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1399821

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date	05/01/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Quad Bikes: Helmets
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 merits of mandating the compulsory use of helmets for motorists using a quad bike.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	98325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2022 answer text <p>The Motor Cycles (Protective Helmets) Regulations 1988, which require motorcyclists to wear a helmet, do not apply to quad bikes as they fall outside the definition given of a motor bicycle, which is defined as a “two-wheeled motorcycle”. However, The Highway Code (Rule 83) does include advice that riders and passengers of motor tricycles and quadricycles, also called quad bikes, should wear a protective helmet.</p><p>There are no immediate plans to make the wearing of helmets compulsory but we are keeping the position under review; there are a number of factors that need to be taken into consideration such as, the level of use, the safety of riders in a collision and the availability or otherwise of seat belts.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 12/01/2022 13:11:24 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1399830

registered interest
date	05/01/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Air Pollution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Air Quality Expert Group's report on Non-Exhaust Emissions from Road Traffic, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the report's findings that fully electric cars cause dust pollution from car brakes and tyres.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	98362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2022 answer text <p>The Department for Transport recognises that fully electric cars, in common with all road vehicles, contribute particulate pollution from road, tyre and brake wear.</p><p>In February 2021, the Department commissioned a leading UK research provider to investigate the measurement techniques, materials properties and control parameters of brake and tyre wear emissions from road vehicles. The study will report in 2023 and will be used to inform policy decisions and any potential legislation that may be required to control and reduce these emissions, including from electric vehicles.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 12/01/2022 13:06:39 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1399904

registered interest
date	05/01/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has held discussions with Transport for London on the Mayor of London's commitment to roll out a fully electric bus fleet by 2034.
tabling member constituency	Kensington
tabling member printed	Felicity Buchan
uin	98468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2022 answer text <p>The Government has discussions with Transport for London on a wide range of topics, including decarbonising transport. However, transport in London is ultimately devolved to the Mayor of London and TfL.</p><p>Rolling out zero-emissions buses across the UK forms part of our Transport Decarbonisation Plan, and London already has the largest electric bus fleet in the UK and one of the largest in Europe. If the Mayor wants to implement a fully electric bus fleet by the 2030s, it is up to the Mayor to find the necessary funding to implement this.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 12/01/2022 13:20:01 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan

1399951

registered interest
date	05/01/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: Infrastructure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to improve cycling infrastructure (a) on the Isle of Wight and (b) in other isolated and island communities.
tabling member constituency	Isle of Wight
tabling member printed	Bob Seely
uin	98421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2022 answer text <p>The Department will continue to make active travel funding available to local transport authorities, including those with isolated and island communities, as part of its unprecedented £2 billion of investment in cycling and walking over the rest of this Parliament. In 2018, the Department provided technical support to the Isle of Wight Council to plan cycling and walking networks on the island, enabling it to adopt its first Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan covering Newport and Ryde in April 2020. In 2020, £297,600 of Active Travel funding was allocated to the Isle of Wight in two tranches. An announcement on allocations for the latest round of active travel capital funding will be made shortly.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 12/01/2022 13:13:46 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4681 label Biography information for Bob Seely

1400005

registered interest
date	05/01/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	East Coast Main Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he is taking steps to implement the recommendations of the Union Connectivity Review on the East Coast Main Line.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	98452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2022 answer text <p>The Union Connectivity Review was published on 26 November 2021. The UK Government is grateful to Sir Peter Hendy for his work and will consider his recommendations carefully, working collaboratively with the Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive to identify the solutions that work best for the people of the UK. We intend to respond formally to the Union Connectivity Review as swiftly as possible.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 12/01/2022 13:15:53 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1400006

registered interest
date	05/01/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	A1
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he is taking steps to implement the recommendations of the Union Connectivity Review on the A1.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Kenny MacAskill
uin	98453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2022 answer text <p>The Union Connectivity Review was published on 26 November 2021. The UK Government is grateful to Sir Peter Hendy for his work and will consider his recommendations carefully, working collaboratively with the Scottish Government, Welsh Government and Northern Ireland Executive to identify the solutions that work best for the people of the UK. We intend to respond formally to the Union Connectivity Review as swiftly as possible.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 12/01/2022 13:17:44 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	4772 label Biography information for Kenny MacAskill

1399217

registered interest
date	04/01/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Speed Limits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential safety benefits of (a) lowering the default speed limit on single carriageway roads and (b) only allowing higher speeds on rural roads which have passed a safety assessment.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	96820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2022 answer text <p>An assessment of the potential safety benefits of lowering the default speed limit on single carriageway roads was contained in a report prepared for the Department for Transport: TRL Report 397 by Sexton and Johnson: An Evaluation of options for road safety beyond 2010, which can be found at <a href="https://www.trl.co.uk/publications/ppr397" target="_blank">TRL | An evaluation of options for road safety beyond 2010</a>.</p><p>No separate assessment was made of only allowing higher speeds on rural roads which have passed a safety assessment.</p><p> </p><p>Setting national speed limits in Wales and Scotland is a matter for the Welsh and Scottish Governments. When setting local speed limits traffic authorities are asked to take into account the relevant national guidance.</p><p> </p><p>There are no current plans to lower the default speed limit on single carriageway roads or allow higher speeds on rural roads which have passed a safety assessment.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 10/01/2022 11:54:47 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1399218

registered interest
date	04/01/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to establish a collision investigation branch for roads akin to those in place for rail, aviation and maritime.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	96821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2022 answer text <p>My Department ran a public consultation on creating a Road Collision Investigation Branch between 28 October and 9 December 2021. The consultation has now closed and the Department is currently conducting a full analysis of the feedback.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 10/01/2022 11:52:31 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1399220

registered interest
date	04/01/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if the Government will set a target of zero road deaths and serious injuries by 2040.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	96822
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2022 answer text <p>While UK roads continue to be among the safest in the world, we can never afford to be complacent or relax efforts to improve what we do. That is why reducing the numbers of those needlessly killed and injured on our roads is a key priority for this Department and as announced on 30 July in our Gear Change: One Year On review (<a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1007815/gear-change-one-year-on.pdf" target="_blank">Gear Change: One Year On (publishing.service.gov.uk)</a>, we intend to prepare an ambitious new framework for road safety setting out measures for action and improvement.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 10/01/2022 14:03:26 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

1399273

registered interest
date	04/01/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Country Parks: Liverpool
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he will provide a response to the letter of 15 December 2021 from the Save Rimrose Valley campaign.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	96864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2022 answer text <p>Department officials responded to the letter on 5 January 2022.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 10/01/2022 11:42:34 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson