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1314622

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2021
	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 steps his Department is taking to reduce the backlog of people waiting for a practical driving test.
	tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
	tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	1000
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2021 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has put in place a number of measures to increase practical driving tests. These include offering overtime and annual leave buy back to examiners, asking all those qualified to conduct tests, but who do not do so as part of their current day job, to return to conducting tests, and conducting out of hours testing (such as on public holidays). The DVSA has also started a recruitment campaign to increase the number of examiners. The aim is to increase testing capacity and reduce the backlog as quickly as possible, whilst maintaining a COVID-secure service for customers and examiners.</p><p> </p><p>As at 10 May 2021, the average waiting time for a practical driving test is (a) England 13.4 weeks, (b) Herefordshire (Hereford driving test centre) 15 weeks, (c) North Herefordshire (Ludlow driving test centre) 14 weeks.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The DVSA is currently recruiting up to 300 new driving examiners. If this number of driving examiners are recruited, the number of practical driving tests will increase by up to 40,000 each month.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 1001 1002 1003 1004 question first answered 18/05/2021 14:17:10 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1314626

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2021
	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 the average waiting time is to undertake a practical driving test in the most recent period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
	tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	1001
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2021 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has put in place a number of measures to increase practical driving tests. These include offering overtime and annual leave buy back to examiners, asking all those qualified to conduct tests, but who do not do so as part of their current day job, to return to conducting tests, and conducting out of hours testing (such as on public holidays). The DVSA has also started a recruitment campaign to increase the number of examiners. The aim is to increase testing capacity and reduce the backlog as quickly as possible, whilst maintaining a COVID-secure service for customers and examiners.</p><p> </p><p>As at 10 May 2021, the average waiting time for a practical driving test is (a) England 13.4 weeks, (b) Herefordshire (Hereford driving test centre) 15 weeks, (c) North Herefordshire (Ludlow driving test centre) 14 weeks.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The DVSA is currently recruiting up to 300 new driving examiners. If this number of driving examiners are recruited, the number of practical driving tests will increase by up to 40,000 each month.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 1000 1002 1003 1004 question first answered 18/05/2021 14:17:10 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1314628

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2021
	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 the average waiting time is to take a practical driving test in (a) England, (b) Herefordshire and (c) North Herefordshire constituency in the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
	tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	1002
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2021 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has put in place a number of measures to increase practical driving tests. These include offering overtime and annual leave buy back to examiners, asking all those qualified to conduct tests, but who do not do so as part of their current day job, to return to conducting tests, and conducting out of hours testing (such as on public holidays). The DVSA has also started a recruitment campaign to increase the number of examiners. The aim is to increase testing capacity and reduce the backlog as quickly as possible, whilst maintaining a COVID-secure service for customers and examiners.</p><p> </p><p>As at 10 May 2021, the average waiting time for a practical driving test is (a) England 13.4 weeks, (b) Herefordshire (Hereford driving test centre) 15 weeks, (c) North Herefordshire (Ludlow driving test centre) 14 weeks.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The DVSA is currently recruiting up to 300 new driving examiners. If this number of driving examiners are recruited, the number of practical driving tests will increase by up to 40,000 each month.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 1000 1001 1003 1004 question first answered 18/05/2021 14:17:10 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1722486

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Housing: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the speech by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 8 July 2024, how her Department defines stalled housing sites.
	tabling member constituency	North West Essex
	tabling member printed	Mrs Kemi Badenoch
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	1002
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2024 answer text <p>The Government has identified a large number of housing schemes where progress is behind plan.</p><p>There are a wide variety of site-specific reasons as to why the schemes in question are either not progressing at the pace required or have stalled entirely.</p><p>Through the accelerator taskforce, barriers to development on such schemes will be identified and where appropriate the necessary support will then be provided to accelerate delivery, including funding in some instances.</p> answering member constituency Greenwich and Woolwich answering member printed Matthew Pennycook grouped question UIN 1003 1008 1009 1010 question first answered 25/07/2024 16:05:21 answering member 4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook
	tabling member	4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch

1314630

	registered interest
	date	13/05/2021
	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, how many more practical driving tests will be available as a result of the planned increased recruitment of examiners.
	tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
	tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	1004
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2021 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has put in place a number of measures to increase practical driving tests. These include offering overtime and annual leave buy back to examiners, asking all those qualified to conduct tests, but who do not do so as part of their current day job, to return to conducting tests, and conducting out of hours testing (such as on public holidays). The DVSA has also started a recruitment campaign to increase the number of examiners. The aim is to increase testing capacity and reduce the backlog as quickly as possible, whilst maintaining a COVID-secure service for customers and examiners.</p><p> </p><p>As at 10 May 2021, the average waiting time for a practical driving test is (a) England 13.4 weeks, (b) Herefordshire (Hereford driving test centre) 15 weeks, (c) North Herefordshire (Ludlow driving test centre) 14 weeks.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The DVSA is currently recruiting up to 300 new driving examiners. If this number of driving examiners are recruited, the number of practical driving tests will increase by up to 40,000 each month.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 1000 1001 1002 1003 question first answered 18/05/2021 14:17:10 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
	tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1722492

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Housing: Liverpool
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the speech of the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 8 July 2024, for what reasons the project at Liverpool Central Docks was stalled; and whether her Department plans to provide additional funding to that project.
	tabling member constituency	North West Essex
	tabling member printed	Mrs Kemi Badenoch
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	1008
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2024 answer text <p>The Government has identified a large number of housing schemes where progress is behind plan.</p><p>There are a wide variety of site-specific reasons as to why the schemes in question are either not progressing at the pace required or have stalled entirely.</p><p>Through the accelerator taskforce, barriers to development on such schemes will be identified and where appropriate the necessary support will then be provided to accelerate delivery, including funding in some instances.</p> answering member constituency Greenwich and Woolwich answering member printed Matthew Pennycook grouped question UIN 1002 1003 1009 1010 question first answered 25/07/2024 16:05:21 answering member 4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook
	tabling member	4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch

1722493

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Housing: Worcester
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the speech of the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 8 July 2024, for what reasons the project at Worcester Parkway was stalled; and whether her Department plans to provide additional funding to that project.
	tabling member constituency	North West Essex
	tabling member printed	Mrs Kemi Badenoch
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	1009
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2024 answer text <p>The Government has identified a large number of housing schemes where progress is behind plan.</p><p>There are a wide variety of site-specific reasons as to why the schemes in question are either not progressing at the pace required or have stalled entirely.</p><p>Through the accelerator taskforce, barriers to development on such schemes will be identified and where appropriate the necessary support will then be provided to accelerate delivery, including funding in some instances.</p> answering member constituency Greenwich and Woolwich answering member printed Matthew Pennycook grouped question UIN 1002 1003 1008 1010 question first answered 25/07/2024 16:05:21 answering member 4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook
	tabling member	4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch

1722494

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2024
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Housing: Northstowe
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the speech of the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 8 July 2024, for what reason the project at Northstowe was stalled; and whether her Department plans to provide additional funding to that project.
	tabling member constituency	North West Essex
	tabling member printed	Mrs Kemi Badenoch
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	1010
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2024 answer text <p>The Government has identified a large number of housing schemes where progress is behind plan.</p><p>There are a wide variety of site-specific reasons as to why the schemes in question are either not progressing at the pace required or have stalled entirely.</p><p>Through the accelerator taskforce, barriers to development on such schemes will be identified and where appropriate the necessary support will then be provided to accelerate delivery, including funding in some instances.</p> answering member constituency Greenwich and Woolwich answering member printed Matthew Pennycook grouped question UIN 1002 1003 1008 1009 question first answered 25/07/2024 16:05:21 answering member 4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook
	tabling member	4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch