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1252608

registered interest
date	17/11/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Scooters: Speed Limits
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 ensure that electric scooters have a maximum speed of 20mph.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	116483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2020 answer text <p>The Department is running trials of rental e-scooters to assess their safety and the impacts they have on the road. The regulations amend the existing legislation to treat e-scooters in trials largely like cycles and e-bikes. The e-scooters will be limited to 15.5 mph (the same as e-bikes). Privately-owned e-scooters remain illegal during trials regardless of their maximum speed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 24/11/2020 17:28:08 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1252611

registered interest
date	17/11/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: North East
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 (a) implications for his policies and (b) potential level of funding required for the Transport North East's Connected North East Blueprint.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	116476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>The blueprint is due to go to public consultation shortly. The Department looks forward to receiving it in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Many of the projects included in the blueprint are already under consideration by the Department and complement existing Department priorities including the Government’s long term vision to increase active travel, commitment to achieving net zero emissions across all modes of transport and improving the strategic road network.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to work closely with Northern leaders to identify local priorities through the Northern Transport Acceleration Council, which is due to meet again in December.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 23/11/2020 13:47:17 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1252638

registered interest
date	17/11/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether driving lessons and driving tests will be allowed to recommence immediately after the November 2020 covid-19 lockdown restrictions have ended.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	116429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2020 answer text <p>The Prime Minister has confirmed that when the current national restriction period ends, the country will move to local restrictions on a 3 Tier basis. Driving lessons and driving tests were permitted under the previous Tier 3 restriction. It is not yet clear what impact the new restrictions will have on driving lessons and driving tests, but the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency will update its advice on GOV.UK as soon as it has clarity.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 25/11/2020 14:31:48 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1252642

registered interest
date	17/11/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Travel: Quarantine
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 potential effect of (a) pre-departure testing (b) testing after arrival on the length of quarantine required for international travellers entering the UK during the covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C McDonald
uin	116512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>The Government is actively working on the practicalities of using testing to release people from self-isolation earlier than 14 days. The Global Travel Taskforce is working at pace to consider how testing, technology and innovation can drive a recovery for international travel and tourism, without adding to infection risk or infringing on our overall NHS test capacity.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 23/11/2020 12:18:27 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

1252726

registered interest
date	17/11/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Public Transport: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what (a) steps his Department is taking to encourage people to use public transport instead of cars during the covid-19 outbreak and (b) estimate he has made of the number of passenger journeys by (a) bus, (b) car and (c) rail in Greater Manchester since March 2020.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	116645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2020 answer text <p>The government is clear that under current restrictions people should not leave their homes unless for a permitted purpose. Throughout the pandemic we have not regulated to restrict access to the public transport network as this could have an impact on the ability for people to travel when they need to, or for key workers to access employment. We are advising that the public follow safer travel guidance when they do travel.</p><p> </p><p>Weekly data on transport use at a national level since the start of pandemic is available here <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/transport-use-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-pandemic" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/transport-use-during-the-coronavirus-covid-19-pandemic</a>. However, it is not possible to break this national use down by all areas/regions due to sources of the data involved for near real-time reporting. Statistics on transport use by each mode in each area will be published in due course when the full data is available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 24/11/2020 16:56:48 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan

1252746

registered interest
date	17/11/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	School Streets Initiative
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 16 November 2020 to Question 91850, when he plans to bring into effect Part 6 of the Traffic Management Act 2004, so that local authorities outside London can enforce school streets schemes.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	116618
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>The moving traffic enforcement powers under Part 6 of the Traffic Management Act 2004 require a set of statutory instruments to be made covering enforcement, level of penalties, financial provisions, approved devices, adjudication and representations and appeals. This will take several months to bring into force, after which those local authorities with civil parking enforcement powers can apply for a designation order for moving traffic enforcement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 23/11/2020 12:10:25 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

1252751

registered interest
date	17/11/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Instruction: Coronavirus
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 support people who have had their driving lessons cancelled as a result of covid-19 lockdown restrictions.
tabling member constituency	Carlisle
tabling member printed	John Stevenson
uin	116454
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2020 answer text <p>Following Government guidance, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) has suspended practical driver testing in England until Thursday 3 December 2020. The DVSA has asked approved driving instructors to respect the national restrictions in England, reduce day-to-day contact with others, and not carry out driver training until the restrictions have been lifted. Pupils can still have private practice using their own car providing they and the supervising driver are from the same household and it is travel for work, education or for other legally permitted exemptions.</p><p>The DVSA is contacting candidates whose driving tests are affected by covid-19 restrictions to tell them what they need to do. The agency has made an additional 55,000 practical car driving tests available up to 18 April 2021 to accommodate new and re-scheduled tests. This is in addition to the 150,000 practical car tests already available in the booking system.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 24/11/2020 17:06:54 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	3942 label Biography information for John Stevenson

1252754

registered interest
date	17/11/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences: Foreign Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the announcement of an 11 month extension for expired driving licences, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of extending the period by 11 months that non-EU driving licence holders can legally drive in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	116409
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2020 answer text <p>Holders of driving licences issued outside of the European Union who become resident in Great Britain can drive small vehicles (motorcars and motorcycles) for up to one year from the date they become resident.</p><p> </p><p>To continue driving after this period the driver must either exchange their licence, if it was issued by a country which has been <a href="https://www.gov.uk/exchange-foreign-driving-licence/y/yes/car-or-motorcycle/a-designated-country-countries-with-exchange-agreements-with-great-britain" target="_blank">designated for licence exchange purposes</a>, or apply for a provisional driving licence and pass both a theory and practical driving test. There are no current plans to review these arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 24/11/2020 17:10:09 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1252771

registered interest
date	17/11/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many electric cars have been purchased in each NUTS region in 2020.
tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
uin	116607
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2020 answer text <p>Data for vehicle purchases are not available. However, the following table shows the number of battery electric cars registered for the first time in the UK, by NUTS 1 region, during the first 6 months of 2020.</p><p> </p><p>Data covering all of 2020 are scheduled to be published in April 2021.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>NUTS 1 Code</p></td><td><p>NUTS 1 Region</p></td><td><p>New registrations of battery electric cars</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UK</p></td><td><p>United Kingdom*</p></td><td><p>31,047</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UKC</p></td><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>427</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UKD</p></td><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>1,250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UKE</p></td><td><p>Yorkshire and The Humber</p></td><td><p>3,617</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UKF</p></td><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>1,318</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UKG</p></td><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>3,983</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UKH</p></td><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>2,901</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UKI</p></td><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>2,398</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UKJ</p></td><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>7,165</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UKK</p></td><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>5,041</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UKL</p></td><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>946</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UKM</p></td><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>1,658</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UKN</p></td><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td><td><p>339</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* The UK total includes 4 new registrations that could not be assigned a region due to an incomplete or invalid postcode.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 23/11/2020 16:51:34 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1252819

registered interest
date	17/11/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many bus routes have been discontinued in (a) Coventry North East constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) England in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	116505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/11/2020 answer text <p>Changes to bus services are notified to the Traffic Commissioners.</p><p> </p><p>The Traffic Commissioners Annual Report for 2020-21 is due to be published in Autumn 2021. The latest published data for 2019-20 from the Traffic Commissioners regarding the number of cancelled registrations can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/traffic-commissioners-annual-report-2019-to-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/traffic-commissioners-annual-report-2019-to-2020</a></p><p> </p><p>Reports for previous years can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/traffic-commissioners-annual-reports" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/traffic-commissioners-annual-reports</a></p><p> </p><p>The numbers of cancelled registrations will not be the same as the number of cessations of bus services: a registration that is cancelled may be complemented by a new service introduction that is an exact match or a slight variation to the one that has been cancelled.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 25/11/2020 11:53:14 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher