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Driving Offences: London

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many hit and run accidents there were in each London borough in each of the last five years. [153554]

Jim Fitzpatrick: I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by the then Minister of State for Transport (Dr. Stephen Ladyman) of 24 July 2006, Official Report, columns 734-5W for data up to 2005. Data for 2006 are given in the table.


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Reported personal injury accidents involving one or more hit and run drivers / riders by London borough: 2006
London borough 2006

Barking

91

Barnet

142

Bexley

73

Brent

113

Bromley

78

Camden

107

City of London

53

Croydon

133

Ealing

184

Enfield

126

Greenwich

95

Hackney

162

Hammersmith

108

Haringey

134

Harrow

36

Havering

77

Hillingdon

97

Hounslow

114

Islington

99

Kensington and Chelsea

103

Kingston upon Thames

30

Lambeth

178

Lewisham

124

Merton

49

Newham

216

Redbridge

170

Richmond upon Thames

39

Southwark

177

Sutton

51

Tower Hamlets

179

Waltham Forest

159

Wandsworth

103

Westminster

222


Driving Offences: Mobile Phones

Mike Wood: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate she has made of the number of people who were stopped for using mobile telephones while driving (a) vans and other light goods vehicles and (b) heavy goods vehicles in the last period for which information is available. [152759]

Jim Fitzpatrick: No such estimate is made. However, the Department monitors the number of drivers using mobile phones while driving on a regular basis. The survey for 2007 is under way at the moment and the results will be published later this year. The survey differentiates between cars and other vehicles including vans and lorries. The most recent survey published in August 2006 is in TRL Leaflet 2100. That is available on-line at

Driving: Age

Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment she has made of the merits of increasing the legal driving age to 18 years. [152337]

Jim Fitzpatrick: The Department most recently considered the case for increasing the legal driving age in the context of its 2002 consultation “A More Structured Approach to Learning to Drive”.

At that time, we took the view the way forward was to improve the educational environment to provide
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access to a more consistent and better standard of training rather than to place restrictions on new drivers which we were concerned would have an impact on significant numbers of young people, especially those in rural areas. We will, however, be considering these issues further in the light of the report published on 19 July 2007 on Novice Drivers by the Transport Select Committee and are planning a further consultation later this year.

Driving: Licensing

Susan Kramer: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many complaints were received by (a) the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), (b) her Department and (c) other bodies on the process by which licence applications are processed by the DVLA in each year since 2000-01, broken down by nature of the complaint. [151862]

Jim Fitzpatrick: The figures for (a) The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency are contained in the following table

Category of Complaint 2000-01 2001-02 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07

Non receipt of driving licence

92

57

86

87

126

108

204

Errors on driving licence

192

199

195

202

174

186

203

Driving licence complaint

139

168

262

310

312

224

263

Driver's Medical complaint

174

129

141

429

200

149

288

Total

597

553

684

1,028

812

667

958


Any complaints received by the Department or other bodies on the licence process are forwarded to DVLA to deal with and would therefore be included in the above figures.

DVLA continuously strives to improve its service to customers and constantly reviews its working processes. DVLA is currently reviewing its forms and literature to ensure that they are clear and user friendly and meet customer needs.

Heathrow Airport

Justine Greening: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how many level busts where planes landing or taking off at Heathrow lost their vertical separation by deviation of 300 feet or more from the assigned level took place in each year since 2000; and if she will make a statement; [150829]

(2) how many losses of standard separation of planes were recorded by planes landing and departing at Heathrow in each year since 2000; and if she will make a statement. [150830]

Jim Fitzpatrick [holding answer 19 July 2007]: This is an operational matter for NATS, the air navigation services provider. I have asked the Chief Executive of NATS to respond to your questions directly.


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Heathrow Airport: Passengers

Susan Kramer: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many overseas residents on (a) leisure and (b) business trips transferred or transited at Heathrow airport to (i) an overseas destination and (ii) another destination in the UK in 2006. [152896]

Jim Fitzpatrick: The table shows the estimated number of overseas residents on leisure and business trips who transferred at Heathrow airport to an overseas destination and another destination in the UK in 2006.

Information on the country of residence or the trip purpose of transit passengers is not available.

Transfer passengers at Heathrow (overseas residents), 2006
thousand
Business Leisure Total

Transfer to an overseas destination

5,300

12,607

17,908

Transfer to another destination in the UK

432

768

1,200

Source:
Civil Aviation Authority

Susan Kramer: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) UK residents and (b) overseas residents who were transfer or transit passengers through Heathrow were (i) travelling between a UK origin and an overseas destination and (ii) travelling between two UK destinations for (A) business and (B) leisure in the latest period for which figures are available. [152897]

Jim Fitzpatrick: The following table shows the data for transfer and transit passengers at Heathrow in 2006. The detailed breakdown by destination and trip purpose is not available for transit passengers.

Transfer and transit passengers at Heathrow 2006
thousand
UK residents Overseas residents
Business Leisure Business Leisure Total passengers

Transfer passengers:

Between a UK origin and an overseas destination

880

2,713

806

1,317

5,716

of which:

Domestic to International

491

1,454

374

549

2,868

International to Domestic

389

1,259

432

768

2,848

Between two UK destinations

0

0

1

Transit passengers

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

189

0 = Zero passengers.
— = Less than 500 passengers.
n/a = Not available.
Source:
Civil Aviation Authority

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Susan Kramer: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) transfer and (b) transit passengers used Heathrow airport in (i) 1976, (ii) 1986, (iii) 1996 and (iv) 2006. [152898]

Jim Fitzpatrick: The following table shows the estimated number of transfer and transit passengers at Heathrow airport in 1978, 1987, 1996 and 2006. Data are not available for 1976 or 1986.

Transfer and transit passengers at Heathrow airport
million
Transfer Transit

1978

5.7

0.4

1987

7.8

0.4

1996

18.2

0.3

2006

22.9

0.2

Source:
Civil Aviation Authority

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