Asked by: James Duddridge (Conservative - Rochford and Southend East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving tests were conducted at the Southend Driving Test Centre in each year since 2010.
Answered by Richard Holden - Minister without Portfolio (Cabinet Office)
The table below shows the number of car practical driving tests conducted at Southend-on-Sea driving test centre each year. The test centre did not open until May 2012.
Year (April to April) | No. of driving tests conducted at Southend-on-Sea driving test centre |
2012 to 2013 | 2234 |
2013 to 2014 | 3869 |
2014 to 2015 | 5064 |
2015 to 2016 | 5772 |
2016 to 2017 | 6639 |
2017 to 2018 | 6485 |
2018 to 2019 | 6825 |
2019 to 2020 | 6306 |
2020 to 2021 | 1201 |
2021 to 2022 | 4581 |
Asked by: James Duddridge (Conservative - Rochford and Southend East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many hackney carriage licences have been revoked by local authorities on the grounds of the licence holder no longer being a fit and proper person in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
Answered by Andrew Jones
The Department for Transport does not hold data on the number of hackney carriage licences revoked by local licensing authorities.
Asked by: James Duddridge (Conservative - Rochford and Southend East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving tests have been taken at the Southend driving test centre; and how many of those tests resulted in a pass in each of the last five years.
Answered by Andrew Jones
The number of tests conducted and passed at Southend on Sea Driving Test Centre are in the table below. Southend on Sea Driving Test Centre opened in May 2012.
Year | Conducted | Passes | Pass rate (%) |
01/04/16 – 30/12/16 | 5011 | 2178 | 43.5 |
01/04/15 – 31/03/16 | 5772 | 2450 | 42.4 |
01/04/14 – 31/03/15 | 5064 | 2217 | 43.8 |
01/04/13 – 31/03/14 | 3,869 | 1,649 | 42.6 |
14/05/12 – 31/03/13 | 2,234 | 893 | 40.0 |
Asked by: James Duddridge (Conservative - Rochford and Southend East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support his Department provides to serving officers in the British Transport Police with post-traumatic stress disorder.
Answered by Paul Maynard - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
The British Transport Police force has a comprehensive proactive approach to addressing the risk to the mental health of its officers, including post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). This has been developed with the support of mental health professionals, and includes training and education for officers and managers, operational processes to minimise unnecessary exposure to traumatic events, and a network of trained Trauma / Risk Management officers to provide support and assessment. This is supported by an in-house occupational health service which provides services to employees who show signs of, or who are diagnosed with PTSD or suspected PTSD.
Asked by: James Duddridge (Conservative - Rochford and Southend East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received about deaths of young people in traffic accidents; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
The number of young people being killed on our roads is far too high and we are determined to tackle this issue. It is an issue which, understandably, features prominently in the range of representations which we receive about road safety generally.
As part of our consideration of the way forward, we met the insurance industry on 27 January 2014 to discuss novice drivers and, in particular, our proposed research into the role which telematics can play in changing the behaviours and attitudes of new drivers. My officials regularly talk to the insurance industry and current discussions are aimed at encouraging participation in the research project before we can get it underway. We will publish the results of the research when they are available.
We will also publish the findings of the focus groups comprising parents, young people and employers which we undertook in order to get a better understanding of the issues from their perspective.
Asked by: James Duddridge (Conservative - Rochford and Southend East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions his Department has had with the insurance industry on the behaviour and attitudes of novice drivers.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
The number of young people being killed on our roads is far too high and we are determined to tackle this issue. It is an issue which, understandably, features prominently in the range of representations which we receive about road safety generally.
As part of our consideration of the way forward, we met the insurance industry on 27 January 2014 to discuss novice drivers and, in particular, our proposed research into the role which telematics can play in changing the behaviours and attitudes of new drivers. My officials regularly talk to the insurance industry and current discussions are aimed at encouraging participation in the research project before we can get it underway. We will publish the results of the research when they are available.
We will also publish the findings of the focus groups comprising parents, young people and employers which we undertook in order to get a better understanding of the issues from their perspective.
Asked by: James Duddridge (Conservative - Rochford and Southend East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish (a) details and (b) results of focus groups with parents, young people and employers about the behaviour and attitudes of novice drivers.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
The number of young people being killed on our roads is far too high and we are determined to tackle this issue. It is an issue which, understandably, features prominently in the range of representations which we receive about road safety generally.
As part of our consideration of the way forward, we met the insurance industry on 27 January 2014 to discuss novice drivers and, in particular, our proposed research into the role which telematics can play in changing the behaviours and attitudes of new drivers. My officials regularly talk to the insurance industry and current discussions are aimed at encouraging participation in the research project before we can get it underway. We will publish the results of the research when they are available.
We will also publish the findings of the focus groups comprising parents, young people and employers which we undertook in order to get a better understanding of the issues from their perspective.