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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

747603

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	Driving: Disqualification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people have received driving bans in (a) Stroud District, (b) Gloucestershire and (c) England in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	2637
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2017 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) does not hold data on most driving disqualifications imposed before 2014. This is because driving endorsements are retained on the DVLA’s database in line with the offence retention periods set out in legislation.</p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the number of individuals shown on the DVLA’s records as having received a driving disqualification since 2014 in the areas requested.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Calendar year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong> up to 1 July</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Stroud District</strong></p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Gloucestershire</strong></p></td><td><p>684</p></td><td><p>742</p></td><td><p>875</p></td><td><p>423</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>England</strong></p></td><td><p>76,899</p></td><td><p>81,345</p></td><td><p>89,658</p></td><td><p>43,391</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The table reflects each individual disqualification which might mean that some drivers may be included more than once.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 07/07/2017 09:05:33 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

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

747078

registered interest
date	30/06/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to increase the capacity of local authorities to produce business cases for major transport projects.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	2320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>As highlighted in the new Transport Investment Strategy, the Department for Transport, where appropriate, will offer targeted support to local authorities to help develop their bidding and delivery capability thus ensuring all areas of the country have the potential to produce high quality business cases to realise the benefits that strong transport projects will unlock.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is also funding Local Authorities’ business case development costs for selected schemes within the Large Local Major schemes programme.</p><p> </p><p>In addition the Department has provided capacity support to Local Enterprise Partnerships and Local Authorities through the Transport Delivery Excellence Programme in collaboration with the Local Enterprise Partnership Network.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 10/07/2017 14:03:51 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

746747

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Hire Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to take steps to require criminal records checks to be made of drivers prior to hiring a van or car.
tabling member constituency	Ogmore
tabling member printed	Chris Elmore
uin	1999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2017 answer text <p>There are no current plans to require criminal records checks to be made of drivers prior to hiring a van or car. However the Department for Transport is working very closely with government partners, the police and the security and intelligence agencies to consider what more can be done to prevent the malicious misuse of vehicles as a weapon.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 07/07/2017 10:06:42 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4572 label Biography information for Chris Elmore

746753

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Diesel Vehicles: Carbon Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the effect of the use of AdBlue in road transport on the (a) carbon footprint of AdBlue production and (b) level of carbon dioxide emissions.
tabling member constituency	Tiverton and Honiton
tabling member printed	Neil Parish
uin	1985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring that the transport sector plays a full part in delivering the emissions reductions needed to meet the Climate Change Act (2008) target for an 80% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 compared to 1990 levels.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport has made no assessment of the Carbon Dioxide emissions of Adblue production or use. Officials regularly review the emerging evidence on carbon dioxide emissions and, where found to be material, will adjust forecasts and policy to reflect this.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 07/07/2017 08:01:40 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4072 label Biography information for Neil Parish

746910

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Traffic Commissioners: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to relocate the Traffic Commissioner for Wales to an office in Wales.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	2192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2017 answer text <p>The Traffic Commissioner for Wales has use of an office in Cardiff as a temporary measure whilst the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) takes forward plans to locate a permanent base in Cardiff.</p><p> </p><p>Work is being undertaken by DVSA Estates to agree a lease and layout plan for premises in St Mary’s Street, Cardiff. It is expected that the traffic commissioner will move into this office in September 2017.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 07/07/2017 07:24:26 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

746938

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	A19: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 26 June 2017 to Question 336 on A19: accidents, if he will commission a report into the causes of injuries and fatalities at accident blackspots on the A19.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	2058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2017 answer text <p>Highways England is awaiting validated accident data for 2016, and will review the position in light of this information.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 07/07/2017 09:40:06 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

746141

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: Southampton
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much central government investment Southampton has received to upgrade its cycling network in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	1805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>Since 2010, local authorities have benefited from funding for sustainable transport initiatives, including cycling and walking, through the Local Sustainable Transport Fund and its successors the Sustainable Travel Transition Year and Access Fund. Details of the areas where DfT funding has been allocated can be found at: <a href="http://maps.dft.gov.uk/funding-for-sustainable-travel/index.html" target="_blank">http://maps.dft.gov.uk/funding-for-sustainable-travel/index.html</a></p><p> </p><p>Southampton received £4.947m from the Local Sustainable Transport Fund between 2011 and 2016 for a range of measures to reduce carbon which included walking and cycling initiatives, and will receive a further £2.3m from the Access Fund between 2017 and 2020.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Southampton Central station benefited from a £150,000 cycle-rail grant in 2012/13, and the Department has funded around £220,000 worth of Bikeability cycle training in Southampton over the last five years.</p><p> </p><p>Southampton has also received funding over the last five years through the Government’s Local Growth Fund, Highways Maintenance Block and the Integrated Transport Block. As this funding is not ring-fenced, however, the Department does not hold data on how much of it may have been spent on cycling networks.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/07/2017 16:20:57 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

746187

registered interest
date	28/06/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Offences
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 ensure that his Department's next periodic survey of seatbelt and mobile telephone use by motorists (a) covers London in its survey sample and (b) takes account of taxi and private hire vehicles and their use of cradled mobile telephones.
tabling member constituency	Carshalton and Wallington
tabling member printed	Tom Brake
uin	1915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department’s survey of hand-held mobile phone use and seat belt compliance has been designed primarily to produce national rather than regional estimates for Great Britain. A new survey for 2017 is currently being procured, which includes options to allow extra surveys to be commissioned for specific areas, including by Transport for London to secure London level data.</p><p>The survey will record data about taxi and private hire vehicles; however, no currently tested methodology enables information to be gathered about the use of cradled mobile telephones using roadside observation.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/07/2017 16:27:50 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	151 label Biography information for Tom Brake