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1003647

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department has issued to Highways England on the permitted length of roadworks in any one stretch.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	189549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department expects Highways England to maximise the availability of traffic lanes and minimise delay as far as possible, and this is reflected in the performance indicators that the Department has set. Highways England are committed to minimising disruption from roadworks and are exploring managing work in different ways to find the best way to achieve this, while also ensuring good value for public money.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 19/11/2018 13:11:45 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

999129

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Equal Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timetable is for reducing the mean average gender pay gap in his Department to (a) 10 per cent and (b) zero.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	186307
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department is working to reduce its gender pay gap in support of the Government’s ambition to close the gender pay gap within a generation. An update on our gender pay gap will be published by the end of the year which will set out our plans in more detail.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 08/11/2018 15:36:38 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

999189

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	M20: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the accident figures on the M20 motorway between Junctions 8 and 9 for September and October (a) 2018 and (b) 2017 and (c) 2016.
tabling member constituency	Ashford
tabling member printed	Damian Green
uin	186152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2018 answer text <p>There were 9 collisions on the M20 between Junction 8 and 9 (both directions) during September and October 2016.</p><p> </p><p>There were 6 collisions on the M20 between Junction 8 and 9 (both directions) during September and October 2017.</p><p> </p><p>No validated collisions data exists for 2018. This will be available in 2019.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/11/2018 15:02:05 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	76 label Biography information for Damian Green

997847

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Merchant Shipping: Crew
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many UK merchant navy (a) Ratings and (b) Officers were working at sea in 1997; and if he will ensure that the annual UK Seafarer Statistics is extended to include the relevant statistics for the period from 1997 to 2001.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	185581
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>Estimates of UK officers active at sea from 1997 to 2001 are shown in the table</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of UK certificated officers active at sea, assuming retirement at age 62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1997</p></td><td><p>14,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1998</p></td><td><p>13,550</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1999</p></td><td><p>13,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000</p></td><td><p>12,510</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001</p></td><td><p>12,300</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Equivalent estimates for ratings are not available.</p><p> </p><p>The figures above were previously published as part of the annual seafarer statistics series and will be added when the 2018 statistics are published.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 06/11/2018 11:56:26 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

997305

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to announce which rail market-led proposals have been successful in securing approval to proceed to the next stage of the process; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	184936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2018 answer text <p>The department has received 30 responses to its call for ideas for market-led proposals to enhance the railway, which it launched in March this year. These submissions covered a wide range of railway enhancements, but the department cannot make an announcement about individual schemes at this time as these proposals were submitted in confidence and such disclosure may prejudice the commercial interests of the proposers. Individual promoters will be contacted later in the autumn.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson grouped question UIN 184937 question first answered 02/11/2018 12:32:36 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

997342

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Buses: Exhaust Emissions
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 news story entitled Government funding boost for bus industry in drive to improve air quality, published in February 2018, how many buses have been retrofitted using funding from the Clean Bus Technology Fund.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	185044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>The Clean Bus Technology Fund awarded £40 million of funding to 20 local authorities to retrofit 2768 buses to a minimum Euro VI standard. To date, 258 buses have been retrofitted using this funding.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 06/11/2018 16:36:35 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

997344

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on which licensing authorities (a) require both an enhanced DBS check for all (i) taxi drivers and (ii) private hire drivers and (b) check the barred list for both (i) taxi drivers and (ii) private hire drivers in the licensing process.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	185046
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Transport conducts an annual survey of taxi and private hire vehicle licensing authorities; this includes information on CCTV, Disclosure and Barring Service checks and training requirements, which can be found in TAXI0106:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/taxi01-taxis-private-hire-vehilces-and-their-drivers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/taxi01-taxis-private-hire-vehilces-and-their-drivers</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The complete results from the 2018 survey are available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/taxi-and-private-hire-vehicle-statistics-england-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/taxi-and-private-hire-vehicle-statistics-england-2018</a>.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 185045 185047 question first answered 06/11/2018 16:15:37 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

997356

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 13 September 2018 to Question 169712 on Railways: Franchises, whether his Department has any requirements in place to ensure that applications for delay repay or other compensation provisions are (a) user friendly and (b) not unreasonably burdensome.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	185134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2018 answer text <p>The majority of Department for Transport (DfT) franchisees are now under a contractual obligation to ensure that the claims process is user- friendly and not unreasonably burdensome: they are required to use all reasonable endeavours to make passengers aware of their right to claim compensation, by means such as making appropriate announcements on trains and making claims forms readily available, including on the franchisee’s website. The Government already requires new franchises to use technology to inform passengers pro-actively that they are entitled to claim, using Apps, email and onboard announcements.</p><p> </p><p>The Department will also continue to monitor and report on TOCs’ performance in making the claim process easier for passengers. In March this year, research conducted by Transport Focus on behalf of the Department for Transport highlighted that passenger satisfaction with the claim process has increased and that claims are also being dealt with more quickly, with 67% now resolved within two weeks compared to 48% in 2016. [<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rail-delays-and-compensation-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rail-delays-and-compensation-2018</a>]</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 02/11/2018 12:55:29 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle

997390

registered interest
date	29/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Civil Aviation Authority: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many staff (a) are employed directly by, (b) are seconded to and (c) work under contract in the Civil Aviation Authority.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	185149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>The table below outlines the response from Civil Aviation Authority (CAA):</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Number of staff directly employed by the CAA as at 28<sup>th</sup> September 2018</strong></p></td><td><p>1270</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number of staff seconded to the CAA as at 19<sup>th</sup> October 2018</strong></p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number of staff working under contract in the CAA as at 30<sup>th</sup> October 2018</strong></p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Please note that this data has been provided for varying dates. This is due to the data being held on a number of systems and the date on which the data was extracted.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 06/11/2018 16:34:11 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

994162

registered interest
date	24/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shipping: Exhaust Emissions
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 effects of the use of scrubber technology and marine sulphur dumping on UK coastlines.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	183432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2018 answer text <p>The Government has not seen any evidence that the use of scrubbing technology would have any significant effect on marine environment.</p><p> </p><p>All scrubbers must comply with mandatory Guidelines, which were developed by the International Maritime Organization, before they are allowed to become operational. The potential effects of the use of scrubber technologies on the marine environment was taken into consideration when developing the Guidelines. To be compliant, the systems collect and store any sulphur residue and solid particulate matter on-board the vessel, to be deposited at a port waste reception facility.</p><p> </p><p>Some scrubbers discharge treated wash water back into the sea – which is also controlled under the IMO Guidelines. There are ongoing studies which are looking at the impact of wash water discharges within European waters, which we are monitoring. At this stage, we are not aware of any significant issues which have been found. However, we will respond appropriately at international level, if these or any other studies, conclude that further controls are needed.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani grouped question UIN 183433 183434 183435 question first answered 31/10/2018 14:20:40 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston