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985689

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date	11/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of requiring individuals applying for a private hire vehicle licence to undertake disability equality training before such a licence is granted.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	178226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>Taxis and private hire vehicles (PHVs) provide a vital service for many disabled people. However, as of March this year, only 38% of licensing authorities required drivers to complete disability awareness and equality training; I would urge the remainder to use their existing licensing powers to ensure that all taxi and PHV drivers have the knowledge and skills necessary to provide every passenger with the assistance they require.</p><p> </p><p>Next year we will consult on revised best practice guidance for taxi and PHV licensing authorities which will recommend that authorities require drivers to complete disability awareness and equality training and take robust action against those found to have discriminated against disabled passengers.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 19/10/2018 09:58:52 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

985701

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rail Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) terms of conditions, (b) remuneration and (c) hours of work are for the panel members of the Rail Review Panel.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	178319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department has used its standard terms and conditions of public appointment, which do not prescribe a set working hours limit. The obligation for the members is to assist the Chair, Keith Williams, to fulfil the terms of reference that were announced by the Secretary of State for Transport on 11<sup>th</sup> October 2018. Members of the panel will agree with the Chair the necessary time commitment to do this; this may vary across Members and during different stages of the Review. None of the members will be remunerated for their work.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 19/10/2018 10:04:33 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

985704

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timescale is for the introduction of the one-click compensation scheme on the railways.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	178320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>One-click compensation will be introduced through future UK Government-run franchise competitions. Some operators, such as C2C, have already introduced fast claims systems under their own initiative.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 19/10/2018 10:09:00 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

985710

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what advice he provided to train operating companies on the measure of inflation to be used for future pay negotiations.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	178322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Transport has asked the Rail Delivery Group (RDG) to support the industry in developing an approach to move towards adopting CPI as the inflation measure for future pay deals. We have made a similar request of the trades unions, with the aim of ensuring that the railway is affordable for the fare paying and tax paying public for decades to come.</p><p> </p><p>It may be appropriate to have above inflation pay where there are productivity or similar improvements.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 19/10/2018 10:01:25 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

985749

registered interest
date	11/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has plans to provide incentives for careers at sea for young people; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	178307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2018 answer text <p>Our seafarers are highly skilled professionals entering STEM related careers and the Department is keen to see more young people entering the industry and taking advantage of the many and wide ranging career opportunities that the maritime sector offers.</p><p> </p><p>Government incentivises careers at sea by supporting approximately 30% - 50% of the cost of Seafarer Training through the Support for Maritime Training (SMarT) scheme. To create further training opportunities, SMarT Plus was announced earlier this year which will see SMarT funding doubled to £30m over the next seven years and training places increased to 1200 per year. In addition to SMarT, a continual supply of training opportunities are made available through the UK’s tonnage tax regime which requires a tonnage tax company to recruit and train one trainee officer (or ratings equivalent) for every 15 officer posts in its fleet.</p><p> </p><p>As apprenticeships policy is devolved, the Department continues to support the sector in developing maritime apprenticeships in England, opening opportunities for careers at sea to all. There are currently 3 seafaring apprenticeships available for use with the levy. The Department also continues to support a number of initiatives promoting careers at sea to young people, including Seafarers Awareness Week, Maritime UK’s Maritime Careers Forum, the Women in Maritime Taskforce and the Year of Engineering.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 19/10/2018 10:11:51 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon