Asked by: Steve McCabe (Labour - Birmingham, Selly Oak)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to review the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency's powers to take action on SORN vehicles left on public highways.
Answered by Jesse Norman
There are no current plans to review the Statutory off Road Notification process.
Asked by: Deidre Brock (Scottish National Party - Edinburgh North and Leith)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many motor vehicles in each vehicle excise duty class are registered to Scottish addresses by registration (a) before and (b) after 1 April 2017.
Answered by Jesse Norman
The vehicle database changes on a daily basis. The most recent figures show a total of 3,123,773 motor vehicles were registered to Scottish addresses.
Out of the vehicle excise duty (VED) classes, 20 are exempt from payment of VED. Further information on vehicle excise duty rates can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/rates-of-vehicle-tax-v149.
The following table shows the number of motor vehicles registered in Scotland for use on the public road in the vehicle excise duty classes listed.
Tax Class | Vehicles First Registered *(a) | Vehicles First Registered *(b) | Total |
Agricultural Machine | 50,487 | 388 | 50,875 |
Alternative Fuel Car | 14,570 | 223 | 14,793 |
Ambulance | 1,257 | 6 | 1,263 |
Powered Bicycle | 122,472 | 931 | 123,403 |
Bus | 13,467 | 94 | 13,561 |
Crown Vehicle | 1,259 | 4 | 1,263 |
Diesel Car | 913,973 | 3,037 | 917,010 |
Disabled | 109,835 | 2,556 | 112,391 |
Disabled Passenger Vehicle | 718 | 1 | 719 |
Electric Motorcycle | 105 | 0 | 105 |
Electric Vehicle | 2,875 | 68 | 2,943 |
EURO 4 Light Goods Vehicle | 8,396 | 1 | 8,397 |
Fire Engine | 839 | 2 | 841 |
Fire Service | 712 | 3 | 715 |
General Haulage | 117 | 0 | 117 |
Gritting Machine | 486 | 0 | 486 |
HGV | 33,106 | 407 | 33,513 |
HGV Combined Transport | 52 | 0 | 52 |
Historic Vehicle | 30,592 | 53 | 30,645 |
Lifeboat Haulage | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Light Goods Vehicle | 251,007 | 1,834 | 252,841 |
Lighthouse Authority | 10 | 0 | 10 |
Limited Use | 4,642 | 11 | 4,653 |
Mine Rescue | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Mowing Machine | 1,403 | 36 | 1,439 |
NHS Vehicle | 1,148 | 9 | 1,157 |
Petrol Car | 1,334,611 | 5,171 | 1,339,782 |
Police | 1,982 | 2 | 1,984 |
Private HGV | 4,961 | 33 | 4,994 |
Private Light Goods | 182,858 | 308 | 183,166 |
Recovery Vehicle | 1,287 | 2 | 1,289 |
Reduced Pollution Bus | 210 | 0 | 210 |
Reduced Pollution HGV | 925 | 0 | 925 |
Reduced Pollution Special Types | 12 | 0 | 12 |
Reduced Pollution Trailer HGV | 36 | 0 | 36 |
Small Island Vehicles | 648 | 1 | 649 |
Snow Plough | 104 | 0 | 104 |
Special Types | 416 | 16 | 432 |
Special Vehicle | 14,143 | 272 | 14,415 |
Special Vehicle Trailer Duty | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Steam | 30 | 0 | 30 |
Trailer HGV | 896 | 6 | 902 |
Powered Tricycle | 1,636 | 2 | 1,638 |
Grand Total | 3,108,196 | 15,477 | 3,123,773 |
* (a) up to 31 March 2017
* (b) on or after 1 April 2017
Asked by: Matthew Offord (Conservative - Hendon)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many foreign-owned vehicles on UK roads are registered in the UK.
Answered by Andrew Jones
No information is available on the nationality of ownership of vehicles in use in the UK, but the Department for Transport has estimated that in 2015 approximately 0.44% of traffic on GB roads was driven by foreign registered vehicles.
Asked by: Matthew Offord (Conservative - Hendon)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of foreign-owned vehicles on UK roads that are not registered in the UK.
Answered by Andrew Jones
No information is available on the nationality of ownership of vehicles in use in the UK, but the Department for Transport has estimated that in 2015 approximately 0.44% of traffic on GB roads was driven by foreign registered vehicles.
Asked by: Kirsty Blackman (Scottish National Party - Aberdeen North)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which EU directives relating to his Department's responsibilities are awaiting transposition into UK law.
Answered by Andrew Jones
The UK remains a member of the EU until we leave, with full rights and obligations of membership. This includes transposing EU legislation into UK law.
The Department for Transport is aware of the following directives relating to the Department’s responsibilities for which transposition is planned:
DIRECTIVE 2014/94/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 22 October 2014 on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure |
amending Annex II to Directive 2000/59/EC of the European Parliament and the Council on port reception facilities for ship-generated waste and cargo residues |
COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 2014/112 of 19 December 2014 implementing the European Agreement concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time in inland waterway transport |
COUNCIL DIRECTIVE (EU) 2015/652 of 20 April 2015 laying down calculation methods and reporting requirements pursuant to Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels |
DIRECTIVE (EU) 2015/719 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 29 April 2015 amending Council Directive 96/53/EC laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Community the maximum authorised dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorised weights in international traffic |
DIRECTIVE (EU) 2015/413 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 11 March 2015 facilitating cross-border exchange of information on road-safety-related traffic offences |
Directive 2014/52/EU on the assessment of the effects of public and private projects on the environment |
DIRECTIVE 2014/45/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 3 April 2014 |
DIRECTIVE 2014/46/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 3 April 2014 |
DIRECTIVE 2014/47/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 3 April 2014 |
COMMISSION DIRECTIVE (EU) 2016/844 of 27 May 2016 amending Directive 2009/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on safety rules and standards for passenger ships (Text with EEA relevance). |
Co-decided (EU) Directive 2015/1513 amending Directive 98/70/EC on the quality of petrol and diesel fuels (and amending Directive 2009/28/EC on promotion of use of energy from renewable sources) |
Directive (EU) 2015/1794 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 October 2015 amending Directives 2008/94/EC, 2009/38/EC and 2002/14/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, and Council Directives 98/59/EC and 2001/23/EC, as regards seafarers (1) |
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DIRECTIVE (EU) 2016/797 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 11 May 2016 |
DIRECTIVE (EU) 2016/798 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 11 May 2016 |
Directive (EU) 2016/2370 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 December 2016 amending Directive 2012/34/EU as regards the opening of the market for domestic passenger transport services by rail and the governance of the railway infrastructure. |
Directive (EU) 2016/1629 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 September 2016 laying down technical requirements for inland waterway vessels, amending Directive 2009/100/EC and repealing Directive 2006/87/EC |
Asked by: Cheryl Gillan (Conservative - Chesham and Amersham)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many car owners whose car tax has expired have not made a SORN declaration since the tax licence disc was abolished in 2015.
Answered by Andrew Jones
The Department for Transport conducts a roadside survey every two years. This survey estimates the number of vehicles without a valid licence or Statutory Off Road Notification (SORN) to determine the rate of vehicle excise duty evasion.
The last survey took place in June 2015, which was eight months after the DVLA stopped issuing paper tax discs. The survey estimated that 1.4% of vehicles on UK roads were unlicensed and were not subject to a SORN.
The DVLA aims to make vehicle excise duty easy to pay and hard to avoid and operates a comprehensive package of measures to tackle vehicle excise duty evasion. These measures range from reminder letters, penalties and court prosecutions through to the use of Automatic Number Plate Recognition cameras, wheel clamping and the removal of unlicensed vehicles.
Asked by: John Redwood (Conservative - Wokingham)
Question to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what EU directives related to her Department's responsibilities are awaiting transposition into UK law.
Answered by George Eustice
As of 30 June, there are currently 15 EU directives awaiting transposition into UK law. These are detailed in the table below.
Directive | Title |
2013/51/EURATOM | Directive 2013/51/EURATOM of 22 October 2013 laying down requirements for the protection of the health of the general public with regard to radioactive substances in water intended for human consumption. |
2014/97/EU | Commission Implementing Directive 2014/97/EU of 15 October 2014 implementing Council Directive 2008/90/EC as regards the registration of suppliers and of varieties and the common list of varieties. |
2014/99/EU | Commission Directive 2014/99/EU of 21 October 2014 amending, for the purposes of its adaptation to technical progress, Directive 2009/126/EC on Stage II petrol vapour recovery during refuelling of motor vehicles at service stations. |
2015/1127/EU | Commission Directive (EU) 2015/1127 of 10 July 2015 amending Annex II to Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste and repealing certain Directives. |
2014/89/EU | Commission Directive 2014/89/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of July 2014 establishing Aa framework for maritime spatial planning. |
2014/96/EU | Commission Implementing Directive 2014/96/EU of 15 October 2014 on the requirements for the labelling, sealing and packaging of fruit plant propagating material and fruit plants intended for fruit production, falling within the scope of Council Directive 2008/90/EC. |
2014/98/EU | Commission Implementing Directive 2014/98/EU of 15 October 2014 implementing Council Directive 2008/90/EC as regards specific requirements for the genus and species of fruit plants referred to in Annex I thereto, specific requirements to be met by suppliers and detailed rules concerning official inspections. |
2015/412/EU | Commission Directive 2015/412/EU of 11 March 2015 amending Directive 2001/18/EC as regards the possibility for the Member States to restrict or prohibit the cultivation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in their territory. |
2015/996/EU | Commission Directive (EU) 2015/996 of 19 May 2015 establishing common noise assessment methods according to Directive 2002/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council. |
2015/1480/EU | Commission Directive (EU) 2015/1480 of 28 August 2015 amending several annexes to Directives 2004/107/EC and 2008/50/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the rules concerning reference methods, data validation and location of sampling points for the assessment of ambient air quality. |
2015/1787/EU | Commission Directive (EU) 2015/1787 of 6 October 2015 amending Annexes II and III to Council Directive 98/83/EC on the quality of water intended for human consumption |
2015/1955/EU | Commission Implementing Directive 2015/1955 of 29 October 2015 Amending Annexes I and II to Council Directive on the marketing of cereal seed. |
2015/2193/EU | Directive (EU) 2015/2193 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 on the limitation of emissions of certain pollutants into the air from medium combustion plants. |
2016/11/EU | Commission Implementing Directive 2016/11 of 5 January 2016 amending Annex II to Council Directive 2002/57/EC on the marketing of seed oil and fibre plants. |
2016/317/EU | Commission Implementing Directive (EU) 2016/317 of 3 March 2016 amending Council Directives 66/401/EEC, 66/402/EEC, 2002/54/EC, 2002/55/EC, 2002/56/EC and 2002/57/EC as regards the official label of seed packages. |
Asked by: John Redwood (Conservative - Wokingham)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what EU directives related to his Department's responsibilities are awaiting transposition into UK law.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
The following EU Directives related to my Department’s responsibilities are awaiting transposition into UK law:
Directive No: | Directive title: |
2012/34/EU | DIRECTIVE 2012/34/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 21 November 2012 establishing a single European railway area. |
2014/88/EU | Commission Directive 2014/88/EU of 9 July 2014 amending Directive 2004/49/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards common safety indicators and common methods of calculating accident costs Text with EEA relevance. |
2013/55/EU | DIRECTIVE 2013/55/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 20 November 2013 amending Directive 2005/36/EC on the recognition of professional qualifications and Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 on administrative cooperation through the Internal Market Information System (‘the IMI Regulation’). |
2013/35/EU | Directive 2013/35/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on the minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure of workers to the risks arising from physical agents (electromagnetic fields) (20th individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) and repealing Directive 2004/40/EC. |
2014/90/EU | Commission Directive 2014/90/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on marine equipment and repealing Council Directive 96/98/EC. |
2014/94/EU | DIRECTIVE 2014/94/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 22 October 2014 on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure. |
2015/2087/EU | Amending Annex II to Directive 2000/59/EC of the European Parliament and the Council on port reception facilities for ship-generated waste and cargo residues. |
EU 2014/112 | COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 2014/112 of 19 December 2014 implementing the European Agreement concerning certain aspects of the organisation of working time in inland waterway transport. |
EU 2015652 | COUNCIL DIRECTIVE (EU) 2015/652 of 20 April 2015 laying down calculation methods and reporting requirements pursuant to Directive 98/70/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to the quality of petrol and diesel fuels. |
EU 2015/719 | DIRECTIVE (EU) 2015/719 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 29 April 2015 amending Council Directive 96/53/EC laying down for certain road vehicles circulating within the Community the maximum authorised dimensions in national and international traffic and the maximum authorised weights in international traffic. |
EU 2015/413 | DIRECTIVE (EU) 2015/413 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 11 March 2015 facilitating cross-border exchange of information on road-safety-related traffic offences. |
2014/52/EU | Directive 2014/52/EU on the assessment of the effects of public and private projects on the environment. |
EU 2015/1513 | Co-decided (EU) Directive 2015/1513 amending Directive 98/70/EC on the quality of petrol and diesel fuels (and amending Directive 2009/28/EC on promotion of use of energy from renewable sources). |
EU 2015/1794 | DIRECTIVES ★ Directive (EU) 2015/1794 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 October 2015 amending Directives 2008/94/EC, 2009/38/EC and 2002/14/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, and Council Directives 98/59/EC and 2001/23/EC, as regards seafarers. |
EU 2016/797 | DIRECTIVE (EU) 2016/797 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 11 May 2016 on the interoperability of the rail system within the European Union (recast). |
EU 2016/798 | DIRECTIVE (EU) 2016/798 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 11 May 2016 on railway safety (recast). |
EU 2016/844 | COMMISSION DIRECTIVE (EU) 2016/844 of 27 May 2016 amending Directive 2009/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on safety rules and standards for passenger ships (Text with EEA relevance). |
EU 2016/882 | COMMISSION DIRECTIVE (EU) 2016/882 of 1 June 2016 amending Directive 2007/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards language requirements (Text with EEA relevance). |
2014/45/EU | DIRECTIVE 2014/45/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 3 April 2014 on periodic roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers and repealing Directive 2009/40/EC (Text with EEA relevance. |
2014/46/EU | DIRECTIVE 2014/46/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 3 April 2014 amending Council Directive 1999/37/EC on the registration documents for vehicles THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION. |
2014/47/EU | DIRECTIVE 2014/47/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 3 April 2014 on the technical roadside inspection of the roadworthiness of commercial vehicles circulating in the Union and repealing Directive 2000/30/EC (Text with EEA relevance). |
Asked by: Richard Fuller (Conservative - North East Bedfordshire)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will create a register of ownership for motor vehicles for victims of theft to help prove ownership of their vehicles.
Answered by Andrew Jones
There are no plans to create a register of ownership for motor vehicles for victims of theft.
The purpose of the vehicle register held by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is to record vehicles and their keepers. The register is maintained to assist in revenue collection, road safety and law enforcement. It holds details of the keepers of vehicles and shows who is responsible for their day to day use. It is not a register of legal title or ownership of vehicles.
Asked by: Richard Burden (Labour - Birmingham, Northfield)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made on the DVLA's investigation into the proper registration of historic vehicles in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Andrew Jones
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is currently carrying out a targeted exercise involving a small number of historic vehicles. This is in response to concerns expressed to the DVLA that a number of newly built replica vehicles had been incorrectly registered as historic vehicles.
The DVLA has advised 30 vehicle keepers that, following consideration of the evidence provided, their registrations are correct. A number of keepers have advised the DVLA that they are in the process of gathering the required information.