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1726579

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>National Highways did issue a special order for the movement of ten trams from Dudley to Wednesbury.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst the Department cannot respond on behalf of the other relevant authorities, the haulier did give five clear working days’ notice to National Highways for the movement on 15th February.</p>

1726578

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Malvern Hills Trust, also known as the Malvern Hills Conservators, is not considered to be a public body.</p>

1724739

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>Notwithstanding that the comments referred to were made by the previous government, this government’s policy is that the Money Laundering Regulations are a vital part of the UK’s comprehensive economic crime response and should not be a barrier to legitimate customers.</p><p>While the process of granting an export licence is thorough, it does not consider the source of funds related to the movement of relevant goods. It is therefore right that firms are required to carry out their own, risk-based due diligence when providing financial services to those engaged in the defence industry, regardless of any licences those customers may hold.</p>

1723992

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>As at 20 July 2024, the number of driving licence holders with (1) Category C and (2) Category C+E driving entitlement is shown below:</p><ol><li>Category C – 349,767</li><li>Category C+E – 626,573</li></ol><p> </p><p>The number of these drivers who hold a valid Driver Certificate of Professional Competence is shown below:</p><ol><li>Category C – 208,368 drivers</li><li>Category C+E – 480,988 drivers</li></ol><p> </p>

1701605

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The table below shows the Trade Trained Regular Army Personnel within Foot Guard Battalions serving at Regimental Duty by Paid Rank, as at 1 January 2024.</p><p> </p><p>I am withholding part (1) regarding the workforce requirement (establishment) as disclosure would be likely to prejudice the capability, effectiveness or security of the British Army.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Paid Rank</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1st Battalion Grenadier Guards</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1st Battalion Coldstream Guards</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1st Battalion Scots Guards</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1st Battalion Irish Guards</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1st Battalion Welsh Guards</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 530 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 490 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 540 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 390 </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 410 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Commissioned Officers</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warrant Officers</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Senior Non-Commissioned Officers</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Junior Non-Commissioned Officers</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>170</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Privates</p></td><td><p>290</p></td><td><p>280</p></td><td><p>260</p></td><td><p>210</p></td><td><p>230</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Analysis Army</p><p> </p><p>Table notes/caveats:</p><p> </p><ol><li>The figures are for the Trade Trained Regular Army only and therefore exclude Gurkhas, Full Time Reserve Service, Mobilised Reserves, Army Reserve and all other Reserves, but includes those personnel that have transferred from GURTAM to UKTAP.</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="2"><li>The figures only include personnel with a parent Arm / Service of Infantry serving at Regimental Duty within the specified Battalions. All other Infantry personnel who are not serving within a Foot Guard Battalion have been excluded from these figures. Figures also exclude any attached Arms serving with the Battalion.</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="3"><li>Figures exclude service personnel on the resilience margin.</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="4"><li>Senior Non-Commissioned Officers include all personnel with a Paid Rank of Staff Sergeant and Sergeant. Junior Non-Commissioned Officers include all personnel with a Paid Rank of Corporal and Lance Corporal.</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="5"><li>Figures have been rounded to 10 for presentational purposes; numbers ending in &quot;5&quot; have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to prevent systematic bias.</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="6"><li>Totals and sub-totals have been rounded separately and so may not appear to be the sum of their parts.</li></ol><p> </p><ol start="7"><li>Public Duties Companies have been included (1<sup>st</sup> Battalion Grenadier Guards includes Nijm Coy (PDIC), 1<sup>st</sup> Battalion Coldstream Guards includes 7 Coy (PDIC), 1<sup>st</sup> Battalion Scots Guards includes F Coy (PDIC) and 1<sup>st</sup> Battalion Irish Guards includes 9 and 12 Coys (PDIC).</li></ol>

1698268

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>National Highways, who manage motorways and major A roads in England, issued 23 hauliers with a Special-Order permit for vehicles with a width exceeding 6.1m. Data for roads managed by Local Authorities is not held by the Department for Transport.</p>

1698267

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>National Highways, who manage motorways and major A roads in England, between April 2023 and March 2024 issued 86 hauliers with a VR1 permit (widths exceeding 5.0m and up to and including 6.1m). Data for roads managed by local authorities is not held by the Department for Transport.</p>

1698266

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>National Highways, who manage motorways and major A roads in England, between April 2023 and March 2024 issued 20 hauliers with a Special-Order permit for vehicles with a S.O. weight exceeding 150,000kgs. Data for roads managed by local authorities is not held by the Department for Transport.</p>

1695549

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency has issued comprehensive guidance about ways to carry and secure loads safely on heavy goods vehicles. The guidance is available on GOV.UK under the headings ‘Securing loads on heavy goods vehicles and goods vehicles – how to carry different types of load in HGVs and goods vehicles’ and ‘Securing loads on HGVs and goods vehicle – ways to secure a load in an HGV or goods vehicle’. This includes how and where to load and secure a steel structure on a goods vehicle.</p>

1695548

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency has not issued guidance about using ordinary carpet tiles to increase friction on a vehicle or trailer deck.</p>

1695547

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>Many everyday necessities can be adapted and misused as weapons. Deciding which items should be made available therefore involves striking a balance between considerations of safety and decency.</p><p>Establishments select their local canteen list from items in the National Product List. They make their selection on the basis of a dynamic local risk assessment, taking into account a range of factors, notably security, safety, and prisoner needs.</p><p>The Government is committed to making prisons a safe place to work and recognises the risks associated with prisoners’ access to everyday items, including wet-shave razors. In our 2021 Prisons Strategy White Paper, we committed ourselves to trialling alternatives to wet-shave razors in prisons, to determine whether a change in approach might lead to a safer environment for both prisoners and staff. Throughout 2022 and 2023, six pilots have been carried out in the male estate and one in the female estate. Testing at all sites has now concluded and the results are being evaluated. The evaluation, which is nearing completion, will enable us to make informed recommendations on future shaving provision in prison establishments.</p>

1694686

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>Section 41 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (RTA), as amended, allows the Secretary of State to make regulations generally as to the use of motor vehicles and trailers on roads, their construction and equipment and the conditions under which they may be so used.</p><p>Section 41(2)(b) permits the regulations to make provisions concerning the particulars to be marked on motor vehicles and trailers by means of the fixing of plates or otherwise and the circumstances in which they are to be marked.</p><p> </p><p>Existing requirements for the size tolerance for signage under the Road Vehicles (Authorisation of Special Types) (General) Order 2003 is considered appropriate for standard manufacturing techniques and adequate to facilitate good visibility for road safety and enforcement purposes, although these are kept under constant review.</p><p>In common with other road traffic laws, enforcement of these requirements is an operational matter for the police.</p>

1694685

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>Section 41 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (RTA), as amended, allows the Secretary of State to make regulations generally as to the use of motor vehicles and trailers on roads, their construction and equipment and the conditions under which they may be so used.</p><p>Section 41(2)(b) permits the regulations to make provisions concerning the particulars to be marked on motor vehicles and trailers by means of the fixing of plates or otherwise and the circumstances in which they are to be marked.</p><p> </p><p>Existing requirements for the size tolerance for signage under the Road Vehicles (Authorisation of Special Types) (General) Order 2003 is considered appropriate for standard manufacturing techniques and adequate to facilitate good visibility for road safety and enforcement purposes, although these are kept under constant review.</p><p>In common with other road traffic laws, enforcement of these requirements is an operational matter for the police.</p>

1681705

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The requirement under s. 143 of the Road Traffic Act 1988, to have in force a policy of insurance in respect of third-party liabilities, applies to the use of a motor vehicle on a road or public place. There have been no recent changes to legislation to bring airfields within the scope of public place within the meaning of the Road Traffic Act 1988.</p>

1679279

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The average (mean) salary of a minister of the crown in the House of Lords, including unpaid ministers and excluding accommodation and travel allowances, is £41,490.26.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Ministerial salaries are payable under the Ministerial and Other Salaries Act 1975. Details of the salaries and allowances currently paid to Ministers at different ranks can be found at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-salary-data</p><p> </p>

1679226

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Consumer Credit Act 1974 (CCA) forms a key part of the regulation of the consumer credit market. Under the CCA’s pre-contractual requirements, firms are required to state clearly the actual (rather than representative) APR in credit agreements.</p><p> </p><p>The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has a range of supervisory tools to identify non-compliance with relevant rules, including proactive assessments, responding to reports and complaints, and conducting thematic reviews of particular sectors. As an independent regulator, it is for the FCA to make decisions on how it supervises firms and enforces its rules.</p><p> </p><p>More broadly, the government is committed to working with the FCA to deliver a well-functioning and sustainable consumer credit market which meets consumers’ needs. As part of this, the government is reforming the CCA. Working closely with the FCA, it will be considering how reform can enhance consumer understanding of credit products and credit agreements, leading to improved customer outcomes.</p>

1679225

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Consumer Credit Act 1974 (CCA) forms a key part of the regulation of the consumer credit market. Under the CCA’s pre-contractual requirements, firms are required to state clearly the actual (rather than representative) APR in credit agreements.</p><p> </p><p>The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has a range of supervisory tools to identify non-compliance with relevant rules, including proactive assessments, responding to reports and complaints, and conducting thematic reviews of particular sectors. As an independent regulator, it is for the FCA to make decisions on how it supervises firms and enforces its rules.</p><p> </p><p>More broadly, the government is committed to working with the FCA to deliver a well-functioning and sustainable consumer credit market which meets consumers’ needs. As part of this, the government is reforming the CCA. Working closely with the FCA, it will be considering how reform can enhance consumer understanding of credit products and credit agreements, leading to improved customer outcomes.</p>

1675689

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>There are no current plans to amend the legislation governing ministerial salaries.</p><p>Ministerial salaries are constrained by the Ministerial and other Salaries Act which sets cumulative limits on the total number of salaries that can be allocated to ministers.</p><p>Under successive governments a small number of ministers across the Commons and the Lords have been unpaid. The distribution of salaries between ministers in the House of Commons and the House of Lords is a matter for the Prime Minister, who is responsible for the overall organisation of the Executive.</p><p> </p>

1673768

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Cabinet Office does not maintain a central database of sections of Acts of Parliament that have not been commenced. Details of all Acts of Parliament that have received Royal Assent, including their commencement status, are publicly available at legislation.gov.uk.</p>

1672031

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>In July 2023 the Restoration and Renewal (R&amp;R) Client Board endorsed the R&amp;R Programme Board’s recommended shortlist of R&amp;R delivery options. This included a “full decant” option where both Houses move out of the Palace at the same time (with the Commons prioritised for earlier return) and an option whereby the House of Commons would maintain a “continued presence” in varying locations in the Palace during the works and the House of Lords would move out of the Palace. The Client Board has also requested that a fallback option of enhanced maintenance and improvement forms part of further detailed design work on these options to inform a decision on the preferred way forward in due course, currently expected in 2025.</p><p>The Client Board considered it important that more than one option should be subject to further detailed design work and analysis in order to meet the spirit of the new mandate for R&amp;R agreed by both Houses last year and to reflect that members of both Houses have differing views about how the programme can best be delivered.</p>

1672030

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is responsible for regulating the consumer credit market. It is part of a robust regulatory system which is helping to deliver the government’s vision for a well-functioning and sustainable consumer credit market which meets consumers’ needs.</p><p> </p><p>The FCA oversees firms through its supervision strategy. In the <em>FCA Mission – Approach to Supervision April 2019</em>, the FCA set out that to make the best use of its resources and deliver the greatest public value, it takes a proportionate approach to supervising firms. It supervises most firms as members of a portfolio of firms that share a common business model. It analyses each portfolio and agrees a strategy to take action on firms posing the greatest harm.</p><p> </p><p>Firms are required by FCA rules to include a representative APR in certain circumstances. The FCA’s handbook (CONC 3.5) provides further rules and guidance on when a representative APR must be shown, how it should be denoted and the level of prominence it must be given.</p><p> </p><p>While not all consumers will get the advertised APR, they should be told in advance of entering into the agreement what APR they have been offered and this will be shown in the pre-contract information required to be given under the Consumer Credit Act 1974.</p><p> </p><p>If a customer is concerned that they may have been mis-sold a credit agreement, they may wish to consider making a formal complaint to the firm in question in the first instance. If they then feel that their complaint has not been dealt with satisfactorily, they are able to refer the matter to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) – an independent body set up to provide arbitration in such cases.</p>

1657657

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>There is no requirement for new hulls as the existing fleet of Warrior armoured fighting vehicles can be refurbished, as required, to a standard suitable for the needs of Defence. Procuring new hulls would also not present the optimum Value for Money solution when compared to maintaining the existing fleet.</p>

1652127

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>According to information held by the Department, the first journeys made by a one and two star officer in the Ajax platform were in April 2019 (Director Land Warfare, a two star) and September 2020 (Commander 1 Armoured Brigade, a one star). There is no detail as to the speed travelled on either of these occasions. Noting it was within a trials environment, it is possible that 30mph was exceeded.</p>

1643938

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence is the UK Government Department leading on the granting of military equipment to Ukraine, including armoured fighting vehicles. To date, the UK has provided over 300 armoured and protected mobility vehicles to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.</p>

1624523

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>RAF Scampton is currently owned by the Ministry of Defence pending disposal.</p>

1624522

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>Via the Ministry of Defence, the UK has gifted over 300 armoured vehicles, both from its own inventory and from other sources internationally. Vehicles gifted from the UK have been assessed to cause tolerable risk to readiness in the short term and will not result in any longer-term capability gaps.</p>

1624206

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) publishes official statistics on work-related fatal injuries at <a href="https://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/fatals.htm" target="_blank">https://www.hse.gov.uk/statistics/fatals.htm</a>. Data specifically for work-related fatal injuries by accident kind is reproduced in the table below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1:</strong> Number of work-related fatal injuries to workers (employees and self-employed) in Great Britain by kind of accident, 2021/22</p><p> </p><p><strong><em>Source: </em></strong><em>Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR)</em></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Accident kind</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of fatal injuries</strong> <strong> to workers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All accident kinds</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>123</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Falls from a height</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Struck by moving vehicle</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Struck by moving, including flying/falling, object</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Contact with moving machinery</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Trapped by something collapsing/overturning</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Contact with electricity or electrical discharge</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Drowning or asphyxiation</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Strike against something fixed or stationary</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exposure to fire</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slips, trips or falls on same level</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exposure to, or contact with, a harmful substance</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exposure to an explosion</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Injured by an animal</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Acts of violence</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other kind of accident</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Figures for 2021/22 are at this stage provisional. They will be finalised in July 2023 following any necessary adjustments.</p>

1580445

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>Yes. The Challenger 2 hull primarily provides survivability, the automotive components provide mobility, and the turret provides lethality. All three are balanced and work in harmony to deliver an effective capability.</p>

1580444

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>Challenger 3 will be a highly capable Main Battle Tank with world-leading performance. In line with the Land Industrial Strategy, our ambition is for it to be in service in 2027 with the capability ready for transfer, loan, or export. We are closely working with partners, including Germany where certain Challenge 3 components will be made, in order to meet these ambitions.</p><p> </p><p>Any and all such sharing would be subject to the relevant law of intellectual property, national export regulations, and licence conditions that identify and control the end user, and reflect international arms controls and human rights legislation.</p>

1457014

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>Not running the second fast service between Portsmouth Harbour and Waterloo would be saving an estimated £3.6 million per annum. The Department and South West Railway (SWR) will continue to monitor capacity and demand levels on that line and across the network.</p><p> </p>

1457013

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>There are currently no plans to reintroduce the second fast service between Portsmouth Harbour and London Waterloo as current demand does not warrant a return of that service. The Department and South West Railway (SWR) will continue to monitor capacity and demand levels on this line and across the network.</p>

1437992

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The UK Government is in regular contact with the Ukrainian Government at ministerial, military and diplomatic levels. The UK, at all times, supports and promotes the letter and the spirit of the Geneva Conventions, and we would expect any participant in any conflict to adhere to it completely, including Russia and Ukraine</p>

1437260

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>In accordance with the Fire Safety Order 2005, all government-operated prison buildings have fire risk assessments which are reviewed periodically. Sufficient first aid cover in the prison estate is provided by trained first aiders, and the number of those required in each establishment is achieved via a First Aid Risk Assessment of need. Prisoners also receive first aid/medical cover through on-site healthcare teams or local hospitals when required.</p><p>In accordance with the Fire Safety Order 2005, all privately operated prisons have fire safety risk assessments which are reviewed as part of the annual statutory compliance audits by the authority. There are contractual requirements in place for first aid and fire safety, the levels required are determined by prison operators. These are then checked periodically by the prison operator and an authority representative.</p><p>In privately managed prisons, annual assurance checks are carried out by representatives of HM Prison and Probation Service. Where any issues are highlighted, these are addressed with the contractor and, if necessary, action is taken to ensure that prisons meet their legal and contractual obligations.</p>

1437259

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>In accordance with the Fire Safety Order 2005, all government-operated prison buildings have fire risk assessments which are reviewed periodically. Sufficient first aid cover in the prison estate is provided by trained first aiders, and the number of those required in each establishment is achieved via a First Aid Risk Assessment of need. Prisoners also receive first aid/medical cover through on-site healthcare teams or local hospitals when required.</p><p>In accordance with the Fire Safety Order 2005, all privately operated prisons have fire safety risk assessments which are reviewed as part of the annual statutory compliance audits by the authority. There are contractual requirements in place for first aid and fire safety, the levels required are determined by prison operators. These are then checked periodically by the prison operator and an authority representative.</p><p>In privately managed prisons, annual assurance checks are carried out by representatives of HM Prison and Probation Service. Where any issues are highlighted, these are addressed with the contractor and, if necessary, action is taken to ensure that prisons meet their legal and contractual obligations.</p>

1421557

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>South Western Railway will introduce a new timetable from Monday 21<sup>st</sup> February, which will reinstate services to pre-Omicron levels including the London to Portsmouth line. This follows reducing numbers of Omicron-related staff shortages and growing numbers of passengers returning to the railway.</p><p> </p>

1421083

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The UK is actively involved in the development of international regulations for road vehicle approval at the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. These regulations take into account novel risks and potential safety concerns associated with hybrid and electric vehicles. The crashworthiness regulations have been amended to require hybrid and electric vehicles to have either an automatic disconnect for the high voltage system or for the electrical system integrity to be maintained after the vehicle undergoes regulated crash testing. A specific regulation dealing with electrical safety of vehicles has been updated to include provisions for the mechanical and electrical testing of the battery, its fire resistance and electrical insulation.</p><p> </p><p>The regulations do not require a means to confirm the isolation of the batteries following a serious collision because it is considered appropriate for those attending the scene to confirm by independent means that the vehicle does not present a hazard or risk. In support of this approach, the Department has developed a guidance document for operators involved in the recovery of hybrid and electric vehicles which will shortly be made available on GOV.UK. Alongside this work, the Department is an active member of Euro NCAP, which has introduced a mobile phone application that provides vehicle specific information for recovery professionals and emergency services to identify the location of key components of the high voltage system.</p>

1421082

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The UK is actively involved in the development of international regulations for road vehicle approval at the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. These regulations take into account novel risks and potential safety concerns associated with hybrid and electric vehicles. The crashworthiness regulations have been amended to require hybrid and electric vehicles to have either an automatic disconnect for the high voltage system or for the electrical system integrity to be maintained after the vehicle undergoes regulated crash testing. A specific regulation dealing with electrical safety of vehicles has been updated to include provisions for the mechanical and electrical testing of the battery, its fire resistance and electrical insulation.</p><p> </p><p>The regulations do not require a means to confirm the isolation of the batteries following a serious collision because it is considered appropriate for those attending the scene to confirm by independent means that the vehicle does not present a hazard or risk. In support of this approach, the Department has developed a guidance document for operators involved in the recovery of hybrid and electric vehicles which will shortly be made available on GOV.UK. Alongside this work, the Department is an active member of Euro NCAP, which has introduced a mobile phone application that provides vehicle specific information for recovery professionals and emergency services to identify the location of key components of the high voltage system.</p>

1421081

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The UK is actively involved in the development of international regulations for road vehicle approval at the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe. These regulations take into account novel risks and potential safety concerns associated with hybrid and electric vehicles. The crashworthiness regulations have been amended to require hybrid and electric vehicles to have either an automatic disconnect for the high voltage system or for the electrical system integrity to be maintained after the vehicle undergoes regulated crash testing. A specific regulation dealing with electrical safety of vehicles has been updated to include provisions for the mechanical and electrical testing of the battery, its fire resistance and electrical insulation.</p><p> </p><p>The regulations do not require a means to confirm the isolation of the batteries following a serious collision because it is considered appropriate for those attending the scene to confirm by independent means that the vehicle does not present a hazard or risk. In support of this approach, the Department has developed a guidance document for operators involved in the recovery of hybrid and electric vehicles which will shortly be made available on GOV.UK. Alongside this work, the Department is an active member of Euro NCAP, which has introduced a mobile phone application that provides vehicle specific information for recovery professionals and emergency services to identify the location of key components of the high voltage system.</p>

1400555

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The information requested is not currently available for the week commencing 3 January. On 27 November 2021, the most recent date for which data is available, the number of drivers with Category C and C+E driving entitlement who held a Certificate of Professional Competence is shown in the table below. The historic information requested is not held. Officials will write to The Noble Lord with the information from week commencing 3 January when it becomes available.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Category</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Volume</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1. C</p></td><td><p>194,261</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2. C and CE</p></td><td><p>420,562</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total C and CE</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>614,823</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p>

1381586

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The answers to the noble. Lord's questions are provided in the attached table.</p><p> </p>

1381585

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The answers to the noble. Lord's questions are provided in the attached table.</p><p> </p>

1381584

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The answers to the noble. Lord's questions are provided in the attached table.</p><p> </p>

1381583

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The answers to the noble. Lord's questions are provided in the attached table.</p><p> </p>

1362680

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The information regarding the number of prison officers who had completed at least one shift at the named establishments, between 18-25 October 2021, is detailed in the table below. No officers were issued with spit kits.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Prison</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of officers</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Belmarsh</p></td><td><p>317</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feltham</p></td><td><p>285</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>132</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wandsworth</p></td><td><p>202</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wormwood Scrubs</p></td><td><p>163</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p>

1362004

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>Under Military Aid to Civilian Authority, Defence has made available approximately 250 military fuel tanker drivers and a similar number of support staff, to assist the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy with ensuring the continuity of fuel supplies around Great Britain. As part of ensuring that Defence has a suitably qualified workforce, we train personnel in a variety of different categories of driving licences. This is primarily to enable the safe operation of military vehicles and equipment in worldwide operations and qualified personnel are regularly deployed overseas. It would therefore be misleading to specify numbers of qualified personnel against specific driving license requirements currently held within Defence or specifically in the UK.</p>

1358950

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>On 14 October, 2,052 vocational drivers were awaiting a decision after having reapplied for driving entitlement that had previously been revoked or an application had been refused on medical grounds. It is not possible to determine how many of these are specifically for HGV driving entitlement.</p>

1358428

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The table below shows the number of drivers in each age group holding category C or C+E driving entitlement and who do not have a certificate of professional competence as of 18 September.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Age Groups</p></td><td><p>Category C</p></td><td><p>Category C+E</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18 to 40</p></td><td><p>76,692</p></td><td><p>78,058</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>41 to 50</p></td><td><p>51,095</p></td><td><p>40,081</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>51 to 55</p></td><td><p>12,206</p></td><td><p>14,605</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>56 to 60</p></td><td><p>6,688</p></td><td><p>14,225</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>61 to 65</p></td><td><p>2,532</p></td><td><p>9,059</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>66 to 70</p></td><td><p>326</p></td><td><p>1,476</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>71 to 90</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>1,467</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>149,663</p></td><td><p>158,971</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p>

1358427

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The table below shows the number of drivers in each age group holding category C or C+E driving entitlement and who do not have a certificate of professional competence as of 18 September.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Age Groups</p></td><td><p>Category C</p></td><td><p>Category C+E</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18 to 40</p></td><td><p>76,692</p></td><td><p>78,058</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>41 to 50</p></td><td><p>51,095</p></td><td><p>40,081</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>51 to 55</p></td><td><p>12,206</p></td><td><p>14,605</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>56 to 60</p></td><td><p>6,688</p></td><td><p>14,225</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>61 to 65</p></td><td><p>2,532</p></td><td><p>9,059</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>66 to 70</p></td><td><p>326</p></td><td><p>1,476</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>71 to 90</p></td><td><p>124</p></td><td><p>1,467</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>149,663</p></td><td><p>158,971</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p>

1358426

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The table below shows a count of Service Personnel by HGV Licence type. One person can hold more than one licence. The grand totals are distinct counts of Service Personnel.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Licence</p></td><td><p>Regular</p></td><td><p>Reserve</p></td><td><p><strong>SP Count</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cat C + E</p></td><td><p>1,590</p></td><td><p>290</p></td><td><p><strong>1,880</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cat C</p></td><td><p>3,320</p></td><td><p>490</p></td><td><p><strong>3,810</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,880</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>650</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>4,520</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Figures are rounded to the nearest 10, numbers ending in 5 have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 20 to avoid systematic bias. Totals have been rounded independently and may not equal the sum of their rounded parts.</p><p> </p>

1355583

	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Challenger 2 Main Battle Tank and Ajax vehicle are designed for different purposes and their armament and ammunition reflect this. We do not comment on the cost of the 40mm ammunition as this is commercially sensitive.</p>