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1404367

registered interest
date	19/01/2022
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: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the recent performance of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency's customer enquiry system.
tabling member constituency	South Northamptonshire
tabling member printed	Andrea Leadsom
uin	107566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2022 answer text <p>The quickest and easiest way to make an application to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is by using its extensive suite of online services. There are no delays in successful online applications and customers should receive their documents within a few days.</p><p>However, many people still choose or have to make a paper application and the DVLA receives around 60,000 items of mail every day. To help reduce waiting times for paper applications, the DVLA has introduced additional online services, recruited more staff, increased overtime working and has secured extra office space in Swansea and Birmingham.</p><p>Information on the number of enquiries made to the DVLA by parliamentary constituency or geographical location is not held. Throughout the pandemic, the DVLA’s contact centre has flexed its services for customers in line with the available resources. An additional building has been procured and more staff continue to be recruited to answer calls and enquiries. The DVLA has also increased resource on the team that deals with enquiries from honourable members on behalf of their constituents.</p><p>The DVLA has prioritised the processing of applications for vocational driving licences (including HGVs) to support the Government’s response the driver shortage. There are no delays in straightforward applications for vocational licences, which are being processed within normal turnaround times of five working days. It may take longer to process applications where medical investigations are needed.</p><p>Information about the number of complaints specifically about poor service is not held.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 107567 107568 107569 question first answered 24/01/2022 12:04:35 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom

1404369

registered interest
date	19/01/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences: Northamptonshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on the backlog of enquiries to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency from constituents of Northamptonshire; and what steps he is taking to resolve that matter.
tabling member constituency	South Northamptonshire
tabling member printed	Andrea Leadsom
uin	107567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2022 answer text <p>The quickest and easiest way to make an application to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is by using its extensive suite of online services. There are no delays in successful online applications and customers should receive their documents within a few days.</p><p>However, many people still choose or have to make a paper application and the DVLA receives around 60,000 items of mail every day. To help reduce waiting times for paper applications, the DVLA has introduced additional online services, recruited more staff, increased overtime working and has secured extra office space in Swansea and Birmingham.</p><p>Information on the number of enquiries made to the DVLA by parliamentary constituency or geographical location is not held. Throughout the pandemic, the DVLA’s contact centre has flexed its services for customers in line with the available resources. An additional building has been procured and more staff continue to be recruited to answer calls and enquiries. The DVLA has also increased resource on the team that deals with enquiries from honourable members on behalf of their constituents.</p><p>The DVLA has prioritised the processing of applications for vocational driving licences (including HGVs) to support the Government’s response the driver shortage. There are no delays in straightforward applications for vocational licences, which are being processed within normal turnaround times of five working days. It may take longer to process applications where medical investigations are needed.</p><p>Information about the number of complaints specifically about poor service is not held.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 107566 107568 107569 question first answered 24/01/2022 12:04:35 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom

1404370

registered interest
date	19/01/2022
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 steps he plans to take to help ensure that people seeking HGV licence renewals from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency receive them in a timely manner.
tabling member constituency	South Northamptonshire
tabling member printed	Andrea Leadsom
uin	107568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2022 answer text <p>The quickest and easiest way to make an application to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is by using its extensive suite of online services. There are no delays in successful online applications and customers should receive their documents within a few days.</p><p>However, many people still choose or have to make a paper application and the DVLA receives around 60,000 items of mail every day. To help reduce waiting times for paper applications, the DVLA has introduced additional online services, recruited more staff, increased overtime working and has secured extra office space in Swansea and Birmingham.</p><p>Information on the number of enquiries made to the DVLA by parliamentary constituency or geographical location is not held. Throughout the pandemic, the DVLA’s contact centre has flexed its services for customers in line with the available resources. An additional building has been procured and more staff continue to be recruited to answer calls and enquiries. The DVLA has also increased resource on the team that deals with enquiries from honourable members on behalf of their constituents.</p><p>The DVLA has prioritised the processing of applications for vocational driving licences (including HGVs) to support the Government’s response the driver shortage. There are no delays in straightforward applications for vocational licences, which are being processed within normal turnaround times of five working days. It may take longer to process applications where medical investigations are needed.</p><p>Information about the number of complaints specifically about poor service is not held.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 107566 107567 107569 question first answered 24/01/2022 12:04:35 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom

1404371

registered interest
date	19/01/2022
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: Complaints
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 number of poor service complaints made to the Driver and Vehicle License Agency in the last six months; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	South Northamptonshire
tabling member printed	Andrea Leadsom
uin	107569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2022 answer text <p>The quickest and easiest way to make an application to the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is by using its extensive suite of online services. There are no delays in successful online applications and customers should receive their documents within a few days.</p><p>However, many people still choose or have to make a paper application and the DVLA receives around 60,000 items of mail every day. To help reduce waiting times for paper applications, the DVLA has introduced additional online services, recruited more staff, increased overtime working and has secured extra office space in Swansea and Birmingham.</p><p>Information on the number of enquiries made to the DVLA by parliamentary constituency or geographical location is not held. Throughout the pandemic, the DVLA’s contact centre has flexed its services for customers in line with the available resources. An additional building has been procured and more staff continue to be recruited to answer calls and enquiries. The DVLA has also increased resource on the team that deals with enquiries from honourable members on behalf of their constituents.</p><p>The DVLA has prioritised the processing of applications for vocational driving licences (including HGVs) to support the Government’s response the driver shortage. There are no delays in straightforward applications for vocational licences, which are being processed within normal turnaround times of five working days. It may take longer to process applications where medical investigations are needed.</p><p>Information about the number of complaints specifically about poor service is not held.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison grouped question UIN 107566 107567 107568 question first answered 24/01/2022 12:04:35 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom

1403830

registered interest
date	18/01/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Control: Police
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to implement the recommendations of HMICFRS's July 2020 report, Roads Policing: Not optional - An inspection of roads policing in England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	106687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2022 answer text <p>The HMICFRS report Roads Policing: Not Optional was commissioned by the Roads Policing Review Governance Board which is jointly chaired by officials from the Department for Transport and the Home Office. Recommendations 1 to 3 and 7 were addressed to the Government. The remainder of the thirteen recommendations were for Chief Constables and the College of Policing.</p><p> </p><p>In respect of Recommendation 1 that Department for Transport and Home Office produce a joint road safety strategy, the Government is going further. We will instead establish a cross Government Road Safety Strategic Board to engage all Departments in a strategic framework to reduce road casualties.</p><p> </p><p>The use of statutory powers to require locally elected PCCs to include specific policing issues in their Police and Crime plans needs to be balanced with a proper regard for local autonomy and the will of local voters. PCCs are directly elected and must consult their communities in developing a Police and Crime Plan that reflects local circumstances. The Home Office is committed to working closely with the police and PCCs to consider what further improvements can be made to the effectiveness of roads enforcement in England and Wales and reduce road traffic casualties.</p><p> </p><p>The Strategic Policing Requirement (SPR) will set clear direction to policing on the contribution they need to make to respond to national threats including terrorism, serious and organised crime and child sexual abuse. It will highlight where police forces need to work together, using local and/or regional capabilities, to protect the public. Following the SPR review that we concluded last year, we are considering the national threats and policing capabilities, such as roads policing, that are included in the SPR. The revised SPR will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Recommendation 7 was that the Government should refresh Department for Transport Circular 1/2007. The Department for Transport is currently redrafting and updating the guidance in consultation with stakeholders and it is anticipated new guidance will be published in the summer.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Office and Department for Transport will continue to work with the Association of Police and Crime Commissioners, the National Police Chiefs’ Council and the College of Policing to monitor the progress made in respect of the recommendations relevant to them. This will be done in a manner that respects the operational independence of Chief Officers and the College of Policing.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 21/01/2022 11:10:20 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

1403882

registered interest
date	18/01/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line: Railway Stations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether any bids were received from UK-based manufacturers for the HS2 station lift and escalator work to be carried out at (a) Birmingham Curzon Street, (b) Interchange, (c) Old Oak Common and (d) Euston.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Heeley
tabling member printed	Louise Haigh
uin	106784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2022 answer text <p>The contracts awarded are a framework arrangement for the supply of lifts and escalators at all four Phase One HS2 stations. All of the tenderers for the lifts and escalators framework have a UK base and are UK registered companies.</p><p> </p><p>No UK-based lift or escalator suppliers responded to the Prior Indicative Notice to demonstrate that they had the required capacity to deliver this contract, and this is why the shortlist was comprised of companies which manufacture lifts and escalators outside the UK. The market was made aware of the upcoming contract in March 2019 with engagement through the Lifts and Escalators Industry Association (which consists of 140 UK and worldwide suppliers). This was followed up in April 2020 by the launch of the procurement process via the Publication of Prior Indicative Notice on the Official Journal of the European Union.</p><p> </p><p>In terms of the wider project, an estimated 98% of HS2 contracts have gone to UK based companies.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 21/01/2022 11:01:02 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4473 label Biography information for Louise Haigh

1403904

registered interest
date	18/01/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Space Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which aspects of the National Space Strategy his Department is responsible for.
tabling member constituency	Midlothian
tabling member printed	Owen Thompson
uin	106790
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Transport is responsible for ensuring the Space Industry Act and Space Industry Regulations continue to provide a modern legal framework that is internationally competitive and will support innovation and growth in the UK space sector. It will ensure that new spaceflight activities regulated under these provisions by the Civil Aviation Authority are safe and provide the right opportunities for industry. In addition, the Department for Transport is responsible for co-ordinating work to use space technology to modernise and transform the UK’s transport system under the Strategy’s Ten Point Plan.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 21/01/2022 11:04:54 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4482 label Biography information for Owen Thompson

1404038

registered interest
date	18/01/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Concessions
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 bringing England in line with the rest of the United Kingdom by introducing free off-peak bus travel for over-60s.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne East
tabling member printed	Mr Nicholas Brown
uin	106643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2022 answer text <p>Concessionary travel is a devolved policy area and the administrative arrangements for the schemes in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are entirely separate.</p><p> </p><p>Funding the concessionary bus pass costs around £1 billion annually, so any changes, such as extending free bus travel to those who are not yet eligible would have an impact on the scheme’s financial sustainability. In England, the age of eligibility for the concessionary bus pass is linked to the state pension age. This addresses the anomalous position of non-disabled, working age citizens receiving free bus buses, which in turn supports the financial sustainability of the scheme. There are no current plans to change the concessionary bus travel age of eligibility in England. However, concessionary travel legislation gives local authorities the flexibility to offer local travel concessions, such as free or discounted travel to those who are not yet eligible for the bus pass, if they choose to do so.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 21/01/2022 11:02:47 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	523 label Biography information for Mr Nicholas Brown

1404067

registered interest
date	18/01/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rolling Stock: Yorkshire and the Humber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of trains operating across all routes in Yorkshire each month are (a) fully electric, (b) hybrid and (c) diesel.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	106648
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2022 answer text <p>We do not hold information regarding fleet deployment at a county level. The Integrated Rail Plan will see electrification on the Transpennine Main Line between Manchester, Leeds and York, and the Midland Mainline between Sheffield, the East Midlands, and London St Pancras.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 21/01/2022 11:07:34 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

1404101

registered interest
date	18/01/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Blue Badge Scheme: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Part One of the National Disability Strategy published 28 July 2021, what progress his Department has made towards improving the online Blue Badge application process.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	106806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2022 answer text <p>The Department conducts an ongoing programme to identify ways to improve the Blue Badge scheme application process for all users, including acting on feedback from local authority administrators and citizen users of the scheme. A project to test the application of advanced technological developments to the online application process is expected to report in Spring 2022.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton grouped question UIN 106807 question first answered 21/01/2022 13:37:54 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft