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1603888

registered interest
date	14/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Travel: Disability
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 ensure that the rights of disabled travellers are being met by transport companies; and what penalties are in place for transport providers who do not meet their obligations to disabled travellers.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	165255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department works with representative organisations and regulators to ensure the rights of disabled people are understood and observed, with regulators generally responsible for enforcement, rather than the Department directly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Transport providers which fail to meet legal standards face a range of sanctions. These vary from fines of up to £1,000 for taxi and private hire drivers convicted of refusing a disabled person carriage, to licence restrictions or revocations for bus and coach operators found to have breached accessibility requirements.</p><p>Maritime operators, and individuals with responsibility for the operation for the vessel, face a range of sanctions depending on the severity of the legislative breach. This includes cautions, improvement notices, and notifications of concern. For the most serious breaches, criminal proceedings may be enacted, which may result in unlimited fines<strong>. </strong>For airports and airlines, enforcement options may include improvement plans, formal undertakings and ultimately court action if they fail to meet satisfactory standards.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 20/03/2023 17:04:52 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1603894

registered interest
date	14/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Offences: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to section 1 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988, if he will take steps to amend the 14-day notice period for serving notice of intended prosecution to 28 days; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	165192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2023 answer text <p>We keep all traffic offence legislation under review.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 20/03/2023 15:45:24 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1603916

registered interest
date	14/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Registration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many UK flagged ships were registered with the UK Ship Register in each calendar year since 2003.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
tabling member printed	Gavin Newlands
uin	165265
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Transport publishes UK Ship Register statistics as part of its annual Shipping fleet statistics publication in table FLE0100 and the number of UK flagged vessels of 100 gross tons and over registered in each year from 2003 to 2021 are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of vessels</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003</p></td><td><p>1,419</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004</p></td><td><p>1,404</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>1,438</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>1,456</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>1,481</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>1,550</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>1,553</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>1,503</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>1,469</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>1,401</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1,360</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1,327</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1,330</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>1,328</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>1,317</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>1,306</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>1,177</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>1,134</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>1,091</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The 2022 annual Shipping fleet statistics will be published on 29 March 2023.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Ship Register is provided by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) and generally includes all known sea-going ships (and a few non-seagoing vessels) of 100 gross tons and above.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 21/03/2023 15:00:03 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4420 label Biography information for Gavin Newlands

1603922

registered interest
date	14/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Abellio Greater Anglia: Timetables
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department gave Greater Anglia a formal written derogation to not consult on their May 2022 train timetable changes.
tabling member constituency	Edmonton
tabling member printed	Kate Osamor
uin	165392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2023 answer text <p>No derogation was granted to Greater Anglia in relation to the May 2022 train timetable. Operators continue to respond to changing passenger demand levels and travel patterns and it is important they have the flexibility to do so. We will only be in a position to reintroduce meaningful consultations once demand has stabilised.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 20/03/2023 15:41:28 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4515 label Biography information for Kate Osamor

1603946

registered interest
date	14/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Hammersmith Bridge: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the potential impact of (a) inflation and (b) wider trends in the cost of (i) concrete, (ii) steel and (iii) other building materials on the cost of Hammersmith Bridge strengthening works.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	165402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2023 answer text <p>The London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham is the asset owner of Hammersmith Bridge and the project lead for its repair and restoration.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport is providing every assistance to the Council and TfL in helping them resolve the issues the bridge faces.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 17/03/2023 10:15:06 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1603983

registered interest
date	14/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling and Walking: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 9 March 2023 on Transport Update, whether the projected investment from April 2021 to April 2025 outlined in the second Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy has been revised.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	165429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government will provide an update on this in its next report to Parliament on the delivery of the Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/03/2023 12:03:36 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1603984

registered interest
date	14/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Instruction: Plymouth
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 increase the availability of driving instructor tests in Plymouth.
tabling member constituency	South West Devon
tabling member printed	Sir Gary Streeter
uin	165196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2023 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency operates a 12-week booking window for approved driving instructor (ADI) part 2 [driving ability] tests, and part 3 [instructional ability] tests. A ‘book to hold’ system is in place for people booking a test outside of that window. The book to hold list is assessed daily to monitor demand.</p><p> </p><p>In Plymouth, as of 15 March 2023:</p><ul><li>there is availability for the ADI part 2 test within the booking window;</li><li>no part 2 tests booked to hold; and</li><li>one part 3 test booked to hold.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 20/03/2023 15:43:26 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	234 label Biography information for Sir Gary Streeter

1604002

registered interest
date	14/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Avanti West Coast: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to assess the performance of Avanti West Coast in the period since its contract was extended.
tabling member constituency	Ynys Môn
tabling member printed	Virginia Crosbie
uin	165434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department’s officials meet Avanti West Coast’s senior management weekly to review its performance. We are holding Avanti West Coast to account for matters within its control and will continue to use all contractual levers to drive the best outcomes for passengers.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 17/03/2023 14:49:43 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4859 label Biography information for Virginia Crosbie

1604025

registered interest
date	14/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to help ensure electric cars remain an affordable option for those people planning to purchase a lower emitting vehicle.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	165448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government is committed to keeping the transition to electric vehicles (EVs) affordable for all consumers. Government grants have been in place for over a decade to help reduce the up-front purchase price of EVs. These grants remain available for the purchase of zero emission vans, trucks, wheelchair accessible vehicles, taxis and motorbikes.</p><p> </p><p>Once purchased, EV owners benefit from lower operational and maintenance costs including favourable taxation policies.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is also committed to ensuring EV charging remains affordable for all EV drivers. Most EV drivers charge overnight at home where they can access cheap and flexible tariffs. This is a trend that the Government expects will continue. The Government continues to support and encourage innovations to ensure that EV drivers, who do not have their own home chargers, can benefit from cheaper domestic electricity tariffs, such as cable gulleys and peer-to-peer charging schemes allowing owners to rent out their home chargepoints.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/03/2023 16:30:35 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1604072

registered interest
date	14/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish his Department's expenditure on Network Rail operations in Wales in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	165308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2023 answer text <p>Network Rail’s expenditure for Wales in the past five years (excluding interest, tax and centrally managed costs) was as follows shown in £m:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2<del class="ministerial">021-22</del></strong></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2020-21</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2019-20</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2018-19</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2017-18</strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Operating Costs</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">184</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">177</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">163</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">141</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">122</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Traction electricity, industry costs and rates</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">18</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">19</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">19</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">19</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">17</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Renewals</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">222</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">203</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">163</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">161</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">186</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Enhancements</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">10</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">16</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">116</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">230</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">177</del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">Total</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">434</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">414</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">460</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">551</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">502</del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong> </strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2021-22</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2020-21</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2019-20</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2018-19</strong></ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>2017-18</strong></ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Operating Costs</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> 184</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> 177</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> 163</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> 141</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> 122</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Traction electricity, industry costs and rates</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> 18</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> 19</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> 19</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> 19</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> 17</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Renewals</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> 222</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> 203</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> 163</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> 161</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> 186</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Enhancements</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> 10</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> 16</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> 116</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> 230</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> 177</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Total</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> 434</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> 414</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> 460</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> 551</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial"> 502</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The higher level of enhancement costs in earlier years is mostly due to the Great Western Electrification Programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 17/03/2023 14:51:20 question first ministerially corrected 20/03/2023 13:54:09 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman previous answer version 62916 answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards