Asked by: Lord Grayling (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to Answer of 21 October to Question 56409, if he will list the specific signs which are officially approved but not covered by the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions, 2016, as amended, and require formal approval from his Department before a local authority can install them.
Answered by Trudy Harrison
A list of traffic signs that have been approved by the Department, but are not prescribed in the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions, 2016, as amended, and require approval by the Secretary of State for Transport, are shown in the table below:
NP 409 & NP 409.1 VARIABLE SPEED LIMIT START/END |
NP 419 TIMES OF OPERATION OF HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANE AHEAD |
NP 420 DEFINITION OF HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANE |
NP 420.1 DEFINITION OF HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANE - NO HGVs OVER 7.5T |
NP 420.2 DEFINITION OF HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANE - NO HGVs |
NP 421 HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANE AHEAD |
NP 423 RISK OF LORRIES OVERTURNING ON ADVERSE CAMBER |
NP 426 ROAD NUMBER AND REFERENCE |
NP 428 & 428.1 START AND END OF FOOTWAY PARKING PROHIBITION |
NP 428.2 FOOTWAY PARKING PROHIBITION REPEATER SIGN |
NP 429 EMERGENCY ACCESS |
NP 430 STOP FOR CONVOY |
NP 431 WAIT HERE FOR CONVOY |
NP 432 NEW ROAD SURFACE |
NP 433 LOW EMISSION ZONE |
NP 545RM ROAD MARKING - CHILDREN |
NP 622.11 TUNNEL CLASSIFICATION PLATE |
NP 818.4A DANGEROUS GOODS PROHIBITED |
NP 829.8 ACCIDENT SLOW |
NP 829.9 ACCIDENT USE HARD SHOULDER |
NP 829.10 EMERGENCY SERVICES TRAINING |
NP 958.2 HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANE AHEAD |
NP 958.6 OFF SIDE BUS LANE AHEAD |
NP 958.7 OFF SIDE HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANE AHEAD |
NP 958.9 BUS, LORRY AND MOTOR CYCLE LANE AHEAD |
NP 958.10 OFF SIDE BUS ONLY LANE AHEAD |
NP 958.11 NEAR SIDE BUS ONLY LANE AHEAD |
NP 958.12 BUS, AUTHORISED VEHICLES AND MOTOR CYCLE LANE AHEAD |
NP 958.13 BUS AND AUTHORISED VEHICLES LANE AHEAD |
NP 958.14 OFF SIDE BUS AND AUTHORISED VEHICLES LANE AHEAD |
NP 958.15 OFF SIDE BUS AND MOTORCYCLE LANE AHEAD |
NP 959.2 HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANE |
NP 959.5 OFF SIDE BUS LANE, CYCLE AND TAXI |
NP 959.6 BUS AND LORRY LANE |
NP 959.7 BUS, LORRY AND MOTOR CYCLE LANE |
NP 959.8 OFF SIDE BUS ONLY LANE |
NP 959.9 NEAR SIDE BUS ONLY LANE |
NP 959.10 BUS, AUTHORISED VEHICLES AND MOTOR CYCLE LANE |
NP 959.11 BUS AND AUTHORISED VEHICLES LANE |
NP 959.12 OFF SIDE BUS AND MOTOR CYCLE LANE |
NP 960.4 CONTRA-FLOW BUS, CYCLE AND TAXI LANE |
NP 962.3 HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANE ON ROAD AT JUNCTION AHEAD |
NP 962.5 BUS AND MOTORCYCLE LANE ON ROAD AT JUNCTION AHEAD |
NP 2919.2 MOTORWAY LORRY ONLY SERVICE AREA AHEAD |
NP 3015 WIG-WAG SIGNAL |
NP MW TOLL MOTORWAY (PERMANENT) : 'Toll' |
NS 56A DIVERSION ROUTE SYMBOL |
NS 66 HIGH OCCUPANCY VEHICLE LANE |
NS 68 OVERTURNING LORRY |
NS 70 PARKING PLACE PARTIALLY OR WHOLLY ON VERGE OR FOOTWAY |
NS 74 VEHICLE CARRYING DANGEROUS GOODS |
S 68 CLEAN AIR ZONE |
NP 551.3 SMALL WILD ANIMALS |
NP 2514 PARK ACTIVE |
NP 1028.7 E-SCOOTER BAY MARKING |
Asked by: Lord Grayling (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which road signs a local authority has to seek his approval prior to installation.
Answered by Trudy Harrison
A local authority needs to seek the approval of the Secretary of State for Transport for the use of any traffic signs that are not prescribed in the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions, 2016, as amended.
Asked by: Lord Grayling (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the installation by a local authority of warning signs in the road indicating that (a) toads and (b) ducks may be crossing is required to be approved by his Department.
Answered by Baroness Maclean of Redditch
Local authorities may install the toad crossing warning sign only during the migratory period at a site which is approved by the Froglife Trust. The wild fowl warning sign may be installed where birds are habitually found in the road near ponds and watercourses. Both signs are prescribed in The Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2016 and need no further approval.
Asked by: Lord Grayling (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to instruct South Western Railway to reinstate pre-covid-19 outbreak levels of service between Epsom to London Waterloo.
Answered by Chris Heaton-Harris
South Western Railway (SWR) has provided an increase in peak service between Epsom and London Waterloo from Monday 17 May, this represents an increase on previous service provision. SWR is currently running at 85% of pre-COVID levels, a 13% increase on the pre-17th May Timetable. Service levels will continue to be reviewed regularly to ensure the capacity provided continues to meet the demand.
Asked by: Lord Grayling (Conservative - Life peer)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will allow ground handlers eligible for support under the Airport and Ground Operations Support scheme to use the grant for fixed costs as well as business rates relief; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Robert Courts
The Airport and Ground Operations Support Scheme (AGOSS) opened for applications on 29 January to provide support for eligible commercial airports and ground handlers in England. It will provide support up to the equivalent of their business rates liabilities or COVID-19 losses – whichever is lower – in the 2020/21 financial year, subject to certain conditions and a cap per claimant of £8m.
Grant payments made to successful applicants can be applied toward costs which are essential to enable the operation of a commercial airport or ground handling operations and falls within the list of eligible expenditure. Payments are not limited to use on business rates cost only.