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	date	02/04/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions practical driving tests have been appealed to magistrates' and sheriff courts in each year since 2008; how many such appeals were upheld; and for what reasons.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
	tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
	uin	194919
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Since 2008 DVSA holds record of 12 practical driving test appeals that have come before the magistrate's court; we have no record of any practical driving test appeals that have come before the Sheriff's court. None of these appeals were upheld as detailed in the chart below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Date and place of hearing </strong></td><td><strong>Under S90 or S133 RTA </strong></td><td><strong>Outcome </strong></td></tr><tr><td>11.06.2008 - Croydon</td><td>S133</td><td>Dismissed</td></tr><tr><td>27.01.2009 - Bexley Heath</td><td>S90</td><td>Dismissed</td></tr><tr><td>25.03.2009 - Caernarfon</td><td>S133</td><td>Withdrawn</td></tr><tr><td>01/06/2009 - UNKNOWN</td><td>S90</td><td>Settled without prejudice prior to hearing</td></tr><tr><td>15.07.2009 Leicester</td><td>S90</td><td>Dismissed</td></tr><tr><td>31.07.2009 Leicester</td><td>S133</td><td>Withdrawn</td></tr><tr><td>5.11.2010 - UNKNOWN</td><td>S90</td><td>Failed to attend preliminary hearing</td></tr><tr><td>28.02.2011 Coventry</td><td>S133</td><td>Withdrawn</td></tr><tr><td>13.09.2011 Sheffield</td><td>S90</td><td>Not upheld</td></tr><tr><td>26.07.2012 Wakefield</td><td>S90</td><td>Cancelled preliminary hearing</td></tr><tr><td>02.08.2012 Bournemouth</td><td>S90</td><td>Withdrawn</td></tr><tr><td>11.11.2013 Wolverhampton</td><td>S133</td><td>Withdrawn at hearing on judge's advice</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

46609

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average age of rolling stock serving the (a) Tees Valley Line and (b) Esk Valley Line is.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
	tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
	uin	194914
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The rolling stock operated on these two lines is a mixture of Class 142 and Class 156 units which were constructed between 1985 and 1989.</p><p> </p><p>However, the age of rolling stock is a crude measure of quality – as a properly planned refurbishment of an older train can result in a very pleasant travelling environment and a &quot;new train feel&quot; but at a fraction of the cost of a new unit.</p><p> </p><p>Information on the average age of rolling stock is available from the Office of Rail Regulation's website, by following this link:</p><p><a href="http://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/displayreport/report/html/53dcc4e1-3223-48f9-9e9c-10d51359cdd7" target="_blank">http://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/displayreport/report/html/53dcc4e1-3223-48f9-9e9c-10d51359cdd7</a></p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

65730

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Police: Ports
	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 the extent to which chief officers of territorial police forces have used the Marine Navigation Act 2013 to permit port constables to act outside their port area for policing purposes connected with the port constable's police area.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
	tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
	uin	203891
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Of the six English port police forces, able to use the Marine Navigation Act, the port police forces for Bristol, Dover and Teesport have sought and received the consent of the Chief Constable of the relevant territorial police force to exercise certain powers outside their port area, while a fourth, Liverpool Port Police, is currently seeking it.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p /> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 09/07/2014 14:07:13 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
	tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop