The Department is currently working alongside the Rail Delivery Group and the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee to undertake a review of the Disabled Persons Railcard and expects to complete the review in the coming months.<\/p>
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COVID-19 had a devastating impact on the cruise industry. I am pleased that during this time the relationship between government and industry has gone from strength to strength as we have worked together to ensure a safe and sustainable return of cruises.<\/p>
<\/p>
The cruise industry is vital to UK coastal communities. According to Maritime UK, the sector contributed a total of £9.4bn to the UK economy and supported 82,000 jobs in 2017.<\/p>
<\/p>
Following a successful restart of both domestic and international cruises, my Department continues to work closely with the cruise industry to ensure that we understand the challenges they face and any barriers to growth.<\/p>
<\/p>
Government is committed to the wider recovery of the maritime sector and recognises that cruise is a key part of this recovery, particularly in our coastal communities. Government recently published the Maritime Recovery Route map, setting out the short and medium-term actions that government and industry together will take to help the sector recover from the impacts of the pandemic, whilst turbocharging delivery of Maritime 2050.<\/p>
<\/p>
We are developing a governance system to monitor the delivery of Maritime 2050\u2019s recommendations and ensure that stakeholders across government and industry are involved in setting key priorities for delivery.<\/p>
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The Secretary of State and the Minister for Aviation, Maritime and Security have had numerous discussions with colleagues across Government to ensure that the staff made redundant by P&O Ferries are fully supported. Cross-Government working continues to be essential in ensuring successful delivery of our seafarer protections nine-point plan, which aims to improve seafarer pay and welfare and to ensure that the actions taken by P&O Ferries cannot happen again.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4589", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Robert Courts"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Witney"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Robert Courts"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2022-07-05", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2022-07-05T16:03:07.533Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "27"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2022-06-28", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "P&O Ferries: Redundancy"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on Government support for the P&O Ferries staff who were made redundant on 17 March 2022.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4478", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Royston Smith"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Southampton, Itchen"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Royston Smith"} ], "uin" : "26808"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1484233", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1484233/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Maritime & Coastguard Agency is monitoring the return of belongings to dismissed P&O Ferries crew members \u2013. P&O Ferries states that as of 26 May over 600 crew had received their belongings, and 90 had faced issues with their return. The company has advised that its team is now concluding the process of returning belongings. The MCA is in regular contact with P&O Ferries about this matter and I have also written to P&O personally to raise this as an issue of importance. The MCA encourages any affected seafarers who are yet to have items returned to contact it at exams@mcga.gov.uk<\/a> with a list of the belongings that are outstanding so it can seek to facilitate the swift resolution of these cases.<\/p> <\/p> <\/strong><\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1379023/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Information on the number of HGV licence renewal applications received or awaiting processing each month between November 2020 and October 2021 is not held. This is because it is not possible to distinguish between HGV and other vocational licence applications until they have been processed.<\/p> <\/p> The table below shows the number of HGV licence renewal applications processed each month between November 2020 and October 2021 where full or provisional HGV entitlement (Category C and/or CE) has been renewed. The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has focused extra resource on vocational driving licence applications to support the driver shortage. This has been successful with routine applications for vocational driving licences, including for HGVs, now being processed within normal turnaround times of five working days. It may take longer to process cases where medical investigations are needed.<\/p> <\/p> Month<\/p><\/td> Volumes<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> November 2020<\/p><\/td> 12,302<\/p><\/td><\/tr> December 2020<\/p><\/td> 10,078<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> January 2021<\/p><\/td> 15,617<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> February 2021<\/p><\/td> 13,710<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> March 2021<\/p><\/td> 13,980<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> April 2021<\/p><\/td> 11,247<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> May 2021<\/p><\/td> 11,412<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> June 2021<\/p><\/td> 11,392<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> July 2021<\/p><\/td> 13,312<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> August 2021<\/p><\/td> 12,964<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> September 2021<\/p><\/td> 15,959<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr> October 2021<\/p><\/td> 25,559<\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> The DVLA has accuracy checking measures in place, including regular supervisory checks on vocational renewal applications. DVLA staff are issued with comprehensive operating instructions which are updated regularly and receive clear communications about any changes to processing requirements.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1328282", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1328282/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has put in place a number of measures to increase practical driving tests. These include offering overtime and annual leave buy back to examiners, asking all those qualified to conduct tests, but who do not do so as part of their current day job, to return to conducting tests, and conducting out of hours testing (such as on public holidays). The DVSA has also started a recruitment campaign to increase the number of examiners. The aim is to increase testing capacity and reduce the backlog as quickly as possible, whilst maintaining a COVID-secure service for customers and examiners.<\/p>