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1140191

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	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: Databases
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many requests for vehicle owner information have been made by overseas enforcement agencies in each of the last five years by country.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	278969
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>As part of the Cross Border Exchange Directive, EU Member States can request keeper or owner details of vehicles from other Member States, to follow up certain road traffic offences. CBE was implemented in the UK on 7 May 2017, the table below shows the number of requests for vehicle keeper information up to 27 June 2019.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>(from 7 May) 2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(to 27 June) 2019 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Austria</p></td><td><p>15,988</p></td><td><p>30,530</p></td><td><p>8,786</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belgium</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bulgaria</p></td><td><p>1,222</p></td><td><p>2,693</p></td><td><p>1,235</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croatia</p></td><td><p>218</p></td><td><p>367</p></td><td><p>102</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Czech Republic</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>2,115</p></td><td><p>1,474</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Estonia</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finland</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>France</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>241,467</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Germany</p></td><td><p>40,124</p></td><td><p>88,362</p></td><td><p>29,388</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hungary</p></td><td><p>6,169</p></td><td><p>9,861</p></td><td><p>3,636</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Italy</p></td><td><p>13,586</p></td><td><p>58,832</p></td><td><p>21,422</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Latvia</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>512</p></td><td><p>15,354</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lithuania</p></td><td><p>1,211</p></td><td><p>3,761</p></td><td><p>5,903</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luxembourg</p></td><td><p>1,286</p></td><td><p>3,149</p></td><td><p>1,270</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malta</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poland</p></td><td><p>1,697</p></td><td><p>3,816</p></td><td><p>1,310</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovakia</p></td><td><p>199</p></td><td><p>408</p></td><td><p>195</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slovenia</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>196</p></td><td><p>117</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spain</p></td><td><p>1,199</p></td><td><p>51,851</p></td><td><p>16,863</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Netherlands</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>3,569</p></td><td><p>21,961</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In addition, the Home Office can receive requests for vehicle information from overseas authorities, through either Mutual Legal Assistance requests or European Investigation Orders. Information on the volume of these requests is not stored within the Department for Transport.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 24/07/2019 14:58:05 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1140192

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Cars: Alternative Fuels
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many alternative fuelled cars have been registered in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	278970
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of alternative fuelled vehicles, that were registered in 2016, 2017 and 2018.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>90,669</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>121,441</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>148,526</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 24/07/2019 15:06:15 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1140218

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Aviation: Safety
	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 safety implications of failing to renew the UK’s current exemption from Standard European Rules of Air on vertical separation from cloud in Class D airspace for aircraft operating under Visual Flight Rules.
	tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
	tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
	uin	278940
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The current exemption was issued by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to allow a safe and orderly transition to the requirements of the SERA with effect from 12 September 2019. The CAA is taking the necessary measures to meet the aims of the exemption. The SERA requirement gives effect to the international standard set out in Annex 2 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation and is already safely applied throughout most of the world.</p><p> </p><p>We are aware that the airspace structure in the UK may give rise to some operational complications in respect of complying with the SERA requirement. The Department is working with the CAA to fully understand any safety implications arising from the application of the requirement in the UK, including whether any safeguarding measures are necessary.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 23/07/2019 14:25:03 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

1140294

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Bypasses: Northamptonshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will visit the village of Farthinghoe to discuss with local residents the potential merits of the Farthinghoe bypass.
	tabling member constituency	South Northamptonshire
	tabling member printed	Andrea Leadsom
	uin	278992
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2019 answer text <p>The A422 is managed by Northamptonshire County Council and assessments of traffic passing through the village of Farthinghoe, the effect on the wider road network, and proposals for a bypass on the A422 would be for the local council to consider.</p><p> </p><p>The A422 meets the objective criteria to be eligible for funding as part of the Major Road Network (MRN). It is for Sub-National Transport Bodies, in this case England’s Economic Heartland, to work with Members of Parliament and local authorities to submit schemes for consideration for MRN funding by the end of July. If a MRN bid is submitted for this road, discussions will take place between Departmental officials, Highways England and Northamptonshire Highways, but to date none have been held.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis grouped question UIN 278988 278989 278990 278991 question first answered 23/07/2019 13:17:35 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom

1140430

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Department for Transport: Ethnic Groups
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many BAME staff are employed at (a) grade 7, (b) grade 5 and (c) grade 3 in his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
	tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
	uin	279058
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>As at June 30<sup>th</sup>, the numbers of BAME staff at the requested grades are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Grade</p></td><td><p>BAME Staff</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 3 (SCS Payband 3)</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 5 (SCS Payband 1)</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 7</p></td><td><p>101</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>It is worth noting numbers are not complete as these figures represent only those staff who have chosen to record their diversity information and self-identified as BAME on our HR records system. It is not mandatory to complete this information.</p><p> </p><p>This figure represents the numbers across the Department and its Executive Agencies.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 24/07/2019 15:26:28 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra