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1123972

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	Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the arrangements are for the governance and accountability of the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency; and what plans there are to review those arrangements.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
uin	249350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has robust governance and accountability arrangements in place, which are published at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/driver-and-vehicle-standards-agency/about/our-governance" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/organisations/driver-and-vehicle-standards-agency/about/our-governance</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Cabinet Office is planning a tailored review of the DVSA’s control and governance arrangements, later this financial year. The review will ensure that the DVSA is complying with recognised principles of good corporate governance, and that it has the capacity to deliver its services effectively and efficiently.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/05/2019 15:27:28 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr

1123973

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	Driving Tests: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what policies and guidance there are to ensure that people living in rural areas have adequate access to driving centres through the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency network.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
uin	249351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has policies and guidance in place to ensure that people living in rural areas where the population is equal to, or fewer than, 100 persons per square kilometre, should not have to travel more than 30 miles to take their test. The DVSA takes this travel distance criterion into account when deciding on locations for new driving test centres.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/05/2019 15:30:00 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr

1123642

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorways: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of accidents involving (a) personal injury and (b) death on (i) permanent all-lane running sections and (ii) dynamic all-lane running sections of smart motorways in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
uin	248613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>England’s motorways are among the safest roads in the world and each smart motorway scheme’s safety objective is to be at least as safe as the traditional motorway it replaces.</p><p> </p><p>All Highways England schemes are evaluated after opening. In addition, Highways England have carried out a more detailed review of the first two permanent all lane running schemes, on the M25, after one, two and three years of operation. From review of personal injury data (including fatal incidents) it has been demonstrated that the safety objective set for these all lane running smart motorways has been met.</p><p> </p><p>The three-year evaluation reports for both M25 schemes are publicly available here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/m25-junction-5-to-7-third-year-evaluation-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/m25-junction-5-to-7-third-year-evaluation-report</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/m25-junction-23-to-27-third-year-evaluation-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/m25-junction-23-to-27-third-year-evaluation-report</a></p><p> </p><p>This assessment approach of evaluating the first three years of operation was also taken for the first dynamic hard shoulder running scheme on the M42.</p><p> </p><p>The three-year evaluation report for the M42 is publicly available here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://highwaysengland.co.uk/knowledge-compendium/knowledge/publications/m42-mm-monitoring-and-evaluation-three-year-safety-review/index.html" target="_blank">http://highwaysengland.co.uk/knowledge-compendium/knowledge/publications/m42-mm-monitoring-and-evaluation-three-year-safety-review/index.html</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/05/2019 10:44:00 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1123643

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorways: Safety Measures
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria his Department uses for the spacing of emergency refuge lay-bys on (a) permanent and (b) dynamic all-lane running sections of smart motorways.
tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
uin	248614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>The criterion for the spacing of emergency areas for the initial dynamic hard shoulder running pilot scheme on the M42 was set at approximately 500 metres. Based on more operational insight and further performance data, the spacing was progressively increased to a maximum of 1000 metres on all other dynamic hard shoulder running schemes and then to 2500 metres on existing All Lane Running schemes.</p><p>Highways England undertook a comprehensive review of smart motorways and found no consistent correlation between the number of live lane stops and the spacing of emergency areas. Nevertheless, Highways England understand motorists want to feel safe and therefore are making a number of changes to the design of emergency areas.</p><p>On new schemes, starting construction from 2020 onwards, the maximum spacing of emergency areas will be reduced to 1600 metres (1 mile). Highways England are also enhancing the visibility of emergency areas on all new and existing smart motorways by installing orange surfacing and improved, more frequent signs. These changes are designed to help drivers feel more confident that they can find a safe place to stop in an emergency.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/05/2019 11:13:28 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1123644

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
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, what information his Department holds on the timing of the implementation of dynamic all-lane running on smart motorways.
tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
uin	248615
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>Highways England operational staff are automatically alerted to rising traffic flows from roadside detectors. At a pre-determined threshold, operators are prompted to begin the process of opening the hard shoulder. CCTV is used to check for any stopped vehicles or obstructions in the hard shoulder. Once checked, the hard shoulder is opened to traffic by the operator implementing a speed limit sign above the hard shoulder.</p><p> </p><p>The decision to close the hard shoulder is again taken based on location specific, pre-determined, traffic flow thresholds.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/05/2019 11:34:51 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1123645

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
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, if he will publish the locations of (a) permanent and (b) dynamic all-lane running sections of smart motorways.
tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
uin	248616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>The locations of smart motorway sections in England are as follows:</p><p> </p><p><strong>(a) </strong> <strong>All Lane Running</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Smart Motorway scheme</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Status of scheme</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M1 J16-19</p></td><td><p>Midlands</p></td><td><p>Operational</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M1 J23a-25</p></td><td><p>Midlands</p></td><td><p>Operational</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M1 J28-31</p></td><td><p>Midlands</p></td><td><p>Operational</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M5 J4a-6</p></td><td><p>Midlands</p></td><td><p>Operational</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M6 J10a-13</p></td><td><p>Midlands</p></td><td><p>Operational</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M1 J32-35a</p></td><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>Operational</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M1 J39-42</p></td><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>Operational</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M25 J5-7</p></td><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>Operational</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M25 J23-27</p></td><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>Operational</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M3 J2-4a</p></td><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>Operational</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M6 J16-19</p></td><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>Operational</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M62 J18-20</p></td><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>Operational</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M1 J13-16</p></td><td><p>Midlands</p></td><td><p>In Construction</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M6 J2-4</p></td><td><p>Midlands</p></td><td><p>In Construction</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M6 J13-15</p></td><td><p>Midlands</p></td><td><p>In Construction</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M20 J3-5</p></td><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>In Construction</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M23 J8-10</p></td><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>In Construction</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M27 J4-11</p></td><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>In Construction</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M4 J3-12</p></td><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>In Construction</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M62 J10-12</p></td><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>In Construction</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>(b)</strong> <strong>Dynamic Hard Shoulder Running</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Smart Motorway scheme</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Status of scheme</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M1 J10-13</p></td><td><p>East</p></td><td><p>Operational</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M42 J3a-7</p></td><td><p>Midlands</p></td><td><p>Operational</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M6 J4-10a</p></td><td><p>Midlands</p></td><td><p>Operational</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M4 J19-20</p></td><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>Operational</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M5 J15-17</p></td><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>Operational</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M62 J25-30</p></td><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>Operational</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/05/2019 11:48:11 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1125479

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	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
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 encourage more people to use low emission vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	252124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s mission is to put the UK at the forefront of the design and manufacturing of zero emission vehicles, and for all new cars and vans to be effectively zero emission by 2040. The Office for Low Emission Vehicles (OLEV) has a range of grant-funded schemes to assist with the cost of purchasing ultra low and zero emission vehicles and the installation of charging infrastructure in motorists’ homes, on residential streets, at work places, car parks and the wider public estate.</p><p>Motorists of zero and ultra low emission vehicle also benefit from a tax regime that rewards the cleanest vehicles. The Government is investing nearly £1.5bn‎ between April 2015 and March 2021, with grants available for plug in vehicles and schemes to support chargepoint infrastructure. The Road to Zero Strategy, published in July last year, sets out a clear pathway to zero emissions, to give clarity and certainty to both industry and motorists.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/05/2019 15:21:06 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

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

1123708

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he will take to support improving key roads that are official diversion routes for motorways that are not in the major road network.
tabling member constituency	North East Hampshire
tabling member printed	Mr Ranil Jayawardena
uin	248733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>Highways England and the relevant local authority work together to identify local roads that are official diversionary routes. As part of this, a risk assessment is undertaken to determine a route’s suitability. That assessment includes taking account of suitability and physical characteristics.</p><p>Diversion route planning is conducted in close liaison with the local highway authority traffic manager, and includes liaison with other key local stakeholders as deemed necessary by the authority.</p><p>The Government is providing over £6.6 billion funding for local highways maintenance between 2015 and 2021. It is for local highway authorities to decide how this funding is utilised, including on improvement of key diversionary roads, based on local needs and priorities.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/05/2019 12:07:01 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4498 label Biography information for Mr Ranil Jayawardena

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