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911196

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles: Weight Limits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's letter entitled Regulation of mobile concrete batching plant – decision on operating weight arrangements, published on 5 April 2018, what the evidential basis was for his Department's decision that there was no compelling case for amending regulations to permit mobile batching concrete plants (MCBPs) to continue to operate outside standard legal gross vehicle weight limits after the inclusion of MCBPs within statutory goods vehicle testing from 20 May 2018.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	147972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>The inclusion of mobile concrete batching plant, alongside a number of other formerly-exempt vehicles types, in statutory goods vehicle testing from 20 May 2018 does not change the legal weight limits applicable to these vehicles.</p><p>The ‘special types’ rules, which permit certain vehicle types to operate outside the standard weight limits, are generally used to enable the carriage of equipment and indivisible loads which for engineering reasons cannot feasibly comply with the standard rules, and not because of economic or financial considerations. To apply these rules to divisible loads would represent a significant departure from precedent, could lead to demands for other vehicle types to be afforded similar treatment and would therefore require an exceptionally compelling case.</p><p>There is nothing to indicate that mobile batching plant, which carries a divisible load, cannot be feasibly operated within the standard legal weight limits.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 04/06/2018 14:21:51 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

911198

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles: Weight Limits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to conduct an assessment of the effect of not permitting mobile batching concrete plants to continue to operate outside standard legal gross vehicle weight limits on (a) the economy and (b) businesses.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	147973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not in general conduct impact assessments on the application of existing legal requirements, and has no plans to do so in this case.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 04/06/2018 14:24:24 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

911201

registered interest
date	24/05/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles: Weight Limits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's letter entitled Regulation of mobile concrete batching plant – decision on operating weight arrangements, published on 5 April 2018, what assessment he has made of the effect on fair competition within the wet concrete market industry of the decisions contained within that letter.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	147974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>The decision to establish a 10-year temporary arrangement enabling mobile concrete batching plant to operate in excess of standard weight limits will create a temporary regulatory discrepancy between different forms of delivery of wet concrete. Having listened carefully to the industry, the Government believes that this will provide time for mobile batching plant to come into compliance with the currently-applicable legal limits, which also apply to barrel concrete mixers.</p><p> </p><p>At the end of that temporary period, there will be common limits across different modes of concrete delivery, helping to facilitate fair competition. The Department is aware that there are different maximum legal payloads for different vehicle types, due to differing unladen weights.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 04/06/2018 14:27:21 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

882327

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles: Weight Limits
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 effect on the Mobile Concrete Batching Plant industry of the announcement made by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State on 5 April 2018 on operating weight arrangements for Volumetric Concrete Mixers.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	135449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2018 answer text <p>The announcement on 5 April 2018 followed a long period of consideration and review. It indicated that the Department will put in place a temporary arrangement for a period of ten years to enable mobile concrete batching plant to be operated in excess of the standard weight limits. The effect of this measure will be that relevant operators are provided with time to make any necessary changes in order to come into compliance with the currently-applicable legal requirements without the risk of prosecution.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 18/04/2018 16:18:10 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

834796

registered interest
date	01/02/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Schools
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 effectiveness of safeguarding regulations and requirements relating to the licensing of private hire drivers employed by private hire companies as assigned by local authorities to provide school transport services.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	126218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>Taxi and private hire vehicle (PHV) drivers are eligible for an enhanced DBS certificate with check of both barred lists for licensing purposes. This is the highest level of check available and will also include details of convictions and cautions recorded on the Police National Computer and any locally held police intelligence information that may be relevant to the role. It is for licensing authorities to make a decision, taking into account any information available including that disclosed by the DBS, as to whether an individual is suitable to hold a licence.</p><p> </p><p>There are also certain circumstances, such as undertaking specific contracted work driving children, which fall into regulated activity (with children). A taxi or PHV driver who is in regulated activity may be barred from this work if they pose a risk or harm or have caused harm to a child or vulnerable adult. A barred person is prevented by law from working with children or vulnerable groups.</p><p> </p><p>The Government will shortly consult on statutory guidance to be issued to licensing authorities, this will propose a range of standards and measures that it considers appropriate to the ‘fit and proper’ assessment and minimises any potential risk to taxi and PHV passengers.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 06/02/2018 15:29:10 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

778292

registered interest
date	26/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Works: Speed Limits
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 safety implications of raising the 50 mph limit through road works on the motorway network to 60 mph.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	109888
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>Highways England undertook a risk assessment of the concept of 60mph in roadworks, and has trialed it at several sites. Each site had a specific risk assessment before the trial started.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 31/10/2017 17:41:25 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

778293

registered interest
date	26/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorways: Industrial Health and Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many reportable health and safety incidents involving people working on the motorway network have been recorded in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	109895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>Safety is a core priority for Highways England and the AFR (Accident Frequency Rate) has reduced within their supply chain by a half over the last 2 years and is now at 0.09.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Highways England’s supply chain working on construction and maintenance activities have reported the following numbers of incidents on the motorway and trunk road network in accordance with RIDDOR (Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations) in each year since 2010, up to end of September 2017. These totals include those contractors killed and injured in road traffic incidents.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Count of Incidents</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Incident Type</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>RIDDOR - Fatality</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>RIDDOR - Specified Injury</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>RIDDOR &gt;7 days</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>RIDDOR &gt;3 days</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>146</p></td><td><p>102</p></td><td><p>107</p></td><td><p>365</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 109894 question first answered 31/10/2017 16:21:04 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

778294

registered interest
date	26/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Works: Casualties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people working on the motorway network have been killed or seriously injured in road traffic incidents in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	109894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>Safety is a core priority for Highways England and the AFR (Accident Frequency Rate) has reduced within their supply chain by a half over the last 2 years and is now at 0.09.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Highways England’s supply chain working on construction and maintenance activities have reported the following numbers of incidents on the motorway and trunk road network in accordance with RIDDOR (Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations) in each year since 2010, up to end of September 2017. These totals include those contractors killed and injured in road traffic incidents.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Count of Incidents</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Incident Type</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Date</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>RIDDOR - Fatality</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>RIDDOR - Specified Injury</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>RIDDOR &gt;7 days</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>RIDDOR &gt;3 days</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>146</p></td><td><p>102</p></td><td><p>107</p></td><td><p>365</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 109895 question first answered 31/10/2017 16:21:04 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

771610

registered interest
date	16/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Franchises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department plans to publish the detailed legislative guidance on the franchising powers made available to combined authorities with elected mayors under the provisions of the Bus Services Act 2017.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	107957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department plans to publish the guidance this autumn.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 19/10/2017 09:49:45 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

758953

registered interest
date	08/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Mersey Gateway Bridge: Tolls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the economic effect on people reaching their place of work of toll charges on the Merseygateway Project.
tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	9654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2017 answer text <p>The Department’s assessment of the business case for the Crossing, which included a consideration of the overall effects of tolling levels on road users, showed that the new Crossing will reduce congestion and improve journey times for users. Tolling levels for the new Mersey Gateway Crossing are the responsibility of Halton Borough Council. Any assessment of the local impact of these tolls is a matter for the Council rather than this Department.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 18/09/2017 09:03:29 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury