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	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicle Drivers
	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 reasons for the shortage of qualified HGV drivers in the road haulage industry; what steps he is taking to address that shortage; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Dover
	tabling member printed	Charlie Elphicke
	uin	9700
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>The Departments for Transport, Work and Pensions and Education are working with stakeholders to address this issue. This includes the development of a new Trailblazer Apprenticeship standard for HGV drivers funded through the Apprenticeship Levy, help for jobseekers to enter the logistics sector and work to address the gender imbalance in the industry.</p><p> </p><p>As part of efforts to improve the image of the profession the Department for Transport has also commissioned a survey of roadside facilities and is working with Highways England, local authorities and operators to ensure more and better quality facilities for drivers.</p><p> </p><p>The Department and its agencies have also worked to minimise delays in obtaining an HGV test appointments and licence renewals.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 18/09/2017 08:35:58 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	3971 label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke

759442

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Cabotage: Fines
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many fines have been (a) issued and (b) paid for breaches of cabotage and combined transport rules in each of the last five years for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Dover
	tabling member printed	Charlie Elphicke
	uin	9703
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency issues fines, known as ‘fixed penalties’, for breaches of cabotage and combined transport rules.</p><p> </p><p>The number of fixed penalties <em>issued</em> for breaches of cabotage and combined transport rules in each of the last five years is:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of fines (fixed penalties) issued</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>235</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>281</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>299</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>517</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>313</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>A cabotage offence is against the operator of a vehicle, not the driver, and can only be issued to non-GB operators.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The number of fixed penalties <em>paid</em> for breaches of cabotage and combined transport rules in each of the last five years is:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of fines (fixed penalties) paid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>154</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>125</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>151</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>273</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>162</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 18/09/2017 08:43:43 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	3971 label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke

759190

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Allowances
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when HM Revenue and Customs plans to reply to applications from the haulage sector for bespoke agreements to pay overnight allowances to drivers; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Dover
	tabling member printed	Charlie Elphicke
	uin	9701
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2017 answer text <p>This information is not available. HM Revenue and Customs does not record turnaround times for dealing with approval notices from the haulage sector.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 15/09/2017 13:53:56 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	3971 label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke

759191

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2017
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Allowances
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons HM Revenue and Customs plans to change the sleep cab allowance for lorry drivers from April 2017; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Dover
	tabling member printed	Charlie Elphicke
	uin	9702
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2017 answer text <p>Finance Act 2015 introduced an exemption for general business expenses, to reduce reporting for employers when reimbursing actual costs. The legislation which took effect from April 2016 applies to all employers and brought in a statutory requirement to operate a checking system to ensure that employees are incurring allowable expenses. Employers in the haulage sector were allowed a further year to put checking systems in place.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 15/09/2017 13:55:30 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
	tabling member	3971 label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke