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887872

registered interest
date	20/04/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Offences: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will hold discussions with the Secretary of State for Justice on introducing tighter measures for companies that employ drivers so that such companies are automatically informed when an employee is convicted of a motoring offence and subsequently loses their professional driving licence; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Mr Chris Leslie
uin	136867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2018 answer text <p>There are no plans for the Secretary of State to hold discussions with the Secretary of State for Justice about measures of this kind.</p><p> </p><p>The Driver and Vehicle and Licencing Agency (DVLA) does not hold or ask for details of where drivers work. In the haulage sector, some drivers are self-employed or work through agencies on short-term contracts for a variety of different companies.</p><p> </p><p>All employers have a duty to check their employees’ licences regularly; the DVLA advises that this should be done at least once every three months and they can do so using the DVLA’s free licence check service.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 30/04/2018 11:09:48 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

887900

registered interest
date	20/04/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Highway Code
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 update the Highway Code.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	136895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>The Department is currently updating The Highway Code to reflect the changes made to legislation regarding learner drivers on motorways and on remote control parking.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 27/04/2018 11:14:30 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

887058

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycleways
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to support local authorities in increasing the number cycle paths on public roads.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	136626
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s statutory Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy, published in April 2017, outlines £1.2 billion of funding that may be invested in cycling and walking over the period to 2021. Since its publication, the Government has made further support available for cycling and walking infrastructure, through the National Productivity Investment Fund, Transforming Cities Fund and Clean Air Fund. Ultimately, decisions for allocating funding for cycle paths are for local authorities. In line with the Strategy, the Department for Transport is in the process of updating its guidance for local authorities on designing good, safe cycling infrastructure. In addition, the Department is providing 44 local authorities with access to expert support to assist in the development of ten-year Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plans. This support will enable authorities to map their future cycle networks and to prioritise future investments.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/04/2018 16:33:40 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

887143

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Community Transport: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his plans are for the future of the community transport permit system.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	136708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government is currently consulting on the issue and use of the Transport Act’s 1985 s19 and s22 permits and has no plans to end the current permit system. The Government’s commitment to supporting the sector remains as strong as ever.</p><p>Within the existing legal framework, the Department wants as many community transport providers as possible to continue to operate, and retain, service provision for vulnerable community transport passengers.</p><p> </p><p>While it remains a member of the European Union, the UK is under a legal obligation to obey EU law. Although the Department cannot guarantee that operators will not be affected, we are interpreting the exemptions in the EU Regulation 1071/2009 as widely as legally possible to minimise the scale of any impacts on operators. Any impacts on individual operators will depend on their specific circumstances and the decisions that they take to comply with the Regulation.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation is also seeking examples of operating models that community transport operators may be able to use to mitigate the Regulation’s impact. The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency is taking a proportionate approach to enforcement as operators adjust. The Department is also making available £250,000 to support community transport organisations, and this may be used to assist drivers.</p><p> </p><p>I met the Chief Executive of the Community Transport Association UK IN September 2017 to discuss Regulation 1071/2009 and its potential effect on the community transport sector, have spoken to him since and expect to meet with him again shortly. Officials continue to liaise with the CTA regularly, and with the Directors of CTA Wales and CTA Scotland who attended the Department’s recent consultation events. Departmental officials also regularly liaise with their Welsh Government counterparts, and they worked together to hold a consultation event on 20 April in Treforest.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 136709 136710 136711 136712 question first answered 27/04/2018 10:01:37 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

887144

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Community Transport: Licensing
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 ensure community transport operators are not adversely affected by any changes to the community transport permit system.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	136709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government is currently consulting on the issue and use of the Transport Act’s 1985 s19 and s22 permits and has no plans to end the current permit system. The Government’s commitment to supporting the sector remains as strong as ever.</p><p>Within the existing legal framework, the Department wants as many community transport providers as possible to continue to operate, and retain, service provision for vulnerable community transport passengers.</p><p> </p><p>While it remains a member of the European Union, the UK is under a legal obligation to obey EU law. Although the Department cannot guarantee that operators will not be affected, we are interpreting the exemptions in the EU Regulation 1071/2009 as widely as legally possible to minimise the scale of any impacts on operators. Any impacts on individual operators will depend on their specific circumstances and the decisions that they take to comply with the Regulation.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation is also seeking examples of operating models that community transport operators may be able to use to mitigate the Regulation’s impact. The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency is taking a proportionate approach to enforcement as operators adjust. The Department is also making available £250,000 to support community transport organisations, and this may be used to assist drivers.</p><p> </p><p>I met the Chief Executive of the Community Transport Association UK IN September 2017 to discuss Regulation 1071/2009 and its potential effect on the community transport sector, have spoken to him since and expect to meet with him again shortly. Officials continue to liaise with the CTA regularly, and with the Directors of CTA Wales and CTA Scotland who attended the Department’s recent consultation events. Departmental officials also regularly liaise with their Welsh Government counterparts, and they worked together to hold a consultation event on 20 April in Treforest.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 136708 136710 136711 136712 question first answered 27/04/2018 10:01:36 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

887145

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Community Transport: Wales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on the future of the community transport permit system.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	136710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government is currently consulting on the issue and use of the Transport Act’s 1985 s19 and s22 permits and has no plans to end the current permit system. The Government’s commitment to supporting the sector remains as strong as ever.</p><p>Within the existing legal framework, the Department wants as many community transport providers as possible to continue to operate, and retain, service provision for vulnerable community transport passengers.</p><p> </p><p>While it remains a member of the European Union, the UK is under a legal obligation to obey EU law. Although the Department cannot guarantee that operators will not be affected, we are interpreting the exemptions in the EU Regulation 1071/2009 as widely as legally possible to minimise the scale of any impacts on operators. Any impacts on individual operators will depend on their specific circumstances and the decisions that they take to comply with the Regulation.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation is also seeking examples of operating models that community transport operators may be able to use to mitigate the Regulation’s impact. The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency is taking a proportionate approach to enforcement as operators adjust. The Department is also making available £250,000 to support community transport organisations, and this may be used to assist drivers.</p><p> </p><p>I met the Chief Executive of the Community Transport Association UK IN September 2017 to discuss Regulation 1071/2009 and its potential effect on the community transport sector, have spoken to him since and expect to meet with him again shortly. Officials continue to liaise with the CTA regularly, and with the Directors of CTA Wales and CTA Scotland who attended the Department’s recent consultation events. Departmental officials also regularly liaise with their Welsh Government counterparts, and they worked together to hold a consultation event on 20 April in Treforest.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 136708 136709 136711 136712 question first answered 27/04/2018 10:01:37 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

887146

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Community Transport: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with the Community Transport Association on the community transport permit system.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	136711
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government is currently consulting on the issue and use of the Transport Act’s 1985 s19 and s22 permits and has no plans to end the current permit system. The Government’s commitment to supporting the sector remains as strong as ever.</p><p>Within the existing legal framework, the Department wants as many community transport providers as possible to continue to operate, and retain, service provision for vulnerable community transport passengers.</p><p> </p><p>While it remains a member of the European Union, the UK is under a legal obligation to obey EU law. Although the Department cannot guarantee that operators will not be affected, we are interpreting the exemptions in the EU Regulation 1071/2009 as widely as legally possible to minimise the scale of any impacts on operators. Any impacts on individual operators will depend on their specific circumstances and the decisions that they take to comply with the Regulation.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation is also seeking examples of operating models that community transport operators may be able to use to mitigate the Regulation’s impact. The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency is taking a proportionate approach to enforcement as operators adjust. The Department is also making available £250,000 to support community transport organisations, and this may be used to assist drivers.</p><p> </p><p>I met the Chief Executive of the Community Transport Association UK IN September 2017 to discuss Regulation 1071/2009 and its potential effect on the community transport sector, have spoken to him since and expect to meet with him again shortly. Officials continue to liaise with the CTA regularly, and with the Directors of CTA Wales and CTA Scotland who attended the Department’s recent consultation events. Departmental officials also regularly liaise with their Welsh Government counterparts, and they worked together to hold a consultation event on 20 April in Treforest.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 136708 136709 136710 136712 question first answered 27/04/2018 10:01:37 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

887147

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Community Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to support volunteer drivers in community transport operators.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	136712
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government is currently consulting on the issue and use of the Transport Act’s 1985 s19 and s22 permits and has no plans to end the current permit system. The Government’s commitment to supporting the sector remains as strong as ever.</p><p>Within the existing legal framework, the Department wants as many community transport providers as possible to continue to operate, and retain, service provision for vulnerable community transport passengers.</p><p> </p><p>While it remains a member of the European Union, the UK is under a legal obligation to obey EU law. Although the Department cannot guarantee that operators will not be affected, we are interpreting the exemptions in the EU Regulation 1071/2009 as widely as legally possible to minimise the scale of any impacts on operators. Any impacts on individual operators will depend on their specific circumstances and the decisions that they take to comply with the Regulation.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation is also seeking examples of operating models that community transport operators may be able to use to mitigate the Regulation’s impact. The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency is taking a proportionate approach to enforcement as operators adjust. The Department is also making available £250,000 to support community transport organisations, and this may be used to assist drivers.</p><p> </p><p>I met the Chief Executive of the Community Transport Association UK IN September 2017 to discuss Regulation 1071/2009 and its potential effect on the community transport sector, have spoken to him since and expect to meet with him again shortly. Officials continue to liaise with the CTA regularly, and with the Directors of CTA Wales and CTA Scotland who attended the Department’s recent consultation events. Departmental officials also regularly liaise with their Welsh Government counterparts, and they worked together to hold a consultation event on 20 April in Treforest.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 136708 136709 136710 136711 question first answered 27/04/2018 10:01:37 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

887170

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorways: Inspections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the minimum standards are for inspection covers embedded in live lanes of motorways.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	John Redwood
uin	136734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2018 answer text <p>The minimum standards for inspection covers embedded in live lanes of smart motorways are set out in Highways England’s Interim Advice Note (IAN 161/15) and Chief Highway Engineer’s Memorandum (CHE Memo 397/17).</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The M3 between junction 3 and the M25 has a number of drainage pipes and associated inspection chambers located under the inside lane. During the upgrade to smart motorway, which included converting the hard shoulder into the new inside running lane, Highways England strengthened the inspection chambers and replaced the inspection covers where necessary in order that they meet the required wheel loading and skid resistance standards.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 136735 question first answered 25/04/2018 14:02:13 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood

887171

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorways: Inspections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason inspection covers have been embedded in the inside lane of the M3 between junction 3 and the M25.
tabling member constituency	Wokingham
tabling member printed	John Redwood
uin	136735
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2018 answer text <p>The minimum standards for inspection covers embedded in live lanes of smart motorways are set out in Highways England’s Interim Advice Note (IAN 161/15) and Chief Highway Engineer’s Memorandum (CHE Memo 397/17).</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The M3 between junction 3 and the M25 has a number of drainage pipes and associated inspection chambers located under the inside lane. During the upgrade to smart motorway, which included converting the hard shoulder into the new inside running lane, Highways England strengthened the inspection chambers and replaced the inspection covers where necessary in order that they meet the required wheel loading and skid resistance standards.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 136734 question first answered 25/04/2018 14:02:13 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	14 label Biography information for Sir John Redwood