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date	06/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving: Young People
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 effect on the safety of young people of driving vehicles with high brake horse power.
tabling member constituency	Dudley North
tabling member printed	Ian Austin
uin	161520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2018 answer text <p>Young drivers are generally more likely to be killed or seriously injured than car drivers aged 25 or over.</p><p> </p><p>There are no current plans to limit the engine capacity that young drivers are able to drive, as this would not address the many fatal and serious accidents which occur at lower speeds.</p><p> </p><p>The Department will, however, monitor the results of the introduction of Graduated Driver Licencing (GDL) in Northern Ireland. GDL is a staged approach to fully independent driving, which can include a number of different components related to pre- and post-test restrictions. This includes the imposition of restrictions, such as not carrying peer aged passengers or night time driving.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, as highlighted in the Road Safety Statement, the Department is about to trial the effectiveness of a range of measures to improve the safety of young and novice drivers, both before they take their test and after passing it.</p><p> </p><p>Many new drivers are young drivers, and we have recently updated the driving test both to ensure new drivers have the skills they will need through a lifetime of safe driving, and to reflect better the situations they may encounter when they first start driving unaccompanied. For example, the independent driving time is set to increase, and during this time candidates will be asked to follow directions from a sat nav.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/07/2018 15:33:58 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

769031

registered interest
date	11/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving: Young People
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 promote the use of black box technology to encourage safer driving among under 18s.
tabling member constituency	Preseli Pembrokeshire
tabling member printed	Stephen Crabb
uin	107235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>In 2017, the Department commissioned a major research study which will consider the effectiveness of several measures, including telematics, in improving young drivers’ safety. The Department will make decisions about any potential steps to promote black box technology in light of that research.</p><p><br> The Department has not received any recent representations on raising the driving age to 18.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 107201 question first answered 16/10/2017 13:50:12 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb

769033

registered interest
date	11/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received on raising the driving age to 18.
tabling member constituency	Preseli Pembrokeshire
tabling member printed	Stephen Crabb
uin	107201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>In 2017, the Department commissioned a major research study which will consider the effectiveness of several measures, including telematics, in improving young drivers’ safety. The Department will make decisions about any potential steps to promote black box technology in light of that research.</p><p><br> The Department has not received any recent representations on raising the driving age to 18.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 107235 question first answered 16/10/2017 13:50:12 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1554 label Biography information for Stephen Crabb