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433866

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving Instruction: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons his Department no longer publishes information on the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency's rating of driving instructors; and if he will take steps to make such information routinely available.
	tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
	tabling member printed	Mark Tami
	uin	18590
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2015 answer text Approved Driving Instructors (ADI) are required to successfully pass a three part qualification process to gain access to the Register of Approved Driving Instructors. They are also required to periodically undergo further reassessment, through a standards check, to demonstrate that they have maintained the minimum level of instructional ability to remain on the register. ADIs are graded following the standards check, based upon their level of performance. Whilst the overall number of ADIs at each grade is published on a quarterly basis, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has never routinely published the grading of individual instructors. DVSA is, however, taking steps to allow ADIs to voluntarily publish their grading through its on-line Find Your Nearest instructor facility on GOV.UK. answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 07/12/2015 13:29:47 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami

433860

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Buses
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of buses in England are (a) zero-emission capable, (b) Euro 4 or above and (c) hybrid diesel-electric.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
	uin	18453
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2015 answer text <p>We do not hold detailed numbers on the information requested. However, in relation to points (a) zero –emission capable and (c) hybrid diesel-electric we understand that over one hundred zero-emission capable buses and over 1300 hybrid diesel-electric buses are currently in service in England.</p><br /><p>This Government is continuing to build on the good work of the Coalition government, which saw nearly £60million grants awarded through the Green Bus Fund to help purchase around 900 low carbon buses. In addition, around £14million was allocated to help modify over 900 buses outside of London to significantly reduce their emissions and to upgrade over 400 London buses with pollution reducing technology, following £5m (match funded by the GLA) of earlier funding to upgrade 900 buses in London. This Government will shortly announce the winning bids for the second round of the Clean Bus Technology Fund.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 10/12/2015 16:57:21 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

433861

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2015
	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 recent monitoring he has undertaken of the Accessibility Action Plan; and if he will make it his policy to publish annual updates on such monitoring.
	tabling member constituency	Cambridge
	tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
	uin	18454
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2015 answer text <p>This Government is committed to continuing improving disabled people’s access to public transport services. We are working with the Disabled People’s Transport Advisory Committee (DPTAC) to revamp next year the Department for Transport’s first-ever Accessibility Action Plan, which was initiated under the Coalition government, including consideration about how we monitor progress against it.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 10/12/2015 13:53:44 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

433858

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Grants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what Government spending was on the Plug-in car grant in each of the last five years; and what estimate his Department has made of Government spending on that grant in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	18472
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2015 answer text <p>The plug-in car grant awards consumers a discount on the cost of a new ultra low emission vehicle. It has proved successful in growing the UK’s early market for ultra low emission vehicles, which is now the largest in the EU and the fourth largest in the world. The Government intends that nearly all cars and vans will be zero emission by 2050.</p><br /><p>Government spending on the plug-in car grant in each of the last financial years was as follows:</p><br /><p>2010/11 £1m</p><p>2011/12 £4.5m</p><p>2012/13 £11m</p><p>2013/14 £20.5m</p><p>2014/15 £90.5m</p><br /><p>The plug-in car grant is guaranteed to continue at £5,000 per vehicle until February 2016. The Chancellor announced at Spending Review 2015 that more than £600m will be spent on support for ultra low emission vehicles in the five years from 2015 to 2020. This funding means the grants can remain for several years after February, as long as there is a demonstrable market need. Future grant levels will be announced shortly.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 07/12/2015 13:45:41 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

433864

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency: Industrial Disputes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency and test staff representatives in order to seek a resolution of the industrial disputes at that Agency.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	18591
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2015 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) regrets the current industrial action, which is focussed on a modernised employment contract, and the effect it is having on its customers. DVSA has kept dialogue open with the Public and Commercial Services and Prospect unions. Senior DVSA managers have made themselves available for talks, but the unions set unacceptable preconditions to talks, so they could not take place.</p><br /><p>DVSA is seeking to come to an agreement on acceptable conditions for talks, seeking the help of Acas on 2 December to do this.</p><br /> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 07/12/2015 13:55:24 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

433862

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what correspondence he has had with Vauxhall on Vauxhall Zafira car safety issues; and what steps he has taken to help deal with those issues.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	18464
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2015 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is in regular contact with Vauxhall regarding their investigation into the cause of the fires. Vauxhall are continuing their action of notifying owners of Zafira's, requesting the return of the vehicle to a franchised dealer for inspection of the heating and ventilation system.</p><p>DVSA have a forthcoming meeting with Vauxhall to evaluate early evidence from the fire damaged vehicles and those vehicles examined as part of the pro-active action. DVSA will continue to work with the manufacturer to identify the cause of the fires and agree an action going forward to address the issue.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 10/12/2015 10:28:36 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

433865

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving Instruction: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department (a) holds and (b) publishes on the rating and qualifications of driving instructors.
	tabling member constituency	Alyn and Deeside
	tabling member printed	Mark Tami
	uin	18589
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2015 answer text <p>Approved Driving Instructors (ADI) are required to successfully pass a three part qualification process to gain access to the Register of Approved Driving Instructors and to periodically undergo further reassessment, through a standards check, to demonstrate that they have maintained the minimum level of instructional ability to remain on the register.All of these assessments are conducted by specially trained Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) examiners; the Agency does not hold any information about external qualifications attained by instructors.</p><br /><p>Instructors are graded following the standards check based upon their level of performance. Whilst the overall number of ADIs at each grade is published on a quarterly basis, the Agency has never routinely published the grading of individual instructors.DVSA is, however, taking steps to allow ADIs to voluntarily publish their grading through its on-line Find Your Nearest instructor facility on GOV.UK.DVSA is also in discussion with the ADI National Association Strategic Partnership with regards the development of an earned recognition scheme, the principle being that instructors which voluntarily demonstrate compliance with standards would earn recognition from the Agency and benefit from reduced oversight and reassessment.As part of this, DVSA is also exploring what additional information about instructors could be published to enable consumers to make a more informed choice as to which ADI best meets their learning needs.</p><br /> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 07/12/2015 13:44:21 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	1383 label Biography information for Mark Tami

433652

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Aircraft: Air Conditioning
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government further to the Written Answers by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 8 July (HL831) and 2 November (HL3215), why those fume events that did occur did not trigger the airline's formal reporting procedures to the Civil Aviation Authority under its mandatory reporting scheme, CAP382.
	tabling member printed	The Countess of Mar
	uin	HL4162
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2015 answer text <p>Under the Civil Aviation Authority’s mandatory reporting scheme (CAP382), a trigger for a report is an event that is considered by crew to be a “safety-related event which endangers or which, if not corrected or addressed, could endanger an aircraft, its occupants or any other person”.</p><br /><p>None of the flights where fumes/smells were reported on post flight questionnaires met this criteria.</p><br /> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 16/12/2015 14:06:47 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	1861 label Biography information for The Countess of Mar

433649

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Aviation: Pregnancy
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 16 July (HL1538), whether, in preparing that answer, they took into account that a component of tri-cresyl phosphate (TCP) used in some engine oils is tri-xylyl phosphate (TXP), which is currently listed as a Substance of Very High Concern under Regulation (EC) 1907/2006 and as a hazardous substance under Regulation (EC) 1272/2008 because of its classification as toxic for reproduction, and that both TCP and TXP are listed as being suspected of causing harm to the unborn child or fertility.
	tabling member printed	The Countess of Mar
	uin	HL4159
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2015 answer text <p>Trixylyl phosphate (TXP) has been identified as reproductive hazard with effects on fertility based on the oral combined repeated dose and reproductive/developmental study submitted by the company Supresta Netherlands BV. The evidence in the study is derived from oral dosing of rats with various amounts of pure compound during time period of 33 to 48 days. Some effects to fertility were found in mid and high dose groups, however there was no evidence of the substance harming the development of the foetus.</p><br /><p>Based on the study, it is not plausible that the occupants of an aircraft would be exposed to sufficient quantities of TXP to have an impact on fertility.</p><br /> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 16/12/2015 14:02:41 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	1861 label Biography information for The Countess of Mar

433633

	registered interest
	date	02/12/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Transport for the North
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what type of body is Transport for the North; who made the decision to set it up; what are its terms of reference; whether it has a constitution; what form its controlling body takes, how its composition was decided, and who are its members; whether any members of the controlling body other than the chairman receive remuneration, and if so, on what basis and how much; what is its annual budget, and from which funds that budget is derived; how many staff are employed to work for it; where those staff are based; and what property it occupies, and on what basis.
	tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
	uin	HL4143
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2015 answer text <p>Transport for the North (TfN) membership is drawn from the North’s combined and local authority, and Local Enterprise Partnership leaders working in a unique partnership with the Government, Network Rail, Highways England and HS2 Ltd. It was established by the Government with Northern leaders in October 2014. The TfN governance framework is outlined in the <em>Principles for Governing the Relationship between Transport for the North (TfN) and the Department for Transport (DfT) </em>document, which is attached and is available on the TfN website. The Chairman of TfN is the only Partnership Board member receiving remuneration for this role. Building on the summer budget commitment to provide funding to TfN, the Government is committing a total of £50m (£10m per annum) over this parliament, enabling TfN to build its capacity and capability to recruit the staff it needs and get on with planning better rail and roads to deliver the Government’s ambitious programme to create a Northern Powerhouse.This is in addition to the £8.5m already provided by DfT and up to £4m committed by the members of TfN. Following the recent appointments of the Chief Executive and Chairman, the recruitment process for both permanent and temporary staff is now underway. TfN is based at temporary premises in Manchester until a permanent location is agreed.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 16/12/2015 16:53:31 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon attachment 1 file name HL4143 - TFN Principles Document.pdf title TfN principles document
	tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves