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	date	04/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Road Signs and Markings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2015 to Question 2645, if he will lift the moratorium on any new authorisations for traffic signs until the revised Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions are introduced.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	8506
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to lift the moratorium on traffic sign authorisations prior to the new Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions (TSRGD) being introduced. The moratorium does not, however, apply to all traffic sign categories and officials will continue to consider authorisations for those signs not covered by the moratorium.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On 28 August the Department launched a further consultation on the draft TSRGD which runs until 6 October. The new TSRGD is scheduled to come into force in Spring 2016, subject to Parliamentary approval.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 8934 question first answered 11/09/2015 10:19:02 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

416595

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Road Signs and Markings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2015 to Question 2645, if he will make it his policy to consider new authorisations for traffic signs before the new Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions come into force.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	8934
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to lift the moratorium on traffic sign authorisations prior to the new Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions (TSRGD) being introduced. The moratorium does not, however, apply to all traffic sign categories and officials will continue to consider authorisations for those signs not covered by the moratorium.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On 28 August the Department launched a further consultation on the draft TSRGD which runs until 6 October. The new TSRGD is scheduled to come into force in Spring 2016, subject to Parliamentary approval.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 8506 question first answered 11/09/2015 10:19:02 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

416606

	registered interest
	date	04/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Highways England: Industrial Injuries
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff of Highways England or the Highways Agency and their contractors have been (a) injured and (b) killed while removing litter or refuse from the strategic road network since January 2010; what the causes of those accidents were; and what injuries were sustained by those staff.
	tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
	tabling member printed	Tom Brake
	uin	8525
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>There have been no incidents of staff being killed as a result of litter removal on the strategic road network since January 2010. The number of injuries during this period is 44, the cause and nature of the injuries are outlined in the tables below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Primary Cause</strong></p></td><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Injuries Sustained</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hit by a moving vehicle</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Bruising / abrasion</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hit by a moving, flying or falling object</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Burn</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hit something fixed or stationary</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Cut / laceration</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Horse play</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Foreign body (ingressed)</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Injured while handling lifting or carrying</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Fracture</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slipped, tripped or fell on the same level</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td> </td><td><p>Strain / sprain</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>44</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>44</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p /> <p>All of these injuries relate to contractor personnel.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 11/09/2015 11:08:16 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake