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1228674

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
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, how much printed material has been distributed to public transport providers operating in (a) the UK, (b) London and (c) Lewisham constituency in relation to the requirement to wear face coverings on public transport.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	82168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>The Department for Transport has created over 300 public information resources related to Covid-19. Many incorporate the message that passengers must wear face coverings on public transport and at indoor transport hubs.</p><p> </p><p>There are a range of face covering materials, many of which include exemptions for age, health or disability reasons as well as consequences for those who are not exempt and do not comply. The department has not printed any of these materials itself, instead we have ensured that transport operators, local authorities and partners across England have had access to these materials allowing them to download, print and display these messages as appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>Our materials have been downloaded over 3,700 times and sent to over 250 stakeholders since face coverings became mandatory. We also shared the materials on the department’s social media channels and amplified supporting content from stakeholders. We have worked with Cabinet Office and secured 6,700 digital displays for face coverings at bus stops and rail stations in England.</p><p> </p><p>We do not have specific data for London or Lewisham. The London Borough of Lewisham and TfL are responsible for transport in Lewisham constituency and have access to DfT’s online resources.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 08/09/2020 16:51:00 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1228707

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Buses and Large Goods Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many complaints the Driver Vehicle Standards Agency received on smoky vehicles relating to (a) lorries, and (b) buses.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	82246
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2020 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency has received 2051 complaints about smoky vehicles during 2020. It does not hold separate data for lorries and buses.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 03/09/2020 14:11:03 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1228708

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Buses and Large Goods Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency does not accept reports on excessively smoky vehicles other than lorries and buses.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	82247
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2020 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency has no statutory powers to act on reports of excessively smoky vehicles other than lorries and buses.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 03/09/2020 14:16:19 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1228711

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Passenger Ships: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support the Government is providing to the British cruise ship industry during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	82249
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>The Department have been working in close partnership with the British cruise industry throughout the COVID-19 pandemic and continue to have regular discussions on a wide range of operational and other challenges.</p><p> </p><p>The British Cruise industry, as with all parts of the economy, has been able to apply for, and access, the full range of the HMG business support measures.</p><p> </p><p>I am eager to see a swift return to operations as soon as it is safe to do so. I have been working in collaboration across government, with the cruise industry, to review and enhance protocols to ensure a COVID-19 safe environment. These collective efforts will, I hope, allow the safe resumption of cruise operations in due course, and I support them in their efforts to rebuild public confidence.</p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 08/09/2020 16:31:06 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1228749

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	A49: Shropshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) accidents and (b) fatalities occurred on the A49 in Shropshire between the Bayston Hill junction with the A5 and Church Stretton in (i) 2019, (ii) 2018, (iii) 2017 and (iv) 2016.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	81723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>The number of reported personal injury road accidents, and fatalities on the A49 between the Bayston Hill junction with the A5 and Church Stretton between 2016 and 2018 are shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Reported road accidents and fatalities on the A49 between the Bayston Hill junction and Church Stretton, 2016-2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Personal injury accidents</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fatal casualties</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Source: DfT, STATS19</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Detailed final statistics on reported personal injury road accidents in Great Britain for 2019 will be published on 30 September 2020. The latest annual published statistics are for 2018.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 08/09/2020 16:25:21 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

1228764

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	A303: Stonehenge
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 (a) archaeological effect and (b) effect on Stonehenge's status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site of the proposed upgrade to the A303.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	82251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>Highway England’s Development Consent Order application for the A303 Amesbury to Berwick Down scheme is currently with the Secretary of State for determination. In making his decision, the Secretary of State will consider carefully the findings of the Examining Authority regarding the impacts of the scheme, and the representations received since the close of the examination, including those made in response to consultation following the recent archaeological discovery at the site in June 2020. I am unable to comment further on this live planning application.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 08/09/2020 16:09:36 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1228773

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis: Coronavirus
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 adequacy of the financial support available to taxi drivers who have been affected financially by the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	82312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government has acted to support those that are self-employed and have been affected by the COVID-19 outbreak across all sectors of the economy. The overwhelming majority of taxi and private hire vehicle drivers are self-employed and can therefore apply for a grant through the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS). Over the two rounds of the scheme a total of up to <del class="ministerial">£14,250</del> <ins class="ministerial">£14,070</ins>has been made available to those eligible.</p><p> </p><p>Taxi and PHV drivers may also be eligible for Universal Credit, from 6 April the standard allowance available under the Universal Credit system was increased from £317.82 to £409.89 a month. In addition, the Universal Credit calculation was amended, no longer using an assumed level of earnings (Minimum Income Floor) but actual earnings.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 03/09/2020 15:00:03 question first ministerially corrected 16/11/2020 17:54:04 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean previous answer version 44123 answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1228815

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Travel: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to include Portugal on the list of countries from which people are not required to quarantine on return to the UK; and what criteria he will use to make that decision.
tabling member constituency	City of Chester
tabling member printed	Christian Matheson
uin	82019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2020 answer text <p>Portugal was added to the travel corridor list on 22 August.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 08/09/2020 11:53:36 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4408 label Biography information for Christian Matheson

1228827

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he will take to (a) improve response rates to calls to the DVLA and (b) ensure that key workers are able to book a driving test.
tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
tabling member printed	Patricia Gibson
uin	82065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2020 answer text <p>(a) The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has reconfigured one of its buildings to create additional space for contact centre staff and installed screens to maximise the number of staff answering calls. The contact centre’s opening hours have increased at weekends and will shortly be increasing during the working week.</p><p> </p><p>(b) The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is responsible for driving tests. It has added extra call taking capacity to improve response rates. The practical driving test service is now open to all driving test candidates including key workers.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 03/09/2020 14:57:53 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4435 label Biography information for Patricia Gibson

1228837

registered interest
date	28/08/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to respond to the correspondence of 11 June 2019, 19 October 2019 and 25 June 2020 from the hon. Member for Folkestone and Hythe, regarding his constituent Mrs Old and the formerly proposed lorry park at Stanford West; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Folkestone and Hythe
tabling member printed	Damian Collins
uin	81816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2020 answer text <p>There have been multiple replies sent regarding Mrs Old in the past twelve months. The Department will contact the Hon Member’s office and provide copies of any replies that you have not received. The Department has no record of any correspondence being received on 25<sup>th</sup> June; if a copy can be provided, a response will be sent as soon as possible.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 03/09/2020 14:13:54 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	3986 label Biography information for Damian Collins