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942855

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic: Greater London
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 of the roll-out of cycle superhighways throughout London on the level of traffic congestion.
tabling member constituency	Sutton and Cheam
tabling member printed	Paul Scully
uin	165045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>Transport in London is devolved to the Mayor of London, and it is for him to consider what, if any, assessment is made of the effects of cycle superhighways on traffic congestion.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport has not made a specific assessment of the effect of cycle superhighways on London’s congestion. Transport for London publishes a number of statistics on journey times and travel trends in its annual report “Travel in London”.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/07/2018 12:50:34 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully

942856

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received from (a) road users and (b) other organisations on the effect of cycle superhighways throughout London on the level of traffic congestion.
tabling member constituency	Sutton and Cheam
tabling member printed	Paul Scully
uin	165046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>Transport in London is devolved to the Mayor of London, and it is for him to consider any impacts of cycle superhighways on London’s traffic congestion.</p><p>The Department for Transport has received fewer than 10 items of correspondence on this matter since 2015 from the general public.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/07/2018 12:54:27 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully

942857

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the UK will adhere to the emissions standards for (a) cars, (b) vans and (c) heavy duty vehicles set out in recent EU proposed frameworks after the UK has left the EU; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	165035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>The recent White Paper on the future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union sets out the UK’s proposal for a UK-EU free trade area, underpinned by a common rulebook on industrial goods. This covers all rules that set the requirements for placing a product on the market, including environmental requirements, as are necessary to provide for frictionless trade at the border. This would include the type approval system for all categories of motor vehicles and would ensure that the UK and the EU adhere to the same emission standards for cars, vans and heavy duty vehicles.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/07/2018 12:40:16 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

942858

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to take steps to discourage the purchase of high-emission (a) sports utility and (b) other such vehicles; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	165036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>As my Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State has previously said, when people are buying new cars they should think carefully about the type of car that suits their needs. For example, someone who is making short journeys, mostly in towns, might find an electric car better suited to their needs than a larger diesel car. It is our mission for all new cars and vans to be effectively zero emission by 2040. Our recently published ‘Road to Zero’ strategy sets out the action Government will take to support this mission, as well as the steps we are taking to drive down emissions from conventional vehicles during the transition.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/07/2018 12:47:58 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

942891

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Heathrow Airport
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 16 July 2018 to Question 162595 on Heathrow Airport, what statutory mechanisms are in place to ensure that unfunded Public Service Obligations to Heathrow Airport will be binding on both the Heathrow Airport and airlines.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	165102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government expects the majority of domestic routes from an expanded Heathrow to be commercially viable with support from Heathrow Airport, as many are today. Unfunded Public Service Obligations to Heathrow Airport would provide a safeguard for domestic connections and an exemption from Air Passenger Duty – saving £26 from a domestic return ticket.</p><p> </p><p>EU Air Services Regulation 1008/2008 (Articles 16-18) makes provision for Public Service Obligations which are legally enforceable.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/07/2018 13:47:07 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

942893

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation
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 15 March 2018 to Question 132937 on Aviation, what definition his Department uses for (a) licensed and (b) certificated aerodromes.
tabling member constituency	St Austell and Newquay
tabling member printed	Steve Double
uin	165067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>A <strong>certificated </strong>aerodrome is one that falls within the scope of Commission Regulation (EU) No 139/2014. Aerodromes fall within the scope of this Regulation if they are open to public use; serve commercial air transport; operate using instrument flight procedures; and have a paved runway of 800 metres or above.</p><p> </p><p>An aerodrome outside of the scope of Commission Regulation (EU) No 139/2014 is required to be<strong> licensed</strong> if it meets the criteria outlined in Part 8 of the Air Navigation Order 2016. Such an aerodrome is required to hold a national licence if it is used for commercial air transport or flying training in aircraft above a specified weight.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/07/2018 12:57:54 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4452 label Biography information for Steve Double

942941

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Litter
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 57 of the Government's Litter strategy, published in April 2017, the number of partnerships Highways England has entered into with local authorities in relation to co-operation in tackling roadside litter.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	164928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>Highways England currently have 21 collaboration agreements in place formally with local authorities in relation to tackling roadside litter. Highways England also have informal partnerships with other Local Authorities, and are pursuing new opportunities for increased collaboration.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/07/2018 14:02:58 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

942968

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
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 discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on the proposed revision of Regulation 1071/2009 on exemptions for community transport providers operating for non-commercial purposes.
tabling member constituency	Belfast North
tabling member printed	Nigel Dodds
uin	164900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>Department for Transport officials are in regular contact with their EU Commission counterparts about a range of issues, including on the exemptions in EU Regulation 1071/2009. Wherever possible, the Department wants community transport providers to continue to operate, and retain, service provision for vulnerable community transport passengers.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/07/2018 15:49:56 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1388 label Biography information for Lord Dodds of Duncairn

943072

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Alcoholic Drinks and Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what rules are in place for the testing of (a) drugs and (b) alcohol consumption by commercial pilots.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	164894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>The Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003 sets out a prescribed alcohol limit for people involved in aviation activities, including flight crew. The Act authorises the police to test flight crew for drugs and alcohol after accidents or incidents, or with due cause at any other time.</p><p> </p><p>Under European aviation safety regulations, all UK Air Operator Certificate (AOC) holders should have a drug and alcohol policy, as part of their Safety Management System. Trained staff carry out screening tests usually by mouth swab, breath, blood, hair or urine sample. A confirmed positive result should be reported to the Civil Aviation Authorities medical department. The Civil Aviation Authority publishes guidance for AOC holders on drug and alcohol policies, including testing, which can be found at <a href="http://www.caa.co.uk/cap1686" target="_blank">www.caa.co.uk/cap1686</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/07/2018 13:39:12 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

943114

registered interest
date	17/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorcycles: Noise
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 reduce noise emissions from motorcycles.
tabling member constituency	East Devon
tabling member printed	Sir Hugo Swire
uin	164905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>Technical standards for noise from new motorcycles are set at an International level by both the European Union (EU) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). These provisions were updated in 2014 and took effect for new machines from 2016.</p><p> </p><p>Further independent research funded by the European Commission has established the potential for further noise limit reductions and the Commission is proposing that these should take effect in 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The motorcycle industry is represented at the UNECE discussions and Department for Transport officials also hold routine discussions with it outside this forum.</p><p> </p><p>Once in service, UK regulations require exhausts and silencers to be maintained in good working order and not altered so as to increase noise. In addition, replacement exhaust silencers are required to be marked to show compliance with relevant requirements, and silencers intended for off road use have to be marked to indicate this. Silencers that do not comply with these requirements, or are marked “not for road use”, may not be used on the road.</p><p> </p><p>During the annual MOT test exhausts and silencers are checked, and a motorcycle should fail if it emits noise that is clearly unreasonably above the level expected from a similar motorcycle with a standard silencer in average condition.</p><p> </p><p>Outside the MOT the police have powers to take action if they suspect the exhaust has been altered, or if the machine is making excessive noise which could be avoided through reasonable rider care.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is commissioning research into other ways to support police and highway authorities in combating and enforcing against excessive noise.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 164906 164907 question first answered 25/07/2018 12:35:37 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire