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1077313

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Cycling and Walking: Greater Manchester
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will allocate funds to Transport for Greater Manchester to implement its Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	225438
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government has allocated a total of <del class="ministerial">£321.5</del> <ins class="ministerial">£312.5 </ins>million to Greater Manchester over the five-year period to 2022-23 as part of the Transforming Cities Fund. £160 million of this will help support the creation of a comprehensive cycling and walking network, informed by the Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan that is currently being developed by Transport for Greater Manchester.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 28/02/2019 16:10:32 question first ministerially corrected 13/03/2019 12:53:37 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 105019 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1082250

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Fuels: Consumption
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department met representatives of the fossil fuel industry to discuss EcoDrive, a gadget to help preserve fuel usage.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	228619
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>Neither DfT ministers or officials have been approached by or met with representatives of the fossil fuel industry to discuss the EcoDrive gadget.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 228620 question first answered 11/03/2019 14:05:09 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1082251

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Fuels: Consumption
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department met representatives of the fossil fuel industry to discuss EcoDrive, a gadget to help preserve fuel usage.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	228620
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>Neither DfT ministers or officials have been approached by or met with representatives of the fossil fuel industry to discuss the EcoDrive gadget.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 228619 question first answered 11/03/2019 14:05:09 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1173486

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Business Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the timeframe is for his Department's review of business rates; and whether the findings of that review will be implemented before April 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	8196
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to conducting a fundamental review of business rates and further information will be announced in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 30/01/2020 11:54:32 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1184689

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Red Diesel: Local Government
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 1.247 on page 63 of the Budget 2020 Red Book, what assessment his Department has made of potential effect of the removal of the entitlement to use red diesel from April 2022 on local government.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	28573
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2020 answer text <p>At Budget 2020, the Chancellor announced that the Government will remove the entitlement to use red diesel from April 2022, except in agriculture, fish farming, rail and non-commercial heating (including domestic heating).</p><p> </p><p>These changes to the tax treatment of red diesel may affect some public sector bodies, such as local government. While the Government expects them to reduce diesel consumption, it will discuss pressures that arise with affected departments as part of the Comprehensive Spending Review scheduled for later this year.</p><p> </p><p>As set out in the policy costings document published alongside Budget 2020, the red diesel costing accounts for an increase in the overall resource spending envelope of £150 million per annum departmental spending to account for the fact that part of the costs of the policy will fall upon the public sector.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/03/2020 16:12:34 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1195536

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Airports: Business Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of implementing business rate relief for airports.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	46576
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2020 answer text <p>The Government has provided enhanced support to the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors through business rates relief given the direct and acute impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on those sectors.</p><p> </p><p>A range of further measures to support all businesses, including airports, has also been made available. For example, the Government has launched the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme to help firms keep people in employment, the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme offering loans of up to £5 million for SMEs through the British Business Bank backed by an 80% Government guarantee, and is deferring VAT payments for this quarter.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will consider any further financial assistance necessary to help businesses get through this period.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 18/05/2020 16:12:21 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1196157

	registered interest
	date	15/05/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Self-employment Income Support Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he has plans to review the £50,000 cap on earnings in respect of the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	47219
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2020 answer text <p>The Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS), including the £50,000 threshold, is designed to target those most in need, and who are most reliant on their self-employment income. Some 95 per cent of people who receive the majority of their income from self-employment could benefit from this scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The self-employed are a very diverse population. They have a wide mix of turnover and profits, with monthly and annual variations even in normal times. Some may see their profits unaffected by the current situation, while others have substantial alternative forms of income: for example, those who had more than £50,000 from self-employment profits in 2017-18 had an average total income of more than £200,000. The self-employed can also offset losses against profits in other years and other forms of income.</p><p> </p><p>Those with average profits above £50,000 may still benefit from other support. Individuals may have access to a range of grants and loans depending on their circumstances, and the SEISS supplements the significant support already announced for UK businesses, including the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme and the deferral of tax payments. More information about the full range of business support measures is available at <a href="http://www.businesssupport.gov.uk/coronavirus-business-support/" target="_blank">www.businesssupport.gov.uk/coronavirus-business-support/</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/05/2020 15:00:18 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1220649

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Business Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what progress his Department has made on the fundamental review of business rates.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	68679
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2020 answer text <p>On 28 April, HM Treasury set out timelines for tax policy consultations in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. As set out in that update, the call for evidence for the fundamental review of business rates will be published in the coming months. Stakeholders will be invited to contribute their views and engage throughout the review.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 68752 question first answered 08/07/2020 15:10:43 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1222020

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Eat Out to Help Out Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the Eat Out to Help Out period in areas that experience a local lock-down for all or part of August 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	71006
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2020 answer text <p>As announced at the Summer Economic Update, this scheme will run for the month of August and is designed to encourage people to return to eating out, while also supporting the recovery of the hospitality sector.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Government acknowledges the potential for any future local lockdowns to affect how consumers and businesses benefit from the scheme, and so will be keeping this under careful review.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/07/2020 15:40:32 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1247150

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Childminding: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what support his Department will provide for childminders who did not qualify for the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	109207
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government is providing extra security to nurseries and childminders that are open by ‘block-buying’ childcare places for the rest of 2020 at the level the Government would have funded before coronavirus, regardless of how many children are attending.</p><p> </p><p>This means that even if providers are open but caring for fewer children, as a result of low demand from parents or due to public health reasons, they can continue to be funded for the autumn term at broadly the levels they would have expected to see in the 2020 autumn term had there been no coronavirus outbreak. This gives another term of secure income to nurseries and childminders that are open for children who need them.</p><p> </p><p>Early years settings will continue to benefit from £3.6 billion of planned funding in 2020-21 to create free early education and childcare places for children.</p><p> </p><p>The SEISS is one element of a comprehensive package of support for individuals and businesses. This package includes Bounce Back loans, tax deferrals, rental support, mortgage holidays, and other business support grants. More information about the full range of business support measures is available at www.gov.uk/government/collections/financial-support-for-businesses-during-coronavirus-covid-19.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 04/11/2020 17:14:22 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1249206

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Self-employment Income Support Scheme: Directors
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the reason is for not including UK tax paying limited company directors in the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme Grant Extension.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	112007
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2020 answer text <p>The practical issues that prevented the Government from being able to include company owner-managers in the original Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS), namely not being able to verify the source of their dividend income without introducing unacceptable fraud risks, still remain.</p><p> </p><p>Income from dividends is a return on investment in the company, rather than wages. As with the previous SEISS grants, it is not possible for HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to distinguish between dividends derived from an individual’s own company and dividends from other sources, and between dividends in lieu of employment income and as returns from other corporate activity.</p><p> </p><p>This means, unlike the SEISS grants that use information HMRC already hold, targeting additional support would require owner-managers to make a claim and submit information that HMRC could not efficiently or consistently verify to ensure payments were made to eligible companies for eligible activity.</p><p> </p><p>The SEISS continues to be just one element of a comprehensive package of support for individuals and businesses. This package includes Bounce Back loans, tax deferrals, rental support, increased levels of Universal Credit, mortgage holidays, and other business support grants.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 10/11/2020 13:34:37 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1250427

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2020
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Self-employed: Coronavirus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what financial support the Government plans to provide to people who have become self-employed since March 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	113515
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2020 answer text <p>The practical issues that prevented the Government from being able to include the newly self-employed in 2019-20 in the original Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS), namely that HMRC will not have access to their self-assessment returns in order to be able to verify their eligibility, still remain. The latest year for which HMRC have tax returns for all self-employed individuals is 2018/19. 2019/20 returns are not due until the end of January 2021.</p><p> </p><p>Unlike for employees, self-employed income is not reported monthly, but at the end of each tax year on the individual’s Income Tax Self Assessment return. This means that the most reliable and up-to-date record of self-employed income is from the 2018-19 tax returns.</p><p> </p><p>The SEISS continues to be just one element of a comprehensive package of support for individuals and businesses. This package includes Bounce Back loans, tax deferrals, rental support and other business support grants. The Government has also temporarily increased the Universal Credit standard allowance for 2020-21 by £20 per week and relaxed the Minimum Income Floor meaning that where self-employed claimants' earnings have significantly reduced, their Universal Credit award will have increased to reflect their lower earnings.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/11/2020 16:13:25 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1285138

	registered interest
	date	09/02/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Self-employment Income Support Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether eligible individuals will receive a Self-Employment Income Support Scheme payment for February 2021.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	151644
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2021 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of supporting the self-employed during the COVID-19 outbreak. The Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) provides generous support to self-employed individuals who meet the eligibility criteria.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Winter Economy Plan, the Government announced a six-month extension to the SEISS, in the form of a third and fourth grant.</p><p> </p><p>The third SEISS grant covered the period from November 2020 to January 2021, with the claims window closing on 29 January. As of 31 December, it received claims from 1.9 million individuals, totalling £5.4bn.</p><p> </p><p>The fourth SEISS grant will provide a lump sum to cover the period from February to the end of April 2021. Further details on the SEISS, including the fourth grant, will be announced on 3 March.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 22/02/2021 16:00:11 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1289027

	registered interest
	date	23/02/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Wholesale Trade: Business Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of extending the business rates relief available for retail, hospitality or leisure businesses to wholesalers in the retail, hospitality or leisure supply chain.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	157029
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2021 answer text <p>This year, due to the direct adverse effects of COVID-19, the Government has provided an unprecedented business rates holiday for eligible retail, hospitality and leisure properties worth over £10 billion. The Government has also frozen the business rates multiplier for all businesses for 2021-22.</p><p> </p><p>The Budget will set out the next phase of the Government’s plans to tackle the virus, protect jobs and support business.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 01/03/2021 12:51:38 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1299206

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2021
	answering body	Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Wholesale Trade: Business Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 1 March 2021 to Question 157029, for what reason the Government has excluded wholesalers in the retail, hospitality or leisure supply chain from the business rates relief available for retail, hospitality or leisure businesses.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	162530
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government has provided enhanced support to the retail, hospitality and leisure sectors through business rates relief given the direct and acute impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on those sectors, and their direct relationship with consumers at the end of supply chains that include wholesalers.</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has published guidance on eligibility for the relief, which is targeted at premises that are wholly or mainly used as shops, restaurants, cafes, drinking establishments, cinemas and live music venues; for assembly and leisure; or as hotels, guest and boarding premises, and self-catering accommodation.</p><p> </p><p>A range of other measures have been made available for all businesses, including wholesalers, such as the extension of the furlough scheme, extension to VAT cuts, Recovery Loan schemes, and enhanced Time to Pay for taxes.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/03/2021 15:59:13 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

767429

	registered interest
	date	09/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Parking: Private Sector
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many private parking companies have had access to DVLA data suspended because they have been found not to follow the trade association's code of practice.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	106756
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>In the last financial year, two private parking companies had been suspended from receiving data from the Driver and Vehicle and Licensing Agency (DVLA) because they had been found not to follow the accredited trade association's code of practice.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/10/2017 14:59:23 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

772059

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Registration
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions the DVLA has (a) written to or contacted and (b) initiated legal proceedings against sellers of motor vehicles for failing to use form V5C/3 to notify the DVLA of the transfer of a vehicle to a new owner in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	108115
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>Officials have advised that the information requested can only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The V5C/3 section of the Registration Certificate is used by a registered keeper to notify the DVLA of the disposal of a vehicle to a motor trader. The DVLA can write to, and take enforcement action against, those who fail to notify disposal of a vehicle.</p><p> </p><p>However, over the last five years, more than 32 million people have notified the disposal of a vehicle to the motor trade by submitting a V5C/3 to the DVLA.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/10/2017 12:43:24 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

774342

	registered interest
	date	20/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Litter
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to introduce a key performance indicator for litter in the Road Investment Strategy.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	108909
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2017 answer text <p>We are in the process of developing the second Road Investment Strategy with Highways England.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 27/10/2017 10:12:20 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

802680

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Transport: Per Capita Costs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the per capita spending from the public purse was on transport projects in (a) Greater Manchester and (b) London in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	118229
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>Figures on public sector expenditure at a regional level are part of the Government’s Country and Regional Analysis (CRA) statistics. These statistics attempt to allocate the spending according to where the benefits of that spend are accrued.</p><p>The statistics include spend on transport by all public sector organisations including the Department for Transport, Local Authorities, Public Corporations (in the case of transport, this is mainly spend by London Underground) and other Government Departments (including the devolved administrations). Comparisons between London and other regions are often not reliable due to difficulty in cost allocation.</p><p>This information is available for Government office regions only, and therefore is unavailable for Greater Manchester.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics for total public capital expenditure on transport per capita for London are given in the table below. The CRA measures the levels of ‘capital’ and ‘current’ expenditure. Capital expenditure has been used as a proxy for spending on transport projects specifically.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Total public sector capital expenditure on transport per capita</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong><em>£s nominal</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>466</p></td><td><p>478</p></td><td><p>533</p></td><td><p>605</p></td><td><p>692</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/12/2017 14:56:25 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

846970

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2018
	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: Staff
	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 whether the work load of the DVLA's medical section has increased in the last five years; and how many extra staff have been hired in that section in that same period.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	129144
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2018 answer text <p>The number of medical cases dealt with by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has increased from 656,000 in 2013/14 to 741,000 in 2017/18.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Since April 2013, the number of staff in the DVLA’s medical section has increased by 218. This includes an increase in the number of doctors employed from 22 to 36. Ten nurses were also recruited for the first time in 2017. The doctors and nurses employed by the DVLA deal with the most complex medical cases.</p><p> </p><p>During this time, DVLA has also made significant changes to IT systems and processes to improve customer service and increase efficiency. This includes the online service introduced in October 2016 to allow customers to notify the DVLA of a medical condition or renew a driving licence previously issued following a medical condition.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/03/2018 11:54:08 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

846971

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving Licences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of people who did not inform the DVLA of medical conditions as required in each the last five years; and what assessment he has made of the reasons people do not so inform the DVLA.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	129145
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2018 answer text <p>Information is not held on the number of people who fail to comply with their legal obligation to notify the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) of a medical condition that may affect their fitness to drive.</p><p>The UK’s roads are among the safest in the world and there is no evidence to suggest that there is a widespread road safety issue related to drivers who may be driving inappropriately due to a prescribed medical condition.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/03/2018 09:48:23 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

846972

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving Licences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people were prosecuted for failing to inform DVLA of medical conditions in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	129146
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2018 answer text <p>Information about the number of people prosecuted for failing to inform the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency of a medical condition is not available.</p><p> </p><p>Decisions to prosecute in such cases are a matter for the Crown Prosecution Service in England and Wales and the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service in Scotland.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/03/2018 12:22:44 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

846973

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving Licences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what provisions are in place to allow doctors to provide information to the DVLA on a person’s fitness to drive.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	129147
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2018 answer text <p>Doctors play an important role in the medical notification process by advising their patients of the effect of any treatment or medication that they are receiving and whether they should notify the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA). The DVLA will often correspond with a patient’s doctor, consultant or optician as part of the medical investigation to determine the impact of the patient’s condition on their fitness to drive. The DVLA provides a dedicated telephone line which allows doctors to discuss concerns about a patient’s fitness to drive with one of the DVLA’s doctors.</p><p> </p><p>A doctor may also decide to notify the DVLA directly about a patient’s medical condition. This is provided for in guidance from the General Medical Council, which states that while doctors must make every reasonable effort to persuade their patients to inform the DVLA, they may themselves notify the DVLA of a patient’s medical condition, in confidence, if the patient does not do so.</p><p> </p><p>To assist the medical profession the DVLA has created a dedicated form that may be used for this purpose. The DVLA treats notifications received from doctors and opticians as a high priority.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/03/2018 09:53:04 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

884995

	registered interest
	date	16/04/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Lighting
	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 local authorities on the (a) procurement and (b) design of LED street lighting.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	135983
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>The (a) procurement and (b) design of LED street lighting is entirely a matter for each individual local highway authority.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport endorses the UK Roads Liaison Group’s Well Managed Highway Infrastructure Code of Practice which includes advice and guidance to highway authorities on all aspects of highways maintenance and management, including street lighting.</p><p> </p><p>The Code includes links to the Institution of Lighting Professionals website which provides a wide range of resources for lighting professionals from free downloads to Professional Lighting Guides, technical reports and general publications on the latest issues within the industry.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 19/04/2018 13:19:41 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne