Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 14426

Department for Transport: Public Relations

Tabled: 30 June 2026
Answered: 7 July 2026
Named Day

Question

Greg Smith

ConservativeMid Buckinghamshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has issued any directions to its arm's length bodies on limiting expenditure on public affairs, government relations or lobbying activity since 4 July 2024.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
Accounting Officers of DfT public bodies 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 Me...

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