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date	09/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorcycles: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the risk to motorcyclists of inexperienced (a) HGV and (b) car drivers; and what plans he has to improve the driver education on motorcyclists.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	189742
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>In the forthcoming refreshed Road Safety Statement, motorcyclists are one of the priority groups that the Department will be addressing.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In 2017, there were 124 accidents involving a motorcyclist and a car in which the Contributory Factor ‘learner or inexperienced driver/rider’ was allocated by a police officer to the car driver; and 661 accidents in which it was allocated to the motorcycle rider. There were no accidents involving a motorcyclist and a HGV, in which the Contributory Factor ‘learner or inexperienced driver/rider’ was allocated to the HGV driver; and 17 accidents in which it was allocated to the motorcycle rider.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 19/11/2018 16:53:55 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

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registered interest
date	24/04/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorcycles: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has plans to (a) bring forward legislative proposals to make compulsory and (b) promote the use of reflective or fluorescent clothing for motorbike riders.
tabling member constituency	Chelmsford
tabling member printed	Vicky Ford
uin	137678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government already advises motorcyclists to wear high visibility clothing - Rules 86 and 87 of the Highway Code includes the advice to “wear a light or brightly coloured helmet and fluorescent clothing or strips, in daylight” and “wear reflective clothing or strips to improve your visibility in the dark”.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has no plans to bring forward proposals to make compulsory the use of reflective or fluorescent clothing for motorcyclists.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/05/2018 15:23:14 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford

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registered interest
date	18/05/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorcycles: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding is allocated to motorcycling safety in his Department's budget for the current year.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	37521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2016 answer text <p>Motorcycling safety is embedded within different areas including wider road safety policy, international vehicle standards and the THINK! road safety campaigns. As such there is not a separate budget allocation.</p><p> </p><p>A significant role is also played by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, which oversees the training and testing of motorcyclists.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 24/05/2016 14:59:18 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood