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1588534

registered interest
date	23/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed Two: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will provide a breakdown of the roles undertaken by the 167 FTE staff employed by HS2 Ltd in its Communications and Stakeholder Engagement Directorate.
tabling member constituency	Buckingham
tabling member printed	Greg Smith
uin	151426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2023 answer text <p>The majority of staff are engaged on community engagement activities along the 200 mile HS2 route, and the number of staff employed in the Directorate and handling all HS2 communication and engagement activity is a very small proportion of the 30,000 people now working on the HS2 project.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 02/03/2023 10:32:49 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4778 label Biography information for Greg Smith

1588589

registered interest
date	23/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	TransPennine Express Rail Franchise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to end the Trans Pennine Express contract in May 2023.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	151390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2023 answer text <p>The Department in partnership with Transport for the North will make an announcement in due course.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 28/02/2023 14:31:49 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1588590

registered interest
date	23/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Buses: Driving
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 trend in the level of bus driver vacancies.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	151391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2023 answer text <p>The most recent Confederation of Passenger Transport (CPT) estimate is that almost 1 in 10 bus driver positions in the UK were vacant in September 2022. Findings from CPT’s most recent driver shortage run in February are expected to be known shortly.</p><p> </p><p>In November 2022, the Department and CPT co-chaired a Bus and Coach Driver Summit to understand and address the issues causing driver shortages. Following the Bus and Coach Driver Summit, the Department has been working with CPT to take forward the actions identified at the summit.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 28/02/2023 16:13:15 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1588591

registered interest
date	23/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business and Trade on support for the electric car industry.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	151392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2023 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Transport meets regularly with Cabinet colleagues and works with them to ensure that there is a coordinated cross-Whitehall approach to the UK’s commitment to Net Zero by 2050, which includes decarbonising the transport sector.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 28/02/2023 14:28:21 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1588604

registered interest
date	23/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps they have taken in their Department to operate the Disability Confident employer scheme for those seeking a lateral transfer; and how many and what proportion of candidates who declared themselves as having a disability and who applied under that scheme where (a) interviewed and (b) laterally transferred in (i) 2021 and (ii) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	151319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Transport is a ‘Disability Confident Leader’ in the Disability Confident Scheme which is the highest of the three levels of commitment to the scheme. In addition to taking steps such as providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process, the Department provides leadership in supporting the scheme, reports on disability, mental health and wellbeing and has undergone a rigorous validation process. The data available to the Department shows that around 10% of internal applicants since 1 May 2022 applied under the scheme, with a similar level of representation at interview stage.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/03/2023 14:05:22 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1588631

registered interest
date	23/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorcycles: Electric Vehicles
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 encourage the take-up of electric motorbikes.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	151234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government offers financial support to consumers via the Plug-in Motorcycle Grant,which helps bridge the price gap between the cost of zero emission and internal combustion engine vehicles. The grant pays for 35% of the purchase price for selected models, up to a maximum of £500 for motorcycles and £150 for mopeds.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to work with the UK industry to grow the motorcycle sector and ensure it has a prosperous future in the UK. In February 2022, the Motorcycle Industry Association and Zemo Partnership published a government-commissioned action plan, “Realising the Full Potential of Zero Emission Powered Light Vehicles”, to support the take-up of zero emission L-category vehicles. The Government has also made up to £350,000 of funding available to grow the zero-emission motorcycle supply chain in the UK.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/03/2023 14:21:48 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1588651

registered interest
date	23/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Offshore Suppliers: Inspections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many non-UK registered oil and gas support vessels were inspected by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency in each year from 2014-15 to 2021-22.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	151424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2023 answer text <p>Non-UK vessels are inspected under the Paris Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) Port State Control Inspection regime. The database of inspections uses categories of vessel rather than the industry the vessels serve. In this instance, oil and gas support vessels are in the category of “Offshore Supply” which may also include vessels, such as wind farm vessels. Therefore, the number of inspected non-UK registered oil and gas support vessels cannot be accurately provided.</p><p> </p><p>However, from 2014 to 2019 the Maritime and Coastguard Agency inspected on average 144 foreign flagged Offshore Supply vessels under the Port State Control Regime each calendar year. The Covid-19 pandemic reduced this to 88 inspections in 2020 and 119 in 2021. The number of foreign flagged Offshore Supply Vessels inspected under the Port State Control regime is now back to pre-pandemic levels with 144 inspected in 2022.</p><p>The table below shows the number of UK Offshore Supply inspections carried out in each year from 2014-2022.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>UK Offshore Supply Inspections</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Inspections by MCA</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>154</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>139</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>143</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>151</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>119</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>144</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 28/02/2023 16:23:34 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1588652

registered interest
date	23/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Offshore Suppliers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what regulatory approach the Maritime and Coastguard Agency takes to offshore support vessels contracted to service (a) oil and gas or (b) renewable energy installations located outside UK territorial waters.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	151425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2023 answer text <p>In regard to both oil and gas and renewable energy instillations, Offshore Support Vessels require certification in accordance with the applicable conventions subject to the gross tonnage (GT) and/or length, number of passengers carried on board, flag state legislation and the national legislation of the waters where the vessel is operating. Emergency Response Rescue Vessel (ERRV) certification is an option that is available to UK operators, however, there is no statutory requirement to hold this certificate as this is a UK oil and gas initiative.</p><p> </p><p>Offshore Support Vessels that carry more than 12 passengers are required to be certificated as passenger vessels. Alternative provisions are allowed where passengers are deemed special personnel and as such, the vessel may be certificated as a Special Purpose Ship (SPS) where compliant with this Code.</p><p> </p><p>Offshore Support Vessels that carry less than 12 passengers that are less than 24m in length may be certificated as a Workboat to the appropriate category of operation.</p><p> </p><p>The above regulations are extant for both UK and non-UK vessels, regardless of area of operation.</p><p> </p><p>The sector of work for offshore supply vessels does not change the certification of them. Offshore Support Vessels are certificated with the applicable Conventions subject to the GT and/or length, number of passengers or UK/national legislation, where they are outside of the applicable limits of the appropriate convention. Where a vessel carries Industrial Personnel (IP), outside of the limits of a High Speed Offshore Service Craft Code (HSOSC) certificate, the vessels fall into the same category of SPS for UK vessels (as per above) or if non-UK, an IP Safety Certificate may be provided as per Safety of Lives at Sea (SOLAS) XV. High Speed vessels operated by UK operators have the option of certification to the HSOSC Code.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 28/02/2023 16:25:02 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1588700

registered interest
date	23/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Colour Vision Deficiency
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 collate data on aircraft accidents in commercial operations in which colour vision was a significant factor over the past twenty years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	151401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department policy on colour vision is derived from a range of evidence, including but not limited to accident data. This is used to set requirements based on the fact that the perception of colour cues in the external environment is key to safe performance of flight duties. The Department believes there would be little benefit to conducting such an exercise, as knowledge gained from air accident investigations is already reflected in UK policy.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 03/03/2023 08:56:28 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1588702

registered interest
date	23/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Colour Vision Deficiency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will consider the potential merits of introducing a practical colour vision assessment for commercial pilots.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	151402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2023 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>This Government is committed to ensuring that no one who is safe to fly commercial aircraft is barred from doing so. Regarding colour vision regulations, this means being able to assess the extent of colour vision deficiency accurately, and calibrating requirements to maintain safety standards without unnecessarily penalising those with relatively mild colour vision deficiency. The CAA’s view as regulator is that the Colour Assessment and Diagnosis (CAD) test currently used provides the most accurate and reproducible assessment of an applicant’s class of colour vision. It would therefore not be appropriate to offer a wider range of tests, as the CAD is suitable to the safety requirements of UK aviation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 02/03/2023 14:23:29 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel