Asked by: Margaret Greenwood (Labour - Wirral West)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many school crossing guards have been involved in road traffic accidents while on duty in each of the last five years.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
This information is not held by the Department.
Asked by: Margaret Greenwood (Labour - Wirral West)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department holds information on the number and proportion of school crossing guards who wear body cameras while on duty.
Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
This information is not held by the Department.
Asked by: Margaret Greenwood (Labour - Wirral West)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that the safety standards of HGV driving tests are not lowered as a result of the reversing exercise element being tested separately by a third party.
Answered by Trudy Harrison
Consistent with other areas of delegated vocational testing, the Department for Transport and the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency will ensure there is a meaningful quality checking and auditing process for those organisations which will carry out the assessment of the off road exercises.
Asked by: Margaret Greenwood (Labour - Wirral West)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the (a) change in the demand for commuter train services that has arisen during the covid-19 outbreak and (b) how that change may affect (i) commuting and (ii) demand for HS2 in the long term.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The Department for Transport has not yet completed modelling the sensitivity of its major project business cases to post-COVID demand. HS2 is a predominantly long-distance service. There is significant uncertainty around how travel patterns will change post-Covid. This will be assessed more fully as part of the Outline Business Case for the Western Leg of Phase 2b, which we expect to be published by early 2022.
Asked by: Margaret Greenwood (Labour - Wirral West)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the total cost of the HS2 programme.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The full HS2 network is estimated to cost between £72-£98Bn (2019 prices). The numbers include contingency to accommodate unforeseeable cost pressures which may emerge during construction, as is to be expected with all major infrastructure projects. More information on cost can be found in the 6-monthly parliamentary reports.
Asked by: Margaret Greenwood (Labour - Wirral West)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Volunteering Matters Journey Makers programme, whether volunteers will be tested for covid-19 before being deployed; and what personal protective equipment will be issued to those volunteers.
Answered by Chris Heaton-Harris - Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Volunteers will not be tested for covid-19 before being deployed. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) will be provided by the relevant local transport operator where the volunteers are being deployed. PPE provided will be in line with the latest guidance provided by Public Health England.
Asked by: Margaret Greenwood (Labour - Wirral West)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the (a) duration, (b) content and (c) the training provider for the training for Journey Makers volunteers.
Answered by Chris Heaton-Harris - Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
The training and induction for volunteers will be provided by the local volunteer body. This will include the completion of a security awareness course that volunteers will complete prior to their deployment. The site-specific training and relevant health and safety training will be led by the transport operator.
Asked by: Margaret Greenwood (Labour - Wirral West)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Volunteering Matters Journey Makers programme, how many Journey Makers volunteers are planned to be deployed; and at what locations will those volunteers be deployed.
Answered by Chris Heaton-Harris - Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
We are planning to deploy volunteers across major transport hubs within England to supplement additional staff provided by transport operators. The number deployed will depend on the requirements of transport operators and Local Authorities. Ongoing liaison with transport operators is identifying sites where volunteers can be most effectively deployed to provide assistance.
Asked by: Margaret Greenwood (Labour - Wirral West)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which railway organisation will be responsible for the management of the Journey Makers volunteering programme.
Answered by Chris Heaton-Harris - Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
The volunteering programme is being developed in consultation with Rail Delivery Group, Train Operating Companies, Network Rail and the Office of Rail and Road. Volunteering Matters will co-ordinate with local volunteer organisations and coordinate volunteering arrangements to match volunteers with the requirements indicated by these industry groups.
Asked by: Margaret Greenwood (Labour - Wirral West)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment the Government has made of the benefit to the UK of membership of the European Aviation Safety Agency.
Answered by John Hayes
The system centred on the European Aviation Safety Agency has delivered significant efficiencies in the safety regulation of civil aviation in the EU while ensuring a high level of safety. The Government is considering carefully all the potential implications arising for our aviation industry from the UK’s exit from the EU, including the implications for the continued participation in the European Aviation Safety Agency system.