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999190

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	M20: Repairs and Maintenance
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 progress of road works on the M20 between Junctions 3 and 6; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ashford
tabling member printed	Damian Green
uin	186153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2018 answer text <p>Work to upgrade the M20 between junctions 3 and 5 to a smart motorway began in March 2018. The scheme is estimated to be open for traffic in March 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The main construction milestones for the M20 smart motorway scheme are on track to be met. These include works within the verge and central reserve to be completed by the end of November 2019.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/11/2018 10:56:38 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	76 label Biography information for Damian Green

997594

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Pollinators: Conservation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps (a) his Department and (b) agencies of his Department have taken to support the National Pollinator Strategy on (i) roads (ii) railway lines.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	185806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>The Highways England Biodiversity Plan (2015-2020) includes support for the National Pollinator Strategy. This covers such things as the creation and restoration of species-rich grasslands, both on the green verges of the Strategic Road Network and as part of the construction of new schemes.</p><p>Network Rail is exploring opportunities to create new pollinator habitats across its estate. A range of initiatives are aimed at protecting pollinators, such as the Green Transport Corridors Project in Cumbria and South Yorkshire</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 07/11/2018 10:24:15 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

997678

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Dartford-Thurrock Crossing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average journey time was to cross the Dartford Crossing northbound at peak times in each of the last ten years.
tabling member constituency	Bexleyheath and Crayford
tabling member printed	Sir David Evennett
uin	185533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>The table below contains the available average all-day journey time data for the northbound route from M25 Junction 2 to M25 Junction 30 which encompasses the Dartford Thurrock Crossing. This data represents that which has been collected and processed on a consistent and comparable basis since 2014. Unfortunately, the peak time only data for the same period is not available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Average Journey Time, Dartford Crossing Northbound (M25 J2 - J30), 2014-18</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Time period (month-year)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average journey time (minutes: seconds)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Time period (month-year)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average journey time (minutes: seconds)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-14</p></td><td><p>06:48</p></td><td><p>Jan-17</p></td><td><p>07:01</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-14</p></td><td><p>08:32</p></td><td><p>Feb-17</p></td><td><p>07:32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-14</p></td><td><p>07:56</p></td><td><p>Mar-17</p></td><td><p>07:26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-14</p></td><td><p>08:32</p></td><td><p>Apr-17</p></td><td><p>08:05</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-14</p></td><td><p>08:57</p></td><td><p>May-17</p></td><td><p>07:45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-14</p></td><td><p>09:28</p></td><td><p>Jun-17</p></td><td><p>08:55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-14</p></td><td><p>10:19</p></td><td><p>Jul-17</p></td><td><p>09:38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-14</p></td><td><p>11:22</p></td><td><p>Aug-17</p></td><td><p>10:14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-14</p></td><td><p>09:38</p></td><td><p>Sep-17</p></td><td><p>08:41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-14</p></td><td><p>09:54</p></td><td><p>Oct-17</p></td><td><p>08:30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-14</p></td><td><p>09:56</p></td><td><p>Nov-17</p></td><td><p>08:48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-14</p></td><td><p>08:42</p></td><td><p>Dec-17</p></td><td><p>08:42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-15</p></td><td><p>07:20</p></td><td><p>Jan-18</p></td><td><p>06:45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-15</p></td><td><p>08:26</p></td><td><p>Feb-18</p></td><td><p>07:56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-15</p></td><td><p>08:11</p></td><td><p>Mar-18</p></td><td><p>08:34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-15</p></td><td><p>08:30</p></td><td><p>Apr-18</p></td><td><p>09:09</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-15</p></td><td><p>08:36</p></td><td><p>May-18</p></td><td><p>08:29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-15</p></td><td><p>09:16</p></td><td><p>Jun-18</p></td><td><p>08:59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-15</p></td><td><p>08:59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-15</p></td><td><p>09:40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-15</p></td><td><p>08:00</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-15</p></td><td><p>08:20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-15</p></td><td><p>08:38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-15</p></td><td><p>09:11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jan-16</p></td><td><p>08:31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Feb-16</p></td><td><p>09:05</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mar-16</p></td><td><p>08:02</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Apr-16</p></td><td><p>09:10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May-16</p></td><td><p>09:28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jun-16</p></td><td><p>09:13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Jul-16</p></td><td><p>10:12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aug-16</p></td><td><p>10:55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sep-16</p></td><td><p>10:39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oct-16</p></td><td><p>12:02</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nov-16</p></td><td><p>09:29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dec-16</p></td><td><p>08:07</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 07/11/2018 12:45:11 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett

997120

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to provide for the automatic provision of compensation in the event of a delayed flight.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	184961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2018 answer text <p>There are no plans at present to legislate for automatic compensation for delayed flights. As part of the Aviation Strategy that is currently under development, The Government will consider how to simplify the compensation claim process for consumers.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/11/2018 12:23:15 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

997297

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
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 assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the restrictions on newly-qualified drivers in Northern Ireland on road safety in Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	185124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>There is evidence from countries in which a system of Graduated Driving Licences (GDL) has been implemented to suggest that it can have a beneficial effect on road safety.</p><p>The Department has decided to use the introduction of GDL in Northern Ireland as a pilot, to gather evidence on the potential for GDL in Great Britain. Officials from the Department and Northern Ireland are currently discussing how to take this work forward.</p><p>More widely, the Department is making good progress against an ambitious range of measures to enhance the safety of UK road users as set out in its 2015 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/road-safety-statement-working-together-to-build-a-safer-road-system" target="_blank">Road Safety statement</a>. This includes the doubling of penalty points for motorists using a phone whilst driving, which means that new drivers, within 2 years of passing their test, risk having their licence revoked if caught.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 185125 question first answered 06/11/2018 13:00:43 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

997298

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
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 assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing restrictions on newly qualified drivers to improve road safety.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	185125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>There is evidence from countries in which a system of Graduated Driving Licences (GDL) has been implemented to suggest that it can have a beneficial effect on road safety.</p><p>The Department has decided to use the introduction of GDL in Northern Ireland as a pilot, to gather evidence on the potential for GDL in Great Britain. Officials from the Department and Northern Ireland are currently discussing how to take this work forward.</p><p>More widely, the Department is making good progress against an ambitious range of measures to enhance the safety of UK road users as set out in its 2015 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/road-safety-statement-working-together-to-build-a-safer-road-system" target="_blank">Road Safety statement</a>. This includes the doubling of penalty points for motorists using a phone whilst driving, which means that new drivers, within 2 years of passing their test, risk having their licence revoked if caught.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 185124 question first answered 06/11/2018 13:00:43 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

997299

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
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, how many road traffic accidents in (a) Wales and (b) England were caused by newly qualified drivers in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	185126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on how long drivers in reported road accidents held their licence for. The Department collects data on personal injury road accidents reported to the police, including contributory factors which the police identify when they attend the scene. This does not assign blame for the accident but gives an indication of factors the attending officer thought contributed to the accident. The following table shows the number and proportion of accidents where the contributory factor ‘learner or inexperienced driver/rider’ was reported by severity for England and Wales in the years 2013 to 2017.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="13"><p><strong>Reported accidents<sup>1</sup> where contributory factor 'Learner or inexperienced driver/rider' reported by severity and country, 2013 to 2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </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><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </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 colspan="2"><p>Fatal accidents</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Serious accidents</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Slight accidents</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>All accidents</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>Per cent</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>Per cent</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>Per cent</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number</p></td><td><p>Per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>743</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>3,373</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>4,167</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>720</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>3,453</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>4,209</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>686</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>3,305</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>4,034</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>690</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2,767</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>3,487</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>754</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2,745</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>3,531</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>36</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>171</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>209</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>172</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>225</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>146</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>196</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>161</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>206</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>104</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>155</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="11"><p>1 Includes only accidents where a police officer attended the scene and in which a contributory factor was reported. A total of 72 per cent of accidents reported to the police in 2017 in Great Britain met these criteria.</p></td><td colspan="2"><p><em>Source: DfT STATS19</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/11/2018 12:56:05 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

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

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