Asked by: Tom Pursglove (Conservative - Corby)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 25 May 2016 to Question 37198, how many of the leaflets entitled Why the Government believes that voting to remain in the European Union is the best decision for the UK have been returned to his Department; and what the postage cost to the Government has been of such returns.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
I refer the Hon Member to the Prime Minister's response of 25th May 2016. This information is not collated centrally by the Department.
Asked by: Tom Pursglove (Conservative - Corby)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving test examiners have (a) left and (b) been recruited by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency in the last (i) one, (ii) two and (iii) five years.
Answered by Andrew Jones
Driving examiner starters have to pass a compulsory training course in order to become fully qualified examiners. If they do not pass this course they are then dismissed. Information on starters and leavers is shown in the table below:
| Starters | Leavers | Of the leavers, those who did not pass the course |
In the past financial year | 232 | 152 | 8 |
In the past two financial years | 389 | 288 | 28 |
In the past five financial years | 614 | 590 | 47 |
Asked by: Tom Pursglove (Conservative - Corby)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of progress on the planned dualing of the A45 between Stanwick and Thrapston.
Answered by Andrew Jones
When the first ever Road Investment Strategy was published in December 2014 we made a commitment to develop a scheme to dual the A45 between Stanwick and Thrapston.
The Government understands the importance of a fully dualled A45 between the A14 and the M1. We remain committed to removing this final bottleneck on the route yet are mindful of the environmental concerns locally.
We anticipate that the development of this scheme will begin shortly and will include public engagement. The scheme will be delivered as part of the second Road Investment Strategy which is due to begin in April 2020.
Asked by: Tom Pursglove (Conservative - Corby)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of progress on the planned improvements to the Chowns Mill roundabout.
Answered by Andrew Jones
We have completed a number of technical surveys and are carrying out preliminary design activities for the project. A public engagement event to seek views and opinions from local residents and businesses is planned for Autumn/Winter 2016. We anticipate that works will start in late 2019. At this very early stage of planning the project, we expect the construction phase to last around 18 months.