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(2) what measures will be used to ensure that the European Aviation Safety Authority is qualified to carry out the certification of aircraft and aircraft components.

Asked by

Gwyneth Dunwoody (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

11 January 2006

For answer on

16 January 2006

Answered on

18 January 2006

The Regulation establishing the European Aviation Safety Agency came into force in September 2002 and the Agency assumed responsibility for its tasks 12 months thereafter. At that time the Agency relied almost entirely on the Commission and the aviation authorities of member states for the resources and data it needed to execute those responsibilities. Initially, the national aviation authorities carried out all the Agency's certification tasks on its behalf.The Agency has been steadily recruiting the staff and building up the infrastructure it needs to perform its tasks in-house, however it is still reliant on national aviation authority support, delivered under contract. The Agency is recruiting staff mainly from the Commission, industry and national authorities; this pool of European technical experts must also serve the continuing needs of the national authorities and the aviation community more widely. It is a major challenge for everyone concerned to ensure that neither the Agency nor the national authorities run short of skilled manpower during this period of transition.The Agency's manpower plans and their effect on national authorities is being monitored by the Management Board. The Board has established a small group of high-level technical experts from national administrations, plus representatives of the Agency and the Commission, to examine rigorously whether the Agency's strategies are successfully ensuring the necessary qualified staff and to monitor the associated risks. As a result the Agency has established a risk register which it is required to present at each meeting of the management Board.The working group has stressed the importance of the Agency and the national aviation authorities working together to plan and manage technical resources, recommending that the Agency hold detailed discussions with each authority. Such discussions should be comprehensive and broader than the formal contractual arrangements under which the authorities currently carry out certification tasks for the Agency.

Date

18 January 2006

Reference

42750; 441 c1379-80W

House

House of Commons

European Aviation Safety Agency

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) if he will make a statement on the (a) resources and (b) data available to the European Aviation Safety Agency to carry out the full range of its responsibilities;

Asked by

Gwyneth Dunwoody (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

11 January 2006

For answer on

16 January 2006

Answered on

18 January 2006

Date

18 January 2006

Reference

42748; 441 c1379-80W

House

House of Commons

Heavy Goods Vehicles

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether there are plans to introduce retrospective measures to require heavy goods vehicles to fit blind spot mirrors or cameras.

Asked by

Grant Shapps (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

14 December 2005

Reference

37271; 440 c2024W

House

House of Commons

Left-hand Drive HGVs

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will introduce regulations to ensure that left-hand drive heavy goods vehicles have sufficient side mirrors to alleviate blind spots in relation to vehicles passing on the right.

Asked by

Lord Pickles (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

9 November 2005

Reference

25673; 439 c510W;439 c511W

House

House of Commons

Wheel Detachment Incidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how many road fatalities arising from the loss of road wheels from commercial vehicles occurred in each of the last three years; and how many wheel detachment incidents there were in that period;

Asked by

David Kidney (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

13 July 2005

For answer on

18 July 2005

Answered on

21 July 2005

Figures are not currently recorded in the form requested, but the table shows the statistics that are available. It should be noted that there may sometimes be delays in listing figures while the findings of coroners' courts are awaited.

Heavy commercial vehicles—wheel detachment—April 2001 to March 2004
	Wheeldetachment cases	Fatalities
HGV rigids and tractor units	88	0
HGV semi-trailers	7	1
HGV drawbar trailers	6	0
Large passenger vehicles	32	0
Source: VOSA Collision database

The former Department for the Environment, Transport and Regions carried out research into heavy vehicle wheel loss in 1997 in conjunction with the Association of Chief Police Officers. This research led to advice being provided to owners and operators of such vehicles on the benefits of good maintenance and regular effective checking of wheel nuts. A copy of the research report was placed in the House Libraries at the time.Products are available in the marketplace that can either indicate loose wheel nuts or possibly prevent the wheel nut from falling from the vehicle. The Department is seeking a better understanding of the potential of these devices for road safety and is in the final phase of placing a new contract to research these matters.

Date

21 July 2005

Reference

12943; 436 c2139-40W;436 c2139-40W

House

House of Commons

Wheel Detachment Incidents

(2) if he will commission research to establish (a) the level of risk to road users of wheel detachment from commercial vehicles, (b) the efficacy of existing products that aim to prevent such wheel detachment and (c) possible solutions to wheel detachment;

Asked by

David Kidney (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

13 July 2005

For answer on

18 July 2005

Answered on

21 July 2005

Heavy commercial vehicles—wheel detachment—April 2001 to March 2004
	Wheeldetachment cases	Fatalities
HGV rigids and tractor units	88	0
HGV semi-trailers	7	1
HGV drawbar trailers	6	0
Large passenger vehicles	32	0
Source: VOSA Collision database

Date

21 July 2005

Reference

436 c2139-40W;436 c2139-40W; 12944

House

House of Commons

Wheel Detachment Incidents

(3) what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on (i) the risks to road users of wheel detachment from commercial vehicles and (ii) precautions to prevent such incidents.

Asked by

David Kidney (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Transport

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

13 July 2005

For answer on

18 July 2005

Answered on

21 July 2005

Heavy commercial vehicles—wheel detachment—April 2001 to March 2004
	Wheeldetachment cases	Fatalities
HGV rigids and tractor units	88	0
HGV semi-trailers	7	1
HGV drawbar trailers	6	0
Large passenger vehicles	32	0
Source: VOSA Collision database

Date

21 July 2005

Reference

12945; 436 c2139-40W;436 c2139-40W

House

House of Commons

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