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170064

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Shared Spaces
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have given guidance to local authorities regarding the installation of shared space pedestrian crossings.
	tabling member printed	Lord McAvoy
	uin	HL3699
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>The design of traffic management schemes, including whether to install a shared space scheme, is the responsibility of local authorities. Shared space may incorporate what are sometimes called ‘courtesy crossings’, but these have no formal definition. They are similar in principle to informal dropped kerb crossings, which can be used to provide a crossing place where a controlled crossing is not justified.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport’s guidance on shared space schemes is given in the attached Local Transport Note 1/11: Shared Space.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has also circulated to local authorities guidance produced by the National Federation for the Blind on ‘Access for Blind People in Towns’.</p><p> </p><p>The Department receives correspondence on issues relating to all aspects of traffic management, including shared space. The correspondents range from individual members of the public to local authorities, engineering practitioners, and campaign groups.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s road safety statistics do not record whether an incident took place on a courtesy crossing, as these are not defined.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer grouped question UIN HL3700 HL3701 question first answered 18/12/2014 13:11:03 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer attachment 1 file name HL3699 - Local Transport Note 1-11.pdf title Local Transport Note 1/11
	tabling member	4158 label Biography information for Lord McAvoy

170065

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Shared Spaces
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have received any representations regarding the installation of shared space pedestrian crossings.
	tabling member printed	Lord McAvoy
	uin	HL3700
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>The design of traffic management schemes, including whether to install a shared space scheme, is the responsibility of local authorities. Shared space may incorporate what are sometimes called ‘courtesy crossings’, but these have no formal definition. They are similar in principle to informal dropped kerb crossings, which can be used to provide a crossing place where a controlled crossing is not justified.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport’s guidance on shared space schemes is given in the attached Local Transport Note 1/11: Shared Space.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has also circulated to local authorities guidance produced by the National Federation for the Blind on ‘Access for Blind People in Towns’.</p><p> </p><p>The Department receives correspondence on issues relating to all aspects of traffic management, including shared space. The correspondents range from individual members of the public to local authorities, engineering practitioners, and campaign groups.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s road safety statistics do not record whether an incident took place on a courtesy crossing, as these are not defined.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer grouped question UIN HL3699 HL3701 question first answered 18/12/2014 13:11:03 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer attachment 1 file name HL3699 - Local Transport Note 1-11.pdf title Local Transport Note 1/11
	tabling member	4158 label Biography information for Lord McAvoy

170066

	registered interest
	date	12/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Shared Spaces
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what statistics they have on the number of accidents where a shared space pedestrian crossing has been installed; and whether those statistics indicate an increase in such accidents.
	tabling member printed	Lord McAvoy
	uin	HL3701
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>The design of traffic management schemes, including whether to install a shared space scheme, is the responsibility of local authorities. Shared space may incorporate what are sometimes called ‘courtesy crossings’, but these have no formal definition. They are similar in principle to informal dropped kerb crossings, which can be used to provide a crossing place where a controlled crossing is not justified.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport’s guidance on shared space schemes is given in the attached Local Transport Note 1/11: Shared Space.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has also circulated to local authorities guidance produced by the National Federation for the Blind on ‘Access for Blind People in Towns’.</p><p> </p><p>The Department receives correspondence on issues relating to all aspects of traffic management, including shared space. The correspondents range from individual members of the public to local authorities, engineering practitioners, and campaign groups.</p><p> </p><p>The Department’s road safety statistics do not record whether an incident took place on a courtesy crossing, as these are not defined.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer grouped question UIN HL3699 HL3700 question first answered 18/12/2014 13:11:03 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer attachment 1 file name HL3699 - Local Transport Note 1-11.pdf title Local Transport Note 1/11
	tabling member	4158 label Biography information for Lord McAvoy