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227178

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Heathrow Airport
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 effect of noise from aircraft taking off or landing at Heathrow on productivity in (a) schools in the Thames Valley and (b) businesses in the Thames Valley.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	227401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>No such specific assessment has been made. The Government keeps under review all research carried out on the impacts of aircraft noise on health and sleep disturbance, including any effects on productivity, and would take this into account when considering the costs and benefits of any relevant policy or regulatory proposals.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the last review of night flying restrictions at Heathrow, Gatwick and Stansted Airports, my Department commissioned the Civil Aviation Authority to undertake a review of literature on these impacts. The CAA published this review in January 2013 (Report ERCD 1208 on Aircraft Noise, Sleep Disturbance and Health Effects) and updated it in June 2014 (Report CAP 1164).</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 17/03/2015 15:28:13 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

227179

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Berkshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to improve transport links between Windsor and (a) Reading and (b) London since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	227398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>The electrification on the Windsor Branch forms part of the wider Great Western electrification scheme. We are working closely with Network Rail and the ORR to ensure delivery of these benefits as set out in the Rail Investment Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>Further investment has seen the modernisation of Reading Station area which is planned to be completed this Easter at a cost of £895m.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>In addition, The Government launched the Roads Investment Strategy on 1 December 2014. The M4 Junctions 3-12 smart motorway project to upgrade the M4 from east of Heathrow to west of Reading continues to be progressed. The Highways Agency intends to submit a Development Consent Order (DCO) application for the scheme at the end of March. Subject to planning consent and the final business case, construction could start in late 2016. The Highways Agency is also delivering a £2.5 million pinch point scheme to relieve traffic congestion at the M4/A329 (M) junction.</p><p> </p><p>On 29 January the Government also announced a £10.2m expansion of the Growth Deal with the Thames Valley Berkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP). We understand the LEP intends to use around £7.5m of that additional funding for 4 new local transport schemes, taking the total funding for local transport improvements as part of the Growth Deal to over £100m, supporting delivery of 20 transport projects across Berkshire.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 19/03/2015 14:00:52 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

227180

registered interest
date	12/03/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Heathrow Airport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many letters he has received from local authorities (a) supporting and (b) opposing proposals for the expansion of Heathrow in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	227399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>Our records indicate that from 2010 to now the Department received 1670 letters which mention Heathrow airport. These records are not logged by local authority or in terms of support/opposition to Heathrow expansion and to provide this information would be at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 17/03/2015 15:20:22 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

226770

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will commission a strategic environmental assessment of the proposal for a High Speed 3 line between Leeds and Manchester.
tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
uin	227131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government is still developing and considering proposals for High Speed 3 (HS3). As such it is too early to say whether or not we would complete a strategic environmental assessment. As we move ahead with HS3, we will ensure that an appropriate approach is taken to assessing environmental impacts and considering alternatives, and that any proposed scheme is developed in line with relevant domestic and European legislation.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 18/03/2015 11:19:01 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

226771

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what changes to the proposed route alignment of High Speed 2 have resulted from feedback received during the High Speed 2 Community Forum process.
tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
uin	227132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>In developing the route alignment for HS2 Phase One a wide variety of suggestions have been considered from many different sources, including the Community Forums. The main local alternatives considered are described in the Environmental Statement published in November 2013. These can be found in section 2.6 in each of the Volume 2 Community Forum area reports. Given the scale of suggestions received it would not be possible or practical to identify those changes that are a direct result of the Community Forums alone.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 17/03/2015 15:36:01 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

226777

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: York
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent on cycling improvements in York Unitary Authority in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Sir Hugh Bayley
uin	227310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>In 2010-2011, the Department for Transport provided funding to York Unitary Authority (also known as City of York) for cycling through Cycling England, an arm’s length organisation set up in 2005. Funding totalled £1.379m. We do not hold a record of how the funding was split across each year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In July 2011, City of York was awarded £4.645m revenue and capital funding through the Local Sustainable Transport Fund. The table below shows each year’s allocation for City of York. The funding supported a package of sustainable transport interventions called ‘i-Travel York’ which included cycling projects. We do not hold a record of how funding was split between i-Travel York’s various sustainable transport projects, but we do know that cycling improvements formed a significant element.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Revenue</p></td><td><p>Capital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>0.421m</p></td><td><p>0.227m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>0.647m</p></td><td><p>0.594m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>0.777m</p></td><td><p>1.112m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>0.685m</p></td><td><p>0.182m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In July 2014, we awarded a further £1m to the City of York to support the continuation of their Local Sustainable Transport Fund project into 2015-16.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 16/03/2015 15:02:38 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

226778

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what arrangements are in place to correct errors of fact in the High Speed 2 Phase One Environment Statement.
tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
uin	227325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>The HS2 Phase One Environment Statement, as deposited in November 2013, was peer reviewed by experts in their field to ensure it was of the highest quality. The subsequent consultation allowed the public to comment on its content and issues contained in the responses received were included in the report by Parliament’s Independent Assessor, which was laid in the House of Commons on 9 April 2014. Where new information has become available through consultation responses that might give rise to new likely significant effects, these effects will be brought before Parliament through a Supplementary Environmental Statement in accordance with the Standing Orders of the House.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 17/03/2015 15:39:45 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

226779

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: York
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) accidents and (b) fatal accidents involving cyclists there have been in (a) York Central constituency and (b) York Unitary Authority area in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Sir Hugh Bayley
uin	227311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>The table below gives the number of (a) accidents (b) fatal accidents involving cyclists and (c) the number of pedal cyclists killed in reported personal injury road traffic accidents in (i) York Central constituency and (ii) York Unitary Authority area in each year from 2010 to 2013.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total accidents involving pedal cyclists</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total fatal accidents involving pedal cyclists</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of pedal cyclists killed</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York Central Const</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York Central Const</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York Central Const</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>107</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York Central Const</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>122</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York Unitary Authority</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>128</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York Unitary Authority</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York Unitary Authority</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>139</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York Unitary Authority</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>149</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Statistics for 2014 will be available in June 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 16/03/2015 14:55:01 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

226375

registered interest
date	10/03/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Lanes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to make bus lane access standardised throughout the country.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Mike Weatherley
uin	226935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2015 answer text <p>Bus lanes are provided to give bus services priority during congested times, which can improve punctuality, reliability and journey times.</p><p> </p><p>Provision of bus lanes is the responsibility of local traffic authorities, including decisions on what type of vehicles are allowed access. The Government believes these decisions are best made at local level as local circumstances will influence what is appropriate. Traffic signing must clearly reflect the classes of vehicle permitted to access bus lanes, so that drivers are clear what is expected of them.</p><p> </p><p>As well as buses and pedal cycles, authorities have discretion to allow motorcycles, hackney carriages and ‘authorised vehicles’ to access bus lanes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 17/03/2015 14:58:27 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	3984 label Biography information for Mike Weatherley

226383

registered interest
date	10/03/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, from what budget line his Department's £114 million investment for cycling for 2015-16 to 2017-18 has been allocated; and whether it is capital or revenue expenditure.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	226878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>The original two-year funding for the Cycle Ambition Cities programme was announced at Autumn Statement 2012, with a further £114m investment announced by the Chancellor at Autumn Statement 2014, with all government funding being capital. It is a free-standing programme in its own right.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 16/03/2015 14:51:22 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden