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• Accredited official statistics: Vehicle speed compliance statistics for Great Britain: 2025 and 2026

  01-07-2026 11:24 via gov.uk
  
  Vehicle speed compliance statistics on free-flowing roads in Great Britain.
  
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• Official Statistics: UK Ship Register Statistics: May 2027

  01-07-2026 12:17 via gov.uk
  
  Monthly update to the UK Ship Register statistics on ships joining and leaving the UK Ship Register. The monthly statistics cover January 2015 to May 2027.
  
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• Accredited official statistics: UK international sea passengers: May 2027

  01-07-2026 12:13 via gov.uk
  
  Monthly statistics on UK international and domestic sea passengers.
  
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• Accredited official statistics: Domestic Road Freight Statistics: April 2026 to March 2027

  01-07-2026 12:11 via gov.uk
  
  Road freight transported by UK registered heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) in the UK between April 2026 to March 2027, including HGV driver vacancies statistics.
  
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• Accredited official statistics: National Travel Survey: 2026

  01-07-2026 12:00 via gov.uk
  
  National Travel Survey (NTS) covering personal travel in 2026 by residents of England. Statistics on how and why people travel, their vehicles and licences.
  
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• Official Statistics: Electric vehicle charging infrastructure statistics: 1 July 2027

  01-07-2026 11:30 via gov.uk
  
  Quarterly statistics on public electric vehicle chargers and grant scheme funding for electric vehicle charging in the United Kingdom.
  
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• Accredited official statistics: Light rail and tram statistics, England: year ending March 2026

  01-07-2026 11:21 via gov.uk
  
  Light rail and tram systems in England, including passenger journeys, vehicle miles, infrastructure and user profiles.
  
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• Accredited official statistics: Travel time measures for the Strategic Road Network, England and local ‘A’ roads, Great Britain: April 2025 to March 2026

  01-07-2026 11:20 via gov.uk
  
  Congestion on the Strategic Road Network (motorways and ‘A’ roads managed by National Highways), and on locally managed ‘A’ roads for April 2025 to March 2026. This is the first local ‘A’ roads congestion publication to cover Great Britain and not just England.
  
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• Accredited official statistics: Travel time measures for the Strategic Road Network and local ‘ A’ roads: April 2025 to March 2026

  01-07-2026 11:16 via gov.uk
  
  Congestion on the Strategic Road Network (motorways and ‘A’ roads managed by Highways England), and on locally managed ‘A’ roads for April 2025 to March 2026.
  
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• Accredited official statistics: Taxi and private hire vehicle statistics, 2026

  01-07-2026 11:14 via gov.uk
  
  The number of licensed taxis and private hire vehicles in England and Wales.
  
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• Accredited official statistics: Sea passenger statistics, all routes: 2025

  01-07-2026 11:12 via gov.uk
  
  Sea passenger statistics for movements to and from the UK on international and domestic journeys in 2025.
  
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• Accredited official statistics: Port freight annual statistics: 2025

  01-07-2026 11:11 via gov.uk
  
  Annual statistics on the UK port freight traffic for 2025.
  
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• Bus Services Act 2025: improving information about local services

  01-07-2026 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  Seeks views on using new powers to request and publish bus operators' data and develop a fully digital system for providing local bus service information.
  
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• Research: Heathrow expansion economic impact modelling

  30-06-2026 15:00 via gov.uk
  
  Estimates of the economic impacts of Heathrow expansion using spatial computable general equilibrium (SCGE) modelling.
  
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• Policy paper: Kharkiv reconstruction transport strategy

  30-06-2026 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  Provides a framework for rebuilding Kharkiv's local transport system and supports ambitious reconstruction plans with practical pathways for delivery.
  
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• Research: Major Roads Network performance review

  29-06-2026 11:12 via gov.uk
  
  Reviews the performance of the Major Roads Network, including safety and congestion indicators, between 2019 to 2023.
  
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• Cambridge South station opens

  26-06-2026 13:32 via gov.uk
  
  This £250 million government investment cuts journey times, boosts rail links and supports further employment growth in the region.
  
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• Transparency data: DfT: workforce management information, May 2026

  26-06-2026 11:59 via gov.uk
  
  Reports on departmental staff numbers and costs.
  
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• Electric vehicles: strategic charging infrastructure scheme

  26-06-2026 11:00 via gov.uk
  
  Seeks views on proposals for a scheme that addresses high electricity network upgrade costs at motorway service areas in England.
  
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• Transparency data: DfT: special advisers’ gifts, hospitality and meetings, January to March 2026

  25-06-2026 17:00 via gov.uk
  
  Data on gifts and hospitality received by special advisers, and meetings they attended with senior media figures.
  
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• Transparency data: DfT: senior officials’ business expenses and meetings, January to March 2026

  25-06-2026 17:00 via gov.uk
  
  DfT: senior officials’ business expenses and meetings, October to December 2025
  
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• Transparency data: DfT: ministerial travel and meetings, January to March 2026

  25-06-2026 17:00 via gov.uk
  
  Details of transport ministers' overseas travel and external meetings.
  
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• Corporate report: High Speed Rail expenditure report, 2024 to 2025

  25-06-2026 15:43 via gov.uk
  
  High Speed Rail (Preparation) Act 2013 expenditure report for 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025.
  
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• Independent report: DfT: Independent Complaints Assessor report for 2024 to 2025

  25-06-2026 11:33 via gov.uk
  
  Report covering complaints referred for Independent Complaints Assessor review between 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025.
  
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• Official Statistics: Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) statistics 2025: Fifth provisional release

  25-06-2026 10:36 via gov.uk
  
  Supply of renewable fuels for January to December 2025.
  
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• Accredited official statistics: Provisional road traffic estimates, Great Britain: April 2025 to March 2026

  25-06-2026 10:30 via gov.uk
  
  Provisional estimates for road traffic in Great Britain for the year ending March 2026, by vehicle type and road class.
  
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• Transparency data: DfT: spending over £500, March 2026

  25-06-2026 10:15 via gov.uk
  
  Spending by a government procurement card (GPC), over £500.
  
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• Transparency data: DfT: spending over £500, April 2026

  25-06-2026 10:15 via gov.uk
  
  Spending by a government procurement card (GPC), over £500.
  
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• Transparency data: DfT: spending over £25,000, February 2026

  25-06-2026 10:15 via gov.uk
  
  Reports on departmental spending over £25,000.
  
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• Bedford train collision

  22-06-2026 18:37 via gov.uk
  
  The Secretary of State for Transport provides a statement about the tragic rail collision in Bedford on 19 June 2026.
  
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