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date	26/05/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Stafford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he plans to take to improve the rail network and services between London and Stafford.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	38841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2016 answer text <p>As part of the Rail Investment Strategy, Network Rail has delivered a package of major infrastructure improvements in the Stafford area. This includes the grade separation of Norton Bridge junction – which was been brought into use almost 12 months early this May – and has created additional capacity for services on the West Coast Main Line.</p><p> </p><p>Rail services between Stafford and London are currently provided by the West Midlands and InterCity West Coast franchises. These franchises are due be replaced when they expire in October 2017 and April 2018 respectively. The Department has completed a consultation in respect of the replacement West Midlands franchise, and commenced another in respect of InterCity West Coast earlier this month. The outcomes of those consultations will be published in due course.</p><p> </p><p>Looking to the future, HS2 will deliver high-speed services between London and Stafford from 2026.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 07/06/2016 14:33:44 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

522235

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to assist local authorities with the maintenance of rural roads.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	38842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Transport is providing local highway authorities in England, outside London, with over £6.1 billion for highways maintenance between 2015 and 2021. This includes an additional £250 million for a Pothole Action Fund. It is for highway authorities to determine how this funding is utilised based on their needs and priorities and can include maintenance of rural roads.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 07/06/2016 14:39:01 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

522239

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic: Stafford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many traffic surveys and counts his Department has conducted in Stafford constituency since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	38838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Transport (DfT) has conducted the following numbers of manual traffic counts within the area covered by Stafford constituency in each year since 2010.</p><p> </p><p>2010 9 counts</p><p>2011 9 counts</p><p>2012 10 counts</p><p>2013 11 counts</p><p>2014 5 counts</p><p>2015 5 counts</p><p> </p><p>These counts are carried out for the purpose of producing DfT’s statistics on traffic. They are conducted by observing traffic at designated locations and consequently have no impact on the traffic flows.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 07/06/2016 14:43:35 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

522240

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cars: Stafford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many registered car owners there were in Stafford constituency in each year since 2005.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	38839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) records registered keepers of vehicles rather than owners. The number of cars registered since 2005 in the Stafford constituency is not available. However, a snapshot of the DVLA’s vehicle register in February 2016 shows that there were 114,837 vehicles registered to an address in the Stafford constituency.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 09/06/2016 13:58:58 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy