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1001909

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Concessions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research his Department has undertaken on the effect of recent reductions to funding for concessionary bus passes on adults with (a) learning difficulties and (b) autism.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	188110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2018 answer text <p>Funding to local authorities for concessionary travel is not provided in isolation, but as part of their Local Government Finance Settlement. This Formula Grant funding is not ring-fenced, which enables authorities to make spending decisions that more closely match local needs and circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>Eligibility for the statutory concession on medical grounds is assessed by local authorities on a case by case basis, using the seven criteria set down in legislation and supported by the Department’s published guidance.</p><p>Local authorities also have the powers to offer concessions over and above the statutory minimum, for instance by extending the concession to residents who may not qualify under the statutory criteria.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 13/11/2018 14:39:39 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1001951

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving under Influence
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 17 October 2018 to Question 177313 on Driving under Influence, and with reference to the 2017 Institute of Alcohol Studies report Running on empty: Drink driving law enforcement in England which found that the number of breath tests performed reduced by one quarter between 2011 and 2015, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of rigorous enforcement and serious penalties for drink drivers.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	188130
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government has already introduced further measures to tackle drink drivers. Since 2015, repeat drink drivers must medically prove they are not alcohol dependent before getting their licence back, and the right to blood testing was removed for drivers who narrowly fail breathalyser tests. A £350,000 competition announced in June to develop a new mobile breathalyser for the police has also been completed and winning entries are currently undergoing testing.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/11/2018 16:53:53 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1002012

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Horse Riding
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment has made of the safety needs of horse riders for the Highway Code review.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	188047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government announced on 18 October 2018 that, as part of the Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy (CWIS) Safety Review, The Highway Code would be reviewed to help keep cyclists and pedestrians safe on the roads. The Government recognises that horse riders and carriage drivers are also vulnerable road users and that advice on, for example, overtaking or passing cyclists applies equally to them.</p><p> </p><p>The full scope of the review has yet to be determined but in accordance with normal practice it will be conducted in consultation with all relevant stakeholders, including those representing equestrians.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/11/2018 16:09:36 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1002068

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to (a) assess and (b) mitigate the risks that scrubber technology and its waste pose to the UK's coastal areas and marine ecosystem.
tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
tabling member printed	Steve Double
uin	188168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government has not seen evidence that the use of scrubbing technology would have a significant effect on the marine environment.</p><p> </p><p>All scrubbers must comply with mandatory Guidelines, which were developed by the International Maritime Organization, before they are allowed to become operational. Any wash water discharges are controlled under these IMO Guidelines.</p><p> </p><p>We have asked for more evidence from ship owners and industry associations about the content of wash water, and there are a number of ongoing industry-led studies on the issue. At this stage, we are not aware of any significant issues which have been found, but we will seek further amendments to the IMO Guidelines if it becomes clear that additional controls are needed.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 13/11/2018 16:26:39 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4452 label Biography information for Steve Double

1002147

registered interest
date	05/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Highway Code
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 merits of including horse riders and carriage drivers in the forthcoming review of the highway code.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	188207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government announced on 18 October 2018 that, as part of the Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy (CWIS) Safety Review, The Highway Code would be reviewed to help keep cyclists and pedestrians safe on the roads. The Government recognises that horse riders and carriage drivers are also vulnerable road users and that advice on, for example, overtaking or passing cyclists applies equally to them.</p><p> </p><p>The full scope of the review has yet to be determined but in accordance with normal practice it will be conducted in consultation with all relevant stakeholders, including those representing equestrians.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/11/2018 16:12:00 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1002555

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations the Government has made to the International Maritime Organisation on impact assessments for the large-scale use of scrubbers on marine environments and ecosystems.
tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
tabling member printed	Steve Double
uin	188873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, played an active role in the development of the Guidelines for the use of scrubbing technology at both European and international level. Ships’ installed scrubbers must be approved in accordance with the Guidelines before operating in UK waters.</p><p> </p><p>Along with other European States, we recognise that more ship owners are installing these systems in order to comply with the 0.5% sulphur cap, and that large numbers of ships using scrubbers in enclosed waters might have an impact on local water quality. This is why we have asked for more evidence from ship owners and industry associations about the content of wash water, and there are a number of ongoing studies being undertaken by the industry on the issue. At this stage, we are not aware of any significant issues which have been found, but we will seek further amendments to the IMO Guidelines if it becomes clear that additional controls are needed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 13/11/2018 16:47:32 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4452 label Biography information for Steve Double

1002583

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Energy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the quantity was of (a) electricity and (b) natural gas used by (i) his Department, (ii) the Office of Rail and Road, (iii) the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, (iv) the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, (v) the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, (vi) the Vehicle Certification Agency, (vii) the British Transport Police Authority, (viii) Directly Operated Railways Limited, (ix) High Speed Two (HS2) Limited, (x) the Civil Aviation Authority, (xi) London and Continental Railways Limited, (xii) the Air accident Investigation Branch, (xiii) Highways England, (xiv) the Marine Accident Investigation Branch, (xv) Network Rail and (xvi) the Rail Accident Investigation Branch in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	188859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2018 answer text <p>The information is provided in the table below.</p><p> </p><p><em>Table – quantity of electricity and natural gas used, 2015/16 – 2017/18 (some figures rounded)</em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Body</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2015/16</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2016/17</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2017/18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(KwH)</p></td><td><p>Electricity</p></td><td><p>Natural Gas</p></td><td><p>Electricity</p></td><td><p>Natural Gas</p></td><td><p>Electricity</p></td><td><p>Natural Gas</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DfT (Central Department)</p></td><td><p>4,500,394</p></td><td><p>725,688</p></td><td><p>4,454,986</p></td><td><p>830,540</p></td><td><p>4,465,990</p></td><td><p>786,896</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Office of Rail and Road (1)</p></td><td><p>408,206</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td><td><p>430,929</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td><td><p>472,418</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency</p></td><td><p>13,269,324</p></td><td><p>33,469,655</p></td><td><p>15,634,961</p></td><td><p>23,556,858</p></td><td><p>13,765,563</p></td><td><p>26,434,399</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency</p></td><td><p>9,565,659</p></td><td><p>8,556,748</p></td><td><p>7,804,111</p></td><td><p>8,967,871</p></td><td><p>7,769,203</p></td><td><p>9,877,482</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maritime and Coastguard Agency</p></td><td><p>7,736,199</p></td><td><p>2,226,320</p></td><td><p>7,981,696</p></td><td><p>2,045,046</p></td><td><p>7,816,819</p></td><td><p>2,375,556</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vehicle Certification Agency</p></td><td><p>345,856</p></td><td><p>93,961</p></td><td><p>248,558</p></td><td><p>113,515</p></td><td><p>196,866</p></td><td><p>108,280</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>British Transport Police Authority and British Transport Police (2)</p></td><td><p>8,655,241</p></td><td><p>1,018,696</p></td><td><p>8,369,135</p></td><td><p>1,538,210</p></td><td><p>7,537,946</p></td><td><p>1,471,062</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Directly Operated Railways Limited</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HS2 Ltd (3)</p></td><td><p>2,304,866</p></td><td><p>276,841</p></td><td><p>2,680,857</p></td><td><p>256,787</p></td><td><p>2,458,898</p></td><td><p>886,904</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Civil Aviation Authority</p></td><td><p>2,956,203</p></td><td><p>1,353,509</p></td><td><p>2,898,654</p></td><td><p>1,819,784</p></td><td><p>2,719,268</p></td><td><p>1,722,188</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London and Continental Railways Limited (4)</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Air Accident Investigation Branch</p></td><td><p>234,430</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>438,437</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>328,829</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Highways England (5)</p></td><td><p>176,087,852</p></td><td><p>3,915,094</p></td><td><p>177,864,030</p></td><td><p>6,058,714</p></td><td><p>206,546,532</p></td><td><p>6,563,503</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Marine Accident Investigation Branch (6)</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td><td><p>Not available</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Network Rail</p></td><td><p>3,816,870,000</p></td><td><p>67,740,000</p></td><td><p>3,787,390,000</p></td><td><p>73,720,000</p></td><td><p>3,804,530,000</p></td><td><p>70,620,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rail Accident Investigation Branch</p></td><td><p>87,816</p></td><td><p>158,833</p></td><td><p>90,081</p></td><td><p>170,486</p></td><td><p>91,628</p></td><td><p>169,826</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Notes:</p><p>(1) Only ORR’s Glasgow office uses natural gas. The landlord does not provide an individual usage figure as ORR is one of many tenants.</p><p>(2) The figures include consumption by the British Transport Police Authority and the British Transport Police as separate figures are not readily available.</p><p>(3) These figures include estimates where direct meter readings were not available</p><p>(4) London and Continental Railway (LCR) occupies space at One Kemble Street under a Memorandum of Terms of Occupation (MOTO) from the Government Legal Department (GLD). As part of the MOTO arrangements GLD recovers a service charge from LCR. This includes electricity and gas, but the costs and quantum used are not identifiable on an individual basis.</p><p>(5) Electricity figures include roads lighting and other infrastructure assets throughout the Strategic Road Network.</p><p>(6) The Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) is located in Spring Place, Southampton. This building is owned by the Department for Transport and managed by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA). Utility supplies to the building are not separated out by organisation. Approximately 20% of the energy consumption for Spring Place is attributable to MAIB. The figure shown for MCA (which includes other buildings) therefore includes a proportion that could be attributed to MAIB.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 13/11/2018 16:32:43 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1003721

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed Two: Pay and Working Hours
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 (a) annual salary and (b) number of hours worked each month for each member of the board of HS2 Ltd.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Dame Cheryl Gillan
uin	189517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2018 answer text <p>Non-Executive Directors are paid a fee rather than a salary and this information, together with the salaries of Executive Directors, is disclosed in the Annual Report and Accounts available at <a href="https://www.hs2.org.uk/documents/collections/hs2-ltd-corporate-reports/" target="_blank">https://www.hs2.org.uk/documents/collections/hs2-ltd-corporate-reports/</a>. Non-Executive Board members are required to work an average of two days per calendar month as per their Terms and Conditions of Appointment and receive a fee of £950 per day. Additional days worked are remunerated at the same daily rate upon presentation of days worked. Therefore we do not record hours. The Non-Executive Chairman receives an annual rate of £200,000 on the expectation of an average time commitment of 2.5 days per week.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 13/11/2018 16:43:19 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

998464

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Accidents
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce the number of (1) road traffic accidents involving cyclists and HGVs, and (2) deaths resulting from such accidents.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
uin	HL11123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department agrees that accidents involving cyclists and HGVs are an issue of great concern and our aim is to reduce the number of deaths that result from them. Responses to the recent Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy (CWIS) Safety Review Call for Evidence highlighted these concerns and we will be publishing a full response to the consultation shortly, which will seek to address the issue.</p><p> </p><p>Details of the Call for Evidence and the Summary of Responses are available to view on the Department’s website.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 13/11/2018 16:20:26 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

998468

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: North of England
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the development of a business case for a new high speed railway line across the north of England will include a Determine Stage, Stage 1 of the Department for Transport's five stage Rail Network Enhancement Pipeline; and if not, whether work on Stage 1 will follow the publication of the business case.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL11127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2018 answer text <p>The Strategic Outline Business Case (SOBC) for Northern Powerhouse Rail is being developed by Transport for the North and is being produced in line with the Department’s guidance for transport business cases. In the Rail Network Enhancement Pipeline (RNEP) process, the production of the SOBC is one of the key outputs of the Determine Stage of work. Further stages of development work, depending on the nature of the intervention being considered, could follow a range of processes including those outlined in the RNEP process, Network Rail’s Governance for Railway Investment Projects (GRIP) and HS2 Ltd’s processes for hybrid Bill preparation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 13/11/2018 12:14:47 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves