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registered interest
date	05/02/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles: Speed Limits
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Kramer on 24 July 2014 (WS 137), in what way the raising of the heavy goods vehicle speed limit facilitates the introduction of tougher procedures and sanctions; and what steps have been taken to make those introductions.
tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
uin	HL4702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>The new speed limits will facilitate tougher processes and sanctions against offenders, because there will be fewer offenders to target and there will be a greater consensus that breaking the limits will be wrong, unsafe and not part of normal behaviour.</p><p> </p><p>Changes to the vocational driver conduct process (which operates in addition to court or fixed penalty disposals of offences) related to mobile phone use have been introduced recently. They include more warning letters for first time offenders, more traffic commissioner hearings and a starting point of the loss of an HGV driving entitlement for several weeks for second time offenders. The Senior Traffic Commissioner (STC) is preparing revised guidelines and is considering extending this approach to drivers who break the new 50 mph and 60 mph national HGV speed limits.</p><p><br>The STC has started an initial gathering of views and information from some key stakeholders representing the commercial vehicle industry, road safety organisations (including victims' charities), passenger and driver bodies and other parts of Government. Formal consultation on the new guidelines is planned for this summer.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 10/02/2015 12:21:43 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford

177966

registered interest
date	04/02/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rolling Stock: Procurement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the train operating companies at present running InterCity Services will be closely involved in the fitting-out procedure for the carriages of the new InterCity express trains.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL4677
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>The InterCity Express trains have been designed with input from the train operators running intercity services. The train interiors are designed flexibly to meet rising passenger demand.</p><p> </p><p>Hitachi are responsible for fitting out the trains as part of the manufacturing process and they continue to work closely with the train operating companies.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 10/02/2015 12:02:00 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

177291

registered interest
date	03/02/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Air Routes: Northern Ireland
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the possible sale of Aer Lingus, what plans they have to protect and maintain regular and frequent air links between Northern Ireland and the rest of the United Kingdom.
tabling member printed	Lord Eames
uin	HL4658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>Airlines, as the airports they serve, operate in a competitive market. Northern Ireland is well-connected by air to London with over 17,000 flights per year between the two Belfast airports and Derry Airport and the five main London airports, carrying over two million passengers. The airports also maintain good connections with other UK airports – Belfast International Airport has connections to eleven domestic destinations, Belfast City Airport to nineteen and Derry airport to three.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 10/02/2015 12:01:36 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	2793 label Biography information for Lord Eames

177293

registered interest
date	03/02/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Security
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many electronic body scanners have been placed at airports of the United Kingdom and at what cost.
tabling member printed	Lord Eames
uin	HL4660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>On 1 February 2015 security scanners were in place at 17 airports with a further 2 airports expected to deploy security scanners in the coming months.</p><p> </p><p>The cost of security scanners falls to the airports. The Department for Transport does not hold information on the cost.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 10/02/2015 12:02:18 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	2793 label Biography information for Lord Eames

177294

registered interest
date	03/02/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Security
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have plans to place electronic body scanners at all airports of the United Kingdom.
tabling member printed	Lord Eames
uin	HL4661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>The further deployment of security scanners was advised in the ministerial statement of 21 November 2013.</p><p> </p><p>Work is underway with those airports which already deploy security scanners to consider the case for increasing their deployment of security scanners. The Department for Transport keeps all aviation security measures under continual review to ensure that the measures are sustainable, proportionate and practicable and any wider deployment of security scanners would be considered on a risk assessed basis. UK airports comply with EU and UK regulations for the screening of passengers and there are a number of screening methods and equipment options in use.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 10/02/2015 12:01:08 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	2793 label Biography information for Lord Eames

175867

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Pedestrians: Mobile Phones
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to criminalise the obstruction of traffic by pedestrians using a mobile device.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL4447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>Section 137 of the Highways Act 1980 (as amended by sections 38 and 46 of the Criminal Justice Act 1982 and the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, Schedule 7) provides an offence of wilful obstruction of the highway.<br><br>Section 137(1) states an offence is committed if a person, without lawful authority or excuse, in any way wilfully obstructs the free passage along a highway.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 10/02/2015 12:02:52 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

175868

registered interest
date	27/01/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Pedestrians: Mobile Phones
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many traffic accidents have been caused or partly caused by pedestrians using a mobile device.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL4448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>Her Majesty’s Government does not hold any information about the number of traffic accidents that involve a pedestrian using a mobile device.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 10/02/2015 12:02:29 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra