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date	05/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed Two and Network Rail: Disclosure of Information
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Network Rail and HS2 have whistleblower policies; and if so, where those policies are published.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL11229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>HS2 Ltd has had a Whistleblowing Policy since 2014. It was updated in 2018 to incorporate the launch of the “Speak Out” reporting line. The Whistleblowing Policy is published internally on the HS2 Ltd intranet. HS2 Ltd is now working on launching the “Speak Out” reporting line outside of HS2 Ltd. At present, where any whistleblowing allegations are raised to the HS2 Helpdesk, such allegations are referred to HS2’s independent “Speak Out” line supplier.</p><p> </p><p>Network Rail’s whistleblowing policy is published online on the Network Rail website and is available at:</p><p><a href="https://cdn.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Speak-Out-Policy-2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://cdn.networkrail.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Speak-Out-Policy-2017.pdf</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 15/11/2018 12:07:44 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1002215

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Diesel Vehicles
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to issue guidance to motorists on the future of diesel powered motor vehicles; and if so, when.
tabling member printed	Lord Empey
uin	HL11236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government has announced that it is our long-term mission to see every new car and van being effectively zero emission by 2040. The Road to Zero strategy, launched in July, sets out the actions we are taking to bring about our ambition and the role for cleaner diesel vehicles during the transition.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 19/11/2018 16:52:55 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	4216 label Biography information for Lord Empey

1002264

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Gospel Oak-Barking Railway Line
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when the Gospel Oak to Barking rail service will be operating with new electric trains.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL11285
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2018 answer text <p>The Gospel Oak to Barking rail line is run by Transport for London (TfL). This is not a matter for the Department for Transport (DfT) as such, the Mayor of London is accountable for this service.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg grouped question UIN HL11286 question first answered 16/11/2018 13:44:04 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

999749

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles: Safety
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will review Regulation 51 of the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 to require all wheeled goods vehicles to be fitted with basic safety equipment, including sideguards, to protect cyclists in the event of collisions.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
uin	HL11194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>Most heavy goods vehicles are already required to be fitted with sideguards when new. Work is already underway to amend the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 to ensure that sideguards are retained and maintained on these vehicles.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also supporting new technical measures under the European Commission’s Third Mobility Package to improve further the protection of pedestrians and cyclists.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 15/11/2018 17:17:04 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

999750

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles: Accidents
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many cases of collisions between cyclists and wheeled goods vehicles occurred in each of the last three years; and how many cyclists survived those collisions in each year.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
uin	HL11195
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department collects data on personal injury road accidents reported to the police. The table below shows the number of reported road accidents involving at least one pedal cyclist and at least one goods vehicle in Great Britain for the last three years of available data, as well as cyclist casualties by severity resulting from these accidents.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="7"><p><strong>Number of pedal cyclist casualties involved</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of accidents involving at least one pedal cyclist and at least one goods vehicle<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Killed</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Serious</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Slight</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1,770</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>27</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>350</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,392</p></td><td><p>1,769</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>1,574</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>23</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>300</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,257</p></td><td><p>1,580</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>1,467</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>25</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>334</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,104</p></td><td><p>1,463</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>1 Van, LGV or HGV</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="4"><p><em>Source: DfT Stats19</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>On 18 October the Department published a summary of the 14,000 responses received to its Call for Evidence on cycling and walking safety, including issues relating to large vehicles. The Department has recently announced a number of activities to improve the safety, and perception of safety, of cycling and walking: tailored cycle training for driving instructors, support for police in tackling unsafe “close passing”, an update to the National Standard for Cycle Training and, most recently, a review of the Highway Code to include overtaking and opening vehicle doors. The Department will publish its full response to the Call for Evidence in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 14/11/2018 15:37:10 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

999762

registered interest
date	01/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Midland Metro: Dudley
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what support they are providing for the extension of metro services to Dudley.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL11207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government is supporting the extension of metro services to Dudley through a £321.5m allocation from the ‘Transforming Cities Fund’ to the West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA).</p><p> </p><p>WMCA have decided the majority of this allocation will be used to fund the construction of an extension to the Metro tram network from Wednesbury to Dudley, known as the Brierley Hill extension.</p><p> </p><p>As this is a devolved funding stream, the development and approval of the scheme will be for WMCA to take forward without any need for Department for Transport approval, other than the legal orders.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 15/11/2018 17:17:26 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark