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1666826

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Farms
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many farm vehicle accidents there have been in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	204019
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>The Department’s road safety statistics cover personal injury collisions reported by police which occur on the public highway.</p><p>The number of such collisions in Great Britain which involved an agricultural vehicle in each of the last 5 years are shown in the table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of collisions</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>482</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>420</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>433</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>414</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>401</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 26/10/2023 10:06:28 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1666830

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Passenger Ships
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many cruise ship passengers visited (a) UK ports and (b) surrounding areas as part of their itinerary in the last 12 months; and if he will make an assessment of the contribution of these visits to the economy.
	tabling member constituency	Darlington
	tabling member printed	Peter Gibson
	uin	204052
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Transport does not hold data on transit cruise passengers, so we are unable to provide data on the number of cruise ship passengers who visited UK ports and surrounding areas as part of their itinerary in the last 12 months or an assessment of the contribution of these visits to the economy.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport does publish cruise passengers who start or finish their cruise journey at a UK port, which includes all passengers on domestic and international cruise journeys.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The data published by the Department for Transport on cruise passenger numbers can be found at the following link in table SPAS0101 for international cruise passenger numbers and SPAS0201 for domestic cruise passenger numbers. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/sea-passenger-statistics-spas" target="_blank">Sea passenger statistics: data tables (SPAS) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a>.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 26/10/2023 10:08:14 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
	tabling member	4754 label Biography information for Peter Gibson

1666498

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving Tests
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress he has made on (a) increasing the availability of driving tests and (b) reducing the wait time between bookings for people retaking their tests.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington South
	tabling member printed	Andy Carter
	uin	203963
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>As of 23 October 2023, there were 571,820 car practical driving tests booked, and 72,787 driving tests available within the 24-week booking window.</p><p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is taking all the measures it can to reduce driving test waiting times. This includes carrying out overtime, such as at weekends and on public holidays, buying back annual leave from driving examiners (DE) and, inviting recently retired DEs to return to work.</p><p> </p><p>Since April 2021, measures put in place by the DVSA to reduce waiting times for its customers, together with the ongoing recruitment of DEs, is creating on average over 40,000 extra car test slots each month.</p><p> </p><p>The DVSA has also deployed all eligible managers and administrative staff back on the front line to do driving tests from the beginning of October 2023 until the end of March 2024, which will create around 150,000 test slots.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 26/10/2023 06:51:04 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
	tabling member	4791 label Biography information for Andy Carter

1666502

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Buses: Driving
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish a summary of the outcomes of the Bus and Coach Driver Summit hosted by his Department and the Confederation of Passenger Transport in November 2022.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	uin	203762
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Transport and Confederation of Passenger Transport co-chaired a Bus and Coach Summit in November 2022. The summit brought together experts from industry, national and local government to look at issues facing driver recruitment and retention to bus and coach operators, and identified ideas and actions to help address these. Many of these are owned by industry, who as aforementioned, are responsible for recruiting drivers.</p><p> </p><p>While the Department has no current plans to publish the full list of outcomes from the summit, some of the issues raised require action from the Department for Transport.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 26/10/2023 06:55:31 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1666541

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	A120: Dual Carriageways
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessments National Highways have undertaken into the proposals to dual the A120 between Braintree and the A12.
	tabling member constituency	Witham
	tabling member printed	Priti Patel
	uin	203821
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>Proposals to dual the A120 between Braintree and the A12 continue to be considered by National Highways as part of the pipeline of schemes being developed for possible inclusion in a future road investment strategy.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 25/10/2023 13:23:46 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
	tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

1666602

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Lower Thames Crossing: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure responsible procurement by National Highways for the Lower Thames Crossing.
	tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
	uin	203865
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>National Highways is procuring the Lower Thames Crossing, including the contract for the road tunnels and approaches, in accordance with UK procurement rules. This includes wider international obligations on government procurements.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 26/10/2023 06:48:28 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
	tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1666610

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving Licences: Reviews
	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 Department's response to the Driving licensing review - call for evidence on opportunities for changes to the driver licensing regime.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield, Brightside and Hillsborough
	tabling member printed	Gill Furniss
	uin	203894
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>The results of the Call for Evidence were published on 6 June 2023.</p><p>The results are being analysed and we will confirm the next steps in due course.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 26/10/2023 06:49:48 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
	tabling member	4571 label Biography information for Gill Furniss

1666636

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	London Underground: Passengers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had recent discussions with the Mayor of London on trends in the numbers of passengers on Transport for London's underground network in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	The Cotswolds
	tabling member printed	Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
	uin	203749
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>Transport in London is devolved to the Mayor of London and Transport for London (TfL). Under the terms of the current funding settlement, TfL provides the Department with regular data on passenger demand which is monitored and discussed at regular reporting and governance meetings.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 25/10/2023 13:10:07 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
	tabling member	249 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

1666637

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	London Underground: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had recent discussions with the Mayor of London on the regularity of underground trains in London.
	tabling member constituency	The Cotswolds
	tabling member printed	Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
	uin	203750
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2023 answer text <p>Transport in London is devolved to the Mayor of London and Transport for London (TfL). Policy decisions, including on service levels for the London Underground, are a matter solely for them.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 25/10/2023 13:09:03 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
	tabling member	249 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

1666672

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2023
	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 zero emission buses had been allocated Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas funding as of 23 October 2023; and how many of these buses (a) have been ordered and (b) are on the road as of that date.
	tabling member constituency	Wakefield
	tabling member printed	Simon Lightwood
	uin	203980
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2023 answer text <p>Since February 2020, an estimated 4,200 ZEBs have been funded across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The first round of the Zero Emission Bus Regional Areas (ZEBRA) scheme provided £270m funding to 16 local transport authorities in England outside London. The scheme will fund up to 1,309 zero emission buses, though this is subject to change as projects are progressed by local transport authorities. The second round of the scheme was launched in September, with £129m funding to be provided to schemes by March 2024.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 26/10/2023 10:30:58 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
	tabling member	4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood