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1719793

registered interest
date	21/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria his Department used to assess applications to the Safer Roads Fund.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Mary Kelly Foy
uin	27475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The local authorities that have been pre-selected for funding are invited to submit an application. This selection is based on robust Department for Transport data that has been further analysed by the Road Safety Foundation. This process is non-competitive.</p><p> </p><p>After an initial meeting with Department officials to discuss their particular route and its issues, they submit their proposals for assessment. Each application is seen independently by 2 Safer Roads Fund officials at the DfT and an economist. The Safer Roads Fund Team also discuss the applications, making sure they have passed a list of criteria including governance, quality assurance, affordability and a risk register. HM Treasury must approve an overview of the proposed funded schemes before funds can be released.</p><p> </p><p>As it is a non-competitive process, the eligible bids are assessed to ensure that the local authorities’ planned interventions will successfully capture the Road Safety Foundation modelled interventions to reduce risks on the selected route.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities have access at all times to support from the DfT and the Road Safety Foundation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 23/05/2024 10:16:19 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4753 label Biography information for Mary Kelly Foy

1719852

registered interest
date	21/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycleways: Visual Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that cycle lanes are not a danger to (a) visually impaired and (b) blind pedestrians.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Nick Fletcher
uin	27534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>Design guidance for cycle infrastructure issued by the Department for Transport sets out that there should be separation of pedestrian and cycle infrastructure wherever possible. This guidance was developed in collaboration with stakeholders, including disability groups.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport established Active Travel England (ATE) to up-skill local authorities, enabling the installation of changes that are well thought through for all modes of travel, and disseminating best practice. As part of this, ATE has recently published a suite of design assistance and scheme review tools to support the development of accessible active travel schemes. The agency has also commissioned West Midlands Combined Authority to undertake research into crossing detection systems.</p><p> </p><p>ATE will continue to work with organisations representing blind and visually impaired people to improve standards and further reduce the rare occasions that collisions occur.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 23/05/2024 12:54:20 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4832 label Biography information for Nick Fletcher

1719865

registered interest
date	21/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what enforcement action the DVLA can take against untaxed vehicles parked on roads for business purposes; and what resources are available for this action in Milton Keynes.
tabling member constituency	Milton Keynes North
tabling member printed	Ben Everitt
uin	27547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>All mechanically propelled vehicles that are used or kept on a public road must be registered and taxed. The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) operates a comprehensive package of measures to tackle untaxed vehicle, including those used for business purposes. These range from automatic number plate recognition cameras, wheelclamping, the removal and impounding of untaxed vehicles, and court prosecutions.</p><p> </p><p>When the DVLA is made aware of an untaxed vehicle, a report is sent to its national wheelclamping contractor NSL Services Ltd (NSL); so that they can, where appropriate, take enforcement action. NSL maximises its resources by visiting different areas on a daily basis.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 23/05/2024 10:15:12 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4836 label Biography information for Ben Everitt

1719202

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Shropshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help increase the number of miles travelled by bus in Shropshire.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	27133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>Most bus services outside London are commercially operated. The Government recognises the importance of local bus services to helping communities stay connected and has announced over £4.5 billion to support and improve bus services since 2020. This includes over £2 billion to help local authorities deliver their Bus Service Improvement Plans (BSIPs) and make bus services more frequent, reliable, cheaper, and easier to use. Shropshire Council has been allocated £4.8 million to deliver its BSIP. Local authorities can use BSIP funding to target areas they believe will deliver the best overall outcomes in growing long term patronage and revenues; helping to maintain service levels.</p><p> </p><p>The Government also makes over £200 million available to bus operators every year through the Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG) to help them maintain their networks. A further £42 million in BSOG funding is provided directly to local authorities to help subsidise socially necessary bus services that might otherwise be commercially unviable. Shropshire Council receives £512,447 of this funding every year.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also investing almost £600 million to deliver the £2 fare cap scheme in England, helping passengers save on their travel costs, and ultimately encouraging more people to use the bus.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 23/05/2024 14:36:22 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1719260

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Shipley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with Bradford Council on the Shipley Eastern Relief Road.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Sir Philip Davies
uin	27000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>My officials are in contact with City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council on the information needed as part of the Department’s review of the Strategic Outline Case for the Shipley Eastern Relief Road scheme.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 23/05/2024 10:50:43 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

1719266

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: Helmets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to require child passengers on bicycles to wear a safety helmet.
tabling member constituency	The Wrekin
tabling member printed	Mark Pritchard
uin	27003
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The Department recommends that cyclists should wear helmets, as set out in The Highway Code, and will continue to encourage children to wear helmets. A comprehensive safety review carried out in 2018 considered the benefits of mandating helmet wearing for cyclists of all ages but concluded that the safety benefits would be likely to be outweighed by the fact that this would put some people off cycling, thereby reducing the wider health and environmental benefits</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 23/05/2024 13:02:13 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	1576 label Biography information for Mark Pritchard

1719268

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his planned timeframe is for assessing the effectiveness of the annual local authority road maintenance survey 2024.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	27010
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>Each year the Asphalt Industry Alliance (AIA) commissions an independent survey of local authority highway authorities in England, including London, and Wales.</p><p> </p><p>According to the AIA report, the aim of the survey is to take a snapshot of the general condition of the local road network based on information provided directly by those responsible for its maintenance.</p><p>The Department considers the report, along with a range of other evidence, when we are bidding to His Majesty’s Treasury (HMT).</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 23/05/2024 10:18:05 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1719359

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Low Traffic Neighbourhoods
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the proposed statutory guidance on the implementation of low traffic neighbourhoods will apply to existing trial schemes.
tabling member constituency	North East Somerset
tabling member printed	Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg
uin	27028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The Department's statutory guidance on implementing Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs) will apply to new and existing LTN schemes once it is published in final form this summer. Its purpose is to set out the Department’s expectations for comprehensive local engagement; both before new schemes are implemented, and on an ongoing basis for existing schemes. This is to ensure the needs of communities and road users are properly considered.</p><p> </p><p>The Department will not support LTNs unless they are designed and delivered in line with the eventual, finalised statutory guidance; and reserves the right to take further action if local authorities do not follow it.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 23/05/2024 13:23:11 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4099 label Biography information for Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg

1719373

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of providing free bus passes for homeless (a) adults and (b) children.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	27059
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Transport has made no such assessment. The English National Concessionary Travel Scheme (ENCTS) provides free off-peak bus travel to those with eligible disabilities and those of state pension age, currently sixty-six, and was set up primarily to help older and disabled people. ENCTS costs around £1 billion annually and any changes to the minimum statutory scheme would need to be carefully considered for their impact on the scheme’s financial sustainability.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities in England have the power to go beyond their statutory obligations and extend free bus travel to other groups that are eligible under ENCTS, which includes children under the age of 16 and 16-18 year olds in full time education. However, these discretionary concessions are not funded by central government but by local authorities from local resources, such as council tax. Since 2010/11, almost all of the travel concession authorities in England have offered some form of discretionary concession. Bus operators are also able to provide discretionary concessions on a commercial basis.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 23/05/2024 13:34:29 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1719433

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences: Applications
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 impact of removing digitised signatures from UK passports issued after January 2017 on the online renewal process for DVLA photocard licences.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	27171
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2024 answer text <p>The impact of His Majesty’s Passport Office no longer collecting digital signatures for passports on driving licence applications has been minimal. Around 70 per cent of driving licence renewal applications are made online.</p><p> </p><p>The DVLA also has an online service which allows customers applying for a first provisional driving licence to upload their own digital photograph and signature. Customers using the DVLA’s renew a photocard licence service can also upload a new signature or use an existing one.</p><p>The DVLA is focused on delivering further improvements to enable even more customers to use its online services. The exact order of implementing service improvements will be based on where the DVLA can add the most value to customers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 27172 question first answered 23/05/2024 10:52:05 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper