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1702162

	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
	hansard heading	Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an estimate of the number of pothole-related damages to vehicles in Warwickshire in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	22608
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>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 10:38:35 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

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

1694075

	registered interest
	date	06/03/2024
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Pedestrian Crossings: Schools
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many schools were served by crossing guards in (a) 2018 and (b) 2024.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	17373
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2024 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for the provision of school crossing patrols as they are best placed to assess the needs of the local community. The Department for Transport does not collect statistics on school crossing patrols.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 11/03/2024 15:35:09 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1673622

	registered interest
	date	28/11/2023
	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, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of extending the length of time for which a driving theory test certificate is valid.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	4241
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2023 answer text <p>It is important road safety knowledge and hazard perception skills are up to date at the critical point a person drives unsupervised for the first time.</p><p>The maximum duration of two years between passing the theory test and a subsequent practical test is in place to ensure a candidate’s road safety knowledge and ability to identify developing hazards is current. This validity period is set in legislation and the Government has no current plans to lay further legislation to extend it.</p><p>Ensuring new drivers have current relevant knowledge and skills is a vital part of the preparation of new drivers, who are disproportionality represented in casualty statistics. Learners will therefore need to pass another theory test if their certificate expires.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 05/12/2023 15:31:19 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1624373

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2023
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Individual Savings Accounts: Universal Credit
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when will he implement the announcement made by the Government in June 2022 to exempt Lifetime ISAs from Universal Credit capital rules.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	183161
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/05/2023 answer text <p>The Department continues to support citizens into homeownership, including those on Universal Credit who currently have access to a generous Help to Save scheme, which tops up their savings by 50 per cent and can be used towards a mortgage.</p><p>We are continuing to work on the issue of Lifetime ISAs.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 10/05/2023 16:22:32 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western