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1122404

registered interest
date	23/04/2019
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, whether his Department has plans to amend the driver’s theory test in relation to (a) pedestrians and (b) cyclists.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	246551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency is committed to broadening the scope of vulnerable road users in the car driving theory test.</p><p> </p><p>The multiple choice part of the theory test includes questions on the awareness of, and actions relating to, the vulnerability of pedestrians and cyclists.</p><p> </p><p>The hazard perception element of the theory test contains clips that have been developed to increase the realism of situations involving vulnerable road users, including pedestrians and cyclists.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 29/04/2019 11:16:01 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1122440

registered interest
date	23/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	M20
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department has issued to Highways England on removing the barrier on the London-bound section of the M20; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ashford
tabling member printed	Damian Green
uin	246427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>The safety of road users is a priority both for the Department for Transport and for Highways England, and has been throughout the design and potential implementation of the Operation Brock traffic management contingency measures.</p><p>Highways England are responsible for operational decisions regarding the strategic road network in England, which includes the M20 in Kent. Decisions regarding significant changes to this road network – such as the removal of the metal barrier that is currently in place on the London-bound carriageway between junctions 8 and 9 of the M20, or the use of lanes on the M20 carriageways – are made on their advice and by taking into consideration the safety and convenience of all road users. The speed restrictions imposed on the contraflow system were put in place to ensure the safe use of the system by both freight and non-freight drivers.</p><p>The coast-bound carriageway between junctions 8 and 9 of the M20 is currently operating as a three-lane motorway and the Operation Brock contraflow system is not active on this part of the motorway. The London-bound carriageway has two running lanes, operating with a 50 mph speed limit.</p><p>The steel barrier on the London-bound carriageway will remain in place until further notice, to allow for the option of deploying the contraflow at short notice during times of cross-Channel disruption, caused by bad weather or industrial action as in the past, for example. The M20 barrier will remain under regular review over the coming months, but is unlikely to be removed before the end of October.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 246428 246429 246430 question first answered 01/05/2019 14:54:59 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	76 label Biography information for Damian Green

1122441

registered interest
date	23/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	M20
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria his Department plans to use to make a decision on the remove the metal barrier on the London-bound carriageway of the M20.
tabling member constituency	Ashford
tabling member printed	Damian Green
uin	246428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>The safety of road users is a priority both for the Department for Transport and for Highways England, and has been throughout the design and potential implementation of the Operation Brock traffic management contingency measures.</p><p>Highways England are responsible for operational decisions regarding the strategic road network in England, which includes the M20 in Kent. Decisions regarding significant changes to this road network – such as the removal of the metal barrier that is currently in place on the London-bound carriageway between junctions 8 and 9 of the M20, or the use of lanes on the M20 carriageways – are made on their advice and by taking into consideration the safety and convenience of all road users. The speed restrictions imposed on the contraflow system were put in place to ensure the safe use of the system by both freight and non-freight drivers.</p><p>The coast-bound carriageway between junctions 8 and 9 of the M20 is currently operating as a three-lane motorway and the Operation Brock contraflow system is not active on this part of the motorway. The London-bound carriageway has two running lanes, operating with a 50 mph speed limit.</p><p>The steel barrier on the London-bound carriageway will remain in place until further notice, to allow for the option of deploying the contraflow at short notice during times of cross-Channel disruption, caused by bad weather or industrial action as in the past, for example. The M20 barrier will remain under regular review over the coming months, but is unlikely to be removed before the end of October.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 246427 246429 246430 question first answered 01/05/2019 14:54:59 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	76 label Biography information for Damian Green

1122443

registered interest
date	23/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	M20
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 reinstate three-lane running on both carriageways of the M20; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ashford
tabling member printed	Damian Green
uin	246429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>The safety of road users is a priority both for the Department for Transport and for Highways England, and has been throughout the design and potential implementation of the Operation Brock traffic management contingency measures.</p><p>Highways England are responsible for operational decisions regarding the strategic road network in England, which includes the M20 in Kent. Decisions regarding significant changes to this road network – such as the removal of the metal barrier that is currently in place on the London-bound carriageway between junctions 8 and 9 of the M20, or the use of lanes on the M20 carriageways – are made on their advice and by taking into consideration the safety and convenience of all road users. The speed restrictions imposed on the contraflow system were put in place to ensure the safe use of the system by both freight and non-freight drivers.</p><p>The coast-bound carriageway between junctions 8 and 9 of the M20 is currently operating as a three-lane motorway and the Operation Brock contraflow system is not active on this part of the motorway. The London-bound carriageway has two running lanes, operating with a 50 mph speed limit.</p><p>The steel barrier on the London-bound carriageway will remain in place until further notice, to allow for the option of deploying the contraflow at short notice during times of cross-Channel disruption, caused by bad weather or industrial action as in the past, for example. The M20 barrier will remain under regular review over the coming months, but is unlikely to be removed before the end of October.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 246427 246428 246430 question first answered 01/05/2019 14:54:59 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	76 label Biography information for Damian Green

1122444

registered interest
date	23/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	M20
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will instruct Highways England to remove speed restrictions imposed on the M20 for Operation Brock on the coastbound carriageway of the M20.
tabling member constituency	Ashford
tabling member printed	Damian Green
uin	246430
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>The safety of road users is a priority both for the Department for Transport and for Highways England, and has been throughout the design and potential implementation of the Operation Brock traffic management contingency measures.</p><p>Highways England are responsible for operational decisions regarding the strategic road network in England, which includes the M20 in Kent. Decisions regarding significant changes to this road network – such as the removal of the metal barrier that is currently in place on the London-bound carriageway between junctions 8 and 9 of the M20, or the use of lanes on the M20 carriageways – are made on their advice and by taking into consideration the safety and convenience of all road users. The speed restrictions imposed on the contraflow system were put in place to ensure the safe use of the system by both freight and non-freight drivers.</p><p>The coast-bound carriageway between junctions 8 and 9 of the M20 is currently operating as a three-lane motorway and the Operation Brock contraflow system is not active on this part of the motorway. The London-bound carriageway has two running lanes, operating with a 50 mph speed limit.</p><p>The steel barrier on the London-bound carriageway will remain in place until further notice, to allow for the option of deploying the contraflow at short notice during times of cross-Channel disruption, caused by bad weather or industrial action as in the past, for example. The M20 barrier will remain under regular review over the coming months, but is unlikely to be removed before the end of October.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 246427 246428 246429 question first answered 01/05/2019 14:54:59 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	76 label Biography information for Damian Green

1122541

registered interest
date	23/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: Insurance
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 potential merits of introducing a cycling indemnity for people using their bike to get to work.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	246483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department encourages all cyclists to take out some form of insurance and many do through cycling organisations (which provide insurance through membership) or as an extension of their household insurance.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 29/04/2019 11:12:41 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1121746

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
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, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2019 to Question 218834 on Blue Badge Scheme, on what date the guidance to local authorities on changes to the Blue Badge scheme extending eligibility to those with less visible conditions will be issued.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	245912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <p>The guidance necessary for local authorities to assess applications under the expanded eligibility criteria for non-physical and hidden disabilities is currently being finalised. The Department for Transport is hoping to publish the guidance at the end of May.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/04/2019 14:29:27 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

1121780

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Parking: Cycleways
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to introduce legislation to permit the use of approved camera devices for the enforcement by local authorities of parking restrictions in mandatory cycle lanes.
tabling member constituency	Greenwich and Woolwich
tabling member printed	Matthew Pennycook
uin	245913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government response to the Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy (CWIS) Safety Review Call for Evidence committed to allow local councils to use cameras to enforce parking restrictions in mandatory cycle lanes within the next two years. Work is under way to introduce the relevant legislation within this timeframe.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 26/04/2019 09:56:11 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook

1121781

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps his Department has taken to help ensure cycling in UK cities becomes safer and more child friendly.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	245671
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2019 answer text <p>Around £2bn of funding is being invested in cycling and walking projects between 2016/17 and 2020/21, which will help make cycling safer for everyone. This includes £50m for Bikeability training for school children, which has allowed around four hundred thousand children to be trained during the 2018/19 academic year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 26/04/2019 10:14:28 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1121915

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Control: Kent
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether an environmental impact assessment was conducted prior to establishing Operation Brock.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	245738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>The contingency traffic management measures of Operation Brock consist of three phases: a queuing and contraflow system between junctions 8 and 9 of the M20 (Brock M20); temporary holding areas at Manston Airport; and, if necessary, temporary holding areas on the M26 (Brock M26), if capacity has been exceeded elsewhere within the Brock suite of measures.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the design process of the Operation Brock measures, Highways England undertook legally required environmental screening exercises. These determined that full Environmental Impact Assessments were not required for either the Brock M20 or Brock M26 measures. The formal Notices of Determination were published in The Gazette on 24 May 2018 and 15 November 2018 respectively.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>For Manston Airport, environmental and habitat assessments were carried out to inform the conditions of the Town and Country Planning (Manston Airport) Special Development Order 2019 (SDO), which was laid before Parliament on 23 January 2019.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/04/2019 10:10:15 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh