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date	11/09/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many accidents in England resulting in serious head injuries involved (a) cyclists and (b) cyclists under 16 in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
tabling member printed	Annette Brooke
uin	209090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>The number of reported personal injury road accidents in England involving (a) at least one seriously injured pedal cyclist and (b) at least one seriously injured pedal cyclist aged under 16 for the years 2011, 2012 and 2013 is given in the tables below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Reported personal injury road accidents involving at least one seriously injured pedal cyclist: England, 2011-2013</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>2,814</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>2,960</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2,884</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Reported personal injury road accidents involving at least one seriously injured pedal cyclist aged under 16: England, 2011-2013</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>349</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>275</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>248</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Information on the pedal cyclists who suffered serious head injuries as a result of an accident is not available from the STATS19 data that the department collects.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>However, information on the medical consequences of pedal cycle casualties in road accidents in England can be obtained from hospital inpatient data. The most recent analysis for 2001-2010 suggests that 40 per cent of pedal cycle admissions were the result of head injuries.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 16/10/2014 15:27:41 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1431 label Biography information for Annette Brooke

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registered interest
date	03/07/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: Children
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 12 June 2014, Official Report, column 295W, on cycling: children, what criteria his Department uses to measure whether a mode of transport is safe and secure.
tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
tabling member printed	Annette Brooke
uin	204040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Anyone killed or seriously injured on our roads is one too many. The Department collects and publishes statistics annually (and sub-annually) and uses those to monitor road safety. Where there is an existing or emerging road safety challenge, the Department works hard to ensure the right policy solutions are in place to minimise those road safety risks.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 08/07/2014 14:46:29 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1431 label Biography information for Annette Brooke

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registered interest
date	02/07/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Gas Masks
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to prevent the postage by retailers of Second World War gas masks containing asbestos.
tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
tabling member printed	Annette Brooke
uin	203584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Royal Mail is responsible for the acceptance or otherwise of items to be carried by post and they have set out what they will accept, or not, in their publically available guide “<strong>Prohibitions and restrictions in the domestic and international post</strong><strong>” published in July 2013. These rules ensure that specified low risk items can be transported safely through the UK postal network.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>It clearly states that under certain conditions it is acceptable for samples of asbestos to be carried to UK destinations. Royal mail will not, however, accept asbestos under any circumstances for international carriage.</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>I will not be taking any additional steps to prevent the postage by retailers of Second World War gas masks containing asbestos.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 07/07/2014 14:56:14 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	1431 label Biography information for Annette Brooke

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registered interest
date	09/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will issue guidance on the safe use of bicycle trailers to provide a minimum level of safety for children being towed by bicycles on the roads.
tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
tabling member printed	Annette Brooke
uin	199623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department has no current plans to issue guidance on the safe use of trailers on bicycles. However children should be transported safely and securely and trailers should be in a roadworthy condition before being used on the highway.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 12/06/2014 14:34:17 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1431 label Biography information for Annette Brooke