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1203294

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Public Transport: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department has issued to (a) transport operators and (b) agents of transport operators on the legal powers available to them to enforce the mandatory wearing of face coverings on public transport.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
	tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
	uin	59245
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2020 answer text <p>The face covering regulations give operators new powers to deny access to their services if a passenger is not wearing a face covering, or to direct them to wear one or leave a service if they are not wearing a face covering. Operators have discretion over how they use these powers - they are not obliged to use them.</p><p> </p><p>Government has published updated Safer Transport guidance for operators, which is available here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-safer-transport-guidance-for-operators/coronavirus-covid-19-safer-transport-guidance-for-operators" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-safer-transport-guidance-for-operators/coronavirus-covid-19-safer-transport-guidance-for-operators</a></p><p> </p><p>The guidance includes information for operators on how they can use their new powers to encourage passengers to comply with the face covering regulations. This includes a suggested six-step process for escalation, where operators lead on the following five steps: 1. Engage, 2. Explain and 3. Encourage passengers to comply with the regulation through communications or direct engagement; 4. Enable use. A face covering is covering of any type that covers the nose and mouth. As these can be made at home, the government does not expect access to them to be a significant issue. There is no requirement or expectation that operators would make face coverings available, though operators could consider doing so, for example for free and/or in vending machines; 5. Entry. Operators and their staff have new powers to prevent access to a public transport vehicle, or to direct a passenger to wear a face covering or leave a public transport vehicle, if they are not wearing a face covering. Operators have discretion over how they use these powers. The final step, led by the police, is point 6 - enforcement, where the above steps fail, the police and TfL have the power to fine a passenger if they continue to refuse to comply.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 17/06/2020 14:32:05 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
	tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1220959

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Pedestrians: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what process his Department uses to monitor the effect of changes to streets to support social distancing on disabled pedestrians who are dependent on (a) tactile paving, (b) controlled crossings and (c) detectable kerbs.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
	tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
	uin	69643
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2020 answer text <p>It is for local traffic authorities to decide what measures to install to enable social distancing, and active travel, and to monitor and evaluate these. In implementing measures, local traffic authorities must be mindful of the requirements of equalities legislation, ensuring, for example, that in redesigning and reallocating road space they take careful account of the impacts this may have on disabled people.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 09/07/2020 11:27:16 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1221023

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Public Transport: Concessions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his oral contribution of 2 July 2020, Official Report, column 513, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of a public consultation on proposed changes to free travel to educational establishments for 16 to 18 year olds in London.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
	tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
	uin	69644
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2020 answer text <p>The £1.6 billion Extraordinary Funding and Financing Agreement to enable Transport for London (TfL) to continue operating services contained a series of conditions to facilitate safe travel on public transport in London, including the temporary suspension of free travel for under 18s.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is working closely with TfL, the Department for Education and London Councils on how the temporary suspension can be operationalised, including the nature of any consultation with key stakeholders.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 09/07/2020 14:35:00 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1221024

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Bus Services: Greater London
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential reduction in demand on London buses that may result from removing free travel from under 18s in London.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
	tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
	uin	69645
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2020 answer text <p>The £1.6 billion Extraordinary Funding and Financing Agreement to enable Transport for London (TfL) to continue operating services contained a series of conditions to facilitate safe travel on public transport in London, including the temporary suspension of free bus travel for under 18s.</p><p> </p><p>The temporary suspension of free travel is necessary to ensure that there is capacity available on public transport for key workers and those who need to use it to support the critical restart of the economy, given reduced capacity as a result of social distancing measures. Before the Covid-19 crisis, around a third of journeys between 8-9am were made by young people travelling to school.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is also working closely with TfL and the Department for Education to look at a range of additional measures to help manage demand for bus travel to and from school. These include considering staggered start times, using coaches and promoting active travel.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 09/07/2020 14:09:08 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1221025

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Transport: Schools
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the criteria is for eligibility for free school travel for children in London.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
	tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
	uin	69646
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2020 answer text <p>The £1.6 billion Extraordinary Funding and Financing Agreement to enable Transport for London (TfL) to continue operating services contained a series of conditions to facilitate safe travel on public transport in London, including the temporary suspension of free travel for under 18s.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is working closely with TfL and the Department for Education on how the temporary suspension can be operationalised. Any child eligible for free home to school travel under the Education Act 1996 will still receive this. The Department is also completing an Equality Impact Assessment, which will consider whether there are further categories of children that should receive free transport.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 09/07/2020 14:37:58 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1221026

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2020
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Public Transport: Greater London
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proposals he has made to TfL on fares for under 18s to travel in London.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
	tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
	uin	69647
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2020 answer text <p>The £1.6 billion Extraordinary Funding and Financing Agreement to enable Transport for London (TfL) to continue operating services contained a series of conditions to facilitate safe travel on public transport in London, including the temporary suspension of free travel for under 18s.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is working closely with TfL on how the temporary suspension can be operationalised, whilst ensuring that any child eligible for free home to school travel under the Education Act 1996 will still receive this. The Department is also completing an Equality Impact Assessment, which will consider whether there are further categories of children that should receive free transport.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 14/07/2020 14:33:35 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1286393

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2021
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Blue Badge Scheme: Theft
	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 trends in the level Blue Badge theft from vehicles; and what steps he is taking to tackle that theft.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
	tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
	uin	153335
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2021 answer text <p>The Department of Transport works closely with local authorities to improve the consistency of local enforcement to tackle fraud and misuse of the Blue Badge Scheme, including the use of powers to tackle abuse provided in the Disabled Persons Parking Badges Act 2013, such as the power to retain and cancel badges found to be stolen.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 22/02/2021 14:57:59 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
	tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1587159

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce the number of untaxed vehicles.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
	tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
	uin	148659
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2023 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) operates a comprehensive package of measures to tackle unlicensed vehicles. These range from reminder letters, penalties and court prosecutions through to the use of automatic number plate recognition cameras, wheelclamping and the removal of unlicensed vehicles. The DVLA is currently running a publicity campaign to highlight the consequences of not licensing vehicles. The DVLA also runs adverts on social media, mobile gaming, search engines, poster sites, and radio.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The DVLA collects more than £7 billion in vehicle excise duty each year on behalf of HM Treasury. Every two years, a roadside survey is carried out to estimate the number of unlicensed vehicles on the roads. The last survey, carried out in June 2021, showed that 98.1 per cent of vehicles were correctly licensed.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden grouped question UIN 148660 question first answered 24/02/2023 14:30:43 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
	tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1587160

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate his Department made of the number and proportion of vehicles that were untaxed in the last two years.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
	tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
	uin	148660
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2023 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) operates a comprehensive package of measures to tackle unlicensed vehicles. These range from reminder letters, penalties and court prosecutions through to the use of automatic number plate recognition cameras, wheelclamping and the removal of unlicensed vehicles. The DVLA is currently running a publicity campaign to highlight the consequences of not licensing vehicles. The DVLA also runs adverts on social media, mobile gaming, search engines, poster sites, and radio.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The DVLA collects more than £7 billion in vehicle excise duty each year on behalf of HM Treasury. Every two years, a roadside survey is carried out to estimate the number of unlicensed vehicles on the roads. The last survey, carried out in June 2021, showed that 98.1 per cent of vehicles were correctly licensed.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden grouped question UIN 148659 question first answered 24/02/2023 14:30:43 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
	tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1602364

	registered interest
	date	08/03/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	St Pancras Station: Immigration Controls
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is taking steps to help ensure the smooth flow of Eurostar passengers at St Pancras.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
	tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
	uin	161377
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government recognises the important benefits international rail services provide for citizens and businesses, providing fast and sustainable connections to European destinations. Ensuring the smooth flow of passengers at St Pancras remains a priority for Government.</p><p> </p><p>My Department, together with the Home Office as the lead Department on borders, routinely engages with the French Government, Eurostar and other relevant parties in discussions on border-related matters and also to ensure that respective arrangements between the UK and French authorities work as effectively as possible.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 13/03/2023 17:13:27 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous