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750297

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Traffic Lights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what powers (a) his Department and (b) local authorities have to charge operators for its installation of mobile traffic lights.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	4078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>Neither the Department nor local authorities have powers to charge operators for using portable traffic signals. In any event, the decision as to whether to use portable traffic signals or some other form of traffic management at a particular street or road works site should be determined by reference to the guidance in our statutory code of practice <em>Safety at Street Works and Road Works</em> and a site-specific risk assessment. It would not be appropriate to charge operators for using portable traffic signals if they considered them to be necessary for safety.</p><p> </p><p>To comply with the statutory code of practice <em>Safety at Street Works and Road Works</em>, operators that propose using portable traffic signals also have to obtain permission from the relevant highway authority before they are installed. The highway authority can reject such proposals if they do not consider them to be appropriate. We believe that sufficient controls are in place, and therefore have no plans to regulate the use of portable traffic signals further.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 4077 question first answered 17/07/2017 16:05:47 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

750298

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the oral Answer of 2 November 2016, Official Report, column 879, what steps his Department has taken to use 2011 census classifications, including on Gypsies and Travellers, to audit racial disparities in public service outcomes.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	4062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member for Stretford and Urmston to the answer given by my Right Hon Friend, the Minister for the Cabinet Office, the Right Honourable Member for Ashford in response to UIN 3079 on 11 July.</p><p> </p><p>The Race Disparity Audit will publish Government data about ethnicity on a website. The data will show the ethnic classifications available for each dataset covered, including where available Gypsies and Travellers.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 3876 question first answered 18/07/2017 08:31:18 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

750299

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Traffic Lights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will regulate the use of mobile traffic lights to ensure sufficient warning is given to road users.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	4077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2017 answer text <p>Neither the Department nor local authorities have powers to charge operators for using portable traffic signals. In any event, the decision as to whether to use portable traffic signals or some other form of traffic management at a particular street or road works site should be determined by reference to the guidance in our statutory code of practice <em>Safety at Street Works and Road Works</em> and a site-specific risk assessment. It would not be appropriate to charge operators for using portable traffic signals if they considered them to be necessary for safety.</p><p> </p><p>To comply with the statutory code of practice <em>Safety at Street Works and Road Works</em>, operators that propose using portable traffic signals also have to obtain permission from the relevant highway authority before they are installed. The highway authority can reject such proposals if they do not consider them to be appropriate. We believe that sufficient controls are in place, and therefore have no plans to regulate the use of portable traffic signals further.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 4078 question first answered 17/07/2017 16:05:47 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

750302

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many motor vehicles in each vehicle excise duty class are registered to Scottish addresses by registration (a) before and (b) after 1 April 2017.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	4083
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>The vehicle database changes on a daily basis. The most recent figures show a total of 3,123,773 motor vehicles were registered to Scottish addresses.</p><p> </p><p>Out of the vehicle excise duty (VED) classes, 20 are exempt from payment of VED. Further information on vehicle excise duty rates can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rates-of-vehicle-tax-v149" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rates-of-vehicle-tax-v149</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of motor vehicles registered in Scotland for use on the public road in the vehicle excise duty classes listed.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Tax Class</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Vehicles First Registered *(a) </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Vehicles First Registered *(b) </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Agricultural Machine</p></td><td><p>50,487</p></td><td><p>388</p></td><td><p><strong>50,875</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Alternative Fuel Car</p></td><td><p>14,570</p></td><td><p>223</p></td><td><p><strong>14,793</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ambulance</p></td><td><p>1,257</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p><strong>1,263</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Powered Bicycle</p></td><td><p>122,472</p></td><td><p>931</p></td><td><p><strong>123,403</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bus</p></td><td><p>13,467</p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p><strong>13,561</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Crown Vehicle</p></td><td><p>1,259</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p><strong>1,263</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Diesel Car</p></td><td><p>913,973</p></td><td><p>3,037</p></td><td><p><strong>917,010</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disabled</p></td><td><p>109,835</p></td><td><p>2,556</p></td><td><p><strong>112,391</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disabled Passenger Vehicle</p></td><td><p>718</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><strong>719</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Electric Motorcycle</p></td><td><p>105</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>105</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Electric Vehicle</p></td><td><p>2,875</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p><strong>2,943</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EURO 4 Light Goods Vehicle</p></td><td><p>8,396</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><strong>8,397</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fire Engine</p></td><td><p>839</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p><strong>841</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fire Service</p></td><td><p>712</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p><strong>715</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>General Haulage</p></td><td><p>117</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>117</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gritting Machine</p></td><td><p>486</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>486</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HGV</p></td><td><p>33,106</p></td><td><p>407</p></td><td><p><strong>33,513</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HGV Combined Transport</p></td><td><p>52</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>52</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Historic Vehicle</p></td><td><p>30,592</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p><strong>30,645</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lifeboat Haulage</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Light Goods Vehicle</p></td><td><p>251,007</p></td><td><p>1,834</p></td><td><p><strong>252,841</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lighthouse Authority</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>10</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Limited Use</p></td><td><p>4,642</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p><strong>4,653</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mine Rescue</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mowing Machine</p></td><td><p>1,403</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p><strong>1,439</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Vehicle</p></td><td><p>1,148</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p><strong>1,157</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Petrol Car</p></td><td><p>1,334,611</p></td><td><p>5,171</p></td><td><p><strong>1,339,782</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Police</p></td><td><p>1,982</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p><strong>1,984</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Private HGV</p></td><td><p>4,961</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p><strong>4,994</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Private Light Goods</p></td><td><p>182,858</p></td><td><p>308</p></td><td><p><strong>183,166</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Recovery Vehicle</p></td><td><p>1,287</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p><strong>1,289</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reduced Pollution Bus</p></td><td><p>210</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>210</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reduced Pollution HGV</p></td><td><p>925</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>925</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reduced Pollution Special Types</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>12</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reduced Pollution Trailer HGV</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>36</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Small Island Vehicles</p></td><td><p>648</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p><strong>649</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Snow Plough</p></td><td><p>104</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>104</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Special Types</p></td><td><p>416</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p><strong>432</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Special Vehicle</p></td><td><p>14,143</p></td><td><p>272</p></td><td><p><strong>14,415</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Special Vehicle Trailer Duty</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Steam</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p><strong>30</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Trailer HGV</p></td><td><p>896</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p><strong>902</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Powered Tricycle</p></td><td><p>1,636</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p><strong>1,638</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,108,196</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15,477</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,123,773</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* (a) up to 31 March 2017</p><p>* (b) on or after 1 April 2017</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/07/2017 07:02:26 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

750303

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Equality
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the contribution from the Minister for the Cabinet Office on 2 November 2016, Official Report, column 879, what work is being done to progress work to distinguish Gypsies and Travellers using 2011 census classifications in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	3876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Honourable Member for Stretford and Urmston to the answer given by my Right Hon Friend, the Minister for the Cabinet Office, the Right Honourable Member for Ashford in response to UIN 3079 on 11 July.</p><p> </p><p>The Race Disparity Audit will publish Government data about ethnicity on a website. The data will show the ethnic classifications available for each dataset covered, including where available Gypsies and Travellers.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 4062 question first answered 18/07/2017 08:31:18 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

750310

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that road accident and casualty statistics are published on time; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	3841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Transport (DfT) has postponed publication of its annual 2016 road casualty data until 28 September as a result of a delay in receiving final validated data from Transport for London (TfL), in particular the data which TfL receives and processes for the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS). The MPS data makes up around 15% of the road casualty dataset for Great Britain and therefore a significant component of the national total. The Department for Transport is working closely with TfL to obtain final validated data from the MPS.</p><p> </p><p>The procedures for submitting reported road casualty data to DfT are well established and outlined in the published manuals detailing the instructions for completion of accident records and how these records should be checked for accuracy. It is the responsibility of those organisations supplying the data to DfT, either directly from police forces or via highway authorities, to ensure that accident records meet the required quality standards. DfT has regular contact with all data suppliers and works with them to identify any errors in the data on a continuous basis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 18/07/2017 08:09:15 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

750311

registered interest
date	10/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the Government's policy is on reducing deaths and injuries to road users; and if he will adopt casualty reduction targets.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	3843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The British Road Safety statement sets out the Department for Transport’s vision, values and priorities in relation to British road safety. Local Authorities and the police are free to set casualty reduction targets, if they find it useful.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 18/07/2017 08:21:08 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

749655

registered interest
date	07/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Fuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will set target dates for phasing out (a) petrol and (b) diesel vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	3680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>This Government has a manifesto commitment for almost all cars and vans on our roads to be zero emission by 2050. We believe this would necessitate all new cars and vans being zero emission vehicles by 2040.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/07/2017 06:23:59 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

749687

registered interest
date	07/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much central Government investment has been provided to (a) Coventry and (b) the West Midlands to upgrade the cycling network in those areas in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	3628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>Since 2010, local authorities in England have benefited from over £600m of funding from the Department for Transport (DfT) for sustainable transport initiatives, including cycling and walking, through the Local Sustainable Transport Fund and its successors the Sustainable Travel Transition Year and Access Fund. Details of the areas where DfT funding has been provided can be found at: <a href="http://maps.dft.gov.uk/funding-for-sustainable-travel/index.html" target="_blank">http://maps.dft.gov.uk/funding-for-sustainable-travel/index.html</a></p><p> </p><p>Coventry City Council received £3.496m of DfT funding from the Local Sustainable Transport Fund between 2011-15 for the “Cycle Coventry” project, which delivered cycling infrastructure and initiatives to encourage cycling amongst commuters, university students and local communities. Coventry also benefited from £270,000 of DfT funding in 2015-16 to enable Virgin Trains to improve cycle facilities at Coventry railway station.</p><p> </p><p>DfT has provided the following funding to local authorities in the West Midlands which has funded cycle networks and awareness raising initiatives:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Cycle Ambition Cities Grant - Birmingham City Council</p></td><td><p>£13m for 2013-15</p></td><td><p>£1m for 2015-16</p></td><td><p>£7.317m for 2016-17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local Sustainable Transport Fund - West Midlands</p></td><td><p>£77.8m for 2011-15</p></td><td><p>£8m for 2015-16</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sustainable Travel Transition Year – West Midlands</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td><td><p>£2.9m for 2016-17</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Alongside this DfT provided a total of £1.224m in 2015-16 to improve cycle rail facilities at railway stations in the West Midlands region. There has also been funding for cycling and walking in the West Midlands over the last five years through Bikeability, the Local Growth Fund, Highways Maintenance Block and the Integrated Transport Block. Precise amounts spent on cycling and walking vary and will depend on decisions made by the relevant local authorities and other local bodies.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 12/07/2017 10:12:27 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

749688

registered interest
date	07/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding his Department has made available for cycling in (a) Sunderland and (b) the North East since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	3634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2017 answer text <p>Since 2010, local authorities in England have benefited from over £600m of funding from the Department for Transport (DfT) for sustainable transport initiatives, including cycling and walking, through the Local Sustainable Transport Fund and its successors the Sustainable Travel Transition Year and Access Fund. Details of the areas where DfT funding has been provided can be found at: <a href="http://maps.dft.gov.uk/funding-for-sustainable-travel/index.html" target="_blank">http://maps.dft.gov.uk/funding-for-sustainable-travel/index.html</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Sunderland Council has benefited from around £100,000 per annum of DfT funding since 2011-12 for Bikeability training. All other DfT funding has been provided to the North East Combined Authority (NECA), which includes Sunderland. The amount of DfT funding provided to NECA, and its predecessor, for sustainable transport (including cycling and walking) was £28.56m from 2011 – 17, this includes £16.32m of Cycle Ambition City funding. DfT does not hold data on how this funding has been allocated between each local authority.</p><p> </p><p>Since 2010 there has also been additional funding, some of which will have benefited cycling and walking in the North East region. This includes through the Local Growth Fund, Highways Maintenance Block and the Integrated Transport Block. Precise amounts spent vary and will depend on decisions made by the relevant local authorities and other local bodies.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 12/07/2017 10:40:19 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson