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1639493

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date	22/05/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Anti-social Behaviour
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of incidents of disruptive air passengers and their impact on airlines and the travelling public; and what steps they intend to take to reduce such incidents.
tabling member printed	Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
uin	HL8012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2023 answer text <p>Incidents of disruptive air passengers remain rare. The Government’s view is that the existing legislation and industry powers to deal with disruptive passengers, including financial penalties are robust enough to deal with disruptive passengers.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 31/05/2023 11:10:12 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	384 label Biography information for Baroness McIntosh of Pickering

1639508

registered interest
date	22/05/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Testing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the proposed one-year increase to the first date most road vehicles are MOT-tested on the safety of intensively used road vehicles.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL8027
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2023 answer text <p>The Department ran a consultation between 18 January and 22 March on the proposal to defer the date of a light vehicle’s first MOT from three to four years. The results of the consultation are currently being considered by ministers and a response will be issued in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The impact assessment and its annex include a full consideration of the potential decrease in road safety due to more time and mileage passing before a vehicle’s first MOT under a one-year increase to the first date. The analysis found that the level of casualties involved in collisions caused by vehicle defects could increase by 1 - 4%, but this represents a much smaller magnitude when compared to overall collisions (around 0.01 - 0.05%). The published impact assessment also outlines assumptions and limitations of the analysis.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 31/05/2023 11:09:40 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley

1629181

registered interest
date	19/05/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Quad Bikes: Safety
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the safety of quad bikes.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL7983
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2023 answer text <p>The technical requirements for quad bikes depends on their intended use. Road or agricultural bikes must be type approved, while those classed as machinery need to meet the Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008.</p><p> </p><p>Following research by the Health and Safety Executive in Great Britain (HSE) the advice for quad bikes used in workplace settings is that ROPS are not recommended. It was shown that ROPS may lead to an increased risk of injury in the event of an overturn by either preventing the operator from separating from the machine or striking the operator as the machine overturns.</p><p> </p><p>The Government plans to consult on replacing the current, interim, approval scheme for road and agricultural quads, with a full type GB scheme. Any new evidence supplied during this process will be given consideration.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton grouped question UIN HL7984 question first answered 31/05/2023 11:07:53 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1629182

registered interest
date	19/05/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Quad Bikes: Safety Measures
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they will take, if any, to introduce regulations which enable the provision of roll bars on quad bikes.
tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
uin	HL7984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2023 answer text <p>The technical requirements for quad bikes depends on their intended use. Road or agricultural bikes must be type approved, while those classed as machinery need to meet the Supply of Machinery (Safety) Regulations 2008.</p><p> </p><p>Following research by the Health and Safety Executive in Great Britain (HSE) the advice for quad bikes used in workplace settings is that ROPS are not recommended. It was shown that ROPS may lead to an increased risk of injury in the event of an overturn by either preventing the operator from separating from the machine or striking the operator as the machine overturns.</p><p> </p><p>The Government plans to consult on replacing the current, interim, approval scheme for road and agricultural quads, with a full type GB scheme. Any new evidence supplied during this process will be given consideration.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton grouped question UIN HL7983 question first answered 31/05/2023 11:07:53 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1628693

registered interest
date	17/05/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what funding they make available to Network Rail for upgrades to railway termini essential for (1) accessibility, and (2) public safety.
tabling member printed	Lord Carrington of Fulham
uin	HL7903
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2023 answer text <p>Accessibility and public safety are central to all investment projects at termini stations. The Department for Transport sees accessibility improvements across the network as a priority and is continuing to invest significant sums to ensure accessibility to the network is improved for all users. The DfT supported Access for All programme, launched in 2006, has provided step free, accessible routes at over 200 stations and smaller scale access improvements at 1500 more. We are currently assessing over 300 stations nominated for the next tranche of Access for All projects. The Department expects the industry to comply with all relevant accessibility and safety standards whenever work is carried out.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 31/05/2023 11:06:43 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	1206 label Biography information for Lord Carrington of Fulham

1628708

registered interest
date	17/05/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Rural Areas
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what alternative provisions they are making for individuals who live in areas affected by closures of rural bus routes.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL7918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/05/2023 answer text <p>Our £20 million Rural Mobility Fund is supporting 16 innovative, demand-led minibus trials in rural and suburban areas across 15 local authorities in England. These pilots are exploring whether DRT can serve these communities more effectively than traditional public transport solutions alone.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has provided over £2 billion in emergency and recovery funding since March 2020 through to 30 June to mitigate the impacts of the pandemic and prevent reductions to bus services.</p><p> </p><p>On 17 May, we announced a long-term approach to continue protecting vital bus services with an additional £300 million from July 2023 until April 2025. Almost half of this additional funding will be provided to bus operators, partially based on the distance of the services that they operate. This will allow us to focus funding on longer routes, such as those in rural areas, where some services are less likely to be commercially sustainable without additional funding. In addition, the successful fare cap scheme has also been extended to help with costs and increase patronage.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 30/05/2023 13:24:52 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

1628709

registered interest
date	17/05/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Closures
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many bus routes (1) in rural areas, and (2) outside London as a whole, were closed in each of the past five years.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL7919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2023 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on bus routes that have been terminated by operators.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 24/05/2023 15:17:33 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

1628315

registered interest
date	16/05/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Postal Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how much is spent at present in subsidies for rail freight, including for the development of express parcel delivery traffic.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL7857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/05/2023 answer text <p>Domestic and international rail freight services are private operations run on a commercial basis. The Government provides some limited support in specific areas.</p><p> </p><p>The Government incentivises modal shift from road to rail through the £20 million per year Mode Shift Revenue Support scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The Government provided £2.155 million to rail freight projects through the First of a kind competition for cutting edge ideas to help transform the railway. These projects include rail freight express parcel delivery.</p><p> </p><p>DfT also contributes to some of the Operations, Maintenance and Renewals Charges (OMRC) charges for international freight trains using the Channel Tunnel under the terms of the commercial agreements which established the Channel Tunnel. This amount is variable but is approximately £13m per year.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 31/05/2023 10:54:21 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

1628316

registered interest
date	16/05/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Construction
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how much per annum is allocated to road building in England, as opposed to maintenance.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL7858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2023 answer text <p>For the Strategic Road Network, funding for enhancements, which includes junction improvements and widening schemes as well as new roads has been allocated as follows as part of the Road Investment Strategy.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>£m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020-21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021-22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022-23</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2023-24</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2024-25</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2,027</p></td><td><p>1,773</p></td><td><p>1,983</p></td><td><p>2,228</p></td><td><p>2,474</p></td><td><p>10,485</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>For local roads funding varies depending on progress with individual local authority schemes and the amount would vary from year to year. In some cases schemes do not progress to construction due to low or poor value for money. The current forecast spend from 2023/24 onwards is as per the table below but these are liable to change as various schemes update their financial information.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>£m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2020-21</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2021-22</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2022-23</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2023-24</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2024-25</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>115.2</p></td><td><p>156.38</p></td><td><p>168.51</p></td><td><p>339.48</p></td><td><p>853.80</p></td><td><p>1,633.37</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 24/05/2023 14:24:42 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

1628317

registered interest
date	16/05/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how much funding they estimate would have been needed to supplement the bus service improvement plans called for in March 2021 if the submissions of the local transport authorities had been implemented in full.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL7859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2023 answer text <p>The total amount of funding requested by Local Transport Authorities for Bus Service Improvement Plans was £13.02bn. This figure includes all schemes, including those beyond the BSIP funding period.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 24/05/2023 15:17:25 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw