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1668295

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 25 November 2022 to Question 93512, what recent discussions his Department has had with the Department for Infrastructure in Northern Ireland on its graduated driving licence pilot scheme.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	707
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>We have not had recent discussions, however officials did discuss with Department for Infrastructure in Northern Ireland officials progress on their implementation of GDL in December 2022 and January 2023. We have asked to be updated on progress as appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 13/11/2023 16:36:04 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1668478

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Mid Bedfordshire
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 improve bus services in Mid Bedfordshire constituency.
tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Alistair Strathern
uin	966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of transport provision in rural areas and is committed to finding solutions which ensure that local communities in these areas have viable and improved transport services.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport is investing in the bus sector to deliver the ambitions of the National Bus Strategy to make bus services more reliable and cheaper. Over £1 billion was allocated to 34 Local Transport Authorities (LTAs) in the first phase of funding for LTAs to deliver their Bus Service Improvement Plans (BSIPs). All other LTAs received funding from the £160m Bus Service Improvement Plan Plus (BSIP+) fund announced in May 2023.</p><p> </p><p>On 4 October, as part of Network North, we announced a further £1 billion from redirected HS2 funding to level up bus services in the North and Midlands via BSIP, making them more frequent, more reliable, cheaper, and easier to use. We are also extending the £2 bus fare cap until the end of 2024, meaning we are investing nearly £600 million in total to cap bus fares across England since the scheme was launched. On top of this, we have announced that a new uplift of 60% will be added to Community Transport Operators’ (CTOs) Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG) claims until 31 March 2025.</p><p> </p><p>Central Bedfordshire received £3,724,719 in Government funding to make improvements set out in their BSIP up to March 2025 in the first phase of BSIP funding. They have also been allocated £700,914 in the second phase of BSIP+ funding up to March 2025.</p><p> </p><p>Bedford Borough Council have been allocated £1,093,514 in the second phase of BSIP+ funding up to March 2025.</p><p> </p><p>LTAs in receipt of BSIP and/or BSIP+ funding may use the funding to target it on the actions that they – and local operators through their Enhanced Partnership (where relevant) – believe will deliver the best overall outcomes in growing long term patronage, revenues and thus maintaining service levels, whilst maintaining essential social and economic connectivity for local communities</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 967 question first answered 13/11/2023 16:36:50 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	5000 label Biography information for Alistair Strathern

1668480

registered interest
date	08/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Mid Bedfordshire
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 support local authorities provide access to bus services for remote communities in Mid Bedfordshire constituency.
tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Alistair Strathern
uin	967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of transport provision in rural areas and is committed to finding solutions which ensure that local communities in these areas have viable and improved transport services.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport is investing in the bus sector to deliver the ambitions of the National Bus Strategy to make bus services more reliable and cheaper. Over £1 billion was allocated to 34 Local Transport Authorities (LTAs) in the first phase of funding for LTAs to deliver their Bus Service Improvement Plans (BSIPs). All other LTAs received funding from the £160m Bus Service Improvement Plan Plus (BSIP+) fund announced in May 2023.</p><p> </p><p>On 4 October, as part of Network North, we announced a further £1 billion from redirected HS2 funding to level up bus services in the North and Midlands via BSIP, making them more frequent, more reliable, cheaper, and easier to use. We are also extending the £2 bus fare cap until the end of 2024, meaning we are investing nearly £600 million in total to cap bus fares across England since the scheme was launched. On top of this, we have announced that a new uplift of 60% will be added to Community Transport Operators’ (CTOs) Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG) claims until 31 March 2025.</p><p> </p><p>Central Bedfordshire received £3,724,719 in Government funding to make improvements set out in their BSIP up to March 2025 in the first phase of BSIP funding. They have also been allocated £700,914 in the second phase of BSIP+ funding up to March 2025.</p><p> </p><p>Bedford Borough Council have been allocated £1,093,514 in the second phase of BSIP+ funding up to March 2025.</p><p> </p><p>LTAs in receipt of BSIP and/or BSIP+ funding may use the funding to target it on the actions that they – and local operators through their Enhanced Partnership (where relevant) – believe will deliver the best overall outcomes in growing long term patronage, revenues and thus maintaining service levels, whilst maintaining essential social and economic connectivity for local communities</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper grouped question UIN 966 question first answered 13/11/2023 16:36:50 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	5000 label Biography information for Alistair Strathern

1667647

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicle Tyres (Labelling) (Enforcement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the answer of 17 April 2023 to Question 176600 on Motor Vehicle Tyres (Labelling) (Enforcement) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020, what recent progress his Department has made on reviewing its stock of Retained EU Law.
tabling member constituency	Belfast East
tabling member printed	Gavin Robinson
uin	233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2023 answer text <p>The Department continues to actively review retained EU laws to identify and progress opportunities for reform by June 2026, when the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act’s powers expire.</p><p> </p><p>We have already taken steps, such as through four statutory instruments already laid so far that seek to revoke or reform transport retained EU laws, the detail of which is available online. This is in addition to revoking over 65 unnecessary transport retained EU laws through the Act itself, including the Port Services Regulations 2019.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 13/11/2023 16:35:29 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4360 label Biography information for Gavin Robinson

1535714

registered interest
date	25/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when her Department plans to publish its National Rail Accessibility strategy.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	71215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2022 answer text <p>The National Rail Accessibility strategy is being developed and will be published in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 28/10/2022 10:12:39 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1535859

registered interest
date	25/10/2022
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 make an assessment of the impact of 20mph speed limits on the number of road accidents occurring in those areas since the introduction of that speed limit; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	70991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department published a comprehensive three-year evaluation of the effect of 20mph signed-only limits on 22 November 2018.</p><p>The research substantially strengthens the evidence base on perceptions, speeds and early outcomes associated with 20mph speed limits, and is the only major UK study to consider multiple case study areas and provide a national view.</p><p>The headline findings were:</p><ul><li>20mph limits are supported by the majority of residents and drivers</li><li>There has been a small reduction in median speed (less than 1mph).</li><li>Vehicles travelling at higher speeds before the introduction of the 20mph limit have reduced their speed more than those already travelling at lower speeds.</li><li>There is insufficient evidence to conclude that that there has been a significant change in collisions and casualties following the introduction of 20mph limits in residential areas.</li><li>In one city centre case study there has been a significant reduction in collisions and casualties.</li></ul> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 28/10/2022 09:58:57 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

1535862

registered interest
date	25/10/2022
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 require local highway authorities to conduct an annual review the effect of the introduction of 20 mile per hour speed limit zones on (a) road accidents and (b) traffic flows in those areas.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	70992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Transport does not have any plans to impose any new requirements on local traffic authorities. They are responsible for taking the decisions in respect to the speed limits on their roads, because 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, to assist their decision making. The guidance suggests that they keep their speed limits under review with changing circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 28/10/2022 10:01:32 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

1535884

registered interest
date	25/10/2022
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, with reference to the rail contract between the Secretary of State and First Trans Pennine Express Limited, how many train drivers were estimated to be recruited to ensure delivery of planned passenger services; and how many drivers have been recruited by that company from the commencement of that contract to date.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	71145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2022 answer text <p>TransPennine Express has recruited 114 drivers since May 2021 (a combination of trainee and qualified drivers) which is in support of additional requirements (such as the Manchester Recovery Task Force and the TransPennine Route Upgrade diversionary route) and to manage expected attrition and turnover. This is in line with forecasted requirements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 28/10/2022 10:11:08 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1535885

registered interest
date	25/10/2022
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, with reference to the rail contract between the Secretary of State and First Trans Pennine Express Limited, how many drivers have (a) been recruited by and (b) left the employment of that company in 2022.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	71146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2022 answer text <p>TransPennine Express has recruited 103 Drivers in 2022. It will lose 50 drivers between January and December 2022, and forecasts an additional 13 will leave on top of this.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 28/10/2022 10:10:07 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1535928

registered interest
date	25/10/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Avanti West Coast
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many train drivers have been (a) recruited and (b) left the West Coast Partnership in each year since the start of the West Coast Partnership Emergency Recovery Measures agreement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	71147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2022 answer text <p>The recruitment and training of drivers was significantly restricted during the pandemic. Figures for relevant years are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Drivers recruited</p></td><td><p>Drivers left</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec 2019 – Dec 2020</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec 2020 – Dec 2021</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec 2021 to Dec 2022 (incl. forecasted)</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 28/10/2022 10:09:17 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh