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450806

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Brakes
	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 effectiveness of autonomous emergency braking systems in reducing the number of road traffic accidents.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	25845
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2016 answer text <p>The Department has not made any detailed assessment of the effectiveness of autonomous emergency braking systems, but we are aware that a number of studies have highlighted the potential for a reduction in collisions. Most trucks exceeding 8 tonnes and coaches registered after 1 November 2015 are fitted with it, and we support measures by EuroNCAP to encourage its fitment in new cars.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 12/02/2016 11:42:52 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

439034

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	River Thames: Bridges
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will not make a decision on the choice of Thames Crossing options A and C until a decision is made on the proposed London Paramount theme park.
	tabling member constituency	Gravesham
	tabling member printed	Adam Holloway
	uin	20416
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to a new Lower Thames crossing. There is a need for increased capacity across the River Thames due to growth in general traffic and a range of developments in the Thames Gateway, including housing planned around Ebbsfleet. The location and route needs to be decided following further public consultation, expected to begin early this year, to ensure that the new crossing can be in place as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 11/01/2016 11:28:02 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway

439035

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Dartford-Thurrock Crossing: Road Traffic
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps are being taken to reduce congestion at the northbound entrance to the Dartford Tunnel caused by lorries carrying dangerous cargo being stopped and investigated.
	tabling member constituency	Gravesham
	tabling member printed	Adam Holloway
	uin	20418
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <p>Highways England is continuing to work to reduce times for dangerous goods vehicles which are prohibited from entering the tunnels and need to be removed, or to release vehicles in escorted convoys to ensure smooth traffic flow while ensuring safety of users. Since the road layout changes at the Crossing were completed in 2015, fewer but larger convoys are used to minimise disruption with the number of convoys reducing to 70 - 80 per day from around 110 per day, which equates to a reduction of around a third.</p><br /><p>Clear road signs already provide advance instruction for drivers of dangerous goods vehicles and are enforceable by regulations. Work is also underway with the freight industry to educate drivers of restricted vehicles what lane or route to take to avoid being stopped, which causes delays for other drivers.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 11/01/2016 11:35:01 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway

439037

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Dartford: Bridges
	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 build an additional bridge at Dartford.
	tabling member constituency	Gravesham
	tabling member printed	Adam Holloway
	uin	20419
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <p>Two locations are being considered for the new Lower Thames crossing: ‘Option A’ close to the existing Dartford Thurrock crossing, and ‘Option C’, to the east of Tilbury and Gravesend, which would connect the A2 and M2 to the M25 via the A13.</p><br /> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 11/01/2016 11:50:29 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway

439038

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	River Thames: Bridges
	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 potential arrangements for compensation required for people living in Thurrock and Dartford or Gravesend in the event of another river crossing being constructed at Dartford or to the east of Gravesend.
	tabling member constituency	Gravesham
	tabling member printed	Adam Holloway
	uin	20421
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <p>The route of the new Lower Thames crossing will be subject to public consultation early this year, and local people will be given their chance to express their views. Until the route is decided upon, it is too early to say what arrangements for compensation may be appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 11/01/2016 13:40:56 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway

439039

	registered interest
	date	16/12/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Dartford-Thurrock Crossing: Road Traffic
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to help reduce traffic congestion on the northbound approaches to the Dartford Tunnel.
	tabling member constituency	Gravesham
	tabling member printed	Adam Holloway
	uin	20420
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2016 answer text <p>Removing the need to pay at barriers has already reduced congestion and eased traffic flow. Latest data shows that Dart Charge has successfully improved journeys through the Crossing with average journey times northbound almost 5 minutes quicker than before the charge was introduced.</p><br /><p>A new road layout has been introduced at the Crossing including a new Traffic Safety System on the northbound carriageway on the approach to the tunnels. This improves the way oversized vehicles or those carrying dangerous goods are prevented from entering the tunnels and holds traffic to allow the safe escort of hazardous goods vehicles or in the event of an incident or congestion in the tunnels.</p><br /><p>However, Highways England recognises that there is still more work to do. Planned improvements include:</p><br /><ul><li>Fine-tuning the operation of the new Traffic Safety System to continue to maximise traffic flow while ensuring safety to users.</li><li>Working with Kent County Council as a matter of priority to improve local traffic flows. In particular, this will assess how traffic signals can be better synchronised where the local road network meets the strategic roads network to get the best out of the network and what improvements can be made at key junctions.</li><li>Work with the freight industry to educate drivers of restricted vehicles, including what lane or route to take to avoid being stopped at the barriers.</li></ul><br /><p>I have written to Highways England requesting an update on their progress.</p><br /> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 11/01/2016 11:54:21 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway

535310

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	River Thames: Tunnels
	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 23 May 2016 to Question 37232, what assessment his Department made of the potential vehicular capacity of the two long tunnel options for the Lower Thames Crossing connected either (a) through junctions 2 and 30 on the M25 or (b) by direct connection to the motorway beyond the junctions.
	tabling member constituency	Gravesham
	tabling member printed	Adam Holloway
	uin	42305
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2016 answer text <p>Both the long tunnel options between Darenth and South Ockenden would have a nominal capacity of approximately 8,000 vehicles per hour. In the morning peak hour at the year of opening in 2025, the (a) shorter tunnel option through junctions 2 and 30 on the M25 would have an initial forecast usage of 5,600 vehicles per hour and for (b) 3,400 for the longer beyond junction tunnel option.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 14/07/2016 07:26:55 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway

1086543

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Franchises
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what railway franchises currently operate under a direct award contract; and for each such franchise when the contract (a) become live and (b) is due to expire.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	230777
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>Details of direct award contracts for rail franchises are published on the Public Register of Rail Passenger Franchise Agreements, which is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/public-register-of-rail-passenger-franchise-agreements" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/public-register-of-rail-passenger-franchise-agreements</a></p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 14/03/2019 11:05:13 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

435948

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving: EU Law
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons the exemption for light goods vehicles from tachograph and EC driver rule requirements has not been extended to passenger carrying vehicles (PCVs); and if he will take steps to extend the exemption to PCVs.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	19039
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2015 answer text <p>Small passenger carrying vehicles, with 8 or less passenger seats (like light goods vehicles, weighing less than 3.5 tonnes), are also exempt from the EU drivers’ hours rules and the need to use a tachograph. In addition, vehicles with between 10 and 17 seats used exclusively for the non-commercial carriage of passengers are also exempt from the EU rules, along with vehicles used for the carriage of passengers on regular routes, where the route covered does not exceed 50km (local bus services).</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 10/12/2015 12:06:05 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

533621

	registered interest
	date	07/07/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Motorway Service Areas: Charging Points
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many motorway service stations have rapid chargers installed to allow charging of electric vehicles.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Alan Brown
	uin	42144
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>At almost every Motorway Service Area in the UK there is at least one rapid electric vehicle chargepoint. A full list of the available chargepoints at Motorway Service Areas can be found on the Government’s National Chargepoint Registry: <a href="http://www.national-charge-point-registry.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.national-charge-point-registry.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Highways England has a £15 million project to ensure that there is a chargepoint every 20 miles across 95% of the strategic road network, with the aim that these should be rapid chargepoints wherever possible.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 12/07/2016 10:15:44 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown