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1000247

registered interest
date	02/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Laing O'Rourke
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment has he made of the financial sustainability of Laing O’Rourke and the ability of that company to fulfil its contractual responsibilities in relation to (a) railways and (b) highways.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	187373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department’s remit is delivered mostly through its Arm’s Length Bodies and Executive Agencies. Each body assesses prospective suppliers’ ability to deliver its obligations during each procurement exercise before the award of contracts. This to comply with procurement regulations and statute, as well as evaluate the company’s competence and capability. Before contracts are signed there are various layers of governance across the ALBs, the Department, Cabinet Office and HM Treasury depending on the circumstances of each procurement. There are also measures in place to monitor financial stability throughout the procurement lifecycle.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 12/11/2018 15:24:36 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

1000302

registered interest
date	02/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Fares
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 2 November to Question 185132, Railways: Fares, on what date his Department was first notified of the roll-out.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	187387
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department was notified the day before it was announced publicly.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 12/11/2018 17:21:28 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

999517

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	Railways: Timetables
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations his Department has received on whether rail companies amend rail operating timetables to avoid paying delay repay claims.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	187093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>Compensation for delays is provided by Train Operating Companies (TOCs) in accordance with their published Passenger’s Charter and is measured against the timetable in operation on the day of travel. Recently the SWR timetable has had to be amended to mitigate the impact of the RMT strikes, but SWR are required to publicise these changes in advance of the day in question.</p><p> </p><p>If a train is cancelled or delayed and a passenger has an Off-Peak, Super Off-Peak, Advance, or anytime ticket and decides not to travel, they will be entitled to a full refund of their ticket. If delays occur on the day compared to the temporary timetable in place, then passengers will be entitled to claim Delay Repay compensation for delays of 15 minutes or more on SWR.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 06/11/2018 11:36:28 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

999570

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	Bus Services: North West and Surrey
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department allocated to bus services serving (a) the North West, (b) Merseyside, (c) Wallasey constituency and (d) Surrey in each of the last eight years.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	186959
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>£250m of Bus Services Operators Grant (BSOG) payments are made to bus companies and local authorities. BSOG spend figures have been published on Gov.uk annually since the 2010-11 financial year. Details can be found via this link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bus-services-grants-and-funding#bsog-spend" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bus-services-grants-and-funding#bsog-spend</a></p><p> </p><p>Up until 31 December 2013 Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG) was paid directly to bus operators and was not split between commercially run or subsidised bus services. From 1 January 2014 local authorities have received funding equivalent to the level of BSOG which would otherwise have been paid to operators for running subsidised services in 2014. BSOG spend figures are only broken down to upper tier local authority level. It should also be noted that the local authorities listed in the tables are derived from the address given on the BSOG claim form. It does not follow that the services to which the claim relates were necessarily all or partly conducted in that area.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 06/11/2018 16:31:39 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

999595

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	Driving Licences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average time taken has been to return a driving license revoked on the basis of a notifiable medical condition after evidence that the person is fit to drive has been received by the DVLA in each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	187047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>The specific information requested is not available. The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) deals with around 750,000 medical cases each year and aims to complete 90% within 90 working days. The length of time taken to deal with an application following a driving licence being revoked depends on the medical condition involved and whether further information is needed from medical professionals. The table below shows the average working days it took DVLA to make a licensing decision on all medical applications over the last four years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average working days</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>14/15</p></td><td><p>58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15/16</p></td><td><p>53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>16/17</p></td><td><p>37</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>17/18</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/11/2018 17:55:55 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

999596

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	Driving Licences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the time taken to return a driving license revoked on the basis of a notifiable medical condition, after evidence that the individual is fit to drive has been received by the DVLA.
tabling member constituency	Central Ayrshire
tabling member printed	Dr Philippa Whitford
uin	187048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) deals with more than 750,000 medical cases every year. There is a dedicated team in place which is responsible for the continuous improvement of all medical driver licensing services and communications. Letters to customers and medical professionals have been improved, helping to ensure that the DVLA receives the information it needs as quickly as possible.</p><p> </p><p>The DVLA has recruited additional staff to process medical applications and notifications, to make licensing decisions quicker. This includes increasing the number of doctors and introducing nurse caseworkers to deal with more complex cases.</p><p> </p><p>The DVLA is also working with third parties, for example, GPs, consultants and opticians, to reduce turnaround times on the additional information it requires to make licensing decisions.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/11/2018 17:58:05 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4385 label Biography information for Dr Philippa Whitford

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

998897

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sugg on 29 October (HL10683), what representations they are making to the Office of Rail and Road, as part of the ongoing regulatory periodic review, regarding the case for operators to make best use of track by providing most seats for each path used.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL11150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>Government has made extensive representations to the Office of Rail and Road as part of the Periodic Review 2018 process, which concluded on 31 October with the publication of the Final Determination. This has included the publication of the High Level Output Specification and Statement of Funds Available. Government has not, however, made specific, prescriptive representations to the effect that it expects operators to maximise the number of seats for each train path. Government has instead taken an outcomes-based approach, focussing on the outcomes that matter most to passengers and freight users, including safety, reliability and capacity, with the responsibility being on the industry to deliver these.</p><p> </p><p>Government’s representations to the Office of Rail and Road, including its response to the Draft Determination, which was published on 23 August 2018, have stressed that Government places great importance on better using and improving the capacity of the network, including by strengthening the System Operator, which provides advice on the better use of capacity.</p><p> </p><p>As the Periodic Review relates to funding and outputs for rail infrastructure, most decisions regarding the utilisation of capacity on the network and increases in seat numbers are made through the Department for Transport’s franchising programme.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 12/11/2018 16:08:39 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw