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1046817

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Mersey Tunnels
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 potential merits of bringing the Mersey Tunnels into the national road network.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	211666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The Mersey Tunnels were constructed by the local authorities in the area and, since opening, have been managed locally. Following the establishment of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, it has assumed responsibility for the management, operation and funding of the Mersey Tunnels. The Tunnels are therefore not the responsibility of the Department for Transport and there has been no recent assessment by the Department of any change to this arrangement.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 28/01/2019 12:16:36 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1047022

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) procurement processes his Department has run for contracts for after the UK leaves the EU since 23 June 2016 and (b) bids his Department has received from suppliers for services for after the UK has left the EU.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	211945
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>In line with transparency obligations contracts over £10k are published on Contracts Finder.</p><p> </p><p>Contracts Finder provides a facility to search for information about contracts worth over £10,000 with the DfT and its agencies. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder</a></p> answering member constituency Epsom and Ewell answering member printed Chris Grayling question first answered 28/01/2019 14:42:34 answering member 1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1047031

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving: Diabetes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) assessment he has made of new diabetes monitoring technologies for drivers and (b) discussions his Department has had with the DVLA on updating the DVLA guidance on new diabetes monitoring technologies.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	211830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has worked closely with the Secretary of State for Transport’s Honorary Medical Advisory Panel on driving and diabetes mellitus to understand the potential impacts of allowing the use of alternative methods of glucose monitoring. Following consultation with key stakeholders the panel agreed that the evidence demonstrated that interstitial fluid glucose monitoring systems could be used to monitor glucose levels for the purpose of driving cars and motorcycles once the DVLA had published the revised guidelines.</p><p> </p><p>The DVLA is currently amending the Assessing Fitness to Drive guidance on the use of new monitoring technologies for people with diabetes. The revised guidance is due to be published in February. This will allow the testing of interstitial fluid for driving licensing purposes for people with diabetes who drive cars or motorcycles. Drivers of goods vehicles and buses must continue to monitor blood glucose levels.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 28/01/2019 12:12:20 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

1047104

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Wolverhampton
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much rail fares have increased in each year since 2010 for a peak time return ticket between (a) Wolverhampton and Birmingham New Street and (b) Wolverhampton and London Euston.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	211715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>To provide context, we have provided figures for increases in rail fares since 2005. Since 2005, the fares for a peak time return ticket (an Anytime Day Return) between Wolverhampton and Birmingham New Street, set by the West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive, have risen as shown in the below table:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>From Wolverhampton to Birmingham New Street</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Anytime Day Return</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Valid from</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Valid until</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Price</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Increase</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>02/01/2005</p></td><td><p>11/06/2005</p></td><td><p>£5.35</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>12/06/2005</p></td><td><p>01/01/2006</p></td><td><p>£5.35</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>02/01/2006</p></td><td><p>01/01/2007</p></td><td><p>£5.50</p></td><td><p>£0.15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>02/01/2007</p></td><td><p>19/05/2007</p></td><td><p>£5.70</p></td><td><p>£0.20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20/05/2007</p></td><td><p>08/09/2007</p></td><td><p>£5.70</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>09/09/2007</p></td><td><p>01/01/2008</p></td><td><p>£5.70</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>02/01/2008</p></td><td><p>06/09/2008</p></td><td><p>£6.00</p></td><td><p>£0.30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>07/09/2008</p></td><td><p>01/01/2009</p></td><td><p>£6.00</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>02/01/2009</p></td><td><p>05/09/2009</p></td><td><p>£6.30</p></td><td><p>£0.30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>06/09/2009</p></td><td><p>01/01/2010</p></td><td><p>£6.30</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>02/01/2010</p></td><td><p>22/05/2010</p></td><td><p>£6.20</p></td><td><p>-£0.10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>23/05/2010</p></td><td><p>04/09/2010</p></td><td><p>£6.20</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>05/09/2010</p></td><td><p>01/01/2011</p></td><td><p>£6.20</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>02/01/2011</p></td><td><p>03/09/2011</p></td><td><p>£6.60</p></td><td><p>£0.40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>04/09/2011</p></td><td><p>01/01/2012</p></td><td><p>£6.60</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>02/01/2012</p></td><td><p>19/05/2012</p></td><td><p>£7.00</p></td><td><p>£0.40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20/05/2012</p></td><td><p>01/09/2012</p></td><td><p>£7.00</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>02/09/2012</p></td><td><p>01/01/2013</p></td><td><p>£7.00</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>02/01/2013</p></td><td><p>07/09/2013</p></td><td><p>£7.20</p></td><td><p>£0.20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>08/09/2013</p></td><td><p>01/01/2014</p></td><td><p>£7.20</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>02/01/2014</p></td><td><p>06/09/2014</p></td><td><p>£7.40</p></td><td><p>£0.20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>07/09/2014</p></td><td><p>01/01/2015</p></td><td><p>£7.40</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>02/01/2015</p></td><td><p>16/05/2015</p></td><td><p>£7.50</p></td><td><p>£0.10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17/05/2015</p></td><td><p>05/09/2015</p></td><td><p>£7.50</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>06/09/2015</p></td><td><p>01/01/2016</p></td><td><p>£7.50</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>02/01/2016</p></td><td><p>03/09/2016</p></td><td><p>£7.50</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>04/09/2016</p></td><td><p>01/01/2017</p></td><td><p>£7.50</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>02/01/2017</p></td><td><p>01/01/2018</p></td><td><p>£7.60</p></td><td><p>£0.10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>02/01/2018</p></td><td><p>19/05/2018</p></td><td><p>£7.80</p></td><td><p>£0.20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20/05/2018</p></td><td><p>01/01/2019</p></td><td><p>£7.80</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>02/01/2019</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£8.00</p></td><td><p>£0.20</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since 2005, the fares for a peak time return ticket (an Anytime Return) between Wolverhampton and London Euston, set by Virgin Trains West Coast, have risen as shown in the below table:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>From Wolverhampton to London Euston</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Anytime Return</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Valid from</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Valid until</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Price</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Increase</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>02/01/2005</p></td><td><p>01/01/2006</p></td><td><p>£106.00</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>02/01/2006</p></td><td><p>10/06/2006</p></td><td><p>£114.00</p></td><td><p>£8.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>11/06/2006</p></td><td><p>09/09/2006</p></td><td><p>£114.00</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10/09/2006</p></td><td><p>01/01/2007</p></td><td><p>£114.00</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>02/01/2007</p></td><td><p>01/01/2008</p></td><td><p>£123.00</p></td><td><p>£9.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>02/01/2008</p></td><td><p>06/09/2008</p></td><td><p>£129.00</p></td><td><p>£6.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>07/09/2008</p></td><td><p>01/01/2009</p></td><td><p>£129.00</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>02/01/2009</p></td><td><p>01/01/2010</p></td><td><p>£139.00</p></td><td><p>£10.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>02/01/2010</p></td><td><p>01/01/2011</p></td><td><p>£147.00</p></td><td><p>£8.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>02/01/2011</p></td><td><p>01/01/2012</p></td><td><p>£157.00</p></td><td><p>£10.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>02/01/2012</p></td><td><p>01/01/2013</p></td><td><p>£166.00</p></td><td><p>£9.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>02/01/2013</p></td><td><p>01/01/2014</p></td><td><p>£166.00</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>02/01/2014</p></td><td><p>17/05/2014</p></td><td><p>£173.00</p></td><td><p>£7.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18/05/2014</p></td><td><p>06/09/2014</p></td><td><p>£173.00</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>07/09/2014</p></td><td><p>01/01/2015</p></td><td><p>£173.00</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>02/01/2015</p></td><td><p>05/09/2015</p></td><td><p>£177.00</p></td><td><p>£4.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>06/09/2015</p></td><td><p>01/01/2016</p></td><td><p>£177.00</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>02/01/2016</p></td><td><p>03/09/2016</p></td><td><p>£179.00</p></td><td><p>£2.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>04/09/2016</p></td><td><p>01/01/2017</p></td><td><p>£179.00</p></td><td><p>£0.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>02/01/2017</p></td><td><p>01/01/2019</p></td><td><p>£182.00</p></td><td><p>£3.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>02/01/2019</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>£184.00</p></td><td><p>£2.00</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The figures show that over the five years between 2 January 2005 and 2 January 2010, the peak time return ticket between Wolverhampton and London Euston rose by 39%. By comparison, over nearly double the time period, in the nine years between 2 January 2010 and 2 January 2019, the peak time return ticket rose by only 25%.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 28/01/2019 15:45:51 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1046012

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many cessations of bus services his Department or Traffic Commissioners were notified of in 2017-18; and where in the UK those cessations have been.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	211167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The number of cancelled bus services in 2017-18 in Great Britain (outside of London), by region, registered with the Traffic Commissioners, can be found in the Traffic Commissioners annual report 2017/18 - <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/768769/201718_TC_annual_report.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/768769/201718_TC_annual_report.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>The figures relate only to the local bus service registered with a Traffic Commissioner in Great Britain. They do not include those services registered with Transport for London or those in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 28/01/2019 14:17:53 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

1046046

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Civil Aviation Authority: Certification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to ensure that certificates provided by the Civil Aviation Authority to British companies will be valid within the EU after the UK leaves the EU; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	211084
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The UK is seeking continued participation in the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) system in order to facilitate the continued frictionless trade in aerospace goods between the UK and EU. The UK, with the second largest aerospace sector in the world, supplies vital components to aerospace exporters within the EU. It is not in the interests of the UK or the EU to disrupt the ‘just in time’ supply chains of our integrated aerospace sector.</p><p>The Commission has proposed a regulation which, when agreed, would provide an extension of the validity of certain safety certificates issued to or by UK based organisations. In addition, The Aviation Safety (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations which were laid in draft on 26 November 2018 provide that certificates issued by EASA or an EU Member State shall remain valid for a period of up to 2 years.</p> answering member constituency Epsom and Ewell answering member printed Chris Grayling grouped question UIN 211085 question first answered 28/01/2019 15:37:38 answering member 1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

1046047

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	European Aviation Safety Agency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to ensure that British aviation supply companies will be able to qualify for work certified by the European Aviation Safety Agency after the UK leaves the EU; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	211085
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The UK is seeking continued participation in the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) system in order to facilitate the continued frictionless trade in aerospace goods between the UK and EU. The UK, with the second largest aerospace sector in the world, supplies vital components to aerospace exporters within the EU. It is not in the interests of the UK or the EU to disrupt the ‘just in time’ supply chains of our integrated aerospace sector.</p><p>The Commission has proposed a regulation which, when agreed, would provide an extension of the validity of certain safety certificates issued to or by UK based organisations. In addition, The Aviation Safety (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations which were laid in draft on 26 November 2018 provide that certificates issued by EASA or an EU Member State shall remain valid for a period of up to 2 years.</p> answering member constituency Epsom and Ewell answering member printed Chris Grayling grouped question UIN 211084 question first answered 28/01/2019 15:37:37 answering member 1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

1045614

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Channel Ferries: Freight
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what unforeseeable events led his Department to award contracts for additional shipping freight capacity under Regulation 32 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South West
tabling member printed	Joanna Cherry
uin	210601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member to my Rt hon Friend's <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/haulage-update-7-january-2019" target="_blank">Written Statement</a> of 7 January [HCWS 1233].</p><p>A negotiated procurement procedure without prior publication was concluded as allowed for by Regulation 32 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015. An accelerated competitive process was carried out in order to ensure that capacity can be in place in time for a No Deal exit whilst at the same time securing value for money for the taxpayer.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 210602 210603 question first answered 28/01/2019 16:02:37 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4419 label Biography information for Joanna Cherry

1045615

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Channel Ferries: Freight
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 identify new entrants to the market in the absence of an invitation to tender being published when awarding contracts for additional shipping freight capacity under Regulation 32 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South West
tabling member printed	Joanna Cherry
uin	210602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member to my Rt hon Friend's <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/haulage-update-7-january-2019" target="_blank">Written Statement</a> of 7 January [HCWS 1233].</p><p>A negotiated procurement procedure without prior publication was concluded as allowed for by Regulation 32 of The Public Contracts Regulations 2015. An accelerated competitive process was carried out in order to ensure that capacity can be in place in time for a No Deal exit whilst at the same time securing value for money for the taxpayer.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 210601 210603 question first answered 28/01/2019 16:02:37 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4419 label Biography information for Joanna Cherry

1045655

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that disabled people have suitable transport access when seeking employment opportunities.
tabling member constituency	Angus
tabling member printed	Kirstene Hair
uin	210711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that disabled people have the same access to transport and opportunities to seek employment as everyone else. In July 2018 the Government launched the Inclusive Transport Strategy (ITS) which sets out key policy and investment priorities to deliver an inclusive transport system.</p><p><em> </em></p><p>Access to Work is a publicly funded employment support programme that aims to help more disabled people start, or stay in, work. It can provide practical and financial support for people who have a disability or long term physical or mental health condition. The scheme is demand-led and offers a discretionary grant, administered by Jobcentre Plus (JCP). Support for disabled workers can include travel to work and travel within work as well as specialised aids, equipment and support workers.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 28/01/2019 15:52:59 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4675 label Biography information for Kirstene Hair