Asked by: Julian Knight (Independent - Solihull)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with rail service providers on tackling anti-social behaviour on railway services in Solihull constituency.
Answered by Huw Merriman
The Government takes anti-social behaviour (ASB) very seriously and published its ASB Action Plan in March 2023.
The British Transport Police (BTP) recorded 19 offences between April and December 23 in Solihull, made up of cycle theft, public order offences and theft of personal property. This figure (19) was the same for the same time frame last year.
BTP have worked with Chiltern Railways to get officers CCTV access remotely covering Solihull from Birmingham Moor Street.
Officers have attended Solihull College and delivered an educational input as well as advertising BTP and the recruitment process.
Plans are in place to install a knife bin in the carpark at Solihull Station after consultation with BTP, West Midlands Police and the local Policing and Crime Commissioner.
Asked by: Julian Knight (Independent - Solihull)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many D777B application forms were received by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority in 2023; and what the average waiting time was for approving those applications.
Answered by Guy Opperman
The table below shows the total number and average waiting time of manual and digital applications processed in 2023.
| Manual applications | Digital applications | ||
| Total number processed | Average processing time (in working days) | Total number processed | Average processing time |
V5C Vehicle Registration Certificate | 2,541,989 | 4 | 14,497,650 These transactions are not available separately | The average waiting time to process digital applications is not readily available but is typically one day if the transaction is successful and casework or medical enquiries are not required. |
V62 Application for a Vehicle Registration Certificate | 1,499,893 | 9 | ||
V890 Statutory Off Road Notification | 62,769 | 1 | 2,381,559 | |
V317 Application to keep/transfer a vehicle registration number | 115,168 | 4 | 1,002,687 | |
D1 – non medical Application for a driving licence | 1,716,073 | 6 | 7,622,328 | |
D2 – non medical Application for lorry, bus or minibus driving licence | 284,980 | 5 | 62,982 | |
D1 - medical Application for a driving licence | 309,395 | 63 | 55,802 | |
D2 - medical Application for lorry, bus or minibus driving licence | 90,273 | 55 | This service is not offered online | |
D777B Application for a driver digital tachograph card | 22,488 | 3 | 159,888 | |
For the figures above, the mode average has been used to calculate the number of average processing days.
Asked by: Julian Knight (Independent - Solihull)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many D2 application forms were received by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority in 2023; and what the average waiting time was for approving those applications.
Answered by Guy Opperman
The table below shows the total number and average waiting time of manual and digital applications processed in 2023.
| Manual applications | Digital applications | ||
| Total number processed | Average processing time (in working days) | Total number processed | Average processing time |
V5C Vehicle Registration Certificate | 2,541,989 | 4 | 14,497,650 These transactions are not available separately | The average waiting time to process digital applications is not readily available but is typically one day if the transaction is successful and casework or medical enquiries are not required. |
V62 Application for a Vehicle Registration Certificate | 1,499,893 | 9 | ||
V890 Statutory Off Road Notification | 62,769 | 1 | 2,381,559 | |
V317 Application to keep/transfer a vehicle registration number | 115,168 | 4 | 1,002,687 | |
D1 – non medical Application for a driving licence | 1,716,073 | 6 | 7,622,328 | |
D2 – non medical Application for lorry, bus or minibus driving licence | 284,980 | 5 | 62,982 | |
D1 - medical Application for a driving licence | 309,395 | 63 | 55,802 | |
D2 - medical Application for lorry, bus or minibus driving licence | 90,273 | 55 | This service is not offered online | |
D777B Application for a driver digital tachograph card | 22,488 | 3 | 159,888 | |
For the figures above, the mode average has been used to calculate the number of average processing days.
Asked by: Julian Knight (Independent - Solihull)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many D1 application forms were received by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority in 2023; and what the average waiting time was for approving those applications.
Answered by Guy Opperman
The table below shows the total number and average waiting time of manual and digital applications processed in 2023.
| Manual applications | Digital applications | ||
| Total number processed | Average processing time (in working days) | Total number processed | Average processing time |
V5C Vehicle Registration Certificate | 2,541,989 | 4 | 14,497,650 These transactions are not available separately | The average waiting time to process digital applications is not readily available but is typically one day if the transaction is successful and casework or medical enquiries are not required. |
V62 Application for a Vehicle Registration Certificate | 1,499,893 | 9 | ||
V890 Statutory Off Road Notification | 62,769 | 1 | 2,381,559 | |
V317 Application to keep/transfer a vehicle registration number | 115,168 | 4 | 1,002,687 | |
D1 – non medical Application for a driving licence | 1,716,073 | 6 | 7,622,328 | |
D2 – non medical Application for lorry, bus or minibus driving licence | 284,980 | 5 | 62,982 | |
D1 - medical Application for a driving licence | 309,395 | 63 | 55,802 | |
D2 - medical Application for lorry, bus or minibus driving licence | 90,273 | 55 | This service is not offered online | |
D777B Application for a driver digital tachograph card | 22,488 | 3 | 159,888 | |
For the figures above, the mode average has been used to calculate the number of average processing days.
Asked by: Julian Knight (Independent - Solihull)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many V62 application forms were received by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority in 2023; and what the average waiting time was for approving those applications.
Answered by Guy Opperman
The table below shows the total number and average waiting time of manual and digital applications processed in 2023.
| Manual applications | Digital applications | ||
| Total number processed | Average processing time (in working days) | Total number processed | Average processing time |
V5C Vehicle Registration Certificate | 2,541,989 | 4 | 14,497,650 These transactions are not available separately | The average waiting time to process digital applications is not readily available but is typically one day if the transaction is successful and casework or medical enquiries are not required. |
V62 Application for a Vehicle Registration Certificate | 1,499,893 | 9 | ||
V890 Statutory Off Road Notification | 62,769 | 1 | 2,381,559 | |
V317 Application to keep/transfer a vehicle registration number | 115,168 | 4 | 1,002,687 | |
D1 – non medical Application for a driving licence | 1,716,073 | 6 | 7,622,328 | |
D2 – non medical Application for lorry, bus or minibus driving licence | 284,980 | 5 | 62,982 | |
D1 - medical Application for a driving licence | 309,395 | 63 | 55,802 | |
D2 - medical Application for lorry, bus or minibus driving licence | 90,273 | 55 | This service is not offered online | |
D777B Application for a driver digital tachograph card | 22,488 | 3 | 159,888 | |
For the figures above, the mode average has been used to calculate the number of average processing days.
Asked by: Julian Knight (Independent - Solihull)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many V317 application forms were received by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority in 2023; and what the average waiting time was for approving those applications.
Answered by Guy Opperman
The table below shows the total number and average waiting time of manual and digital applications processed in 2023.
| Manual applications | Digital applications | ||
| Total number processed | Average processing time (in working days) | Total number processed | Average processing time |
V5C Vehicle Registration Certificate | 2,541,989 | 4 | 14,497,650 These transactions are not available separately | The average waiting time to process digital applications is not readily available but is typically one day if the transaction is successful and casework or medical enquiries are not required. |
V62 Application for a Vehicle Registration Certificate | 1,499,893 | 9 | ||
V890 Statutory Off Road Notification | 62,769 | 1 | 2,381,559 | |
V317 Application to keep/transfer a vehicle registration number | 115,168 | 4 | 1,002,687 | |
D1 – non medical Application for a driving licence | 1,716,073 | 6 | 7,622,328 | |
D2 – non medical Application for lorry, bus or minibus driving licence | 284,980 | 5 | 62,982 | |
D1 - medical Application for a driving licence | 309,395 | 63 | 55,802 | |
D2 - medical Application for lorry, bus or minibus driving licence | 90,273 | 55 | This service is not offered online | |
D777B Application for a driver digital tachograph card | 22,488 | 3 | 159,888 | |
For the figures above, the mode average has been used to calculate the number of average processing days.
Asked by: Julian Knight (Independent - Solihull)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many V5C application forms were received by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority in 2023; and what the average waiting time was for approving those applications.
Answered by Guy Opperman
The table below shows the total number and average waiting time of manual and digital applications processed in 2023.
| Manual applications | Digital applications | ||
| Total number processed | Average processing time (in working days) | Total number processed | Average processing time |
V5C Vehicle Registration Certificate | 2,541,989 | 4 | 14,497,650 These transactions are not available separately | The average waiting time to process digital applications is not readily available but is typically one day if the transaction is successful and casework or medical enquiries are not required. |
V62 Application for a Vehicle Registration Certificate | 1,499,893 | 9 | ||
V890 Statutory Off Road Notification | 62,769 | 1 | 2,381,559 | |
V317 Application to keep/transfer a vehicle registration number | 115,168 | 4 | 1,002,687 | |
D1 – non medical Application for a driving licence | 1,716,073 | 6 | 7,622,328 | |
D2 – non medical Application for lorry, bus or minibus driving licence | 284,980 | 5 | 62,982 | |
D1 - medical Application for a driving licence | 309,395 | 63 | 55,802 | |
D2 - medical Application for lorry, bus or minibus driving licence | 90,273 | 55 | This service is not offered online | |
D777B Application for a driver digital tachograph card | 22,488 | 3 | 159,888 | |
For the figures above, the mode average has been used to calculate the number of average processing days.
Asked by: Julian Knight (Independent - Solihull)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many V890 application forms were received by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Authority in 2023; and what the average waiting time was for approving those applications.
Answered by Guy Opperman
The table below shows the total number and average waiting time of manual and digital applications processed in 2023.
| Manual applications | Digital applications | ||
| Total number processed | Average processing time (in working days) | Total number processed | Average processing time |
V5C Vehicle Registration Certificate | 2,541,989 | 4 | 14,497,650 These transactions are not available separately | The average waiting time to process digital applications is not readily available but is typically one day if the transaction is successful and casework or medical enquiries are not required. |
V62 Application for a Vehicle Registration Certificate | 1,499,893 | 9 | ||
V890 Statutory Off Road Notification | 62,769 | 1 | 2,381,559 | |
V317 Application to keep/transfer a vehicle registration number | 115,168 | 4 | 1,002,687 | |
D1 – non medical Application for a driving licence | 1,716,073 | 6 | 7,622,328 | |
D2 – non medical Application for lorry, bus or minibus driving licence | 284,980 | 5 | 62,982 | |
D1 - medical Application for a driving licence | 309,395 | 63 | 55,802 | |
D2 - medical Application for lorry, bus or minibus driving licence | 90,273 | 55 | This service is not offered online | |
D777B Application for a driver digital tachograph card | 22,488 | 3 | 159,888 | |
For the figures above, the mode average has been used to calculate the number of average processing days.
Asked by: Julian Knight (Independent - Solihull)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department holds data on the number of Boatmaster licences have been issued by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency in each year since 2015.
Answered by Guy Opperman
The Maritime and Coastguard Agency holds the number of Boatmaster licences issued in each year since 2015.
Details as follows:
2015 – 2018
Issue Year | Total Issued |
2015 | 268 |
2016 | 228 |
2017 | 191 |
2018 | 198 |
Following digital enhancements additional data is available in relation to BML issuance:
Issue Year | New Issue | Revalidation | Replacement | Upgrade | Misc | Total |
2019 | 131 | 211 | 52 | 5 | 114 | 513 |
2020 | 15 | 84 | 3 | 6 | 41 | 149 |
2021 | 59 | 229 | 14 | 8 | 60 | 370 |
2022 | 114 | 426 | 11 | 53 | 71 | 675 |
2023 | 158 | 338 | 7 | 63 | 35 | 601 |
Asked by: Julian Knight (Independent - Solihull)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has made an assessment of the potential merits of the proposals for a third runway at Heathrow Airport for the West Midlands region.
Answered by Anthony Browne
No recent assessment has been made of the merits of a third runway at Heathrow Airport for the regions.
Heathrow expansion remains a private sector project and it is for the scheme promoter to decide when it submits a development consent order as part of the statutory planning process.