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771606

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motorways: Large Goods Vehicles
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to restrict lorries to the inside lane of motorways only; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	107783
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to restrict lorries to the inside lane of motorways.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/10/2017 11:22:30 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

771605

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Aviation: Zika Virus
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make representations to representatives of the airline sector on the withdrawal of the Zika list for cabin crew who are pregnant or trying to conceive when travelling to countries with that virus.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	107807
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>I have discussed this matter with the Aviation Health Unit within the Medical Department of the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) as part of their wider role as specialist adviser to the Government on aviation health issues.</p><p> </p><p>The deployment of airline staff is an operational matter for airlines, but I would urge them to take account of WHO guidance and FCO travel advice when making these decisions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 23/10/2017 11:26:24 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

788636

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Cross Country Line: Overcrowding
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to discuss the level of overcrowding on the Bristol to Birmingham railway line with First Great Western as a result of recent representations by passenger organisations.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	112644
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>Services between Bristol and Birmingham are operated by the Cross Country franchise, not by First Great Western.</p><p> </p><p>My officials meet with senior directors and managers at the Cross Country franchise at least once every four weeks to discuss franchise performance in general. These discussions do include the results of monitoring the franchise to ensure that Cross Country uses the maximum amount of trains that is currently possible to meet the demand for services. In addition to this, my Department is at the early stages of the procurement competition for the replacement franchise and we have been engaging with a wide range of stakeholders including passenger groups to see what improvement could be delivered in the next franchise.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 21/11/2017 12:21:27 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

800666

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2017
	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: Databases
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make the DVLA database accessible to Road Safety Partnerships to allow them to populate registration numbers on letters they send to speeding drivers.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	117287
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency provides vehicle keeper information to UK police forces for use in road traffic enforcement. This information can already be used by Road Safety Partnerships involving the police to follow up speeding offences.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/12/2017 14:54:08 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

800805

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Accidents
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward proposals to amend animal welfare legislation to give greater protection to cats injured or killed in road traffic accidents.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	117426
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department has no plans at present to bring forward proposals to amend legislation ON reporting animal deaths on the road. However, the police do advise drivers that, if possible, they should make enquiries to ascertain the owner of domestic animals such as cats, and inform them of the situation. In addition, Rule 286 of The Highway Code also advises drivers to report any accident involving an animal to the police.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/12/2017 15:01:02 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

804344

	registered interest
	date	11/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motorways: Road Signs and Markings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many smart signs have been, or are in the process of being, installed on which motorways; and what the cost to the public purse of the smart sign programme has been to date.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	118596
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2017 answer text <p>We have interpreted ‘smart signs’ to be electronic variable speed limit signs and the large variable message signs mounted on overhead gantries or on the verge for displaying information to drivers on smart motorways. By the end of the 2017/18 financial year Highways England will have installed 458 smart signs across smart motorway schemes on the M1 junctions 19-16, M5 Junctions 4a – 6, M3 Junctions 2-4 and M60 Junction 8 – M62 Junction 20 at an estimated cost of £65.5m.</p><p>For schemes currently in construction on the M4 Junctions 3-12, M6 Junctions 16-19, M1 Junctions 23a-25, M60 Junctions 8-18 and M62 Junctions 18-20, Highways England plan to install a further 797 smart signs at a further estimated cost of £101.86m.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 18/12/2017 16:58:16 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

827969

	registered interest
	date	22/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Cross Country Trains
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the performance of the Cross Country Franchise; and what plans he has to improve services on the lines affected by that franchise.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	123929
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>My officials meet on a regular basis with Cross Country to monitor delivery of the requirements of its Franchise Agreement with the Department. We are currently in the early stages of scoping for the new Cross Country franchise due to start in the latter part of 2019. We will be consulting on this later this year.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 25/01/2018 12:05:00 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

830427

	registered interest
	date	25/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Community Transport: Rural Areas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding is available for community transport initiatives in rural areas.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	124993
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Transport spent almost £3.5m on supporting the not-for-profit community transport sector through the Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG) in the 2016 to 2017 financial year. BSOG is a grant paid to operators of eligible bus services and community transport organisations in England to help them recover some fuel costs. In addition, the Department has made funding available to help charities and community groups purchase new community minibuses, and in the most recent funding round in April 2017 we announced the allocation of £2m to 40 groups for a new community minibus each.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 30/01/2018 14:59:32 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

833770

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to extend the ability to report excessive emissions at present applied to buses and commercial vehicles to private cars and motorcycles; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	125528
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2018 answer text <p>All vehicles must meet strict emission standards before they enter use and emissions from private cars are then checked at the annual MoT for cars of 3 years age and older.</p><p> </p><p>Smoky lorries and buses can be reported by telephone via DVSA’s national number, online via GOV.UK or by sending an email. DVSA will then send a letter to the registered keeper of the vehicle as recorded on the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency’s database. The letter is also copied to the remote enforcement office at DVSA. The operator is then required to undergo an emissions test and submit the results to DVSA’s enforcement team.</p><p> </p><p>The Government currently has no plans to extend the ability to report suspected excessive lorry and bus exhaust emissions to private cars and motorcycles. It remains the user’s responsibility to ensure the vehicle continues to meet these emissions standards at all times while in use.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 05/02/2018 14:03:12 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

835948

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Rural Areas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to encourage the re-opening of rural railway lines and halts.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	126303
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government is working with local authorities and other partners to identify the best new rail projects that can unlock new housing and economic growth, ease overcrowding, meet future demand and offer good value for money. It is also helping them to identify new ways of designing, financing and funding additional rail capacity.</p><p> </p><p>We will consider proposals on a case by case basis, based on the economic benefits and business case put forward by local partners.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 07/02/2018 14:47:07 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew