Asked by: Viscount Goschen (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with Southern Rail about the ongoing disruption to service on their network.
Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
We are in regular dialogue with Govia Thameslink Rail (GTR) who provide Southern services about the performance on their network. We are determined to see services improve and are working hard with the industry to achieve this.
Asked by: Viscount Goschen (Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether the generation of revenue from penalties is a legitimate objective in the deployment and operation of cameras used to enforce traffic regulations such as those governing the use of bus lanes and yellow box junctions.
Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Raising revenue is not a legitimate objective for such deployments. The objective of enforcing moving traffic contraventions should be to meet the traffic authority’s legal network management duty to secure the expeditious movement of traffic. That is, to secure the efficient use of the road network and the avoidance of congestion. Relevant governing legislation, such as the Traffic Management Act 2004, is not revenue raising legislation.