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1109446

registered interest
date	03/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans the Government has to support commuters who use polluting cars to travel to work to switch to (a) bikes and (b) e-bikes following the introduction of the ULEZ zone in London.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	240569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>In London, transport is devolved to the Mayor of London and delivered by Transport for London (TfL). The ULEZ is one of The Mayor of London’s proposals to improve London’s air quality, and it is for him to manage any incentives relating to the scheme.</p><p>The Government is committed to increasing cycling and walking, and has a wide range of policies in place to support this. These were originally set out in detail in the statutory Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy, published in 2017.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/04/2019 14:36:35 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1046043

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving: Diabetes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has received representation from the DVLA on the use of (a) FreeStyle Libre and (b) Continuous Glucose Monitoring devices to monitor blood glucose levels for people with diabetes.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	211118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency is currently amending the Assessing Fitness to Drive guidance on the use of new monitoring technologies for people with diabetes. The revised guidance is due to be published in February. This will allow the testing of interstitial fluid for driving licensing purposes for people with diabetes who drive cars or motorcycles. Drivers of goods vehicles and buses must continue to monitor blood glucose levels.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 211119 question first answered 29/01/2019 15:49:02 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1046045

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving: Diabetes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the DVLA Medical Advisory Panel has plans to update guidance for drivers with diabetes on insulin on using FreeStyle Libre and Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) devices to monitor their blood glucose levels.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	211119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency is currently amending the Assessing Fitness to Drive guidance on the use of new monitoring technologies for people with diabetes. The revised guidance is due to be published in February. This will allow the testing of interstitial fluid for driving licensing purposes for people with diabetes who drive cars or motorcycles. Drivers of goods vehicles and buses must continue to monitor blood glucose levels.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 211118 question first answered 29/01/2019 15:49:02 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

1029339

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff were employed in his Department on (a) 20 December 2018 and (b) 23 June 2016.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	204537
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>In response to your request, the number of staff employed by the Department and its agencies (DfT Central Department, the Driver Vehicle &amp; Licensing Agency, the Driver &amp; Vehicle Services Agency, the Maritime &amp; Coastguard Agency and the Vehicle Certification Agency) on the respective dates are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>30th June 2016</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>30th November 2018</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Headcount</p></td><td><p>FTE</p></td><td><p>Headcount</p></td><td><p>FTE</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DfTc</p></td><td><p>2084</p></td><td><p>2021.8</p></td><td><p>2674</p></td><td><p>2598.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DVLA</p></td><td><p>6244</p></td><td><p>5548.2</p></td><td><p>6068</p></td><td><p>5346.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DVSA</p></td><td><p>4527</p></td><td><p>4273.2</p></td><td><p>4827</p></td><td><p>4559.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MCA</p></td><td><p>1015</p></td><td><p>963.8</p></td><td><p>1143</p></td><td><p>1095.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>VCA</p></td><td><p>155</p></td><td><p>145.9</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>170.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>14025</p></td><td><p>12952.9</p></td><td><p>14892</p></td><td><p>13770.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Please note, the figures represented have been taken from end of month reports and as there is currently no report available for December 2018. The figures used are at 30<sup>th</sup> November 2018. The figures represent pay staff and do not include contractors and other non-pay employees.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/01/2019 12:27:02 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1000275

registered interest
date	02/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: South Yorkshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the £420 million announced in Budget 2018 to be provided to councils to fix potholes and carry out other road repairs, how much of that funding will be allocated to (a) Sheffield City Region and (b) Barnsley.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	187383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to my answer to Question UIN 186324 on 5 November</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 12/11/2018 17:37:02 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

999346

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Yorkshire and the Humber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 65 of the Budget 2018 Red Book, what proportion of the £430 million to be allocated to road maintenance including potholes is planned to be spent in (a) Barnsley, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) Yorkshire and the Humber.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	186324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The Chancellor of the Exchequer announced in the Budget 2018 that a further £420 million was being made available to local highway authorities in England, outside London, to maintain their local road network, including the repair of potholes. The Department will shortly publish details of the individual funding allocations we are making available.</p><p> </p><p>This funding is in addition to just over £6 billion the Department is allocating to highway authorities for local highway maintenance from 2015 to 2021.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 05/11/2018 13:41:52 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

993745

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling and Walking
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 adequacy of the funding allocated to meet the the objectives of his Department’s Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	182869
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>The Department has commissioned a modelling research project to assess i) the impact that current investment across England will have on rates of cycling, walking and walking-to-school and ii) the additional investment required to raise levels of cycling and walking to meet the 2025 aims and targets set out in the Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy. The project is due to be completed in early 2019.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 31/10/2018 13:33:52 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

993757

registered interest
date	23/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling and Walking
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 of the contribution from (a) local authorities, (b) local enterprise partnerships and (c) other local sources to meet the (i) targets, (ii) aims and (iii) ambitions of the cycling and walking investment strategy.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	182875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s statutory Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy, published in April 2017, set out that £1.2 billion of funding would be available to be invested in measures to increase cycling and walking in England over the period to 2021. The estimated contributions from local authorities and local enterprise partnerships of funding allocated from central government funds during this period are detailed in the table below. No estimate has been made of the total contribution of locally generated funds from local authorities.</p><p> </p><p>Since publication of the Strategy, additional funding streams have been made available to local authorities including the £1.7 billion Transforming Cities Fund, £220 million through the Clean Air Fund and £5 billion through the Housing Infrastructure Fund. The bidding processes for these new funds are still underway so allocations to cycling and walking are not yet known.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>LA/LEP contributions </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount (£m)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local Growth Fund</p></td><td><p>476.4<sup>1</sup> (597)<sup>2</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cycle Ambition Cities</p></td><td><p>101</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Access Fund</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Integrated Transport Block</p></td><td><p>193.5<sup>3</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Highways Maintenance Fund</p></td><td><p>196<sup>4</sup></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><sup> </sup></p><p>Note: table does not include central Government funding provided directly to Highways England and for the Bikeability programme.</p><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup>Based on figures provided by Local Enterprise Partnerships to the Department in Jan 2016. <sup>2</sup>Revised figure including final round of Local Growth Fund based on figures provided by Local Enterprise Partnerships to the Department in spring 2018. <sup>3</sup>Based on previous trends. <sup>4</sup>Based on 9% formula weighting.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 31/10/2018 13:31:29 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

904182

registered interest
date	14/05/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Blue Badge Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to take steps to simplify the application process for a Blue Badge for organisations that are required to prove that a service user is entitled to a Blue Badge.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	143777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/05/2018 answer text <p>The current Blue Badge service contract will end on 31<sup>st</sup> December 2018. The Department commissioned work in May 2017 to look at replacing and improving the current service. The detail of the online application process for the new, replacement service will be tested with users, including organisations, and driven by their needs.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/05/2018 10:25:08 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

884956

registered interest
date	16/04/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Inland Waterways: Derbyshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has plans to include provision for a tunnel under the widened section of the M1 south of Junction 25 to accommodate the restoration of the Derby and Sandiacre canal.
tabling member constituency	Erewash
tabling member printed	Maggie Throup
uin	135944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>Highways England are converting the existing M1 between Junctions 23a and 25 into a smart motorway to increase capacity and improve journeys. There are no plans to make provision for any future restoration of the Derby and Sandiacre canal by building a tunnel under the M1 as part of this scheme.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/04/2018 13:54:24 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup