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1487350

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date	07/07/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	P&O Ferries: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what advice his Department has provided to other Government departments regarding publicly funded contracts with P&O Ferries since 17 March 2022.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	32519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The way 800 loyal and experienced workers were treated by P&amp;O Ferries was shameful and utterly unacceptable. There is no excuse for their actions – and we continue to hold them to account.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The Department for Transport has conducted a thorough review of government contracts with P&amp;O Ferries, finding that they are not providing any direct services to UK Government. One contract between the Home Office and P&amp;O Ferries was terminated.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Whilst the review has concluded, if a contract were to emerge elsewhere which has not been identified through this process, then we would take appropriate action.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The way 800 loyal and experienced workers were treated by P&amp;O Ferries was shameful and utterly unacceptable. We continue to hold them to account.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Department for Transport has previously conducted a thorough review of ongoing government contracts with P&amp;O Ferries, and one ongoing contract between the Home Office and P&amp;O Ferries was terminated at our request. We cannot rule out the possibility of Departments procuring P&amp;O Ferries’ services through, for instance, internal commercial booking agents for official business on an ad-hoc basis.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">If any publicly funded ongoing contract were to emerge which has not been identified through this process, then we would take appropriate action.</ins></p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 12/07/2022 11:53:18 question first ministerially corrected 15/07/2022 07:35:15 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts previous answer version 12068 answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1487353

registered interest
date	07/07/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Manston Airport: Undocumented Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the use of Manston Airport to temporarily accommodate undocumented migrants arriving in the Port of Dover.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	32521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>No such discussions have taken place on the former site of Manston Airport temporarily accommodating undocumented migrants arriving at the Port of Dover.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 12/07/2022 11:51:13 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1487355

registered interest
date	07/07/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Port of Dover: Undocumented Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the Port of Dover on the impact on that organisation of undocumented migrants arriving on the Kent coast.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	32522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2022 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Transport has not had recent discussions with the Port of Dover on the impact on that organisation of undocumented migrants, but Departmental officials meet regularly with representatives of the Port of Dover to discuss all relevant issues impacting their operations.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 12/07/2022 09:24:24 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1487382

registered interest
date	07/07/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will put in place a new sustainable funding settlement for cycle training budgets in local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	32600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Transport has provided a record £20million funding for Bikeability cycle training in English local authorities outside London in 2022/23. Funding for the Bikeability programme in subsequent years, as well as revenue funding settlements for local authorities which support a range of activities including cycle training, will be a matter for Active Travel England and will come from the £710 million provided for walking and cycling at the last Spending Review. Funding for Bikeability in London is a matter for the Mayor.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 14/07/2022 10:09:31 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1487441

registered interest
date	07/07/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Tests: Scottish Borders
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will make an estimate of the (a) number of people waiting and (b) the average waiting time to take a category F driving test in the Scottish Borders in the latest period for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk
tabling member printed	John Lamont
uin	32612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2022 answer text <p>As at 8 July 2022, there are 22 people waiting to take a category F (tractor) driving test in the Scottish Borders.</p><p> </p><p>To accommodate the tractor testing manoeuvres, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) conducts category F tests at the closest, suitable location to the candidate’s home address. The DVSA allocates the most suitable examiner to do this. As the test does not take place at a DVSA test centre, the examiner needs time to travel to and from the meeting point for the test as well as the time to conduct the test itself.</p><p> </p><p>The DVSA does not calculate an average waiting time for the category F test as the very low test demand and non-standard booking procedure for tractor tests could distort the waiting time, which would not be representative.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 13/07/2022 09:45:10 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4608 label Biography information for John Lamont

1487497

registered interest
date	07/07/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	British Airways: Strikes
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 impact of any strike action of British Airways staff on travel at airports in the summer; and what plans they have to prevent any further travel disruption if such strikes take place.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL1561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>The aviation industry operates in the private sector, therefore an industrial action is a matter for British Airways and the unions.</p><p> </p><p>Ultimately, this strike action by Unite the Union and GMB has been suspended following a higher pay offer from British Airways. This offer will now be put to a vote of union members.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 20/07/2022 12:14:38 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

1487504

registered interest
date	07/07/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	A12: Speed Limits
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why a 10-mile section of the A12 between Ipswich and Colchester has a 40 mile per hour speed limit; and when this section will return to its previous speed limit.
tabling member printed	Lord Marlesford
uin	HL1568
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2022 answer text <p>A temporary 40 mph speed limit is in place on the A12 between Marks Tey and the Four Sisters Interchange as National Highways is currently carrying out a programme of works. These works include resurfacing, barrier replacement, drainage renewal, replacing road studs and road markings and, other safety improvements.</p><p>Whilst the works are predominantly carried out during carriageway closures overnight, the 40mph speed limit is currently in place during the day to ensure the safety of road users whilst the works are still incomplete. National Highways anticipates that this temporary speed restriction will be in place until September 2022 when the works are expected to be completed.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 18/07/2022 14:46:06 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	1854 label Biography information for Lord Marlesford

1487509

registered interest
date	07/07/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Scooters
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why they have extended trials of rented electric scooters to 2024; and how the outcome of those trials will be taken into account in the proposed Transport Bill.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL1573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>The Government has decided to allow e-scooter trials to be extended from November 2022 to 31 May 2024. The extension will be restricted to existing trial areas only and will allow us to gather further evidence where gaps are identified, building on the findings of the current evaluation. The move towards a new regime means that the trials continue to have significant value, as well as providing a practical example of how better regulation can encourage responsible use.</p><p> </p><p>Evidence we are gathering through these trials and other data sources is helping us to understand the safety and wider impacts of e-scooters. We intend to publish the findings from the current national evaluation later this year.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 20/07/2022 13:47:11 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

1487510

registered interest
date	07/07/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Parking: Pedestrian Areas
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to respond to the results of their 'Managing pavement parking' public consultation, which ran from 31 August 2020 to 22 November 2020.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL1574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>We are actively considering the options for pavement parking policy and will publish the formal consultation response and announce next steps as soon as possible. The formal consultation response will be available to view on the Gov.uk website.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 20/07/2022 14:35:17 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson

1487511

registered interest
date	07/07/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Travel Information
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government why they have not (1) responded, or (2) taken action, following their 'Bus Services Act 2017: accessible information' public consultation, which ran from 5 July 2018 to 16 September 2018.
tabling member printed	Baroness Randerson
uin	HL1575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2022 answer text <p>The Department agrees that it is essential that buses should have accessible onboard information to help all passengers to travel with confidence. Since the 2018 consultation the Department has worked with industry specialists to determine the most appropriate way forward, and to ensure that the proposed Regulations take full account of the way local services are provided in England, Scotland and Wales.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 20/07/2022 14:35:07 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	4230 label Biography information for Baroness Randerson