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1235641

registered interest
date	17/09/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Patrol Craft: Plymouth
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department holds information on a vessel named HMS Alfred the Great being registered and based in Plymouth.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	91721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2020 answer text <p>The Maritime and Coastguard Agency has no record of a vessel named HMS Alfred the Great on its UK Ship Register.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 22/09/2020 15:28:34 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1231182

registered interest
date	03/09/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorhomes: Registration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the DVLA guidance entitled Converting a vehicle into a motor caravan (motor home) updated on 27 August 2020, what estimate his Department has made of the number of vans that have been modified to be motor caravans but cannot be reclassified.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	84736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2020 answer text <p>In the last three years, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has received 49,901 applications to change a vehicle’s body type to motor caravan, of which, 32,199 were approved. The body type descriptor held on the vehicle record must describe what a vehicle looks like in traffic. It is not linked to the use of the vehicle, its insurance cover or speed restrictions. The body type descriptor is used purely to provide the police and other enforcement agencies with a description of the vehicle being driven in traffic.</p><p>For those applications where the body type is unable to be changed to “motor caravan”, the vehicle can still be used for that purpose, provided any alterations made to the vehicle do not compromise its safety. The DVLA will allocate the most appropriate body type depending on the external appearance of the vehicle.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 10/09/2020 13:38:12 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1230249

registered interest
date	01/09/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Tree Planting
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what species of tree are in the Highways England recommended tree planting strategy alongside (a) motorways and (b) A-roads.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	83950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2020 answer text <p>Highways England’s standard for landscape design requires the character of the landscape around roads to be considered when specifying species for tree planting schemes. Projects on motorways and A-roads should therefore use local species of trees if possible and appropriate for that location. In practice, predominantly native and locally indigenous species are planted within the highway such as Hawthorn, Birch, Crab apple and Field Maple. Motorway interchanges and larger expanses may have space for bigger trees such as Oak or Beech. Occasionally<strong>, </strong>the need to support local habitats/species, or to protect local genetic diversity, may require trees to be grown from seeds from a specific location (accounting for “local provenance”). Highways England has a specification for such special provenance requirements.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 09/09/2020 15:31:45 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1229185

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorhomes: Registration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many applications for van to motor caravan conversions have been made in last five years; and how many of those applications have been turned down and for what reasons.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	82360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of accepted and rejected applications to change a vehicle’s body type from van to motor caravan. Information on the reason for refusal would incur disproportionate costs to gather, as each case would need to be interrogated to establish the reason. Information on the volume of rejected applications has only been stored since July 2016.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Applications accepted between August 2015 and July 2020</p></td><td><p>Applications rejected between July 2016 and July 2020</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Applications to change body type from van to motor caravan</p></td><td><p>44,991</p></td><td><p>18,199</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The DVLA emphasises that even if the body type is unable to be changed to “motor caravan”, vehicle keepers are still able to use the vehicle for this purpose, provided any alterations made to the vehicle do not compromise its safety.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 08/09/2020 16:18:56 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1198252

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling and Walking: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his 9 May 2020 announcement of new walking and cycling funding in response to covid-19, when he expects payments of that funding to be received by local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	52465
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>The first £45 million tranche of the Emergency Active Travel Fund will be released to local authorities as soon as possible. Officials are currently working at pace reviewing the applications for funding submitted to Department. Indicative allocations for tranche one have been published on gov.uk and Plymouth was provisionally allocated £249,000. The Department intends to confirm the final amounts awarded to individual local authorities later this month. This will enable work to begin at pace on emergency measures such as closing roads to through traffic, installing segregated cycle lanes and widening pavements. The second tranche of £180m will be released later in the summer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 09/06/2020 15:18:21 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1198615

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Boats: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Marine and Coastguard Agency plans to issue guidance to charter boat operators on social distancing requirements during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	52475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p>The Department has been working in partnership with the industry to ensure the flow of vital goods through our ports can continue, while supporting a safe restart for the wider sector in line with the Government’s plan.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has already published specific guidance on the application of social distancing requirements to transport operators, which is available online at gov.uk. We will continue to support the sector to ensure transport services can be operated as safely as possible.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 09/06/2020 15:31:58 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1183658

registered interest
date	09/03/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Concessions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to encourage train operating companies to establish a rail to refuge scheme for people experiencing domestic abuse.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	27009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2020 answer text <p>The railway is much more than trains and rail track and we want to encourage wider support for the communities that it serves.</p><p> </p><p>The ‘Rail to Refuge’ initiative is certainly a scheme that I am keen to endorse. It complements our drive to protect vulnerable children and adults at risk whilst they are travelling within the rail network through the Safeguarding on Rail Scheme, which came into existence during 2019 and is now a franchising obligation that Train Operating Companies will be required to adopt in new/future franchise competitions and awards.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 17/03/2020 17:30:42 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1178915

registered interest
date	21/02/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Control: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to review the effect on local authority finances of issuing traffic regulation orders.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	18389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2020 answer text <p>The Department for Transport has begun a review of traffic order legislation, including the costs and benefits of the current regime and the impact on local authorities of making and applying for their own orders. Work has included research that was carried out in 2019 by the Department for Transport, Geoplace, Ordnance Survey and the British Parking Association. This estimated, for example, that the annual advertising costs for Traffic Orders and Temporary Traffic Orders across all authorities in Great Britain is approximately £49 million. The Department for Transport continued its review later in 2019. We now plan to consult on proposed amendments later in 2020.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 02/03/2020 17:04:11 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1174399

registered interest
date	29/01/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	East Coast Rail Franchise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has requested that retired East Coast High Speed Trains are not scrapped by the franchise owners; and whether he has concluded discussions with franchisees on the redeployment of East Coast High Speed trains to the CrossCountry franchise.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	9783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>The future deployment of High Speed Trains (HSTs) previously leased by London North Eastern Railway (LNER) is a matter for the rolling stock owners to determine. This may include agreeing a lease with another party.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 03/02/2020 16:15:09 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1173397

registered interest
date	27/01/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cross Country Rail Franchise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to announce the new franchise details for CrossCountry.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	8471
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>The Department is currently considering options for successor franchise arrangements when the existing contract ends in October 2020. We expect an announcement later this year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 04/02/2020 16:24:07 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard