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1660956

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving Tests
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to provide people who paid a broker to obtain a driving test with financial support.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	199800
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>Since April 2021, the recovery measures put in place by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) to reduce car practical driving test waiting times, together with the ongoing recruitment of driving examiners, is creating approximately 40,000 extra car test appointments each month. These measures include conducting out-of-hours testing, such as on public holidays and weekends, asking all those qualified to conduct tests but who do not do so as part of their current day job, to return to conducting tests, and asking recently retired driving examiners to return.</p><p>As of 18 September 2023, there were 561,275 car practical driving tests booked, and 64,817 driving tests available within the 24-week booking window.</p><p>The DVSA is aware of some people who have been using apps and bots to find a test date. These apps or bots are not approved by the DVSA as they make it harder for candidates to get a test and can also result in people paying more for a test, than the official test fee. Using such services also means that any changes to the test may not necessarily be relayed to the candidate.</p><p> </p><p>The DVSA will also continue to inform candidates of the official channels for booking a test. The DVSA has taken measures to encourage learners to use the official booking site on GOV.UK by ensuring that it appears as high as possible on popular search engines and by promoting the official website on social media.</p><p> </p><p>The fees for the services that the DVSA offers have remained largely the same for over 10 years. The car driving test fee was last changed in 2009 and has not kept up with inflation. The fee for a driving test represents a relatively small component of the overall cost of learning to drive.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden grouped question UIN 199801 199802 199803 question first answered 20/09/2023 14:01:31 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1660957

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving Tests: Waiting Lists
	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 reduce waiting times to obtain driving tests.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	199801
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>Since April 2021, the recovery measures put in place by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) to reduce car practical driving test waiting times, together with the ongoing recruitment of driving examiners, is creating approximately 40,000 extra car test appointments each month. These measures include conducting out-of-hours testing, such as on public holidays and weekends, asking all those qualified to conduct tests but who do not do so as part of their current day job, to return to conducting tests, and asking recently retired driving examiners to return.</p><p>As of 18 September 2023, there were 561,275 car practical driving tests booked, and 64,817 driving tests available within the 24-week booking window.</p><p>The DVSA is aware of some people who have been using apps and bots to find a test date. These apps or bots are not approved by the DVSA as they make it harder for candidates to get a test and can also result in people paying more for a test, than the official test fee. Using such services also means that any changes to the test may not necessarily be relayed to the candidate.</p><p> </p><p>The DVSA will also continue to inform candidates of the official channels for booking a test. The DVSA has taken measures to encourage learners to use the official booking site on GOV.UK by ensuring that it appears as high as possible on popular search engines and by promoting the official website on social media.</p><p> </p><p>The fees for the services that the DVSA offers have remained largely the same for over 10 years. The car driving test fee was last changed in 2009 and has not kept up with inflation. The fee for a driving test represents a relatively small component of the overall cost of learning to drive.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden grouped question UIN 199800 199802 199803 question first answered 20/09/2023 14:01:31 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1660958

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving Tests: Fees and Charges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether financial support is available for people who cannot afford to pay for a driving test.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	199802
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>Since April 2021, the recovery measures put in place by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) to reduce car practical driving test waiting times, together with the ongoing recruitment of driving examiners, is creating approximately 40,000 extra car test appointments each month. These measures include conducting out-of-hours testing, such as on public holidays and weekends, asking all those qualified to conduct tests but who do not do so as part of their current day job, to return to conducting tests, and asking recently retired driving examiners to return.</p><p>As of 18 September 2023, there were 561,275 car practical driving tests booked, and 64,817 driving tests available within the 24-week booking window.</p><p>The DVSA is aware of some people who have been using apps and bots to find a test date. These apps or bots are not approved by the DVSA as they make it harder for candidates to get a test and can also result in people paying more for a test, than the official test fee. Using such services also means that any changes to the test may not necessarily be relayed to the candidate.</p><p> </p><p>The DVSA will also continue to inform candidates of the official channels for booking a test. The DVSA has taken measures to encourage learners to use the official booking site on GOV.UK by ensuring that it appears as high as possible on popular search engines and by promoting the official website on social media.</p><p> </p><p>The fees for the services that the DVSA offers have remained largely the same for over 10 years. The car driving test fee was last changed in 2009 and has not kept up with inflation. The fee for a driving test represents a relatively small component of the overall cost of learning to drive.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden grouped question UIN 199800 199801 199803 question first answered 20/09/2023 14:01:31 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1660960

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving Tests
	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 increase the availability of driving tests.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	199803
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>Since April 2021, the recovery measures put in place by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) to reduce car practical driving test waiting times, together with the ongoing recruitment of driving examiners, is creating approximately 40,000 extra car test appointments each month. These measures include conducting out-of-hours testing, such as on public holidays and weekends, asking all those qualified to conduct tests but who do not do so as part of their current day job, to return to conducting tests, and asking recently retired driving examiners to return.</p><p>As of 18 September 2023, there were 561,275 car practical driving tests booked, and 64,817 driving tests available within the 24-week booking window.</p><p>The DVSA is aware of some people who have been using apps and bots to find a test date. These apps or bots are not approved by the DVSA as they make it harder for candidates to get a test and can also result in people paying more for a test, than the official test fee. Using such services also means that any changes to the test may not necessarily be relayed to the candidate.</p><p> </p><p>The DVSA will also continue to inform candidates of the official channels for booking a test. The DVSA has taken measures to encourage learners to use the official booking site on GOV.UK by ensuring that it appears as high as possible on popular search engines and by promoting the official website on social media.</p><p> </p><p>The fees for the services that the DVSA offers have remained largely the same for over 10 years. The car driving test fee was last changed in 2009 and has not kept up with inflation. The fee for a driving test represents a relatively small component of the overall cost of learning to drive.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden grouped question UIN 199800 199801 199802 question first answered 20/09/2023 14:01:32 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1660987

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to encourage train operators to provide automatic delay repay compensation.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	199745
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2023 answer text <p>As set out in the Plan for Rail, the Department is working with the train operating companies (TOCs) to ensure they make the process of claiming compensation easier. Ten out of 14 Department contracted TOCs now offer automated delay repay compensation and a standardised compensation form has been introduced.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 22/09/2023 08:57:47 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1661063

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Ticket Offices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Answer of 11 September to Question 196079 on Railway Stations: Tickets, if he will publish the Memorandum of Understanding for Modernising Retail between his Department and the Rail Delivery Group dated 29 July 2020.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	199714
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2023 answer text <p>There are no plans to publish any such correspondence.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 22/09/2023 09:38:17 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1661088

	registered interest
	date	15/09/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railway Stations
	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 11 September 2023 to Question 196081 on Railway Stations, if he will publish a redacted copy of the mandate given to the train operating companies.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	199715
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2023 answer text <p>There are no plans to publish any such correspondence.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 22/09/2023 09:40:04 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1660726

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Cycling and Walking: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the policy paper entitled Cycling and walking investment strategy report to Parliament 2022, published on 6 July 2022, when he plans to publish the next cycling and walking investment strategy report.
	tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
	tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	199541
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>The next report to Parliament is likely to be published alongside the third statutory Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy in 2025.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 19/09/2023 13:35:12 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

1660740

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Govia Thameslink Railway: Timetables
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has had discussions with Govia Thameslink Railway on the reduction of its (a) Southern and (b) London Bridge to East Croydon railway lines.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	199602
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/09/2023 answer text <p>The department has regular discussions with Operators to assess the level of service provision and ensure that the timetable meets passenger demand. The timetable will remain under regular review however there are no significant changes currently planned to services between East Croydon and London Bridge<strong><br> <br> </strong></p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 19/09/2023 10:52:42 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
	tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1660800

	registered interest
	date	14/09/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Motor Vehicles
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential impact of the London Ultra-Low Emission Zone expansion on the cost of non-compliant Government vehicles travelling in London.
	tabling member constituency	South Holland and The Deepings
	tabling member printed	Sir John Hayes
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	199536
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Transport (DfT) has several Agencies based outside of the London Ultra-Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) and are not affected. The Government Car Service (GCS) is a division of the central DfT and operates in the ULEZ daily. The GCS Operational Fleet are compliant.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 20/09/2023 13:58:28 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
	tabling member	350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes