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1439633

registered interest
date	10/03/2022
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, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2022 to Question 92981 on Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Training, what progress his Department has been made on the urgent review of the Driver Certificates of Professional Competence (DCPC) scheme; and on what date additional information will be provided to the road haulage industry on that review.
tabling member constituency	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
tabling member printed	Drew Hendry
uin	138072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2022 answer text <p>The review of the Driver Certification of Professional Competence (DCPC) has now been completed, with the report and associated recommendations expected to be published soon.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 15/03/2022 09:53:02 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4467 label Biography information for Drew Hendry

1439818

registered interest
date	10/03/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Highway Code: Publicity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what budget his Department has allocated to publicising changes to the Highway Code implemented in January 2022; and what proportion of that budget has been spent to date.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
uin	138103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Transport has allocated and will spend over £500,000 raising awareness of the changes to The Highway Code this financial year.</p><p>The campaign includes radio and social media advertising. Additional media investment has also been provided by Transport for London and Transport Scotland to amplify the campaign in those areas.</p><p>Further communications are planned later in the year, to align with seasonal increases in active travel, to help embed the changes and encourage uptake of the new guidance. The Department for Transport has allocated over £1 million to support this activity in the next financial year. However, this funding remains subject to the Cabinet Office professional approval process.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 15/03/2022 11:24:55 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1439244

registered interest
date	09/03/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to respond to the Freedom of Information request relating to the application he has received from TfL to grant permission to build over Cockfosters underground station car park submitted by the hon. Member for Chipping Barnet on 26 January 2022.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	137271
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2022 answer text <p>The Department is conducting a public interest test regarding the release of this information and plans to have a final response with the Member as soon as possible.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 14/03/2022 14:34:51 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1439245

registered interest
date	09/03/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport for London: Property Transfer
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 his decision on the application he has received from TfL for permission to build over Cockfosters underground station car park.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	137272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2022 answer text <p>The Secretary of State will write to the Member shortly with an update.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 14/03/2022 14:36:24 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1439254

registered interest
date	09/03/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Travel Cards: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government has plans to lift the restriction on the use of 60+ Oyster Cards and Older Persons Freedom Passes before 9am on weekdays.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	137258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2022 answer text <p>Transport in London is devolved and responsibility for it lies with the Mayor of London and Transport for London, including decisions on concessions offered and the terms attached to those concessions.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 14/03/2022 14:06:34 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

1439279

registered interest
date	09/03/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences: Applications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average time taken for the DVLA to process driving license applications was in each of the last five years for which data is available; and what the target time was for each of those years.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	137286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2022 answer text <p>The average time taken for the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) to process driving licence applications in each of the last five years is shown in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>To dispatch a:</p></td><td><p>Average days to issue</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>Ordinary driving licence</p></td><td><p>1.62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vocational driving licence</p></td><td><p>1.39</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>Ordinary driving licence</p></td><td><p>1.53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vocational driving licence</p></td><td><p>1.81</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>Ordinary driving licence</p></td><td><p>1.57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vocational driving licence</p></td><td><p>2.33</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>Ordinary driving licence</p></td><td><p>1.41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vocational driving licence</p></td><td><p>2.42</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="4"><p>2020/21</p></td><td><p>Ordinary driving licence online</p></td><td><p>2.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vocational driving licence online</p></td><td><p>2.00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ordinary driving licence by post</p></td><td><p>14.34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vocational driving licence by post</p></td><td><p>6.71</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The processing of paper applications in 2020/21 was impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic.</p><p> </p><p>Performance against targets is published annually in the DVLA’s annual report and accounts and is available online <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dvla-annual-reports-and-accounts" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 14/03/2022 14:32:55 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1438809

registered interest
date	08/03/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Buses: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many buses have been ordered through the Zero Emission Buses Regional Area (ZEBRA) scheme in each month since the scheme’s introduction.
tabling member constituency	Paisley and Renfrewshire North
tabling member printed	Gavin Newlands
uin	136581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2022 answer text <p>In March 2021 the Transport Secretary launched the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas (ZEBRA) scheme which was open to local transport authorities who were able to bid for funding to introduce zero emission buses and the infrastructure needed to support them in their areas.</p><p> </p><p>The Government announced the first areas to be awarded funding under the fast track process of the scheme in October 2021. Cambridgeshire &amp; Peterborough, Leicester, Warrington, Kent and Milton Keynes have been awarded £70.8m funding for zero emission buses and associated infrastructure. This will support the introduction of up to 335 electric buses and associated infrastructure. We expect first orders for these buses to be placed this year.</p><p> </p><p>A second group of local transport authorities have submitted business cases to secure funding through the standard process. The Department is currently assessing these business cases. Funding will be awarded to successful areas later in 2022.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 14/03/2022 14:04:51 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4420 label Biography information for Gavin Newlands

1438819

registered interest
date	08/03/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Train Operating Companies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many applications for new open access rail operations have been submitted to the Office of Rail and Road since 2010; how many and what proportion of those applications were successful; and if he will publish a list of all successful applications in that time period.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	136500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2022 answer text <p>Since 2010, the Office of Rail and Road has received 15 applications for new open access rail operations. Of these, three were subsequently withdrawn by the applicant, seven were rejected and three were approved. Two of the applications are currently under consideration.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2010 the Office of Rail and Road has also approved numerous applications for contract extensions and for the operation of significant additional services by existing open access operators.</p><p> </p><p>All access decisions made by the Office of Rail and Road are published on its website.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 14/03/2022 16:08:26 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1438822

registered interest
date	08/03/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Fares
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 rail miles award provision for future rail travel.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	136503
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2022 answer text <p>In May 2021, the Government published The Williams-Shapps Plan for Rail – a blueprint for a more customer focused, reliable and growing railway. As the guiding mind for the railway, once fully established Great British Railways will be able to consider in due course what initiatives, such as loyalty schemes, might meet passenger needs and help to grow passenger numbers and revenue.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 14/03/2022 16:06:37 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes

1438823

registered interest
date	08/03/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Shaw report published in 2016, what plans his Department has to deliver more competitive tendering for the supply of rail maintenance and infrastructure support by Network Rail; and if he will publish details of those plans.
tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
uin	136504
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Transport (DfT) aims to drive value for money in the delivery of all services procured by the department. Guidance is provided to our commercial teams, Arm’s Length Bodies (ALBs), and Executive Agencies so that the legislative framework that we operate in is adhered to, and wider government policies such as the Construction and Sourcing Playbooks are embedded in all procurement activity. The Playbooks set out best practice guidance for contracting organisations to promote efficiency in the procurement process.</p><p> </p><p>As an ALB within the DfT Group, Network Rail is responsible for translating this legislation and guidance into individual tendering processes, that will be specific to the individual projects and contracts that support their operations. As individual business cases would be commercially sensitive to Network Rail and its suppliers, it would not be appropriate to publish these specific plans.</p><p> </p><p>DfT are committed to embedding the principles of the Construction Playbook and increasing the efficiency of procurement to drive value for money across the DfT Group.</p><p> </p><p>This supports the Department’s strategic priorities, which are published and in the public domain.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 14/03/2022 16:10:15 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes