Asked by: Madeleine Moon (Labour - Bridgend)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish the best practice guidance on disability awareness training for bus drivers.
Answered by Nusrat Ghani
The Government remains committed to publishing best practice guidance on the provision of high quality disability awareness training for bus and coach drivers, to support operators to ensure that every driver has the knowledge and skills to assist disabled passengers.
We will publish the guidance later in the year and will work with the bus and coach industry to encourage its adoption.
Asked by: Madeleine Moon (Labour - Bridgend)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that electric charging stations on motorways are maintained and operate effectively.
Answered by Jesse Norman - Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
The Government does not hold data on the numbers of out of service electric vehicle chargepoints or the average length of time they have been out of service in the last two years. The Government wants to ensure that the public charging network is reliable, widespread, accessible, convenient and affordable. The Government has taken powers in the newly adopted Automated and Electric Vehicles Act to set reliability and maintenance standards and to ensure public chargepoints are accessible.
Asked by: Madeleine Moon (Labour - Bridgend)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information he holds on the average length of time that electric charging stations have been out of service in the last two years.
Answered by Jesse Norman - Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
The Government does not hold data on the numbers of out of service electric vehicle chargepoints or the average length of time they have been out of service in the last two years. The Government wants to ensure that the public charging network is reliable, widespread, accessible, convenient and affordable. The Government has taken powers in the newly adopted Automated and Electric Vehicles Act to set reliability and maintenance standards and to ensure public chargepoints are accessible.
Asked by: Madeleine Moon (Labour - Bridgend)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information he holds on the number of electric charging stations that have been out of service for over 24 hours in the last (a) 3 months, (b) 6 months and (c) 12 months.
Answered by Jesse Norman - Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
The Government does not hold data on the numbers of out of service electric vehicle chargepoints or the average length of time they have been out of service in the last two years. The Government wants to ensure that the public charging network is reliable, widespread, accessible, convenient and affordable. The Government has taken powers in the newly adopted Automated and Electric Vehicles Act to set reliability and maintenance standards and to ensure public chargepoints are accessible.
Asked by: Madeleine Moon (Labour - Bridgend)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to undertake a review of road traffic offences and penalties to improve road safety.
Answered by Jesse Norman - Shadow Leader of the House of Commons
First, on 5 December 2016 the Government launched a consultation on driving offences and penalties relating to causing death and serious injury. This ran until 1 February 2017. The Government response to the consultation was published on 16 October 2017, and confirmed proposals to increase the maximum penalty for causing death by dangerous driving and for causing death by careless driving whilst under the influence of drink or drugs from 14 years to life; and to create a new offence of causing serious injury by careless driving. These are still under review by the ministry of justice.
Secondly, on 9 March 2018, the Department for Transport published an independent legal report which considers the case for a change in law for cycling, equivalent to causing death or serious injury by dangerous or careless driving. The Department is considering the report and will publish a response shortly. This work is part of an open and comprehensive review TO improve safety for all road users and encourage more people to walk and cycle. The Government intends to bring forward proposals for changes in the law as and when parliamentary time allows.
Finally, on 13 June the Department for Transport published a progress report to the 2015 Road Safety Statement, which announced that it would be refreshing the Statement and developing a two year action plan for road safety. There are four priority user groups to be addressed in this plan: young people, rural road users, motorcyclists and older vulnerable users.