Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 100866

Trams

Tabled: 17 December 2025

Answered: 12 January 2026

Question

Debbie Abrahams

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues from the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government, and leaders of local authorities, to increase tram services in towns and cities.

Answer

Simon Lightwood

Government recognises the valuable role that tramways and mass transit networks can play as part of a truly integrated transport system, in the right circumstances, in our cities. Responsibility for mass transit systems (including tramways) is devolved in...

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