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(2) what the average waiting time is for taxi drivers to receive Disclosure and Barring Service checks; and how many and what proportion of applicants who work as taxi drivers have to wait more than (a) two and (b) three months (i) in each region, (ii) in each police force...
(2) what the average waiting time is for taxi drivers to receive Disclosure and Barring Service checks; and how many and what proportion of applicants who work as taxi drivers have to wait more than (a) two and (b) three months (i) in each region, (ii) in each police force...
[holding answer 8 and 11 November 2013]: The Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) has provided the requested information, and I will place the comprehensive statistical tables in the House Library for your reference.
Tables showing a) numbers and proportion of applicants waiting more than 2 months and 3 months for a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check from 2008/09 to 2012/13 and b) turnaround times from November 2012 to October 2013, by region and local police force area, for i) all applications and ii) applications from individuals who inciated they were taxi drivers. 3 p.
Tables showing a) numbers and proportion of applicants waiting more than 2 months and 3 months for a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check from 2008/09 to 2012/13 and b) turnaround times from November 2012 to October 2013, by region and local police force area, for i) all applications and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the proposal by the Law Commission to set nationwide standards for drivers, operators and vehicles in the taxi trade.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the proposal by the Law Commission to set nationwide standards for drivers, operators and vehicles in the taxi trade.
The Government has made no formal assessment of the Law Commission's proposals as set out in their Interim Statement of 9 April 2013. We are awaiting the Law Commission's final report before considering the recommendations in their entirety.
I beg to move,
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require the installation of closed circuit television in licensed hackney carriages and private hire vehicles; to establish a minimum standard for such installations; and for connected purposes.
Like many right hon. and hon. Members on both sides of...
I beg to move,
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to require the installation of closed circuit television in licensed hackney carriages and private hire vehicles; to establish a minimum standard for such installations; and for connected purposes.
Like many right hon. and hon. Members on both sides of...
Ten minute rule motion for leave to bring in a Bill. Agreed to on question. Presentation and first reading (Bill 121). To be read a second time on 8 November.
Ten minute rule motion for leave to bring in a Bill. Agreed to on question. Presentation and first reading (Bill 121). To be read a second time on 8 November.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many patients in Greater Manchester with non-urgent hospital appointments have been taken to hospital in a taxi because no ambulances were available since April 2013;
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many patients in Greater Manchester with non-urgent hospital appointments have been taken to hospital in a taxi because no ambulances were available since April 2013;
The information is not available centrally. Blackpool Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) may hold the relevant information.
Blackpool CCG leads on the commissioning of ambulance services on behalf of the 33 CCGs across the north-west.
(2) how much has been spent by Greater Manchester Ambulance service on taxis for patients since April 2013.
Lucy Powell:
(2) how much has been spent by Greater Manchester Ambulance service on taxis for patients since April 2013.
Lucy Powell:
The information is not available centrally. Blackpool Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) may hold the relevant information.
Blackpool CCG leads on the commissioning of ambulance services on behalf of the 33 CCGs across the north-west.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the average cost per user is of his Department's use of the London Car Service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the average cost per user is of his Department's use of the London Car Service.
Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) Services, a trading fund of the FCO, has a small pool of vehicles and security cleared drivers which are used mainly transporting Queen's Messengers, diplomatic bags and other classified material. As part of a long-standing arrangement the Permanent Under-Secretary and other senior officials are able to draw on this pool for official and operationally necessary travel and since 2010 FCO Ministers have also used the service.
In the financial year 2012-13 approximately 90 individuals used the London Car Service, including Ministers, at an average cost of approximately £2,300 per user over the course of the year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much the Prison Service spent on taxis to transport prisoners in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much the Prison Service spent on taxis to transport prisoners in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012.
The following table shows the total amount of cost of hiring transport, including taxis, for prisoners for financial years 2010-11 to 2012-13 for public sector prisons in England and Wales.
| Financial
year | Transport
hire costs for prisoners
(£) |
| 2012-13 | 3,133,614 |
| 2011-12 | 3,337,250 |
| 2010-11 | 3,595,191 |
Additionally it may be helpful to note expenditure from the five years prior to this (2005-06 to 2009-10).
| Financial
year | Transport
hire costs for prisoners
(£) |
| 2009-10 | 3,431,290 |
| 2008-09 | 3,731,809 |
| 2007-08 | 2,984,439 |
| 2006-07 | 2,977,117 |
| 2005-06 | 2,829,476 |
| Notes: 1. Figures are extracted from our central accounting code and include costs of hiring transport e.g. taxis, coaches, mini-buses etc. for taking prisoners to court and for all other escorts including bedwatches, funeral escorts and regime activities not in official vehicles. Also, these figures have been drawn from NOMS central accounting records, which, as with any large scale recording system, are subject to possible errors with data entry and processing. 2. Private prisons are excluded. 3. Charges for taxis used for medical escorts are reimbursed by primary care trusts (PCTs). PCTs have the commissioning and funding responsibility for all medical escorts and bedwatches for prisons but exclude open prisons, immigration remand centres and prisons in Wales. |
The Prisoner Escort Custody Service (PECS), which is part of the National Offender Management Service, is responsible for the movement of prisoners between prisons, police stations and courts and their care and security while in court custody. PECS manages the secure escort contracts covering all those sent to custody in the prison estate, apart from category A prisoners.
However, there are occasions when the prison service may make use of taxis to provide prisons with a cost-effective, flexible way of fulfilling transport requirements for prisoners where there is a strong operational justification for doing so. This mode of transport is comparatively cheaper than cars; they also reduce potential overheads for prisons, including maintenance and cleaning, and the impact that this might have on staff time. Additionally, this allows prisons to source transport at short notice to fulfil urgent requirements.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government why they have not yet implemented section 165 of the Equality Act 2010 which places a duty on taxi drivers to assist passengers who are wheelchair users.[HL1773]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government why they have not yet implemented section 165 of the Equality Act 2010 which places a duty on taxi drivers to assist passengers who are wheelchair users.[HL1773]
This matter has been subject to discussions across Government. My honourable Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Transport (Norman Baker) is keen to make announcement as soon as possible.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what sanctions his Department takes against taxi firms whose vehicles repeatedly fail roadside checks.
[161964]
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what sanctions his Department takes against taxi firms whose vehicles repeatedly fail roadside checks.
[161964]
Local authorities (outside London) are responsible for enforcing the law on taxi licensing. The law allows them to suspend a taxi licence where a vehicle has failed a roadside test. The Department for Transport does not have power to take sanctions against a taxi firm whose vehicles repeatedly fail roadside checks.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the average length of a licence suspension for taxi drivers whose vehicle failed a roadside check was in each of the last three years.
[161965]
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the average length of a licence suspension for taxi drivers whose vehicle failed a roadside check was in each of the last three years.
[161965]
The Department for Transport does not keep records of sanctions imposed by local authorities in carrying out taxi enforcement activity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what proportion of taxis in (a) England, (b) the North West and (c) Pendle constituency have failed roadside checks in each of the last three years.
[161966]
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what proportion of taxis in (a) England, (b) the North West and (c) Pendle constituency have failed roadside checks in each of the last three years.
[161966]
The Department for Transport does not keep records of local authorities' enforcement activity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department spent on (a) the Government Car Service and (b) other taxi or car services for ministerial travel in each year since 2009-10; and if he will make a statement.
[142633]
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department spent on (a) the Government Car Service and (b) other taxi or car services for ministerial travel in each year since 2009-10; and if he will make a statement.
[142633]
Road transport for the Secretary of State for Defence, my right hon. Friend the Member for Runnymede and Weybridge (Mr Hammond), is normally provided by the Metropolitan police.
Ministry of Defence (MOD) expenditure on car travel by the Junior Defence Ministers is shown in the following table:
| £ | ||||
| Financial
year | Government
car
service | MOD
pool
cars1 | Taxis | Total |
| 2009-10 | 106,343 | 218,090 | n/a | 324,433 |
| 2010-11 | 39,419 | 131,622 | 147 | 171,188 |
| 2011-12 | 0 | 127,160 | 232 | 127,392 |
| 1
The Junior Defence Ministers have, in accordance with the
Ministerial Code, given up their cars with a dedicated driver to reduce
costs and now share a central MOD car pool with senior staff working in
the MOD main building. The costs quoted represent a notional estimate
of the use the Junior Defence Ministers have made of the shared
vehicles. |
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much his Department spent on (a) the Government Car Service and (b) other taxi or car services for ministerial travel in each year since 2009-10; and if he will make a statement.
[142631]
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much his Department spent on (a) the Government Car Service and (b) other taxi or car services for ministerial travel in each year since 2009-10; and if he will make a statement.
[142631]
This Government have taken a series of steps to reduce the cost of ministerial travel. Our departmental spend with the Government Car and Despatch Agency on ministerial travel has fallen by 58% from 2009-10 to 2011-12.
Details for the cost of ministerial cars are published in the annual written ministerial statement (28 October 2010, Official Report, column 23WS; 16 January 2012, Official Report, column 30WS; 20 December 2012, Official Report, column 127WS). Details of the costs for 2012-13 will be published in the normal way later this year.
Use of a Hackney Carriage taxi is often cheaper and more cost-effective than using the pool car arrangements provided by the Government Car Service. From 2008-09 to 2009-10, expenditure by ministerial offices was £3,751; comparative spending from 2010-11 to 2011-12 was £3,248. This figure includes travel by staff within ministerial offices—it is not a figure solely for travel by Ministers.
Ministers have made occasional use of private hire vehicles when making official visits to different parts of the country; total expenditure on such vehicles for the period in question is not readily available and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education on how many occasions his private office has used private taxi hire with Addison Lee in the last 12 months.
[144399]
To ask the Secretary of State for Education on how many occasions his private office has used private taxi hire with Addison Lee in the last 12 months.
[144399]
[holding answer 25 February 2013]: No Addison Lee taxis have been booked for use by the Secretary of State for Education, my right hon. Friend the Member for Surrey Heath (Michael Gove), in the last twelve months.
From 1 February 2012 to 31 January 2013 Addison Lee taxis have been booked for the use of staff in the Secretary of State's ministerial office on six occasions, at a total cost of £141.80.
To ask the Attorney-General how many taxi journeys were billed to the Crown Prosecution Service West Midlands in the last four years; and how regularly such claims were audited.
[146276]
To ask the Attorney-General how many taxi journeys were billed to the Crown Prosecution Service West Midlands in the last four years; and how regularly such claims were audited.
[146276]
It is not possible to separately identify the number of taxi journeys billed to the Crown Prosecution Service West Midlands. To provide this information would involve checking very large numbers of paper claim forms and would incur disproportionate costs.
The CPS has a comprehensive system of prescribed financial checks and controls in place, which include the requirement for managers to perform regular, proportionate, management checks on financial transactions. The controls and processes are subject to annual NAO audit and periodic internal audit agreed with the Audit and Risk Committee chaired by an independent non-executive board member. These controls are supported by relevant and up-to-date guidance detailing the CPS’ accounting procedures, controls and systems, which is available on the CPS intranet.
CPS internal audit carries out routine checks to assure financial regularity and propriety at a national level, and a sample of payments is reviewed every year to confirm key controls are in place and operating as intended. Over the past four years, these payment samples have tested claims for travel (including taxis) from witnesses.
CPS transactions are also subject to the usual NAO annual review as part of the certification process for the statutory accounts.
To ask the Attorney-General how many taxi journeys for witnesses were billed to the Crown Prosecution Service in each region in each year since 2010.
[146275]
To ask the Attorney-General how many taxi journeys for witnesses were billed to the Crown Prosecution Service in each region in each year since 2010.
[146275]
It is not possible to separately identify the number of taxi journeys for witnesses from centrally held records. To provide this information would involve checking very large numbers of paper claim forms and would incur disproportionate costs.