Asked by: Julian Knight (Independent - Solihull)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Marine Accident Investigation Branch spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.
Answered by Richard Holden - Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
Nothing.
Asked by: Julian Knight (Independent - Solihull)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the East West Railway Company Limited spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.
Answered by Huw Merriman
East West Railway Company Limited spent £57,701 on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.
Asked by: Julian Knight (Independent - Solihull)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department as made an assessment of the potential effect of the installation of clean air zone signs across the City of Manchester on road users in the context of the Mayor of Manchester's decision to pause the clean air zone across that city.
Answered by Jesse Norman - Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
Responsibility for the signage rests with the Greater Manchester authorities. Decisions as to the future of the signs will be made as part of the review of Greater Manchester’s plans to address the serious issue of nitrogen dioxide pollution.
Asked by: Julian Knight (Independent - Solihull)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.
Answered by Richard Holden - Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) spent £40,574 on equality and diversity training in the financial year 2022-2023.
Asked by: Julian Knight (Independent - Solihull)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Maritime and Coastguard Agency spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.
Answered by Richard Holden - Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
Nothing.
Asked by: Julian Knight (Independent - Solihull)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Vehicle Certification Agency spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.
Answered by Richard Holden - Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
Nothing.
Asked by: Julian Knight (Independent - Solihull)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Trinity House spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.
Answered by Richard Holden - Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
In 2023 Trinity House refreshed its organisation values and specifically included equality of opportunity, diversity, and dignity & respect as a value. This will include formal diversity and equality training for all employees which will be sourced from an external provider. The estimated cost of this is approximately £15,000.
Asked by: Julian Knight (Independent - Solihull)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Northern Lighthouse Board spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.
Answered by Richard Holden - Shadow Secretary of State for Transport
Nothing.
Asked by: Julian Knight (Independent - Solihull)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data his Department holds on the (a) number and (b) types of (i) national and (ii) regional railcards issued by Network Rail in 2022.
Answered by Huw Merriman
Railcard sales data is commercially sensitive and managed by the Rail Delivery Group (RDG) on behalf of train operators, the Department is therefore not able to provide this information. The RDG can be contacted at info@raildeliverygroup.com.
However, the Office of Rail and Road does publish data on the number of Disabled Persons Railcards in circulation, which can be found at: https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/passenger-experience/disabled-persons-railcards/.
Asked by: Julian Knight (Independent - Solihull)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Rail Accident Investigation Branch spent on equality and diversity training in the 2022-23 financial year.
Answered by Huw Merriman
In the 2022-23 financial year, the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB) did not pay for any formal equality and diversity training.
In 2022-2023, RAIB did pay for two separate external speakers to raise staff awareness of disability and hearing loss, costing £200 and £250, respectively. The purpose of these talks was to support RAIB officials in the course of their investigations when dealing with the public and rail industry, as RAIB have had deployments and investigations where disability is a factor.