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1122631

registered interest
date	24/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Bicycles
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 effectiveness legislation to limit the use of the throttle on e-bikes at 15.5mph.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	247117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>No such assessment has yet been made. A cycle with electric assistance available above speeds of 15.5 mph would be classified as a moped and is subject to different regulatory requirements. Enforcement of requirements for vehicle use on the roads is a matter for the police.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 29/04/2019 11:44:27 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1122404

registered interest
date	23/04/2019
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, whether his Department has plans to amend the driver’s theory test in relation to (a) pedestrians and (b) cyclists.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	246551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency is committed to broadening the scope of vulnerable road users in the car driving theory test.</p><p> </p><p>The multiple choice part of the theory test includes questions on the awareness of, and actions relating to, the vulnerability of pedestrians and cyclists.</p><p> </p><p>The hazard perception element of the theory test contains clips that have been developed to increase the realism of situations involving vulnerable road users, including pedestrians and cyclists.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 29/04/2019 11:16:01 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1122541

registered interest
date	23/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: Insurance
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 potential merits of introducing a cycling indemnity for people using their bike to get to work.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	246483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department encourages all cyclists to take out some form of insurance and many do through cycling organisations (which provide insurance through membership) or as an extension of their household insurance.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 29/04/2019 11:12:41 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1121746

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Blue Badge Scheme
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 13 February 2019 to Question 218834 on Blue Badge Scheme, on what date the guidance to local authorities on changes to the Blue Badge scheme extending eligibility to those with less visible conditions will be issued.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	245912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <p>The guidance necessary for local authorities to assess applications under the expanded eligibility criteria for non-physical and hidden disabilities is currently being finalised. The Department for Transport is hoping to publish the guidance at the end of May.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/04/2019 14:29:27 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

1121780

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Parking: Cycleways
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to introduce legislation to permit the use of approved camera devices for the enforcement by local authorities of parking restrictions in mandatory cycle lanes.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	245913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government response to the Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy (CWIS) Safety Review Call for Evidence committed to allow local councils to use cameras to enforce parking restrictions in mandatory cycle lanes within the next two years. Work is under way to introduce the relevant legislation within this timeframe.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 26/04/2019 09:56:11 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

1121781

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps his Department has taken to help ensure cycling in UK cities becomes safer and more child friendly.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	245671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2019 answer text <p>Around £2bn of funding is being invested in cycling and walking projects between 2016/17 and 2020/21, which will help make cycling safer for everyone. This includes £50m for Bikeability training for school children, which has allowed around four hundred thousand children to be trained during the 2018/19 academic year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 26/04/2019 10:14:28 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1121915

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Control: Kent
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether an environmental impact assessment was conducted prior to establishing Operation Brock.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	245738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>The contingency traffic management measures of Operation Brock consist of three phases: a queuing and contraflow system between junctions 8 and 9 of the M20 (Brock M20); temporary holding areas at Manston Airport; and, if necessary, temporary holding areas on the M26 (Brock M26), if capacity has been exceeded elsewhere within the Brock suite of measures.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the design process of the Operation Brock measures, Highways England undertook legally required environmental screening exercises. These determined that full Environmental Impact Assessments were not required for either the Brock M20 or Brock M26 measures. The formal Notices of Determination were published in The Gazette on 24 May 2018 and 15 November 2018 respectively.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For Manston Airport, environmental and habitat assessments were carried out to inform the conditions of the Town and Country Planning (Manston Airport) Special Development Order 2019 (SDO), which was laid before Parliament on 23 January 2019.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/04/2019 10:10:15 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

1121961

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Highways England: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of land owned by Highways England is in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	245668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>Highways England have identified four land registry titles that are registered to them and are located fully within Wales. They have also recorded five land registry titles that are registered to Highways England but span the Wales-England border. This represents approximately 0.02% of land that is registered to Highways England with the Land Registry.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 29/04/2019 11:23:03 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1121972

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aircraft: Accidents
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 April 2019 to Question 242018 on Aircraft: Accidents, whether he plans to have discussions with representatives of the football industry on the Piper PA-46 Malibu crash of 21 January 2019.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	245611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>Whilst the investigation into this accident is under way, the Secretary of State has no plans to hold discussions with representatives of the football industry on the Piper PA-46 crash of 21 January 2019.</p><p> </p><p>We would encourage anyone with relevant evidence on this accident to report it to the Air Accident Investigation Branch.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/04/2019 11:26:56 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1121973

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Certification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will require commercial air transport operations to demonstrate to passengers that flights are operated by people with an air operator certificate.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	245612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>Licensed commercial operators already have to demonstrate to passengers that flights are operated by people with an Air Operator Certificate (AOC) and produce proof of their permissions.</p><p> </p><p>Any individual, organisation or company that intends to undertake commercial air transport is required by law to hold an AOC and an Operating Licence (OL). It is an offence to operate a commercial air transport flight without an AOC or OL. Ultimately it is the responsibility of the pilot in command of each flight to make sure it is operated legally.</p><p> </p><p>The CAA has previously conducted campaigns to raise awareness of the dangers of illegal public transport operations, and to guide consumers on what to look for when chartering an aircraft to ensure the flight is legal. These campaigns have targeted specific sectors where the CAA believed illegal activity may be taking place. The aviation industry was directly involved in promoting these campaigns.</p><p> </p><p>Following the tragic accident on 21 January, the CAA are planning further work to educate consumers about the rules, and potential risks of illegal charter flights.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/04/2019 09:44:47 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts