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515699

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles: Testing
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 reduce HGV testing waiting lists at Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency testing centres.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent South
tabling member printed	Robert Flello
uin	35509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency is reducing vocational waiting times by recruiting more examiners, improving its forecasting model to better match resource with demand and redeploying examiners from lower wait centres to those with higher waiting times.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 04/05/2016 15:47:01 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1569 label Biography information for Robert Flello

515700

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	British Transport Police: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much Transport for London will pay to the British Transport Police's budget in 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Dewsbury
tabling member printed	Paula Sherriff
uin	35512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>The British Transport Police (BTP) Authority has approved a budget for 2016-17 which includes an amount of £66.933 million in respect of the Transport for London (TFL) Police Service Agreement and overhead charges. The figure excludes any additional policing services which are provided by the BTP at TfL’s request on a commercial basis.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 04/05/2016 16:45:02 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4426 label Biography information for Paula Sherriff

515701

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	A417: Gloucestershire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic accidents have been recorded over the last five years on the area of the A417 in Gloucestershire for which an upgrade is planned in 2020.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
uin	35496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <p>Highways England is starting full-scale options work on the A417 Missing Link ‘Air Balloon’ roundabout scheme this financial year (2016/17), with the intention that the scheme will be ready to start construction as early as possible in the next Road Investment Strategy period which starts on 1 April 2020.</p><p> </p><p>A total of 65 personal injury road accidents were reported to the police between 2010 and 2014 in the vicinity of the A417 scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The number of reported personal injury road accidents per year by severity are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Fatal</p></td><td><p>Serious</p></td><td><p>Slight</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5yr total</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Figures for 2015 will be published on 30<sup>th</sup> June 2016.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 05/05/2016 12:33:02 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

515702

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Travel: Concessions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will extend the English national concessionary travel scheme for disabled people beyond off-peak times.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Ben Howlett
uin	35497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <p>Whilst I appreciate that concessionary pass holders might wish to use buses before 9.30am, there are no plans to extend the statutory scheme to include morning peak time travel. Local authorities already have powers to introduce “discretionary concessions” building on the minimum national standard. Authorities can, for instance, enable some disabled pass holders to use services during peak hours, to use modes of transport other than buses or to travel with a companion free of charge. Such enhancements are however, entirely a matter for the respective authorities and are funded locally. It follows that any decision on whether to create such enhancements is a matter for the authority concerned.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 05/05/2016 13:23:25 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4445 label Biography information for Ben Howlett

515703

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Mobility Scooters: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many accidents were reported involving mobility scooters in 2015.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	35513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>Statistics for 2015 will be published in June 2016.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 04/05/2016 16:42:05 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

515899

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Offences: Mobile Phones
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of the proposed increase in penalty points and fines for those who use mobile phones while driving, in the light of the number of road fatalities in which that offence was a contributing factor.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL7965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2016 answer text <p>Evidence shows that hand-held mobile phone use by car drivers decreased after the legislation was introduced in 2003, and after the first increase in the penalty in 2007. However, I know that dangerous in-car mobile phone use remains a key concern amongst motorists. That is why the previous Government increased the level of fine in 2013 and this Government has brought forward a further package of measures to increase the current 3 penalty points to 4 and the fixed penalty notice to rise from £100 to £150.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 06/05/2016 08:43:40 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

515900

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what responsibility they have for examining how the costs of heavy rail might be reduced.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL7966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2016 answer text <p>Government has a strong interest in reducing the net cost of the railway for the benefit of passengers, freight users and taxpayers, and this has been an important theme of the recent Hendy, Bowe and Shaw reviews.</p><p> </p><p>In respect of infrastructure costs, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has a remit to determine the efficient cost of provision by Network Rail in each five yearly rail control period, which helps to determine the cost of track access charges for Network Rail’s customers – passenger and freight train operators. ORR sets an efficiency target for Network Rail’s operations, maintenance and renewals. Any material increases in expenditure must be agreed with the Department for Transport.</p><p> </p><p>Separately, following the Bowe and Hendy reports, the Department has set in place new oversight arrangements to ensure best value is obtained from proposals to enhance the rail network, as reflected in the recently published Memorandum of Understanding between the Department and Network Rail.</p><p> </p><p>In respect of train operations, the Department seeks to achieve improved value for money through the way it lets and manages contracts for passenger train services.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 06/05/2016 09:25:28 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

515954

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the operation of passenger compensation schemes run by train operating companies.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL8008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Transport expects Train Operating Companies (TOCs) to make sure that their customers are aware of their rights to claim compensation.</p><p> </p><p>The Office of Rail and Road’s (ORR) response to the Which? super-complaint into passenger compensation, published in March this year, included consideration of the operation of the TOC schemes. The Department is already working closely with the ORR and the Association of Train Operating Companies to bring about improvements to passenger compensation arrangements. The Department will respond to the ORR’s report into the Which? super-complaint in the summer of 2016.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 06/05/2016 08:43:07 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

515956

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of emission tests undertaken by car manufacturers in the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL8009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>As part of the exhaust emissions approval process vehicle manufacturers are obliged to undertake in-use emissions testing. They are required to submit a report of their results at regular intervals or when requested to do so by the approval authority. In accordance with EU regulation 715/2007, the authority will review the information and accept or reject the report. The UK type approval authority is the Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) and they ensure manufacturers follow this process where they are the issuing approval authority.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 04/05/2016 11:11:07 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

515978

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Personal Injury: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to paragraph 3.103 of the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015, what discussions his Department had with the Ministry of Justice on the decision to remove the right to general damages for minor soft tissue injuries and raising the personal injury small claims limit to £5,000.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	35687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>My officials had regular discussions over a range of motor insurance issues, including proposals over whiplash.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 04/05/2016 16:08:37 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood