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	registered interest
	date	10/03/2021
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Airports: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to reduce person-to-person contact in airports to reduce the risk of covid-19 transmission.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
	uin	166577
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2021 answer text <p>The government has introduced a range of measures to help reduce the risk of transmission at airports as well as issuing clear guidance for both passengers and operators. Only essential travel that is permitted should be undertaken and passengers need to comply with all inbound and outbound passenger requirements.</p><p>When travelling, passengers should abide by current social distancing measures, wear masks and follow instructions where indicated, as per the Safer Transport guidance. Additionally, operators have been encouraged to introduce clear signage and one-way passenger flows where appropriate, to help passengers abide by the rules.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 16/03/2021 15:39:51 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1301305

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2021
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Transport for London Financial Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has spent on costs associated with KPMG's report on the Government-led financial review of Transport for London, commissioned by his Department in June 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
	tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
	uin	166507
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2021 answer text <p>Costs associated with the Government Led Review of Transport for London’s financial position totalled £1,216,107. This expenditure is critical to providing evidence to support Government’s policy making, including the funding settlement with TfL from October 2020, worth up to £1.7 billion. This is part of the overall extraordinary government support of up to £3.3 billion for TfL to date.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 15/03/2021 14:09:40 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1301237

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2021
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Freeports: Plymouth
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect of the Plymouth Freeport on existing (a) road, (b) rail and (c) ports infrastructure.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	166552
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2021 answer text <p>I would like to congratulate the Plymouth and South Devon on its successful Freeport bid. My Department recognises that appropriate links will be vital to ensure the success of the UK’s newly established Freeports. My Department will consider the implications of the Freeport business cases for our transport networks and future infrastructure investment decisions.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 16/03/2021 15:34:47 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1301238

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2021
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Freeports: Plymouth
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Maritime and Coastguard Agency on the practicalities of discharging Port State Control responsibilities within Plymouth Freeport.
	tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
	tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
	uin	166553
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2021 answer text <p>The MCA does not envisage any difficulties in fulfilling their Port State Control responsibilities in the area.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 16/03/2021 15:36:45 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1301591

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2021
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed Rail (West Midlands-Crewe) Act 2021
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will publish the report of the consultation required under section 60 of the High Speed Rail (West Midlands–Crewe) Act 2021.
	tabling member printed	Lord Rosser
	uin	HL14104
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2021 answer text <p>The report of the consultation required under section 60 of the High Speed Rail (West Midlands-Crewe) Act 2021 will be published before the 1 May 2021.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation ran from 1 February 2021 to 26 February 2021. The analysis of consultation responses is currently taking place.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 18/03/2021 16:11:05 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	3687 label Biography information for Lord Rosser

1301592

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2021
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed Rail (West Midlands-Crewe) Act 2021
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many submissions were made to the consultation required under section 60 of the High Speed Rail (West Midlands–Crewe) Act 2021; and, of these submissions, how many mentioned (1) Woore, and (2) Aldersey's Rough.
	tabling member printed	Lord Rosser
	uin	HL14105
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2021 answer text <p>There have been 499 responses to the consultation required under section 60 of the High Speed Rail (West Midlands-Crewe) Act 2021.</p><p> </p><p>The coding and analysis of consultation responses is ongoing by an independent organisation, Ipsos MORI, so we are unable to provide exact figures for the number of responses which mention specific areas or themes at this time. The initial findings are that around 80 responses have mentioned Woore and around 30 responses have mentioned Aldersey’s Rough.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 18/03/2021 16:10:54 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
	tabling member	3687 label Biography information for Lord Rosser

1301447

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2021
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving Licences
	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 26 February 2021 to Question 155126, what assessment the Government has made of the potential effect of the section 88 provision of the Road Traffic Act 1988 on road safety.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	166467
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2021 answer text <p>Section 88 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 allows drivers who have submitted a valid application to renew a driving licence to continue to drive while waiting for their application to be processed. Strict criteria apply and these are outlined online <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/inf1886-can-i-drive-while-my-application-is-with-dvla" target="_blank">here</a>. Where these criteria are met, there is no evidence that there is an adverse effect on road safety.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 17/03/2021 13:44:11 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1301394

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2021
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Cycling
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much money has been spent on upgrading roads with provisions for cyclists in (a) Wakefield, (b) West Yorkshire and and (c) England.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Imran Ahmad Khan
	uin	166597
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2021 answer text <p>On the 9th May 2020 the Government announced a £2 billion five-year package of funding for cycling and walking. This included a £225 million Active Travel Fund for English Local Authorities in the current financial year to enable them to deliver new safe cycling and walking measures in their areas. West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) was allocated over £12.5 million of this funding. Decisions on how much of this funding to spend in which parts of its region are matters for WYCA. The Spending Review in 2020 confirmed that over £250 million of dedicated funding will be made available for cycling and walking in 2021/22, and decisions on how the rest of the £2 billion will be spent will be taken as part of the next multi-year Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 18/03/2021 14:36:18 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
	tabling member	4841 label Biography information for Imran Ahmad Khan

1301266

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2021
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Travel: Quarantine
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will extend the list of travellers exempt from covid-19-related travel quarantine restrictions to include those children whose custody is shared between one parent in the UK and another abroad, subject to a negative covid-19 test result.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
	uin	166572
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2021 answer text <p>The decision to implement additional border measures is in direct response to scientific and medical data, which represents an increased risk to UK public health and an increased risk of community transmission of COVID-19 variants of concern identified in those countries. These are intended to be temporary measures and the government keeps data for countries and territories under constant review.</p><p> </p><p>The government has put in place measures to reduce the impact of border measures on families. For arrivals who have not been in a red-list country in the previous 10 days children are required to self-isolate, however they can do so in the family home and may also move between family homes during that period of isolation.</p><p> </p><p>For managed quarantine facilities, family groups will be able to quarantine together as long as the hotel is able to accommodate them. This includes couples and parents with children.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 15/03/2021 17:29:36 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
	tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1301458

	registered interest
	date	10/03/2021
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Electric Bicycles: Safety
	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 potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to ban the sale of SpeedBox devices in the interests of public safety.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	166403
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2021 answer text <p>The Department is aware of devices such as SpeedBox which modify the performance of an electrically-assisted pedal cycle but no assessment has been made.</p><p> </p><p>Once an electrically-assisted pedal cycle is modified such that it no longer complies with the speed or power limits laid down in regulation, it is considered to be a motor vehicle (most likely a moped or motorcycle). If the vehicle were to be used on public roads then it and the rider are required to comply with the laws appropriate to those vehicle categories. Enforcement of the law is a matter for the police.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 15/03/2021 15:09:57 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson