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1699200

registered interest
date	26/03/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Horse Riding
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help improve the safety of (a) horses and (b) horse riders on roads.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	20740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government takes the safety of horse riders and other vulnerable road users very seriously and is committed to reducing the number of people killed or seriously injured on England’s roads.</p><p> </p><p>Following Parliamentary approval, The Highway Code was updated on 29 January 2022 to include changes to improve safety for cyclists, pedestrians and horse riders.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 15/04/2024 11:18:28 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1541377

registered interest
date	09/11/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences: Canterbury
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people in Canterbury with a medical condition have been waiting more than a year for a new driving licence.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	83717
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2022 answer text <p>While the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) holds this information, due to the very low number of cases, it is being withheld because it is considered to be personal information that could lead to the identification of an individual.</p><p> </p><p>The DVLA has to consider whether releasing the information would breach any of the data protection principles. In this instance, it would not be fair to release information that could lead to the identification of individuals.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 14/11/2022 14:38:14 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1490301

registered interest
date	18/07/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Tests: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the limited availability of practical driving tests following the covid-19 outbreak, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of increasing the validity of a successful driving theory test to three years.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	38800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>It is important road safety knowledge and hazard perception skills are up to date at the critical point a person drives unsupervised for the first time.</p><p> </p><p>The maximum duration of two years between passing the theory test and a subsequent practical test is in place to ensure a candidate’s road safety knowledge and ability to identify developing hazards is current. This validity period is set in legislation and the Government has no current plans to lay further legislation to extend it.</p><p> </p><p>Ensuring new drivers have current relevant knowledge and skills is a vital part of the preparation of new drivers, who are disproportionality represented in casualty statistics. Learners will therefore need to pass another theory test if their certificate expires.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Lincoln answering member printed Karl McCartney question first answered 21/07/2022 14:47:20 answering member 4028 label Biography information for Karl McCartney
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1378413

registered interest
date	15/11/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Buses: Driving Licences
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 effect of delays in processing Passenger Carrying Vehicle licences by the DVLA on the availability of bus drivers in (a) Kent and (b) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	75095
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2021 answer text <p>During October the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) focussed extra resource on vocational driving licence applications to support the driver shortage. This has been successful with routine applications for vocational driving licences, including for passenger carrying vehicles, now being processed within normal turnaround times of five working days. In the seven days to 12 November, nearly 60% more vocational licences were processed compared to a similar period in 2019. It may take longer to process cases where medical investigations are needed.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 18/11/2021 13:26:32 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1351200

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Season Tickets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consultation officials in his Department undertook with commuters prior to the introduction of flexible rail season ticketing.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	41131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>The Department commissioned quantitative and qualitative research to assess potential interest in flexible season tickets amongst rail users and non-users.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 06/09/2021 10:12:19 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1351400

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Tests: Kent
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 backlog in practical driving test availability in (a) Canterbury and (b) Kent; and what steps he is taking to tackle that backlog.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	41133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>To clear the backlog of car practical driving tests, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has put in place a number of measures to increase test slots. These include offering overtime and annual leave buy back to examiners, asking all those qualified to conduct tests, but who do not do so as part of their current day job, to return to conducting tests, and conducting out of hours testing (such as on public holidays). The DVSA has also started a recruitment campaign to increase the number of examiners.</p><p>The aim is to increase testing capacity and reduce the backlog as quickly as possible, whilst maintaining a COVID-secure service for customers and examiners.</p><p>The forward booking dates for car practical driving tests in (a) Canterbury is 9 weeks, and in (b) Kent is 13 weeks.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 06/09/2021 14:18:27 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1351406

registered interest
date	18/08/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Tests: Kent
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 backlog in driving theory test availability in (a) Canterbury and (b) Kent; and what steps he is taking to clear that backlog.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	41134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2021 answer text <p>Since April, to clear the backlog of driving theory tests, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency has extended theory test centre opening hours, where conditions allow, creating 300,000 extra theory test appointments. From 6 September, the contract for running theory test centres is to be split into three regions and the number of theory test centres in Great Britain will increase from 180 to 202.</p><p>The forward booking dates for driving theory tests in (a) Canterbury is 8 weeks, and in (b) Kent is 6 weeks.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 06/09/2021 14:20:58 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1278795

registered interest
date	20/01/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Eurostar: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of the Government taking a financial stake in Eurostar, in response to the covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	140908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2021 answer text <p>As is the case with businesses in other sectors, Ministers and officials have closely monitored the financial impact of Covid-19 on the international transport sector, including Eurostar, since the beginning of the pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>The Department continues to work closely with Eurostar to consider all commercial financing options available to the company, which include drawing on existing support schemes where eligible and appropriate. We are also in discussions with the French Government regarding Eurostar’s financial situation.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 25/01/2021 12:51:58 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1274844

registered interest
date	08/01/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Disability
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 extending the eligibility of the disabled person's bus pass to cover peak services.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	134528
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2021 answer text <p>Under the terms of The English National Concessionary Travel Scheme a holder of a concessionary bus pass is able to travel between 09.30am and 11.00pm on weekdays and all day at weekends and on Bank Holidays.</p><p> </p><p>This area is kept under review. The English National Concessionary Travel Scheme costs around £1 billion annually so any changes, such as extending the concession to include morning peak time travel, would need to be carefully considered for their impact on the scheme’s financial sustainability.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities in England have the power to offer additional local concessions, such as extending the hours of the concession, and three quarters of authorities already do so.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 13/01/2021 14:54:46 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1247800

registered interest
date	02/11/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bicycles: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the next trance of repair vouchers under the Fix Your Bike scheme will be released.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	110217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2020 answer text <p>The Department plans to release a further batch of vouchers shortly. The release of vouchers is being staggered to prevent repairers from being overwhelmed and to ensure that people can get their bikes fixed without significant delay.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 05/11/2020 15:40:45 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield