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1110171

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will make an assessment of the merits of extending the Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme to cover all electric motorcycles.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	242196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to carry out such an assessment at present. Government funding for the Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme is focused on cars and vans, since they produce a much greater proportion of road transport emissions than motorcycles.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/04/2019 14:26:04 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1110186

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Trade Unions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March to Question 232553 on Department for Transport: Trade Unions, how many induction meetings for new entrants were held in his Department in 2018; in how many of those meetings were trades unions (a) invited to make and (b) excluded from making a presentation; and how many staff attended those meetings.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	242109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Business Area</p></td><td><p>Number of induction meetings**</p></td><td><p>Number of staff that attended the induction meetings</p></td><td><p>Number of induction meetings at which the trade unions were invited to make a presentation at</p></td><td><p>Number of induction meetings at which the trade unions were excluded from making a presentation at</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department for Transport (central department)</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>540*</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>366</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>260</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maritime and Coastguard Agency</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vehicle Certification Agency</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p><em>*Estimate only based on capacity of courses </em> <em>**’Induction meetings’ refer to formal sessions for groups of new entrants, and not any other meeting that may form part of an individual induction plan</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>DfTc and VCA are in discussions with the trade union side about how to incorporate the trade union into the induction process. The induction materials given to new staff include information about joining a trade union.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/04/2019 14:49:58 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1110187

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Trade Unions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March to Question 233002 on Government Departments: Trade Unions, what assessment he has made of the effect of restrictions placed on trade unions during a dispute on compliance with freedom of association and freedom of expression under the Human Rights Act 1998.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	242110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department supports the right of employees to join a trade union, and the right of the union to communicate with its members.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s policy is not to make facilities available to the trade union for the purpose of planning, promoting, or implementing a decision to take industrial action against the Department, which it does not believe is contrary to the requirements of the Human Rights Act 1998.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/04/2019 14:46:54 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1110188

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Overtime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 March to Question 232554 on Department for Transport: Overtime, on what dates (a) trades unions wrote to the Department, (b) his Department replied and (c) his Department met with trades union in relation to the judgment on Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council v. Mr G Willetts.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	242111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>Correspondence, including records of meetings, between the Department and trade unions relating to the judgement on Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council v. Mr G Willetts is not held centrally, or in the format requested, and can only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/04/2019 14:43:28 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1110204

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has deprioritised any Statutory Instruments in relation to the UK leaving the EU; and if he will publish the criteria his Department uses to deprioritise those Instruments.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	242119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>Our objective has always been to have a functioning statute book in place by Exit Day and to ensure that the most critical secondary legislation was made by this point.</p><p> </p><p>The laying date for each SI was carefully considered on a case-by-case basis. SIs which we deprioritised were done so because they made very minor technical changes which we did not consider essential to be in force for exit day, and where there would be very little or no material impact from them not being in place for ‘day 1’.</p><p> </p><p>These considerations and assessments have meant that the Department has been able to lay the critical secondary legislation required before we exit the EU.</p><p> </p><p>The laying of EU Exit SIs allows Parliament to fulfil its essential scrutiny role. The exact nature of this scrutiny, and the steps required before an SI completes its passage, is dependent on the type of SI.</p><p> </p><p>The Government remains confident of passing the necessary legislation required to ensure a functioning statute book by exit day.</p> answering member constituency Epsom and Ewell answering member printed Chris Grayling question first answered 11/04/2019 09:15:19 answering member 1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

1110213

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
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 the timeframe is for the roll-out of buses with audio visual (a) next stop IIand (b) final destination announcements in (i) Kent and (b) Canterbury.
tabling member constituency	Canterbury
tabling member printed	Rosie Duffield
uin	242237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>In summer 2018 the Government consulted publicly on plans to use powers in the Bus Services Act 2017 to make Regulations requiring the provision of audible and visible information onboard local bus services across Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to analyse responses to the consultation and expect to announce our next steps regarding the making of Regulations and publication of guidance later in the year.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 15/04/2019 11:24:26 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4616 label Biography information for Rosie Duffield

1110214

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) male and (b) female direct entrants at Grade 7 level in his Department started on a higher salary level than the Grade 7 minimum in (i) 2015, (ii) 2016, (iii) 2017, (iv) 2018 and (v) 2019.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	242112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of male and female direct entrants at Grade 7 level, in DfT(c), DVLA, DVSA, MCA and VCA, who started on a higher salary level than the Grade 7 minimum, for the years 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and up to 31 January 2019 (the latest data available at the time of writing).</p><p> </p><p>The figures shown in brackets show the total number of direct entrants for that year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of male direct entrants at Grade 7 level, appointed above the Grade 7 minimum</p></td><td><p>Total number of male entrants at Grade 7 level</p></td><td><p>Number of female direct entrants at Grade 7 level, appointed above the Grade 7 minimum</p></td><td><p>Total number of female entrants at Grade 7 level</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019 (up to 31 January 2019)</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>There were 16 direct entrants at Grade 7 level in DfT Rail between 2015 and 31 January 2019 with a salary higher than the Grade 7 minimum. It is not possible to disaggregate this further between male and female entrants, or the years in which they joined the Department, as it would be possible to identify individuals.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 242113 question first answered 11/04/2019 16:53:44 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1110215

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) male and (b) female direct entrants at Grade 7 level in DfT Rail started on a higher salary level than the Grade 7 minimum in (i) 2015, (ii) 2016, (iii) 2017, (iv) 2018 and (v) 2019.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	242113
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of male and female direct entrants at Grade 7 level, in DfT(c), DVLA, DVSA, MCA and VCA, who started on a higher salary level than the Grade 7 minimum, for the years 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and up to 31 January 2019 (the latest data available at the time of writing).</p><p> </p><p>The figures shown in brackets show the total number of direct entrants for that year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of male direct entrants at Grade 7 level, appointed above the Grade 7 minimum</p></td><td><p>Total number of male entrants at Grade 7 level</p></td><td><p>Number of female direct entrants at Grade 7 level, appointed above the Grade 7 minimum</p></td><td><p>Total number of female entrants at Grade 7 level</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>57</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>75</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019 (up to 31 January 2019)</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>There were 16 direct entrants at Grade 7 level in DfT Rail between 2015 and 31 January 2019 with a salary higher than the Grade 7 minimum. It is not possible to disaggregate this further between male and female entrants, or the years in which they joined the Department, as it would be possible to identify individuals.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 242112 question first answered 11/04/2019 16:53:44 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1110217

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorways
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many miles of motorway have been converted to a smart motorway; and what the (a) mileage and (b) cost was for each conversion in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	241995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The table below provides details for the projects which have opened to traffic since 2015/16, the length of the scheme in miles, and the latest approved outturn cost for each. The data shows that over 200 lane miles have been added to the motorway network through these schemes since 2015/16.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Open to Traffic</p></td><td><p>Scheme</p></td><td><p>Scheme length</p></td><td><p>Outturn cost (£m)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>M1 Junctions 28-31</p></td><td><p>18.9</p></td><td><p>206.70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>M6 Junctions 10a-13</p></td><td><p>9.6</p></td><td><p>102.20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>M1 Junctions 32-35A</p></td><td><p>9.1</p></td><td><p>125.50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>M1 Junctions 39-42</p></td><td><p>6.7</p></td><td><p>127.70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>M3 Junctions 2-4A</p></td><td><p>13.4</p></td><td><p>274.20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>M1 Junctions 19-16</p></td><td><p>14.4</p></td><td><p>194.30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>M5 Junctions 4A-6</p></td><td><p>8.8</p></td><td><p>133.30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>M60 Junction 8 to M62 Junction 20: Smart Motorway</p></td><td><p>12.4</p></td><td><p>297.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>M6 Junctions 16-19</p></td><td><p>18.2</p></td><td><p>265.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>M1 Junctions 23a-25</p></td><td><p>6.7</p></td><td><p>139.60</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/04/2019 14:53:57 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1110228

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: EU Countries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to ensure the continuation of (a) aviation and (b) ferry travel to the EU in the event that the UK leaves the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	242205
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>The EU has agreed a Regulation which would allow for the continuation of flights between the UK and the EU for a period of 12 months if the UK leaves the EU without a deal. The Government has set out how it will reciprocate and allow flights by EU carriers between the EU and the UK to continue. The maritime sector is generally liberalised and neither the UK nor the EU expects there to be any issues with ferry services continuing to operate.</p> answering member constituency Epsom and Ewell answering member printed Chris Grayling question first answered 11/04/2019 09:34:12 answering member 1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes