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917342

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving: Diabetes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency has made of the potential merits of the use of flash glucose monitoring and real time continuous glucose monitoring for drivers with diabetes.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	150132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>Advice as to the use of flash glucose monitoring systems in the context of driving falls to the Secretary of State for Transport’s Honorary Medical Advisory Panel on Driving and Diabetes Mellitus to advise upon. The panel has recently considered the use of such technology and has advised that these systems have the potential to be used to monitor glucose levels for driving.</p><p> </p><p>Following the Panel’s review, this matter will be the subject of a targeted consultation with key stakeholders over the summer.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 150133 question first answered 13/06/2018 15:05:16 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

917343

registered interest
date	05/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving: Diabetes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Driving and Vehicle Licensing Agency plans to review its guidance on driving and diabetes on account of recent technological advances in glucose monitoring.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	150133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2018 answer text <p>Advice as to the use of flash glucose monitoring systems in the context of driving falls to the Secretary of State for Transport’s Honorary Medical Advisory Panel on Driving and Diabetes Mellitus to advise upon. The panel has recently considered the use of such technology and has advised that these systems have the potential to be used to monitor glucose levels for driving.</p><p> </p><p>Following the Panel’s review, this matter will be the subject of a targeted consultation with key stakeholders over the summer.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 150132 question first answered 13/06/2018 15:05:16 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

917067

registered interest
date	04/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Tyne and Wear
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support his Department has provide to (a) South Tyneside and (b) Gateshead local authorities for the repair and maintenance of potholes.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
uin	149617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government has provided South Tyneside Local Highway Authority £6.567 million from 2015/16 to 2018/19 for local highways maintenance. This funding includes £0.417 million from the Pothole Action Fund to allow the repair of potholes or stop them forming in the first place.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has provided Gateshead Local Highway Authority £11.478 million from 2015/16 to 2018/19 for local highways maintenance. This funding includes £0.626 million from the Pothole Action Fund.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport announced in January 2017 that it is undertaking an innovative trial on the way potholes are identified and managed, working in partnership with Thurrock, York and Wiltshire councils and two private sector SMEs, Soenecs and Gaist. This trial allows high-definition cameras to be mounted to refuse collection vehicles and by deploying innovative intelligent software will identify road surface problems before they become potholes. The trial recently won an award for the best use of new technology in the highways sector.</p><p> </p><p>The Government announced in March 2018 that it is investing more than £900,000 in innovations using connected vehicles to help councils manage and plan maintenance works more efficiently. These trials will ultimately help to provide councils with data to enable them to repair potholes before they occur as well as to maintain their other assets more effectively as part of their asset management plans.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport is also providing funding to the Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport (ADEPT) to work on technological and innovative improvements to future-proof the local road network.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/06/2018 14:53:31 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn

917119

registered interest
date	04/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	A75
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has plans to upgrade the A75 in Dumfries and Galloway.
tabling member constituency	East Antrim
tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
uin	149642
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>Road investment in Scotland is a devolved matter and any plans to improve the A75 therefore fall to the Scottish Government. Where there are areas of cross-border interest, UK Ministers remain keen to collaborate with their Scottish counterparts. The Department is contributing to discussions about the proposed Borderlands Growth Deal, which includes an aspiration to improve the A75.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 149643 question first answered 12/06/2018 07:57:21 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson

917120

registered interest
date	04/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	A75
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with (a) Mid and East Antrim Council and (b) the Dumfries and Galloway Council on the effect on the local economy of improvements on the A75.
tabling member constituency	East Antrim
tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
uin	149643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>Road investment in Scotland is a devolved matter and any plans to improve the A75 therefore fall to the Scottish Government. Where there are areas of cross-border interest, UK Ministers remain keen to collaborate with their Scottish counterparts. The Department is contributing to discussions about the proposed Borderlands Growth Deal, which includes an aspiration to improve the A75.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 149642 question first answered 12/06/2018 07:57:22 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson

917213

registered interest
date	04/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to allocate additional funding to local authorities who own aerodromes to release the economic potential of those facilities.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
uin	149562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>Most airport operators whether in the commercial private sector, or in public/private partnerships operate as private commercial undertakings.</p><p> </p><p>In this regard, the UK’s aviation industry operates essentially without subsidy. It is therefore for local authorities to determine any additional funding for any aerodromes they own. Additionally, provision of public funding for airports needs to comply with the European Community State aid guidelines for airports and airlines.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 12/06/2018 08:08:15 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

917215

registered interest
date	04/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many commercial pilots were trained in the UK in each of the last five years of which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
uin	149563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of pilots who, according to the Civil Aviation Authority’s records, had an initial UK commercial licence issued each year.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Year Number of pilots .</strong></p><p>2013 1883</p><p>2014 1894</p><p>2015 1850</p><p>2016 1776</p><p>2017 1960</p><p> </p><p>Figures for the number of pilots trained in the UK are not available. Applicants for a UK commercial pilot’s licence are not necessarily trained in the UK, and many pilots come to the UK for training but will have a licence issued by their own national aviation authority.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will explore current and future skills shortages in aviation, such as pilot training, as part of the Aviation Strategy which is due for publication in 2019. This will be a long term strategy to 2050 and beyond.</p><p> </p><p>The Aviation Strategy ‘Next Steps’ document, published April 2018, highlighted a number of considerations for Government to address skills shortages. These included further collaboration between industry and education providers, realising the full potential of General Aviation training grounds and work to better understand the extent of such skills gaps and how these may affect the aviation sector in future.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 149564 question first answered 12/06/2018 08:05:22 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

917216

registered interest
date	04/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to increase the number of pilots that are trained in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Sir David Amess
uin	149564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of pilots who, according to the Civil Aviation Authority’s records, had an initial UK commercial licence issued each year.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Year Number of pilots .</strong></p><p>2013 1883</p><p>2014 1894</p><p>2015 1850</p><p>2016 1776</p><p>2017 1960</p><p> </p><p>Figures for the number of pilots trained in the UK are not available. Applicants for a UK commercial pilot’s licence are not necessarily trained in the UK, and many pilots come to the UK for training but will have a licence issued by their own national aviation authority.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will explore current and future skills shortages in aviation, such as pilot training, as part of the Aviation Strategy which is due for publication in 2019. This will be a long term strategy to 2050 and beyond.</p><p> </p><p>The Aviation Strategy ‘Next Steps’ document, published April 2018, highlighted a number of considerations for Government to address skills shortages. These included further collaboration between industry and education providers, realising the full potential of General Aviation training grounds and work to better understand the extent of such skills gaps and how these may affect the aviation sector in future.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 149563 question first answered 12/06/2018 08:05:22 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

914704

registered interest
date	01/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Outdoor Recreation: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will publish further guidance to local authorities advising them of the benefits of street play for children and of the powers that local authorities have to permit road closures in residential areas for that purpose.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	148866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Transport has no plans to publish guidance on Play Streets. It is for local authorities to decide whether or not to implement road closures.</p><p> </p><p>Specific legislation covering Play Streets is provided in section 29 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984. This enables local authorities to close roads for the purposes of street play, through a Traffic Regulation Order. This must be indicated on street with appropriate traffic signs.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities may also close roads under Section 16a of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, but this legislation covers special events, rather than specifically street play. An order under this section may only be made three times a year. Any subsequent orders must be approved by the Secretary of State.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/06/2018 14:10:53 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

914759

registered interest
date	01/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Plymouth City Airport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government has a policy on the re-opening of Plymouth City Airport; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	149090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government published in December 2016 a study on the findings from previous reports commissioned by interested parties on the potential viability of renewed commercial passenger services from the former airport.</p><p> </p><p>As aviation operates in the private sector, it will be for Plymouth City Council and Sutton Harbour Holdings, as respectively owner and leaseholder of the airport site, to consider any plans put forward by potential investors for re-instating aviation operations from the airport.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/06/2018 09:52:41 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard