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757819

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Home Secretary on tackling banned drivers who continue to drive.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	8951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>Ministers in the Department for Transport have not had any recent discussions with Home Office Ministers on this subject. However, officials in DfT, DVLA, the Police and the Home Office have day to day contact about a multitude of road safety issues, including unlicensed driving in all its forms.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/09/2017 11:37:23 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

757821

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Traffic Lights: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to include the ability to charge for the installation of mobile traffic lights in his proposals to allow local authorities to reclaim income from constructors for disruption to roads.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	8950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>Utility companies, contractors and other works promoters already have to pay for mobile traffic lights and any other traffic management equipment that may be required for a particular work site. Not all works need mobile traffic lights.</p><p> </p><p>My Department published a consultation on lane rental on 2<sup>nd</sup> September. Lane rental allows local authorities to charge for works on the busiest roads at the busiest times. Charges are set to reflect the cost of congestion and disruption to road users rather than the type of traffic control used, and can be up to £2,500 per day.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation is open until 28<sup>th</sup> October. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/future-of-lane-rental-schemes-for-roadworks" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/future-of-lane-rental-schemes-for-roadworks</a></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 12/09/2017 09:10:13 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

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

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

747603

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people have received driving bans in (a) Stroud District, (b) Gloucestershire and (c) England in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	2637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2017 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) does not hold data on most driving disqualifications imposed before 2014. This is because driving endorsements are retained on the DVLA’s database in line with the offence retention periods set out in legislation.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of individuals shown on the DVLA’s records as having received a driving disqualification since 2014 in the areas requested.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Calendar year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong> up to 1 July</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Stroud District</strong></p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Gloucestershire</strong></p></td><td><p>684</p></td><td><p>742</p></td><td><p>875</p></td><td><p>423</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p>76,899</p></td><td><p>81,345</p></td><td><p>89,658</p></td><td><p>43,391</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The table reflects each individual disqualification which might mean that some drivers may be included more than once.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 07/07/2017 09:05:33 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

747605

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
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 cycling fatalities there have been in (a) Gloucestershire and (b) England in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	2638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The number of reported pedal cyclists killed in (a) Gloucestershire and (b) England in each of the last five years is given in following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Number of reported pedal cyclists killed in (a) Gloucestershire and (b) England; 2011 - 2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>(a) Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>(b) England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>105</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>93</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/07/2017 14:36:24 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew