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1125481

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to reintroduce national road safety targets.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	252125
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Department has no current plans to reintroduce national road safety targets.</p><p>There is no robust academic evidence to indicate that the setting of any targets in the UK would contribute to progress in road casualty reduction. In fact there has been a stalling of progress in road casualty reductions across many economically advanced countries, including in countries with targets (e.g. Sweden and the Netherlands).</p><p>The 2015 Road Safety statement sets out the Department for Transport’s overall principles and priorities in relation to British road safety. Local authorities, the police and other bodies are free to set their own road safety targets if they wish.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/05/2019 15:17:51 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1125132

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Oxford-Cambridge Arc
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the choice of preferred route for the Oxford-Cambridge Expressway should follow the ecological mitigation hierarchy used (a) by local authorities in preparing local plans and (b) in deciding planning applications in line with the National Planning Policy Framework.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
	tabling member printed	Layla Moran
	uin	251432
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government take the potential environmental impacts of the Oxford Cambridge Expressway seriously. The National Planning Policy Framework is designed for the local authority-led Town and Country Planning system, which usually deals with much smaller developments. As a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project, the Oxford Cambridge Expressway must comply with the (more extensive) requirements of the National Networks National Policy Statement, which are specifically designed to ensure that the impacts of major infrastructure are properly considered and mitigated.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/05/2019 10:54:15 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1123919

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Low Emission Zones
	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 policy to enable local authorities to introduce ultra-low emission zones; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	uin	249181
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities already have powers under the Transport Act 2000 to implement Clean Air Zones. The Clean Air Zone (CAZ) Framework sets out the principles for the operation of Clean Air Zones in England. It provides the expected approach to be taken by local authorities when implementing and operating a Clean Air Zone. The full guide provided to local authorities is in the link below.</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/612592/clean-air-zone-framework.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/612592/clean-air-zone-framework.pdf</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/05/2019 15:54:57 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1124141

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Civil Aviation Authority
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the last date was on which the Civil Aviation Authority conducted a campaign to (a) raise awareness of the dangers of illegal public transport operations and (b) guide consumers on what to look for when chartering an aircraft to ensure the flight is legal; how many illegal operators were identified; how many successful prosecutions there were of illegal operators arising from that campaign; what the outcomes were; how many airfields were revealed to be hosting illegal activity; and what steps (i) he and (ii) the CAA has taken to place an obligation on airfield operators to report suspicions of illegal public transport operations to the (A) CAA and (B) police.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	249823
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>The CAA last conducted a campaign to raise awareness of the dangers of illegal public transport operations, and to guide consumers on what to look for when chartering an aircraft to ensure the flight is legal, in 2013. The CAA is planning further work to educate consumers about the rules, and the potential risks of illegal charter flights.</p><p>It is not possible to link work aimed at raising awareness directly to specific enforcement actions. The CAA will prosecute people where there is sufficient evidence, and where it is in the public interest to do so, but enforcement action will vary depending on the circumstances of the incident. It includes educating individuals or organisations on the regulations to avoid breaches, a formal warning, the revocation of licences, approvals or certificates, or criminal investigations and prosecutions.</p><p> </p><p>The CAA publishes the detail and outcome of all successful prosecutions since 2005 on its website at <a href="https://www.caa.co.uk/Our-work/About-us/Enforcement-and-prosecutions/.%20" target="_blank">https://www.caa.co.uk/Our-work/About-us/Enforcement-and-prosecutions/.</a> These include successful prosecutions for illegal public transport. Earlier this year, the CAA assisted with the prosecution of an individual in the Manchester Crown Court for, among other things, illegal public transport.</p><p> </p><p>Both the CAA and the police encourage the reporting of potential illegal activity at airfields and provide a number of channels, including confidential reporting, for concerns to be reported.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/05/2019 11:51:49 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1124144

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Aviation: Safety
	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 18 April 2019 to Question 245611 on Aircraft: Accidents, when (a) he and (b) his ministerial colleagues last had discussions with the football sector on safety and compliance issues in respect of commercial aircraft flights.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	249826
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Secretary of State and his ministerial colleagues have not had discussions with representatives of the football industry on safety and compliance issues in respect of commercial air flights.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/05/2019 09:23:59 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1124184

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Public Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many full-time equivalent (a) civil servants and (b) contractors in his Department are working on matters in relation to accessibility (i) on buses and the bus network; and (ii) railway stations and on rolling stock.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	249943
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to developing a transport network which disabled individuals can use easily, confidently and without additional cost.</p><p> </p><p>Consistent with this commitment, and with its Public Sector Equality Duty, the Department routinely considers the impact of its policies on people with protected characteristics, including those who are disabled.</p><p> </p><p>Matters concerning accessibility are therefore considered by officials working across a range of bus and rail related workstreams in addition to the central accessible travel team, and it is not possible to disaggregate the amount of Full Time Equivalent resource dedicated to accessibility.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/05/2019 12:03:53 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

1124213

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	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, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of electric vehicle charging points in Nottinghamshire.
	tabling member constituency	Mansfield
	tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
	uin	249958
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>Nottingham City Council has been awarded £6m under the Government’s Go Ultra Low Cities Scheme to deliver a range of initiatives in Nottingham and Derby to increase the uptake of ultra-low emission vehicles, including deploying 35 rapid and 195 fast charging units at key locations across the cities. The Council has also been awarded £700k under the Ultra-low Emission Taxi Infrastructure Scheme, to deliver 20 rapid chargepoints and 12 fast chargepoints dedicated to taxis and private hire vehicles.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has various UK-wide support schemes in place to assist with the cost of installing chargepoints in motorists’ homes, on residential streets, in workplaces, car parks and the wider public estate. The workplace scheme has provided funding for 59 chargepoints in the wider Nottingham area.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/05/2019 15:58:25 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

1124302

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Airports: Unmanned Air Vehicles
	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 the recent introduction by the Civil Aviation Authority of Flight Restriction Zones around protected aerodromes on the interests of members of the British Model Flying Association in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	North Down
	tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
	uin	249885
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>The flight restriction zone around aerodromes was developed in response to submissions gathered through our consultation on the safe and effective regulation of drones, ‘Taking Flight: The Future of Drones in the UK’. There was significant interest in the consultation, which closed in September 2018 and received around 5,000 responses. A range of options were considered when developing the extended restriction zone and factors including impacts on all airspace users, safety, security and the communication and enforceability of the zone were all evaluated.</p><p> </p><p>The new legislation takes the same approach as the former restriction zone by allowing any small unmanned aircraft, including model aircraft, to fly within the restriction zone where the relevant permission has been received. When an Air Traffic Control Unit (ATCU) is operational, permission needs to be sought from this unit.</p><p> </p><p>The CAA will be assessing the permissions process as part of a wider review of airport restriction zones later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/05/2019 11:54:56 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

1124377

	registered interest
	date	01/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Department for Transport: Secondment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many civil servants in his Department have been seconded to (a) the Department for Exiting the European Union and (b) the Department for International Trade in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	249909
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The information requested for all three years can only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>However, of the information that is more readily available, the Central Department and its Executive Agencies does hold information for the previous year which is as follows:</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Department for Exiting the European Union (DExEU)</p></td><td><p>Department for International Trade (DIT)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1 April 2018 – 31 March 2019</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>5 or fewer</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 08/05/2019 16:04:57 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1123918

	registered interest
	date	30/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Transport: Infrastructure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress the Government has made on improving transport infrastructure in areas with a high number of new build homes.
	tabling member constituency	North Warwickshire
	tabling member printed	Craig Tracey
	uin	249341
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government has invested £1.2bn through the Housing Infrastructure Fund to support housing and further announcements through this £5.5bn fund are expected later this year. A significant number of HIF bids include transport infrastructure.</p><p>The Government is also investing in transport supporting new home construction through the Transforming Cities Fund, Major Road Network, and projects in the Oxford-Cambridge Arc, and it is promoting integrated housing and transport planning, for example through the revised National Planning Policy Framework.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/05/2019 15:20:27 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4509 label Biography information for Craig Tracey