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101985

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date	30/10/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic: Noise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of acoustic fencing on reducing traffic noise levels.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	212556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>The science of noise barriers (acoustic fencing) is well established. A noise barrier creates a &quot;shadow zone&quot; behind it, reducing the energy of the sound waves in a comparable way to a breakwater protecting a harbour. The Highways Agency is actively encouraging developments in noise barrier technology and is represented on the British Standards Institution (BSI) committee involved in preparing new standards for noise barriers in line with the EU Harmonised standard EN1793.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 05/11/2014 12:36:21 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

101986

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic: Noise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of trees and vegetation in reducing traffic noise levels.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	212557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>It is well understood that trees and vegetation have a limited effect on noise propagation from roads, and a broad band of densely planted trees is required to significantly reduce noise.</p><p> </p><p>The EC’s 'HOSANNA' research project (Holistic and Sustainable Abatement of Noise by Optimised Combinations of Natural and Artificial Means) has identified and assessed vegetation strategies that could deliver perceptible noise reductions. The project’s findings became available between 2010 and 2013.</p><p> </p><p>The Highways Agency will consider these strategies for use on new or modified road schemes.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 05/11/2014 12:37:27 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

101987

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Noise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of different types of road surfaces on traffic noise levels.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	212558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>Calculation of Road Traffic Noise (CRTN) provides advice on appropriate road surface corrections to be applied within noise assessments. However, this advice does not currently extend to the range of proprietary thin bituminous surfacing materials, commonly regarded as a low-noise surfacing, which emerged in the late 1990’s. There is additional advice to CRTN procedures in the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges in the noise and vibration standard HD213. Revised in 2011, HD213 sets out an example methodology which can be used to determine appropriate road surface corrections for low-noise surfaces.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 05/11/2014 12:38:26 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

101988

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Belfast Harbour
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the security regime in the Port of Belfast.
tabling member constituency	Belfast East
tabling member printed	Naomi Long
uin	212575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>Port Facility Security Assessments are conducted for port facilities in the Port of Belfast as required by EC Regulation 2004/65 on enhancing ship and port facility security. A Port Security Assessment for the Port of Belfast has been undertaken, reviewed and approved by the Department for Transport as required by EC Directive 2005/65/EC on enhancing port security.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 06/11/2014 09:55:25 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	3920 label Biography information for Naomi Long

101673

registered interest
date	29/10/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Public Opinion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent on (a) focus groups and (b) surveys in (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014 to date.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	212509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and a complete answer could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 06/11/2014 09:54:36 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed