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889899

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: Road Traffic Offences
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 27 March 2018 to Question 133895, when his Department plans to respond to the Cycle Safety Review, published on 9 March 2018.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	136951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>The Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy Safety Review: Call for Evidence was published on 9 March 2018 and will close on 1 June 2018. The Department for Transport intends to publish a summary of responses and next steps in the Autumn.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 01/05/2018 11:25:34 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

890045

registered interest
date	23/04/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shared Spaces: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the report of the Women and Equalities Select Committee, Building for Equality: Disability and the Built Environment, published on 25 April 2017. what plans his Department has update Local Government Note 1/11 published in October 2011 to take into account the recommendations on shared space schemes.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	137097
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government published its response to the Women and Equalities Select Committee report on 14 March 2018. It can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disability-and-the-built-environment-government-response-to-select-committee-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disability-and-the-built-environment-government-response-to-select-committee-report</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The response welcomed the Committee’s contribution to this important debate and is absolutely clear that the needs of the whole community, including disabled people, need to be considered by councils looking to introduce any public realm scheme, including shared space.</p><p> </p><p>The Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation has now reported to the Government on its review of shared space. It published “Creating better streets: Inclusive and accessible places” in January 2018.</p><p><a href="http://www.ciht.org.uk/en/document-summary/index.cfm/docid/BF28B40D-9855-46D6-B8C19E22B64AA066" target="_blank">http://www.ciht.org.uk/en/document-summary/index.cfm/docid/BF28B40D-9855-46D6-B8C19E22B64AA066</a></p><p> </p><p>The review has considered many of the issues raised by the Committee, and the report made recommendations for further work, including on guidance. The Government is considering those recommendations and will respond formally in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport is aware of and understands the issues raised around navigation within shared space. Local Transport Note 1/11: Shared Space already stresses the importance of engaging with groups representing disabled people during the development of any shared space scheme. It also refers to the need for authorities to ensure their designs are inclusive and reminds them of their duties under the Equality Act 2010.</p><p> </p><p>Local traffic authorities are responsible for the design of streets in their care, and do not have to seek Department for Transport approval to install street design schemes, whether they incorporate shared space or not.</p><p> </p><p>With regards to the driving test, both the theory and practical test are periodically updated to ensure the tests are kept up to date. There are no plans currently to include shared space.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 137100 question first answered 26/04/2018 14:10:37 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

887872

registered interest
date	20/04/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Offences: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will hold discussions with the Secretary of State for Justice on introducing tighter measures for companies that employ drivers so that such companies are automatically informed when an employee is convicted of a motoring offence and subsequently loses their professional driving licence; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Mr Chris Leslie
uin	136867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>There are no plans for the Secretary of State to hold discussions with the Secretary of State for Justice about measures of this kind.</p><p> </p><p>The Driver and Vehicle and Licencing Agency (DVLA) does not hold or ask for details of where drivers work. In the haulage sector, some drivers are self-employed or work through agencies on short-term contracts for a variety of different companies.</p><p> </p><p>All employers have a duty to check their employees’ licences regularly; the DVLA advises that this should be done at least once every three months and they can do so using the DVLA’s free licence check service.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 30/04/2018 11:09:48 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

887900

registered interest
date	20/04/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Highway Code
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to update the Highway Code.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	136895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>The Department is currently updating The Highway Code to reflect the changes made to legislation regarding learner drivers on motorways and on remote control parking.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 27/04/2018 11:14:30 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

887058

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycleways
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to support local authorities in increasing the number cycle paths on public roads.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	136626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s statutory Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy, published in April 2017, outlines £1.2 billion of funding that may be invested in cycling and walking over the period to 2021. Since its publication, the Government has made further support available for cycling and walking infrastructure, through the National Productivity Investment Fund, Transforming Cities Fund and Clean Air Fund. Ultimately, decisions for allocating funding for cycle paths are for local authorities. In line with the Strategy, the Department for Transport is in the process of updating its guidance for local authorities on designing good, safe cycling infrastructure. In addition, the Department is providing 44 local authorities with access to expert support to assist in the development of ten-year Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plans. This support will enable authorities to map their future cycle networks and to prioritise future investments.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/04/2018 16:33:40 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

887143

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Community Transport: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his plans are for the future of the community transport permit system.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	136708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government is currently consulting on the issue and use of the Transport Act’s 1985 s19 and s22 permits and has no plans to end the current permit system. The Government’s commitment to supporting the sector remains as strong as ever.</p><p>Within the existing legal framework, the Department wants as many community transport providers as possible to continue to operate, and retain, service provision for vulnerable community transport passengers.</p><p> </p><p>While it remains a member of the European Union, the UK is under a legal obligation to obey EU law. Although the Department cannot guarantee that operators will not be affected, we are interpreting the exemptions in the EU Regulation 1071/2009 as widely as legally possible to minimise the scale of any impacts on operators. Any impacts on individual operators will depend on their specific circumstances and the decisions that they take to comply with the Regulation.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation is also seeking examples of operating models that community transport operators may be able to use to mitigate the Regulation’s impact. The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency is taking a proportionate approach to enforcement as operators adjust. The Department is also making available £250,000 to support community transport organisations, and this may be used to assist drivers.</p><p> </p><p>I met the Chief Executive of the Community Transport Association UK IN September 2017 to discuss Regulation 1071/2009 and its potential effect on the community transport sector, have spoken to him since and expect to meet with him again shortly. Officials continue to liaise with the CTA regularly, and with the Directors of CTA Wales and CTA Scotland who attended the Department’s recent consultation events. Departmental officials also regularly liaise with their Welsh Government counterparts, and they worked together to hold a consultation event on 20 April in Treforest.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 136709 136710 136711 136712 question first answered 27/04/2018 10:01:37 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

887144

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Community Transport: Licensing
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 ensure community transport operators are not adversely affected by any changes to the community transport permit system.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	136709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government is currently consulting on the issue and use of the Transport Act’s 1985 s19 and s22 permits and has no plans to end the current permit system. The Government’s commitment to supporting the sector remains as strong as ever.</p><p>Within the existing legal framework, the Department wants as many community transport providers as possible to continue to operate, and retain, service provision for vulnerable community transport passengers.</p><p> </p><p>While it remains a member of the European Union, the UK is under a legal obligation to obey EU law. Although the Department cannot guarantee that operators will not be affected, we are interpreting the exemptions in the EU Regulation 1071/2009 as widely as legally possible to minimise the scale of any impacts on operators. Any impacts on individual operators will depend on their specific circumstances and the decisions that they take to comply with the Regulation.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation is also seeking examples of operating models that community transport operators may be able to use to mitigate the Regulation’s impact. The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency is taking a proportionate approach to enforcement as operators adjust. The Department is also making available £250,000 to support community transport organisations, and this may be used to assist drivers.</p><p> </p><p>I met the Chief Executive of the Community Transport Association UK IN September 2017 to discuss Regulation 1071/2009 and its potential effect on the community transport sector, have spoken to him since and expect to meet with him again shortly. Officials continue to liaise with the CTA regularly, and with the Directors of CTA Wales and CTA Scotland who attended the Department’s recent consultation events. Departmental officials also regularly liaise with their Welsh Government counterparts, and they worked together to hold a consultation event on 20 April in Treforest.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 136708 136710 136711 136712 question first answered 27/04/2018 10:01:36 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

887145

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Community Transport: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on the future of the community transport permit system.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	136710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government is currently consulting on the issue and use of the Transport Act’s 1985 s19 and s22 permits and has no plans to end the current permit system. The Government’s commitment to supporting the sector remains as strong as ever.</p><p>Within the existing legal framework, the Department wants as many community transport providers as possible to continue to operate, and retain, service provision for vulnerable community transport passengers.</p><p> </p><p>While it remains a member of the European Union, the UK is under a legal obligation to obey EU law. Although the Department cannot guarantee that operators will not be affected, we are interpreting the exemptions in the EU Regulation 1071/2009 as widely as legally possible to minimise the scale of any impacts on operators. Any impacts on individual operators will depend on their specific circumstances and the decisions that they take to comply with the Regulation.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation is also seeking examples of operating models that community transport operators may be able to use to mitigate the Regulation’s impact. The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency is taking a proportionate approach to enforcement as operators adjust. The Department is also making available £250,000 to support community transport organisations, and this may be used to assist drivers.</p><p> </p><p>I met the Chief Executive of the Community Transport Association UK IN September 2017 to discuss Regulation 1071/2009 and its potential effect on the community transport sector, have spoken to him since and expect to meet with him again shortly. Officials continue to liaise with the CTA regularly, and with the Directors of CTA Wales and CTA Scotland who attended the Department’s recent consultation events. Departmental officials also regularly liaise with their Welsh Government counterparts, and they worked together to hold a consultation event on 20 April in Treforest.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 136708 136709 136711 136712 question first answered 27/04/2018 10:01:37 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

887146

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Community Transport: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Community Transport Association on the community transport permit system.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	136711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government is currently consulting on the issue and use of the Transport Act’s 1985 s19 and s22 permits and has no plans to end the current permit system. The Government’s commitment to supporting the sector remains as strong as ever.</p><p>Within the existing legal framework, the Department wants as many community transport providers as possible to continue to operate, and retain, service provision for vulnerable community transport passengers.</p><p> </p><p>While it remains a member of the European Union, the UK is under a legal obligation to obey EU law. Although the Department cannot guarantee that operators will not be affected, we are interpreting the exemptions in the EU Regulation 1071/2009 as widely as legally possible to minimise the scale of any impacts on operators. Any impacts on individual operators will depend on their specific circumstances and the decisions that they take to comply with the Regulation.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation is also seeking examples of operating models that community transport operators may be able to use to mitigate the Regulation’s impact. The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency is taking a proportionate approach to enforcement as operators adjust. The Department is also making available £250,000 to support community transport organisations, and this may be used to assist drivers.</p><p> </p><p>I met the Chief Executive of the Community Transport Association UK IN September 2017 to discuss Regulation 1071/2009 and its potential effect on the community transport sector, have spoken to him since and expect to meet with him again shortly. Officials continue to liaise with the CTA regularly, and with the Directors of CTA Wales and CTA Scotland who attended the Department’s recent consultation events. Departmental officials also regularly liaise with their Welsh Government counterparts, and they worked together to hold a consultation event on 20 April in Treforest.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 136708 136709 136710 136712 question first answered 27/04/2018 10:01:37 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

887147

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Community Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to support volunteer drivers in community transport operators.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	136712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government is currently consulting on the issue and use of the Transport Act’s 1985 s19 and s22 permits and has no plans to end the current permit system. The Government’s commitment to supporting the sector remains as strong as ever.</p><p>Within the existing legal framework, the Department wants as many community transport providers as possible to continue to operate, and retain, service provision for vulnerable community transport passengers.</p><p> </p><p>While it remains a member of the European Union, the UK is under a legal obligation to obey EU law. Although the Department cannot guarantee that operators will not be affected, we are interpreting the exemptions in the EU Regulation 1071/2009 as widely as legally possible to minimise the scale of any impacts on operators. Any impacts on individual operators will depend on their specific circumstances and the decisions that they take to comply with the Regulation.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation is also seeking examples of operating models that community transport operators may be able to use to mitigate the Regulation’s impact. The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency is taking a proportionate approach to enforcement as operators adjust. The Department is also making available £250,000 to support community transport organisations, and this may be used to assist drivers.</p><p> </p><p>I met the Chief Executive of the Community Transport Association UK IN September 2017 to discuss Regulation 1071/2009 and its potential effect on the community transport sector, have spoken to him since and expect to meet with him again shortly. Officials continue to liaise with the CTA regularly, and with the Directors of CTA Wales and CTA Scotland who attended the Department’s recent consultation events. Departmental officials also regularly liaise with their Welsh Government counterparts, and they worked together to hold a consultation event on 20 April in Treforest.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 136708 136709 136710 136711 question first answered 27/04/2018 10:01:37 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards