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date	06/09/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the merits of increasing his Department's funding to Bikeability.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	171279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>The Bikeability programme is an important part of the Government’s Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy, because it provides the next generation of cyclists with the skills and confidence to make cycling a natural choice for shorter journeys.</p><p> </p><p>The Strategy included a commitment that the Department would invest £50 million to support Bikeability over the period to 2020, and the programme is currently delivering more than 300,000 training places per year to children in England outside London. The Government also announced in August that it would provide an additional £1m of funding for Bikeability as part of a suite of new measures aimed at halving childhood obesity by 2030.</p><p> </p><p>A further £1 million has been raised through a commercial partnership between Halfords and The Bikeability Trust. Additional funding has also been allocated to a new pilot scheme to develop a cycle training package for driving instructors aimed at improving empathy and understanding between road users. Funding and delivery of Bikeability in London is devolved to Transport for London and the London boroughs.</p><p> </p><p>Future funding for Bikeability will be considered during the next Spending Review. The Department for Transport is currently evaluating the benefits of the programme with more than 200 schools nationwide, and expects to be in a position to publish the findings in summer 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/09/2018 10:25:35 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

964262

registered interest
date	03/09/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Offences: Safety Belts
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 potential merits of introducing penalty points on drivers' licences for not wearing seat belts.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	168954
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government has made no assessment of the potential merits of introducing penalty points on drivers' licences for not wearing seat belts. The “Seat belt and mobile phone use surveys: England and Scotland, 2014” observed that 98.2% of car drivers were using seat belts, suggesting that take-up is nearly universal.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/09/2018 13:38:11 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

892164

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, further to oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport of 24 April 2018, Official Report, column 356WH, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on road safety of the decision to eliminate safety targets; and what the killed or seriously injured figures were in each year from 2007 to 2017.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	138348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2018 answer text <p>There is no robust academic evidence to indicate the lack of targets in the UK has contributed to the lack of progress in road casualty reduction since 2010. There has been a stalling of progress in road casualty reductions across many economically advanced countries, affecting countries with targets (e.g. Sweden and the Netherlands) as well as the UK where there is no target.</p><p> </p><p>The KSI statistics for road accident casualties between 2007 and 2016 can be found in the table below along with a comparison to the 2010 – 2014 average. The KSI figures for 2017 will be published later this year.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Killed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Seriously injured</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Killed or Seriously injured</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Slightly injured</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>All casualties</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>2,946</p></td><td><p>27,774</p></td><td><p>30,720</p></td><td><p>217,060</p></td><td><p>247,780</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>2,538</p></td><td><p>26,034</p></td><td><p>28,572</p></td><td><p>202,333</p></td><td><p>230,905</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>2,222</p></td><td><p>24,690</p></td><td><p>26,912</p></td><td><p>195,234</p></td><td><p>222,146</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>1,850</p></td><td><p>22,660</p></td><td><p>24,510</p></td><td><p>184,138</p></td><td><p>208,648</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>1,901</p></td><td><p>23,122</p></td><td><p>25,023</p></td><td><p>178,927</p></td><td><p>203,950</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>1,754</p></td><td><p>23,039</p></td><td><p>24,793</p></td><td><p>170,930</p></td><td><p>195,723</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1,713</p></td><td><p>21,657</p></td><td><p>23,370</p></td><td><p>160,300</p></td><td><p>183,670</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1,775</p></td><td><p>22,807</p></td><td><p>24,582</p></td><td><p>169,895</p></td><td><p>194,477</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1,730</p></td><td><p>22,144</p></td><td><p>23,874</p></td><td><p>162,315</p></td><td><p>186,189</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>1,792</p></td><td><p>24,101</p></td><td><p>25,893</p></td><td><p>155,491</p></td><td><p>181,384</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010 -2014 average</p></td><td><p>1,799</p></td><td><p>22,657</p></td><td><p>24,456</p></td><td><p>172,838</p></td><td><p>197,294</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 03/05/2018 15:30:07 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

891499

registered interest
date	25/04/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department has issued to (a) local authorities and (b) police authorities on setting their own road safety targets since the removal of Government road safety targets in 2010; and what information his Department holds on the number of such bodies which have set such targets.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	137893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2018 answer text <p>The British Road Safety statement sets out the Department for Transport’s overall principles and priorities in relation to British road safety. Local authorities, the police and other bodies are free to set their own road safety targets if they wish.</p><p>The Department does not issue guidance to local authorities or the police on setting their own road safety targets, nor does it hold records on bodies which may have done so. What matters is that local road safety practitioners, the police or local authorities should be apply and adapt their knowledge and skills to local circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 03/05/2018 13:56:51 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick