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1362542

registered interest
date	22/10/2021
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: Driving Licences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made by the DVLA in reducing the number of vocational driving licence applications being processed.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Tom Randall
uin	61229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2021 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is prioritising applications for vocational driving licences, including those for HGV entitlement, and has moved additional staff into this area.</p><p> </p><p>On 24 October 2021, there were 29,545 applications for vocational driving licences awaiting processing, this is a significant reduction from the more than 55,000 held in mid-September. The main reason for the backlog was delays due to Coronavirus and ongoing industrial action at the DVLA.</p><p> </p><p>There is no backlog for provisional vocational licences and these are being processed within the normal turnaround time of five working days, reduced from 10 working days.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It is important to note that the large majority of those applying to renew a vocational licence will be able to continue driving while their application is being processed. The DVLA continues to prioritise applications to renew vocational licences and expects to be back to normal turnaround times by early November.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 29/10/2021 11:33:48 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4845 label Biography information for Tom Randall

1362557

registered interest
date	22/10/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Great British Railways
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish the Great British Railways Retailing Phase One tender document.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	61108
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2021 answer text <p>Great British Railways will become an online retailer in its own right, ending the current confusion passengers face with multiple train operating company websites. The Department is working with its partners to develop and deliver the new single industry website and app and we will confirm progress in due course. The Department does not, however, recognise the document referred to in this question.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 01/11/2021 10:51:43 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1362563

registered interest
date	22/10/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Great British Railways
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 progress his plans to deliver the an effective and innovative retail and ticketing proposition for Great British Railways with his tender process and bid document.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	61109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2021 answer text <p>Great British Railways will become an online retailer in its own right, ending the current confusion passengers face with multiple train operating company websites. The Department is working with its partners to deliver the industry retail site, to improve passenger experience. We will confirm progress in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 01/11/2021 10:43:50 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1362566

registered interest
date	22/10/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Great British Railways
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will require the highest levels of consumer data protection in his forthcoming Great British Railways Retailing Phase tender document, to ensure future GBR customers are not subject to their data being collected by any bidding company.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	61110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2021 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department will seek to ensure that any successful bidder for a future procurement is not able to exploit customer data to suit its own commercial ends. We expect our delivery partners, including in the future Great British Railways, to demonstrate how they would comply with the relevant data collection requirements, including the 2018 Data Protection Act, General Data Protection Regulation and the Information Commissioner’s Office regulations. The Department does not, however, recognise the document referred to in this question.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 01/11/2021 10:47:14 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1362577

registered interest
date	22/10/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Stonewall
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding his Department has allocated to Stonewall in each of the last five years; and for what projects.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	61060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2021 answer text <p>The Department for Transport, including its Executive Agencies (Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, Vehicle Certification Agency, and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency), has allocated the following funding to Stonewall in the last five years:</p><p> </p><ol><li><del class="ministerial">£7,863.01 excluding VAT – Membership for the Department including Executive Agencies, 2016/2017</del></li><li><del class="ministerial">£10,000 excluding VAT – Membership for the Department including Executive Agencies, 2018</del></li><li><del class="ministerial">£468 excluding VAT - Programme provided by Stonewall Cymru, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, 2018/2019</del></li><li><del class="ministerial">£10,000 excluding VAT – Membership for the Department including Executive Agencies, 2019</del></li><li><del class="ministerial">£180 excluding VAT – Networking event, Maritime and Coastguard Agency, 2019/2020</del></li><li><del class="ministerial">£500 excluding VAT – Programme provided by Stonewall Cymru, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, 2019/2020</del></li><li><del class="ministerial">£10,000 excluding VAT – Membership for the Department including Executive Agencies, 2020</del></li><li><del class="ministerial">£5,450 excluding VAT - Seven (online) training sessions, accessible to staff of Department for Transport Core, 2020</del></li></ol><p> </p><ol><li><ins class="ministerial">£3,090 excluding VAT – Membership (from October 2016 to October 2017) and conference participation, Maritime and Coastguard Agency, 2016/2017</ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial">£7,863.01 excluding VAT – Membership for the Department including Executive Agencies except Maritime and Coastguard Agency, 2016/2017</ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial">£10,000 excluding VAT – Membership for the Department including Executive Agencies, 2018</ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial">£468 excluding VAT - Programme provided by Stonewall Cymru, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, 2018/2019</ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial">£5,250 excluding VAT - Stonewall In-house Allies Programme, Maritime and Coastguard Agency, 2018/2019</ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial">£10,000 excluding VAT – Membership for the Department including Executive Agencies, 2019</ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial">£180 excluding VAT – Networking event, Maritime and Coastguard Agency, 2019/2020</ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial">£500 excluding VAT – Programme provided by Stonewall Cymru, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, 2019/2020</ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial">£10,000 excluding VAT – Membership for the Department including Executive Agencies, 2020</ins></li><li><ins class="ministerial">£5,450 excluding VAT - Seven (online) training sessions, accessible to staff of Department for Transport Core, 2020</ins></li></ol><p>The Department has no plans currently to renew its Stonewall membership.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 01/11/2021 10:49:12 question first ministerially corrected 17/11/2021 12:48:16 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris previous answer version 29040 answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1362641

registered interest
date	22/10/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Travel Restrictions: Ecuador
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to remove Ecuador from the covid-19 travel red list.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Nadia Whittome
uin	61232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2021 answer text <p>Ecuador was removed from the red list on Monday 1 November. There are no countries or territories currently on the UK’s red list. However, the data for all countries and territories will be kept under regular review and the red list will continue to operate as the UK’s first defence to prevent incoming variants of concern from entering the UK from international travel.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 02/11/2021 08:52:14 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4869 label Biography information for Nadia Whittome

1362656

registered interest
date	22/10/2021
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: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of modifying the Driver Certificate of Professional Competence process for HGV Drivers.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	61160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2021 answer text <p>The Driver Certificate of Professional Competence (CPC) was introduced to improve road safety and provide economic and environmental benefits. Our assessment is that there are merits in modifying the processes, although change to key process issues would require regulatory and legislative changes.</p><p> </p><p>We also appreciate the cost of renewing the Driver CPC can be difficult for some drivers. That is why, at the discretion of local DWP Work Coaches, the Flexible Support Fund is available to those who are currently unemployed or are in receipt of Universal Credit who need to renew their DCPC, where appropriate. In addition, many employers are offering training packages so even if a driver’s CPC has lapsed, they can be supported in updating this through classroom or online courses.</p><p>We are further supporting lorry driver training through apprenticeships. This includes the revised Large Goods Vehicle Driver apprenticeship standard which is now available and supported by a funding band of £7,000.</p><p> </p><p>We are also developing a driver training pilot through Jobcentre Plus to help jobseekers retrain as HGV drivers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 29/10/2021 11:35:33 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

1362662

registered interest
date	22/10/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Signs and Markings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to Answer of 21 October to Question 56409, if he will list the specific signs which are officially approved but not covered by the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions, 2016, as amended, and require formal approval from his Department before a local authority can install them.
tabling member constituency	Epsom and Ewell
tabling member printed	Chris Grayling
uin	61119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2021 answer text <p>A list of traffic signs that have been approved by the Department, but are not prescribed in the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions, 2016, as amended, and require approval by the Secretary of State for Transport, are shown in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>NP 409 &amp; NP 409.1 VARIABLE SPEED LIMIT START/END</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NP 419 TIMES OF OPERATION OF HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANE AHEAD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NP 420 DEFINITION OF HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NP 420.1 DEFINITION OF HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANE - NO HGVs OVER 7.5T</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NP 420.2 DEFINITION OF HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANE - NO HGVs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NP 421 HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANE AHEAD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NP 423 RISK OF LORRIES OVERTURNING ON ADVERSE CAMBER</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NP 426 ROAD NUMBER AND REFERENCE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NP 428 &amp; 428.1 START AND END OF FOOTWAY PARKING PROHIBITION</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NP 428.2 FOOTWAY PARKING PROHIBITION REPEATER SIGN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NP 429 EMERGENCY ACCESS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NP 430 STOP FOR CONVOY</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NP 431 WAIT HERE FOR CONVOY</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NP 432 NEW ROAD SURFACE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NP 433 LOW EMISSION ZONE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NP 545RM ROAD MARKING - CHILDREN</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NP 622.11 TUNNEL CLASSIFICATION PLATE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NP 818.4A DANGEROUS GOODS PROHIBITED</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NP 829.8 ACCIDENT SLOW</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NP 829.9 ACCIDENT USE HARD SHOULDER</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NP 829.10 EMERGENCY SERVICES TRAINING</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NP 958.2 HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANE AHEAD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NP 958.6 OFF SIDE BUS LANE AHEAD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NP 958.7 OFF SIDE HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANE AHEAD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NP 958.9 BUS, LORRY AND MOTOR CYCLE LANE AHEAD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NP 958.10 OFF SIDE BUS ONLY LANE AHEAD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NP 958.11 NEAR SIDE BUS ONLY LANE AHEAD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NP 958.12 BUS, AUTHORISED VEHICLES AND MOTOR CYCLE LANE AHEAD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NP 958.13 BUS AND AUTHORISED VEHICLES LANE AHEAD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NP 958.14 OFF SIDE BUS AND AUTHORISED VEHICLES LANE AHEAD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NP 958.15 OFF SIDE BUS AND MOTORCYCLE LANE AHEAD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NP 959.2 HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NP 959.5 OFF SIDE BUS LANE, CYCLE AND TAXI</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NP 959.6 BUS AND LORRY LANE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NP 959.7 BUS, LORRY AND MOTOR CYCLE LANE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NP 959.8 OFF SIDE BUS ONLY LANE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NP 959.9 NEAR SIDE BUS ONLY LANE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NP 959.10 BUS, AUTHORISED VEHICLES AND MOTOR CYCLE LANE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NP 959.11 BUS AND AUTHORISED VEHICLES LANE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NP 959.12 OFF SIDE BUS AND MOTOR CYCLE LANE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NP 960.4 CONTRA-FLOW BUS, CYCLE AND TAXI LANE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NP 962.3 HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANE ON ROAD AT JUNCTION AHEAD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NP 962.5 BUS AND MOTORCYCLE LANE ON ROAD AT JUNCTION AHEAD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NP 2919.2 MOTORWAY LORRY ONLY SERVICE AREA AHEAD</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NP 3015 WIG-WAG SIGNAL</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NP MW TOLL MOTORWAY (PERMANENT) : 'Toll'</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NS 56A DIVERSION ROUTE SYMBOL</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NS 66 HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NS 68 OVERTURNING LORRY</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NS 70 PARKING PLACE PARTIALLY OR WHOLLY ON VERGE OR FOOTWAY</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NS 74 VEHICLE CARRYING DANGEROUS GOODS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>S 68 CLEAN AIR ZONE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NP 551.3 SMALL WILD ANIMALS</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NP 2514 PARK ACTIVE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NP 1028.7 E-SCOOTER BAY MARKING</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 01/11/2021 16:05:00 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	1413 label Biography information for Chris Grayling

1362180

registered interest
date	21/10/2021
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: Recruitment
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 include trade unions in discussions on supporting the (a) recruitment and (b) retention of HGV drivers.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	60424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2021 answer text <p>Trade union representatives are included in policy discussions with haulage sector trade bodies and departmental officials on a range of issues including retention of the current HGV driver workforce and attraction of new workers to the sector.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 26/10/2021 13:45:28 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1362184

registered interest
date	21/10/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a cycle scheme whereby people of pension age can obtain commuter bikes and cycling accessories at a discounted rate; and whether he has had discussions with Ministerial colleagues in the Department for Work and Pensions on such a scheme.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	60428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2021 answer text <p>The Department has not made any detailed assessment of the potential merits of introducing such a scheme. The Cycle to Work scheme enables employees of any age to hire a cycle and safety equipment from their employer through a salary sacrifice arrangement, effectively providing access to cycles at a discount. For those who are not in employment, no similar scheme is in place, but the Department is supporting pilot schemes in a number of local authority areas to test approaches to providing e-cycles to those with the highest need, including those that cannot benefit from the cycle to work scheme. The Department is also due to launch a national e-cycle support programme shortly, building on the lessons learned from these pilot schemes. It is also developing a social prescribing pilot scheme to be rolled out in some local authority areas which could involve providing subsidised access to cycles for older people.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 26/10/2021 12:49:11 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis