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date	04/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Ragwort
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Highways Agency is taking to remove ragwort from (a) roadsides and (b) other land from which it isresponsible.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	2758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>Highways England’s policy is to remove any immediate threat of ragwort from roadsides and other land which it is responsible for in accordance with the Defra Code of practice. This includes such action as cutting back, herbicide treatment or uprooting.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/07/2017 14:26:14 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

748297

registered interest
date	04/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Combined Authorities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government plans to relax or amend the regulations relating to the introduction of bus franchising by non-mayoral combined authorities.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	2774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>The Bus Services Act 2017 <del class="ministerial">permits combined</del> <ins class="ministerial">provides</ins> mayoral <ins class="ministerial">combined</ins> authorities <ins class="ministerial">with access to</ins> <del class="ministerial">to apply for</del> new franchising powers. Other authorities can also apply for franchising powers with approval from the Secretary of State, subject to the necessary regulations having been made under the new section 123A(4) of Part 2 of the Transport Act 2000. No such regulations have yet been made.</p><p>The Government wants to see better local bus services for passengers across the country and will assist any local authority seeking to use the powers available to them under the Bus Services Act 2017 to secure improvements. We would also encourage authorities to work closely with local bus operators and passenger representatives to determine how to use the Act’s new powers to serve their local communities better.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 10/07/2017 14:56:47 question first ministerially corrected 13/07/2017 14:49:45 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 2923 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

747477

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Parking: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the efficacy of the enforcement of disabled parking bays in supermarket car parks.
tabling member constituency	Halifax
tabling member printed	Holly Lynch
uin	2360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>My Department has made no assessment of enforcement of disabled parking bays in supermarket car parks. Privately owned car parks are not subject to the provisions of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 and the terms and conditions under which they are operated are a matter for the car park owner. Owners of private car parks are covered by the Equality Act, and as such they are required to take reasonable steps to ensure that disabled people have the same access to the service as non-disabled people.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/07/2017 14:32:34 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4472 label Biography information for Holly Lynch

747605

registered interest
date	03/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many cycling fatalities there have been in (a) Gloucestershire and (b) England in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	2638
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2017 answer text <p>The number of reported pedal cyclists killed in (a) Gloucestershire and (b) England in each of the last five years is given in following table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong>Number of reported pedal cyclists killed in (a) Gloucestershire and (b) England; 2011 - 2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>(a) Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>(b) England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>105</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>91</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>100</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>93</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/07/2017 14:36:24 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew