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573395

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Parking: Dispute Resolution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government plans to grant local authorities greater powers to resolve neighbour disputes arising from the reservation of parking spaces using traffic cones, refuse bins or other items.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
uin	44087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>It is an offence under Section 148(c) of the Highways Act 1980 for a person to deposit anything on the highway to interrupt the use of a highway. Local authorities have powers under Section 149 of the Highways Act 1980 to notify the person who deposited the item or items to remove them, or refer the matter to a Magistrates’ Court if he or she fails to comply. The Government believes that the current powers are adequate to deal with such matters.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 12/09/2016 13:13:44 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

573528

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	West Coast Rail Franchise: Public Consultation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department took to publicise its consultation on the West Coast Mainline franchise.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	44103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2016 answer text <p>The public consultation for the next InterCity West Coast (ICWC) rail franchise was launched on 10 May and enabled passengers to have their say on rail services. We want to make sure that passengers’ views are taken into consideration in developing the specification for the future franchise.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation was widely publicised through a range of channels including posters, leaflets, websites, social media and key stakeholder communication channels. There was also coverage in the regional and trade press. My predecessor also wrote to all MPs, MSPs and AMs with constituencies on the ICWC route and the Scottish and Welsh Government Transport Secretaries to ensure they were informed of the consultation which serves their parts of the UK. The consultation document and associated material was published in English and Welsh both on the web and in hard copy.</p><p> </p><p>We also organised a series of events for the public and stakeholders in Scotland, Wales and England for people to come along to speak to the project team about the consultation and ask any questions to help inform their response.</p><p> </p><p>The consultation closed on 2 August and we are now reviewing and analysing the information. A summary of the responses will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 09/09/2016 10:41:45 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

573529

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the reasons for the fall in the DVLA's revenue from vehicle excise duty between 2014-15 and 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	44078
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) collects around £6billion in vehicle excise duty annually and also recovers almost £30million from enforcement activities. The DVLA annual audited accounts showed a reduction in the amount of vehicle excise duty collected of £93million for 2015-16, a decrease of around 1.5% of total revenue raised the previous year. However, this figure was better than the Office of Budget Responsibility forecasts.</p><p> </p><p>It is widely recognised that the amount of vehicle tax collected varies year on year. The decrease in revenue for the last financial year has been attributed to three main causes; more efficient vehicles emitting less carbon dioxide resulting in lower tax bands, over 10 million direct debits which moves the revenue across months rather than being collected up front as before and a small increase in evasion.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 12/09/2016 09:46:01 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

573530

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	A52
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of the proposed A52 improvement programme.
tabling member constituency	Derby North
tabling member printed	Amanda Solloway
uin	44069
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2016 answer text <p>Highways England, in accordance with its Delivery Plan, is delivering the A52 scheme in Roads Investment Strategy Period 1 (2015-2020) and plans to start construction by 2019/20. The scheme will deliver a package of measures to improve junctions along the A52 near Nottingham to assist with the development of the Nottingham Enterprise Zone adjacent to the A52.</p><p> </p><p>Highways England has appointed design consultants to work up and assess a range of options and will be engaging stakeholders in the coming months.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 07/09/2016 14:31:52 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4372 label Biography information for Amanda Solloway

573531

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Great Western Railway: WiFi
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what improvements to WiFi coverage on trains are being made by Great Western Railways.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
uin	44119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>First Great Western InterCity and Thames Valley trains have been fitted with on-train Wi-Fi. Following the Direct Award Great Western Railway is fitting free Wi-Fi to all Super Express Trains, Electrical Multiple Units and long term diesel trains remaining in the fleet.</p><p> </p><p>The fitted trains include the new AT300 trains providing London to South West services. Great Western Railway state in their ‘Annual Stakeholder Report 2015-16’ that this work will be completed by December 2018.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 12/09/2016 13:39:26 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

573532

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Diesel Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to make it illegal to disable a diesel particulate filter.
tabling member constituency	Brent Central
tabling member printed	Dawn Butler
uin	44118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2016 answer text <p>It is an offence under the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations (Regulation 61a(3)) to use on a road a vehicle which has been modified in such a way that it no longer complies with the air pollutant emissions standards it was designed to meet. Removal of a diesel particulate filter (DPF), from a vehicle used on the road, will invariably result in a contravention of the Regulations (making the vehicle unlawful to use on the road). The potential penalties are £1,000 for a car and £2,500 for a van, lorry or bus.</p><p> </p><p>Under section 75 of the Road Traffic Act 1988, it is an offence to alter a vehicle in such a way that the use of the vehicle on a road would be unlawful. Thus both the vehicle user and the person disabling the DPF (if they knew or believed that the vehicle would be used on the road) could be found guilty of an offence under the Act.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 07/09/2016 14:25:40 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	1489 label Biography information for Dawn Butler

573834

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times his Department has used the services of (a) PwC, (b) Deloitte, (c) Ernst and Young, (d) KPMG and (e) other consulting firms in the last three financial years; and what (i) work was undertaken and (ii) the cost to the public purse was on each such occasion.
tabling member constituency	Barking
tabling member printed	Margaret Hodge
uin	44359
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>To provide the detailed spend and purpose information requested on each individual occasion would require manual intervention and analysis on approximately 30,000 payments across the Department for Transport and its agencies. The number of times an organisation was used will also vary each year as projects can span financial years and this could lead to double counting with the risk that inaccurate information is provided. I am therefore unable to provide the information in the format requested.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 12/09/2016 12:48:53 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	140 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Hodge

573835

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish a list of all secondees to his Department from (a) PwC, (b) Deloitte, (c) Ernst and Young, (d) KPMG and (e) other consulting firms in the last three financial years; and what the role was of each of those secondees.
tabling member constituency	Barking
tabling member printed	Margaret Hodge
uin	44339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2016 answer text <p>The total number of secondees to the Department from (a) PWC, (b) Deloitte, (c) Ernst and Young, (d) KPMG and (e) other consulting firms in the last three financial years is 4.</p><p> </p><p>Due to the low number of secondees, we are unable to be more specific in the information so as to protect individuals from being identified personally.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 12/09/2016 16:20:05 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	140 label Biography information for Dame Margaret Hodge

573836

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Blue Badge Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what provisions are available to local authorities for extending the eligibility criteria for the Blue Badge scheme to people with severe physical disabilities who are not automatically eligible.
tabling member constituency	Cheadle
tabling member printed	Mary Robinson
uin	44293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2016 answer text <p>Local authorities do not have powers to independently extend eligibility. The criteria are set by statutory instrument. The Disabled Persons (Badges for Motor Vehicles) (England) Regulations 2000 (as amended) contain a number of criteria covering those who do not qualify automatically, including a provision for <strong><em>any</em></strong> permanent and substantial disability that causes inability to walk or very considerable difficulty in walking. It is the responsibility of local authorities to assess whether applicants meet any of the criteria.</p><p> </p><p>People with autism are not excluded from being issued a badge. Any permanent and substantial disability that causes very considerable difficulty walking falls within the criteria. It is the responsibility of local authorities to assess the degree of difficulty and to issue badges accordingly. We have no plans to provide badges to carers.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 44292 question first answered 08/09/2016 09:29:08 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4406 label Biography information for Mary Robinson

573837

registered interest
date	02/09/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 29 February 2016 to Question 27306, if his Department will undertake analysis to understand the potential benefits for bus passengers of the municipal bus company model.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	44310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2016 answer text <p>There are only 8 existing municipal bus companies operating services in England and the Department does not currently have any plans to undertake analysis on the potential benefits of the municipal bus company model.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 09/09/2016 09:40:32 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner