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1146922

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date	30/09/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles: Inspections
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 9 September (HL17707), whether the number of staff of the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency conducting roadside mechanical spot checks on lorries was reduced between 2016 and 2019.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL17896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has not reduced the number of staff conducting roadside mechanical spot checks on lorries between 2016 and 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The DVSA targets serious and serially non-compliant operators and drivers to protect British road users from unsafe drivers and vehicles.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 08/10/2019 11:31:25 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

1146923

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vere of Norbiton on 9 September (HL17590), whether the 2019–20 local government finance settlement was higher than the 2018–19 settlement.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL17897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>I can confirm that the 2019-20 local government finance settlement was higher than the 2018-19 settlement. Core Spending Power increased from £45.1 billion in 2018-19 to £46.2 billion in 2019-20, a cash-increase of 2.5% and a real-terms increase in resources available to local authorities.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 08/10/2019 14:41:42 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

1146924

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic: Noise
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have, if any, to undertake work to reduce road traffic noise along major roads.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL17898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>Highways England is committed to mitigating noise pollution on the Strategic Road Network. Highways England’s key performance indicator for noise requires mitigation to be installed at 1,150 Noise Important Areas by the end of the first Road Investment Strategy period in March 2020. To support this objective Highways England is:</p><p> </p><ul><li>installing low noise surfacing, where appropriate, as part of the road renewal programme, for example outside houses, schools and hospitals;</li><li>when delivering schemes, seeking to mitigate potential noise impacts in line with national policy, through the use of: low noise surfacing, noise barriers, earth bunds, and through the scheme design process;</li><li>delivering new noise barriers through the Environmental Designated Fund, and renewal of existing noise barriers where required; and</li><li>installing acoustic glazing to residential properties in Noise Important Areas, delivered through the Environmental Designated Fund.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Further to the work of HE, the Department for Transport is promoting the use of Electric Vehicles which will significantly reduce the noise pollution on major roads.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 08/10/2019 11:31:57 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

1146925

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Agility Trains: Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Agility Trains West account for delays incurred by their trains using the miles per casualty measure.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL17899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>Miles per Technical Incident is the common performance statistic calculated for all classes of trains used for passenger services on the national network. These statistics are collated by the Rail Delivery Group from data collated from the train operators. The Hitachi Intercity Express Trains owned by Agility Trains West are included in these statistics.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 08/10/2019 11:18:06 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

1146926

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Bridleways and Public Footpaths: Lake District National Park
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the damage caused to footpaths and bridleways in the Lake District National Park; and what measures are available to park authorities to remedy such damage.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL17900
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p><em>It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.</em></p> answering member printed Lord Gardiner of Kimble question first answered 08/10/2019 16:13:57 answering member 4161 label Biography information for Lord Gardiner of Kimble
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

1146927

registered interest
date	30/09/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	East Midlands Railway: Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the contractual requirements between East Midlands Railway and the Department for Transport for the operational performance of that line; and who is responsible for measuring that performance.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL17901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/10/2019 answer text <p>The franchise agreement sets out operational performance benchmarks for Cancellations, Delay Minutes and Short Formations. Network Rail monitors and measures the operational performance of the railways and the Train Operator will provide these numbers to the Department for Transport to monitor their performance against the benchmarks.</p><p>The East Midlands Railway franchise agreement, which contains the franchise specific benchmarks, will be published on the gov.uk website in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 08/10/2019 11:15:30 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw