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1126241

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: 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 cost to the economy of road crashes resulting in (a) deaths and (b) serious injuries in the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
	tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
	uin	253474
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>The latest figures available for the total cost elements of reported accidents are:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Deaths</p></td><td><p>Serious injuries</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>£3,571M (at 2017 prices)</p></td><td><p>£5,490M (at 2017 prices)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>A full breakdown on accident and casualty costs by year has been published on <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a> (see <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/ras60-average-value-of-preventing-road-accidents" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/ras60-average-value-of-preventing-road-accidents</a> - Table RAS60003 has the total value of prevention for accidents of all severity, by cost element.)</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/05/2019 14:07:07 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

969144

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Cycling: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the merits of increasing his Department's funding to Bikeability.
	tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
	tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
	uin	171279
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>The Bikeability programme is an important part of the Government’s Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy, because it provides the next generation of cyclists with the skills and confidence to make cycling a natural choice for shorter journeys.</p><p> </p><p>The Strategy included a commitment that the Department would invest £50 million to support Bikeability over the period to 2020, and the programme is currently delivering more than 300,000 training places per year to children in England outside London. The Government also announced in August that it would provide an additional £1m of funding for Bikeability as part of a suite of new measures aimed at halving childhood obesity by 2030.</p><p> </p><p>A further £1 million has been raised through a commercial partnership between Halfords and The Bikeability Trust. Additional funding has also been allocated to a new pilot scheme to develop a cycle training package for driving instructors aimed at improving empathy and understanding between road users. Funding and delivery of Bikeability in London is devolved to Transport for London and the London boroughs.</p><p> </p><p>Future funding for Bikeability will be considered during the next Spending Review. The Department for Transport is currently evaluating the benefits of the programme with more than 200 schools nationwide, and expects to be in a position to publish the findings in summer 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/09/2018 10:25:35 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

964262

	registered interest
	date	03/09/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Road Traffic Offences: Safety Belts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of introducing penalty points on drivers' licences for not wearing seat belts.
	tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
	tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
	uin	168954
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government has made no assessment of the potential merits of introducing penalty points on drivers' licences for not wearing seat belts. The “Seat belt and mobile phone use surveys: England and Scotland, 2014” observed that 98.2% of car drivers were using seat belts, suggesting that take-up is nearly universal.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/09/2018 13:38:11 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

892164

	registered interest
	date	26/04/2018
	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, further to oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport of 24 April 2018, Official Report, column 356WH, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on road safety of the decision to eliminate safety targets; and what the killed or seriously injured figures were in each year from 2007 to 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
	tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
	uin	138348
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2018 answer text <p>There is no robust academic evidence to indicate the lack of targets in the UK has contributed to the lack of progress in road casualty reduction since 2010. There has been a stalling of progress in road casualty reductions across many economically advanced countries, affecting countries with targets (e.g. Sweden and the Netherlands) as well as the UK where there is no target.</p><p> </p><p>The KSI statistics for road accident casualties between 2007 and 2016 can be found in the table below along with a comparison to the 2010 – 2014 average. The KSI figures for 2017 will be published later this year.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Killed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Seriously injured</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Killed or Seriously injured</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Slightly injured</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>All casualties</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>2,946</p></td><td><p>27,774</p></td><td><p>30,720</p></td><td><p>217,060</p></td><td><p>247,780</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>2,538</p></td><td><p>26,034</p></td><td><p>28,572</p></td><td><p>202,333</p></td><td><p>230,905</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2,222</p></td><td><p>24,690</p></td><td><p>26,912</p></td><td><p>195,234</p></td><td><p>222,146</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>1,850</p></td><td><p>22,660</p></td><td><p>24,510</p></td><td><p>184,138</p></td><td><p>208,648</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>1,901</p></td><td><p>23,122</p></td><td><p>25,023</p></td><td><p>178,927</p></td><td><p>203,950</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>1,754</p></td><td><p>23,039</p></td><td><p>24,793</p></td><td><p>170,930</p></td><td><p>195,723</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1,713</p></td><td><p>21,657</p></td><td><p>23,370</p></td><td><p>160,300</p></td><td><p>183,670</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1,775</p></td><td><p>22,807</p></td><td><p>24,582</p></td><td><p>169,895</p></td><td><p>194,477</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1,730</p></td><td><p>22,144</p></td><td><p>23,874</p></td><td><p>162,315</p></td><td><p>186,189</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>1,792</p></td><td><p>24,101</p></td><td><p>25,893</p></td><td><p>155,491</p></td><td><p>181,384</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010 -2014 average</p></td><td><p>1,799</p></td><td><p>22,657</p></td><td><p>24,456</p></td><td><p>172,838</p></td><td><p>197,294</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 03/05/2018 15:30:07 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

891499

	registered interest
	date	25/04/2018
	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, what guidance his Department has issued to (a) local authorities and (b) police authorities on setting their own road safety targets since the removal of Government road safety targets in 2010; and what information his Department holds on the number of such bodies which have set such targets.
	tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
	tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
	uin	137893
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2018 answer text <p>The British 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><p>The Department does not issue guidance to local authorities or the police on setting their own road safety targets, nor does it hold records on bodies which may have done so. What matters is that local road safety practitioners, the police or local authorities should be apply and adapt their knowledge and skills to local circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 03/05/2018 13:56:51 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

851038

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Cycling and Walking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish the next annual update of the Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy, and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
	tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
	uin	130229
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government will report regularly to Parliament on the progress it is making in delivering the Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy, as required by section 21 of the Infrastructure Act 2015. A decision on the timing<ins class="ministerial"> of the first such progress report will be made in due course</ins>.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/03/2018 15:43:05 question first ministerially corrected 07/03/2018 16:50:56 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 45235 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

851040

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Cycling and Walking
	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 health effects of achieving the aims of the Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
	tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
	uin	130230
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department has not made a detailed assessment of this matter. The health benefits of cycling and walking are considerable and the Department is working closely with the Department for Health and Social Care and Public Health England on the delivery of the £1.2 billion Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 07/03/2018 11:33:35 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

847800

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Shared Spaces
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of minimum (a) kerb heights and (b) levels of provision of crossings required for shared space schemes.
	tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
	tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
	uin	129476
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department’s guidance on shared space, Local Transport Note 1/11 (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/shared-space" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/shared-space</a>), includes advice on the use of kerbs and provision of crossings.</p><p> </p><p>The Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation recently published its review of shared space schemes, which makes recommendations to Government for further work (<a href="http://www.ciht.org.uk/en/knowledge/streets-and-transport-in-the-urban-environment/index.cfm" target="_blank">www.ciht.org.uk/en/knowledge/streets-and-transport-in-the-urban-environment/index.cfm</a>) including in relation to kerb heights and crossings. The Department is considering these recommendations.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities are responsible for the design of their streets. It is for them to ensure any public realm scheme, including a shared space, is inclusive and meets the requirements of the Equality Act 2010.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/03/2018 12:35:09 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

837764

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Diesel Vehicles: Pollution Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government has plans to introduce a diesel vehicle scrappage scheme for people on low incomes.
	tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
	tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
	uin	126795
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2018 answer text <p>On 22 November 2017 the Government launched a consultation on additional measures to support individuals and businesses affected by local NO2 plans. Options considered include retrofitting vehicles, support for car clubs, vehicle scrappage and improved public transport offers. The consultation closed on 5 January 2018 and the Government will publish a response in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/02/2018 10:29:46 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick