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1608211

registered interest
date	28/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times the National Highways CHARM system has suffered an outage lasting in excess of ten minutes in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	175567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2023 answer text <p>In the last 12 months there have been: 18 planned outages for routine maintenance and upgrades, and 21 unplanned outages, lasting more than 10 minutes to the CHARM system. Of these, 26 impacted single regions only.</p><p> </p><p>During these outages National Highways has well-rehearsed mitigations in place, including, but not limited to dedicated Traffic Officer patrols and increased monitoring of CCTV.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 04/04/2023 14:24:10 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1605974

registered interest
date	21/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Control
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 9 March 2023 to Question 158934 and the Answer of 20 March 2023 to Question 163764 on Road Traffic Control, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of redundancy systems for National Highways’ CHARM system in the context of the outage on 22 February 2023.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	170628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>On rare occasions, the nature of a failure may prevent the operation of CHARM for longer periods of time and when this happens National Highways has well-rehearsed procedures in place to help ensure the safety of road users, such as increased patrols and CCTV monitoring. Safety remains our priority and National Highways investigates every outage to ensure that steps are taken to prevent future occurrences.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 27/03/2023 10:28:05 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1605129

registered interest
date	17/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has published recent guidance for local authorities on the publication of traffic management orders when introducing speed restrictions on roads.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	168038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department for Transport’s guidance Setting Local Speed Limits instructs that The Local Authorities’ Traffic Orders (Procedure) (England and Wales) Regulations 1996 (as amended) sets out the procedure to be followed when making speed limit orders and other traffic regulation orders. Traffic Authorities will need to comply with the consultation and publicity requirements before making an order, and with the publicity and traffic signing requirements once an order has been made.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 24/03/2023 11:20:32 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1603444

registered interest
date	13/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether system redundancy allows National Highway’s CHARM system to continue operation seamlessly in the event of a systems failure.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	163764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2023 answer text <p>The CHARM system has been designed with system redundancy to move promptly to a backup system.</p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 20/03/2023 14:52:50 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1601337

registered interest
date	06/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Control
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether system redundancy to ensure continued operation in the event of a system failure was included in the original design specification for the National Highways’ CHARM system.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	158934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2023 answer text <p>Yes, the system has been designed to provide full system redundancy and disaster recovery arrangements in the event of a system failure.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 09/03/2023 14:17:40 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1549694

registered interest
date	07/12/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Control
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the (1) necessity, and (2) sufficiency, of consultation of the public at the conclusion of a period of experimental traffic orders made under section 9 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.
tabling member printed	Baroness Deech
uin	HL4090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>No assessment has been made by the Department. However, LTN and traffic filter restrictions require traffic regulation orders (TROs), that must be made following the procedures set out in the Local Authorities' Traffic Orders (Procedure) (England and Wales) Regulations 1996. These already include a requirement for ongoing consultation and evaluation for six-months following the making of an experimental TRO.</p><p> </p><p>If an authority wishes to make an experimental TRO permanent, there are additional consultation requirements as part of the process for making a permanent traffic order under section 1 of the 1984 Act.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 20/12/2022 12:04:10 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	3756 label Biography information for Baroness Deech

1549695

registered interest
date	07/12/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Control
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to introducing a right for local businesses to require a public inquiry in relation to traffic restrictions imposed under the Local Authorities' Traffic Orders (Procedure) (England and Wales) Regulations 1996.
tabling member printed	Baroness Deech
uin	HL4091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>LTN and traffic filter restrictions require traffic regulation orders (TROs), which must be made following the procedures set out in the Local Authorities' Traffic Orders (Procedure) (England and Wales) Regulations 1996. These already include a requirement for ongoing consultation and evaluation for 6-months following the making of an experimental TRO. If an authority wishes to make an experimental TRO permanent, there are additional consultation requirements as part of the process for making a permanent traffic order under section 1 of the 1984 Act.</p><p> </p><p>The regulations also require a public inquiry to be held into objections to proposed permanent orders in certain circumstances. The Department has no plans to amend legislation with respect to public inquiries.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 20/12/2022 12:04:40 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	3756 label Biography information for Baroness Deech

1549697

registered interest
date	07/12/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Control
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what guidance they have given to local authorities which are considering traffic restriction schemes of the changes in traffic patterns resulting from (1) the COVID-19 lockdowns, and (2) increased working from home.
tabling member printed	Baroness Deech
uin	HL4093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/12/2022 answer text <p>It is for local authorities to gather relevant data as part of the development of traffic management schemes, which may include local traffic count and travel demand data.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has published the Active Travel Toolkit which provides advice to local authorities on developing walking and cycling schemes, including advice on travel demand management plans. The Department has also published additional Network Management Duty guidance for local authorities on managing their road networks to provide measures to support active travel. Both are available free on the Department’s website.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 20/12/2022 12:07:14 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	3756 label Biography information for Baroness Deech

1491263

registered interest
date	20/07/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Control
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to deliver traffic reduction schemes that (1) incentivise people to switch to cleaner modes of transport, and (2) support those who might struggle to get around without a car, to access (a) newer, and (b) less polluting, vehicles.
tabling member printed	Baroness Merron
uin	HL1975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2022 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for delivering traffic reduction schemes as they are best placed to make the decisions that will deliver the practical changes required. However, as set out in the Transport Decarbonisation Plan, the Government is committed to supporting places reduce emissions from transport while making journeys better.</p><p>We have invested in a range of schemes to help local transport authorities to manage demand on their roads. This includes £4.8 billion of funding via the Levelling-Up Fund, which so far through Round One has allocated funding for 19 places to deliver transport-based projects with decarbonisation benefits. We have also supported innovative trials through the Future Transport Zones programme, such as the Transport for West Midlands Mobility Credits pilot which is helping Coventry residents switch their old, more polluting, cars for local bus and rail services as well as car clubs or bike share schemes.</p><p>In April, we published the Local Authority Decarbonisation Toolkit, which provides practical support to authorities to help encourage sustainable travel whilst also providing accessible transport services and access to newer and less polluting transport options, like car clubs. We will continue to support local authorities to drive improvements through their Local Transport Plans.</p> answering member printed Baroness Vere of Norbiton question first answered 27/07/2022 10:01:42 answering member 4580 label Biography information for Baroness Vere of Norbiton
tabling member	347 label Biography information for Baroness Merron

1404368

registered interest
date	19/01/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Control
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 1 July 2021 to Question 23300 on Road Traffic Offences, when he plans to bring into effect (a) the provisions of Part 6 of the Traffic Management Act allowing local authorities in England to introduce School Streets and other measures and (b) accompanying statutory guidance; whether he has issued guidance to local authorities on the exercise of those powers; and what estimate he has made of when local authorities will be able to exercise those new powers.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	107665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2022 answer text <p>The regulations giving effect to the moving traffic enforcement powers under Part 6 of the Traffic Management Act 2004 are scheduled to be laid on 27 January, and planned to come into force on 1 June. Local authorities wanting to undertake civil enforcement of moving traffic contraventions, including prescribed traffic signs for use at school street schemes, will need to apply to the Secretary of State for an Order to be made designating the council as the enforcement authority in their area.</p><p> </p><p>To assist local authorities in preparing their applications in the meantime, the Department wrote to local authorities in August 2021 with an Advice Note and sent out supplementary advice in September 2021, including a list of traffic signs subject to moving traffic enforcement. Subject to Parliamentary approval of the regulations, we plan to publish statutory guidance in late March 2022.</p><p> </p><p>Depending on initial uptake, it may be necessary to deliver Designation Orders in tranches. We plan to lay the first Designation Order as soon as practicable after the regulations mentioned above come into force to enable enforcement to commence in practice.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 24/01/2022 16:23:09 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle