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451368

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Suicide
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) suicides and (b) attempted suicides were recorded as having taken place on the strategic road network in each year since 2009-10; and what work Highways England has undertaken with the Samaritans related to suicides on roads.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
	tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
	uin	26134
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>Highways England records details on its Command and Control (C&amp;C) database, of incidents that occur on the strategic road network, but only when the Traffic Officer Service have an awareness or involvement. Therefore due to the current Traffic Officer network coverage, the majority of incidents recorded occurred on the motorway network.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The following table records the number of incidents coded as ‘suicide/suicide attempt’ on the C&amp;C database and reflect those incidents that the Traffic Officer Service have been directly involved in or have been reported to them:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of suicides/attempted suicide incidents</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>93</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>125</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>110</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>84</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In April 2014 a review of the database was carried out and the closure code for ‘suicide/attempted suicide’ was changed. This created significant anomalies in the data capture which means that the 2014/15 data are not robust. We are in the process of verifying the data and will be in a position to provide the figures later this year.</p><p> </p><p>Highways England (formerly Highways Agency) has worked closely with organisations such as the Samaritans in helping to prevent further suicides on the strategic road network. Highways England has commenced work to take forward a Suicide Prevention Group. This group will comprise of relevant stakeholders such as the Samaritans, emergency services and our service providers to develop and co-ordinate delivery of an action plan to reduce the number of suicide attempts on the strategic road network. We are also working closely with both the Samaritans and Network Rail to identify best practice following their success in reducing suicide attempts on the rail network.</p><p> </p><p>Known suicide hotspots are investigated to look at possible improvements, such as raising the height of the parapets on bridges and introducing or improving crisis signing. Highways England consults The Samaritans when undertaking this work.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 11/02/2016 15:39:13 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	creator	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood written parliamentary question 1134616 1137624 1140330
	tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood written parliamentary question 1134616 1137624 1140330

451374

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Shipping: Pay
	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 5 February 2016 to Question 24915, which potential employment protections would protect seafarers from nationality-based pay discrimination.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	26237
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>Both the Equality Act 2010 (Work on Ships and Hovercraft) Regulations 2011 and the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 (with the section pertaining to seafarers currently under review by BIS) offer protection from nationality-based pay discrimination.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 11/02/2016 15:34:39 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	creator	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden written parliamentary question 1136329 1143710 1147437
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden written parliamentary question 1136329 1143710 1147437

451376

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Shipping: Apprentices
	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 29 January 2016 to Question 24913, what assessment he has made of the likely take-up of the (a) deck and (b) other Maritime Trailblazer ratings apprenticeships (i) before and (ii) after the introduction of the Apprenticeship Levy from April 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	26239
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>The Apprenticeship Levy will encourage the take up of apprenticeships generally. It is not possible to say how it might impact on individual apprenticeships, particularly those still under development.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 11/02/2016 15:36:20 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	creator	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden written parliamentary question 1136329 1143710 1147437
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden written parliamentary question 1136329 1143710 1147437

451378

	registered interest
	date	08/02/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Shipping: Skilled Workers
	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 4 February 2016 to Question 24416, what steps the Government is taking to prevent the downturn from further affecting the national maritime skills base.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	26238
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>The Maritime Growth Study chaired by Lord Mountevans and published on 7 September 2015 identified areas that would help the UK to compete successfully within a global market. These included Government and industry carrying out an assessment of the requirement for seafarers in the UK. Work on this has already commenced alongside an extension of the apprenticeship programme.</p><p> </p><p>The Government remains committed to the training of seafarers and has a number of policies to grow the UK’s maritime skills base, in particular through the £15m Support for Maritime Training (SMarT) fund. A review of the SMarT programme will start shortly and will take into account the impact of the low oil price on the North Sea fields.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 11/02/2016 15:27:52 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	creator	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden written parliamentary question 1136329 1143710 1147437
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden written parliamentary question 1136329 1143710 1147437

42070

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what sanctions have been applied in the last 12 months for poor quality performance on the Birmingham Cross City line by London Midland.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
	uin	HL5871
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text We have applied no sanctions against London Midland in regard to performance on the Birmingham Cross City line; we do not disaggregate performance by the train operators to that level. In the autumn of 2012 London Midland experienced a high number of cancellations, largely due to issues with availability of train crew. As a result, they breached the terms of their Franchise Agreement, and a remedial plan and package of benefits was agreed with the Department. As the Secretary of State for Transport announced to the House on 20 December 2012, this package included passenger benefits of: 500,000 discounted tickets, free travel for season ticket holders (worth up to c.£5.4m), capital investment, and additional driver training investment worth a combined £6.25m answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
	creator	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath written parliamentary question 1148064 1148065 1148066
	tabling member	2024 label Biography information for Lord Hunt of Kings Heath written parliamentary question 1148064 1148065 1148066

42646

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they intend to take in the light of the judgments of the Supreme Court in the case of Stott v Thomas CookTour Operators Ltd [2014] UKSC 15 to ensure that airline passengers have redress for violations of their fundamental human rights.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lester of Herne Hill
	uin	HL5915
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Transport is currently considering the decision of the Supreme Court Judgement on the Stott v Thomas Cook case and any actions that may be necessary as a result.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
	creator	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill written parliamentary question 789891 804222 804223
	tabling member	2037 label Biography information for Lord Lester of Herne Hill written parliamentary question 789891 804222 804223

42916

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government in what areas they operate drones; and for what use.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Tonge
	uin	HL5981
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence operates Unmanned Aircraft Systems and Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) globally for operational surveillance, precision attack and for training purposes.　 Reaper RPAS is the only armed system.　 It operates only in Afghanistan, and professional, qualified pilots follow the exact same Rules of Engagement as pilots of other aircraft types.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has not used any RPAS, its Centre for Environment Fisheries &amp; Aquaculture Science, Food &amp; Environment Research Agency, Environment Agency, Natural England and Royal Botanic Gardens have used small RPAS to support work on flood defence and coastal erosion, and the monitoring of crops, plants and nature reserves.　 All flights were carried out within the UK except for an aerial plant survey in Peru carried out by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office does not itself operate RPAS and the only police force operationally using a system (albeit very occasionally) is Staffordshire. This system is mostly used for patrol sweeps of car park and camping areas at V Festival, security sweeps for VIP events at the National Arboretum, they have also carried out some missing person, search and rescue, and counter-poaching tasks.</p><p> </p><p>Sussex Police have completed formal training and are now in the process of gathering experience with their own RPAS system – although if an important operational task came up RPAS would be deployed. The formal start date for the trial is in the near future.</p><p> </p><p>Kent Police, as part of the 2 Seas project, have hosted some RPAS trial flights to assess the performance of the system. They are planning to host an event about the project in July.</p><p> </p><p>　</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
	creator	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge written parliamentary question 1144899 1144900 1144901
	tabling member	200 label Biography information for Baroness Tonge written parliamentary question 1144899 1144900 1144901

42935

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of their plans to introduce new electrified railway lines between Manchester and Liverpool in December, whether they have taken into account the availability of electric trains as part of their negotiations to procure rolling stock.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
	uin	HL6000
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2014 answer text <p>As announced today (27 March) the Department for Transport has granted a Direct Award to Northern for 22 months and is working with them to ensure rolling stock is available for a phased rollout of electric services between Liverpool and Manchester from the December 2014 timetable.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department takes account of availability of electric rolling stock in its decisions and the stock for this route will be modern, cascaded stock from other routes.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 27/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
	creator	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw written parliamentary question 1146922 1146923 1146924
	tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw written parliamentary question 1146922 1146923 1146924

43297

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have for the re-development of Euston station.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	uin	HL6050
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The construction of the HS2 terminus at Euston station is a significant opportunity to maximise the economic potential of the high speed line and regenerate a site that has been neglected. Building on the current proposals in the hybrid Bill, the Government has asked HS2 Ltd and Network Rail to work with the rail industry and the local community to see if a more comprehensive proposal for the redevelopment of the station can be developed.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
	creator	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth written parliamentary question 1148306 1148307 1148439
	tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth written parliamentary question 1148306 1148307 1148439

43602

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the additional capacity being provided on branch lines in Devon and Cornwall, negotiated in First Great Western's franchise extension, requires any local funding.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
	uin	HL6095
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p>The Great Western franchise agreement announced on 3 October 2013 is a new direct award agreement, not an extension to the old First Great Western franchise agreement. No additional capacity on branch lines in Devon and Cornwall was negotiated as part of that franchise agreement. The franchise agreement contains a priced option for the operation of additional locally-funded train services on the Newton Abbot to Paignton line in Devon. Additional locally-funded train services were introduced on this route on 9　December 2013.</p><p> </p><p>　</p><p>　　</p><p>　</p><p>25 March 2014</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
	creator	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw written parliamentary question 1146922 1146923 1146924
	tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw written parliamentary question 1146922 1146923 1146924