Asked by: David T C Davies (Conservative - Monmouth)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of traffic using the Port of Dover is commercial through traffic from the Republic of Ireland.
Answered by Nusrat Ghani
Information on the origin and route taken by vehicles using UK ferry ports is not held by the Department for Transport.
Data for 2017 indicates that 1.25 million powered Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) travelled from the Port of Dover to Europe on roll-on roll-off ferries, of which 1% (15,000) were registered to the Republic of Ireland.
Asked by: David T C Davies (Conservative - Monmouth)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the Cycle to Work scheme on supporting the uptake of electric bikes.
Answered by Jesse Norman - Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
The Government’s guidance on the Cycle to Work scheme, which is available online via GOV.UK, makes clear that electrically assisted pedal cycles can be purchased under the scheme. Sales of electrically assisted pedal cycles have risen significantly in recent years and their prices have dropped, potentially making them more likely to be purchased under the scheme. The Department does not hold data on the types of bicycle purchased under the scheme, however, and has made no formal assessment of this.
Asked by: David T C Davies (Conservative - Monmouth)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has used the Tempro 7 system to make revised calculations of traffic flows on the proposed M4 relief road.
Answered by John Hayes
The assessment of the M4 relief road around Newport is being considered by the Welsh Government.
Asked by: David T C Davies (Conservative - Monmouth)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether British Transport Police officers based in Wales will continue to be accountable to his Department after the devolution of the rail franchise to the Welsh Assembly.
Answered by Paul Maynard
The British Transport Police Authority, which oversees the British Transport Police, includes a member who has knowledge of the interests of persons in Wales and who is appointed following consultation with the National Assembly for Wales. There are no plans to change these accountability arrangements insofar as they relate to policing of the railways in Wales.
Asked by: David T C Davies (Conservative - Monmouth)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many government-owned goods vehicle test stations are based in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Scotland.
Answered by Andrew Jones
The number of government-owned (freehold) goods vehicle test stations are as follows;
(a) 40 in England (b) 3 in Wales and (c) 12 in Scotland.