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1140191

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Databases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many requests for vehicle owner information have been made by overseas enforcement agencies in each of the last five years by country.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	278969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>As part of the Cross Border Exchange Directive, EU Member States can request keeper or owner details of vehicles from other Member States, to follow up certain road traffic offences. CBE was implemented in the UK on 7 May 2017, the table below shows the number of requests for vehicle keeper information up to 27 June 2019.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>(from 7 May) 2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(to 27 June) 2019 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Austria</p></td><td><p>15,988</p></td><td><p>30,530</p></td><td><p>8,786</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bulgaria</p></td><td><p>1,222</p></td><td><p>2,693</p></td><td><p>1,235</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croatia</p></td><td><p>218</p></td><td><p>367</p></td><td><p>102</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Czech Republic</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>2,115</p></td><td><p>1,474</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Estonia</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finland</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>241,467</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>40,124</p></td><td><p>88,362</p></td><td><p>29,388</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hungary</p></td><td><p>6,169</p></td><td><p>9,861</p></td><td><p>3,636</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>13,586</p></td><td><p>58,832</p></td><td><p>21,422</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Latvia</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>512</p></td><td><p>15,354</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lithuania</p></td><td><p>1,211</p></td><td><p>3,761</p></td><td><p>5,903</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luxembourg</p></td><td><p>1,286</p></td><td><p>3,149</p></td><td><p>1,270</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malta</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poland</p></td><td><p>1,697</p></td><td><p>3,816</p></td><td><p>1,310</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovakia</p></td><td><p>199</p></td><td><p>408</p></td><td><p>195</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovenia</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>196</p></td><td><p>117</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spain</p></td><td><p>1,199</p></td><td><p>51,851</p></td><td><p>16,863</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>3,569</p></td><td><p>21,961</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In addition, the Home Office can receive requests for vehicle information from overseas authorities, through either Mutual Legal Assistance requests or European Investigation Orders. Information on the volume of these requests is not stored within the Department for Transport.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 24/07/2019 14:58:05 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1140192

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cars: Alternative Fuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many alternative fuelled cars have been registered in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	278970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of alternative fuelled vehicles, that were registered in 2016, 2017 and 2018.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>90,669</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>121,441</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>148,526</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 24/07/2019 15:06:15 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1140218

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the safety implications of failing to renew the UK’s current exemption from Standard European Rules of Air on vertical separation from cloud in Class D airspace for aircraft operating under Visual Flight Rules.
tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
uin	278940
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The current exemption was issued by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to allow a safe and orderly transition to the requirements of the SERA with effect from 12 September 2019. The CAA is taking the necessary measures to meet the aims of the exemption. The SERA requirement gives effect to the international standard set out in Annex 2 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation and is already safely applied throughout most of the world.</p><p> </p><p>We are aware that the airspace structure in the UK may give rise to some operational complications in respect of complying with the SERA requirement. The Department is working with the CAA to fully understand any safety implications arising from the application of the requirement in the UK, including whether any safeguarding measures are necessary.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 23/07/2019 14:25:03 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

1140289

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic: Northamptonshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of (a) the volume of traffic passing through the village of Farthinghoe on the A422 and (b) the effect on the wider local route network when the A422 is closed.
tabling member constituency	South Northamptonshire
tabling member printed	Andrea Leadsom
uin	278988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The A422 is managed by Northamptonshire County Council and assessments of traffic passing through the village of Farthinghoe, the effect on the wider road network, and proposals for a bypass on the A422 would be for the local council to consider.</p><p> </p><p>The A422 meets the objective criteria to be eligible for funding as part of the Major Road Network (MRN). It is for Sub-National Transport Bodies, in this case England’s Economic Heartland, to work with Members of Parliament and local authorities to submit schemes for consideration for MRN funding by the end of July. If a MRN bid is submitted for this road, discussions will take place between Departmental officials, Highways England and Northamptonshire Highways, but to date none have been held.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 278989 278990 278991 278992 question first answered 23/07/2019 13:17:35 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom

1140290

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bypasses: Northamptonshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the cost, including design and construction, of a bypass for the village of Farthinghoe on the A422.
tabling member constituency	South Northamptonshire
tabling member printed	Andrea Leadsom
uin	278989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The A422 is managed by Northamptonshire County Council and assessments of traffic passing through the village of Farthinghoe, the effect on the wider road network, and proposals for a bypass on the A422 would be for the local council to consider.</p><p> </p><p>The A422 meets the objective criteria to be eligible for funding as part of the Major Road Network (MRN). It is for Sub-National Transport Bodies, in this case England’s Economic Heartland, to work with Members of Parliament and local authorities to submit schemes for consideration for MRN funding by the end of July. If a MRN bid is submitted for this road, discussions will take place between Departmental officials, Highways England and Northamptonshire Highways, but to date none have been held.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 278988 278990 278991 278992 question first answered 23/07/2019 13:17:35 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom

1140292

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bypasses: Northamptonshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with officials at Highways England and Northamptonshire Highways on the benefits to the wider local route network of a bypass on the A422 at the village of Farthinghoe.
tabling member constituency	South Northamptonshire
tabling member printed	Andrea Leadsom
uin	278990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The A422 is managed by Northamptonshire County Council and assessments of traffic passing through the village of Farthinghoe, the effect on the wider road network, and proposals for a bypass on the A422 would be for the local council to consider.</p><p> </p><p>The A422 meets the objective criteria to be eligible for funding as part of the Major Road Network (MRN). It is for Sub-National Transport Bodies, in this case England’s Economic Heartland, to work with Members of Parliament and local authorities to submit schemes for consideration for MRN funding by the end of July. If a MRN bid is submitted for this road, discussions will take place between Departmental officials, Highways England and Northamptonshire Highways, but to date none have been held.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 278988 278989 278991 278992 question first answered 23/07/2019 13:17:35 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom

1140293

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bypasses: Northamptonshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to prepare for the creation of the Major Road Network in Northamptonshire; what assessment he has made of the effect of the designation of the A422 as part of that network on the wider local route network (a) with the Farthinghoe bypass on the A422 and (b) without the Farthinghoe bypass.
tabling member constituency	South Northamptonshire
tabling member printed	Andrea Leadsom
uin	278991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The A422 is managed by Northamptonshire County Council and assessments of traffic passing through the village of Farthinghoe, the effect on the wider road network, and proposals for a bypass on the A422 would be for the local council to consider.</p><p> </p><p>The A422 meets the objective criteria to be eligible for funding as part of the Major Road Network (MRN). It is for Sub-National Transport Bodies, in this case England’s Economic Heartland, to work with Members of Parliament and local authorities to submit schemes for consideration for MRN funding by the end of July. If a MRN bid is submitted for this road, discussions will take place between Departmental officials, Highways England and Northamptonshire Highways, but to date none have been held.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 278988 278989 278990 278992 question first answered 23/07/2019 13:17:35 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom

1140294

registered interest
date	18/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bypasses: Northamptonshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will visit the village of Farthinghoe to discuss with local residents the potential merits of the Farthinghoe bypass.
tabling member constituency	South Northamptonshire
tabling member printed	Andrea Leadsom
uin	278992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The A422 is managed by Northamptonshire County Council and assessments of traffic passing through the village of Farthinghoe, the effect on the wider road network, and proposals for a bypass on the A422 would be for the local council to consider.</p><p> </p><p>The A422 meets the objective criteria to be eligible for funding as part of the Major Road Network (MRN). It is for Sub-National Transport Bodies, in this case England’s Economic Heartland, to work with Members of Parliament and local authorities to submit schemes for consideration for MRN funding by the end of July. If a MRN bid is submitted for this road, discussions will take place between Departmental officials, Highways England and Northamptonshire Highways, but to date none have been held.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 278988 278989 278990 278991 question first answered 23/07/2019 13:17:35 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom

1139751

registered interest
date	17/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Working Hours
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much time off in lieu has been taken by staff in his Department in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	278373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>We do not keep a central record of time off in lieu (TOIL) taken through flexible working patterns; this is managed locally.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 24/07/2019 14:51:57 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1139763

registered interest
date	17/07/2019
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, pursuant to the answer of 15 July 2019 to Question 274560, what the driving test centre service standard travel distance criteria is; what the locations are of the test centres that each of the 19 closed test centres merged with; and which test centres those closed test centres have merged with.
tabling member constituency	Dunfermline and West Fife
tabling member printed	Douglas Chapman
uin	278524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The driving test centre service standard travel distance criteria is as shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Level</p></td><td><p>Average population for a local authority</p></td><td><p>Tests generated by candidates</p></td><td><p>Road distance from test facility</p></td><td><p>Attainment based on road distance and estimated capacity of test centre</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Service level 1</p></td><td><p>1,250 or more people per square kilometre</p></td><td><p>783,276</p></td><td><p>7 miles</p></td><td><p>84.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Service level 2</p></td><td><p>Between 100 and 1,249 people per square kilometre</p></td><td><p>610,410</p></td><td><p>20 miles</p></td><td><p>97.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Service level 3</p></td><td><p>Fewer than 100 people per square kilometre</p></td><td><p>86,709</p></td><td><p>30 miles</p></td><td><p>98.2%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The distance between the closed test centre and the merged test centre, in all 19 cases, met the driving test centre service standard travel distance criteria.</p><p> </p><p>The locations of the test centres that each of the 19 closed test centres merged with, and the test centres that each of the 19 closed test centres merged with, are shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Locations of the test centres that each of the 19 closed test centres merged with</p></td><td><p>The test centres that each of the 19 closed test centres merged with</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bredbury</p></td><td><p>Bredbury</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hyde</p></td><td><p>Hyde</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Redditch</p></td><td><p>Redditch</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradford</p></td><td><p>Bradford (Heaton)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chadderton (2)</p></td><td><p>Chadderton (2)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Glasgow</p></td><td><p>Glasgow (Anniesland)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheetham Hill</p></td><td><p>Cheetham Hill</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Morden</p></td><td><p>Morden (London)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancing</p></td><td><p>Lancing</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barking</p></td><td><p>Barking (Tanner Street)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Avonmouth</p></td><td><p>Avonmouth</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridge (2)</p></td><td><p>Cambridge (Brookmount Court) (2)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Llantrisant</p></td><td><p>Llantrisant</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mitcham</p></td><td><p>Mitcham (London)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isle of Skye</p></td><td><p>Isle of Skye (Portree)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingstanding</p></td><td><p>Kingstanding</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Featherstone</p></td><td><p>Featherstone</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 22/07/2019 14:02:42 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4402 label Biography information for Douglas Chapman