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657401

registered interest
date	12/12/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving under Influence: Prosecutions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to collect annual figures for the prosecution of incidents of drink driving which involve a casualty.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL4034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>The Ministry of Justice collect statistics on the prosecution of drink drive offences and The Department for Transport collects casualty statistics involving drink driving. These statistics are published on GOV.UK The Department is working with the Ministry of Justice to see if we can make the link between drink drive prosecutions and casualties. If that is possible we intend to publish the results.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 21/12/2016 11:53:11 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

655745

registered interest
date	09/12/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Euston Station
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether HS2 Ltd followed European procurement rules in seeking bids for Euston station master planning and architectural work; and which companies submitted conforming bids.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL3987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2016 answer text <p>HS2 Ltd is required to follow the Utilities Contracts Regulations (these enshrine the European procurement rules), which it did for the Euston Station Vision and Master Plan work. Seven firms were invited to tender; these were AECOM-Hyder, Arup, Atkins, Capita Symonds-Ineco, Jacobs, Mott Macdonald and WSP UK Ltd and 3 conforming bids were received.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 19/12/2016 14:11:01 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

655763

registered interest
date	09/12/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Mobility Scooters: Cycleways
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether there are any cycle lanes in the UK to which mobility scooters have full access; whether they have considered making this a condition for the construction of fixed cycle lanes; and whether there are any legislative barriers to providing such access.
tabling member printed	Baroness Wolf of Dulwich
uin	HL4005
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2016 answer text <p>Provision of cycling infrastructure, including cycle lanes, is the responsibility of the local traffic authority. The Department for Transport does not hold data on the number of cycle lanes, nor whether mobility scooters are able to access them. It is for traffic authorities to decide what type of lane to provide and where.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 19/12/2016 14:11:28 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4347 label Biography information for Baroness Wolf of Dulwich

654734

registered interest
date	08/12/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, under the current technical specifications for interoperability, what height differences between station platforms and top of rail level are allowed for new HS2 stations; what heights are specified by HS2 for new train floor height and station platform heights; and what derogation, if any, they have sought and received to those heights for new HS2 platforms.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL3980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2016 answer text <p>The current European Infrastructure Technical Standard for Interoperability (TSI) allows platform heights of 550mm or 760mm above rail level (ARL). In addition, the UK currently has a ‘National Technical Rule’ which includes a ‘Specific Case’ allowing platform heights of 915mm ARL, reflecting the historic platform height on the majority of our existing network.</p><p> </p><p>HS2 is not, as such, proposing to specify a train floor height. What we will be asking rolling stock manufacturers (RSMs) to do is to provide level access to a platform height of 1115mm, or, if they do not believe that is achievable, to tell us at what height platform they could provide level access.</p><p> </p><p>We have proposed to the European Commission an amendment to the current European standards to allow for our preferred platform height and we remain in discussions with them with a view to securing the ability to adopt our preferred platform height through these or alternative means.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 19/12/2016 14:10:35 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

654268

registered interest
date	07/12/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Fares
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of proposed rises in train fares.
tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
uin	HL3933
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government regulates the price of certain rail fares in order to protect passengers. Other fares are unregulated, and train operators are permitted to set these on a commercial basis, taking account of competition between operators and from other transport modes and the need to attract business in order to grow their revenue. This Government has committed to capping regulated rail fares at RPI+0% for the term of this Parliament to 2020, which means that people’s earnings have on average risen faster than regulated rail fares this year. This will benefit over a quarter of a million annual season ticket holders, providing an average saving of £425 in the five years to 2020.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 19/12/2016 14:09:44 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

652971

registered interest
date	06/12/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much they estimate that traffic congestion costs the economy in time wasted (1) in London, and (2) in the 21 most congested UK cities, according to the 2016 INRIX report <i>Europe's Traffic Hotspots: Measuring the Impact of Congestion in Europe</i>.
tabling member printed	The Marquess of Lothian
uin	HL3861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Transport does not routinely estimate congestion costs however, as part of the Eddington study in 2006, the Department estimated congestion costs in the most congested Local Authorities and in 2009 published a congestion map as part of the DASTS (Delivering A Sustainable Transport Strategy) City and Regional Networks Data Book showing the most congested towns and cities. The DASTS Databook Annex14 is available at:</p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20090511045027/http:/www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/regional/strategy/databook/" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20090511045027/http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/regional/strategy/databook/</a></p><p> </p><p>However, due to both the use of different methodologies, geographies as well as the age of the above analysis, it is not possible to compare the Departments historic analysis of congestion costs with those of INRIX.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 19/12/2016 12:27:36 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	259 label Biography information for The Marquess of Lothian

652993

registered interest
date	06/12/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving: Eyesight
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Think Bike Think Biker and Tiredness Kills campaigns, what plans they have to launch a campaign to encourage drivers to get their eyes tested.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL3882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2016 answer text <p>The purpose of THINK! is to reduce the number of people killed and seriously injured on our roads. Campaign priorities are determined on this basis. They are thoroughly researched and evidenced using casualty data, road safety literature and audience insight.</p><p> </p><p>Decades of road safety communications and sixteen years of THINK! campaign activity have demonstrated the importance of focusing our interventions in areas where we think communications can make the greatest difference to safe road user behaviour.</p><p> </p><p>We continually evaluate priorities for the THINK! campaign, reviewing casualty statistics on an ongoing basis to ensure that our campaigns have the greatest impact on road safety. We currently have no plans to develop a campaign that encourages drivers to get their eyes tested.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 19/12/2016 12:29:59 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

652994

registered interest
date	06/12/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Accidents
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to ensure that all road traffic accident reports include, as a matter of routine, an assessment of whether poor vision was a factor.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL3883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2016 answer text <p>All personal-injury accidents on the public highway that are attended by a police officer should be recorded and reported to the Department for Transport.</p><p> </p><p>The set of information collected for each accident includes a list of factors which, in the judgement of the police officer, contributed to the accident. One of these factors is ‘uncorrected, defective eyesight’. Police officers attending accidents should record this feature in all cases where poor vision was a factor.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 19/12/2016 12:34:14 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

651818

registered interest
date	05/12/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Ports
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Docks and Harbours Act 1966 and the Harbour (Loans) Act 1972 continue to have any legislative effect; and if not, whether they have any plans to repeal those Acts.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL3800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2016 answer text <p>I can confirm that certain provisions of these Acts are still extant and that the Government has no plans to repeal these Acts.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 08/12/2016 12:27:07 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

649374

registered interest
date	01/12/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	River Exe: Flood Control
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the flooding and railway closures in 2012 and 2016, when they expect the improvements to the River Exe, upstream of Exeter, to be completed.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL3737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2016 answer text <p>Cowley Bridge Junction (on the railway to the immediate north of Exeter) was closed for two days from 21 to 23 November 2016 due to flooding from the Rivers Exe, Culm and Creedy.</p><p> </p><p>Network Rail has already raised all of the lineside railway signal cabinets at the site which put them above the level of the recent flood, significantly reducing train service restitution times after the incident. They advise that more work is planned, including widening and improvement of the existing flood culvert during 2017 and installation of an additional culvert in 2018.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 14/12/2016 12:25:31 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley