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57612

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Safety
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 his Department's Justice for Vulnerable Road Users Working Group.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	198917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Justice for Vulnerable Road Users group is a sub-group of the Cycling Stakeholder Forum. It includes representatives from the Home Office, Ministry of Justice, Metropolitan Police, Crown Prosecution Service, Sentencing Council, CTC, British Cycling and RoadPeace. The next meeting is scheduled for later this month.</p><p> </p><p>The remit of the group is set out in a terms of reference agreed by the membership. The group has recently looked into whether it would be possible to link data to see how many fatal road traffic accidents have resulted into convictions and this will most likely be discussed at the forthcoming meeting. Many of the other concerns of the Group should be covered in the forthcoming Ministry of Justice Review of Motoring Offences.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 10/06/2014 11:47:11 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

57631

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to research the use of non-slip surfaces for man-holes in order to reduce the number of accidents involving motor cycles.
tabling member constituency	East Antrim
tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
uin	198631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p>There are various types of manhole covers on the market that have enhanced skid resistance. In addition, the Institute of Highways Engineers has produced guidance on locating manhole covers to reduce the risk to they pose to motorcyclists. As such, the Department currently has no plans to commission research on these issues.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 12/06/2014 14:22:56 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson

50617

registered interest
date	12/05/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps are being taken to ensure that funding is made available to maintain bus services in rural areas of Lancashire.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
uin	198385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The majority of public funding for local bus services is via block grant provided to local authorities in England from the Department for Communities and Local Government. This Department is also devolving around £1.9m annual Bus Service Operators Grant funding to Lancashire County Council relating to the tendered bus services they support, to allow decisions to be taken locally on how that funding should be spent.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

50465

registered interest
date	09/05/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of introducing a refund and vehicle excise duty system based on the day a vehicle is bought and sold.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	198303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The estimated cost of amending the vehicle excise duty refund process is £10m. This information was published in the Tax Information and Impact Note published on 10 December 2013 alongside the draft 2014 Finance Bill.</p><p>This is part of the initiative to abolish the tax disc which will result in ongoing savings to the taxpayer of around £7m per annum due to no longer producing, issuing and posting tax discs.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

50475

registered interest
date	09/05/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much from the public purse was spent on rebranding (a) engines and (b) rolling stock used on rail services in (i) Bury St Edmunds, (ii) Suffolk, (iii) the East of England and (d) England and Wales in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Bury St Edmunds
tabling member printed	Mr David Ruffley
uin	198331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>No money from the public purse has been spent in the last 5 years on rebranding of rolling stock or engines used on rail services in Bury St Edmonds and Suffolk. The Department does not hold this level of disaggregated information for the East of England or for England and Wales.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	133 label Biography information for Mr David Ruffley

50306

registered interest
date	08/05/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what civil service restrictions will be removed should the Highways Agency be moved to a GoCO.
tabling member constituency	Hayes and Harlington
tabling member printed	John McDonnell
uin	198246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government intends to turn the Highways Agency (HA) into a government-owned Strategic Highways Company (SHC), as confirmed in the response to consultation published on 30th April. As announced by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury in June 2013, the new company will operate with guaranteed multi-year funding settlements and have the flexibility to move funds between years.</p><p> </p><p>As a company, outside of the civil service but inside the public sector, the SHC will have more autonomy over its internal governance arrangements and delivery processes so that it can respond to business needs more effectively.</p><p>The Government is continuing to work through the details of its relationship with the SHC to provide the necessary commercial freedom to boost delivery and improve efficiency, whilst ensuring value for money for the taxpayer.</p><p> </p><p>The rights of existing HA staff will be protected in accordance with TUPE principles.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	178 label Biography information for John McDonnell

50345

registered interest
date	08/05/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what level of uptake there has been for the cycle-to-work scheme in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Northern Ireland and (d) Scotland.
tabling member constituency	South Down
tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
uin	198239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department does not retain data on the uptake of the Cycle to Work scheme. Independently of Government, the Cycle to Work Alliance have published reports containing information on take up of the scheme. This is available at <a href="http://www.cycletoworkalliance.org.uk/news.html" target="_blank">www.cycletoworkalliance.org.uk/news.html</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 198223 question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

50346

registered interest
date	08/05/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
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 effectiveness of the cycle to work scheme in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	South Down
tabling member printed	Ms Margaret Ritchie
uin	198223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department does not retain data on the uptake of the Cycle to Work scheme. Independently of Government, the Cycle to Work Alliance have published reports containing information on take up of the scheme. This is available at <a href="http://www.cycletoworkalliance.org.uk/news.html" target="_blank">www.cycletoworkalliance.org.uk/news.html</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 198239 question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

50357

registered interest
date	08/05/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions officials or Ministers of his Department have had with bus company representatives on disability awareness training and EU Regulation 181/2011 since 9 January 2014.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Mr Gordon Marsden
uin	198250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Although there have been no meetings between Department for Transport Ministers or officials and bus company representatives specifically focussing on disability awareness training or EU Regulation 181/2011 since 9 January, my noble Friend, the Minister of State for Transport, Baroness Kramer has met bus industry representatives on a number of occasions to discuss a variety of issues, including bus accessibility. More specifically, on 27<sup>th</sup> March 2014, Baroness Kramer attended the launch of the new RNIB ‘We're on Board' bus charter and gave a speech highlighting the importance of disability awareness training to an audience including several bus operators.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, on 24 February 2014, as part of the Department's review of the derogation applied under EU Regulation 181/2011 exempting bus and coach drivers from undertaking mandatory disability awareness training, Baroness Kramer wrote to the Confederation for Passenger Transport (CPT) requesting information on the structure and effectiveness of disability awareness training courses currently offered and sought an update on the percentage of drivers that have completed this important training.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

50358

registered interest
date	08/05/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how his Department plans to monitor voluntary compliance with disability awareness training by bus and coach companies.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Mr Gordon Marsden
uin	198251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>In March 2013, the Department for Transport applied a number of time-limited exemptions available within EU Regulation 181/2011 (concerning the rights of passengers in bus and coach transport) including one from the requirement for drivers to undertake mandatory disability awareness training.</p><p> </p><p>Before taking this decision, the Department requested information from the Confederation of Passenger Transport (trade association for the bus and coach industry) on the percentage of bus and coach drivers that had completed some form of disability awareness training. The information provided suggested that this figure was approximately 75% in March 2013.</p><p>On 24 February 2014, my noble Friend, the Minister of State for Transport, Baroness Kramer wrote again to the Confederation for Passenger Transport, seeking an update on the percentage of drivers that have completed disability awareness training. This updated information is being used to inform the Department's current review of the disability awareness training exemption and will be made available shortly when the Department announces the outcome of this review.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the review, Ministers will consider what the appropriate future monitoring arrangements should be.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden