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1023618

	answering dept short name	Transport
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) undertakes rigorous investigations into accidents and incidents to ensure that the causes can be understood and lessons learned.</p><p> </p><p>There have been a number of accidents involving fatalities, and multiple fatalities, within the maritime sector. MAIB has issued a number of Safety Bulletins following these incidents (2/2008, 3/2014 and 4/2018) highlighting the risks.</p><p> </p><p>The reasons for these accidents have generally been attributed to:</p><ul><li>complacency leading to lapses in procedure;</li><li>lack of knowledge</li><li>potentially dangerous spaces not being identified; and</li><li>would-be rescuers acting on instinct and emotion rather than knowledge and training (rushing into enclosed spaces without assessing the dangers).</li></ul><p>As a result of MAIB recommendations a paper was submitted to the International Maritime Organization to raise awareness of enclosed space entry accidents. This has led to changes in the guidance issued at international level by the International Maritime Organization.</p><p> </p><p>The Maritime and Coastguard Agency publishes comprehensive guidance which reflect these findings and best practice including the Code of Safe Working Practices for Merchant Seafarers (COSWP), which it is mandatory for all merchant ships to carry a copy of, the Fisherman’s Safety Guide and Marine Guidance Notes.</p>
	tabling member	3425 label Biography information for Earl Attlee

1023620

	answering dept short name	Defence
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>Equipment numbers in the scope of the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty as an Official Statistics up to 1 January 2017 can be found here.</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/conventional-armed-forces-in-europe-equipment-holdings-statistics-index</p><p>Following a public consultation, a decision was taken to stop publishing these figures but as at 1 January 2018, in scope of the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe Treaty, there were 270 Warriors and 221 Challenger Main Battle Tanks.</p>
	tabling member	3425 label Biography information for Earl Attlee

1079471

	answering dept short name	Transport
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>On 26 February 2019, the Government announced that it will consult on options to ban tyres older than 10 years from use on buses, coaches, heavy goods vehicles and mini-buses.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation will also look at whether the ban should be extended to taxis and private hire vehicles.</p><p> </p><p>We understand that some of the options under consideration may have implications for different stakeholder groups. This is why we have committed to a full consultation in order to better understand the consequences of various proposals.</p><p> </p>
	tabling member	3425 label Biography information for Earl Attlee

1105651

	answering dept short name	Defence
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Defence's Policy Statement for Health, Safety and Environmental Protection (HS and EP) requires the Ministry of Defence (MOD) to comply with all applicable UK legislation when operating within the UK, including for the operation of its white and green fleet of Heavy Goods Vehicles. When operating overseas, the MOD applies UK standards and arrangements where reasonably practicable and, in addition, responds to host nations' relevant HS and EP expectations. Where MOD dis-applications, exemptions or derogations from UK legislation apply, the MOD is required to maintain Departmental arrangements that produce outcomes that are, so far as reasonably practicable, at least as good as those required by UK legislation.</p>
	tabling member	3425 label Biography information for Earl Attlee

1105653

	answering dept short name	Transport
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Department for Transport will closely monitor the results of the introduction of Graduated Driver Licencing (GDL) in Northern Ireland, before further consideration is given to introducing such a system more widely within the UK.</p><p>The Department needs to be sure that the benefits of introducing GDL to the UK are balanced against the potential risks and costs of the restrictions on young drivers.</p>
	tabling member	3425 label Biography information for Earl Attlee

1123281

	answering dept short name	Transport
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>An independent report of the impact of the Scottish limit reduction, led by the University of Glasgow, was published on 12 December 2018. The study found that lowering the drink drive limit was not associated with any reduction in total road traffic accident rates or serious and fatal road traffic accident rates.</p><p> </p><p>There are no current plans to lower the drink drive limit in England and Wales. The Government believes that rigorous enforcement and serious penalties for drink drivers are a more effective deterrent than changing the drink driving limit.</p>
	tabling member	3425 label Biography information for Earl Attlee

1123735

	answering dept short name	Defence
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) has a dis-application from the statutory legislation that requires vehicles to undergo an Annual Roadworthiness Test and periodic Safety Inspections. Where Defence has dis-applications, the Secretary of State for Defence's Policy Statement for Health, Safety and Environmental Protection requires the MOD to maintain Departmental arrangements that produce outcomes that are, so far as reasonably practicable, at least as good as those required by UK legislation. As such, the MOD does conduct Annual Roadworthiness Test and periodic Safety Inspections to the standard contained in the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency guide to maintaining roadworthiness for commercial goods and passenger carrying vehicles.</p>
	tabling member	3425 label Biography information for Earl Attlee

1130585

	answering dept short name	Defence
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence policy is that tyres fitted to vehicles are inspected at regular intervals in line with the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency's Heavy goods vehicle (HGV) inspection manual 2018 edition. This takes into account the requirements in paragraph 5.2 of the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency's Guide to Maintaining Road Worthiness of Commercial Goods and Passenger Carrying Vehicles, published in November 2018.</p>
	tabling member	3425 label Biography information for Earl Attlee

1130586

	answering dept short name	Defence
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>Details on the number of tyres fitted in single formation on vehicles used by the Ministry of Defence are not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost. No estimate of the cost of replacing tyres that are 10 or more years old has been made. All vehicles are maintained and serviced regularly, at which time tyres are replaced if they do not meet minimum legal and safety standards.</p>
	tabling member	3425 label Biography information for Earl Attlee

1130587

	answering dept short name	Defence
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Ministry of Defence (MOD) routinely scraps used tyres through a contractor, therefore none are exported overseas. However, when tyres are attached to heavy goods vehicles, it is possible that those over 10 years old could be exported, as all ex-MOD vehicles are sold as seen. There is currently no loss of income associated with such vehicle sales.</p>
	tabling member	3425 label Biography information for Earl Attlee