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1702280

registered interest
date	18/04/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to announce the outcome of Northwich Station’s Access for All funding bid.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	22634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>As part of our recent Network North announcement, the Government confirmed £350m will be made available to improve the accessibility of our train stations. We are assessing over 300 nominations for Access for All, including a nomination for Northwich railway station. If successful, the funding will create an obstacle free, accessible route from the station entrance to platforms. Successful nominations will be announced in due course.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 24/04/2024 08:49:05 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1702532

registered interest
date	19/04/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to reduce the costs of error in the last three financial years.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	22735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department was recently requested to set out the steps it has taken to reduce the costs of fraud in the last three financial years: this response is provided in the Annex below. The Public Sector Fraud Authority (PSFA) defines the difference between fraud and error in relation to the dishonest intent of the individual or organisation involved in the incorrect payment. “Fraud” represents losses to the Department caused with intent by a counterparty. “Error” represents losses to the Department where intent cannot be proven. As the difference between fraud and error relates to the established intent of the counterparty rather than the activity itself, the Department has a single controls and assurance regime over fraud and error, which is set out in the Annex below.</p><p>In addition, the Department operates business-as-usual transactional and analytical controls to mitigate and detect risk of financial error caused by administrative errors.</p><p> </p><p>Annex A – Parliamentary Question 22574 To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to reduce the costs of fraud in his Department in the last three financial years.</p><p> </p><p>Response provided on 23 April 2024</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Since the establishment of the Public Sector Fraud Authority (PSFA) in 2022, the Department has been working closely with PSFA to implement the Counter Fraud Functional Standard framework, a common set of standards required by government departments to counter fraud, bribery, and corruption. To support compliance with the Functional Standard, the Department internally published its Counter Fraud, Bribery and Corruption Strategy for 2022-2025 to improve culture and awareness and build on the counter fraud activity delivered since the launch of DfT’s first strategy in 2019.</p><p>The following key activities have taken place to drive improvements in reducing fraud by improving detection activity, enhancing fraud prevention and building capability.</p><p>To support detection activity the department utilises Spotlight, a due diligence tool provided to departments by the Cabinet Office to help identify areas of risk and potential fraud and error. The department has also commenced a data analytics project utilising artificial intelligence to identify instances of fraud and error within high-risk spending areas. This initiative is providing comprehensive insights into fraudulent activities and errors that can be used to further strengthen controls and seek recovery of funds where fraud or error is identified. The Department’s contract management teams have furthermore increased their focus on fraud risks and detection, resulting in substantial sums recovered and returned to the Exchequer. Detected, prevented and recovered fraud is formally disclosed to the Cabinet Office who report publicly on these results across government in their annual Fraud Landscape Report.</p><p>On fraud prevention, a Fraud Risk Assessment (FRA) policy was introduced to enable accountable officers across DfT to take responsibility in ensuring that fraud, bribery, and corruption risks are adequately understood and effectively managed. The FRA process has been embedded into business-as-usual activity and has supported the department in identifying fraud risks, driving control improvements, and fostering continuous improvement in fraud risk management practices.</p><p>To build capability DfT has increased its engagement with the PSFA to enhance oversight, prioritisation of risks, delivery against counter fraud functional standards and sharing of best practice. We have increased our collaboration across the departmental group and across government networks to share lessons learnt, horizon scan for new and emerging trends and deliver collaborative best practice workshops, training sessions and awareness campaigns on areas of development e.g. risk assessment.</p><p>In 2023 and early 2024, DfT was one of the first departments assessed under the latest framework by PSFA for compliance against the Counter Fraud Functional Standard. The Department is now working with PSFA to take forwards the recommendations from this review to drive further improvements in the Department’s counter-fraud function.</p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 24/04/2024 08:59:58 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

1700942

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Taxis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Mayor of London on licensing electric black cabs.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	21622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>Whilst the Secretary of State for Transport has not had any direct discussion with the Mayor of London on licensing electric taxis, revised best practice guidance was issued to all licensing authorities in November last year recommending they enable as many types of vehicles as possible to be licensed. Licensing authorities should give very careful consideration to a policy that automatically rules out particular types of vehicle or prescribes only one type or a small number of types of vehicle.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 23/04/2024 10:03:21 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

1701013

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Marketing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of his Department’s (a) advertising and (b) marketing expenditure was on (i) local newspapers in print and online, (ii) national newspapers in print and online, (iii) social media, (iv) search engines, (v) broadcast and on-demand television and (vi) other channels in the most recent year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	21748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Transport Statutory Advertising spend totalled £579,466.32 between February 2023 and January 2024. This included £434,383 in local newspapers and £143.830 in national newspapers.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport net media spend under the ‘it’s everyone’s journey’ and THINK! road safety campaigns in financial year 2023/24 totalled £3,421,441. This included £777,244 in social media, £549,817 broadcast and on-demand television and £2,094,380 in other channels.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 23/04/2024 10:09:43 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1701050

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	A1: Lincolnshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many recorded accidents have there been on the A1 between Peterborough and the Colsterworth interchange in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Rutland and Melton
tabling member printed	Alicia Kearns
uin	21859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>DfT road casualty statistics provide numbers of personal injury road traffic collisions in Great Britain that were reported to the police using the STATS19 reporting system.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The number of reported personal injury road collisions on the A1 between Peterborough and the Colsterworth interchange for the last 5 available published years can be found in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong> </strong> <strong> </strong> <strong> </strong> <strong> </strong> <strong> </strong> <strong> </strong> <strong> </strong> Reported personal injury road collisions on the A1 between Peterborough and the Colsterworth interchange, 2018 and 2022 by collision severity</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Fatal or Serious</p></td><td><p>Slight</p></td><td><p>All collisions</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Further information can be found online, at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/road-accidents-and-safety-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/road-accidents-and-safety-statistics</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 23/04/2024 13:20:19 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4805 label Biography information for Alicia Kearns

1701085

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Warickshire
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 impact of potholes on drivers in Warwickshire.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	21757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>The Secretary of State is keen to support motorists in Warwickshire, and elsewhere, by mitigating the impact of potholes. Under the 1980 Highways Act, local highway authorities, such as Warwickshire County Council, are responsible for maintaining and managing the local highway network within their area.</p><p> </p><p>For the 2024/25 financial year, the Government is providing Warwickshire County Council with over £18.2 million for highway maintenance. This includes £2.056 million of reallocated HS2 funding and is a 12.7% increase over the funding the Council was expecting in 2024/25 before the Prime Minister’s Network North announcement.</p><p> </p><p>It is up to the respective highway authority how best to spend this funding to fulfil their statutory duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980. Funding is not ring fenced and Warwickshire can spend the money on all aspects of highway maintenance such as bridges, cycleways, and lighting columns – and not just the fixing of potholes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 23/04/2024 09:00:20 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1701102

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
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, how many accidents were recorded on the (a) A1, (b) A2 and (c) A5 in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Rutland and Melton
tabling member printed	Alicia Kearns
uin	21861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>DfT road casualty statistics provide numbers of personal injury road traffic collisions in Great Britain that were reported to the police using the STATS19 reporting system.</p><p> </p><p>The number of reported personal injury road collisions on the A1, A2 and A5 in the last 5 available years can be found in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Reported personal injury road collisions on the A1, A2 and A5, 2018 to 2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Road Name</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A1</p></td><td><p>604</p></td><td><p>590</p></td><td><p>436</p></td><td><p>462</p></td><td><p>538</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A2</p></td><td><p>527</p></td><td><p>570</p></td><td><p>428</p></td><td><p>466</p></td><td><p>464</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A5</p></td><td><p>510</p></td><td><p>514</p></td><td><p>413</p></td><td><p>451</p></td><td><p>428</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Further information can be found online, at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/road-accidents-and-safety-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/road-accidents-and-safety-statistics</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 23/04/2024 11:02:22 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4805 label Biography information for Alicia Kearns

1701584

registered interest
date	16/04/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Land
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans the Government has for land that was formerly earmarked for HS2.
tabling member constituency	Tamworth
tabling member printed	Sarah Edwards
uin	22208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>Any property that is no longer required will be disposed of and a programme is being developed to do this. We will ensure it is compliant with requirements on the disposal of surplus government property, delivers value for money for taxpayers and does not disrupt local property markets.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 23/04/2024 08:57:00 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	5001 label Biography information for Sarah Edwards

1701759

registered interest
date	17/04/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation: Electricity Generation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to include renewable electricity within the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	22295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government is currently supporting the rollout of public electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure through targeted grants, the Local EV Infrastructure Fund and the Rapid Charging Fund. However, the Government continues to review all options to support the continued rollout of public EV chargepoints.</p><p>Last year, the Department commissioned independent research into potential regulation-based options that may be required to support the continued rollout of public EV chargepoints from mid-2020s, including their opportunities, risks and likely impact. Options under consideration include the potential merits of including renewable electricity in the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation. This research is still in progress.</p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 23/04/2024 14:57:52 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1701887

registered interest
date	17/04/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Scooters: Regulation
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 ensure riders comply with e-scooter regulations.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	22371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>Outside of Government rental trials, e-scooters are motor vehicles under section 185(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1988. Using them on a public road is a criminal offence, which can carry significant penalties on prosecution, including potentially unlimited fines and disqualification from driving. It is a matter for Chief Police Officers and Police and Crime Commissioners how they conduct enforcement in their respective constabularies.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 23/04/2024 10:15:41 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi