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	registered interest
	date	29/11/2021
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Bridges and Tunnels: Northern Ireland and Scotland
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost has been to the public purse of the Union Connectivity Review and Fixed Link Feasibility Study into the potential merits of a bridge or tunnel between Scotland and Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
	tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
	uin	83396
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2021 answer text <p>The Fixed Link Feasibility Study forms part of the Union Connectivity Review, independently chaired by Sir Peter Hendy CBE. Final invoices are yet to be received.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 02/12/2021 09:55:22 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
	tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1357478

	registered interest
	date	22/09/2021
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving Instruction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to provide financial support for driving instructors that specify in car and trailer training (B+E training) in response to that training being made non-mandatory.
	tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
	tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
	uin	53253
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2021 answer text <p>The Department for Transport and Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) are working across government to establish the impact on the trainer market from the regulatory changes relating to B+E testing.</p><p> </p><p>DVSA will continue to encourage people who want to drive a car and trailer to get professional training to promote road safety. We are exploring options for an industry-led accreditation that could offer a standardised non-statutory testing approach and plan to meet with key stakeholders including trainers and insurers to discuss this further.</p><p> </p><p>DVSA will be extensively promoting the importance of professional car and trailer training for all motorists, will encourage motorists to access online guidance on towing safely and will continue to remind motorists of the need to carry out trailer safety checks.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 18/10/2021 15:13:12 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
	tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara

1357480

	registered interest
	date	22/09/2021
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving Instruction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will implement a compulsory accreditation scheme to replace the DVLA's car and trailer training (B+E), similar to the CBT training that motorcycle drivers must undertake.
	tabling member constituency	Argyll and Bute
	tabling member printed	Brendan O'Hara
	uin	53254
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2021 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) will continue to encourage people who want to drive a car and trailer to get professional training to promote road safety. We are exploring options for an industry-led accreditation that could offer a standardised non-statutory testing approach and plan to meet with key stakeholders including trainers and insurers to discuss this further.</p><p> </p><p>DVSA will be extensively promoting the importance of professional car and trailer training for all motorists, will encourage motorists to access online guidance on towing safely and will continue to remind motorists of the need to carry out trailer safety checks.</p><p> </p><p>Car drivers towing trailers and caravans will continue to be subject to roadside enforcement checks by DVSA.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 18/10/2021 15:11:27 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
	tabling member	4371 label Biography information for Brendan O'Hara