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date	11/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cabotage: Fines
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many fines have been (a) issued and (b) paid for breaches of cabotage and combined transport rules in each of the last five years for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Dover
tabling member printed	Charlie Elphicke
uin	9703
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency issues fines, known as ‘fixed penalties’, for breaches of cabotage and combined transport rules.</p><p> </p><p>The number of fixed penalties <em>issued</em> for breaches of cabotage and combined transport rules in each of the last five years is:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of fines (fixed penalties) issued</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>235</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>281</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>299</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>517</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>313</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>A cabotage offence is against the operator of a vehicle, not the driver, and can only be issued to non-GB operators.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The number of fixed penalties <em>paid</em> for breaches of cabotage and combined transport rules in each of the last five years is:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of fines (fixed penalties) paid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>154</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>125</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>151</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>273</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>162</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 18/09/2017 08:43:43 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3971 label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke

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date	11/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Travel: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people who hold a disabled person's freedom pass live in London; how many people who hold an older person's freedom pass live in London; and how many rail passengers there were in London in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	9825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The Freedom Pass is managed by London Councils and the policy on who is entitled to hold one is a matter for the Mayor. The Department does not hold statistics on how many Freedom Pass holders there are.</p><p> </p><p>Rail passenger journeys to/from and within London are published by Office of</p><p> </p><p>Rail and Road here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/displayreport/report/html/4277ce6b-bdf3-4562-a6b1-eb036b57f065" target="_blank">https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/displayreport/report/html/4277ce6b-bdf3-4562-a6b1-eb036b57f065</a></p><p> </p><p>The total number of passenger journeys (within London and to and from London) in thousands in the last five years available is as follows:</p><p> </p><p>2015/2016: 934,588</p><p>2014/2015: 878,042</p><p>2013/2014: 834,528</p><p>2012/2013: 787,471</p><p>2011/2012: 752,226</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/09/2017 10:01:23 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman