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1300692

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date	09/03/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Instruction: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the £300 cost for the Approved Driving Instructor teaching licence, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of awarding driving instructors with backdated refunds or discounts for the periods during the covid-19 outbreak in which they were not allowed to practise.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	165684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2021 answer text <p>The 4-year duration of the approved driving instructor (ADI) registration is set out in the Road Traffic Act. The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency has no powers to extend this period, nor to waive, reduce or refund any part of the £300 fee. There are no plans to make changes to primary legislation.</p><p>The Road Traffic Act provides that those approved driving instructors (ADI) who allow their registration to lapse have up to a year to apply to re-join the register without having to requalify. ADIs do not pay directly for their standards checks nor their Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, other than the £6 identification verification fee, which is payable to the Post Office.</p><p> </p><p>The £300 ADI registration fee covers all the costs of administration of the register, including the arrangement and conduct of standards checks and the DBS cost. The requirement for the fee is specified in the Act. There are no powers to waive the fee and there are no plans to make changes to primary legislation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 165685 question first answered 12/03/2021 10:52:07 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1300693

registered interest
date	09/03/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Instruction: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of allowing driving instructors to apply for an enhanced criminal record check and a standard check test without incurring costs, if they have not renewed their approved driving instructor registration in time due to the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	165685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2021 answer text <p>The 4-year duration of the approved driving instructor (ADI) registration is set out in the Road Traffic Act. The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency has no powers to extend this period, nor to waive, reduce or refund any part of the £300 fee. There are no plans to make changes to primary legislation.</p><p>The Road Traffic Act provides that those approved driving instructors (ADI) who allow their registration to lapse have up to a year to apply to re-join the register without having to requalify. ADIs do not pay directly for their standards checks nor their Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, other than the £6 identification verification fee, which is payable to the Post Office.</p><p> </p><p>The £300 ADI registration fee covers all the costs of administration of the register, including the arrangement and conduct of standards checks and the DBS cost. The requirement for the fee is specified in the Act. There are no powers to waive the fee and there are no plans to make changes to primary legislation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 165684 question first answered 12/03/2021 10:52:07 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1300734

registered interest
date	09/03/2021
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: Remote Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 1 March 2021 to Question 158241, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Remote Working, without reference to the DVLA’s IT systems, what assessment he has made of what proportion of staff implementation of the Deloitte report’s findings would have enabled to work from home.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	165492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2021 answer text <p>The review was carried out by both internal Driver and Vehicle Licensing (DVLA) and external expertise and focused on what could be done to reduce the backlogs that had built up during the initial lockdown in 2020, not specifically on home working. Some recommendations have been implemented but others require more significant changes that are still being worked through. The review was an iterative process which involved discussions with various personnel across the DVLA and the final report was recently presented to the DVLA’s Board.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 165493 165494 question first answered 12/03/2021 11:23:02 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1300736

registered interest
date	09/03/2021
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: Remote Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 1 March 2021 to Question 158241, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Remote Working, whether any of the Deloitte report’s recommendations on options for DVLA staff to work from home have been implemented.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	165493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2021 answer text <p>The review was carried out by both internal Driver and Vehicle Licensing (DVLA) and external expertise and focused on what could be done to reduce the backlogs that had built up during the initial lockdown in 2020, not specifically on home working. Some recommendations have been implemented but others require more significant changes that are still being worked through. The review was an iterative process which involved discussions with various personnel across the DVLA and the final report was recently presented to the DVLA’s Board.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 165492 165494 question first answered 12/03/2021 11:23:02 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1300737

registered interest
date	09/03/2021
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: Remote Working
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 1 March 2021 to Question 158241, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Remote Working, when the findings of the Deloitte report were presented to (a) the DVLA, (b) Chief Executive Julie Lennard and (c) other parties or bodies.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	165494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2021 answer text <p>The review was carried out by both internal Driver and Vehicle Licensing (DVLA) and external expertise and focused on what could be done to reduce the backlogs that had built up during the initial lockdown in 2020, not specifically on home working. Some recommendations have been implemented but others require more significant changes that are still being worked through. The review was an iterative process which involved discussions with various personnel across the DVLA and the final report was recently presented to the DVLA’s Board.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 165492 165493 question first answered 12/03/2021 11:23:02 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1300745

registered interest
date	09/03/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Passenger Ships
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the scope of the Global Travel Taskforce’s 12 April 2021 report on the reopening of international travel is planned to include the cruise sector for national cruises and international cruises.
tabling member constituency	Wealden
tabling member printed	Ms Nusrat Ghani
uin	165596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2021 answer text <p>The Global Travel Taskforce report will consider a safe and sustainable reopening of international travel. International cruises will be included within the scope of this report.</p><p> </p><p>Domestic cruises within England will restart under step three of the Government’s Roadmap out of lockdown. This will align with the opening up of domestic indoor tourism and hospitality and will occur no earlier than 17 May.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 12/03/2021 14:04:59 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani

1300764

registered interest
date	09/03/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Taxis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the revenue collected by APCOA Parking (UK) Ltd on behalf of Network Rail from the purchase of taxi permits for use at stations across the Network Rail estate in 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
uin	165470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2021 answer text <p>The income generated from taxi permits at Network Rail managed stations for 20-21 was £16,355.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 12/03/2021 13:27:03 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1300765

registered interest
date	09/03/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Freeports: 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 assessment he has made of the potential effect of the Humber Freeport on the employment conditions of seafarers employed by P&O Ferries on ferry routes between Hull and the Netherlands.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	165508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2021 answer text <p>The UK’s eight newly established Freeports will be national hubs for international trade, innovation and commerce, regenerating communities across the UK. Government will ensure that the UK’s high standards with respect to workers’ rights will not be compromised – like any other business in the UK.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 16/03/2021 15:21:10 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1300766

registered interest
date	09/03/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Freeports: 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 assessment he has made of the potential effect of the Humber Freeport on seafarer jobs in (a) Hull and (b) the Humber region.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	165509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2021 answer text <p>Freeports will bring together ports, local authorities, businesses and other key local stakeholders to achieve a common goal of shared prosperity and opportunity for their regions. This is likely to increase jobs in the Humber region, including seafarer jobs due to greater shipping activity.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts grouped question UIN 165513 question first answered 16/03/2021 15:28:39 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

1300769

registered interest
date	09/03/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Ferries: Freight
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Budget 2021, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of freeports on the delivery of contracts with ferry operators recognised under the Freight Capacity Framework Agreement.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	165512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2021 answer text <p>In the Budget speech on 3 March, the Chancellor announced that 8 Freeports would be created in 8 regions of England, as selected by the Secretary of State for the Ministry for Housing, Communities &amp; Local Government. Subject to agreeing the governance arrangements and successfully completing the business cases, these Freeports will begin operations from late 2021. The introduction of Freeports in late 2021 will not have an impact on GSFC routes as the current GSFC contracts run until 30 June 2021.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 16/03/2021 15:25:08 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner