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750642

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Tyne and Wear Metro: Rolling Stock
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions his Department has had with Nexus on its proposal for new rolling stock on the Tyne and Wear Metro.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
uin	4148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department for Transport is currently in discussions with Nexus regarding their proposals for new rolling stock on the Metro, including exploring various funding options.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/07/2017 07:08:26 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn

750765

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Buses: Tyres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many public service vehicles inspected by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency were identified as having tyres that exceed the 10-year age limit in each year since January 2014.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	4421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) conducts statutory annual inspections and roadside enforcement checks. During statutory annual inspections, DVSA identified 2 instances of public service vehicles with tyres that had exceeded the 10-year age limit since January 2014; both instances were in 2017.</p><p> </p><p>Whilst carrying out roadside enforcement checks, DVSA has not identified any public service vehicles with tyres that have exceeded the 10-year age limit since January 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 19/07/2017 13:58:21 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

750766

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Buses: Tyres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 6 July 2017 to Question 1855, how many inspections into the age of public service vehicle tyres were carried out by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency in each year since January 2014.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	4420
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The following figures show the number of public service vehicle (PSV) encounters carried out by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) in each year since January 2014 under each inspection type; tyres are inspected as part of each encounter.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Roadside</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Testing</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>13774</p></td><td><p>89732</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>6417</p></td><td><p>89057</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>9186</p></td><td><p>87488</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 (six months to June)</p></td><td><p>5737</p></td><td><p>45869</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>A memo, first issued in April 2014, to all DVSA testing and roadside examination staff requested notification to the presenter and/or driver proportionate to the condition of the vehicle, which included the age of tyres fitted to the front axle of PSVs.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 19/07/2017 13:53:54 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

750767

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Buses: Tyres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many accidents involving coaches or buses were caused by a defective tyre in each year since October 2012.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	4419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The information collected by the Department on the number of reported accidents involving vehicles with more than eight seated passengers from October 2012 onwards, where a tyre was considered to be a contributory factor are included in the table. In these cases, the investigating Police Officer indicated that a tyre was “illegal, defective or under inflated”.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Coach and bus (over 16 seated passengers</p></td><td><p>Minibuses (9 to 16 seated passengers)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 18/07/2017 08:44:34 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

750768

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Parking: Pedestrian Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the adequacy of legislation related to parking on pavements in ensuring pedestrian safety.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	4418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for assessing the needs of all road users in their areas and for implementing appropriate traffic management measures. If a local authority considers that the safety of pedestrians in a particular location is compromised by pavement parking they have the powers necessary to deal with it through a Traffic Regulation Order (TRO).</p><p> </p><p>As part of our discussions with local authorities and other stakeholders, my department is planning to launch a survey in autumn 2017 in order to gather evidence about the TRO procedure, the costs and timescales for processing TROs, and information about options for change.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 4417 question first answered 19/07/2017 16:24:41 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

750769

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Parking: Pedestrian Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the effect of parked cars obstructing pavements on the safety of visually impaired and blind pedestrians.
tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
uin	4417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for assessing the needs of all road users in their areas and for implementing appropriate traffic management measures. If a local authority considers that the safety of pedestrians in a particular location is compromised by pavement parking they have the powers necessary to deal with it through a Traffic Regulation Order (TRO).</p><p> </p><p>As part of our discussions with local authorities and other stakeholders, my department is planning to launch a survey in autumn 2017 in order to gather evidence about the TRO procedure, the costs and timescales for processing TROs, and information about options for change.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 4418 question first answered 19/07/2017 16:24:40 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

750850

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Greater London
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 adequacy of accessibility for disabled people on Transport for London stations; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	4190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>Transport in London is devolved to the Mayor of London and it is his responsibility to determine transport policy including accessibility requirements. The Mayor has a programme of funding to increase the number of step free stations on the London transport network.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 18/07/2017 12:16:53 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

750878

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Franchises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what requirements he places in franchise agreements with train-operating companies for minimum staffing levels.
tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
uin	4128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not generally specify staffing levels for rail franchises, as it is up to the relevant train operator to ensure it has sufficient staff in place to provide the services to which it is committed. However, the franchise agreement does contain provision limiting the amount of change in staffing levels, which can be made in the final year of the franchise without the consent of the Secretary of State.</p><p> </p><p>We aim to work with the industry, and recognise that a growing railway needs more customer-facing staff.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 18/07/2017 13:02:22 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

750895

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Volkswagen
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 27 March 2017 to Question 69282, what the number of (a) Audis, (b) SEATs, (c) Skodas, (d) commercial vehicles and (e) Volkswagen private cars was to which fixes had been applied by the time of the (i) April, (ii) May, (iii) June and (iv) July meetings.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	4255
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>Volkswagen UK provided the Department with the following figures for the number of ‘fixes’ that have been applied to the affected UK vehicles, across the Group:</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="4"><p>Number of vehicles reported ‘fixed’ on:</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>13 April 2017</p></td><td><p>11 May 2017</p></td><td><p>15 June 2017</p></td><td><p>13 July 2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Audi</p></td><td><p>215,845</p></td><td><p>232,478</p></td><td><p>252,273</p></td><td><p>262,355</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SEAT</p></td><td><p>33,249</p></td><td><p>36,218</p></td><td><p>39,386</p></td><td><p>40,882</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Skoda</p></td><td><p>29,253</p></td><td><p>30,354</p></td><td><p>33,850</p></td><td><p>44,085</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>VW commercial vehicles</p></td><td><p>27,769</p></td><td><p>30,103</p></td><td><p>33,750</p></td><td><p>35,625</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>VW passenger cars</p></td><td><p>285,512</p></td><td><p>305,269</p></td><td><p>327,610</p></td><td><p>340,490</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>591,628</p></td><td><p>634,422</p></td><td><p>686,869</p></td><td><p>723,437</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 18/07/2017 11:49:50 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

750931

registered interest
date	11/07/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Media
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many public engagements for which a media calling notice was issued were attended by a departmental Minister in each of the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	4305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not record such information in a central log and it could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 19/07/2017 13:47:50 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock