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446071

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Air Traffic Control: Lasers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many incidents of laser pen attacks on air traffic control towers have been recorded in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
	tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
	uin	23113
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2016 answer text <p>In the last five years from the period 1 July 2009 to 31 July 2015, the Civil Aviation Authority recorded 17 reports of laser pen attacks affecting air traffic towers in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 27/01/2016 12:38:54 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

446069

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Aviation: Lasers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the number of pilots operating in the UK who have sought medical assistance after a laser pen attack which occurred in the course of their work.
	tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
	tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
	uin	23114
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2016 answer text <p>The Department does not hold any information on the number of pilots who have sought medical assistance following a laser pen attack. The Civil Aviation Authority has published a Safety Notice which provides guidance on laser attacks, including the action that aircraft crew and controllers should take during and immediately after an attack. It also includes a self-assessment tool to help those exposed to lasers make an immediate assessment of their vision and determine whether or not they need to consult an eye specialist.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 27/01/2016 11:57:55 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

446072

	registered interest
	date	19/01/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Aviation: Lasers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the number of UK pilots who have been stood down after a laser pen attack occurring in the course of their work.
	tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
	tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
	uin	23115
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2016 answer text <p>The Civil Aviation Authority does not have any evidence to confirm that any pilot has been removed from flying duties or suffered long term damage as a result of exposure from a laser attack whilst undertaking their duties.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 27/01/2016 12:01:30 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

172010

	registered interest
	date	05/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Blue Badge Scheme: Kent
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Blue Badges were issued in Kent in each year since 2008-09.
	tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
	tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
	uin	219710
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>The table below shows the total number of valid Blue Badges issued in Kent in each financial year between 2008/09 and 2012/13.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Valid Blue Badges issued: Kent, 2008/09 to 2012/13*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Valid Blue Badges issued in Kent</p></td><td><p>26,300</p></td><td><p>27,144</p></td><td><p>28,558</p></td><td><p>24,902</p></td><td><p>26,492</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* Issued between 1 April and 31 March</p><p>These results are published in table DIS0108, available at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/265895/dis0108.xls" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/265895/dis0108.xls</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 12/01/2015 10:56:25 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

156066

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving under Influence
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Government's first anti-drink drive television advert.
	tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
	tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
	uin	214487
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>The department’s THINK! road safety campaign recently launched its 50 years of drink drive campaigning on the 7<sup>th</sup> November. The campaign has used the 50 year milestone to mark the progress made in reducing drink drive deaths on our road while underlining that – with 230 lives lost in 2012 – there is still a long way to go. One death caused by drink driving is one death too many.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 24/11/2014 12:50:34 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

793110

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the Answer of 8 November 2017 to Question 110581, on pupils: health, what steps her Department plans to take to ensure that schools are (a) aware of and (b) comply with statutory guidance supporting pupils with medical conditions at school, further to promoting the duty through the Department's social media.
	tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
	tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
	uin	114895
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>Our recent promotion of the guidance through the department’s social media channels reached over 32,000 people. The department will consider whether further steps might be necessary to raise awareness of the guidance.</p><p> </p><p>Ofsted’s Common Inspection Framework requires inspectors, in making judgements upon schools, to pay particular attention to the outcomes of a range of groups of pupils, including those with medical needs. Ofsted included guidance to inspectors on this matter in their March 2017 school inspection update, reminding inspectors that they should consider how schools are meeting the needs of pupils with medical conditions.</p><p> </p><p>Ofsted’s onward plans are a matter for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman. I have asked her to write to you, and a copy of her reply will be placed in the libraries of the House.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 114898 question first answered 29/11/2017 10:05:17 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

793113

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Pupils: Health
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what plans Ofsted has to update its training and guidance on effective implementation of Supporting pupils with medical conditions at school.
	tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
	tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
	uin	114898
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>Our recent promotion of the guidance through the department’s social media channels reached over 32,000 people. The department will consider whether further steps might be necessary to raise awareness of the guidance.</p><p> </p><p>Ofsted’s Common Inspection Framework requires inspectors, in making judgements upon schools, to pay particular attention to the outcomes of a range of groups of pupils, including those with medical needs. Ofsted included guidance to inspectors on this matter in their March 2017 school inspection update, reminding inspectors that they should consider how schools are meeting the needs of pupils with medical conditions.</p><p> </p><p>Ofsted’s onward plans are a matter for Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector, Amanda Spielman. I have asked her to write to you, and a copy of her reply will be placed in the libraries of the House.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 114895 question first answered 29/11/2017 10:05:17 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

168718

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Kent
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been invested in road infrastructure in (a) Kent, (b) Medway and (c) Gillingham and Rainham constituency in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
	tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
	uin	217631
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>The Gillingham and Rainham constituency falls within Medway Council’s area of responsibility and therefore we do not allocate any funds separately for road infrastructure in that area.</p><p> </p><p>On the Strategic Road Network the investment in (a) Kent and (b) Medway for the financial years from 2010-11 to 2014-15 is provided in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>Highways Agency Funding</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15 (Year to Date)</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p>£m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent</p></td><td><p>8.4</p></td><td><p>8.9</p></td><td><p>46.8</p></td><td><p>111.4</p></td><td><p>58.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medway</p></td><td><p>1.8</p></td><td><p>0.1</p></td><td><p>1.1</p></td><td><p>1.2</p></td><td><p>0.4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>For the local road network the Department for Transport has allocated the following funding to (a) Kent and (b) Medway for road infrastructure:</p><p> </p><p>Local Highways Funding</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>2010/11*</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p>£m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent</p></td><td><p>93.9</p></td><td><p>73.1</p></td><td><p>32.7</p></td><td><p>36.3</p></td><td><p>54.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medway</p></td><td><p>5.3</p></td><td><p>4.6</p></td><td><p>3.9</p></td><td><p>4.1</p></td><td><p>5.3</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The above table includes funding we have provided through the local Highways Maintenance Block, Integrated Transport Block, Severe Weather Funding, Local Major Projects and Local Pinch Point Fund schemes. The table does not include funding provided through the Bus Service Operators Grant, Local Sustainable Transport Fund, or Cycling Grant.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities are also able to use revenue funding, allocated by the Department of Communities and Local Government through the Revenue Support Grant for maintaining their local highways. It is for local highway authorities to decide upon their spending priorities across the whole range of services that they provide.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 15/12/2014 16:40:04 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

76529

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: 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 recent trends in road safety statistics.
	tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
	tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
	uin	904765
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The figures for 2013 show the lowest number of road deaths since records began.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government is working on a range of measures to continue to improve road safety including introducing a new drug driving offence, cycle proofing roads, and removing the “statutory option” to ensure more drink drivers are brought to justice.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 10/07/2014 13:24:27 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti