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1123918

registered interest
date	30/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Infrastructure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress the Government has made on improving transport infrastructure in areas with a high number of new build homes.
tabling member constituency	North Warwickshire
tabling member printed	Craig Tracey
uin	249341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government has invested £1.2bn through the Housing Infrastructure Fund to support housing and further announcements through this £5.5bn fund are expected later this year. A significant number of HIF bids include transport infrastructure.</p><p>The Government is also investing in transport supporting new home construction through the Transforming Cities Fund, Major Road Network, and projects in the Oxford-Cambridge Arc, and it is promoting integrated housing and transport planning, for example through the revised National Planning Policy Framework.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/05/2019 15:20:27 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4509 label Biography information for Craig Tracey

1123964

registered interest
date	30/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Volkswagen
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what penalties have been imposed on Volkswagen in the UK since the scandal on excessive emissions levels.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	249193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>It is for the German Government in the first place to take action given that the vast majority, if not all, of the potential wrongdoing is thought to have occurred at Volkswagen AG in Germany. The Department will assess the prospects of taking action in the UK once the German investigation is complete, based on evidence available at the time.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/05/2019 13:07:10 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1123972

registered interest
date	30/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the arrangements are for the governance and accountability of the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency; and what plans there are to review those arrangements.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
uin	249350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has robust governance and accountability arrangements in place, which are published at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/driver-and-vehicle-standards-agency/about/our-governance" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/organisations/driver-and-vehicle-standards-agency/about/our-governance</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Cabinet Office is planning a tailored review of the DVSA’s control and governance arrangements, later this financial year. The review will ensure that the DVSA is complying with recognised principles of good corporate governance, and that it has the capacity to deliver its services effectively and efficiently.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/05/2019 15:27:28 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr

1123973

registered interest
date	30/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Tests: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what policies and guidance there are to ensure that people living in rural areas have adequate access to driving centres through the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency network.
tabling member constituency	Stirling
tabling member printed	Stephen Kerr
uin	249351
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2019 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has policies and guidance in place to ensure that people living in rural areas where the population is equal to, or fewer than, 100 persons per square kilometre, should not have to travel more than 30 miles to take their test. The DVSA takes this travel distance criterion into account when deciding on locations for new driving test centres.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/05/2019 15:30:00 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4604 label Biography information for Stephen Kerr

1124014

registered interest
date	30/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to improve charging infrastructure for electric vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Taunton Deane
tabling member printed	Rebecca Pow
uin	910669
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s vision is to have one of the best infrastructure networks in the world for electric vehicles, and we want chargepoints to be accessible, affordable and secure. The Government’s grant schemes fund chargepoints at homes, workplaces and on residential streets. The £400m public-private Charging Infrastructure Investment Fund will add thousands more public chargepoints to the 17,000 already installed. The Automated and Electric Vehicles Act gives Government new powers to regulate the chargepoint market and improve the experience for consumers.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/05/2019 13:18:07 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4522 label Biography information for Rebecca Pow

1123611

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Dangerous Driving: Sentencing
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 merits of the use of the exceptional hardship exception for the sentencing of drivers who would otherwise be disqualified from driving.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	248664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is responsible for maintaining a record of all GB fixed penalties and court ordered driving licence endorsements. Sentencing, including the imposition and length of a driving disqualification, is a matter for the courts.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/05/2019 14:23:22 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

1123676

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Public Transport: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to increase passenger journeys on public transport in the regions to reduce CO2 emissions.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	248646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>Since 2010 the Government has invested nearly three quarters of a billion pounds to improve bus services through investment in bus-based infrastructure schemes and in greener buses, which is in addition to the continuing financial support provided through the Bus Service Operators Grant.</p><p>The Government has also introduced the Bus Services Act 2017 that provides local authorities with the tools to improve local services and increase passenger numbers.</p><p>The Government is also investing record levels in the U.K. rail network, as part of the biggest rail modernisation programme for over a century, to accommodate greater passenger traffic while reducing its impact on the environment.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/05/2019 14:11:27 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1123717

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Biometrics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when facial recognition technology for security checks for all passengers travelling through Heathrow Airport will be fully rolled out.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	248658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government does not require London Heathrow Airport to use facial recognition technology for security checks. London Heathrow Airport has taken a commercial decision to use biometrics in the hope that this will assist to streamline the passenger journey through the airport. All security checks will remain unchanged. The Department regularly discusses and reviews airport security with all regulated UK airports.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/05/2019 14:17:55 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1123718

registered interest
date	29/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Airports: Biometrics
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, by what date facial recognition technology for security checks will be rolled out to airports that serve less than five million passengers per year.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	248659
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government does not require airports to use facial recognition technology for security checks.</p><p>Some airports are planning to introduce biometric technology which they hope will assist the passenger journey through their airports. This use of biometrics will not change the required security checks. The Department regularly discusses and reviews airport security with all regulated UK airports.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/05/2019 13:22:17 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger