Tag: Mary Creagh

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mary Creagh on 2014-04-01.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many drivers who received driving convictions during the two year probationary licence period undertook (a) one, (b) two, (c) three and (d) four or more speed awareness courses in (i) 2010 to 2014 and (ii) 2005 to 2009.

Karen Bradley

This information is not held centrally. A motorist is prohibited from taking
more than one speed awareness course under the national scheme within a 3 years
period from the date of the offence.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mary Creagh on 2014-04-01.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many drivers have had their licence revoked by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency in each year since 2010.

Stephen Hammond

The table below provides the number of driving licences that have been revoked by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) since 2010:

Year	Number of licences revoked
2010	96,551
2011	126,263
2012	117,565
2013	112,725
2014 (up to 29 March)	28,199
Total	481,303

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mary Creagh on 2014-03-28.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 27 March 2014, Official Report, column 372W, on driving: licensing, how many drivers who received driving convictions undertook speed awareness courses in each year since 2010, in each force area.

Karen Bradley

The number of drivers that opted for a National Driver Offender Retraining
Scheme (NDORS) speed awareness course rather than accept penalty points on
their driving licence in 2010 is 447,833, in 2011 is 772,180, in 2012 is 926,155 and
in 2013 is 953,464. These reflect the latest updated figures.

The following table shows the figures by police force area for the number of
drivers that opted for a speed awareness course.

The offer of a speed awareness course is at the discretion of the police. To be
deemed eligible there must be no excessive speed or other offences committed at
the same time. Information on previous motoring convictions is not taken into
account.

NDORS Police Force Area	2010	2011	2012	2013
AVON AND SOMERSET CONSTABULARY	0	267	38,244	36,064
BEDFORDSHIRE POLICE	6,707	11,440	15,370	12,075
CAMBRIDGESHIRE CONSTABULARY	17,691	17,301	16,974	9,148
CHESHIRE	6,066	15,198	16,702	14,490
CITY OF LONDON POLICE	0	0	0	153
CLEVELAND POLICE	8,278	12,147	10,282	7,198
CUMBRIA CONSTABULARY	11,967	18,436	19,878	20,218
DERBYSHIRE CONSTABULARY	5,657	9,275	14,385	12,666
DEVON AND CORNWALL CONSTABULARY	8,720	13,516	17,959	16,608
DORSET POLICE	0	0	0	0
DURHAM CONSTABULARY	0	1,436	4,517	4,267
DYFED-POWYS POLICE	100	1,158	1,229	1,870
ESSEX POLICE	0	8,113	21,957	22,605
GLOUCESTERSHIRE CONSTABULARY	937	2,317	4,573	5,445
GREATER MANCHESTER POLICE	39,959	45,639	49,463	45,064
GWENT POLICE	1	39	34	6
HAMPSHIRE CONSTABULARY	0	0	0	36,986
HERTFORDSHIRE CONSTABULARY	8,128	14,802	23,700	20,216
HUMBERSIDE POLICE	0	0	15,499	29,791
KENT COUNTY POLICE	3,430	23,787	31,790	27,446
LANCASHIRE CONSTABULARY	13,082	24,949	22,491	27,287
LEICESTERSHIRE CONSTABULARY	14,262	16,055	17,381	16,292
LINCOLNSHIRE POLICE	4,054	18,083	25,595	19,223
MERSEYSIDE POLICE	10,923	15,683	17,964	20,022
METROPOLITAN POLICE	0	0	9,034	31,818
NORFOLK CONSTABULARY	11,665	16,054	17,054	23,527
NORTH WALES POLICE	16,843	15,141	16,069	17,711
NORTH YORKSHIRE POLICE	3,332	6,768	9,855	18,049
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE POLICE	6,671	14,944	11,444	12,520
NORTHUMBRIA POLICE	28,452	28,195	39,707	40,892
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE POLICE	15,615	21,728	24,217	25,060
POLICE SERVICE NORTHERN IRELAND	9,294	19,582	27,020	27,320
SCOTLAND	0	0	0	0
SOUTH WALES POLICE	29,587	58,025	55,573	51,182
SOUTH YORKSHIRE POLICE	14,453	35,040	27,698	28,035
STAFFORDSHIRE POLICE	16,040	21,205	25,354	27,987
SUFFOLK CONSTABULARY	15,507	27,019	20,122	22,461
SURREY POLICE	4,604	17,845	25,349	23,107
SUSSEX POLICE	6,194	28,589	33,425	22,328
THAMES VALLEY POLICE	48,859	73,625	87,199	78,593
WARWICKSHIRE POLICE	3,584	6,577	6,350	17,482
WEST MERCIA CONSTABULARY	31,347	44,094	41,416	34,277
WEST MIDLANDS POLICE	2,879	21,033	20,603	14,551
WEST YORKSHIRE POLICE	22,945	47,075	42,679	31,424
WILTSHIRE CONSTABULARY	0	0	0	0
Total:	447,833	772,180	926,155	953,464

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mary Creagh on 2014-03-28.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 27 March 2014, Official Report, column 372W, on driving: licensing, how many drivers within the two-year probationary period who received driving convictions undertook speed awareness courses in each year since 2010 (a) in total and (b) by police force area.

Karen Bradley

The number of drivers that opted for a National Driver Offender Retraining
Scheme (NDORS) speed awareness course rather than accept penalty points on
their driving licence in 2010 is 447,833, in 2011 is 772,180, in 2012 is 926,155 and
in 2013 is 953,464. These reflect the latest updated figures.

The following table shows the figures by police force area for the number of
drivers that opted for a speed awareness course.

The offer of a speed awareness course is at the discretion of the police. To be
deemed eligible there must be no excessive speed or other offences committed at
the same time. Information on previous motoring convictions is not taken into
account.

NDORS Police Force Area	2010	2011	2012	2013
AVON AND SOMERSET CONSTABULARY	0	267	38,244	36,064
BEDFORDSHIRE POLICE	6,707	11,440	15,370	12,075
CAMBRIDGESHIRE CONSTABULARY	17,691	17,301	16,974	9,148
CHESHIRE	6,066	15,198	16,702	14,490
CITY OF LONDON POLICE	0	0	0	153
CLEVELAND POLICE	8,278	12,147	10,282	7,198
CUMBRIA CONSTABULARY	11,967	18,436	19,878	20,218
DERBYSHIRE CONSTABULARY	5,657	9,275	14,385	12,666
DEVON AND CORNWALL CONSTABULARY	8,720	13,516	17,959	16,608
DORSET POLICE	0	0	0	0
DURHAM CONSTABULARY	0	1,436	4,517	4,267
DYFED-POWYS POLICE	100	1,158	1,229	1,870
ESSEX POLICE	0	8,113	21,957	22,605
GLOUCESTERSHIRE CONSTABULARY	937	2,317	4,573	5,445
GREATER MANCHESTER POLICE	39,959	45,639	49,463	45,064
GWENT POLICE	1	39	34	6
HAMPSHIRE CONSTABULARY	0	0	0	36,986
HERTFORDSHIRE CONSTABULARY	8,128	14,802	23,700	20,216
HUMBERSIDE POLICE	0	0	15,499	29,791
KENT COUNTY POLICE	3,430	23,787	31,790	27,446
LANCASHIRE CONSTABULARY	13,082	24,949	22,491	27,287
LEICESTERSHIRE CONSTABULARY	14,262	16,055	17,381	16,292
LINCOLNSHIRE POLICE	4,054	18,083	25,595	19,223
MERSEYSIDE POLICE	10,923	15,683	17,964	20,022
METROPOLITAN POLICE	0	0	9,034	31,818
NORFOLK CONSTABULARY	11,665	16,054	17,054	23,527
NORTH WALES POLICE	16,843	15,141	16,069	17,711
NORTH YORKSHIRE POLICE	3,332	6,768	9,855	18,049
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE POLICE	6,671	14,944	11,444	12,520
NORTHUMBRIA POLICE	28,452	28,195	39,707	40,892
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE POLICE	15,615	21,728	24,217	25,060
POLICE SERVICE NORTHERN IRELAND	9,294	19,582	27,020	27,320
SCOTLAND	0	0	0	0
SOUTH WALES POLICE	29,587	58,025	55,573	51,182
SOUTH YORKSHIRE POLICE	14,453	35,040	27,698	28,035
STAFFORDSHIRE POLICE	16,040	21,205	25,354	27,987
SUFFOLK CONSTABULARY	15,507	27,019	20,122	22,461
SURREY POLICE	4,604	17,845	25,349	23,107
SUSSEX POLICE	6,194	28,589	33,425	22,328
THAMES VALLEY POLICE	48,859	73,625	87,199	78,593
WARWICKSHIRE POLICE	3,584	6,577	6,350	17,482
WEST MERCIA CONSTABULARY	31,347	44,094	41,416	34,277
WEST MIDLANDS POLICE	2,879	21,033	20,603	14,551
WEST YORKSHIRE POLICE	22,945	47,075	42,679	31,424
WILTSHIRE CONSTABULARY	0	0	0	0
Total:	447,833	772,180	926,155	953,464

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mary Creagh on 2014-03-27.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) net franchise payment, (b) revenue support sum and (c) net subsidy are for the 22 month direct award of the northern franchise to Northern Rail Ltd.

Stephen Hammond

For the 22 month Northern franchise direct award there is no revenue support mechanism and there is a £632.7 million contracted subsidy over the full period of the franchise.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mary Creagh on 2014-03-27.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had with Transport for London on the South East Flexible Ticketing scheme.

Stephen Hammond

As a key delivery partner for the South East Flexible Ticketing (SEFT) programme, Transport for London are a signatory to the SEFT Memorandum of Understanding and have membership of the SEFT Programme Board. This is intended to ensure that their extensive experience of developing smart ticketing in London is fully utilised in delivering the SEFT programme.

TfL has therefore been fully involved in all significant discussions on the strategic direction, design and delivery of SEFT. Significant work has also been carried out with them to ensure that the scheme will interoperate properly with their existing infrastructure in central London, including system testing.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mary Creagh on 2014-04-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which airports meet the eligibility criteria for the Regional Air Connectivity Fund; and how much each such airport has been awarded in each of the last 10 years.

Mr Robert Goodwill

The Department for Transport is in detailed discussions with regional councils regarding two air routes that might qualify for support through a Public Service Obligation under financial provisions announced by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury in the 2013 Spending Round last July, to maintain regional air access to London. Of these, Dundee Council is currently tendering for an airline to operate a service between Dundee Airport and London.

The Chancellor announced in this year’s Budget that support will also be made available for start-up aid for new air routes from UK regional airports. European Union aviation State aid guidelines allow for start-up aid to be provided under certain conditions to facilitate development of new routes from Member State airports which handle fewer than five million passengers per year.

The Department for Transport is working with the Treasury to develop guidance clarifying how the Government will ordinarily expect to interpret the European Union State aid guidelines, and explain how the funding process will operate.

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Mary Creagh on 2014-03-18.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much of the joint investment between his Department and First Great Western to fund additional standard class capacity and a refresh of first class is provided by his Department.

Stephen Hammond

At this stage, the amounts involved are commercially confidential, as private sector contractors are involved in undertaking the work on behalf of First Great Western. However, the basis on which the allocations have been made is equitable and reflects among other things the need for the public sector contribution to achieve value for money and to secure the Rail Investment Strategy imperative of improved standard class capacity on the Great Western route. The information about the amount borne by the Department to fund the standard class reseating in this joint investment will be provided once the works are completed.