Tag: Lord Bradshaw

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Bradshaw on 2015-02-11.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether road safety targets are at present set for local authorities; and, if not, whether they have considered reinstating them.

Baroness Kramer

The Government has not set road safety targets for local authorities, and is not considering reinstating them. However, local authorities are free to set their own targets if they find this useful.

The fact that the Government has not set a target does not mean that it does not consider road safety to be a high priority. The strategic framework includes forecasts of the casualty numbers that we might expect to see through to 2030 from the measures implemented by Government, and the actions of local authorities.

While we believe that previous road safety targets have been useful we do not consider that over-arching national targets are necessary for road safety in Great Britain. This is because we do not believe that further persuasion is needed on the importance of road safety. We expect central and local government to continue to prioritise road safety and continue to seek improvements.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Bradshaw on 2015-02-12.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the voting protocol for their proposed stakeholder working group on off-road recreational motor vehicles; and what is the proposed timetable for the group to report its findings to ministers and for the ensuing public consultation.

Lord De Mauley

The proposed stakeholder working group on off-road recreational motor vehicles will not need to establish a voting protocol as it will deliver a report stating, if necessary, where there are differences of opinion, or where there is no consensus. It will then be for Ministers to decide what proposals in the report to take forward.

We will set a target timeframe of 18 months for the group to report to Ministers and a public consultation will follow afterwards.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Bradshaw on 2015-02-12.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much revenue is raised through the O licences of goods vehicles.

Baroness Kramer

The revenue that has been raised by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency is £8.2m for the 10 months ending 31 January 2015 (£9.9m for the full year in 2014) from Operator Licences of Goods Vehicles.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Bradshaw on 2015-02-12.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much of the revenue raised through the O licences of good vehicles is spent by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency on enforcement activity.

Baroness Kramer

None of the revenue raised through the Operator licences of goods vehicles is spent on enforcement activity by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Bradshaw on 2015-02-12.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government which government department receives the fines generated from the enforcement of O licences of goods vehicles.

Lord Deighton

The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) are the main body responsible for enforcement of operator licences for goods vehicles, although individual police forces also have the power to enforce these provisions. DVSA enforcement action consists of prosecution through the courts – in 2013-14 they reported 174 convictions resulting in courts ordering £103,244 in fines. These fines are collected by the courts and all revenue raised is passed on to the Consolidated Fund, and used to fund general government expenditure.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Bradshaw on 2015-02-12.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many multi-agency vehicle enforcement checks were mounted in each of the last five years.

Lord Bates

The Home Office does not hold this information. This is an operational matter for the police and other partner agencies.