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452111

registered interest
date	10/02/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	M67: Lighting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects Highways England operatives to attend to the day burning street lamps on the M67 between Denton and Hyde in Greater Manchester.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	26873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>There was a fault in the lighting mechanism along the M67 Motorway. To ensure that the lighting was fully operational overnight, Highways England has attended to the lighting mechanism and temporarily bypassed the defective component. As a result, the lighting columns were temporarily lit both during the day and night. Highways England returned the lighting to its correct hours of operation on 15 February 2016.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 25/02/2016 14:40:35 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

452112

registered interest
date	10/02/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Graffiti
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost was to the public purse of graffiti removal across the (a) Highways England and (b) Network Rail networks in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	26847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>The Highways England does not separately identify the exact annual cost of removing graffiti from its road signs and structures, as this forms part of a wider contracted service which includes a range of maintenance activities.</p><p> </p><p>Network Rail spends more than £3.5 million a year removing graffiti. This spending is devolved to local teams and it would involve disproportionate cost to retrieve exact annual expenditure. However, there is no reason to expect significant annual variations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 25/02/2016 13:01:17 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

452113

registered interest
date	10/02/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Visual Impairment
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 benefits to passengers with sight problems of requiring all new buses to have audio-visual next stop and final destination announcements.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	26835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>Accessible on-board information has the potential to give a range of passengers, including those who are visually impaired, greater confidence in using bus services. Traditionally audio/visual systems have been expensive to fit and maintain, however innovative and low cost solutions are making the technology more affordable. I encourage bus operators to consider the benefits to all of their customers of providing it on their vehicles and progress continues to be made. For example recently several operators across the country have invested in new buses with audio-visual announcements on their major bus routes. The Department is also aware that at least five local authorities are increasing the number of buses with audio-visual announcements funded through the Department’s £70 million ‘Better Bus Area’ fund.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 22/02/2016 16:06:53 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

452116

registered interest
date	10/02/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Tests
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 effect of changes in the numbers of driving examiners in England on waiting times for tests; and what steps he is taking to encourage more examiners to qualify.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	26790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) undertake quarterly test forecast reviews to identify the likely demand of driving tests, from which it calculates the numbers of examiners required in order to service those demands. Those numbers are reviewed against the current examiners numbers and where increases are identified, these are factored into DVSA’s recruitment campaigns. DVSA usually run two recruitment campaigns per year, with additional campaigns where necessary i.e. where there has been insufficient take-up/success in geographical areas.</p><p> </p><p>This process has, over the years, generally worked well, but the unforeseen and exceptionally high increase in demand for driving tests in 2015. Across the whole of DVSA it has recruited 167 new driving examiners during 2015/16 with a further 60 either attending or booked on to new entrant courses. DVSA has also offered posts to a further 40 potential examiners.</p><p> </p><p>DVSA has also been re-prioritising the activities of examiners and offering them additional overtime in order to increase testing capacity.</p><p><br>Over 2015 DVSA introduced a number of changes to the marketing of its recruitment campaign in order to try and encourage interest from wider and more diverse groups, additionally DVSA undertook two targeted campaigns for motorcycle examiners and LGV examiners.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 25/02/2016 12:53:32 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

452117

registered interest
date	10/02/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Tests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average wait for driving tests is in each English region.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	26791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency records its data in four regions, which are; Scotland and North England, Central England and North Wales, South Wales and South West England and London and the South East. The average waiting times in January 2016 for these areas are listed below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Scotland &amp; North England</strong></p></td><td><p>Waiting time in weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jan-16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average Car Waiting time</p></td><td><p>8.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average M/C Mod 1 Waiting time</p></td><td><p>1.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average M/C Mod 2 Waiting time</p></td><td><p>2.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average Voc Waiting time</p></td><td><p>7.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average ADI 2 Waiting time</p></td><td><p>7.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average ADI 3 Waiting time</p></td><td><p>7.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average Taxi Waiting time</p></td><td><p>8.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Central England &amp; North Wales</strong></p></td><td><p>Waiting time in weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jan-16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average Car Waiting time</p></td><td><p>8.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average M/C Mod 1 Waiting time</p></td><td><p>1.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average M/C Mod 2 Waiting time</p></td><td><p>2.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average Voc Waiting time</p></td><td><p>7.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average ADI 2 Waiting time</p></td><td><p>7.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average ADI 3 Waiting time</p></td><td><p>7.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average Taxi Waiting time</p></td><td><p>8.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>South Wales &amp; South West England</strong></p></td><td><p>Waiting time in weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jan-16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average Car Waiting time</p></td><td><p>8.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average M/C Mod 1 Waiting time</p></td><td><p>3.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average M/C Mod 2 Waiting time</p></td><td><p>2.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average Voc Waiting time</p></td><td><p>5.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average ADI 2 Waiting time</p></td><td><p>5.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average ADI 3 Waiting time</p></td><td><p>7.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average Taxi Waiting time</p></td><td><p>7.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>London &amp; South East</strong></p></td><td><p>Waiting time in weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jan-16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average Car Waiting time</p></td><td><p>7.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average M/C Mod 1 Waiting time</p></td><td><p>1.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average M/C Mod 2 Waiting time</p></td><td><p>1.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average Voc Waiting time</p></td><td><p>3.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average ADI 2 Waiting time</p></td><td><p>3.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average ADI 3 Waiting time</p></td><td><p>3.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average Taxi Waiting time</p></td><td><p>3.4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>National</strong></p></td><td><p>Waiting time in weeks</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Jan-16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average Car Waiting time</p></td><td><p>8.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average M/C Mod 1 Waiting time</p></td><td><p>2.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average M/C Mod 2 Waiting time</p></td><td><p>2.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average Voc Waiting time</p></td><td><p>5.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average ADI 2 Waiting time</p></td><td><p>5.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average ADI 3 Waiting time</p></td><td><p>5.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Average Taxi Waiting time</p></td><td><p>6.7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 25/02/2016 16:21:39 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

452118

registered interest
date	10/02/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Tests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the pass rates in driving tests were in each region and constituent part of the UK in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	26789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency does not record pass rates for each constituent part of the UK. Pass rates by test centre are published on GOV.UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 25/02/2016 12:35:48 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

452119

registered interest
date	10/02/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	A1079
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 ensure that dualling of the A1079 between Barnby Moor and Wilberfoss goes ahead; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	26748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2016 answer text <p>The A1079 between Barnby Moor and Wilberfoss is a local road and as such is the responsibility of the East Riding of Yorkshire Council. I understand that this scheme has been identified as a priority by the East Riding of Yorkshire Council, but it will be for the Council and the Local Enterprise Partnership to identify future funding opportunities.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 23/02/2016 11:59:52 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

452120

registered interest
date	10/02/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicle Type Approval
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what changes the UK is discussing with its European partners to the EU Framework Directive in respect of commercial vehicle body building and conversion; what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to amend UK law on this matter; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	26749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2016 answer text <p>The European Commission published its proposal for a new framework on motor vehicle type approval on 27 January 2016 and formal discussions with European partners have not started yet. This new proposal sets out a number of changes to the type approval system to bolster oversight of those undertaking the testing and assessment of new vehicles. The Government will be pressing to ensure that any new measures are proportionate and cost effective. The Department for Transport will consult widely on the changes being proposed. I have no plans to amend UK law until changes to the EU Framework have been agreed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 23/02/2016 11:54:07 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

452121

registered interest
date	10/02/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Refrigeration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the first on-road UK trial of zero-emission transport refrigeration units to take place; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	26750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2016 answer text <p>Certain zero emission technologies for transport refrigeration systems are already in use on the road. The UK industry has recently announced plans for on-road trials in 2016 of a new technology using a ‘liquid-air’ engine.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 23/02/2016 11:34:44 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

452122

registered interest
date	10/02/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of recent changes to funding of bus services on the provision of those services.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	26741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>Decisions about the provision of bus services requiring subsidy remain a matter for individual English local authorities, in the light of their other spending priorities.</p><p> </p><p>The majority of public funding for local bus services is from the block grant that local authorities in England receive from the Department for Communities and Local Government. However, my Department also provides around £40m of Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG) funding directly to English local authorities to help deliver bus services.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 25/02/2016 15:17:33 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe