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1506569

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Parking: Pedestrian Areas
	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 his conclusions from the public consultation on managing pavement parking.
	tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
	tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
	uin	51883
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>The Department will publish the formal consultation response and announce next steps as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher question first answered 28/09/2022 10:56:39 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
	tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

1506639

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motorways: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which motorway projects were under construction where the hard shoulder was being converted to a running lane as of 1 September 2022; what the completion date is for those projects; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	uin	51700
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>As of the 1 September 2022, there were 4 schemes all lane running upgrade schemes under construction. These were the: M1 Junction 13-16 (noting parts of this scheme had already finished construction by 1 September 2022), M4 Junctions 3-12 (noting parts of this scheme had already finished construction by 1 September 2022), M6 Junctions 21a-26 and M56 Junctions 6-8.</p><p>It is expected these sections will have completed construction and have stopped vehicle detection in place no later than:</p><ul><li>M1 Junction 13-16: Spring 2023</li><li>M4 Junctions 3-12: Winter 2022</li><li>M6 Junctions 21a-26: Spring 2023</li><li>M56 Junctions 6-8: Spring 2023</li></ul> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher question first answered 28/09/2022 14:22:16 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1506687

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving Tests
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency began its recruitment of 300 additional driving examiners.
	tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
	tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
	uin	51460
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 answer text <p>Driver testing services were significantly disrupted during the pandemic, which has led to a high demand for learners who are now wanting to take their driving test.</p><p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is working hard to provide as many practical driving test appointments as it can, including recruiting more than 300 driving examiners across Great Britain. The first recovery recruitment campaign was launched on 10 February 2021. Since then, 285 driving examiners have entered testing, of which 20 were in Scottish test centres.</p><p>In addition, there are 147 recruits who are in the process of being trained to become driving examiners, of which 18 are for test centres in Scotland.</p><p>The DVSA’s examiner recruitment campaigns continue to be successful but, like many employers, the DVSA is finding the job market extremely competitive. As it moves through each recruitment campaign, the DVSA will continually review and make changes and improvements to its recruitment and selection process, and training courses.</p><p>On 20 September 2022, the DVSA launched its latest campaign to recruit another 136 driving examiner posts; 8 of these posts are intended for test centres in Scotland.</p><p>Since the commencement of the recovery recruitment campaigns, waiting times for car practical driving tests have reduced by 1.5 weeks (based on the DVSA’s data at the end of August 2022).</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher question first answered 23/09/2022 12:51:32 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
	tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

1506688

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving Tests
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency's plan to recruit 300 additional driving examiners, how many additional driving instructors been recruited as on 20 September 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
	tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
	uin	51461
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 answer text <p>Driver testing services were significantly disrupted during the pandemic, which has led to a high demand for learners who are now wanting to take their driving test.</p><p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is working hard to provide as many practical driving test appointments as it can, including recruiting more than 300 driving examiners across Great Britain. The first recovery recruitment campaign was launched on 10 February 2021. Since then, 285 driving examiners have entered testing, of which 20 were in Scottish test centres.</p><p>In addition, there are 147 recruits who are in the process of being trained to become driving examiners, of which 18 are for test centres in Scotland.</p><p>The DVSA’s examiner recruitment campaigns continue to be successful but, like many employers, the DVSA is finding the job market extremely competitive. As it moves through each recruitment campaign, the DVSA will continually review and make changes and improvements to its recruitment and selection process, and training courses.</p><p>On 20 September 2022, the DVSA launched its latest campaign to recruit another 136 driving examiner posts; 8 of these posts are intended for test centres in Scotland.</p><p>Since the commencement of the recovery recruitment campaigns, waiting times for car practical driving tests have reduced by 1.5 weeks (based on the DVSA’s data at the end of August 2022).</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher grouped question UIN 51462 51463 question first answered 23/09/2022 09:43:25 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
	tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

1506689

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving Tests: Waiting Lists
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the change in the average waiting time for a driving test has been in the period since the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency began its recruitment of 300 additional driving examiners.
	tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
	tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
	uin	51462
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 answer text <p>Driver testing services were significantly disrupted during the pandemic, which has led to a high demand for learners who are now wanting to take their driving test.</p><p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is working hard to provide as many practical driving test appointments as it can, including recruiting more than 300 driving examiners across Great Britain. The first recovery recruitment campaign was launched on 10 February 2021. Since then, 285 driving examiners have entered testing, of which 20 were in Scottish test centres.</p><p>In addition, there are 147 recruits who are in the process of being trained to become driving examiners, of which 18 are for test centres in Scotland.</p><p>The DVSA’s examiner recruitment campaigns continue to be successful but, like many employers, the DVSA is finding the job market extremely competitive. As it moves through each recruitment campaign, the DVSA will continually review and make changes and improvements to its recruitment and selection process, and training courses.</p><p>On 20 September 2022, the DVSA launched its latest campaign to recruit another 136 driving examiner posts; 8 of these posts are intended for test centres in Scotland.</p><p>Since the commencement of the recovery recruitment campaigns, waiting times for car practical driving tests have reduced by 1.5 weeks (based on the DVSA’s data at the end of August 2022).</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher grouped question UIN 51461 51463 question first answered 23/09/2022 09:43:26 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
	tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

1506691

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving Tests: Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency's plan to recruit 300 additional driving examiners, how many and what proportion of these additional driving instructors were recruited in Scotland as on 20 September 2022.
	tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
	tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
	uin	51463
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/09/2022 answer text <p>Driver testing services were significantly disrupted during the pandemic, which has led to a high demand for learners who are now wanting to take their driving test.</p><p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is working hard to provide as many practical driving test appointments as it can, including recruiting more than 300 driving examiners across Great Britain. The first recovery recruitment campaign was launched on 10 February 2021. Since then, 285 driving examiners have entered testing, of which 20 were in Scottish test centres.</p><p>In addition, there are 147 recruits who are in the process of being trained to become driving examiners, of which 18 are for test centres in Scotland.</p><p>The DVSA’s examiner recruitment campaigns continue to be successful but, like many employers, the DVSA is finding the job market extremely competitive. As it moves through each recruitment campaign, the DVSA will continually review and make changes and improvements to its recruitment and selection process, and training courses.</p><p>On 20 September 2022, the DVSA launched its latest campaign to recruit another 136 driving examiner posts; 8 of these posts are intended for test centres in Scotland.</p><p>Since the commencement of the recovery recruitment campaigns, waiting times for car practical driving tests have reduced by 1.5 weeks (based on the DVSA’s data at the end of August 2022).</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher grouped question UIN 51461 51462 question first answered 23/09/2022 09:43:26 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
	tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael

1507080

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motorcycles: Noise
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking with (a) manufacturers and (b) other stakeholders to ensure that all motorcycles and mopeds do not exceed limits for vehicle volume.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	51893
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government takes the impact of traffic noise on communities seriously . Manufacturers of motor vehicles, including motorcycles and mopeds, are required to demonstrate compliance with strict noise limits before placing products on the market.</p><p>The police have powers to act if they suspect an exhaust has been modified to increase noise above these limits The Department is engaging with the police on the role of 'noise camera' technology in more targeted, efficient and effective enforcement</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher grouped question UIN 51894 question first answered 28/09/2022 10:54:11 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1507081

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Noise
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to tackle motorists who add aftermarket mufflers to their exhaust systems in order to dramatically increase the noise produced by their vehicles.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	51894
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government takes the impact of traffic noise on communities seriously . Manufacturers of motor vehicles, including motorcycles and mopeds, are required to demonstrate compliance with strict noise limits before placing products on the market.</p><p>The police have powers to act if they suspect an exhaust has been modified to increase noise above these limits The Department is engaging with the police on the role of 'noise camera' technology in more targeted, efficient and effective enforcement</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher grouped question UIN 51893 question first answered 28/09/2022 10:54:11 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1507131

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	A5
	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 upgrading the A5 as part of the Union Connectivity Review to help improve links between Shrewsbury, Shropshire and Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
	tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
	uin	51547
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>The Government thanks Sir Peter Hendy for his independent Union Connectivity Review. We are considering his recommendations carefully and will publish our response as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher question first answered 28/09/2022 10:52:05 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
	tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1507135

	registered interest
	date	20/09/2022
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Parking: Pedestrian Areas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Government plans to respond to the consultation on managed pavement parking, which closed in November 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
	tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
	uin	51764
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/09/2022 answer text <p>The Department will publish the formal consultation response and announce next steps as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency South Ribble answering member printed Katherine Fletcher question first answered 28/09/2022 10:58:27 answering member 4834 label Biography information for Katherine Fletcher
	tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith