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756047

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date	04/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles: Speed Limits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to reduce the speed limit for heavy goods vehicles from 56 miles per hour.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	7152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The vast majority of heavy goods vehicles are required to be fitted with a speed limiter set at 56 miles per hour and this must be used at all times. This is distinct from the road-based speed limits, which for heavy goods vehicles in England and Wales is 50 miles per hour on single carriageways and 60 miles per hour on dual carriageways and motorways. The Government has no current plans to change the speed limiter requirements or the national speed limits for heavy goods vehicles.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/09/2017 10:46:34 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

756782

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Tests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to review the driving test after the UK leaves the EU and is no longer subject to the European Driving Licence Directive.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	7805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>This country has an excellent national road safety record and the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) regularly reviews the delivery of the driving test to ensure the test is relevant and appropriate to real life driving on Great Britain’s roads, irrespective of our membership of the EU.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/09/2017 12:42:20 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

756783

registered interest
date	04/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Tests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to introduce a mandatory element to the driving test on driving safely in the presence of heavy goods vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	7804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is confident that the training and testing of practical test candidates adequately covers the ability to interact safely with all road users, including heavy goods vehicles (HGV).</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the National Standards for Driving, the Highway Code and ‘The Official DVSA Guide to Driving: the essential skills’ make specific reference to large vehicles, highlighting that HGVs:</p><ul><li>need for more room to manoeuvre;</li><li>travel at slower speeds; and</li><li>can block the view of other drivers.</li></ul><p> </p><p>They also highlight that drivers of large vehicles might not be able to see other road users in their mirrors and give guidance on how to overtake a large vehicle safely.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/09/2017 09:50:17 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

753566

registered interest
date	18/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much and what proportion of his Department's expenditure has been identified as relating to its work on the UK leaving the EU in 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	5632
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2017 answer text <p>Plans are being developed for the full range of costs and investment required to support the UK exit. Contributions are being made from across the department and there is no central figure held for the cost of this work.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 26/07/2017 11:10:02 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

753011

registered interest
date	17/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff in his Department have responsibilities relating to the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	5513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Transport set up a new Directorate last year to co-ordinate its EU Exit work alongside its existing EU and International work. Staff within the Directorate lead on providing advice to Ministers on EU Exit and exit-related issues. Members of staff across the Department also provide advice and analysis on EU Exit issues as required. Given the interactions between EU exit work and the Department’s other priorities, it is not possible to give an accurate figure.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/07/2017 13:54:25 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

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

723944

registered interest
date	24/04/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Energy: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment the Government has made of the accuracy of the data held by energy companies on the energy consumption patterns of households in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	71750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>Under terms in the supply license, energy companies must take all reasonable steps to obtain a meter reading for each customer at least once a year.</p><p>Customers may submit their own meter readings to energy companies at any time to avoid an estimated bill. If a supplier considers a customer’s reading to be reasonably accurate they must take all reasonable steps to reflect the meter reading in the next bill or statement of account. If a meter reading provided by a customer is considered not to be reasonably accurate, the supplier will ask for another reading or arrange to read the meter themselves.</p><p>The installation of smart meters, which is scheduled to be completed by 2020, should enable suppliers to provide more accurate bills, based upon actual readings transmitted by each meter.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 27/04/2017 08:52:50 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

713053

registered interest
date	21/03/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Aerospace Industry: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effect on the Welsh aerospace sector of the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	68676
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>We have engaged with the sector across the breadth of the UK, including through ADS (the national trade association for the sector), representatives of each of the Devolved Administrations, and directly with companies including in Wales. We are aware of the key areas of importance to the aerospace sector ahead of our negotiations to exit the European Union. Our aim is to retain the UK aerospace sector’s leading position in the global market.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 28/03/2017 13:09:02 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams