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1142950

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Guide Dogs
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 Department's its guidance for bus operators on the quality of training in relation to the EU Bus and Coach Regulations 2013 on making bus transport more accessible to guide-dog owners.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	284450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to publishing best practice guidance on the provision of high quality disability awareness training for bus and coach drivers, to support operators to ensure that every driver has the knowledge and skills to assist disabled passengers.</p><p> </p><p>We will publish the guidance later in the year and will work with the bus and coach industry to encourage its adoption.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 09/09/2019 12:20:22 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1143088

registered interest
date	02/09/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Inclusive Transport Strategy, published in July 2018, what recent progress his Department has made on developing a monitoring and enforcement framework for mandatory bus driver disability awareness training.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	284475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Transport publishes annual bus statistics which include an assessment of the proportion of operators requiring relevant staff to undertake disability awareness training consistent with relevant legislation. The most recent release indicated that 98% of staff worked for bus operators that mandated this training. The Department continues to engage with industry and regulators to ensure a proportionate approach to enforcement is followed.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 09/09/2019 12:24:37 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1017223

registered interest
date	29/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Stroud Station: Disability
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 allocate funding to Stroud railway station to enable it to be accessible to people with disabilities.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	197321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2018 answer text <p>We are committed to improving access to the rail network and we have made a further £300m available to extend our Access for All programme, which delivers accessible routes at selected stations. The industry was asked to put forward nominations for this funding by 16 November. Stroud station was one of more than 300 stations nominated.</p><p> </p><p>I plan to announce successful stations in April 2019, and whilst I cannot guarantee that Stroud will be included in the programme, I can guarantee it will be given proper consideration and I have noted the Honourable Member’s support.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 04/12/2018 13:55:42 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

934965

registered interest
date	05/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Serco
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many current contracts his Department has with Serco; and what the (a) value, (b) start date and (c) end date of each of those contracts is.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	161086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>Since January 2011, details of central government contracts above the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder. Contracts published prior to 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/data/contracts-finder-archive</a></p><p> </p><p>Those published after 26 February 2015 can be viewed at:</p><p><a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 12/07/2018 14:20:07 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

926563

registered interest
date	18/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Concessions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the age at which each issuing local authority offers older person's bus passes for (a) women and (b) men.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	154581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2018 answer text <p>Eligibility for the statutory scheme is the same in all local authorities throughout England and is currently rising for men and women in line with the equalisation of the retirement age for both at sixty-five.</p><p> </p><p>However, Local Authorities have powers to implement discretionary enhancements to the statutory concession, including offering a concession to older people below the eligible pension age.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s annual concessionary travel survey monitors the availability of such discretionary concessions, and the most recent dataset can be found on the Department’s statistics page on the GOV.UK website at:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/bus08-concessionary-travel/" target="_blank">http://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/bus08-concessionary-travel/</a></p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 21/06/2018 10:38:54 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

872590

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has for the UK to conform to the obligations on ballast water management for the control of invasive non-native species necessary to accede to the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	134404
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The UK fully supports the International Convention for the Control and Managements of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments and domestic legislation is currently under development to enable the UK to accede to the Convention, and effectively implement the obligations.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance has already been issued to UK Shipowners on the requirements of the Convention in order to support implementation.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 134405 134407 question first answered 16/04/2018 16:26:49 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

872591

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he plans to take to give effect to the obligations of the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments in UK law.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	134405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The UK fully supports the International Convention for the Control and Managements of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments and domestic legislation is currently under development to enable the UK to accede to the Convention, and effectively implement the obligations.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance has already been issued to UK Shipowners on the requirements of the Convention in order to support implementation.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 134404 134407 question first answered 16/04/2018 16:26:49 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

872593

registered interest
date	27/03/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans the Government has to ratify the International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	134407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>The UK fully supports the International Convention for the Control and Managements of Ships’ Ballast Water and Sediments and domestic legislation is currently under development to enable the UK to accede to the Convention, and effectively implement the obligations.</p><p> </p><p>Guidance has already been issued to UK Shipowners on the requirements of the Convention in order to support implementation.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 134404 134405 question first answered 16/04/2018 16:26:49 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew