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62388

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions his Department has had with the insurance industry on the behaviour and attitudes of novice drivers.
tabling member constituency	Rochford and Southend East
tabling member printed	James Duddridge
uin	200667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The number of young people being killed on our roads is far too high and we are determined to tackle this issue. It is an issue which, understandably, features prominently in the range of representations which we receive about road safety generally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As part of our consideration of the way forward, we met the insurance industry on 27 January 2014 to discuss novice drivers and, in particular, our proposed research into the role which telematics can play in changing the behaviours and attitudes of new drivers. My officials regularly talk to the insurance industry and current discussions are aimed at encouraging participation in the research project before we can get it underway. We will publish the results of the research when they are available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We will also publish the findings of the focus groups comprising parents, young people and employers which we undertook in order to get a better understanding of the issues from their perspective.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 200666 200668 question first answered 24/06/2014 15:18:10 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1559 label Biography information for Sir James Duddridge

62390

registered interest
date	17/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Testing
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 effect of the EU Roadworthiness Directive on the owners of historic vehicles in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	201102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2014 answer text <p>The Department will shortly start seeking views and evidence from interested organisations, individuals and the devolved administrations on the best way to implement the new rules in Directive 2014/45/EU relating to historic vehicles. We will seek to minimise burdens while supporting road safety. Any changes need not come in to force in domestic legislation until May 2018.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 24/06/2014 12:46:57 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

61667

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will introduce a concessionary bus fare scheme for 16 to 18 year olds to allow them to pay child fare for their school bus passes.
tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
tabling member printed	David Morris
uin	200502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p>The Government currently has no plans to introduce a national statutory concession for young people. However, we recognise the importance of affordable and accessible bus services in enabling young people to access education, employment and training and note that, whilst there is no statutory obligation to provide reduced fares to young people, many bus operators and local authorities make discounts available. It is right that local authorities and the bus industry continue to take the lead in improving services for their younger customers, and I encourage them to continue innovating in this area.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 19/06/2014 12:35:22 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris

61808

registered interest
date	12/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he intends to respond to the Law Commission's final report and draft Bill on Taxis and Private Hire Services, published on 23 May 2014.
tabling member constituency	Gillingham and Rainham
tabling member printed	Rehman Chishti
uin	200506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2014 answer text <p>The Department is considering closely the report and draft Bill concerning taxi and private hire vehicle legislation, which the Law Commission published on 23 May this year. We will be mindful, when responding, of the existing protocol between Government and the Law Commission.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 19/06/2014 12:46:42 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	3987 label Biography information for Rehman Chishti

60957

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Disciplinary Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of staff within his Department who have been dismissed following formal disciplinary proceedings in each of the last five financial years classed themselves as white British.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	199915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I refer the honourable Member to the answer given by my Right Honourable Friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office, the Hon Member for Horsham, on 16 June 2014 <em>[Official Report, column 433W]</em>.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 17/06/2014 12:55:01 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

60958

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Disciplinary Proceedings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of staff within his Department who have been subject to formal disciplinary proceedings in each of the last five financial years classed themselves as white British.
tabling member constituency	Washington and Sunderland West
tabling member printed	Mrs Sharon Hodgson
uin	199893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I refer the honourable Member to the answer given by my Right Honourable Friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office, the Hon Member for Horsham, on 16 June 2014 <em>[Official Report, column 433W]</em>.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 17/06/2014 12:55:01 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	1521 label Biography information for Mrs Sharon Hodgson

61035

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Biofuels: Carcinogens
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 annual amount of carcinogens that are released by biofuels activity in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North West
tabling member printed	John Robertson
uin	200012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department for Transport has not made any annual estimates of carcinogens that are released by biofuels activity. This data is not required to meet the mandatory sustainability criteria under the EU Renewable Energy Directive (RED), which is applicable to biofuels supplied in the UK under the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO).</p><p> </p><p>Voluntary schemes approved by the European Commission can set criteria for aspects of biofuel production aimed at minimising adverse environmental impacts associated with agricultural production, including on air quality, in addition to setting sustainability criteria. In 2012/13 eighty one per cent of biofuel supplied in the UK under the RTFO was covered by an approved voluntary scheme, the vast majority of which include additional aspects aimed at minimising the impact on air quality of the cultivation and harvesting of biofuel feedstocks.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs' Air Quality Expert Group has considered the potential impacts of increased biofuel use on air pollutants, such as particulate matter, and concluded that these should fall with most biofuel uptake scenarios. The Group's Report <em>Road Transport Biofuels: Impact on UK Air Quality,</em> is published at:</p><p><a href="http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/assets/documents/110322_AQEG_Biofuels_advice_note.pdf" target="_blank">http://uk-air.defra.gov.uk/assets/documents/110322_AQEG_Biofuels_advice_note.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p>In respect of the biofuel supply chain the European Commission produced a staff working document accompanying its renewable energy progress report to the European Parliament in 2013 which is published at:</p><p><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/energy/renewables/reports/doc/swd_2013_0102_res_en.pdf" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/energy/renewables/reports/doc/swd_2013_0102_res_en.pdf</a></p><p>It concluded that between 2008 and 2010, there was limited change in threats to air quality from EU biofuel demand.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 17/06/2014 14:45:06 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	605 label Biography information for John Robertson

61182

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Tickets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received from train operating companies on the performance of the Operational Research Computerised Allocation of Tickets to Services system and the effect on the future sharing of ticket revenue of changes in numbers of passenger journeys from and to stations on the London Midland line.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	200122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department for Transport have received no recent representations from train operating companies on the performance of the Operational Research Computerised Allocation of Tickets to Services system, nor regarding the future sharing of ticket revenue from passenger journeys from and to stations on the London Midland line.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 17/06/2014 14:26:49 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

61203

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 8 May 2014, Official Report, column 276W, on motor vehicles: exhaust emissions, if he will place the data from his Department's 2006 study of liquefied petroleum and petrol vehicles in the Library.
tabling member constituency	Redditch
tabling member printed	Karen Lumley
uin	200008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The report produced for the Department at the end of the study (Ref: M. Clark, P. Sayer, <em>Euro 3 LPG Retrofit Emissions Factor Testing</em>, Tickford Powertrain Test Ltd., ER07/015, June 2007) contains the data captured by the testing. Copies of the report will be placed in the in the Libraries of the House.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 18/06/2014 12:44:45 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4023 label Biography information for Karen Lumley

61218

registered interest
date	10/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	London Midland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with representatives from Govia on its plan to reduce the number of revenue protection staff working on the London Midland line; what reasons he has been given by Govia for those reductions.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	200150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p>Govia have made us aware of their staffing restructuring plans and the reasoning behind them. They have also provided assurances that these plans will not prevent them from fulfilling their obligations in meeting the requirements of the Franchise Agreement.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 16/06/2014 15:50:55 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham