February 2022
Jim Shannon (DUP)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to bring forward proposals to increase the penalty for driving without insurance.
Rachael Maskell (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his timetable is for Active Travel England being fully operational.
Sarah Olney (Lib Dem)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of taking coordinated steps across government to embed cycling and walking policies in relevant government departments and strategies.
Sarah Olney (Lib Dem)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Institution of Civil Engineers’ paper, entitled Safe, affordable and reliable transport systems: Civil engineering insights on UK government cycling and walking strategies, published in December 2021, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of the recommendation in that paper that the funding process for local authorities for walking and cycling should be simplified in the Second Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy, due in April 2022.
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Con)
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to amend road traffic legislation to make causing death or serious injury by dangerous cycling an offence; and whether any such changes would cover (1) electrically assisted pedal cycles, and (2) e-scooters.
Kieran Mullan (Con)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve the condition of roads in England.
Ruth Cadbury (Lab)
What plans he has to publish a second cycling and walking investment strategy.
Greg Knight (Con)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consultations took place with representatives of motoring groups before the new Highway Code was brought into force; and with whom those consultations took place.
Martyn Day (SNP)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of making insurance a legal requirement for cyclists.
Greg Knight (Con)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what publicity campaigns his Department conducted prior to the new Highway Code coming into force.
Julian Lewis (Con)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason the revised highway code gives priority to cyclists to ride in the middle of single carriageway roads which have dedicated cycle lanes alongside the carriageway; what arrangements are available on a regional basis to monitor any increase in (a) road-rage incidents and (b) accidents arising from cyclists declining for protracted periods to allow motorists to overtake them; and if he will make it his policy to publish on a quarterly basis national (i) totals of and (ii) statistical trends arising from such incidents.
Sarah Olney (Lib Dem)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the updates to the Highway Code introduced in January 2021, what his definition is of the term pedestrian used in that Code.
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering (Con)
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to amend the Highway Code.
Tan Dhesi (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has spent on advertising the recent changes to the Highway Code as of 1 February 2022.
Lord Black of Brentwood (Con)
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to introduce legislation to make causing death by dangerous cycling a criminal offence.
Andrew Selous (Con)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when funds for Active Travel 3 will be available; and if he will make a statement.
Andrew Selous (Con)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will have discussions with Ministers in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities about design standards for flats to allow for (a) safe cycle storage in common parts and (b) sufficient space standards in flats for bicycles.
Andrew Selous (Con)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues in the Home Office on the (a) enforcement of the law against aggression towards cyclists and (b) number of successful prosecutions in relation to the extent of that matter.
Andrew Selous (Con)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what role he expects cycling and electric bicycles to have in Local Transport Plan 4 and the decarbonisation of transport.
Andrew Selous (Con)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what requirements he places on train operating companies to provide sufficient and certain bicycle storage on trains.
Steve McCabe (Con)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the payment system of Birmingham’s Clean Air Zone which does not alert drivers when they have entered the zone prompting them to pay.
Lord Black of Brentwood (Con)
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many pedestrians have been killed by dangerous riding by cyclists in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
Lord Lipsey (Lab)
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they are giving to mandatory number plates for cyclists.
Lord Berkeley (Lab)
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the banning of (1) e-bikes, and (2) e-scooters, from some train services; what assessment they have made of the impact of such bans on the use of public transport; and what steps they intend to take to ensure that such products using lithium ion batteries sold in the UK are safe.
Lord Berkeley (Lab)
To ask Her Majesty’s Government which passenger train operators have prohibited the carriage of e-bikes; when such prohibitions came into effect; and for what reasons
Holly Lynch (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department’s Road Policing Review: call for evidence in July 2020, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policy of the finding that since 2010, road collision statistics and the numbers of fatal injuries and serious injuries from road collisions have plateaued.
Holly Lynch (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government plans to review trends in the of levels of prosecution of drug driving.
Holly Lynch (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the report, Drug driving: the tip of the iceberg, published by the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety, if he will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the findings of that report that (a) 44 per of drug driving offences are committed by a reoffender and (b) 67 per cent of those convicted of drug driving had one or more previous conviction; and what steps his Department plans to take in response to that matter.
Rachael Maskell (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has plans to make York a centre of excellence for walking and cycling in response to the Government’s announcement that Active Travel England’s headquarters will be located in York.
James Wild (Con)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his timetable is for announcements following the Active Travel tranche 3 bids submitted in 2021
Jim Shannon (DUP)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to improve provisions for cyclists.
Lord Storey (Lib Dem)
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many bicycle (1) accidents, and (2) deaths, were recorded for each of the last five years.
Baroness Randerson (Lib Dem)
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether users of e-scooters were primarily travelling by (1) car, or (2) public transport, prior to the introduction of e-scooters.
Gill Furniss (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of trends in the number of privately owned e-scooters being used on public property; and what steps he is taking to ensure the safety of pedestrians and road users.
Richard Holden (Con)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of requiring cyclists and motorcyclists to wear high visibility clothing.
Lilian Greenwood (Lab)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 21 February 2022 to Question 120746, on Roads: Safety, on what date his Department received the report on road safety targets commissioned by his Department in conjunction with WSP and Loughborough University.
Drew Hendry (SNP)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what analysis his Department has undertaken on the potential impact of the changes to the Highway Code on single track road users in rural communities regarding (a) the 2m passing distance when overtaking pedestrians walking in the road, (b) the 1.5m road distance when passing cyclists whilst driving under 30mph and (c) giving 2m distance when passing horses or horse drawn vehicles at speeds under 10mph.
Bill Wiggin (Con)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department issues national guidance to local authorities on best practice to enable the public to better report local road defects.