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757402

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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	Unadopted Roads
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 published on local authorities adopting new private roads.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	8548
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The Department published guidance on 20 April 2017. This can be viewed via the following link:</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/adoption-of-roads-by-highway-authorities" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/adoption-of-roads-by-highway-authorities</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 12/09/2017 08:53:15 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

757500

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	Road Traffic Act 1988: Cycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will bring forward legislative proposals to amend the Road Traffic Act 1988 to ensure that cyclists are bound by that legislation.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	8535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>Protecting pedestrians and all road users is a key priority. We have some of the safest roads in the world but are always looking at ways to make them safer.</p><p>There are road traffic offences already that apply to cyclists, but the Department is carefully considering the implications of the recent tragic case of Mrs Briggs, who died after a collision with a cyclist, including as to whether current legislation is adequate.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/09/2017 11:03:31 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

757800

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	Roads: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people aged over 70 who have been involved in a road traffic accident in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	8547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>The number of reported road casualties of people aged 70 years and older in reported road accidents in Great Britain in 2011 to 2015 is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Casualties</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>11,824</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>11,469</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>11,292</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>12,181</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>11,761</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source DfT STATS19</p><p> </p><p>Casualties includes all road user types, including pedestrians.</p><p> </p><p>The number of drivers aged 70 years and older involved in reported road accidents in Great Britain in 2011 to 2015 is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Drivers involved in accidents</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>11,929</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>11,869</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>12,102</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>12,947</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>12,353</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source DfT STATS19</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/09/2017 10:58:25 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

757801

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 Tests: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on the introduction of compulsory re-examination driving tests for people over the age of 70.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	8546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>The current driver licensing arrangements take into account the risks that an individual poses to road safety and are designed to be fair and proportionate to all drivers who remain fit and competent to drive, regardless of age. Age alone is not a reliable indicator of driving ability.</p><p> </p><p>However, all drivers aged 70 and over must renew their licences and make a declaration about their medical fitness to drive at least every three years. If there is evidence that a driver does not meet the appropriate medical stands, their entitlement to drive is immediately removed.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 12/09/2017 10:17:36 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord