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1356169

registered interest
date	16/09/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Driving Licences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many applications for HGV driving licences the DVLA had taken receipt of but had not yet completed processing of as at 15 September 2021.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	50741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2021 answer text <p>On 15 September, there were 54,191 applications for vocational driving licences awaiting processing. These are a mix of first applications for a provisional vocational licence and renewals. It is important to note that the majority of those applying to renew their vocational licence will be able to continue to drive while their application is being processed. Vocational applications include those applying for entitlement to drive both HGVs and buses and it is not possible to separate them out.</p><p> </p><p>On 31 March 2010, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) employed 6,428 staff. It is not possible to specify how many staff were working on applications for HGV licences in 2010 as most DVLA operational roles require employees to carry out a range of tasks.</p><p> </p><p>Information about the number of renewal applications for HGV driver licences that were not processed by their renewal date is not held.</p><p> </p><p>The DVLA is currently prioritising applications for HGV driving licences and continues to explore opportunities to reduce turnaround times for paper applications. Extra staff have been recruited and the DVLA is seeking extra office space to house more staff to help reduce backlogs and provide future resilience and business continuity.</p><p> </p><p>Paper driving licence applications are currently taking between six and ten weeks to process and more information is available on gov.uk <a href="http://www.gov.uk/guidance/dvla-coronavirus-covid-19-update" target="_blank">here</a>. There may be additional delays in processing more complex transactions, for example, if medical investigations are needed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 50742 50743 50744 50745 question first answered 21/09/2021 16:04:30 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1356180

registered interest
date	16/09/2021
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: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many days the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency application website has (a) crashed and (b) been unable to accept applications over the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	50736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2021 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested. The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency’s combined electronic services were available for 99.96 per cent of the time against a target of 99.5 per cent between January and September 2021.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 21/09/2021 15:16:44 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

1356230

registered interest
date	16/09/2021
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: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff worked for the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency in 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	50742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2021 answer text <p>On 15 September, there were 54,191 applications for vocational driving licences awaiting processing. These are a mix of first applications for a provisional vocational licence and renewals. It is important to note that the majority of those applying to renew their vocational licence will be able to continue to drive while their application is being processed. Vocational applications include those applying for entitlement to drive both HGVs and buses and it is not possible to separate them out.</p><p> </p><p>On 31 March 2010, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) employed 6,428 staff. It is not possible to specify how many staff were working on applications for HGV licences in 2010 as most DVLA operational roles require employees to carry out a range of tasks.</p><p> </p><p>Information about the number of renewal applications for HGV driver licences that were not processed by their renewal date is not held.</p><p> </p><p>The DVLA is currently prioritising applications for HGV driving licences and continues to explore opportunities to reduce turnaround times for paper applications. Extra staff have been recruited and the DVLA is seeking extra office space to house more staff to help reduce backlogs and provide future resilience and business continuity.</p><p> </p><p>Paper driving licence applications are currently taking between six and ten weeks to process and more information is available on gov.uk <a href="http://www.gov.uk/guidance/dvla-coronavirus-covid-19-update" target="_blank">here</a>. There may be additional delays in processing more complex transactions, for example, if medical investigations are needed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 50741 50743 50744 50745 question first answered 21/09/2021 16:04:30 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1356231

registered interest
date	16/09/2021
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: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff working for the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency were dedicated to processing HGV driver applications in 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	50743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2021 answer text <p>On 15 September, there were 54,191 applications for vocational driving licences awaiting processing. These are a mix of first applications for a provisional vocational licence and renewals. It is important to note that the majority of those applying to renew their vocational licence will be able to continue to drive while their application is being processed. Vocational applications include those applying for entitlement to drive both HGVs and buses and it is not possible to separate them out.</p><p> </p><p>On 31 March 2010, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) employed 6,428 staff. It is not possible to specify how many staff were working on applications for HGV licences in 2010 as most DVLA operational roles require employees to carry out a range of tasks.</p><p> </p><p>Information about the number of renewal applications for HGV driver licences that were not processed by their renewal date is not held.</p><p> </p><p>The DVLA is currently prioritising applications for HGV driving licences and continues to explore opportunities to reduce turnaround times for paper applications. Extra staff have been recruited and the DVLA is seeking extra office space to house more staff to help reduce backlogs and provide future resilience and business continuity.</p><p> </p><p>Paper driving licence applications are currently taking between six and ten weeks to process and more information is available on gov.uk <a href="http://www.gov.uk/guidance/dvla-coronavirus-covid-19-update" target="_blank">here</a>. There may be additional delays in processing more complex transactions, for example, if medical investigations are needed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 50741 50742 50744 50745 question first answered 21/09/2021 16:04:30 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1356232

registered interest
date	16/09/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Driving Licences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many renewal applications for HGV driver licences were not processed by their renewal date as a result of delays in DLVA processing in each month since January 2021 to date. .
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	50744
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2021 answer text <p>On 15 September, there were 54,191 applications for vocational driving licences awaiting processing. These are a mix of first applications for a provisional vocational licence and renewals. It is important to note that the majority of those applying to renew their vocational licence will be able to continue to drive while their application is being processed. Vocational applications include those applying for entitlement to drive both HGVs and buses and it is not possible to separate them out.</p><p> </p><p>On 31 March 2010, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) employed 6,428 staff. It is not possible to specify how many staff were working on applications for HGV licences in 2010 as most DVLA operational roles require employees to carry out a range of tasks.</p><p> </p><p>Information about the number of renewal applications for HGV driver licences that were not processed by their renewal date is not held.</p><p> </p><p>The DVLA is currently prioritising applications for HGV driving licences and continues to explore opportunities to reduce turnaround times for paper applications. Extra staff have been recruited and the DVLA is seeking extra office space to house more staff to help reduce backlogs and provide future resilience and business continuity.</p><p> </p><p>Paper driving licence applications are currently taking between six and ten weeks to process and more information is available on gov.uk <a href="http://www.gov.uk/guidance/dvla-coronavirus-covid-19-update" target="_blank">here</a>. There may be additional delays in processing more complex transactions, for example, if medical investigations are needed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 50741 50742 50743 50745 question first answered 21/09/2021 16:04:30 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1356234

registered interest
date	16/09/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Driving Licences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what additional resources have been made available to ensuring that HGV driver applications are being processed on time.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	50745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2021 answer text <p>On 15 September, there were 54,191 applications for vocational driving licences awaiting processing. These are a mix of first applications for a provisional vocational licence and renewals. It is important to note that the majority of those applying to renew their vocational licence will be able to continue to drive while their application is being processed. Vocational applications include those applying for entitlement to drive both HGVs and buses and it is not possible to separate them out.</p><p> </p><p>On 31 March 2010, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) employed 6,428 staff. It is not possible to specify how many staff were working on applications for HGV licences in 2010 as most DVLA operational roles require employees to carry out a range of tasks.</p><p> </p><p>Information about the number of renewal applications for HGV driver licences that were not processed by their renewal date is not held.</p><p> </p><p>The DVLA is currently prioritising applications for HGV driving licences and continues to explore opportunities to reduce turnaround times for paper applications. Extra staff have been recruited and the DVLA is seeking extra office space to house more staff to help reduce backlogs and provide future resilience and business continuity.</p><p> </p><p>Paper driving licence applications are currently taking between six and ten weeks to process and more information is available on gov.uk <a href="http://www.gov.uk/guidance/dvla-coronavirus-covid-19-update" target="_blank">here</a>. There may be additional delays in processing more complex transactions, for example, if medical investigations are needed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 50741 50742 50743 50744 question first answered 21/09/2021 16:04:30 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1356287

registered interest
date	16/09/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Parking: Pedestrian Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the result of the Government's consultation on pavement parking by the end of October 2021.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	50734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2021 answer text <p>We are giving careful consideration to the large volume of responses to this consultation and will publish the outcome as soon as possible.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 21/09/2021 15:01:15 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1356290

registered interest
date	16/09/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Average Earnings
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 average wage for heavy goods vehicle drivers in (a) 2019, (b) 2020, (c) 2021 Q1 and (d) 2021 Q2.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	50627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2021 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings (ASHE) suggests that the median gross hourly pay for large good vehicle drivers in 2019 was £12.02. The provisional data for 2020 suggests that the median gross hourly pay was £11.80.</p><p> </p><p>Evidence including from the industry suggests there has been a significant increase in wages for HGV drivers during Summer 2021.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 21/09/2021 15:03:55 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1355334

registered interest
date	14/09/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of electrical vehicle charging points that have been installed in the London Borough of Barnet as at 14 September 2021.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	49103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2021 answer text <p>Data on public electric vehicle charging devices and private, grant-funded charging devices in the London Borough of Barnet are presented in the table. Figures are from 1 July 2021.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number of Charging Devices</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total Public Devices</p></td><td><p>197</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Private Domestic Charging Devices<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>1,907</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Workplace Charging Device Sockets<sup>1</sup></p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><ol><li>Data on both private charging domestic and workplace devices comes from three Office for Zero Emission Vehicle (OZEV) grant schemes: the Workplace Charging Scheme (WCS) for businesses; the Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme (EVHS) and its predecessor, the Domestic Recharge Scheme (DRS) for private domestic charging devices.</li></ol><p> </p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 21/09/2021 13:23:33 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1355405

registered interest
date	14/09/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to accelerate the conversion of the world fleet of commercial ships to green propulsion.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	49226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/09/2021 answer text <p>The Government is working actively to accelerate the transition of the shipping industry to zero emissions operations.</p><p> </p><p>Internationally, the UK has played a key role in the development of the International Maritime Organization’s strategy for climate change, and we will be pushing for a zero emissions international shipping industry by 2050 in future negotiations.</p><p> </p><p>Domestically, we have set out our next steps in the recent Transport Decarbonisation Plan and committed £23m to support research and development through the Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 21/09/2021 13:25:25 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West