Select Committee · Public Accounts Committee

Department for Transport recall: recent policy developments

Status: Closed Opened: 28 Sep 2020 Closed: 25 Mar 2021

Inquiry scope

Following our major report earlier this year on progress on the High Speed 2 rail project the Committee will “recall” the Department for Transport Permanent Secretary, Bernadette Kelly, and Director General of the Department’s Rail Group, Ruth Hannant, for questions on progress since our report and on other major transport policy developments, including: - Progress on Crossrail - Rail franchising and the effective renationalisation of the UK’s rail system - Support for the aviation industry, especially in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, and the fallout from the collapse of travel company Thomas Cook - The £2.4bn A303 Stonehenge tunnel plans recently delayed by an archaeological find near the site If you have evidence on any of these issues that could inform the Committee’s inquiry please submit it here by Friday 9 October.

Oral evidence sessions

1 session

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Date	Session and witnesses	Source
15 Oct 2020	DfT recall Bernadette Kelly · Department for Transport, Clive Maxwell · Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Gareth Davies · Department for Transport, Ruth Hannant · Department for Culture, Media and Sport	View ↗

Who gave evidence

4 witnesses

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Witness	Organisation	Sessions
Bernadette Kelly · Permanent Secretary	Department for Transport	1
Clive Maxwell · Second Permanent Secretary	Department for Energy Security and Net Zero	1
Gareth Davies · Second Permanent Secretary	Department for Transport	1
Ruth Hannant · Permanent Secretary (job share)	Department for Culture, Media and Sport	1

Correspondence

3 letters

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Published	Direction	Letter
21 Sep 2021	—	Correspondence from Bernadette Kelly CB, Permanent Secretary, Transport for London, re Update on DfT Recall, dated 14 September 2021
22 Mar 2021	—	Correspondence from Bernadette Kelly, Permanent Secretary, Department for Transport, re DfT Recall, dated 25 February 2021
5 Nov 2020	—	Correspondence from the Chair to the Department for Transport following up on the session on the Department for Transport recall, dated 4 November 2020