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1002038

	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	Motor Vehicles: Testing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department takes to ensure that MOT tests are being conducted to a satisfactory standard.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	188059
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2018 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) supervises the MOT scheme on behalf of the Department. The DVSA authorises testers to conduct MOTs. All testers undergo strict training to become an authorised tester, and must pass an annual assessment to retain that authorised status.</p><p> </p><p>The DVSA uses data analysis, intelligence and inspection visits to carry out targeted checks on garages and testers to ensure testing is conducted in accordance with the MOT inspection manual.</p><p> </p><p>The DVSA ensures that MOT tests are conducted to a satisfactory standard by observing MOT tests, mystery shopper exercises, re-inspecting recently tested vehicles and surveillance operations.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/11/2018 13:33:27 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1002069

	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	Airlines: Insolvency
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Airline Insolvency Review interim report, published by his Department on 12 July 2018, if he will make it his policy to (a) take steps in response to the final findings of the report and (b) take steps to set up a comprehensive model of insolvency and repatriation protection for consumers.
	tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
	tabling member printed	Ronnie Cowan
	uin	188169
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2018 answer text <p>The Airline Insolvency Review is an independent review commissioned by government following the collapse of Monarch Airlines in 2017. Publication is expected in the coming months. Once the report is published, the Department will consider the recommendations of the review and take steps accordingly to ensure a strong level of protection for consumers in the event of airline failure, with minimal impact to the taxpayer.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/11/2018 13:35:56 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4465 label Biography information for Ronnie Cowan

1003620

	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	Heathrow Airport: Road Traffic
	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 effect of the expansion of Heathrow Airport on local road networks.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	uin	189623
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The Airports National Policy Statement (NPS) was designated on 26 <del class="ministerial">July</del> <ins class="ministerial">June</ins> 2018, paving the way for a development consent application. As part of the development of the Airports NPS, an Appraisal of Sustainability was undertaken which included analysis of surface impacts for all three options shortlisted by the Airports Commission.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the surface access requirements in the Airports NPS, the Government has specified that any applicant for development consent must submit a surface access strategy as part of their application.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 19/11/2018 10:54:12 question first ministerially corrected 26/11/2018 16:27:02 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 85388 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1003621

	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	Heathrow Airport: Motor Vehicles
	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 number of (a) light goods vehicles, (b) heavy goods vehicles and (c) private cars that access Heathrow airport on a daily basis.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	uin	189624
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>For goods vehicles, the Department draws upon the Airports Commission’s assessment of road freight numbers as published in their Appraisal Framework Module 4 - <em>Surface Access Freight Impacts Study.</em></p><p> </p><p>In October 2017, the Department published within its Updated Appraisal Report: Airport Capacity in the South East, details of the estimated surface access trips for both highway and public transport trips for each of the airport expansion options as inputs to its non-flight carbon assessment.</p><p> </p><p>Details of the estimates for annual highway trips for the Heathrow Airport options are set out in the following table:</p><p> </p><p>Annual highway trips (car and taxi) by passengers and employees at Heathrow, DfT17 central forecasts (millions)</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="4"><p>Highway vehicle trips</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2026</p></td><td><p>2030</p></td><td><p>2040</p></td><td><p>2050</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>No Expansion</p></td><td><p>57.5</p></td><td><p>59.4</p></td><td><p>62.7</p></td><td><p>66.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LHR Extended Northern Runway</p></td><td><p>67.7</p></td><td><p>75.2</p></td><td><p>78.2</p></td><td><p>82.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LHR Northwest Runway</p></td><td><p>67.7</p></td><td><p>77.7</p></td><td><p>80.7</p></td><td><p>85.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Department for Transport: Table A.2 Updated Appraisal Report: Airport Capacity in the South East (October 2017)</p><p> </p><p>As specified in the Airports National Policy Statement, it will be for an applicant for development consent for the Heathrow Northwest runway scheme to submit a surface access strategy to the Planning Inspectorate alongside their application.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 19/11/2018 16:32:00 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

1003625

	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	Motorcycles: Safety
	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 risk to motorcyclists of inexperienced (a) HGV and (b) car drivers; and what plans he has to improve the driver education on motorcyclists.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	189742
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>In the forthcoming refreshed Road Safety Statement, motorcyclists are one of the priority groups that the Department will be addressing.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>In 2017, there were 124 accidents involving a motorcyclist and a car in which the Contributory Factor ‘learner or inexperienced driver/rider’ was allocated by a police officer to the car driver; and 661 accidents in which it was allocated to the motorcycle rider. There were no accidents involving a motorcyclist and a HGV, in which the Contributory Factor ‘learner or inexperienced driver/rider’ was allocated to the HGV driver; and 17 accidents in which it was allocated to the motorcycle rider.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 19/11/2018 16:53:55 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1003626

	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	Motorcycles: Accidents
	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 on the number of motorcyclists (a) killed and (b) seriously injured in each year between 2014 and 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	189743
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The tables below provide the number of motorcyclists killed and seriously injured between 2014 and 2017 and the weekly average which is derived from this. The annual data can be found in published table RAS30066 here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/743654/ras30066.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/743654/ras30066.ods</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Reported motorcycle user casualties, Great Britain, 2014-2017</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Number of casualties</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Weekly average</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p>Killed</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Serious</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Killed</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Serious</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>339</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>5,289</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>7</em></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><em>101</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>365</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>5,042</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>7</em></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><em>97</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>319</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>5,553</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>6</em></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><em>106</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>349</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>5,592</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>7</em></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><em>107</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p>Source: DfT Stats19</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Please note that the number of serious injuries provided is as reported by the police. Since 2016, changes in severity reporting systems for a large number of police forces mean that serious injury figures, and to a lesser extent slight injuries, are not comparable with earlier years.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 189745 question first answered 19/11/2018 17:39:17 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1003627

	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	Motorcycles: Accidents
	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 on the proportion of motorcycle fatalities that occurred on (a) urban roads, (b) rural roads and (c) motorways in each year between 2014 and 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	189744
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The table below provides the number and percentage of motorcycle fatalities by road class in Great Britain for the years 2014 to 2017, which are available in published table RAS30018 at <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/743613/ras30018.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/743613/ras30018.ods</a>.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="8"><p><strong>Reported motorcycle fatalities by road class, Great Britain, 2014 to 2017</strong></p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Number<em>/ Per cent</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2014</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2015</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2016</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p><em>Per cent</em></p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p><em>Per cent</em></p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p><em>Per cent</em></p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p><em>Per cent</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Urban</p></td><td><p>97</p></td><td><p><em>29</em></p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p><em>32</em></p></td><td><p>101</p></td><td><p><em>32</em></p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p><em>27</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rural</p></td><td><p>237</p></td><td><p><em>70</em></p></td><td><p>241</p></td><td><p><em>66</em></p></td><td><p>211</p></td><td><p><em>66</em></p></td><td><p>248</p></td><td><p><em>71</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Motorways</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p><em>1</em></p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p><em>2</em></p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p><em>2</em></p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p><em>2</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All roads</p></td><td><p>339</p></td><td><p><em>100</em></p></td><td><p>365</p></td><td><p><em>100</em></p></td><td><p>319</p></td><td><p><em>100</em></p></td><td><p>349</p></td><td><p><em>100</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em> </em></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><em>Source: DfT STATS19</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 19/11/2018 17:35:27 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1003628

	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	Motorcycles: Accidents
	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 on the average weekly number of (a) deaths and (b) serious injuries to motorcyclists from 2014 to 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
	tabling member printed	Royston Smith
	uin	189745
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The tables below provide the number of motorcyclists killed and seriously injured between 2014 and 2017 and the weekly average which is derived from this. The annual data can be found in published table RAS30066 here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/743654/ras30066.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/743654/ras30066.ods</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Reported motorcycle user casualties, Great Britain, 2014-2017</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Number of casualties</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Weekly average</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p>Killed</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Serious</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Killed</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Serious</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>339</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>5,289</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>7</em></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><em>101</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>365</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>5,042</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>7</em></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><em>97</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>319</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>5,553</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>6</em></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><em>106</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>349</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>5,592</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>7</em></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><em>107</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p>Source: DfT Stats19</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Please note that the number of serious injuries provided is as reported by the police. Since 2016, changes in severity reporting systems for a large number of police forces mean that serious injury figures, and to a lesser extent slight injuries, are not comparable with earlier years.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 189743 question first answered 19/11/2018 17:39:17 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1003639

	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	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress Highways England is making on reducing levels of NO2 on the strategic road network.
	tabling member constituency	Bury North
	tabling member printed	James Frith
	uin	189797
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>Highways England have been undertaking extensive research into potential air quality solutions for the strategic road network that could reduce levels of NO2. They have explored a wide range of ideas including the effectiveness of different traffic management options, understanding obstacles to greater use of electric vans on the network and different types of barrier design.</p><p> </p><p>Based on all their research, they have robust evidence that a 9.5 metre high barrier can help reduce levels of nitrogen dioxide behind the barrier and have developed a programme to identify potential sites around the network.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 19/11/2018 11:01:02 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4637 label Biography information for James Frith

1003647

	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	Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department has issued to Highways England on the permitted length of roadworks in any one stretch.
	tabling member constituency	Warley
	tabling member printed	John Spellar
	uin	189549
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department expects Highways England to maximise the availability of traffic lanes and minimise delay as far as possible, and this is reflected in the performance indicators that the Department has set. Highways England are committed to minimising disruption from roadworks and are exploring managing work in different ways to find the best way to achieve this, while also ensuring good value for public money.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 19/11/2018 13:11:45 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar