Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 95656

Railways: Access

Tabled: 1 December 2025
Answered: 8 December 2025
Named Day

Question

Rebecca Long Bailey

LabourSalford

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to support the development of a railway-wide Withdrawal of Implied Permission notice.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
The Department keeps security under constant review, however no change of policy for Withdrawal of Implied Permission (WIP) is planned at this stage.
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