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1133655

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Taxis: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to introduce mandatory disability equality training for (a) minicab and (b) taxi drivers.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	267194
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>I know that disability awareness training can provide taxi and private hire vehicle (PHV) drivers with the skills, knowledge and confidence to give disabled passengers the assistance they need, and am clear that licensing authorities should use their existing powers to require drivers to complete it.</p><p> </p><p>On 12<sup>th</sup> February the Government published its response to the report of the Chair of the Task and Finish Group on Taxis and PHV licensing, indicating its intention to introduce mandatory disability awareness training as part of National Minimum Standards when Parliamentary time allows.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 25/06/2019 09:15:49 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1132479

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Road Traffic Offences
	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 ensure that the laws relating to traffic offences are effectively enforced.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	265425
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The responsibility for the enforcement of criminal law, including traffic offences, is a matter for the Police who work under Home Office guidance. Decisions on how the Police deploy resources is a matter for the Police and Crime Commissioners and the Chief Constables for each police force.</p><p> </p><p>The detailed statistics on prosecutions and convictions for motoring offences between 2010 and 2017 have been fairly stable. However there has been an increase in Police using education courses under the National Driver Offender Retraining Scheme (NDORS) from 467,601 courses in 2010 to 1,445,817 in 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The National Speed Awareness Course impact evaluation, published in 2017, found that participation in the course was more effective at preventing speed reoffending than fines and penalty points over a period of 3 years following the initial offer to attend. The National Speed Awareness Course is now offered by most police forces in England and Wales.</p><p>In March 2018, we provided a grant of £370,000 to PACTS (Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety) to run a competition to encourage the development of mobile evidential breath testing instruments which will meet the Home Office type approval requirements. Phase 2 of this competition closes at the end of June 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The DfT has recently invested £100,000 to support the digital capacity of the police to enable them to handle dash and helmet cam evidence in respect of road traffic offences.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 24/06/2019 12:38:55 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1132483

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what employee incentives are included in the work contracts of Highways England employees to help ensure timely completion of those works.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	265501
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>Highways England provides a Performance Related Pay (PRP) incentive scheme for its employees. Payments made under the scheme are directly aligned to Highways England’s performance against eleven Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s), which include timely completion of works.</p><p> </p><p>The KPI’s provide equal focus across a range of areas that are considered integral to the success of Highways England, encouraging collaborative behaviours in achieving successful delivery. The KPI’s include targets related to areas such as major project delivery, safety, road user satisfaction and road incident management.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 24/06/2019 13:05:47 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1132486

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his Department’s policy to ensure that all Highway England’s works are carried out 24 hours a day subject to health and safety issues.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	265502
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>As part of improving road users’ experience through roadworks, Highways England considers working patterns such as 24 hours a day on an individual scheme basis. There are a number of factors that influence Highways England’s ability to adopt this approach such as: maintaining the safety of road workers and road users, location, type of work being undertaken, needs of road users and neighbouring communities, availability of resources within the construction industry and any cost implications.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 24/06/2019 13:12:15 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1132579

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Thameslink Line
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will provide the (a) punctuality and (b) reliability data for the Thameslink service between Bedford and London stations for each month of 2019 to date.
	tabling member constituency	Bedford
	tabling member printed	Mohammad Yasin
	uin	265612
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department holds performance data on a rail period (13 four-week periods per year) basis, rather than according to calendar months.</p><p>For punctuality we hold the data as the Public Performance Measure (PPM), the percentage of trains arriving at their destination within five minutes of schedule. For reliability we hold the data as Cancellations and Significant Lateness, the percentage of services that are cancelled or delayed by more than thirty minutes.</p><p>The periodic results for the Thameslink route between Bedford and London, covering all days of the week in both directions, are contained in the table below. This does include the vast majority of services that passengers from Bedford would use, except for a small number of services which stop at all stations south of St Albans, which are counted in a separate ‘metro’ category. As this is data for the entire service group, it will include some trains that did not run the full length of the route.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>PPM</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>CaSL</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>9 December 2018 – 5 January 2019</p></td><td><p>85.6%</p></td><td><p>4.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>6 January 2019 – 2 February 2019</p></td><td><p>83.0%</p></td><td><p>4.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3 February 2019 – 2 March 2019</p></td><td><p>85.9%</p></td><td><p>4.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3 March 2019 – 31 March 2019</p></td><td><p>83.7%</p></td><td><p>5.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2019 – 27 April 2019</p></td><td><p>88.4%</p></td><td><p>4.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>28 April 2019 – 25 May 2019</p></td><td><p>86.4%</p></td><td><p>3.0%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 24/06/2019 12:46:41 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4598 label Biography information for Mohammad Yasin

1132585

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
	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 22 May 2019 to Question 255354 on Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions, when the Government plans to publish its review on its idling policy.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	265618
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>As part of our response to the Joint Committee on Air Quality, the Government committed to republishing guidance for Local Authorities on idling enforcement. Idling policy is currently under consideration and following the conclusion of this, the guidance will be updated to reflect any policy changes.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 24/06/2019 12:42:31 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1132803

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed Trains: Oxford
	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 introducing high speed trains on Cross Country services serving Oxford to increase capacity.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	266145
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department is aware that additional capacity is needed on Cross Country routes, including Oxford. The Department is working with the operator to introduce extra rolling stock into Cross Country. This remains a priority for the Department as we consider successor franchise arrangements when the current franchise ends.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 24/06/2019 14:35:49 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1132807

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Official Cars: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicles have been procured for the Government Car Service since July 2015; and what the (a) make, (b) model and (c) country of manufacture is of those vehicles.
	tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
	tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
	uin	266122
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government Car Service (GCS) have procured 65 vehicles since July 2015.</p><p>The table below shows (a) make, (b) model and (c) country of manufacture:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>(a)Make (b)) Model</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>( c ) Country of Manufacture</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Land Rover Discovery 3.0 HSE Auto</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Land Rover Discovery 3.0 HSE Auto</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jaguar XJ LWB 3.0 Diesel Luxury</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jaguar XJ LWB 3.0 Diesel Luxury</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jaguar XJ LWB 3.0 Diesel Luxury</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jaguar XJ LWB 3.0 Diesel Luxury</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jaguar XJ LWB 3.0 Diesel Luxury</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jaguar XJ LWB 3.0 Diesel Luxury</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jaguar XJ LWB 3.0 Diesel Luxury</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jaguar XJ LWB 3.0 Diesel Luxury</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jaguar XJ LWB 3.0 Petrol Portfolio</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mondeo 2.0TiVCT Titanium Hybrid</p></td><td><p>SPAIN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mondeo 2.0TiVCT Titanium Hybrid</p></td><td><p>SPAIN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mondeo 2.0TiVCT Titanium Hybrid</p></td><td><p>SPAIN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mondeo 2.0TiVCT Titanium Hybrid</p></td><td><p>SPAIN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mondeo 2.0TiVCT Titanium Hybrid</p></td><td><p>SPAIN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mondeo 2.0TiVCT Titanium Hybrid</p></td><td><p>SPAIN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mondeo 2.0TiVCT Titanium Hybrid</p></td><td><p>SPAIN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mondeo 2.0TiVCT Titanium Hybrid</p></td><td><p>SPAIN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mondeo 2.0TiVCT Titanium Hybrid</p></td><td><p>SPAIN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mondeo 2.0TiVCT Titanium Hybrid</p></td><td><p>SPAIN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ford Galaxy 2.0 Ecoboost Titanium</p></td><td><p>PORTUGAL</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mondeo 2.0TiVCT Titanium Hybrid</p></td><td><p>SPAIN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mondeo 2.0TiVCT Titanium Hybrid</p></td><td><p>SPAIN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mondeo 2.0TiVCT Titanium Hybrid</p></td><td><p>SPAIN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mondeo 2.0TiVCT Titanium Hybrid</p></td><td><p>SPAIN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mondeo 2.0TiVCT Titanium Hybrid</p></td><td><p>SPAIN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jaguar F-Pace 2.0d 180ps Portfolio</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jaguar F-Pace 2.0d 180ps Portfolio</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Land Rover Discovery 3.0 SDV6 Landmark Auto</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mondeo 2.0TiVCT Titanium Hybrid</p></td><td><p>SPAIN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mondeo 2.0TiVCT Titanium Hybrid</p></td><td><p>SPAIN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mondeo 2.0TiVCT Titanium Hybrid</p></td><td><p>SPAIN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mondeo 2.0TiVCT Titanium Hybrid</p></td><td><p>SPAIN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mondeo 2.0TiVCT Titanium Hybrid</p></td><td><p>SPAIN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mondeo 2.0TiVCT Titanium Hybrid</p></td><td><p>SPAIN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nissan Leaf 30kw Acenta</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nissan Leaf 30kw Acenta</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ford Galaxy 2.0 Ecoboost Titanium</p></td><td><p>BELGIUM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ford Galaxy 2.0 Ecoboost Titanium</p></td><td><p>BELGIUM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jaguar XJ LWB 3.0 V6 340PS Portfolio</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jaguar XJ LWB 3.0 V6 340PS Portfolio</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jaguar XJ LWB 3.0 V6 340PS Portfolio</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Honda CR-V EX 2.0 I-VTEC</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Honda CR-V EX 2.0 I-VTEC</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Honda CR-V EX 2.0 I-VTEC</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Honda CR-V EX 2.0 I-VTEC</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Honda CR-V EX 2.0 I-VTEC</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Honda CR-V EX 2.0 I-VTEC</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Honda CR-V EX 2.0 I-VTEC</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Honda CR-V EX 2.0 I-VTEC</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Honda CR-V EX 2.0 I-VTEC</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Honda CR-V EX 2.0 I-VTEC</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jaguar I-PACE EV400 SE</p></td><td><p>AUSTRIA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jaguar I-PACE EV400 SE</p></td><td><p>AUSTRIA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Range Rover 2.0 P400e Vogue 4dr Auto</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Range Rover 2.0 P400e Vogue 4dr Auto</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Range Rover 2.0 P400e Vogue 4dr Auto</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Range Rover 2.0 P400e Vogue 4dr Auto</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Range Rover 2.0 P400e Vogue 4dr Auto</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jaguar I-PACE EV400 SE</p></td><td><p>AUSTRIA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jaguar I-PACE EV400 SE</p></td><td><p>AUSTRIA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jaguar I-PACE EV400 SE</p></td><td><p>AUSTRIA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jaguar XF Saloon 2.0i Prestige 4dr Auto</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jaguar XF Saloon 2.0i Prestige 4dr Auto</p></td><td><p>UNITED KINGDOM</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 24/06/2019 09:50:21 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1132812

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Cycling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to amend road planning regulations to encourage the uptake of cycling; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	266151
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s recently strengthened National Planning Policy Framework says that local authorities should promote healthy, inclusive and safe places which encourage walking and cycling. The Department for Transport’s guidance on Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plans (LCWIPs) helps local authorities to identify priorities for investment and a pipeline of projects to encourage more walking and cycling.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has also recently revised its Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions to enable the use of various innovations which will support the uptake of cycling, including low-level cycle signals, a new parallel crossing for pedestrians and cyclists, and new ways of signing cycling and walking routes.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is updating Local Transport Note 2/08 ‘Cycle Infrastructure Design’ and will publish the updated guidance in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 24/06/2019 09:35:15 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1132853

	registered interest
	date	18/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Aircraft: Electric Motors
	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 feasibility of all domestic flights being made by electric aircraft by 2040.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	266115
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>Hybrid and fully-electric aircraft have the potential to transform aviation. Whilst no specific assessment of this nature has been made, the Government has committed £155m to support a new era of cleaner and greener aviation.</p><p> </p><p>This includes £125m of Government funding for the Future Flight Industrial Strategy Challenge to support the next generation of electric planes and autonomous aircraft, alongside support for projects such as the joint Rolls Royce, Airbus and Siemens E-Fan X, a hybrid-electric flight demonstrator.</p><p> </p><p>Our consultation on Aviation 2050, the Government’s long-term vision for aviation, sought views on how to address the environmental challenges and the role that new technology and innovation can play in sustainable growth for aviation. We will publish the White Paper later in 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 24/06/2019 11:30:34 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly