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47100

registered interest
date	04/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times the Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre, Belfast, was staffed at below risk-assessed levels in March 2014.
tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
tabling member printed	Katy Clark
uin	195360
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>During March 2014 Belfast Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) was staffed below risk assessed levels on 8 occasions out of 62 shifts.</p><p> </p><p>Where there are specific issues at a MRCC Her Majesty's Coastguard is using the current long established pairing arrangements between MRCCs. This enables each MRCC to be connected to at least one other MRCC which is available to provide mutual support.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

47101

registered interest
date	04/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times the Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre, Stornaway, was staffed at below risk-assessed levels in March 2014.
tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
tabling member printed	Katy Clark
uin	195361
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>During March 2014 Stornoway Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) was staffed below risk assessed levels on 6 occasions out of 62 shifts.</p><p> </p><p>Where there are specific issues at a MRCC Her Majesty's Coastguard is using the current long established pairing arrangements between MRCCs. This enables each MRCC to be connected to at least one other MRCC which is available to provide mutual support.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

47102

registered interest
date	04/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times the Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre, Liverpool, was staffed at below risk-assessed levels in March 2014.
tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
tabling member printed	Katy Clark
uin	195362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>During March 2014 Liverpool Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre (MRCC) was staffed below risk assessed levels on 8 occasions out of 62 shifts.</p><p> </p><p>Where there are specific issues at a MRCC Her Majesty's Coastguard is using the current long established pairing arrangements between MRCCs. This enables each MRCC to be connected to at least one other MRCC which is available to provide mutual support.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

46804

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many new drivers had their licences revoked as a result of insurance offences in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	195128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p>The Road Traffic (New Drivers) Act 1995 requires that drivers who accumulate six or more penalty points during their probationary period will have their licences revoked. The accumulation of offences can be for any reason. The table shows the number of drivers whose licences were revoked under the New Drivers Act who committed at least one insurance offence:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Year </strong></td><td><strong> Number of licences revoked</strong></td></tr><tr><td>2010</td><td>4,372</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>5,921</td></tr><tr><td>2012</td><td>5,897</td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>5,606</td></tr><tr><td>2014 (up to 29 March)</td><td>1,118</td></tr><tr><td><strong> Total</strong></td><td><strong> 22,914</strong></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

46805

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent reports he has received on the removal of the Carnforth station platforms from the mainline; what steps he is taking towards their reinstatement; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
tabling member printed	David Morris
uin	195068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government has no plans to reinstate platforms on the West Coast Main Line and has not asked for or received any official reports on their reinstatement or removal in the 1960s. It would be for Lancashire County Council to determine whether such a scheme is a local priority and this is not the case at the present time.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris

46806

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects to publish the Senior Traffic Commissioner's Statutory Guidance on bus reliability and punctuality.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame M. Morris
uin	195092
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Senior Traffic Commissioner's Statutory Document on Local Bus Services has been published for a further period of consultation on 07 April 2014, for six weeks. The document has been revised following responses received during the first consultation. The Senior Traffic Commissioner is aware that the industry is keen for the final document to be introduced. She will review the responses to the second consultation after it closes on 19 May but at this stage can not confirm the planned date of publication.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

46807

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total (a) number and (b) value was of financial penalties imposed on bus operators by each of the eight regional traffic commissioners from 2010-11 to date.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame M. Morris
uin	195093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is in the table below:</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond attachment 1 file name 195093 - Table - Penalties issued under Section 155 of the Transport Act 2000 or Section 39 of The Transport (Scotland Act 2001.doc title Table - penalties issued by traffic commissioners
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

46955

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which airports meet the eligibility criteria for the Regional Air Connectivity Fund; and how much each such airport has been awarded in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	195220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department for Transport is in detailed discussions with regional councils regarding two air routes that might qualify for support through a Public Service Obligation under financial provisions announced by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury in the 2013 Spending Round last July, to maintain regional air access to London. Of these, Dundee Council is currently tendering for an airline to operate a service between Dundee Airport and London.</p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor announced in this year's Budget that support will also be made available for start-up aid for new air routes from UK regional airports. European Union aviation State aid guidelines allow for start-up aid to be provided under certain conditions to facilitate development of new routes from Member State airports which handle fewer than five million passengers per year.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport is working with the Treasury to develop guidance clarifying how the Government will ordinarily expect to interpret the European Union State aid guidelines, and explain how the funding process will operate.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

46960

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
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 1 April 2014, Official Report, column 591W, on Southeastern network, what estimate he has made of demand on routes on the Southeastern network; which routes his Department believes require increased capacity provision on peak services; and when he expects capacity to be increased on these routes.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham East
tabling member printed	Heidi Alexander
uin	195204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department holds information collected by Southeastern about the level of demand on each of its routes. However, this data is held by DfT on a commercially confidential basis and so cannot be released. As part of its Long Term Planning Process, Network Rail will undertake a Kent Route Study during 2015/16 to identify which routes may require increased capacity provision. On the basis of this work, Ministers will consider priorities for funding capacity enhancements during railway Control Period 6 (2019-2024).</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4038 label Biography information for Heidi Alexander

46606

registered interest
date	02/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions practical driving tests have been appealed to magistrates' and sheriff courts in each year since 2008; how many such appeals were upheld; and for what reasons.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	194919
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Since 2008 DVSA holds record of 12 practical driving test appeals that have come before the magistrate's court; we have no record of any practical driving test appeals that have come before the Sheriff's court. None of these appeals were upheld as detailed in the chart below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Date and place of hearing </strong></td><td><strong>Under S90 or S133 RTA </strong></td><td><strong>Outcome </strong></td></tr><tr><td>11.06.2008 - Croydon</td><td>S133</td><td>Dismissed</td></tr><tr><td>27.01.2009 - Bexley Heath</td><td>S90</td><td>Dismissed</td></tr><tr><td>25.03.2009 - Caernarfon</td><td>S133</td><td>Withdrawn</td></tr><tr><td>01/06/2009 - UNKNOWN</td><td>S90</td><td>Settled without prejudice prior to hearing</td></tr><tr><td>15.07.2009 Leicester</td><td>S90</td><td>Dismissed</td></tr><tr><td>31.07.2009 Leicester</td><td>S133</td><td>Withdrawn</td></tr><tr><td>5.11.2010 - UNKNOWN</td><td>S90</td><td>Failed to attend preliminary hearing</td></tr><tr><td>28.02.2011 Coventry</td><td>S133</td><td>Withdrawn</td></tr><tr><td>13.09.2011 Sheffield</td><td>S90</td><td>Not upheld</td></tr><tr><td>26.07.2012 Wakefield</td><td>S90</td><td>Cancelled preliminary hearing</td></tr><tr><td>02.08.2012 Bournemouth</td><td>S90</td><td>Withdrawn</td></tr><tr><td>11.11.2013 Wolverhampton</td><td>S133</td><td>Withdrawn at hearing on judge's advice</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop