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1078626

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many cyclists died as a result of road traffic incident in (a) West Derby, (b) Merseyside and (c) the UK in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
uin	226500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>The number of cyclist fatalities in reported road accidents in each year between 2010 and 2017 is shown in the table attached.</p><p> </p><p>The data we hold only covers reported personal injury road accidents in Great Britain, we do not have data for Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 04/03/2019 13:00:19 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman attachment 1 file name 226500 - Table.docx title cyclist fatalities in reported road accidents
tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg

1105281

registered interest
date	26/03/2019
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 recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of enforcement mechanisms to ensure legal compliance of car manufacturers with emissions targets.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	237073
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2019 answer text <p>Since 2015, the Department has more than quadrupled its resource investment in this area. It is continuing to build both its capacity and capability to test a wide selection of vehicles in order to ensure their continuing compliance with emissions standards.</p><p>In 2016, the Department established the Market Surveillance Unit (MSU), within the Driver Vehicle and Standards Agency (DVSA). The MSU works closely with the Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) to check that new road vehicles placed on the UK market comply with the relevant legal obligations. The MSU publishes a yearly report of its findings, and its most recent report is at:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/691601/vehicle-market-surveillance-unit-programme-results-2017.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/691601/vehicle-market-surveillance-unit-programme-results-2017.pdf</a></p><p>New regulations were introduced in 2018 which make it an offence for a manufacturer to supply a vehicle to the UK market which contains a prohibited defeat device. The fines can be up to £50,000 per offence.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 29/03/2019 12:43:18 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1104841

registered interest
date	25/03/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Spaceflight: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on awarding spaceport licences for horizontal satellite launch in the United Kingdom.
tabling member constituency	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
tabling member printed	Bill Grant
uin	236536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>The Space Industry Act 2018 was a major step towards establishing the safe and supportive regulatory framework needed to enable launches to take place from the early 2020s. Work across the Government is now under way to develop the secondary legislation required before the Civil Aviation Authority can formally assess licence applications for horizontal spaceports.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 28/03/2019 13:10:53 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4605 label Biography information for Bill Grant

1093441

registered interest
date	22/03/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Cybersecurity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many mandatory cyber security training sessions civil servants working in his Department are required to undertake.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	235801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>All Department for Transport employees are required to undertake the ‘Responsible for Information’ e-learning course. This course is designed to make civil servants aware of their responsibilities when it comes to handling information, being alert to the dangers of fraud, ensuring information is protected and handled responsibly without preventing it from being shared appropriately, and how best to protect themselves and the information they hold when they are working remotely on online. All new starters are required to complete this training within 1 month of joining the Department.</p><p>All new staff with elevated access privileges are provided with enhanced, role-specific cyber and information security training and awareness.</p><p> </p><p>Information security policies and procedures are kept updated, and all staff are required to undertake refresher security training at least every 3 years.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 27/03/2019 16:55:42 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

1093486

registered interest
date	22/03/2019
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, how many people have informed the DVLA that they have insulin-treated diabetes and a group (a) 1 or (b) 2 driving licence in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	235779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) does not hold historic data on the number of people who have notified that they have insulin treated diabetes, only those whose licences were refused or revoked on that basis.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of drivers who have diabetes recorded on their driving record and have had their driving licence application refused or their driving licence revoked on medical grounds for any medical condition.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Revocation Group 1</p></td><td><p>Revocation Group 2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>1,504</p></td><td><p>498</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2,327</p></td><td><p>668</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2,476</p></td><td><p>639</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2,801</p></td><td><p>1,114</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2,957</p></td><td><p>1,318</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2,993</p></td><td><p>1,499</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2,912</p></td><td><p>1,765</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2,895</p></td><td><p>1,568</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2,023</p></td><td><p>1,562</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019 (to date)</p></td><td><p>326</p></td><td><p>269</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Please note that there may be group 2 drivers who would have been refused or had a licence revoked for both group 1 and group 2 licences and therefore may be duplicated in the figures. In addition, as there are higher medical standards for group 2 licensing than for group 1, there will be a number of drivers who have been refused group 2 entitlement but permitted to retain group 1 entitlement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 235780 question first answered 27/03/2019 10:44:53 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1093487

registered interest
date	22/03/2019
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, how many drivers with diabetes have had their licence revoked in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	235780
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) does not hold historic data on the number of people who have notified that they have insulin treated diabetes, only those whose licences were refused or revoked on that basis.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the number of drivers who have diabetes recorded on their driving record and have had their driving licence application refused or their driving licence revoked on medical grounds for any medical condition.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Revocation Group 1</p></td><td><p>Revocation Group 2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>1,504</p></td><td><p>498</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2,327</p></td><td><p>668</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2,476</p></td><td><p>639</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2,801</p></td><td><p>1,114</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2,957</p></td><td><p>1,318</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2,993</p></td><td><p>1,499</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2,912</p></td><td><p>1,765</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2,895</p></td><td><p>1,568</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>2,023</p></td><td><p>1,562</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019 (to date)</p></td><td><p>326</p></td><td><p>269</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Please note that there may be group 2 drivers who would have been refused or had a licence revoked for both group 1 and group 2 licences and therefore may be duplicated in the figures. In addition, as there are higher medical standards for group 2 licensing than for group 1, there will be a number of drivers who have been refused group 2 entitlement but permitted to retain group 1 entitlement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 235779 question first answered 27/03/2019 10:44:53 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1093488

registered interest
date	22/03/2019
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, for what reasons the recent changes to the DVLA’s driving and diabetes guidance differs between drivers with group 1 and group 2 licences.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	235807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>The law states that while the testing of interstitial fluid is permitted for driver licensing purposes for group 1 drivers with diabetes, drivers of group 2 vehicles must continue to monitor blood glucose levels. The medical standards for driving group 2 vehicles are different than those for group 1. This is because these vehicles are larger or carry passengers, and the driver will typically spend more time on the road and drive longer distances.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 27/03/2019 14:32:10 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1093511

registered interest
date	22/03/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Manston Airport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will confirm the commitment given by his Department to reinstate Manston Airport following the cessation of the use of that airfield as a potential lorry park after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	North Thanet
tabling member printed	Sir Roger Gale
uin	235730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>The Town and Country Planning (Manston Airport) Special Development Order 2019 came into force on 24 January 2019, updating the SDO from 2015, and extends planning permission for the use of Manston as an emergency lorry holding facility until 31 December 2020.</p><p>S.5(2) of the Order states that the land must be restored to its condition before the date of the Order coming into force, prior to the Order expiring on 31 December 2020. The Department will do this.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 27/03/2019 14:23:37 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	87 label Biography information for Sir Roger Gale

1092583

registered interest
date	21/03/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Antisocial Behaviour
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department plans on taking to reduce the number of disruptive passenger incidents (a) at airports and (b) onboard commercial airlines.
tabling member constituency	Wrexham
tabling member printed	Ian C. Lucas
uin	235250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>There should be zero tolerance for disruptive passenger behaviour on flights, whether or not it is caused by excessive alcohol consumption.</p><p>The Government welcomes the industry’s approach to this issue through the UK Aviation Industry Code of Practice on Disruptive Passengers, with initiatives such as the ‘One Too Many’ campaign to raise awareness of the penalties of drunken behaviour, and the introduction of tamper-proof bags for duty free alcohol sales.</p><p>However, the Government also continues to work with the Civil Aviation Authority, airports and airlines to find other ways to tackle this problem, as part of its consultation on the new UK Aviation 2050 Strategy. The Home Office launched a Call for Evidence on 1 November 2018 to assess the impact which the Licensing Act 2003 could have on reducing alcohol-related passenger disruptions if applied to airside premises at international airports in England and Wales. The Call for Evidence closed on 1 February, and the responses are currently being analysed. Any recommendations will be considered as part of the development of the Aviation 2050 Strategy.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 28/03/2019 11:09:57 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1470 label Biography information for Ian C. Lucas

1092595

registered interest
date	21/03/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driverless Cars: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment his Department has made of the safety of self-driving cars.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	235352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government has safety at the heart of its approach to automated vehicles, and the UK is leading work through the United Nations to create robust international standards for their safe introduction and use.</p><p>Last year the Department asked the Law Commission to conduct a regulatory review of the UK's legal framework in the context of automated vehicles. To support safe and responsible UK trials the Department has recently published an updated code of practice, and is developing processes to provide safety assurance for trials of increasingly advanced technology on public roads.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 27/03/2019 15:26:43 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day