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995548

registered interest
date	26/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Conditions of Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether staff in the Drive and Vehicle Licensing Agency’s contact centre have to record the time spent on toilet breaks during the working day.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	184385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2018 answer text <p>Staff in the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency’s Contact Centre do not have to record the time spent on toilet breaks during the working day.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/11/2018 12:10:51 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

994526

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Egypt
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment the Government has made of the circumstances required to lift the ban on UK flights to Sharm El Sheikh airport in Egypt.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	183832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2018 answer text <p>The security of British nationals is the Governments top priority. The UK took the decision to suspend flights from Sharm el Sheikh in November 2015 following the Metro Jet attack to protect the travelling public.</p><p> </p><p>The UK Government continues to work closely with its Egyptian counterparts, sharing expertise in establishing effective security arrangements at all Egyptian airports including Sharm el-Sheikh.</p><p> </p><p>It is for each country to define what security requirements they need to protect their citizens. However, it is long standing government policy not to comment in detail on security matters. We look forward to achieving the return of flights once we can be assured that the necessary security requirements can be sustained.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 30/10/2018 14:47:28 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

994543

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	A12: Suffolk
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to allocate funding from his Department to improvements to the A12 between Ipswich and Lowestoft.
tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
tabling member printed	Dr Dan Poulter
uin	183916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department is considering a funding request to the Large Local Majors Fund from Suffolk County Council for a bypass of the A12 around the villages of (a) Marlesford, (b) Stratford St Andrew, (c) Farnham and (d) Little Glemham. The Department will announce a decision in due course on whether or not to provide funding for the scheme.</p><p>This stretch of the A12 between Ipswich and Lowestoft may be eligible to meet the objective criteria for inclusion on the proposed Major Road Network. If so, local authorities may bid for funding from the National Roads Fund, subject to any proposals meeting the usual business case and value for money requirements.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 183917 question first answered 01/11/2018 17:21:55 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

994545

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	A12: Suffolk
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 allocate funding for a bypass on the A12 north of Wickham Market around the villages of (a) Marlesford, (b) Stratford St Andrew, (c) Farnham and (d) Little Glemham.
tabling member constituency	Central Suffolk and North Ipswich
tabling member printed	Dr Dan Poulter
uin	183917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department is considering a funding request to the Large Local Majors Fund from Suffolk County Council for a bypass of the A12 around the villages of (a) Marlesford, (b) Stratford St Andrew, (c) Farnham and (d) Little Glemham. The Department will announce a decision in due course on whether or not to provide funding for the scheme.</p><p>This stretch of the A12 between Ipswich and Lowestoft may be eligible to meet the objective criteria for inclusion on the proposed Major Road Network. If so, local authorities may bid for funding from the National Roads Fund, subject to any proposals meeting the usual business case and value for money requirements.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 183916 question first answered 01/11/2018 17:21:55 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter

994688

registered interest
date	25/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
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 cost of processing a single road tax renewal application and payment.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	184000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2018 answer text <p>The current cost of processing a vehicle excise duty renewal application and payment is £1.10.</p><p>This information is published on the GOV.UK website at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/performance/vehicle-tax" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/performance/vehicle-tax</a></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 30/10/2018 15:58:23 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

994020

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Insurance
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 effect of the gender equalisation of car insurance premiums on the cost of car insurance.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	183323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>Following a European Court of Justice ruling, the use of gender to calculate car insurance premiums ended in December 2012.</p><p>HM Treasury is undertaking a statutory post-implementation review of the SI implementing this ban on the use of gender in insurance pricing. This will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 29/10/2018 14:53:40 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

994158

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Highways England: Greater Manchester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has plans to devolve Highways England responsibilities within Greater Manchester to the Mayor or its component local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	183428
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government does expect Highways England to work closely with city region mayors and local highway authorities so that local and strategic road networks operate in a highly integrated way. There are no plans to devolve Highways England’s responsibilities for the nation’s strategic roads where they pass through Greater Manchester (or other city regions). But the Government does expect Highways England to work closely with all city region mayors and local highway authorities so that local and strategic road networks can operate in a highly integrated way.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 01/11/2018 16:34:33 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

994233

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways and Aviation: Fares
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of (a) rail and (b) air fares that were booked online in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	183470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/11/2018 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>(a) DfT does not routinely hold data on the number of rail fares booked online.</p><p> </p><p>(b) The proportions of surveyed air passengers departing selected UK airports that booked their air ticket online in each of the last three years are shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Proportion of passengers booking their air ticket through the internet, 2015-2017 Source: CAA Departing Passenger Survey</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Survey airport</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>77.60%</p></td><td><p>76.90%</p></td><td><p>76.10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>79.60%</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cardiff</p></td><td><p>68.80%</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>80.50%</p></td><td><p>78.50%</p></td><td><p>-</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds Bradford</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>29.50%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London City</p></td><td><p>64.90%</p></td><td><p>65.30%</p></td><td><p>67.20%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Heathrow</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>68.30%</p></td><td><p>69.60%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>94.00%</p></td><td><p>93.00%</p></td><td><p>91.10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>69.30%</p></td><td><p>69.60%</p></td><td><p>70.40%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>-</p></td><td><p>74.10%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stansted</p></td><td><p>93.10%</p></td><td><p>89.80%</p></td><td><p>92.80%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unweighted sample size</p></td><td><p>64,161</p></td><td><p>48,836</p></td><td><p>57,777</p></td></tr></tbody></table></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Note:</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>Based on the question Where did you book your ticket?' asked as part of the CAA departing passenger survey. The CAA departing passenger survey is asked at a selection of UK airports every year to obtain information about air travellers and the determinants of the travel market.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>'-' indicates that the airport was not surveyed in the year, or the question of ticket booking was not asked to passengers.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>Booking through the internet can entail booking online with the airline directly or through a tour operator/travel agent.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>Passengers surveyed may be of any residency, and are either travelling from a UK airport or passing through a UK airport when surveyed.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 01/11/2018 17:14:07 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

994287

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Airspace
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had discussions with the Civil Aviation Authority on the implementation of Class E airspace with transponder mandatory zones in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Witney
tabling member printed	Robert Courts
uin	183506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>There have been no specific discussions with the CAA on the implementation of Class E airspace in UK. In accordance with the Air Navigation Directions 2017, the policy on the classification of airspace and its implementation lies with the independent airspace regulator, the Civil Aviation Authority.</p><p> </p><p>However, as The Government continues to modernise our airspace, it needs to be mindful of longer term changes that will have an impact on wider airspace management. This includes the increasing need to enable the safe integration, rather than segregation, of all aircraft. This is why, as part of the Aviation Strategy, The Department is working with the CAA to explore a new policy on mandating electronic identification for all users.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 31/10/2018 13:22:07 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts

994304

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Airspace
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will request that the outcome of the Civil Aviation Authority's consultation on changing Class E airspace procedures be shared with his Department; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Wellingborough
tabling member printed	Mr Peter Bone
uin	183313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2018 answer text <p>There has not been a specific consultation launched on changing Class E airspace by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) but airspace users have asked about its use.</p><p>The department has a close working relationship with the CAA and documents are routinely shared. This would include any outcome of the information request about Class E.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 29/10/2018 18:09:29 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 81659 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1581 label Biography information for Mr Peter Bone