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registered interest
date	19/01/2015
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government from which countries outside the European Union driving licences may be used to drive in the United Kingdom without sitting a United Kingdom driving test.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL4238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>Residents who hold a driving licence issued by a designated country may exchange that licence for a GB equivalent without the need to take a further driving test here. Designation of a country is based on an assessment of driver training and testing standards, which must be comparable with those in this country.</p><p> </p><p>The following are designated countries for driving licence exchange purposes in Great Britain: Andorra, Australia, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Falkland Islands, Faroe Islands, Hong Kong, Japan, Monaco, New Zealand, Republic of Korea, Singapore, South Africa, Switzerland and Zimbabwe.</p><p> </p><p>All visitors and new residents who hold a valid driving licence issued outside the European Union and have the relevant entitlement can drive cars and motorcycles in GB for 12 months. After this 12-month period, non-EU visitors and residents must apply for a provisional driving licence and pass a driving test in the UK to be able to continue to drive here. This arrangement is for small vehicles only and does not include driving larger vehicles like buses and lorries.</p><p> </p><p>In Northern Ireland, driver licensing is a devolved matter and is the responsibility of the Department of the Environment. The designation of countries outside the EU for driver licence purposes is therefore a decision for the relevant department in Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 27/01/2015 13:36:18 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

167273

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles: Speed Limits
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Kramer on 1 December (WS 65), what is the evidence that "actual average speeds are unlikely to change" as a result of increasing the speed limit for heavy goods vehicles on dual carriageway roads from 50 to 60 miles per hour.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL3374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government conducted an impact assessment on raising the national speed limit for heavy goods vehicles over 7.5 tonnes on dual carriageway roads. The impact assessment has been deposited in the libraries of both Houses, and has been published on the GOV.UK website at:</p><p><a target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/increased-speed-limit-for-heavy-goods-vehicles-over-75-tonnes-dual-carriageway</a></p><p> </p><p>The impact assessment outlines that based on observed speeds, taken from National Statistics, heavy goods vehicles on dual carriageway roads travel at an average of 53mph in free-flow conditions. On motorways, the HGV speed limit is 60 mph but the average speed travelled by heavy goods vehicles is also 53mph.</p><p> </p><p>We believe that professional HGV drivers are likely to have the same behavioural response to road conditions as car drivers, and will drive at the same speed or more slowly on dual carriageways than on motorways. It is implausible that HGVs would choose to drive faster on dual carriageways than on motorways. In addition, HGVs are required by EU Directive 2002/85/EC to fit speed limiters to vehicles set at 56mph.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 09/12/2014 13:07:43 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

167274

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles: Speed Limits
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of any increase in road accidents resulting from the heavy goods vehicle national speed limits on dual carriageway roads increasing from 50 to 60 miles per hour.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL3375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government conducted an impact assessment on raising the national speed limit for heavy goods vehicles over 7.5 tonnes on dual carriageway roads. The impact assessment has been deposited in the libraries of both Houses, and has been published on the GOV.UK website at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/increased-speed-limit-for-heavy-goods-vehicles-over-75-tonnes-dual-carriageway" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/increased-speed-limit-for-heavy-goods-vehicles-over-75-tonnes-dual-carriageway</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The impact assessment estimates that raising the heavy goods vehicle national speed limit to 60mph on dual carriageways will not result in actual changes in heavy goods vehicle speeds, because these vehicles already travel at the same speed on motorways (with a 60mph limit) as on dual carriageways, and it is implausible that they would choose to drive faster on dual carriageways than on motorways. It is therefore not expected to have any impact on road safety.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 09/12/2014 13:08:22 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

167275

registered interest
date	02/12/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rolling Stock: Procurement
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the ability of passenger train manufacturers to build diesel multiple units with motors complying with the European IIIb emission standard; and whether they have any plans to order such units to provide additional capacity on lines which are not likely to be electrified during the life of the rolling stock.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL3376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2014 answer text <p>Government officials are in regular contact with train manufacturers and understand that a number of them are considering how the IIIb emission standard can be achieved on new diesel multiple units within the British loading gauge. The Hitachi IEP trains, the first of which is undergoing testing, will be fitted with IIIb compliant engines.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Government currently has no plans to order new diesel multiple units itself, but train operators may choose to do so either in pursuit of their commercial objectives or in fulfilment of the requirements of franchise specifications.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 10/12/2014 15:08:00 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

147348

registered interest
date	10/11/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Safety
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government for how many years road safety audits are retained by the Highways Agency; and what is the minimum period that Transport for London and local highways authorities are required to keep them.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL2752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>The Highways Agency follow an internal procedures manual that recommends that the Road Safety Audits they undertake should be retained for 30 years either from the date of the opening of the scheme, or following the completion of the final phase.</p><p> </p><p>In accordance with Transport for London’s document retention policy for Road Safety Audit reports and related information, these records must be retained for a period of 21 years from the date the report is issued. Local highway authorities will have their own individual processes for retention of Road Safety Audits.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 24/11/2014 14:39:22 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

143441

registered interest
date	07/11/2014
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 Kramer on 6 November (HL2589), what savings they have made to date from alliances between passenger train operators and Network Rail.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL2726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The sole deep Alliance between a passenger train operator and Network Rail (NR) is the Wessex Alliance between South West Trains and NR. It seeks to deliver benefits such as more effective station management, better planning of track maintenance, aligned objectives and operational efficiencies</p><p> </p><p>The Alliance sees South West Trains and Network Rail share risks and opportunities within agreed parameters. To date, the Alliance has focused on improving the underlying condition of the infrastructure in order to secure operational efficiencies in the future. That approach has not yet generated savings for the Alliance, or therefore Government. Network Rail and South West Trains have, however, gained sufficient confidence in the potential of the Alliance to continue the arrangements into 2017 and we expect to see a financial return arising from these arrangements.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 17/11/2014 12:01:32 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

105774

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
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 what savings they have made from alliances between passenger train operators and Network Rail.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL2589
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>Network Rail’s Strategic Business Plan for the period 2014-2019 concluded that savings of between £438m and £1,128m could be made from closer working between Network Rail and Train Operators. The Department for Transport and the Office of Rail Regulation will be monitoring progress made towards securing these efficiencies as Control Period 5 progresses.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 06/11/2014 15:48:34 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

100039

registered interest
date	21/10/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Exeter
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the total estimated cost of the works near Cowley Bridge to improve the resilience of the railway by removing three weirs from the River Exe, and what funding the Environment Agency is contributing to the works.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL2245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2014 answer text <p>Network Rail has allocated £13.4million from the geo-environmental resilience programme. Their preferred option involves the removal of three weirs close to Stafford's bridge and Cowley bridge.</p><p> </p><p>The Environment Agency are not providing financial assistance with the scheme, but support the scheme as it complements their Exeter Flood defence scheme and their general approach of returning rivers to their natural states.</p><p> </p><p>Over the coming months, Network Rail will work with the Environment Agency to work out how they deliver the scheme collaboratively.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 04/11/2014 16:52:31 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

99981

registered interest
date	20/10/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Control
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government on how many occasions in the last three years they have sought the approval of the Duchy of Cornwall before a road traffic regulation has been implemented.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL2196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>I am not aware of any occasion during the last three years where officials have sought the approval of the Duke of Cornwall or consulted Duchy of Cornwall estate personnel prior to the implementation of a road traffic regulation.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 03/11/2014 16:05:33 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

92770

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Convention on International Interests in Mobile Equipment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they support the principles in the Luxembourg Rail Protocol; and when they will ratify it.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL2006
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>The Government supports the principles in the Luxembourg Rail Protocol which it believes would be advantageous to the UK and European rail industry, and will ratify the Protocol once the procedures around the European Union acceding to it have been concluded.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 16/10/2014 14:21:05 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley