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43867

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date	18/03/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria his Department used in the decision to include the Garden Bridge in the Government's National Infrastructure Plan.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	192746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The National Infrastructure Plan 2013 sets out the government's long-term plan to ensure that it can deliver the investment required to meet the UK's infrastructure needs to 2020 and beyond. The Garden Bridge is not one of the Government's ‘Top 40' projects as set out in the Plan, but it is part of the ‘infrastructure pipeline', which includes large capital programmes of investment worth £50 million or over.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

43913

registered interest
date	18/03/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicle crossings of the Thames were made through the Rotherhithe and Blackwall tunnels in 2013.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	192748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Data for 2013 are not yet available; the remainder of this answer refers to 2012 data.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A table providing the 2012 estimated annual average daily flows (AADFs) for road links covering the Rotherhithe and Blackwall Tunnels (for both directions combined) are shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2012 AADF</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Motor Vehicles</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rotherhithe Tunnel</p></td><td><p>32,615</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackwall Tunnel</p></td><td><p>69,243</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These figures give estimates of the number of vehicles travelling along individual sections of road on an average day of the year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To calculate an estimate of the annual usage of the tunnels (for both directions combined); these daily AADF estimates would be multiplied by the 365 days in a year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>AADF data for individual motorway and ‘A' road links for 2000 – 2012 are available on our website, here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://data.gov.uk/dataset/gb-road-traffic-counts" target="_blank">http://data.gov.uk/dataset/gb-road-traffic-counts</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

43914

registered interest
date	18/03/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
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 study of the case for a new cycle and pedestrian crossing of the Thames east of Tower Bridge.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	192749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Transport in London is the responsibility of the Mayor and Transport for London (TfL) as per the terms of the Greater London Authority Act 1999. Any decision to commission a study into a new cycle and pedestrian Thames crossing would therefore be a matter for the Mayor of London. </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

43915

registered interest
date	18/03/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many journeys through the Rotherhithe tunnel were made by bicycle in 2013.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	192750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Data for 2013 are not yet available; the remainder of this answer refers to 2012 data.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A table providing the 2012 estimated pedal cycle annual average daily flow (AADF) for the road link covering the Rotherhithe tunnel (for both directions combined) is shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2012 AADF</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Pedal Cycles</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rotherhithe Tunnel</p></td><td><p>239</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This figure gives an estimate of the number of pedal cycles travelling along the individual section of road on an average day of the year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To calculate an estimate of the annual pedal cycle usage of the tunnel (for both directions combined); this daily AADF estimate would be multiplied by the 365 days in a year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>AADF data for individual motorway and ‘A' road links for 2000 – 2012 are available on our website, here: </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://data.gov.uk/dataset/gb-road-traffic-counts" target="_blank">http://data.gov.uk/dataset/gb-road-traffic-counts</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith