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Written Question
Bus Services: Disability
Monday 9th September 2019

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 - Minister of State (Minister for Europe)

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.


Written Question
Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
Tuesday 11th September 2018

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

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.


Written Question
Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
Tuesday 11th September 2018

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

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.


Written Question
Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
Tuesday 11th September 2018

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

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.


Written Question
Road Traffic Offences: Fixed Penalties
Friday 22nd June 2018

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

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.


Written Question
Department for Transport: Labour Turnover
Friday 15th December 2017

Asked by: Madeleine Moon (Labour - Bridgend)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many members of staff have left his Department since 1 January 2015; and how many of those members of staff were nationals of non-UK EU countries.

Answered by John Hayes

Including the central Department and the Executive Agencies, 5140 individuals have left since 1 January, 2015. Of those individuals, 31 can be confirmed as non-UK EU nationals.


Written Question
Shipping: North Korea
Monday 16th October 2017

Asked by: Madeleine Moon (Labour - Bridgend)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will detail the steps his Department is taking to ensure the close monitoring of ships registered to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea which change their (a) ship names, (b) flag, (c) company name and (d) reported beneficial owner; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by John Hayes

The Department for Transport takes all possible measures to ensure that all states implement and enforce UN Security Council resolutions. Such measures can include engagement with partner states, and the UN Panel of Experts on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), regarding the misuse of country flags by ships connected to the DPRK.

UN Security Council resolutions call on Member States to de-register any vessel that is owned, operated or crewed by the DPRK, and not to register any such vessels that have been de-registered by another Member State. The ship registry of the UK fully complies with this measure.


Written Question
Shipping: North Korea
Monday 16th October 2017

Asked by: Madeleine Moon (Labour - Bridgend)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking proactively to monitor Democratic People's Republic of Korea foreign-flagged ships in order to ensure enforcement of the mandate to inspect their cargo; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by John Hayes

The Department for Transport takes all possible measures to ensure that all states implement and enforce UN Security Council resolutions. Such measures can include engagement with partner states, and the UN Panel of Experts on the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), regarding the misuse of country flags by ships connected to the DPRK.

UN Security Council resolutions call on Member States to de-register any vessel that is owned, operated or crewed by the DPRK, and not to register any such vessels that have been de-registered by another Member State. The ship registry of the UK fully complies with this measure.


Written Question
Railways: South Wales
Thursday 14th September 2017

Asked by: Madeleine Moon (Labour - Bridgend)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to the public purse has been of electrification of the railway line (a) in the Severn Tunnel, (b) between the Severn Tunnel and Cardiff Central station, (c) between Cardiff Central Station and Bridgend, (d) between Bridgend and Port Talbot Parkway, (e) between Port Talbot Parkway and Neath and (f) between Neath and Swansea; and if he will make a statement.

Answered by Paul Maynard - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)

Network Rail is delivering the Great Western Electrification Programme to the dates set out in the latest publication of their Enhancement Delivery plan.

This includes completing electrification of the Great Western Mainline to Cardiff Central by December 2018. The recent National Audit Office’s report states that electrification is expected to cost £2.8 billion.

Network Rail have advised the Department that expenditure on the mainline between Cardiff and Swansea has yet to be finalised.