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1670566

registered interest
date	16/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Property: Appleby Magna
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason the Land Registry does (a) include a record of the sale in 2011 and (b) not include a record of the sale in 2015 of the Old Rectory in Appleby Magna.
tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
uin	2337
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p>The Land Registry does have a record of the sale in 2015 of the Old Rectory in Appleby Magna and a copy of the Land Registry summary of title document is attached.</p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 21/11/2023 12:43:11 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne attachment 1 file name Land Registry Sale Record document.pdf title Land Registry Sale Record document
tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

1670567

registered interest
date	16/11/2023
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 assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of ensuring that electric vehicle charging points are available throughout the UK, in the context of the Rapid Charging Fund pilot.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	2274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p>The Government is working with industry to deliver electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure.</p><p> </p><p>The management of motorways and major roads is a devolved policy area and as such the Rapid Charging Fund is England only. Certain Government funding schemes, namely the EV Chargepoint Grant, the Workplace Charging Scheme, and the On-Street Residential Charging Scheme, are available UK-wide.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, funding has been awarded to projects in the devolved administrations to support chargepoint installation - for example through the Levelling Up Fund, where in Northern Ireland, ESB has received £3 million towards the upgrade of the EV charging network<em>.</em></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 21/11/2023 16:19:47 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1670570

registered interest
date	16/11/2023
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, with reference to his Department's consultation on Pavement parking: options for change, which closed on 22 November 2020, when he plans to publish his Department's response to the consultation.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Sarah Green
uin	2384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p>Pavement parking is a complex issue. We want to take the right step for communities and ensure that local authorities have appropriate and effective tools at their disposal. We are working through the options and the possible legislative opportunities for delivering them and as soon as those matters are certain we will publish our formal response.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 21/11/2023 14:34:13 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4918 label Biography information for Sarah Green

1670596

registered interest
date	16/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Scooters: Subsidies
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 potential merits of introducing an e-bike subsidy scheme.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	2351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <blockquote><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government already supports e-bikes through the Cycle to Work scheme.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Government has been trialling a national e-cycle programme to provide opportunities to try e-cycles through short term loans. Active Travel England is also funding local authority-led cycle loan and share schemes and continues to support authorities to implement e-cycle initiatives in their local communities.</p><p> </p></blockquote> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 21/11/2023 14:09:04 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1670598

registered interest
date	16/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bicycles: Recycling and Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is taking steps to encourage the recycling and repair of old bicycles.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	2352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p>Active Travel England is providing £4 million across 2023/24 and 2024/25 to Cycling UK’s ongoing Big Bike Revival project, which includes cycle repairs and maintenance workshops, including for onward sale or donation of second-hand cycles.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 21/11/2023 16:24:59 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1670599

registered interest
date	16/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bicycles: Delivery Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to encourage delivery companies to switch to cargo bikes in urban areas.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	2353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p>The Government recognises the role of e-cargo bikes in helping to decarbonise the freight sector and has outlined its support for moving freight to innovative modes such as e-cargo bikes in the Future of Freight plan. Since 2019, we have invested nearly £4 million in supporting businesses and local authorities to transition to more sustainable business travel and last mile deliveries through e-cargo bike grants, helping nearly 300 businesses and over 30 local authorities to replace car and van journeys with e-cargo bikes.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 21/11/2023 16:28:14 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1670611

registered interest
date	16/11/2023
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, what estimate he has made of the (a) number of practical driving tests booked in 2023 as of 16 November 2023 and (b) proportion of those practical driving tests booked (i) through third-party applications not approved by the DVSA and (ii) by automated bots.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	2362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is aware that some companies have been using bots or third-party applications to snap up appointments on its public booking service, as soon as they become available, leaving fewer test appointments for genuine learner drivers to purchase directly from the DVSA.</p><p> </p><p>These apps or bots are not approved by the DVSA.</p><p> </p><p>In January this year, the DVSA changed the terms and conditions for using the booking service to help prevent anyone from selling tests at profit. Since then, the DVSA has issued 192 warnings, 532 suspensions, and closed 438 businesses for misuse of its booking service.</p><p> </p><p>To ensure its booking system is used correctly, the DVSA has also:</p><ul><li>stopped accepting new automatic online registrations to use its tests booking service</li><li>stopped accepting any new registrations from companies who do not directly employ a driving instructor.</li><li>removed registrations not linked to driving instructors.</li><li>reduced the number of times a driving test appointment can be changed from 10 to the pre-pandemic limit of 6.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Following these changes, there has been a significant drop in traffic to these services because the DVSA is successfully identifying and blocking apps or bots.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As of 13 November 2023, there were 562,296 car practical driving tests booked, and 82,836 driving tests available within the 24-week booking window. The national average waiting time for a car practical driving test in October 2023 was 18.8 weeks. The DVSA does not hold the number of driving tests that have been booked by automated bots.</p><p> </p><p>Since April 2021, measures put in place by the DVSA to reduce waiting times for its customers is creating on average over 42,900 extra car test slots each month.</p><p>DVSA is examining additional measures to further strengthen the system.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 2363 2364 2365 question first answered 21/11/2023 15:36:27 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1670612

registered interest
date	16/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Tests: Fees and Charges
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 estimate of the average amount paid in pounds sterling for practical driving test slots that were (a) booked via third-party applications not approved by the DVSA and (b) resold after having been bought by automated bots.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	2363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is aware that some companies have been using bots or third-party applications to snap up appointments on its public booking service, as soon as they become available, leaving fewer test appointments for genuine learner drivers to purchase directly from the DVSA.</p><p> </p><p>These apps or bots are not approved by the DVSA.</p><p> </p><p>In January this year, the DVSA changed the terms and conditions for using the booking service to help prevent anyone from selling tests at profit. Since then, the DVSA has issued 192 warnings, 532 suspensions, and closed 438 businesses for misuse of its booking service.</p><p> </p><p>To ensure its booking system is used correctly, the DVSA has also:</p><ul><li>stopped accepting new automatic online registrations to use its tests booking service</li><li>stopped accepting any new registrations from companies who do not directly employ a driving instructor.</li><li>removed registrations not linked to driving instructors.</li><li>reduced the number of times a driving test appointment can be changed from 10 to the pre-pandemic limit of 6.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Following these changes, there has been a significant drop in traffic to these services because the DVSA is successfully identifying and blocking apps or bots.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As of 13 November 2023, there were 562,296 car practical driving tests booked, and 82,836 driving tests available within the 24-week booking window. The national average waiting time for a car practical driving test in October 2023 was 18.8 weeks. The DVSA does not hold the number of driving tests that have been booked by automated bots.</p><p> </p><p>Since April 2021, measures put in place by the DVSA to reduce waiting times for its customers is creating on average over 42,900 extra car test slots each month.</p><p>DVSA is examining additional measures to further strengthen the system.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 2362 2364 2365 question first answered 21/11/2023 15:36:27 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1670613

registered interest
date	16/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Tests: Waiting Lists
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 average waiting time for a practical driving test at each DVSA assessment centre as of 16 November 2023.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	2364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is aware that some companies have been using bots or third-party applications to snap up appointments on its public booking service, as soon as they become available, leaving fewer test appointments for genuine learner drivers to purchase directly from the DVSA.</p><p> </p><p>These apps or bots are not approved by the DVSA.</p><p> </p><p>In January this year, the DVSA changed the terms and conditions for using the booking service to help prevent anyone from selling tests at profit. Since then, the DVSA has issued 192 warnings, 532 suspensions, and closed 438 businesses for misuse of its booking service.</p><p> </p><p>To ensure its booking system is used correctly, the DVSA has also:</p><ul><li>stopped accepting new automatic online registrations to use its tests booking service</li><li>stopped accepting any new registrations from companies who do not directly employ a driving instructor.</li><li>removed registrations not linked to driving instructors.</li><li>reduced the number of times a driving test appointment can be changed from 10 to the pre-pandemic limit of 6.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Following these changes, there has been a significant drop in traffic to these services because the DVSA is successfully identifying and blocking apps or bots.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As of 13 November 2023, there were 562,296 car practical driving tests booked, and 82,836 driving tests available within the 24-week booking window. The national average waiting time for a car practical driving test in October 2023 was 18.8 weeks. The DVSA does not hold the number of driving tests that have been booked by automated bots.</p><p> </p><p>Since April 2021, measures put in place by the DVSA to reduce waiting times for its customers is creating on average over 42,900 extra car test slots each month.</p><p>DVSA is examining additional measures to further strengthen the system.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 2362 2363 2365 question first answered 21/11/2023 15:36:27 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1670614

registered interest
date	16/11/2023
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, what steps he is taking to limit the use of (a) third party applications not approved by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency and (b) automated bots to book driving tests.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	2365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2023 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is aware that some companies have been using bots or third-party applications to snap up appointments on its public booking service, as soon as they become available, leaving fewer test appointments for genuine learner drivers to purchase directly from the DVSA.</p><p> </p><p>These apps or bots are not approved by the DVSA.</p><p> </p><p>In January this year, the DVSA changed the terms and conditions for using the booking service to help prevent anyone from selling tests at profit. Since then, the DVSA has issued 192 warnings, 532 suspensions, and closed 438 businesses for misuse of its booking service.</p><p> </p><p>To ensure its booking system is used correctly, the DVSA has also:</p><ul><li>stopped accepting new automatic online registrations to use its tests booking service</li><li>stopped accepting any new registrations from companies who do not directly employ a driving instructor.</li><li>removed registrations not linked to driving instructors.</li><li>reduced the number of times a driving test appointment can be changed from 10 to the pre-pandemic limit of 6.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Following these changes, there has been a significant drop in traffic to these services because the DVSA is successfully identifying and blocking apps or bots.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As of 13 November 2023, there were 562,296 car practical driving tests booked, and 82,836 driving tests available within the 24-week booking window. The national average waiting time for a car practical driving test in October 2023 was 18.8 weeks. The DVSA does not hold the number of driving tests that have been booked by automated bots.</p><p> </p><p>Since April 2021, measures put in place by the DVSA to reduce waiting times for its customers is creating on average over 42,900 extra car test slots each month.</p><p>DVSA is examining additional measures to further strengthen the system.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 2362 2363 2364 question first answered 21/11/2023 15:36:27 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh