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746747

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Hire Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to take steps to require criminal records checks to be made of drivers prior to hiring a van or car.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	1999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2017 answer text <p>There are no current plans to require criminal records checks to be made of drivers prior to hiring a van or car. However the Department for Transport is working very closely with government partners, the police and the security and intelligence agencies to consider what more can be done to prevent the malicious misuse of vehicles as a weapon.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 07/07/2017 10:06:42 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

746753

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Diesel Vehicles: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect of the use of AdBlue in road transport on the (a) carbon footprint of AdBlue production and (b) level of carbon dioxide emissions.
tabling member constituency	Tiverton and Honiton
tabling member printed	Neil Parish
uin	1985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that the transport sector plays a full part in delivering the emissions reductions needed to meet the Climate Change Act (2008) target for an 80% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 compared to 1990 levels.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport has made no assessment of the Carbon Dioxide emissions of Adblue production or use. Officials regularly review the emerging evidence on carbon dioxide emissions and, where found to be material, will adjust forecasts and policy to reflect this.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 07/07/2017 08:01:40 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4072 label Biography information for Neil Parish

746910

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Traffic Commissioners: Wales
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 relocate the Traffic Commissioner for Wales to an office in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	2192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2017 answer text <p>The Traffic Commissioner for Wales has use of an office in Cardiff as a temporary measure whilst the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) takes forward plans to locate a permanent base in Cardiff.</p><p> </p><p>Work is being undertaken by DVSA Estates to agree a lease and layout plan for premises in St Mary’s Street, Cardiff. It is expected that the traffic commissioner will move into this office in September 2017.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 07/07/2017 07:24:26 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

746938

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	A19: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 26 June 2017 to Question 336 on A19: accidents, if he will commission a report into the causes of injuries and fatalities at accident blackspots on the A19.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	2058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2017 answer text <p>Highways England is awaiting validated accident data for 2016, and will review the position in light of this information.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 07/07/2017 09:40:06 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

746141

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: Southampton
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 Southampton has received to upgrade its cycling network in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	1805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>Since 2010, local authorities have benefited from funding 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 allocated 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>Southampton received £4.947m from the Local Sustainable Transport Fund between 2011 and 2016 for a range of measures to reduce carbon which included walking and cycling initiatives, and will receive a further £2.3m from the Access Fund between 2017 and 2020.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Southampton Central station benefited from a £150,000 cycle-rail grant in 2012/13, and the Department has funded around £220,000 worth of Bikeability cycle training in Southampton over the last five years.</p><p> </p><p>Southampton has also received funding over the last five years through the Government’s Local Growth Fund, Highways Maintenance Block and the Integrated Transport Block. As this funding is not ring-fenced, however, the Department does not hold data on how much of it may have been spent on cycling networks.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/07/2017 16:20:57 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

746187

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure that his Department's next periodic survey of seatbelt and mobile telephone use by motorists (a) covers London in its survey sample and (b) takes account of taxi and private hire vehicles and their use of cradled mobile telephones.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	1915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department’s survey of hand-held mobile phone use and seat belt compliance has been designed primarily to produce national rather than regional estimates for Great Britain. A new survey for 2017 is currently being procured, which includes options to allow extra surveys to be commissioned for specific areas, including by Transport for London to secure London level data.</p><p>The survey will record data about taxi and private hire vehicles; however, no currently tested methodology enables information to be gathered about the use of cradled mobile telephones using roadside observation.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/07/2017 16:27:50 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake

746334

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many new EU directives relating to his Department's responsibilities are in negotiation in the EU.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	John Redwood
uin	1641
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2017 answer text <p>Until exit negotiations are concluded, the UK remains a full member of the European Union and all the rights and obligations of EU membership remain in force. During this period the Government will continue to negotiate, implement and apply EU legislation.</p><p> </p><p>There are 12 EU directives for which the Department for Transport is responsible that are in active negotiation under the Estonian Presidency of the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 07/07/2017 08:22:37 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

746363

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many EU directives relating to his Department are being transposed into UK law.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	John Redwood
uin	1704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2017 answer text <p>Until exit negotiations are concluded, the UK remains a full member of the European Union and all the rights and obligations of EU membership remain in force. During this period the Government will continue to negotiate, implement and apply EU legislation.</p><p>There are presently 15 EU directives relating to the Department for Transport which await transposition into UK law before 29 March 2019.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 07/07/2017 08:15:44 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

746364

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: EU Law
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 stop transposing new EU directives into UK law.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	John Redwood
uin	1705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2017 answer text <p>Government policy and legal assessment remain to ensure full compliance with EU legal requirements until the UK leaves the EU. This includes transposition of EU directives.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 07/07/2017 08:08:50 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

746412

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Ports: Freight
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to UK Port Freight Statistics: January to March 2017 Quarter 1, published on 14 June 2017, what assessment his Department has made of the cause of the recent decline in freight tonnage handled by UK ports.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	1875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2017 answer text <p>These are provisional statistics that provide an indication of high level trends. Further analysis and in depth commentary, including trends broken down by cargo category, will be published alongside the final annual statistics.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 03/07/2017 15:55:07 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood