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967495

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Maps
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what responsibility, if any, they have for ensuring that comprehensive road maps of cities are available including details of no right turns.
	tabling member printed	Lord Lea of Crondall
	uin	HL9985
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for managing their road networks, including implementing measures such as right turn bans. It is for them to ensure these and other traffic restrictions are properly signed on-street so that drivers are aware of them. Drivers are responsible for ensuring they follow the rules of the road and are not in breach of any restrictions.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport has no responsibility for producing road mapping. Commercial mapping companies are responsible for ensuring the maps they produce are accurate.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 14/09/2018 11:12:01 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	2482 label Biography information for Lord Lea of Crondall

967464

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Heathrow Airport
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent to which competition between existing and new terminal facilities at Heathrow Airport might be beneficial to airlines and passengers.
	tabling member printed	Lord Grade of Yarmouth
	uin	HL9958
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), the independent regulator, will consider the benefits of competition at Heathrow Airport. It has already explained the importance of considering alternative commercial and delivery arrangements for the provision of new capacity and has recently published a technical note on this subject in the context of expansion.</p><p> </p><p>Government continues to encourage all potential promoters to engage with all relevant stakeholders on proposals that will facilitate the efficient and timely delivery of new capacity at Heathrow Airport.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 13/09/2018 14:03:04 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	4228 label Biography information for Lord Grade of Yarmouth

967462

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Heathrow Airport
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what process will be used to determine who will be the developer and operator of the new terminal at Heathrow Airport.
	tabling member printed	Lord Grade of Yarmouth
	uin	HL9957
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The Airports National Policy Statement (NPS) does not identify any statutory undertaker as the appropriate person or appropriate persons to carry out the preferred scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Any prospective developer would need to submit a Development Consent Order (DCO) application in line with the Airports NPS. Any application for a DCO will be considered carefully and with an open mind based on the evidence provided, through a public examination by the independent Planning Inspectorate, before any final decision is made.</p><p> </p><p>The CAA has recently published a technical note outlining its approach to dealing with licensing issues raised by potential new developers of expansion at Heathrow.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 13/09/2018 13:44:51 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	4228 label Biography information for Lord Grade of Yarmouth

967461

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Heathrow Airport
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps, if any, they are taking to ensure that (1) the costs of Heathrow Airport expansion do not rise above £14 billion, and (2) that airlines, passengers and taxpayers will not cover any extra amount should costs rise above that level.
	tabling member printed	Lord Grade of Yarmouth
	uin	HL9956
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government is clear that the Northwest Runway scheme at Heathrow will be financed by the private sector. Ahead of the decision to designate the Airports National Policy Statement (NPS) the Government and its independent expert advisors concluded that, so far as can be assessed at this early stage of the process, Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) is able to privately finance expansion without Government support.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State for Transport set out a clear ambition in 2016 for airport charges to remain as close as possible to current levels in real terms. The Secretary of State has re-commissioned the CAA to oversee, and report on, how well Heathrow Airport Limited is engaging with the airline community on its plans for expansion with the objective of achieving value for money for the consumer. This follows on from a previous commission during which Heathrow announced the identification of potential costs savings of up to £2.5bn.</p><p> </p><p>Ultimately, the CAA will determine the level of airport charges in lines with its primary duty to further the interests of consumers (passengers and freight operators). In its most recent consultation the CAA noted that there are “credible scenarios in which capacity expansion can be delivered affordably and financeably, with airport charges per passenger remaining close to current levels in real terms and line with the ambition expressed by the SoS [Secretary of State] on these matters in 2016”.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 13/09/2018 13:42:47 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	4228 label Biography information for Lord Grade of Yarmouth

967459

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Heathrow Airport
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have been given assurances that the £14 billion proposed costs for the Heathrow Airport expansion cover the full capacity increase to 130 million passengers per year.
	tabling member printed	Lord Grade of Yarmouth
	uin	HL9954
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government is clear that the Northwest Runway scheme at Heathrow will be financed by the private sector without Government support. Heathrow is a regulated airport and as such any plans for expansion, including expenditure, are subject to scrutiny from both its airline customers and the regulator with updates expected as appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>Ahead of the decision to designate the Airports National Policy Statement (NPS) the Government and its independent expert advisors concluded that, so far as can be assessed at this early stage of the process, Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) is able to privately finance expansion without Government support.</p><p> </p><p>The Airports NPS is clear that it requires a scheme that must be “capable of delivering additional capacity of at least 260,000 air transport movements per annum” – and it is for an applicant to demonstrate how the phasing of any scheme would deliver this capacity increase in its Development Consent Order application.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg grouped question UIN HL9955 question first answered 13/09/2018 13:42:03 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	4228 label Biography information for Lord Grade of Yarmouth

967453

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Department for Transport: Families
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Department for Transport policies have been assessed against the Family Test; and whether they will publish any such assessments.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Eaton
	uin	HL9949
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>The government is committed to supporting families. To achieve this, in 2014 we introduced the Family Test, which aims to ensure that impacts on family relationships and functioning are recognised early on during the process of policy development and help inform the policy decisions made by Ministers. There is no requirement for departments to publish the results of assessments made under the Family Test.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 14/09/2018 11:12:56 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	4184 label Biography information for Baroness Eaton

969342

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motorways: Accidents
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total number of motorway accidents in the years (1) 2014–15, (2) 2015–16, and (3) 2016–17; and how many of those accidents involved Heavy Goods Vehicles.
	tabling member printed	Lord Storey
	uin	HL10172
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>The number of reported road accidents involving personal injury on motorways, and the number of these involving Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) in Great Britain for the years 2014 to 2016 are provided in the table below. An extra category (accidents involving goods vehicles with unknown weight) has also been included for context. Some of the unknown weight goods vehicles will be HGVs.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Road accidents on motorways</p></td><td><p>Road accidents on motorways involving HGVs</p></td><td><p>Road accidents involving goods vehicle with unknown weight</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>5,630</p></td><td><p>1,312</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>5,550</p></td><td><p>1,305</p></td><td><p>70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>5,405</p></td><td><p>1,076</p></td><td><p>190</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: DfT STATS19</em></p><p> </p><p>Reported road accident statistics are collected on a calendar year basis.</p><p>Statistics for the year 2017 will be published on Thursday 27<sup>th</sup> September 2018.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 14/09/2018 11:04:51 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

969308

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any reconsideration of road fund tax disc compliance policy is taking place following publication of the most recent DVLA annual report.
	tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
	uin	HL10138
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>More than 98 per cent of vehicles on the road are currently taxed and as the annual report shows the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) continues to collect approximately £6 billion in tax each year. This shows the overwhelming majority of motorists tax their vehicles on time.</p><p> </p><p>The DVLA has a comprehensive package of measures to tackle vehicle excise duty evasion. These are kept under constant review and range from reminder letters, penalties and court prosecutions through to the use of Automatic Number Plate Recognition cameras, wheel clamping and the removal of unlicensed vehicles.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 14/09/2018 10:58:02 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

969306

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they are giving to the return of the windscreen tax disc.
	tabling member printed	Lord Campbell-Savours
	uin	HL10136
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to re-introduce the tax disc.</p><p> </p><p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) and other enforcement agencies use the DVLA’s electronic vehicle information to confirm that vehicle excise duty has been paid.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 14/09/2018 10:58:32 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	499 label Biography information for Lord Campbell-Savours

968813

	registered interest
	date	05/09/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Oxford-Cambridge Arc
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the road network between Cambridge, Milton Keynes and Oxford.
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	uin	HL10097
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>Assessment of road connections between Oxford and Cambridge is contained within the published Oxford to Cambridge Expressway Stage 3 Report.</p><p> </p><p>Accordingly, the Government has committed to improving the road links within this corridor, and to filling the missing link in the Strategic Road Network between Oxford and Cambridge.</p><p> </p><p>It has announced the central corridor as the preferred choice. The Department is now working out detailed route options within the corridor, and is currently on track to have it open to traffic by 2030 as planned.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 14/09/2018 11:05:12 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten