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date	13/06/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Control: Dover
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 ease congestion arising from lorry traffic departing Dover.
tabling member constituency	Gravesham
tabling member printed	Adam Holloway
uin	16865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2022 answer text <p>Recent increase in traffic queues for freight and passenger travel in Kent was caused by a combination of factors. Disruption began because of adverse weather conditions causing delays to sailings from Port of Dover and the situation was significantly exacerbated by the well-documented actions of P&amp;O Ferries which account for over 35% of the market share of Dover. Coupled with the brief cessation of Eurotunnel services due to a breakdown and an increase in passenger and freight traffic, disruption quickly grew in Kent.</p><p> </p><p>The Kent Resilience Forum’s (KRF’s) traffic management and enforcement plans, including activation of Operation Brock on the M20, were put in place in late March to ensure continued flow of vehicles through Kent to ports whilst also trying to maintain local mobility as much as possible. Additional resilience measures were put in place, which had a positive impact on maintaining throughput to the ports and keeping local roads moving.</p><p> </p><p>Over the May half-term and Jubilee Weekend, there was no significant disruption on the Kent strategic road network. Operation Brock has now been deactivated as of 5 June, but the Kent Resilience Forum (KRF) will reconsider deploying it ahead of the start of the school summer holidays.</p><p> </p><p>To further ease congestion in Dover, we are strengthening enforcement against those hauliers deviating from Operation Brock and causing gridlock on local roads, and greater usage of freight parking capacity at Sevington Inland Border Facility and Ashford Truck Stop when Operation Brock is reaching its capacity. These measures will help to keep the M20 open to all vehicles and enable local and passenger traffic to keep flowing throughout Kent.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 21/06/2022 10:18:56 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway

1463018

registered interest
date	16/05/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether an assessment has been made of the potential merits of extending the Thameslink service from Ebbsfleet to Essex to help reduce pressure from the Dartford crossing.
tabling member constituency	Gravesham
tabling member printed	Adam Holloway
uin	2408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2022 answer text <p>Ebbsfleet International is served by Southeastern and HS1, and I can confirm the Department has not assessed, nor has it asked Southeastern to investigate, the feasibility of running services from Ebbsfleet International to Essex.</p><p> </p><p>Thameslink services do not serve Ebbsfleet International at present. This would only be possible with significant investment in infrastructure, as there is no railway currently connecting Ebbsfleet International to the Thameslink route.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 23/05/2022 12:44:06 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway

1111198

registered interest
date	10/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	A2: Garages and Petrol Stations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason the sale of Tollgate Hotel Watling Street Gravesend Kent DA13 9RA to BP Oil UK Limited has been delayed.
tabling member constituency	Gravesham
tabling member printed	Adam Holloway
uin	243371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2019 answer text <p>Highways England entered into a conditional contract with BP for the sale of Tollgate Hotel that was conditional on planning permission being granted for development. The planning applications submitted have been subject to a number of judicial reviews, which have delayed the sale. As a result, Highways England have now agreed with BP to move to an unconditional contract; this means the sale will no longer be dependent on gaining planning permission, and Highways England will now be able to move forward with the sale.</p><p>Given that Highways England will be entering into a new unconditional contract with BP for the sale of the property, they have no plans to remarket it at this time.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 15/04/2019 12:56:28 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway

1111202

registered interest
date	10/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	A2: Garages and Petrol Stations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the proposed sale of Tollgate Hotel Watling Street Gravesend Kent DA13 9RA to BP Oil UK Limited, what information his Department holds on proposals to re-market the property for sale as a result of the seven-year delay in BP securing planning on that site.
tabling member constituency	Gravesham
tabling member printed	Adam Holloway
uin	243372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2019 answer text <p>Highways England entered into a conditional contract with BP for the sale of Tollgate Hotel which was conditional on planning permission being granted for development. The planning applications submitted have been subject to a number of judicial reviews, which has delayed the sale. As a result, Highways England have now agreed with BP to move to an unconditional contract, which means the sale will no longer be dependent on gaining planning permission and Highways England will now be able to progress the sale.</p><p><em> </em></p><p>Given that Highways England will be entering into a new unconditional contract with BP for the sale of the property, they have no plans to remarket at this time.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 18/04/2019 11:01:35 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway