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804366

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Blue Badge Scheme
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 whether Blue Badge mobility assessments are being carried out consistently across local authorities and different assessors; and what steps his Department is taking to ensure that such assessments are undertaken consistently.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	118590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department introduced legislation in 2012 requiring mobility assessors to hold a professional qualification, which involves being trained in the assessment of a person’s ability to walk. The Department has assisted local authorities by providing detailed guidance - based on the advice of independent mobility experts - on factors that should be taken into account when determining an applicant’s eligibility. Ultimately it is the responsibility of each local authority to satisfy itself that an applicant meets the eligibility criteria set in law.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/12/2017 15:05:05 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

804431

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Sefton
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has for safety improvements at the Switch Island road junction in Sefton.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	118614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>Highways England announced a £3m improvement scheme for Switch Island in April 2017, which aims to relieve congestion and improve its road safety performance. This scheme is being funded from the government’s additional £220 million announced at the Autumn Statement 2016 to help tackle congestion. The scheme includes new traffic lights, changes to the road layout and lane markings, new barriers between carriageways, coloured high friction surfacing and improved signs. Work is expected to start in February 2018 and last for eleven months.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/12/2017 14:35:33 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

802680

registered interest
date	07/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Per Capita Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the per capita spending from the public purse was on transport projects in (a) Greater Manchester and (b) London in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	118229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>Figures on public sector expenditure at a regional level are part of the Government’s Country and Regional Analysis (CRA) statistics. These statistics attempt to allocate the spending according to where the benefits of that spend are accrued.</p><p>The statistics include spend on transport by all public sector organisations including the Department for Transport, Local Authorities, Public Corporations (in the case of transport, this is mainly spend by London Underground) and other Government Departments (including the devolved administrations). Comparisons between London and other regions are often not reliable due to difficulty in cost allocation.</p><p>This information is available for Government office regions only, and therefore is unavailable for Greater Manchester.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics for total public capital expenditure on transport per capita for London are given in the table below. The CRA measures the levels of ‘capital’ and ‘current’ expenditure. Capital expenditure has been used as a proxy for spending on transport projects specifically.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Total public sector capital expenditure on transport per capita</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong><em>£s nominal</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>2016-17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>466</p></td><td><p>478</p></td><td><p>533</p></td><td><p>605</p></td><td><p>692</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/12/2017 14:56:25 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

802725

registered interest
date	07/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will grant UK vehicle manufacturers a 12-month end-of-series derogation provision for wheelchair-accessible vehicles from new European Commission regulations requiring the introduction of the WLTP drive-cycle to new vehicles after 1 September 2018.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North East
tabling member printed	Mr Paul Sweeney
uin	118274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department notified the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders on 30<sup>th</sup> October that a derogation would be granted to manufacturers for the transition to the new WLTP emission test procedure. In addition, the Department’s officials have met with representatives of the Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle Converters’ Association (WAVCA) to discuss derogations and so ensure the supply of these important vehicles continues.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 12/12/2017 14:02:44 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4642 label Biography information for Mr Paul Sweeney

802107

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Travel Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to introduce regulations requiring operators of local bus services to make information available on buses in the form of announcements about forthcoming stops.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	117794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to my answer of the 6<sup>th</sup> December to UIN 116055.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/12/2017 16:00:57 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

802236

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps is he taking to encourage the car industry to tackle air pollution.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	117923
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>We continue to press manufacturers to rectify failings where vehicles on the road, even some of the newest models, show harmful emissions levels significantly greater than the laboratory test limits. Some manufacturers have committed to offering voluntary software changes to EU5 and EU6 vehicles to improve their real world performance and we are encouraging other manufacturers to do the same.</p><p> </p><p>In the Autumn Budget, Government announced supplements to Vehicle Excise Duty and Company Car Tax for new diesel cars not certified to step 2 of Real Driving Emissions (RDE2) standards – also known as Euro-6d. These supplements provide strong incentives for manufacturers to innovate and adopt cleaner technologies on an accelerated basis.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/12/2017 15:10:12 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

802285

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Franchises
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 any bus services franchising authorities which are not a mayoral combined authority on the use of the Bus Services franchising powers.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	117972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department has recently published guidance on bus franchising which is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bus-services-act-2017-bus-franchising-creation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bus-services-act-2017-bus-franchising-creation</a></p><p> </p><p>The Act provides automatic access to franchising powers to mayoral combined authorities. The criteria the Secretary of State will use to determine whether to grant consent to non-mayoral combined authorities will focus on whether the authority in question has clear and locally supported aspirations which will benefit passengers and a sensible plan in place, as well as the right capabilities to make franchising a success.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State meets local authorities, including non-mayoral authorities, on a regular basis. We do not comment on the content of individual meetings.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 117973 117974 question first answered 11/12/2017 16:09:24 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

802286

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Franchises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department plans to give to bus service franchising authorities which are considering applying for franchising powers under the Bus Services Act 2017.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	117973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department has recently published guidance on bus franchising which is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bus-services-act-2017-bus-franchising-creation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bus-services-act-2017-bus-franchising-creation</a></p><p> </p><p>The Act provides automatic access to franchising powers to mayoral combined authorities. The criteria the Secretary of State will use to determine whether to grant consent to non-mayoral combined authorities will focus on whether the authority in question has clear and locally supported aspirations which will benefit passengers and a sensible plan in place, as well as the right capabilities to make franchising a success.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State meets local authorities, including non-mayoral authorities, on a regular basis. We do not comment on the content of individual meetings.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 117972 117974 question first answered 11/12/2017 16:09:24 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

802287

registered interest
date	06/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Franchises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria his Department plans to use to determine whether to grant consent to franchising authorities which make an application for franchising powers under the Bus Services Act 2017.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	117974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department has recently published guidance on bus franchising which is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bus-services-act-2017-bus-franchising-creation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bus-services-act-2017-bus-franchising-creation</a></p><p> </p><p>The Act provides automatic access to franchising powers to mayoral combined authorities. The criteria the Secretary of State will use to determine whether to grant consent to non-mayoral combined authorities will focus on whether the authority in question has clear and locally supported aspirations which will benefit passengers and a sensible plan in place, as well as the right capabilities to make franchising a success.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State meets local authorities, including non-mayoral authorities, on a regular basis. We do not comment on the content of individual meetings.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 117972 117973 question first answered 11/12/2017 16:09:24 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

800961

registered interest
date	05/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) men and (b) women hold a (a) full and (b) provisional UK driving licence.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
uin	117520
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/12/2017 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The information requested is already published and can be found at</p><p><a href="https://data.gov.uk/dataset/driving-licence-data" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/dataset/driving-licence-data</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/12/2017 15:55:02 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss