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1541880

registered interest
date	14/11/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Avanti West Coast: Stockport
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 14 November 2022 to Question 80947 on Avanti West Coast: Stockport, whether his Department has recorded the proportion of Avanti West Coast services that ran on days that industrial action did not take place (a) since June 2022 and (b) in the same period in 2021.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
uin	86623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2022 answer text <p>Information relating to trains planned and cancellations by operator is publicly available on the Office and Rail and Road website. Avanti West Coast’s information is included below</p><p><br> Avanti West Coast has sought force majeure relief under its contract for industrial action including for the impact of the withdrawal of rest day working. While the Department considers this claim it is unable to accurately exclude data relating to periods affected by industrial action in 2022/23. There was no industrial action in the period for 2021/22.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Rail period</p></td><td><p>Trains planned</p></td><td><p>Trains part cancelled</p></td><td><p>Trains full cancelled</p></td><td><p>Cancellations score (number)</p></td><td><p>Proportion of services that ran</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30 May – 26 June 2021</p></td><td><p>6,049</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>98.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>27 June – 24 July 2021</p></td><td><p>6,092</p></td><td><p>116</p></td><td><p>264</p></td><td><p>322</p></td><td><p>94.7%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25 July – 21 August 2021</p></td><td><p>4,931</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>117</p></td><td><p>97.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>22 August – 18 September 2021</p></td><td><p>6,047</p></td><td><p>70</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>104</p></td><td><p>98.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>19 September – 16 October 2021</p></td><td><p>6,123</p></td><td><p>79</p></td><td><p>61</p></td><td><p>101</p></td><td><p>98.4%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Rail period</p></td><td><p>Trains planned</p></td><td><p>Trains part cancelled</p></td><td><p>Trains full cancelled</p></td><td><p>Cancellations score (number)</p></td><td><p>Proportion of services that ran</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>29 May – 25 June 2022</p></td><td><p>5,949</p></td><td><p>147</p></td><td><p>494</p></td><td><p>568</p></td><td><p>90.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>26 June – 23 July 2022</p></td><td><p>6,432</p></td><td><p>288</p></td><td><p>899</p></td><td><p>1,043</p></td><td><p>83.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>24 July – 20 August 2022</p></td><td><p>5,230</p></td><td><p>236</p></td><td><p>663</p></td><td><p>781</p></td><td><p>85.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>21 August – 17 September 2022</p></td><td><p>4,791</p></td><td><p>122</p></td><td><p>264</p></td><td><p>325</p></td><td><p>93.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>18 September – 15 October 2022</p></td><td><p>4,528</p></td><td><p>186</p></td><td><p>241</p></td><td><p>334</p></td><td><p>92.6%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 17/11/2022 09:42:50 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1541892

registered interest
date	14/11/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Redundancy Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to the public purse has been of Ministerial severance pay in his Department in each year since 1 January 2016.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	86566
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2022 answer text <p>Under the Ministerial and Other Pensions and Salaries Act 1991, eligible Ministers who leave office are entitled to a one off payment equivalent to one quarter of their annual salary at the point at which they leave Government.</p><p>This applies only where a Minister is under 65 and is not appointed to a ministerial office within three weeks of leaving government.</p><p>Individuals may waive the payment to which they are entitled. That is a matter for their personal discretion, but this approach has been taken in the past.</p><p>Details of such payments are published in departmental annual reports and accounts, and ministerial salaries are published on GOV.UK at <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1027301/Salaries_of_Members_of_Her_Majestys_Government_-_Financial_Year_2021-22_-_Publication.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1027301/Salaries_of_Members_of_Her_Majestys_Government_-_Financial_Year_2021-22_-_Publication.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/11/2022 09:46:04 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

1541935

registered interest
date	14/11/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling and Walking: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on funding for active travel programmes in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Bell Ribeiro-Addy
uin	86608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2022 answer text <p>The Department’s Ministers and officials have regular discussions with their counterparts in His Majesty’s Treasury on active travel programmes in England. Recent discussions have included the development of the second Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy (CWIS2) and Active Travel England’s delivery programme.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/11/2022 09:40:42 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4764 label Biography information for Bell Ribeiro-Addy

1542025

registered interest
date	14/11/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Tests: Erith and Thamesmead
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 tackle the shortage of practical driving tests in Erith and Thamesmead constituency.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Abena Oppong-Asare
uin	86664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2022 answer text <p>To help increase practical driving test availability, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is recruiting more than 300 driving examiners across Great Britain, including in the Erith and Thamesmead area. The DVSA’s examiner recruitment campaigns continue to be successful but, like many employers, the DVSA is finding the job market extremely competitive. As it moves through each recruitment campaign, the DVSA will continually review and make changes and improvements to its recruitment and selection process, and training courses.</p><p> </p><p>The DVSA is working hard to provide as many practical driving test appointments as it can, with several measures in place to do this.</p><p>These include:</p><ul><li>offering a national recovery allowance and annual leave buy back to driving examiners;</li><li>asking all those qualified to conduct tests, but who do not do so as part of their current day job, to return to conducting tests where capacity allows;</li><li>conducting out of hours testing (such as on public holidays and weekends); and</li><li>resuming the number of driving tests per day to seven for each full-time examiner.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The DVSA has launched a ‘Ready to Pass?’ campaign to improve learners’ understanding of how they can assess their own readiness for test. An open day was held on 16 October in Erith and Thamesmead for customers to meet driving examiners and find out more about being test ready.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 16/11/2022 11:34:25 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4820 label Biography information for Abena Oppong-Asare

1541414

registered interest
date	11/11/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer from the Minister of State to the Question from the hon. Member for Luton South of 13 October 2022, Official Report, column 234, when he plans to respond in more detail on Luton station.
tabling member constituency	Luton South
tabling member printed	Rachel Hopkins
uin	85066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2022 answer text <p>I wrote to the Hon Member on 3 November 2022 regarding Luton Station, on behalf of my predecessor, following the question of 13 October 2022.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 16/11/2022 10:39:11 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4873 label Biography information for Rachel Hopkins

1541522

registered interest
date	11/11/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Registration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of registered keepers of vehicles are not readily traceable or contactable.
tabling member constituency	Bury North
tabling member printed	James Daly
uin	85050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2022 answer text <p>Based on the latest available data, the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is confident that 92.44% (46,707,158) of the keepers on record are contactable and traceable based on the information held on the DVLA’s records.</p><p>Of the remaining 7.56% of vehicles, 5.85% (2,957,366) are shown on the DVLA’s records as being ‘in trade’. These are vehicles for which the DVLA has been notified that the previous keeper has sold or disposed of the vehicle to a motor trader. Until the DVLA is notified of a new keeper they will remain shown as “in trade”. This is a legitimate status for a vehicle record until the vehicle is sold on or otherwise disposed of by the motor trader.</p><p>A further 1.36% (686,074) are vehicles that are taxed or notified as being kept off the road but there is no current registered keeper on the DVLA’s records. In some cases these will be vehicles which have recently been sold and the DVLA has not yet been notified of the new keeper.</p><p>The remaining 0.35% (175,782) are vehicles for which the DVLA does not have a full address on record which may make tracing a keeper more difficult.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 17/11/2022 11:07:06 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4854 label Biography information for James Daly

1541582

registered interest
date	11/11/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rigmaden Bridge: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will meet the hon. Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale to discuss the potential merits of repairing Rigmaden bridge.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	84852
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2022 answer text <p>DfT Ministers are always happy to meet with MPs. In this financial year (2022/23), the Department is providing Cumbria County Council with over £33 million in highways maintenance funding.</p><p> </p><p>As per section 41 of the Highways Act 1980, it is up to Cumbria County Council as the local highway authority to decide how best they maintain their respective local highway network, including Rigmaden bridge, based on local needs and priorities.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 16/11/2022 12:32:14 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1541663

registered interest
date	11/11/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling and Walking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if it remains his policy to implement support for active travel as outlined in his Department's Gear Change document.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	84995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2022 answer text <p>In July 2022, the Government published the second statutory Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy (CWIS2), reaffirming its commitment to active travel and setting out the objectives and the financial resources in place to achieve these for the period 2021 to 2025.</p><p> </p><p>In August 2022, the Department formally established Active Travel England as an Executive Agency. Active Travel England is already overseeing the delivery of £200 million of active travel schemes this financial year, and is rapidly recruiting its core staff, as well as putting in place its formal governance structures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/11/2022 09:27:16 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1541673

registered interest
date	11/11/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether requiring valid identification for voting is a permitted reason for requesting a provisional driver's licence.
tabling member constituency	Warrington North
tabling member printed	Charlotte Nichols
uin	85029
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2022 answer text <p>The statutory purpose of a driving licence is to convey the licence holder’s entitlement to drive.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 16/11/2022 15:06:59 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4799 label Biography information for Charlotte Nichols

1541687

registered interest
date	11/11/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Inclusive Transport Strategy, updated on 3 November 2022, what progress his Department has made on (a) creating a standard for accessible bus stations and stops and (b) in developing a toolkit to assist local authorities in improving the accessibility of bus stations and stops.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	84896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2022 answer text <p>The Department has initiated the research procurement process that will enable us to understand the impact of bus station and stop design on disabled people and other users. This will inform future work on a potential accessible design standard and local authority toolkit.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 16/11/2022 11:28:32 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury