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710389

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date	13/03/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 9 March (HL5562), how, assuming that signalling is designed appropriately for the relevant speed, operating at a speed of 320km/h rather than 360km/h would reduce capacity on the high speed line.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL5993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>Reducing the maximum speed of trains from 360km/h to 320km/h would result in trains taking longer to complete their overall journey. This means that, unless we buy more train sets, we will not able to run as many train services on HS2 and therefore capacity will be reduced.</p><p> </p><p>In my previous answer [HL5562], reduced capacity was also in the context of running tilting trains at 300km/h on the HS2 network. Mixing tilting trains running at 300km/h on HS2 with non-tilting trains running at 360km/h would also reduce capacity because it would reduce the number of train paths available per hour. Furthermore, the response to our market sounding of rolling stock manufacturers has indicated that <del class="ministerial">titling</del> <ins class="ministerial">tilting</ins> trains offer reduced seating capacity per train set compared with non-tilt.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 23/03/2017 11:48:15 question first ministerially corrected 28/03/2017 15:14:32 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon previous answer version 41850 answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

710390

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date	13/03/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	West Coast Main Line
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 9 March (HL5562), whether the journey time of four hours and 17 minutes for the Pendolino to Glasgow allows for the same "minor line speed improvements on the northern West Coast Main Line" as for the four hour journey time quoted for Phase 1 non-tilt.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL5994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>The minor line speed improvements on the West Coast Main Line (WCML), mainly north of Preston, would increase the maximum permissible speed for non-tilting rolling stock to towards the maximum permissible speed for tilting rolling stock. These improvements would not therefore have any effect on the journey time of four hours and seventeen minutes for Pendolino services between London and Glasgow.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 23/03/2017 11:50:04 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

710403

registered interest
date	13/03/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Road Traffic Offences
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of EU regulations requiring HGV drivers to have a 45 hour break every week, what plans they have to introduce criminal penalties for lorry drivers who sleep in their cabs during breaks.
tabling member printed	Lord Blencathra
uin	HL6007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2017 answer text <p>The EU drivers’ hours regulations allow HGV drivers to take a daily rest or a reduced weekly rest in their vehicle, provided the vehicle is stationary and is fitted with suitable sleeping facilities. However, the regulations do not allow a regular weekly rest period of 45 hours to be taken in the vehicle. Subject to stakeholder views, the Driver and Vehicle Standard Agency will be enforcing this through a £300 fixed penalty notice/financial penalty deposit.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 24/03/2017 11:14:47 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	497 label Biography information for Lord Blencathra

710410

registered interest
date	13/03/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Accidents
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people were killed or injured in road traffic accidents where the driver failed to stop at the scene of the accident in (1) 2015, and (2) 2016; and how many such offenders were convicted in each of those two years for causing death or injury by a motor vehicle.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL6014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>The table below provides information on people who were killed or injured in road traffic accidents where the driver failed to stop at the scene of the accident.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Casualties involved in accidents where at least one driver failed to stop at the scene, Great Britain, 2014 and 2015</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> Year</strong></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Severity of casualty </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Killed</p></td><td><p>Serious</p></td><td><p>Slight</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>1,592</p></td><td><p>17,688</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p>19,349</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>1,638</p></td><td><p>18,239</p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p>19,958</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Figures for 2016 will be available from June 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport does not hold information about motoring offences or prosecutions. Prosecution information is held by the Ministry of Justice. It is not however possible to link reported road accident data to prosecution data.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 21/03/2017 12:28:13 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb