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759833

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) officials, (b) other staff and (c) private contractors in his Department are responsible for Government policy on cycling.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	10038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2017 answer text <p>The Department’s Active and Accessible Travel team includes approximately 15 officials and 4 secondees from local authorities and other organisations who work full-time or part-time on cycling and walking policies. The team does not employ any private contractors. Around a dozen or so other officials elsewhere in the Department also work in a full-time or part-time capacity on matters relevant to cycling.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/09/2017 14:06:54 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

759834

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Pedicabs: 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 need for legislation to control pedicab traffic in central London.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	10067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department has received a number of representations from MPs, Councillors, members of the public and the business community in the West End of London about the need to control pedicabs in central London. We have concluded that there is a need to regulate pedicabs and are investigating a suitable legislative slot to do this.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/10/2017 10:57:52 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

758289

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Heating
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing heating apparatus in certain road surfaces similar to that installed on the M4 at Chiswick in the 1960s to improve safety in winter and reduce the need for gritting; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	9101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>The then Highways Agency assessed the potential merits of introducing heating apparatus in road surfaces in a trial from 2004 to 2007, using heat stored during the summer to heat the road surface in winter.</p><p> </p><p>This helped prevent ice forming by warming the road to keep it above zero degrees centigrade, but was found not to be effective below minus four degrees centigrade. Conventional salt treatments proved to be safer and more cost effective.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/09/2017 10:49:05 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

757500

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Act 1988: Cycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will bring forward legislative proposals to amend the Road Traffic Act 1988 to ensure that cyclists are bound by that legislation.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	8535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>Protecting pedestrians and all road users is a key priority. We have some of the safest roads in the world but are always looking at ways to make them safer.</p><p>There are road traffic offences already that apply to cyclists, but the Department is carefully considering the implications of the recent tragic case of Mrs Briggs, who died after a collision with a cyclist, including as to whether current legislation is adequate.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/09/2017 11:03:31 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

757800

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people aged over 70 who have been involved in a road traffic accident in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	8547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>The number of reported road casualties of people aged 70 years and older in reported road accidents in Great Britain in 2011 to 2015 is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Casualties</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>11,824</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>11,469</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>11,292</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>12,181</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>11,761</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source DfT STATS19</p><p> </p><p>Casualties includes all road user types, including pedestrians.</p><p> </p><p>The number of drivers aged 70 years and older involved in reported road accidents in Great Britain in 2011 to 2015 is as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Drivers involved in accidents</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>11,929</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>11,869</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>12,102</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>12,947</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>12,353</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source DfT STATS19</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/09/2017 10:58:25 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

757810

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	M20: Large Goods Vehicles
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 implementation of Operation Stack on the (a) UK economy and (b) Kent economy and (c) logistics industry; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Dover
tabling member printed	Charlie Elphicke
uin	8819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>Operation Stack is a multi-agency approach designed to reduce traffic disruption resulting from issues affecting the cross-Channel crossings. The effects of its implementation are unique to the individual circumstances and duration of its deployment, and so no reliable assessment of the general effects of Operation Stack can be undertaken in advance.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/09/2017 11:34:31 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3971 label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke

757814

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Logistics: EU Nationals
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 possible reductions in skilled immigration from the EU into the road-based logistics sector; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Dover
tabling member printed	Charlie Elphicke
uin	8822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government has not undertaken a formal assessment. While the Government acknowledges that any changes to arrangements for EU workers will be a factor in the availability of skilled staff for road haulage, it is not the only factor. As noted in the Government’s response to the Transport Committee’s report on skills and workforce planning in the road haulage sector, there are encouraging signs. For example there were about 10,000 more HGV driving test passes in 2015/16 compared to two years before, in response to the higher demand for HGV drivers and the shortages. In addition the industry has developed a new Trailblazer Apprenticeship standard for HGV drivers to be funded through the Apprenticeship Levy.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/09/2017 15:01:28 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3971 label Biography information for Charlie Elphicke

757819

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving: Disqualification
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 Home Secretary on tackling banned drivers who continue to drive.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	8951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>Ministers in the Department for Transport have not had any recent discussions with Home Office Ministers on this subject. However, officials in DfT, DVLA, the Police and the Home Office have day to day contact about a multitude of road safety issues, including unlicensed driving in all its forms.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/09/2017 11:37:23 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

757877

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Biofuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much public funding has been provided related to biofuels in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	8877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>The RTFO Unit in the Department for Transport operates the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) which supports the market for sustainable biofuel by means of a certificate trading scheme. The Department is also supporting the commercialisation of advanced biofuels by grant funding through the Advanced Biofuel Demonstration Competition. Departmental funding includes budgets for policy development, analysis and research into low carbon fuels, including (but not limited to) biofuels.</p><p> </p><p>The table below sets out readily identifiable expenditure for the last five full financial years.</p><p><strong>Public spending related to biofuels (and low carbon fuels)</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Low Carbon Fuels </strong> <strong>research programme</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>RTFO Unit </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Advanced Biofuel Demonstration Competition</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>£63,000</p></td><td><p>£905,000</p></td><td><p>£6,548,000</p></td><td><p><strong>£7,516,000 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>£56,000</p></td><td><p>£694,000</p></td><td><p>£973,000</p></td><td><p><strong>£1,723,000 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>£106,000</p></td><td><p>£701,000</p></td><td><p>£106,000</p></td><td><p><strong>£913,000</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£131,000</p></td><td><p>£706,000</p></td><td><p>£83,000</p></td><td><p><strong>£920,000 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£6,000</p></td><td><p>£584,000</p></td><td><p>nil</p></td><td><p><strong>£590,000 </strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/09/2017 11:07:26 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff