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date	08/12/2021
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Hate Crime: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has plans to classify attacks based on incel misogyny as hate crimes triggering longer sentences.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	89670
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2021 answer text <p>The Law Commission’s review of hate crime laws was commissioned by the Government in 2018. This review examined the coverage and approach of existing hate crime legislation, including consideration of whether other protective characteristics, such as sex and age, should be included. The Law Commission published its final recommendations on 7 December.</p><p>We are grateful to the Law Commission for the detailed consideration it has given to its review.</p><p>The Government will consider its proposals carefully and respond to the recommendations in due course.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 15/12/2021 16:33:01 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1316852

registered interest
date	20/05/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Buses and Trains: Ventilation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what improvements have been made to ventilation infrastructure on (a) buses and (b) trains since the start of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	4695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2021 answer text <p>The Department for Transport has published ‘Safer Transport’ guidance for operators, which helps transport organisations understand how to provide safer workplaces and services for themselves, their workers and passengers.</p><p> </p><p>The Safer Transport guidance includes a section on ‘Ventilation’, which suggests ways in which transport operators could ensure that a fresh air supply is consistently flowing through vehicles.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 26/05/2021 15:56:59 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1308023

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Rural Areas
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 ensure the affordability of bus fares in rural areas.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	179537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government pays almost £260 million per year in Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG), which benefits passengers by helping operators keep fares down, and enabling operators to run services that might otherwise be unprofitable and could lead to cancellation, particularly in rural areas.</p><p> </p><p>In the National Bus Strategy, published on 15 March, we set out our intention to consult on reforms to BSOG. We will consider the needs of rural bus users amongst many things.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to ensuring the unique needs of rural areas are met, and so will boost the Rural Services Delivery Grant by £4 million to £85 million next year, making it the highest rural grant paid to date.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 19/04/2021 14:58:49 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1253423

registered interest
date	18/11/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences: Autism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people have had their driving licences revoked following a declaration of autism.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	117365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2020 answer text <p>Drivers who have an autistic spectrum condition do not need to declare their condition to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) unless it affects their ability to control a vehicle safely.</p><p> </p><p>When the DVLA receives such a notification it will carry out an appropriate medical investigation. A driving licence will only be revoked if the licence holder is unable to meet the required medical standards of fitness to drive.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In 2020 (up to 18 November), 23 driving licences have been revoked on medical grounds for drivers who notified the DVLA of an autistic spectrum condition.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 24/11/2020 17:25:51 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1253424

registered interest
date	18/11/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences: Autism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people who have been diagnosed with autism have had their driving licences revoked following a report to the DVLA from the Police in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	117366
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2020 answer text <p>The information requested is not recorded. The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) will not revoke a driver’s licence on the strength of a notification from the police. If the DVLA receives such a notification, it will examine the information provided to determine if there is sufficient reason to begin an investigation into the person’s fitness to drive.</p><p> </p><p>The DVLA will only revoke a driving licence for medical reasons if, following an appropriate medical investigation, the licence holder is unable to meet the required medical standards of fitness to drive.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 24/11/2020 17:23:01 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1231182

registered interest
date	03/09/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorhomes: Registration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the DVLA guidance entitled Converting a vehicle into a motor caravan (motor home) updated on 27 August 2020, what estimate his Department has made of the number of vans that have been modified to be motor caravans but cannot be reclassified.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	84736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2020 answer text <p>In the last three years, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has received 49,901 applications to change a vehicle’s body type to motor caravan, of which, 32,199 were approved. The body type descriptor held on the vehicle record must describe what a vehicle looks like in traffic. It is not linked to the use of the vehicle, its insurance cover or speed restrictions. The body type descriptor is used purely to provide the police and other enforcement agencies with a description of the vehicle being driven in traffic.</p><p>For those applications where the body type is unable to be changed to “motor caravan”, the vehicle can still be used for that purpose, provided any alterations made to the vehicle do not compromise its safety. The DVLA will allocate the most appropriate body type depending on the external appearance of the vehicle.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 10/09/2020 13:38:12 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1230249

registered interest
date	01/09/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Tree Planting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what species of tree are in the Highways England recommended tree planting strategy alongside (a) motorways and (b) A-roads.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	83950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2020 answer text <p>Highways England’s standard for landscape design requires the character of the landscape around roads to be considered when specifying species for tree planting schemes. Projects on motorways and A-roads should therefore use local species of trees if possible and appropriate for that location. In practice, predominantly native and locally indigenous species are planted within the highway such as Hawthorn, Birch, Crab apple and Field Maple. Motorway interchanges and larger expanses may have space for bigger trees such as Oak or Beech. Occasionally<strong>, </strong>the need to support local habitats/species, or to protect local genetic diversity, may require trees to be grown from seeds from a specific location (accounting for “local provenance”). Highways England has a specification for such special provenance requirements.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 09/09/2020 15:31:45 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1229185

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorhomes: Registration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many applications for van to motor caravan conversions have been made in last five years; and how many of those applications have been turned down and for what reasons.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	82360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of accepted and rejected applications to change a vehicle’s body type from van to motor caravan. Information on the reason for refusal would incur disproportionate costs to gather, as each case would need to be interrogated to establish the reason. Information on the volume of rejected applications has only been stored since July 2016.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Applications accepted between August 2015 and July 2020</p></td><td><p>Applications rejected between July 2016 and July 2020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Applications to change body type from van to motor caravan</p></td><td><p>44,991</p></td><td><p>18,199</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The DVLA emphasises that even if the body type is unable to be changed to “motor caravan”, vehicle keepers are still able to use the vehicle for this purpose, provided any alterations made to the vehicle do not compromise its safety.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 08/09/2020 16:18:56 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard