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453641

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Fares
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 28 November 2014 to Question 215333, what amount was paid to Transport for London in relation to the decision to raise Transport for London rail fares by the retail price index in January 2015.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	27763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Transport compensated Transport for London (TfL) in full for the projected impact on their revenues of the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s September 2014 announcement on regulated rail fares. The Department did this by paying TfL an additional £43 million, spread over two financial years (£7m in 2014/15, and £36m in 2015/16), by means of a variation to their core grant (the GLA transport grant, paid under section 101 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999). This followed consultation with HM Treasury and with the Greater London Authority.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 25/02/2016 16:25:23 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

453832

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Network Rail: Assets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the value of Network Rail's Regulated Asset Base in respect of the (a) Anglia, (b) LNE and East Midlands, (c) LNW, (d) Scotland, (e) Southeast, (f) Wales, (g) Wessex and (h) Western Network Rail routes in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	27760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>This information is published online in Network Rail’s regulated accounts<sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup>:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Regulated Asset Base as at 31 March 2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(14/15 prices) £m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RAB value - regulatory route</p></td><td><p>RAB value - management route</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Anglia</p></td><td><p>4,181</p></td><td><p>4,181</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LNE</p></td><td><p>9,296</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>2,768</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LNEEM</p></td><td><p>12,064</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LNW</p></td><td><p>11,834</p></td><td><p>11,834</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p></td><td><p>5,318</p></td><td><p>5,318</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent</p></td><td><p>4,496</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sussex</p></td><td><p>2,933</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>7,429</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>2,744</p></td><td><p>2,744</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wessex</p></td><td><p>4,106</p></td><td><p>4,106</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Western</p></td><td><p>5,353</p></td><td><p>5,353</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>53,029</p></td><td><p>53,029</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><sup><sup>[1]</sup></sup>http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/regulatory%20documents/regulatory%20compliance%20and%20reporting/regulatory%20accounts/nril%20regulatory%20financial%20statements%20for%20the%20year%20ended%2031%20march%202015.pdf</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 25/02/2016 14:47:43 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

453833

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Travel: Concessions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to data table BUS0842, published in Department for Transport Statistics, what guidance his Department gives to travel concession authorities for reporting purposes on the definition of commercial youth concessions.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	27761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Transport’s annual Concessionary Travel Survey asks the following question in relation to commercial concessions available to young people, of which there is specific guidance repeated below:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Question 19: Do the main bus operators in your authority / scheme offer commercial concessions to young people in 2015/16?</strong></p><p>This question concerns commercial concessions only i.e. those controlled/managed/funded by a bus operator. We are aware that you may not know of all the youth schemes offered in your area, but any information you can supply here does offer us a useful starting point for gathering further information from operator websites.</p><p> </p><p>If possible please specify the name of the operator, the age group (e.g. 16-18) covered, the fare charged (free, half, flat), time period (term-time only/all year, 8.30-10.30) and any other relevant information. You will have an opportunity in Q21 to tell us about any youth schemes that your Travel Concession Authority (TCA) controls/manages/funds.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 25/02/2016 16:03:48 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

453834

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Suicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2016 to Question 26134, what the reason is for the difference between the data series given in that Answer in relation to suicides and suicide attempts on the Strategic Road Network and the data given in the Answer of 15 December 2015 to Question 19015 asked by the hon. Member for Huddersfield; and if he will update the figures given in the Answer of 15 December 2015 to include the number of suicides and suicide attempts on the Strategic Road Network in (a) 2015 and (b) 2016 to date.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	27762
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>The difference in the data given is due to the ‘Command and Control’ database, used by Highways England to record all incidents on the Strategic Road network, being reconfigured in April 2013 to improve the consistency of the data recorded. This has led to improved accuracy, particularly when logging types of incidents and the method for recording ‘suicides’ or ‘attempted suicides’ was also adapted.</p><p> </p><p>In 2015 there were 790 incidents logged as suicides or attempted suicides.</p><p>In 2016 – from 1<sup>st</sup> January to 21<sup>st</sup> February – there have been 120 such incidents.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 25/02/2016 16:07:20 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

453835

registered interest
date	22/02/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Income
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what income, by category of payment, Network Rail received from each of its directly managed stations in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	27759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2016 answer text <p>This is commercially sensitive information belonging to Network Rail.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 25/02/2016 14:52:20 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

452530

registered interest
date	11/02/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Volkswagen
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 February 2016 to Question 25018, what his Department's estimate is of the cost of the Emissions Testing Programme; and what Skoda's financial contribution is to the ongoing testing of VW vehicles outside that programme.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	27119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>There is an initial budget of £650k for the Emissions Testing Programme. To retain independence we are not seeking contributions from manufacturers. Where testing is being done specifically on Skoda vehicles outside of this test programme, Skoda will be charged on a case by case basis by the Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA). The fees are set out in The Motor Vehicles (Type Approval and Approval Marks)(Fees) Regulations 1999, as amended. VCA will charge between £8,000 and £10,000 per vehicle. The emissions test facilities will be charged separately.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 22/02/2016 14:47:49 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

452531

registered interest
date	11/02/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Highways England
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 Highways England's compliance with the conditions on environmental duties set out in paragraphs 5.23 and 5.24 of the Highways England: Licence, published in April 2015.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	27117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>The Office for Rail and Road (ORR), as Highways Monitor, published a six month report on Highways England’s performance in December 2015. This comments on the Highways England Biodiversity Action Plan, which was published in June 2015.</p><p> </p><p>ORR will report annually on Highways England’s performance and in line with the requirement in the Licence, I expect Highways England to publish their environmental strategy shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 22/02/2016 14:40:10 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

452532

registered interest
date	11/02/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Fares
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's press release of 18 August 2015, entitled Earnings outstrip rail fare increases for the first time in a decade, what the statistical evidential basis is for the statement that increasing regulated rail fares by the retail price index between 2016 and 2020 will save season-ticket holders around £425 each.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	27121
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>Data on all annual season ticket issues and the revenue associated with them was used to create an implied average annual season ticket fare. This was then uprated under both the RPI+0 policy, and the Department’s previous assumption about future policy (RPI+1), using the OBR’s assumptions of future RPI increases. The difference between the two was then summed to reach an average saving of £425 over the period.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 22/02/2016 14:52:45 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

452533

registered interest
date	11/02/2016
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, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2016 to Question 25993, whether his Department had a Cycling Health sub-group.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	27118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>The Department had a Cycle Stakeholder Forum, established from 2011 – 2014, which had some sub-groups including a group on cycle health, chaired by the Department of Health. The sub-group was disbanded when the Cycle Stakeholder Forum was dissolved.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 22/02/2016 14:27:23 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

452534

registered interest
date	11/02/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to performance indicators for helping cyclists, walkers and other vulnerable users of the network in the Highways England operational metrics manual, whether any additional resource funding has been allocated under the Road Investment Strategy to reduce vulnerable user casualties.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	27180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>Highways England has committed to provide a safer, integrated and more accessible strategic road network for cyclists, walkers and other vulnerable road users. Through the first Road Investment Strategy for Highways England, a ring-fenced allocation of £175 million has been made available between 2015 and 2020 to improve the safety of the Strategic Road Network and improve conditions for cyclists and other vulnerable road users.</p><p> </p><p>The Highways England current delivery plan states that £78 million will be used to improve conditions for those cycling alongside and crossing the Strategic Road Network. The remaining £97 million will be used to enhance the safety of our network, with £20 million of this specifically targeted at improving facilities to provide a more accessible and integrated network.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 22/02/2016 14:56:12 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood