorised the lowering of the national motorway speed limit of 70MPH to 50 MPH on the date of 07.09.25 on the M6. My actual handwritten and personal consent to, and adherance of these subsequent reduced speed limits. How many drivers / Travellers have been fined for exceeding these reduced speed restrictions for this calender year thus far. How much revenue has been generated by these fines, for thia calender year thus far. Safety record of the M6 during day time compared to night time. | 19/12/2025 |
| EIR-00055153 | Part Refusal/Exemptions | Correspondence with Associated British Ports concerning the Port of Southampton Strategic Land Reserve, also known as Dibden Bay. | 19/12/2025 |
| FOI-00056480 | Fully Met | Total spent by DfT on designing the core parts of Great British Railways' identity, including 1) Logo, 2) Render of train carriage livery, and 3) App design render. | 22/12/2025 |
| FOI-00056392 | Fully Met | Breakdown of all costs incurred by DfT developing the logo and train livery for Great British Railways, announced in the department's press release of 8th December 2025. | 22/12/2025 |
| FOI-00056474 | Fully Met | Total spent by the DfT on the rebrand of Great British Railways, which was unveiled by Heidi Alexander on 9 December 2025. | 22/12/2025 |
| FOI-00056628 | Fully Met | The total amount of money that was spent on coming up with the branding for Great British Railways (from the beginning of the branding project to the final design chosen). A breakdown of these costs, including (but not limited to) payments to external contractors or agencies (named), staff costs, marketing or promotional materials, and any other related expenditure. | 22/12/2025 |
| FOI-00055260 | Part Refusal/Exemptions | Information concerning The Department for Transport’s work on the Short Straits Portals (Port of Dover and Folkestone Eurotunnel) and the policy and technology planning work to replace Operation Brock and support the Entry Exit System deployment. | 22/12/2025 |
| FOI-00056509 | Part Refusal/Exemptions | The forecast range for the total per month cost of producing and operating the GBR App, broken down by type of spending (if a breakdown is not available provide the total costs), and the total costs of logo and livery designs for GBR incurred since 04 July 2024, broken down by type of spending | 22/12/2025 |
| FOI-00056273 | Fully Met | All Rail Accident Investigation Branch investigation reports from the last 20 years into a passenger death in which cognitive underload is included. | 23/12/2025 |
| FOI-00049671 | Part Refusal/Exemptions | 1.The total amount of government funding, subsidies, or emergency support provided to railway operators in the UK since 2020. 2.A breakdown of how these funds were allocated (by train operating company, Network Rail, or other recipients). 3.Any reports or audits conducted by the Department for Transport/Network Rail regarding how these funds were spent, including whether they were used for staff wages, dividends, infrastructure investment, or debt repayment. 4.Any correspondence between the Department for Transport/Network Rail and train operating companies about the use of this funding. | 23/12/2025 |
| FOI-00052657 | Part Refusal/Exemptions | Copies of emails (including attachments and full header metadata) held by the Department for Transport that were exchanged between DfT civil servants (including the Transport Secretary’s Private Office and relevant policy teams) and Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office civil servants concerning the decision to designate an individual on 24 March 2022 under the Russia (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, and the process behind that decision. | 23/12/2025 |
| EIR-00052967 | Part Refusal/Exemptions | The provisional data currently held by the Department on the country of manufacture of vehicles ordered under the Electric Vehicle Grant Scheme during the 2025–26 financial year. Any internal summaries, dashboards, or analyses produced by or for the Office for Zero Emission Vehicles (OZEV) that show the popularity of specific vehicle models or manufacturers receiving grant support in that period. Any provisional figures or estimates relating to the share of UK-manufactured vehicles supported by the Electric Vehicle Grant Scheme to date. Please provide the data in spreadsheet (CSV or XLSX) or tabular format, including all available provisional data up to the date of this request. | 23/12/2025 |
| EIR-00055559 | Part Refusal/Exemptions | Active Travel England’s expectations for Local Transport Plans, and specifically to understand whether Leicestershire County Council’s Local Transport Plan 4 (2026–2040) (“LTP4”) aligns with those expectations. | 23/12/2025 |
| EIR-00052655 | Fully Met | Correspondence concerning the eligibility of SAF feedstocks under the UK SAF mandate. To include formal correspondence only. I am interested in first and second generation SAF, particularly crop-based SAF and SAF made from ethanol. | 24/12/2025 |
| FOI-00055716 | Fully Met | What enquires the NTCT made with Somerset Council before allowing a further closer to footpath WG/14 at West Buckland. | 29/12/2025 |
| FOI-00056497 | Met But Some Info Not Held | The total spent on advertising for GBR to date including on trains and train stations; total number of GBR advertisements placed to date; total spent to date on GBR wrapping / branding / decoration for trains and train stations; total budget for GBR wrapping / branding / decoration for trains and train stations. | 30/12/2025 |
| EIR-00052793 | Part Refusal/Exemptions | The number of motorcycles that have received support through the Plug-in Motorcycle Grant since its introduction in 2017, broken down by manufacturer and, if available, by model. | 30/12/2025 |
| FOI-00056274 | Part Refusal/Exemptions | Total cost of creating and designing the new livery (new Union flag-inspired paint scheme) for trains under the Great British Railways brand, as launched on 08/12/25. | 30/12/2025 |
| FOI-00055921 | Fully Met | For DfT, DVSA and DVLA - 1. No. of stand up desks bought over the current and previous two financial years (2023-24, 2024-25 & 2025-26). 2. Total cost of any stand up desks bought in the current and previous two financial years (2023-24, 2024-25 & 2025-26). 3. No. of stand up desks bought for working from home purposes over the current and previous two financial years (2023-24, 2024-25 & 2025-26). 4. Total cost of stand up desks bought for working from home purposes over that time frame. | 31/12/2025 |
| FOI-00055735 | Part Refusal/Exemptions | Request for 5 Air Accident Reports between 1940 and 1943. | 31/12/2025 |