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1641063

registered interest
date	02/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Lincolnshire
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 invest in rail infrastructure in Lincolnshire
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	187033
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>Investment will see us continue to support ambitious and transformative growth plans for our railways, particularly in the North and Midlands. The way people use the railway is changing and we are investing to make sure it supports passengers, freight and the economy for the future.</p><p> </p><p>The Integrated Rail Plan (IRP) commits to upgrading and improving line speeds and capacity on the East Coast Main Line, which will have benefits to services to Lincoln. We have provided Network Rail with early-stage development funding to begin consideration of how these ambitious route-wide plans can be delivered as efficiently as possible.</p><p> </p><p>This IRP activity will build upon the £1.2 billion East Coast Enhancements Programme – a collection of infrastructure upgrades across the route, helping to deliver journey time, reliability and capacity improvements.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 12/06/2023 11:14:05 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1641111

registered interest
date	02/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he plans to publish the response to the Supporting Recycled Carbon Fuels through the Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation consultation.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	187092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>The Department has carefully analysed responses to the consultation “Supporting Recycled Carbon Fuels through the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation” and will be publishing the Government response as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 12/06/2023 08:59:13 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1641147

registered interest
date	02/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	M6: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of restoring the hard shoulder on the M6 motorway between junction 13 and junction 15.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Aaron Bell
uin	187215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2023 answer text <p>On 16 April 2023, the Government announced that all plans for new smart motorways have been cancelled, recognising the lack of confidence felt by drivers and cost pressures. This means no new smart motorways will be built.</p><p> </p><p>We are focused on investing £900m to add further safety improvements to existing smart motorways, including constructing 150 extra emergency areas – so that people can continue to get around easily and with increased confidence.</p><p> </p><p>Any reduction in capacity on our motorways, the safest roads in the country, could put more drivers and passengers at risk of death or serious injury by forcing them onto roads that are less safe. Restoring the hard shoulder while maintaining capacity would be hugely disruptive and come at enormous cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 08/06/2023 08:30:23 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4837 label Biography information for Aaron Bell

1641165

registered interest
date	02/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Tests: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how long the average wait for a driving test from booking was in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	187226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2023 answer text <p>Data held by the DVSA, which could appear to suggest the average time between booking a test and taking a test, would be misleading. This is because the booking system records the last date the candidate made the latest booking, and does not take into account the date of the original booking, or any subsequent bookings made by rescheduling the test slot.</p><p> </p><p>For example:</p><ul><li>A candidate books a test 4 weeks ago and is due to take their test in a further two weeks’ time. The system would show a wait time of 6 weeks.</li><li>The same candidate goes online today, and finds a cancellation test slot for one week’s time. They amend their original booking and change the test date to one week’s time. The system would suggest the candidate has waited 1 week for their test, when in reality they have been waiting 5 weeks.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p>We do not know how many people logged on at 6am for the most recent Monday and booked a test.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden grouped question UIN 187228 question first answered 07/06/2023 10:29:08 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1641166

registered interest
date	02/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Tests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people with London addresses have booked driving tests outside London for each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	187227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2023 answer text <p>The results from any such interrogation of driving test data would be inaccurate as some people turn up for their driving test with their old address on their provisional driving licence.</p><p> </p><p>Candidates may choose to book a driving test outside of the area they live for a variety of reasons, for example students at university.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 07/06/2023 11:29:13 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1641167

registered interest
date	02/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Tests: Internet
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people logged on to book a driving test online at 6am on the most recent Monday for which his Department holds information; how many of those people who logged on successfully booked a test; and at what time all slots were taken.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Fleur Anderson
uin	187228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2023 answer text <p>Data held by the DVSA, which could appear to suggest the average time between booking a test and taking a test, would be misleading. This is because the booking system records the last date the candidate made the latest booking, and does not take into account the date of the original booking, or any subsequent bookings made by rescheduling the test slot.</p><p> </p><p>For example:</p><ul><li>A candidate books a test 4 weeks ago and is due to take their test in a further two weeks’ time. The system would show a wait time of 6 weeks.</li><li>The same candidate goes online today, and finds a cancellation test slot for one week’s time. They amend their original booking and change the test date to one week’s time. The system would suggest the candidate has waited 1 week for their test, when in reality they have been waiting 5 weeks.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p>We do not know how many people logged on at 6am for the most recent Monday and booked a test.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden grouped question UIN 187226 question first answered 07/06/2023 10:29:08 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4788 label Biography information for Fleur Anderson

1641202

registered interest
date	02/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cross Country Trains and Great Western Railway: WiFi
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with (a) Great Western Railway and (b) CrossCountry about the removal of wi-fi from their trains in the south west of England.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	187242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>The Department has recently asked Great Western Railway and CrossCountry, as well as its other rail operators, to review the provision of Wi-Fi across their different service groups. No decisions have been taken.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 12/06/2023 11:16:52 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

1641213

registered interest
date	02/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plan to impose financial penalties on vehicle manufacturers who used defeat devices.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	187252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>Under powers introduced under this government, the Secretary of State has civil powers to fine up to £50,000 in respect of defeat device usage per offence. If the offence is prosecuted as a criminal offence, in particularly serious cases in England that can increase to an unlimited fine.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 12/06/2023 10:55:37 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1641241

registered interest
date	02/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorways: Speed Limits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the impact of variable speed limits on smart motorways on the economy.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	187275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2023 answer text <p>Motorway speed limits benefit the economy by reducing congestion through smoothing, increasing motorway capacity and helping to prevent the significant economic cost of accidents. There are no plans to remove them.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden grouped question UIN 187301 question first answered 12/06/2023 09:29:56 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1641242

registered interest
date	02/06/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Buses: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department held with devolved administrations on the rollout of zero-emission buses before 11 February 2020.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
tabling member printed	Gavin Newlands
uin	187276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2023 answer text <p>We can only provide this information at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden grouped question UIN 187277 question first answered 07/06/2023 10:32:50 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4420 label Biography information for Gavin Newlands