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1536184

	registered interest
	date	26/10/2022
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Women: New Businesses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps her Department is taking to support female entrepreneurs.
	tabling member constituency	Gosport
	tabling member printed	Dame Caroline Dinenage
	uin	901850
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>We are committed to harnessing the skills, innovation and talents of female entrepreneurs. That’s why this Government launched a Women-Led High-Growth Enterprise Taskforce in May 2022, led by Anne Boden of Starling Bank and with a membership of some of this country’s most successful female entrepreneurs.</p><p>It will use its convening power to influence high-growth investors, raise the aspirations of the next generation and work to stimulate regional funding opportunities.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher question first answered 26/10/2022 13:04:24 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
	tabling member	4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage

1535382

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2022
	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 assessment she has made of the reasons for road casualties to have returned to pre covid-19 levels; and when her Department plans to publish a casualty reduction strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	69513
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>In 2021, road casualties showed signs of a return to pre-pandemic trends, increasing compared to 2020 when casualty numbers were low, largely as a result of periods of lockdown resulting in a reduction in road traffic. Over the second half of the year, both casualties and traffic returned to levels similar to those in 2019. Monthly changes in casualties during 2021 generally showed a similar trend to changes in motor vehicle traffic levels.</p><p>We announced in the summer of 2021 that we would devise a new Road Safety Strategic Framework which will include a new implementation plan to improve road safety. This will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher question first answered 27/10/2022 11:58:25 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1535384

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Road Safety Investigation Branch
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans she has to introduce legislative proposals to establish the Road Safety Investigation Branch and give it the necessary powers.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	69514
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>The Road Safety Investigation Branch remains a legislative priority and the Department for Transport remains committed to finding the swiftest possible route to legislate when Parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher question first answered 27/10/2022 12:00:02 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1535385

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Safety Belts: Fixed Penalties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing penalty points for people who fail to wear a seatbelt.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	69515
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Transport knows that in 2021, in 30% of all car occupant fatalities recorded, seat belts were not worn. This is unacceptably high, and we have been considering options to tackle this including the potential merits of introducing penalty points. This might form part of the Department for Transports planned call for evidence on motoring offences.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher question first answered 27/10/2022 12:01:28 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1535403

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Department for Transport: Location
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if they will publish the payments made to officials in their Department for relocation to government offices outside London in 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Vauxhall
	tabling member printed	Florence Eshalomi
	uin	69876
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>The total of all claims made under this policy during 2021 was £18,083.14.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher question first answered 27/10/2022 10:37:03 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
	tabling member	4870 label Biography information for Florence Eshalomi

1535563

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Great British Railways
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of the establishment and operation of Great British Railways.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	69768
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>The cost of establishment and ongoing operations of Great British Railways will be confirmed in the final business case in 2023.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher question first answered 27/10/2022 10:32:50 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1535566

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Great British Railways
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost of consultants supporting or contracted by the Great British Railways Transition Team was in each month from February 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	69769
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>Total spend on Great British Railways Transition Team (GBRTT)’s consultancy support over the period from 11 February 2022 to 15 October 2022 was £15.5 million. Data on monthly cost for consultants supporting the GBRTT is not available in the format requested as GBRTT hold data in accounting periods rather than calendar months.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher question first answered 27/10/2022 10:34:15 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1535567

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Great British Railways
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions she has had with local authorities and other stakeholders on the Great British Railways Headquarters competition, following the announcement the project is delayed.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	69770
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>A final decision and announcement will be made on the location for the GBR headquarters shortly.</p><p>It would be inappropriate to enter further detailed discussions with the relevant local authorities and stakeholders ahead of this announcement.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher question first answered 27/10/2022 10:35:36 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1535573

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	TransPennine Express
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has had recent discussions with TransPennine Express on service levels.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	69772
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department, through its Rail North Partnership with Transport for the North, has regular discussions with the operator and stakeholders in the north on service levels. The Rail North Partnership will continue work with TPE to manage services and develop plans to resolve issues with them.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher question first answered 27/10/2022 10:31:11 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1525047

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask, the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of the Road projects list in Annex B: Infrastructure Projects of the Growth Plan 2022 are awaiting her consent to begin; and when each application was submitted to her Department for approval.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
	tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
	uin	68562
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>In this answer we are describing approval of the funding or business case, and not decisions related to statutory planning or consents.</p><p>All 10 of the Strategic Road Network schemes on the list are committed schemes in the Roads Investment Strategy. 6 of these will require a specific funding or business case sign off from DfT Ministers prior to starting construction. 15 of the 31 Major Road Network schemes named in the growth plan have been given conditional funding approval and are now working towards final approval. The local authority promoters of the remaining 16 are working up their cases to seek conditional funding approval. The applications for the 45 Safer Roads Fund schemes will be sent to local authorities shortly for return in the new year. The projects are then expected to begin by the end of the financial year.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher question first answered 26/10/2022 09:03:51 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
	tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1525053

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Road Traffic Act 1988
	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 21 September 2022 to Question 48313 on Road Traffic Act 1988, whether it is still his policy to publish a call for evidence on the Road Traffic Act 1988 by the end of 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
	tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
	uin	68524
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Transport is considering the publication of a call for evidence on motoring offences. As noted previously, while work is still continuing as to its precise scope and timings, it is expected to include aspects of drink and drug driving, failure to stop and report and the opportunity to raise other matters.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher question first answered 26/10/2022 09:02:25 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
	tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1524608

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Road Traffic: Noise
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's noise detecting traffic camera trials, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of using such cameras in Batley and Spen constituency.
	tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
	tabling member printed	Kim Leadbeater
	uin	68041
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department’s roadside trials of noise camera technology commenced on 18 October. Over 70 applications for the trial were received, but due to the project being in the research stage and the prototype nature of the technology, only 4 sites could be selected. Shortlisted sites were chosen based on a number of factors to achieve a sufficiently wide range of road types to test the noise camera technology.</p><p>Unfortunately, we are unable to consider any further applications for trial locations, but if the trials prove to be successful, noise cameras may be considered for wider rollout.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher question first answered 25/10/2022 09:42:38 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
	tabling member	4923 label Biography information for Kim Leadbeater

1524625

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made a recent assessment of the adequacy of pay levels for staff working across the railway network.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Paula Barker
	uin	68023
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>According to data from the Office for National Statistics, in 2021 the median gross salary of all rail workers was £44,000. This is around 70% above the national median of £26,000.</p><p>A report, published on 6 October 2022 by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR), benchmarked rail employment cost data for both Network Rail and for the first time Train Operating Companies with comparative roles. The report found aggregate industry level pay was broadly in line with (but towards the upper end of) that for comparable roles employed elsewhere in the UK economy.</p><p>The report can be found here: <a href="https://www.orr.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2022-10/review-of-rail-industry-employment-costs-06-10-2022_1.pdf" target="_blank">Review of rail industry employment costs (orr.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher question first answered 27/10/2022 10:27:40 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
	tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1524626

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Avanti West Coast: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what requirements her Department has placed on Avanti West Coast to improve their service levels on the West Coast Main Line.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Paula Barker
	uin	68024
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>Avanti West Coast (AWC) has put forward a recovery plan for improvement of its services to passengers as part of the short-term contract extension announced on Friday 7 October. Both the Office of Rail and Road and Network Rail have reviewed Avanti’s plan and are supportive of the proposition, noting its full and successful delivery requires agreement with unions. The Department is monitoring AWC’s delivery and holding AWC to account as appropriate.</p><p>The Department recognises the importance of high performing rail services for the communities, businesses and local economies they serve. The issues experienced on Avanti are exactly why we need to modernise the railways, to ensure passengers get a reliable timetable no matter when they travel and are not relying on drivers working overtime in the first place.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher grouped question UIN 68026 question first answered 27/10/2022 10:29:31 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
	tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1524628

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Avanti West Coast: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the wider economic costs of Avanti's performance in not providing adequate service provision on the West Coast mainline.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Paula Barker
	uin	68026
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>Avanti West Coast (AWC) has put forward a recovery plan for improvement of its services to passengers as part of the short-term contract extension announced on Friday 7 October. Both the Office of Rail and Road and Network Rail have reviewed Avanti’s plan and are supportive of the proposition, noting its full and successful delivery requires agreement with unions. The Department is monitoring AWC’s delivery and holding AWC to account as appropriate.</p><p>The Department recognises the importance of high performing rail services for the communities, businesses and local economies they serve. The issues experienced on Avanti are exactly why we need to modernise the railways, to ensure passengers get a reliable timetable no matter when they travel and are not relying on drivers working overtime in the first place.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher grouped question UIN 68024 question first answered 27/10/2022 10:29:31 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
	tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1524762

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Air Pollution: Greater Manchester
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she takes to coordinate policies with Greater Manchester local authorities and the Combined Authority to reduce air pollution emanating from the motorway system across Greater Manchester.
	tabling member constituency	Rochdale
	tabling member printed	Tony Lloyd
	uin	67865
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2022 answer text <p>National Highways is responsible for addressing air quality on the Strategic Road Network. National Highways works closely with Greater Manchester authorities, and other local authorities, to reduce pollution. Following consultation which ran for 10 weeks until 6 June 2022, the Government intends to designate National Highways as a ‘relevant public authority’. This change will require National Highways to collaborate with local authorities to improve air quality – becoming an ‘air quality partner’ where locally relevant. National Highways publishes regular reports which are available at the National Highways Air Quality Reports webpage, setting out the steps they are taking. Greater Manchester authorities have also engaged with National Highways in the development of their plans for the reduction of Nitrogen Dioxide pollution. The Government is currently reviewing Greater Manchester authorities’ proposal and will respond in due course.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher question first answered 27/10/2022 10:26:17 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
	tabling member	450 label Biography information for Tony Lloyd

1524068

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2022
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	STEM Returners Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how much funding has been allocated to the STEM returners programme.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	67195
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>The STEM returners programme announced on International Women’s Day will encourage those who have taken breaks to care for others back into STEM - giving them the opportunity to refresh and grow their skills in sectors where their talents are most needed. This pilot will build on previous Government returner initiatives, and will seek to address the barriers that returners face when re-entering the workplace. It will help organisations to recruit and retain talented staff who are often overlooked because of a gap on their CV.</p><p>Procurement of a supplier to deliver the pilot is expected to launch shortly. Information on the available funding and the expected length of the programme will be released when the procurement is launched. A formal evaluation will be conducted alongside the pilot programme to build the evidence base for what works for returners and employers.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher grouped question UIN 67196 67197 67198 question first answered 24/10/2022 09:16:44 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1524069

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2022
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	STEM Returners Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what parameters his Department has set for the returners programme for STEM announced on 8 March 2022; and if he will publish his strategy to deliver it.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	67196
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>The STEM returners programme announced on International Women’s Day will encourage those who have taken breaks to care for others back into STEM - giving them the opportunity to refresh and grow their skills in sectors where their talents are most needed. This pilot will build on previous Government returner initiatives, and will seek to address the barriers that returners face when re-entering the workplace. It will help organisations to recruit and retain talented staff who are often overlooked because of a gap on their CV.</p><p>Procurement of a supplier to deliver the pilot is expected to launch shortly. Information on the available funding and the expected length of the programme will be released when the procurement is launched. A formal evaluation will be conducted alongside the pilot programme to build the evidence base for what works for returners and employers.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher grouped question UIN 67195 67197 67198 question first answered 24/10/2022 09:16:44 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1524070

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2022
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	STEM Returners Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how long the STEM returners programme will run.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	67197
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>The STEM returners programme announced on International Women’s Day will encourage those who have taken breaks to care for others back into STEM - giving them the opportunity to refresh and grow their skills in sectors where their talents are most needed. This pilot will build on previous Government returner initiatives, and will seek to address the barriers that returners face when re-entering the workplace. It will help organisations to recruit and retain talented staff who are often overlooked because of a gap on their CV.</p><p>Procurement of a supplier to deliver the pilot is expected to launch shortly. Information on the available funding and the expected length of the programme will be released when the procurement is launched. A formal evaluation will be conducted alongside the pilot programme to build the evidence base for what works for returners and employers.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher grouped question UIN 67195 67196 67198 question first answered 24/10/2022 09:16:44 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1524071

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2022
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	STEM Returners Programme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, which suppliers have been contracted to deliver the STEM returners programme.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	67198
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>The STEM returners programme announced on International Women’s Day will encourage those who have taken breaks to care for others back into STEM - giving them the opportunity to refresh and grow their skills in sectors where their talents are most needed. This pilot will build on previous Government returner initiatives, and will seek to address the barriers that returners face when re-entering the workplace. It will help organisations to recruit and retain talented staff who are often overlooked because of a gap on their CV.</p><p>Procurement of a supplier to deliver the pilot is expected to launch shortly. Information on the available funding and the expected length of the programme will be released when the procurement is launched. A formal evaluation will be conducted alongside the pilot programme to build the evidence base for what works for returners and employers.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher grouped question UIN 67195 67196 67197 question first answered 24/10/2022 09:16:44 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1524323

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motorways: Speed Limits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of speed limits on smart motorways.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Aaron Bell
	uin	67262
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>Rules 124-125 of The Highway Code set out the speed limits applicable on motorways (including smart motorways), in accordance with the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.</p><p>Smart motorways have variable mandatory speed limits to smooth traffic flow, and reduce congestion, and have electronic signs to warn drivers of incidents ahead. This enables less speeding, tailgating and fewer rapid changes of speed.</p><p>Enforcement by the Police is one of a number of measures which are used to encourage compliance with variable speed limits and ensure that schemes are working as intended.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher question first answered 25/10/2022 12:19:33 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
	tabling member	4837 label Biography information for Aaron Bell

1524349

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Speed Limits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of rules on speed guidance systems in cars; and if she will take steps to introduce new requirements to ensure in-vehicle systems (a) follow road rules and (b) can be overridden by drivers when they do not.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	67131
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>There are currently no mandatory requirements for speed guidance systems fitted to cars in Great Britain. Intelligent Speed Assistance (ISA) is such a system and was mandated for new vehicles by the European Union (EU) from this year under an agreed a package of measures known as the General Safety Regulation (GSR) but does not apply to the UK following our EU Exit.</p><p>The UK’s departure from the EU provides the platform to capitalise on regulatory freedoms and make decisions that are right for road safety in Great Britain. An assessment is being undertaken on vehicle technologies introduced by GSR and a decision will be taken in due course as to whether to mandate any of those in Great Britain.</p><p>Irrespective of the technology deployed on a vehicle and how it performs, the driver is required by law to be in control of their vehicle at all times. Therefore, as a principle, any Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS), like ISA, can be overridden or switched off by the driver at any time.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher question first answered 25/10/2022 12:22:18 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1524379

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Speed Limits
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will put in place guidelines for local authorities requiring them to base all local speed limits on traffic-engineering principles and not to impose lower speed limits merely as a local traffic deterrent or for other reasons.
	tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
	tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
	uin	66915
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2022 answer text <p>Local traffic authorities are responsible for taking decisions about setting speed limits on their roads as they have the local knowledge making them the best placed to do so.</p><p>The Department for Transport issues non-mandatory guidance to English local authorities on setting speed limits.</p><p>Factors authorities are advised to take into account include history of collisions; road environment, geometry and engineering; road function and types of road users (including existing and potential levels of vulnerable road users); and existing traffic speeds.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher question first answered 24/10/2022 09:09:25 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
	tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

1523487

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2022
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Equal Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when the Government will publish its review of the impact of gender pay gap regulations.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	65985
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2022 answer text <p>This Government is committed to the empowerment of women in the workplace. Over the last decade our work has seen the gender pay gap fall considerably with the reporting regulations helping to motivate employers to improve equality in the workplace and strong growth in the number of women in full-time work.</p><p>To drive forward this progress we have recently announced a groundbreaking pay transparency pilot, a new STEM returners programme and a Taskforce on Women-Led High-Growth Enterprises.</p><p>We are required to carry out a review of the regulations after they’ve been in force for five years; as is the case for many other business regulations. This is being prepared by the Equality Hub. It is important that we take time to properly consider the evidence we have from the last five years, especially factoring in the effects of the pandemic, so that the review accurately reflects the implementation and impact of reporting. It will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher grouped question UIN 65987 question first answered 21/10/2022 09:47:38 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1523508

	registered interest
	date	18/10/2022
	answering body	Women and Equalities
	answering dept id	31
	answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
	answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
	hansard heading	Equal Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, how many companies have signed up to the Government’s pay transparency research pilot.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	65986
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2022 answer text <p>In March, the Equality Hub announced a pilot study to build the evidence on the impact of employers including salary information in all job adverts, and stopping asking about previous salary during recruitment, as part of a new drive on pay transparency. In order to ensure the results from the pilot are robust, we will be running it as a controlled trial; with specific employers recruited to take part. We will make an announcement on the participating employers at a time that will ensure the outcomes of the trials are not influenced by it.</p><p>The pay setting processes of employers vary widely, and are likely to have changed over the lifetime of the organisations. Many are unlikely to have established a fair and robust pay and reward process from the outset, or performed a job evaluation study. This in turn produces the conditions where unintentional pay disparities may open up. For this reason, for many organisations, moving immediately to a system of full pay transparency is likely to require a period of adjustment. That is why we also announced that we will work with employers to develop a methodology to support them to adopt these measures.</p><p>This work, separate to the research pilot, will be supported by the pay transparency working group. This informal group met for the first time in September, and is made up of a mixture of employer bodies, businesses, and HR professionals. In order to facilitate rich discussion among participants, these meetings are held under Chatham House rules. This enables employers to be honest about the barriers they are facing, which will in turn inform a more effective methodology which actually engages with the issues.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher grouped question UIN 65988 65989 question first answered 21/10/2022 10:27:00 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds