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1126012

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date	13/05/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Tree Felling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many trees have been felled by Network Rail as part its lineside tree felling programme to date.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	253699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>Network Rail does not have a lineside tree felling programme, however Network Rail does have a statutory duty to ensure that the railways remain safe and reliable for the millions of people who use the network every day. In the last year, there were more than a thousand incidents where trees caused disruption to the network, which in some cases resulted in injuries among train drivers and members of the public.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 21/05/2019 11:44:23 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1126013

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Tree Felling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many trees Network Rail plans to fell as part of its lineside tree felling programme up to the expected conclusion of that programme in 2024.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	253700
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>Network Rail does not have a dedicated lineside tree felling programme.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 21/05/2019 11:52:28 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1126014

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Tree Felling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many trees Network Rail are planning to replant to replace the loss of biodiversity resulting from its lineside tree felling programme.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	253701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>Network Rail does not have a lineside tree felling programme. While Network Rail has carried out replanting, where appropriate, on individual projects, it does not hold central data on the number of trees replanted across its estate.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 21/05/2019 12:01:41 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1126016

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Tree Felling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessments Network Rail carry out to classify a lineside tree as safety critical.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	253702
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>Network Rail’s lineside engineers and surveyors consider a range of factors as part of their routine assessment of lineside trees, and whether these are considered safety critical or not. In the last year, there were more than a thousand incidents where trees caused disruption to the network, which in some cases resulted in injuries among train drivers and members of the public. Factors include the condition of the trees themselves, any identifiable hazards to oncoming trains and the safety risks associated with leaves on the line. This is in accordance with Network Rail’s own standards for vegetation management, which is based on existing forestry and environmental legislation.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 21/05/2019 12:22:45 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1126018

registered interest
date	13/05/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Tree Felling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the independent review of Network Rail’s lineside vegetation management, published in November 2018, for what reasons Network Rail has felled trees during the nesting season.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	253703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>Network Rail has a statutory duty to ensure that the railways remain safe throughout the year, and are therefore expected to intervene to address imminent safety risks or hazards that present themselves at the lineside, whenever this may be the case. As part of fulfilling this duty, Network Rail work with independent ecologists and arborists to identify nesting birds and protected species before commissioning any devegetation work, so that appropriate mitigation can be put in place to protect them and minimise disturbance.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 21/05/2019 12:28:41 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1110436

registered interest
date	08/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rescue Services: Ceredigion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Coastguard Rescue Officers are available for service in each Coastguard station along the Ceredigion coast; and what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of those numbers.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	242239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>There are six Coastguard Rescue Teams (CRTs) along the Ceredigion coast with 45 volunteer Coastguard Rescue Officers (CROs) currently available for service. The number in each team is shown below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Location of CRT</p></td><td><p>CROs available</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardigan</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gwbert</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Quay</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberystwyth</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Borth</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aberdyfi</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Her Majesty’s Coastguard continually monitors the number of available CROs. They are all volunteers and as such there is no mutuality of obligation so their availability can vary throughout any specified period. During an incident the Search Mission Co-ordinator monitors the response levels and if further CROs are required to attend the incident then they will task the flank CRTs.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 15/04/2019 12:34:04 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1003883

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to close the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency office on (a) Longview Road, Swansea, (b) Upper Forest Way, Swansea and (c) the Trinity House office at Kings Dock, Swansea.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	189824
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>There are no plans to close the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)’s offices at either Longview Road or Upper Forest Way in Swansea. These remain in the DVLA’s long term estates strategy. The property at Trinity House, Kings Dock is not part of the DVLA estate.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 19/11/2018 16:26:56 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

997297

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Safety
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 effectiveness of the restrictions on newly-qualified drivers in Northern Ireland on road safety in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	185124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>There is evidence from countries in which a system of Graduated Driving Licences (GDL) has been implemented to suggest that it can have a beneficial effect on road safety.</p><p>The Department has decided to use the introduction of GDL in Northern Ireland as a pilot, to gather evidence on the potential for GDL in Great Britain. Officials from the Department and Northern Ireland are currently discussing how to take this work forward.</p><p>More widely, the Department is making good progress against an ambitious range of measures to enhance the safety of UK road users as set out in its 2015 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/road-safety-statement-working-together-to-build-a-safer-road-system" target="_blank">Road Safety statement</a>. This includes the doubling of penalty points for motorists using a phone whilst driving, which means that new drivers, within 2 years of passing their test, risk having their licence revoked if caught.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 185125 question first answered 06/11/2018 13:00:43 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

997298

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Safety
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 introducing restrictions on newly qualified drivers to improve road safety.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	185125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>There is evidence from countries in which a system of Graduated Driving Licences (GDL) has been implemented to suggest that it can have a beneficial effect on road safety.</p><p>The Department has decided to use the introduction of GDL in Northern Ireland as a pilot, to gather evidence on the potential for GDL in Great Britain. Officials from the Department and Northern Ireland are currently discussing how to take this work forward.</p><p>More widely, the Department is making good progress against an ambitious range of measures to enhance the safety of UK road users as set out in its 2015 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/road-safety-statement-working-together-to-build-a-safer-road-system" target="_blank">Road Safety statement</a>. This includes the doubling of penalty points for motorists using a phone whilst driving, which means that new drivers, within 2 years of passing their test, risk having their licence revoked if caught.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 185124 question first answered 06/11/2018 13:00:43 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

997299

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic accidents in (a) Wales and (b) England were caused by newly qualified drivers in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	185126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on how long drivers in reported road accidents held their licence for. The Department collects data on personal injury road accidents reported to the police, including contributory factors which the police identify when they attend the scene. This does not assign blame for the accident but gives an indication of factors the attending officer thought contributed to the accident. The following table shows the number and proportion of accidents where the contributory factor ‘learner or inexperienced driver/rider’ was reported by severity for England and Wales in the years 2013 to 2017.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="13"><p><strong>Reported accidents<sup>1</sup> where contributory factor 'Learner or inexperienced driver/rider' reported by severity and country, 2013 to 2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Fatal accidents</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Serious accidents</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Slight accidents</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>All accidents</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>Per cent</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>Per cent</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>Per cent</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>Per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>743</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>3,373</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>4,167</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>720</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>3,453</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>4,209</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>686</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>3,305</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>4,034</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>690</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2,767</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>3,487</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>754</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2,745</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>3,531</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>171</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>209</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>172</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>225</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>146</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>196</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>161</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>206</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>104</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>155</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>1 Includes only accidents where a police officer attended the scene and in which a contributory factor was reported. A total of 72 per cent of accidents reported to the police in 2017 in Great Britain met these criteria.</p></td><td colspan="2"><p><em>Source: DfT STATS19</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/11/2018 12:56:05 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake