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1467241

registered interest
date	06/06/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to make it mandatory for drivers to report a collision with a cat.
tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
uin	11771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government has made no assessment of the potential merits of introducing a legal requirement for drivers to stop and report collisions with cats. A focus for this Government is to make roads safer for all users, which will in turn reduce the risk to all animals.</p><p>Under section 170 of the Road Traffic Act 1988, a driver is required to stop and report an accident involving specified animals including horses, cattle, asses, mules, sheep, pigs, goats or dogs, but not cats or wild animals. This requirement arises from their status as working animals rather than as domestic pets. To introduce such a measure within the provision of section 170, would require primary legislation.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 09/06/2022 11:41:48 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1467590

registered interest
date	06/06/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether Ministers (a) approved or (b) were aware of spending for (i) 20/01/2022, CALDERS, £2,500.04, Team awayday costs, (ii) 01/12/2021, ZINGEVENTS.CO.UK, (iii) £2,074.28, Team away day - 38 people, (iv) 23/11/2021, PAYPAL SERVANIMALS, £2,850.00 Workshop for team awayday, (v) 15/11/2021, THEMINDGYM.COM, £2,700.00, Facilitator for team awayday, (vi) 15/11/2021, THEMINDGYM.COM, £2,700.00, Facilitator for team awayday and (vii) 23/11/2021, PAYPAL SERVANIMALS, £2,538.00, Workshop for team away day.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	13187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2022 answer text <p>Department for Transport (DfT) has robust internal controls that ensure approval of all expenditure by senior management in line with business objectives prior to procurement of goods or services.</p><p> </p><p>DfT is compliant and has a process in place in line with HM Treasury guidance.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 09/06/2022 10:00:37 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1467622

registered interest
date	06/06/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Public Transport: Disability
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 ensure all public transport providers fulfil their duty under the Equality Act 2010 to be disability accessible.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	13243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2022 answer text <p>The government’s vision is for disabled people to have the same access to transport as everyone else so they can travel confidently and easily.</p><p>Most transport operators have a duty under the Equality Act 2010 to make reasonable adjustments to enable disabled people to access their services, and enforcement of this is a matter for the Courts.</p><p>Accessibility requirements and enforcement mechanisms vary by transport mode. Where government has responsibility for enforcement, it works proactively to identify and eliminate non-compliance. Where local authorities and/or regulators are responsible for enforcement, the government seeks to raise their awareness of the importance of accessibility, for example by publishing best practice guidance.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 09/06/2022 10:04:10 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1467669

registered interest
date	06/06/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Fares
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 reducing the cost of rail fares in order to increase travel on railways, as the German government has recently announced it will do.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	13174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2022 answer text <p>We have launched a number of measures to help passengers save on rail fares. Most recently, we launched the Great British Rail Sale, the first ever nationwide rail sale. Over 1.3 million tickets were sold, offering around £7 million worth of savings for passengers. A number of railcards are also available to passengers that offer discounts on most rail fares.</p><p>Taxpayers also provided significant financial support to keep trains running throughout the pandemic, with Government having committed almost £16 billion since March 2020 to ensure vital services continued to run and key workers were able to keep using them. It is important now to put rail finances back on a sustainable footing in a way that is fair to passengers and taxpayers as we recover from the pandemic.</p><p>Any new rail fare discounts need to be carefully balanced for their potential impacts on passengers, taxpayers and the railway.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 14/06/2022 08:14:14 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1467670

registered interest
date	06/06/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Bus Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to take steps to increase travel by (a) rail and (b) bus.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	13175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2022 answer text <p>As the pandemic is changing travel habits, train operators are reassessing their services to ensure rail timetables meet new passenger travel patterns, are fit for the future, and carefully balance cost, capacity and performance.</p><p>The Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail, published May 2021, set out the biggest transformation of the railways in three decades with reforms designed to improve services for passengers and encourage a shift to rail. A new public body, Great British Railways, will run the network in the public interest and have a new relationship with train operators defined by tough new contracts incentivising punctual and reliable services.</p><p>The National Bus Strategy, published March 2021, set out the Government’s vision for delivering better bus services for passengers across England. In April, we announced over £1 billion of new funding for Bus Service Improvement Plans, part of £3 billion of bus investment during this Parliament, including £525 million to deliver zero emission buses.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 14/06/2022 08:16:55 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1467680

registered interest
date	06/06/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will take steps to improve the safety of unadopted streets, including those on marked cycle routes, that are in poor condition and pose a significant risk to cyclists and other road users.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	13185
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2022 answer text <p>The responsibility for the management of unadopted roads rests with the owner, or more usually the frontagers, those who own property that fronts, or abuts, the road concerned. Neither the Government nor the local authority has any obligation over works on unadopted roads.</p><p>Section 230 of the 1980 Act empowers the ‘street works authority’ (i.e. the local authority) to order the frontagers to repair an unadopted or private road in the event that said repairs are needed to “obviate danger to traffic”.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 14/06/2022 10:54:35 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1467691

registered interest
date	06/06/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Public Expenditure
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 publication, DfT: spending over £500, January 2022, if he will publish an itemised list of purchases made under the £2,500.04 payment to Calders on 20 January 2022 under the description, team awayday costs.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	13210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2022 answer text <p>Under the Transparency policy, the department does not publish itemised lists. Total transactional amounts per invoice are published. This specific transaction was paid under one invoice amounting to £2,500.04.</p><p>DfT is compliant and has a process in place in line with HM Treasury guidance,</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 09/06/2022 10:01:58 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1467692

registered interest
date	06/06/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's publication, DfT: spending over £500, January 2022, how many days of work DEKRA Automotive Ltd completed for the payment of £52,204.22 made on 24 January 2022.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	13211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2022 answer text <p>The contract was not paid on the basis of day rates.</p><p>DEKRA were paid based on the number of inspections they conducted of chargepoint installations that OZEV have provided grant funding for. The contract started on the 22nd of September 2021 and ended on the 31st of March 2022</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 09/06/2022 09:51:48 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1467693

registered interest
date	06/06/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's publication, DfT: spending over £25,000, March 2022, what work 23RED Ltd completed for the payment of £71,720 made on 2 March 2022.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	13212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2022 answer text <p>In March 2022, spend of £71,720 was paid to 23 Red for the development of the departments ‘It’s everyone’s journey’ campaign. The campaign aims to support our ambition of equal access on public transport by creating a more supportive and considerate environment. The department ran a short burst of campaign activity to raise awareness of the heightened needs of disabled people using public transport in the new COVID-19 environment.</p><p>The <a href="https://everyonesjourney.dft.gov.uk/resources/" target="_blank">‘World of Difference’ campaign assets</a> were developed – including, digital audio, social assets and out of home posters in bus and train carriages. Additionally, we continued to engage partners across all transport modes and disability organisations to deliver key campaign messages through trusted voices.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 09/06/2022 09:54:43 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1467694

registered interest
date	06/06/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Freight
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what framework his Department has in place to enable relevant stakeholders to feed into the implementation of the Future of Freight Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	13213
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2022 answer text <p>The Government will work with the Ministerially-chaired Freight Council, which includes chief executive officer representation from the freight transport trade associations, on the delivery of the Future of Freight plan, continuing the constructive relationship we had with them in order to develop the plan.</p><p>We will consider if and how the structure of the Freight Council might be adjusted to best support implementation.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 09/06/2022 14:08:34 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss