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1691583

registered interest
date	26/02/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Government Departments: DP World and P&O Ferries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had recent discussions with Cabinet colleagues on the procurement of services from (a) P&O Ferries and (b) DP World by Government departments.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	15695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2024 answer text <p>In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of internal discussions are not normally disclosed.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 29/02/2024 13:28:00 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1691597

registered interest
date	26/02/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Buses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to hold discussions with the Confederation of Passenger Transport on (a) buses and (b) coaches.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	15585
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Transport regularly engages with a range of stakeholders, including the Confederation of Passenger Transport to discuss buses and coaches, in order to deliver better bus services for passengers as set out in the National Bus Strategy. The Department will continue to engage with the Confederation of Passenger Transport on a regular basis.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 29/02/2024 09:00:41 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1691418

registered interest
date	23/02/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Ukraine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is taking steps to help support individuals that wish to donate vehicles to Ukraine.
tabling member constituency	Penrith and The Border
tabling member printed	Dr Neil Hudson
uin	15506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2024 answer text <p>Yes. Whilst the Government does not provide direct assistance to individuals looking to donate their vehicle to Ukraine we are supportive of efforts to make routes to donation available.</p><p> </p><p>Following the Transport Secretary's letter to the Mayor of London on 31 January, the Mayor has now announced vehicles can be donated to Ukraine through TfL’s ULEZ scrappage scheme.</p><p> </p><p>This will give ULEZ scrappage scheme applicants the option to donate suitable vehicles to Ukraine instead of scrapping them, and still receive the grant payment.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 28/02/2024 09:28:08 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4853 label Biography information for Dr Neil Hudson

1691084

registered interest
date	22/02/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Speed Limits: Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to impose 20mph speed limits on school roads; and if he will provide funding to devolved Administrations to purchase speed limit signs for each (a) primary and (b) high school.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	15280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>In England, responsibility for setting local speed limits rests with the traffic authority. The Department for Transport advises that in specific and limited areas traffic authorities should consider the use of 20mph schemes, for example outside schools.</p><p> </p><p>Speed limits in Northern Ireland are a matter for the Department for Infrastructure.</p><p> </p><p>There are no plans to provide specific funding to devolved Administrations for the purchase of speed limit signs.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 27/02/2024 13:53:10 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1691104

registered interest
date	22/02/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Bexley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department has allocated to Bexley Council for (a) pothole and (b) other road repairs in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Bexleyheath and Crayford
tabling member printed	Sir David Evennett
uin	15224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>The Department has allocated a total of £1.333 million to the London Borough of Bexley for local highway maintenance since 2015, as part of one-off funding uplifts, as set out in the table below. Transport is a devolved matter in London, meaning that the Department for Transport does not routinely allocate highway maintenance funding to London boroughs.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Funding Stream</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount £</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>Pothole Action Fund</p></td><td><p><strong>80,000</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>Budget 2018</p></td><td><p><strong>703,000</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023/24</p></td><td><p>Roads Resurfacing Fund</p></td><td><p><strong>275,000</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2024/25</p></td><td><p>Roads Resurfacing Fund</p></td><td><p><strong>275,000</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,333,000</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Over the period between 2023/24 - 2033/34, the London Borough of Bexley will receive a minimum of £8.345 million funding through the national Roads Resurfacing Fund, as announced within the Prime Minister’s Network North plan on 4 October 2023 and as set out on gov.uk.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 27/02/2024 13:59:35 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett

1691256

registered interest
date	22/02/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cars: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to introduce a specific width limit for passenger cars.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	15314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2024 answer text <p>A width limit for passenger cars is already in place. All vehicles are required to meet rigorous requirements for safety to protect occupants and other road users and stringent environmental standards. With respect to climate change, our Zero Emission Vehicle mandate will put us on a pathway to ensuring that, by 2035, all new cars and vans will be zero emissions at the exhaust.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 15316 question first answered 29/02/2024 08:59:04 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1691259

registered interest
date	22/02/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cars: Standards
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 potential impact of increased car (a) sizes and (b) weights on (i) road safety and (ii) climate change.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	15316
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2024 answer text <p>A width limit for passenger cars is already in place. All vehicles are required to meet rigorous requirements for safety to protect occupants and other road users and stringent environmental standards. With respect to climate change, our Zero Emission Vehicle mandate will put us on a pathway to ensuring that, by 2035, all new cars and vans will be zero emissions at the exhaust.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 15314 question first answered 29/02/2024 08:59:05 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1690895

registered interest
date	21/02/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: Pedestrian Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is taking steps to ensure that cyclists are aware of Rule 64 of the Highway Code.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	15138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2024 answer text <p>The Highway Code is published by the DVSA, which promotes adherence with the code via direct communications to learner drivers and via accredited driving instructors.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 29/02/2024 08:57:15 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1690417

registered interest
date	20/02/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Pedestrian Areas: Access
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the report by the Local Government Association entitled The path to inclusive footways, published on 10 February 2024.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	14935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>The Department is aware that pavement parking is a challenging and complex issue.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities are responsible for parking restrictions and already have powers to tackle pavement parking by implementing Traffic Regulation Orders. The Department has consulted on further options to help local authorities outside London tackle this issue and will publish a formal response when final decisions have been taken.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 26/02/2024 17:01:28 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1690421

registered interest
date	20/02/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Pedestrian Areas: Access
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that highways funding supports pavement accessibility.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	14936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2024 answer text <p>Local highway authorities have a duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980 to maintain the public highway network in their area, including footways and pavements. In doing so the Department recommends that they follow the advice set out in various guidance documents, which covers topics such as the maintenance and design of pavements, and the use of tactile paving .</p><p> </p><p>The additional £8.3 billion of highway maintenance funding that the Government is providing to all English local highway authorities over the years 2023/24 to 2033/34 will allow them to invest in improvements to their local highway networks, including pavements and footways. Authorities will be expected to detail how this additional funding is being spent, to allow members of the public to hold them to account for this.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 26/02/2024 15:39:12 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan