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1299231

registered interest
date	03/03/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorways: Road Traffic Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many fines were handed out to motorists for offences committed on smart motorways in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	162667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2021 answer text <p>Highways England install and maintain speed cameras and Red X compliance technology to allow the police to issue fines. Information on enforcement and prosecutions is not held by Highways England or the Department, but by the individual police authorities who act as the enforcement authority.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 08/03/2021 16:30:00 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

1299237

registered interest
date	03/03/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorways: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the total number of driving deaths on smart motorways in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	162668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2021 answer text <p>The <em>Smart Motorway Safety Evidence Stocktake and Action Plan, </em>published by the Department in March 2020, provides a table in Annex D, page 76, showing the number of reported fatal casualties between 2015 and 2018. This is reproduced here:</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p><strong>Road Class</strong></p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong> Number of Reported Fatal Casualties</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> 2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> 2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Conventional Motorway¹</strong></p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>83</p></td><td><p>67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Controlled Motorway¹</strong></p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Dynamic Hard Shoulder¹</strong></p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All Lane Running¹</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All SRN ‘A’ Roads²</strong></p></td><td><p>132</p></td><td><p>154</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>165</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong>Sources: 1 - STATS19, Highways England Statistics on motorway fatal casualties in England from 2015-18. 2 - STATS19, DfT Statistics on fatal casualties on the Strategic Road Network in England from 2015-18</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The latest strategic safety evidence, which includes data for 2019, will be published as part of the one-year stocktake progress update report.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 08/03/2021 16:33:29 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

1299349

registered interest
date	03/03/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Ferries: Hythe
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment his Department has made of the (a) economic contribution and (b) historic significance of the Hythe ferry service and associated (i) pier and (ii) light railway; what additional assistance is available to that ferry operating company from (A) the provisions of Budget 2021 and (B) other public purse sources; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	New Forest East
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Lewis
uin	162502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2021 answer text <p>The Department does not have a recent assessment of the economic contribution and historic significance of the Hythe ferry service or associated pier and light rail to the surrounding areas. However, we recognise the important role the Hythe ferry provides to the local area and residents.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise the difficulties companies continue to face as a result of the global Covid-19 pandemic. In addition to the unprecedented £330 billion worth of financial guarantees announced last March, the Chancellor has launched a new package of support measures to protect businesses and jobs beyond the spring as part of the 2021 Budget. Amongst them is the Government’s flagship Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme which will now be extended until September.</p><p> </p><p>My Department’s officials and I continue to engage closely with all parts of the maritime sector to support them as best we can during this challenging period.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 08/03/2021 15:16:45 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis

1299390

registered interest
date	03/03/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles: France
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has made to the French authorities on their recent decision to withdraw access to Roaming Permits to UK abnormal load hauliers for use on the French road network; what assessment his Department has made of the disadvantages to the UK abnormal load hauliers sector of having to apply for Route Specific Permits in lieu of those Roaming Permits; and if he will make it his policy to seek to negotiate a bilateral agreement with French authorities to resume UK access to Roaming Permits on the model of that agreement which exists between France and Switzerland.
tabling member constituency	New Forest East
tabling member printed	Dr Julian Lewis
uin	162503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2021 answer text <p>The Department for Transport is working to resolve this disruption as quickly as possible through diplomatic channels and at ministerial level. We are working urgently with our colleagues in the British Embassy in Paris to engage with the French Government on this critical issue.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has been engaging with the Abnormal Loads Haulage Sector to establish the impact that this change in process will have on the industry, and we recognise that the process of applying for Route Specific Permits is more time consuming and provides less flexibility for UK hauliers transporting loads from the UK to France, which will have an immediate impact on the sector.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 08/03/2021 14:44:36 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	54 label Biography information for Sir Julian Lewis

1299401

registered interest
date	03/03/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 105 of the Government's Build Back Better: our plan for growth report, published on 3 March 2021, whether the inclusion of the Transport Decarbonisation Plan under the table of forthcoming publications with the title of in the next six months is consistent with the Government's commitment to publish that plan in Spring 2021.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	162529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2021 answer text <p>We are working to produce a bold and ambitious plan to decarbonise transport and expect to publish it in Spring 2021.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 08/03/2021 16:08:26 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

1296777

registered interest
date	02/03/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Job Creation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received from airlines on job creation in the aviation industry.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	161746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government is developing a strategic framework for the longer-term recovery of the sector, which will focus on building back better and ensuring a successful UK aviation sector for the future. In addition, the Government recognises that aviation is home to many highly skilled and highly trained workers, who are essential to the recovery and future growth of the sectors, and we have launched the Aviation Skills Retention Platform to help retain vital skills in the sector and support its recovery.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 08/03/2021 14:18:42 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1296961

registered interest
date	02/03/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	M1: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many serious collisions involving vehicles being stranded in a live lane have taken place from (a) junction 32 to (b) junction 35A of the M1 since March 2017.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	161774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2021 answer text <p>Between Junctions 32 and 35a of the M1, from March 2017 and up to 31 December 2019 (the latest period for which validated collision data is available), there was 1 collision which involved stationary<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup> vehicles.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>M1 J32-35a</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017*</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2019</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fatal and Serious collisions with stationary vehicles in a live lane</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1**</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* Assumed SM ALR opening is March 2017 ** 1 collision led to 2 casualties</p><p> </p><p><sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup> In the absence of a Stats19 collision data field that identifies whether a vehicle was broken down or stranded, the field ‘parked’ has been used as a proxy. This will indicate that the collision involved a vehicle that was stationary without offering commentary on the reasons for it being so.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 08/03/2021 16:26:10 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1293335

registered interest
date	01/03/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Air Pollution: Speed Limits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Highways England air quality speed trials will recommence; and what criteria Highways England used to identify areas in which to introduce those trials.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
uin	160726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2021 answer text <p>Highways England was initially asked to look at 101 sections of the Strategic Road Network (SRN) based on the Government’s national air quality model, which had identified potential exceedances of the annual mean nitrogen dioxide (NO<sub>2</sub>) limit values on those sections of the SRN.</p><p> </p><p>Following completion of this work by Highways England, a number of links were confirmed as above the annual mean NO<sub>2</sub> limit value. Investigations of possible mitigation measures for these links identified four sections of motorway where reducing the speed limit to 60mph could help reduce levels of NO<sub>2</sub>. Those sections were:</p><ul><li>M6 junctions 6 to 7 Witton</li><li>M1 junctions 33 to 34 Rotherham</li><li>M602 junctions 1 to 3 Eccles</li><li>M5 junctions 1 to 2 Oldbury.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and associated reduced traffic flows, Highways England has temporarily removed the 60mph air quality speed limit trials that were already in place on the M6 and M1. Highways England will recommence the speed limit trials when traffic flows are above 85% of their pre-COVID lockdown levels.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 08/03/2021 16:03:59 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith

1293477

registered interest
date	01/03/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Freight: EU Countries
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 effect of restrictions imposed on UK hauliers operating in the EU on the haulage sector since the end of the transition period.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	160802
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2021 answer text <p>Under the UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) between the UK and the EU, UK hauliers can continue to undertake unrestricted bilateral journeys to and from the EU, and transit journeys to a non-EU country. The TCA also allows UK hauliers to undertake up to 2 additional laden journeys within the EU after a laden international journey from the UK (either cabotage or cross-trade, with a maximum of one cabotage movement – i.e. two cross-trade, or one cabotage and one cross-trade).</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport’s assessment is that the TCA will allow for the vast majority of UK haulage operations to and from the EU to continue exactly as they did before the end of the transition period.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 08/03/2021 16:23:04 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1293486

registered interest
date	01/03/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Visual Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to a partially-sighted man being struck by a train after falling on the tracks from a platform without tactile edging, what steps he is taking to make all railway platforms in England safe for blind and partially sighted people.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	160807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2021 answer text <p>This was a tragic incident and we fully accept the recommendations in the Rail Accident Investigation Board's Report. Whenever industry installs, replaces or renews platform infrastructure they are required to install tactiles. I have asked Network Rail to work up a costed plan for a wider roll out of tactiles for stations where tactiles are not being delivered as part of an existing enhancements or renewal project.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 08/03/2021 16:13:11 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones