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1256159

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles: Kent
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they plan to check and verify documentation for 'Kent access permits' for the purpose of (1) assisting ports in allocating slots, and (2) understanding which cargoes need inspection.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL10792
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2020 answer text <p>The purpose of the Kent Access Permit (KAP) is to minimise the number of HGVs travelling to the Port of Dover and Eurotunnel without the correct export documentation and thus, mitigate against any disruption those ‘unready’ HGVs would cause. The KAP is obtained from the Check an HGV is Ready to Cross the Border service, where a driver or haulier must check they have the right documentation before proceeding to the ports. The Check an HGV service has not been designed to integrate with the ports operations to allocate tickets and does not link into other Government databases to inform which cargoes need inspection.</p><p> </p><p>In Kent, the Check an HGV service database will be used by DVSA enforcement officials and Kent Police in conjunction with Automatic Number Plate Recognition to check whether EU bound HGVs have a valid KAP. Should it be required, a similar process will take place at the HGV holding sites in Kent using the Check an HGV Operator Application to scan vehicles number plates to check for the presence of a KAP.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 07/12/2020 17:20:34 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1491792

	registered interest
	date	21/07/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Aviation: Fuels
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they plan to secure Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) development in the UK.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL2052
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2022 answer text <p>Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) will have a key role in driving down carbon emissions in the UK aviation sector and the Government is fully committed to accelerating its development. The UK Government’s SAF programme is already one of the most comprehensive in the world. This includes £62m of previous funding made available to support the early development of SAF revenue support under the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation, and the development of a SAF clearing house for fuel testing and certification. On top of this, last year the Government announced a £400m partnership with Breakthrough Energy Catalyst, which will allow SAF projects to apply for further capital funding.</p><p> </p><p>Last week the Government announced that it will introduce a SAF mandate. By prescribing mandatory SAF use, we will generate secure and growing UK SAF demand. The SAF mandate will require at least 10% (c1.5bn litres) of fuel to be made from sustainable sources from 2030.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside this announcement, the Government launched the £165 million Advanced Fuels Fund to drive our new commitment to have at least five commercial SAF plants under construction in the UK by 2025. Building on the success of the previous competitions, the grant funding will support projects looking to develop large scale advanced fuel production facilities in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also continues to work in partnership with industry and investors to build long term supply. We’re actively looking at how to create the long-term conditions for investable projects in the UK, by demonstrating technology that works at scale, ensuring demand via the mandate, looking at an overarching strategy for sustainable feedstocks and sources and considering what further measures might be needed, from both industry and government.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 29/07/2022 12:02:00 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1220847

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Aviation: Coronavirus
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government on what basis they decided to exclude Portugal as an ‘air bridge’ country necessitating passengers to quarantine for 14 days upon arrival in the UK from that country.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL6541
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>Decisions on the list of countries that are exempt from self-isolation requirements have been guided by the science.</p><p> </p><p>The Joint Biosecurity Centre, in close consultation with Public Health England and the Chief Medical Officer, has developed an approach to assessing the public health risk associated with inbound travel from specific countries and territories. This categorisation has informed the government’s decisions about relaxation of border measures.</p><p> </p><p>The categorisation has been informed by an estimate of the proportion of the population that is currently infectious in each country, virus incidence rates, trends in incidence and deaths, transmission status and international epidemic intelligence as well as information on a country’s testing capacity and an assessment of the quality of the data available.</p><p> </p><p>The government will keep the requirements and exemptions set out in the regulations under review.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 20/07/2020 12:26:46 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1284674

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2021
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Travel Restrictions: Coronavirus
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the permissible reasons for UK citizens to travel internationally while the restrictions to address the COVID-19 pandemic are in place.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL13143
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/02/2021 answer text <p>As the Prime Minister said in his statement on 27 January, under the stay at home regulations it is illegal to leave home to travel abroad for leisure purposes.</p><p> </p><p>The Health Protection (Coronavirus, International Travel) (England) Regulations 2020 set out the legally permitted reasons to leave home, and therefore travel internationally. These reasons include compassionate visits, where one is visiting someone who is dying, or for essential work purposes.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 15/02/2021 12:46:01 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1257903

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Shipping: Costs
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any additional costs to shipping companies that will be incurred from the end of the transition period for the UK's departure from the EU.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL11057
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of shipping to global trade and to trade between the UK and EU. The Government continues to engage closely with the shipping sector on the range of changes brought by the end of the transition period. Some of these changes will depend not only on our future trading relations with the European Union but also with the rest of the world. Due to this and the fact that shipping often has complex ownership arrangements, we do not have a unified assessment of the additional costs to all shipping companies. We will continue working closely with the sector to assess and advise on these changes.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 11/12/2020 13:20:16 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1358985

	registered interest
	date	13/10/2021
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Vacancies
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential shortage of gritter drivers in winter 2021–22; and what plans they have to address any such shortage.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL3084
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2021 answer text <p>Section 41(1A) of the Highways Act 1980 places a duty on local authorities to ensure, so far as reasonably practicable, that safe passage along a highway is not endangered by snow or ice. It is the local authority’s responsibility to ensure that there are adequate drivers available to carry out gritting.</p><p> </p><p>Alongside the interventions that Government has made to mitigate any possible HGV driver shortage, the DfT is working closely with local authorities and stakeholder bodies such as ADEPT and will be monitoring the capacity of local authorities with respect to driver numbers over the winter period.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 26/10/2021 16:01:24 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1139105

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Pedestrians: Safety
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risk to pedestrians on pavements of the wing mirrors on buses and other large vehicles; and what steps they will take to ensure that pedestrians are not at risk of being struck by the wing mirrors of such vehicles.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL17190
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government has not made an assessment of the risk to pedestrians on pavements of the wing mirrors on buses and other large vehicles, as this level of detail is not collected in road traffic collision information.</p><p> </p><p>Vehicle regulations are made at an international level and United Nations Economic Commission for Europe Regulation 46 already includes provisions to protect pedestrians with regard to the mirror of a moving vehicle.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 24/07/2019 12:01:12 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1440649

	registered interest
	date	14/03/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Gatwick Airport Station: Bank Cards
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with (1) Transport for London, and (2) Network Rail, regarding the use of contactless payment points at Gatwick Airport Railway Station; and whether those discussions were informed by data on the number of people who incur a penalty fare due to not tapping out at the end of their journey.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL6958
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2022 answer text <p>Contactless pay as you go continues to be offered to customers travelling between Gatwick Airport and London allowing customers to use either a contactless card, mobile device or an Oyster card to pay for their journey. There have been no recent discussions between the Department and Network Rail or Transport for London on the use of contactless payments at Gatwick Airport Railway Station.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 23/03/2022 16:40:03 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1489805

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exports
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the (1) procedure, and (2) protocol, for the temporary export of classic cars to (a) Hungary, and (b) the rest of the EU, for (i) repair, and (ii) return, to the UK.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL1817
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2022 answer text <p>There is no requirement to notify the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) that a vehicle has been temporarily exported. All UK-registered vehicles must either remain registered or the keeper must only notify the DVLA if it has been permanently exported.</p><p> </p><p>A UK-registered vehicle can be driven to Hungary or an EU member state and used in that country for up to six months in any 12-month period. The vehicle must remain properly registered and licensed in the UK and have a valid MoT (if needed).</p><p> </p><p>If a vehicle is to be permanently exported, the vehicle keeper must complete the ‘export’ section of the vehicle registration certificate (V5C) and return it to the DVLA. The vehicle record will then be amended to show that the vehicle has been permanently exported. The remaining part of the V5C will need to be retained and provided to the relevant vehicle registration authority as required.</p><p> </p><p>The keeper of a vehicle which is registered in the UK and is significantly restored or rebuilt should notify the DVLA. An inspection of the vehicle or other evidence may be required to ensure the vehicle register is updated where necessary.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 22/07/2022 13:21:34 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1234767

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	SS Richard Montgomery: Wrecks
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their latest safety assessment of the wreckage of the SS Richard Montgomery; and what action they are taking to protect the Thames Estuary and Kent Coast from the threat posed by the unexploded ordinances.
	tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
	uin	HL8171
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government’s view is that the wreck is in a relatively stable condition. It is however considered prudent to take sensible steps to mitigate the risk. As part of our ongoing assessment of the wreck and long-term management of the risk, a decision has been taken to explore the potential to reduce the height of the masts. The Ministry of Defence is managing that project on behalf of the Department for Transport.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst the condition of the masts is not believed to have seriously deteriorated over time, the decision to explore reducing the height of the masts was informed by the regular surveys conducted by the Maritime &amp; Coastguard Agency. These surveys can be found on Gov.uk.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 23/09/2020 15:12:54 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley