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672184

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Volkswagen
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of Volkswagen to ensure that customers affected by the emissions scandal receive the compensation they are entitled to.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South
	tabling member printed	Stewart Malcolm McDonald
	uin	59775
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>I meet regularly with Volkswagen UK to press them to improve their treatment of UK consumers; the most recent meeting was on 16<sup>th</sup> January. I am considering how the Government should best invest the £1.1m we secured from Volkswagen.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes grouped question UIN 59776 question first answered 17/01/2017 10:53:19 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	4461 label Biography information for Stewart Malcolm McDonald

672186

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Volkswagen
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his Department's policy to ensure that consumers affected by the Volkswagen diesel emissions scandal receive a share of the £1 million compensation received by his Department from Volkswagen.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow South
	tabling member printed	Stewart Malcolm McDonald
	uin	59776
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>I meet regularly with Volkswagen UK to press them to improve their treatment of UK consumers; the most recent meeting was on 16<sup>th</sup> January. I am considering how the Government should best invest the £1.1m we secured from Volkswagen.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes grouped question UIN 59775 question first answered 17/01/2017 10:53:19 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	4461 label Biography information for Stewart Malcolm McDonald

672183

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Southern: WiFi
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on making wi-fi available on Southern Rail services.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	59748
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>Govia Thameslink Railway introduced wi-fi access at 104 of its stations in March last year. We understand that Southern Rail is making good progress in regards to on-board wi-fi and will announce further details in due course.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 17/01/2017 13:18:46 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

672181

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Shipping: Training
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department plans to allocate to the Support for Maritime Training scheme in 2017-18.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	59753
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>The planned allocation of funding for the Support for Maritime Training scheme in 2017-18 is £15 million.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 17/01/2017 09:17:53 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

672261

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Capital Investment
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 5 December 2016 (HL3362), whether any of the six AS2011 schemes were justified on the basis of a reduction in travel times of two minutes or less; and if so, which.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
	uin	HL4599
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>Road investment decisions are supported with a five-part business case. The economic case aims to provide a comprehensive overview of a proposal’s impacts. These include a wide range of social and environmental factors, as well as time savings and economic impacts. The proportion of time saving benefits which are attributed to average time savings ‎per trip of two minutes or less varies between projects, depending on the nature of the scheme, and is not centrally held.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 24/01/2017 12:29:02 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

672185

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if the Government will continue to recognise the A75 (E18) and other main roads as Euro-Routes after the UK leaves the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Dumfries and Galloway
	tabling member printed	Richard Arkless
	uin	59790
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>The E-Route numbering network is not part of the functions of the EU or the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). The UK Government hasn’t ratified the E-Route Treaty and no decision has been taken on whether the UK will join the scheme in the future.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 17/01/2017 16:02:42 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	4387 label Biography information for Richard Arkless

672180

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Merchant Shipping: Recruitment
	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 implement the proposed SMarT Plus scheme to encourage trainees to enter the merchant navy.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	59752
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government supports maritime training through the £15 million Support for Maritime Training (SMarT) budget. We are currently reviewing the provision of that support. Last year we commissioned two pieces of research which are relevant - the Seafarer Projections research and the SMarT Review. I have received the SMarT Plus proposal from the UK Chamber of Shipping and Nautilus and it will be considered as part of the process. A decision on the future funding arrangement will be made once we have fully considered all options.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 17/01/2017 09:13:39 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

672182

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Merchant Shipping: Recruitment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many trainees from which regions of the UK have entered the merchant navy in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
	tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
	uin	59750
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>Whilst the Maritime and Coastguard Agency retains records of cadets in training under the Support for Maritime Training (SMarT) scheme, it does not collate information about whether those trainees joined the Merchant Navy after they have completed their training.</p><p> </p><p>The number of trainees that entered training under SMarT in each of the last five years is shown below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of trainees entering SMarT</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>850</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>903</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>776</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>778</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>819</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The above includes published information only. This information is not recorded by region.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 17/01/2017 09:10:18 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

672260

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
	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 Hyperloop project; and whether they intend to review the HS2 project in the light of this and other expected future technological developments.
	tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
	uin	HL4598
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Transport is in discussion with the Department for Business, Energy &amp; Industrial Strategy, Innovate UK and the Department for Transport’s Science Advisory Council to assess the potential for the development of hyperloop technologies in the UK. The Science Advisory Council intends to publish a paper on hyperloop shortly setting out its position on the technical credibility of the concept.</p><p> </p><p>Plans for HS2 are based on proven technologies which enable through services to the existing network. Utilising untested systems risks delays to the delivery of the much needed additional capacity to our network and increases the potential risks to cost and programme.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 25/01/2017 11:58:39 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

672284

	registered interest
	date	12/01/2017
	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: Telephone Services
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the average waiting time to speak to an official of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency by phone; and what steps they are taking to shorten the average waiting time.
	tabling member printed	Lord Laird
	uin	HL4622
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>In 2015/16 the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency’s (DVLA) contact centre advisers handled 12.9 million calls.</p><p> </p><p>The current average waiting time for customers to speak to an official in the DVLA’s contact centre by telephone is 32 seconds.</p><p> </p><p>The DVLA is always looking to improve customer service and has introduced system improvements to manage demand.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 26/01/2017 12:00:40 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	2479 label Biography information for Lord Laird