Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 90563

Railways: Inspections

Tabled: 12 November 2025
Answered: 18 November 2025
Named Day

Question

Joe Robertson

ConservativeIsle of Wight East

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has to set out inspection frequency requirements for the Office of Rail and Road under Great British Railways.

Answer

Keir Mather
It will be for the Office of Rail and Road (ORR), as the independent rail safety regulator, to monitor Great British Railways' compliance with its statutory safety requirements and determine the frequency of inspections it will undertake.