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1667473

registered interest
date	07/11/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorcycles: Training
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 impact of proposals relating to reform of Compulsory Basic Training published by the Motorcycle Industry Association in its document entitled A Licence to Net Zero on (a) road safety, (b) quality of rider training and (c) the skill levels of riders.
tabling member constituency	Mole Valley
tabling member printed	Sir Paul Beresford
uin	5
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2023 answer text <p>The Minister for Roads and Local Transport intends to engage with the Motorcycle Industry Association on its proposals, in the near future, to consider how they align with existing work and plans on Compulsory Basic Training and licence reform.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 15/11/2023 16:19:20 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	103 label Biography information for Sir Paul Beresford

1654566

registered interest
date	19/07/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorcycles: Training
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the letter from Transport for London and other organisations, dated 18 July, calling for improved compulsory basic training for motorcyclists; and what plans they have, if any, to implement the recommendations set out in that letter.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL9511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2023 answer text <p>One of the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s priorities, as outlined in its strategic plan, is to improve motorcyclist and instructor training, which includes compulsory basic training (CBT).</p><p> </p><p>The newly formed motorcycle strategic focus group is working closely with industry stakeholders to consider how to improve the safety of those involved in the rider gig economy, coupled with changes to motorcycle training and testing to ensure riders have the skills and knowledge they need for a lifetime of safe and sustainable journeys.</p><p> </p><p>Any changes to the training and licencing regime, including CBT, will form part of a wider package of reforms when parliamentary time allows.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 25/07/2023 13:19:25 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

1290275

registered interest
date	26/02/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorcycles: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many compulsory basic training tests have expired since 23 March 2020.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	159254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2021 answer text <p>Compulsory Basic Training (CBT) certificates are issued by motorcycle Approved Training Bodies (ATB) to successful candidates and are valid for two years. There is no means of establishing the number of CBT tests that have been undertaken since 23 March 2020.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 159255 question first answered 03/03/2021 13:56:22 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1290276

registered interest
date	26/02/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorcycles: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many compulsory basic training tests have been undertaken since 23 March 2020.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	159255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2021 answer text <p>Compulsory Basic Training (CBT) certificates are issued by motorcycle Approved Training Bodies (ATB) to successful candidates and are valid for two years. There is no means of establishing the number of CBT tests that have been undertaken since 23 March 2020.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 159254 question first answered 03/03/2021 13:56:22 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1284958

registered interest
date	08/02/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorcycles: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to extend Compulsory Basic Training licenses during the period of covid-19 lockdown restrictions announced in January 2021.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	150916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2021 answer text <p>The two-year validity period of a compulsory basic training (CBT) certificate is set out in legislation. It is in place to ensure learner moped and motorcycle riders can ride safely on their own, with L-plates, while they practise for a full moped or motorcycle test. The Government has no plans, on road safety grounds, to waive that two-year validity period.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 11/02/2021 14:46:23 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1283520

registered interest
date	03/02/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorcycles: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when Compulsory Basic Training and inspection for motorbikes and scooters drivers will recontinue.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	148756
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2021 answer text <p>Compulsory basic training (CBT) for learner moped and motorcycle riders is suspended during the current lockdowns in England, Scotland and Wales. The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) will follow the relevant administrations’ instructions and advice about when easing of the current COVID-19 restrictions will allow CBT to restart safely. The DVSA will tell all motorcycle approved training bodies when that is.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 08/02/2021 10:19:34 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1283523

registered interest
date	03/02/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorcycles: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to temporarily waive the two year limit on Compulsory Basic Training for motorbikes and scooters during the covid-19 lockdown and until inspections are able to recontinue.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	148757
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2021 answer text <p>The two-year validity period of a compulsory basic training (CBT) certificate is set out in legislation. It is in place to ensure learner moped and motorcycle riders can ride safely on their own, with L-plates, while they practise for a full moped or motorcycle test. The Government has no plans, on road safety grounds, to waive that two-year validity period.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 08/02/2021 10:25:35 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

1283651

registered interest
date	03/02/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorcycles: Training
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 extending the validity period of Compulsory Basic Training certification for frontline and key workers needing to commute during the pandemic whose two-year deadline has expired or is due to expire during lockdowns; and what steps he is taking to support workers who have lost their means of commuting due to a lack of extension to their certificates.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	148817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2021 answer text <p>The two-year validity period of a compulsory basic training (CBT) certificate is set out in legislation. It is in place to ensure learner moped and motorcycle riders can ride safely on their own, with L-plates, while they practise for a full moped or motorcycle test. That includes critical workers. The Government has no plans, on road safety grounds, to waive that two-year validity period for any category of learner rider. Mobile emergency workers who hold a valid CBT certificate are, however, able to take a motorcycle test during the current restrictions if put forward by their employer.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 09/02/2021 11:51:11 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1281290

registered interest
date	27/01/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorcycles: Training
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 27 January 2021 to Question 140769, how critical workers who cannot work from home can (a) take their full motorcylce test and (b) renew their Compulsory Basic Training while test centres are closed during the covid-19 outbreak; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	144662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2021 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is making available a practical testing service in England for mobile emergency workers who need to ride a motorcycle as part of their job.</p><p> </p><p>The DVSA is not accepting requests for mobile emergency worker tests direct from individuals. Those employing mobile emergency workers need to apply to the DVSA for their existing test to be conducted earlier as a mobile emergency worker test; the DVSA has contacted organisations eligible to tell them how to do this.</p><p> </p><p>Learner motorcyclists meeting the mobile emergency worker criteria and who have a valid compulsory basic training (CBT) certificate and wish to apply for a motorcycle licence are eligible for the mobile emergency worker service.</p><p><br> Learner motorcyclists whose CBT certificate has expired are unable to renew it during the current restrictions. They will not be able take a practical motorcycle test until conditions allow CBT to re-start and they have acquired a fresh CBT certificate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 04/02/2021 16:43:41 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1278780

registered interest
date	20/01/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorcycles: Training
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 January 2021 to Question 136074 on Motorcycles: Training, if he will make it his policy to provide critical workers who cannot work from home with an extension of the two-year Compulsory Basic Training (CBT) period before they are required to take a full moped or motorcycle test or their CBT again to cover the period when full tests and CBT tests are unavailable due to restrictions to prevent the transmission of covid-19; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	140769
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2021 answer text <p>Compulsory Basic Training (CBT) helps to ensure riders can ride safely on their own while they prepare to take the full moped or motorcycle test. It is the expectation motorcycle riders will go on and take their full test within two years. If they do not take the motorcycle test within this timeframe, they will need to renew their CBT.</p><p> </p><p>Rider safety is vital as they are one of our most vulnerable groups of road users. Taking a motorcycle test or renewing their CBT ensures they have the basic skills to be safe.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 27/01/2021 16:13:29 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas