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348583

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Cumbria
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what investment in road infrastructure there has been in (a) Workington constituency and (b) Allerdale district in each year since 2005.
	tabling member constituency	Workington
	tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
	uin	1146
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>Highways England (formerly the Highways Agency) is responsible for the Strategic Road Network and Cumbria County Council for the local road network within the Workington constituency and Allerdale district. The A595 Parton to Lillyhall improvement was the one major project that Highways England were responsible for in the wider Allerdale district since 2005. The spend profile since 2005/06 is shown below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2005/06</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2006/07</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2007/08</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008/09</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spend (£m)</p></td><td><p>0.95</p></td><td><p>4.785</p></td><td><p>14.616</p></td><td><p>20.534</p></td><td><p>0.596</p></td><td><p>0.539</p></td><td><p><strong>42.642</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Highways England spent the following amounts on maintenance and improvements:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Allerdale District</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p>Workington Constituency</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005/2006</p></td><td><p>0.917</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2005/2006</p></td><td><p>0.050</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/2007</p></td><td><p>2.123</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2006/2007</p></td><td><p>0.055</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/2008</p></td><td><p>2.536</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2007/2008</p></td><td><p>0.004</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/2009</p></td><td><p>1.917</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2008/2009</p></td><td><p>0.016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/2010</p></td><td><p>2.151</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2009/2010</p></td><td><p>0.246</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/2011</p></td><td><p>1.365</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2010/2011</p></td><td><p>0.210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/2012</p></td><td><p>0.484</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2011/2012</p></td><td><p>0.010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/2013</p></td><td><p>1.476</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2012/2013</p></td><td><p>0.000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/2014</p></td><td><p>2.553</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2013/2014</p></td><td><p>0.052</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/2015</p></td><td><p>1.597</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2014/2015</p></td><td><p>0.070</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport provides funding to local highway authorities for the local road network. For Cumbria County Council the allocations since 2005 are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005/06</p></td><td><p>15.816</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/07</p></td><td><p>17.378</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>18.691</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>19.801</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>26.478</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>58.27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>49.197</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>34.772</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>47.616</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>40.666</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>36.708</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Cumbria have also been allocated £24.6 million through the Local Growth Fund announced in July 2014 and January 2015 for transport schemes including £2m towards replacement of a life expired road bridge that provides access to the Port of Workington.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 09/06/2015 15:43:30 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

348584

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Bus Services: Cumbria
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve the provision of local bus services in Cumbria.
	tabling member constituency	Workington
	tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
	uin	1147
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to improving bus services for all and expenditure on buses reflects this. It is for individual local authorities to determine how much of the block grant funding they receive is allocated to supporting bus services. The latest out-turn figures, for 2013/14, show that Cumbria County Council has an annual budget of over £2.5m for this purpose.</p><p> </p><p>The Department also provides direct support to bus services each year through Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG), of which Cumbria County Council has received £480,314 covering the 2014/15 financial year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 09/06/2015 10:00:12 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

348585

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Cumbria
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road accidents occurred on the (a) A66 between Workington and Keswick, (b) A595 and (c) A596 in each of the last 10 years; and how many of those accidents resulted in fatalities.
	tabling member constituency	Workington
	tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
	uin	1148
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The table below gives the total number of reported personal injury road accidents, total number of reported fatal accidents and total number of reported fatalities for the (a) A66 between the junction with the A596 in Workington and the roundabout junction with the A591 north of Keswick, (b) A595 and (c) A596 for each year from 2004 to 2013.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Road</p></td><td><p>Total reported accidents</p></td><td><p>Of which fatal accidents</p></td><td><p>Fatalities</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004</p></td><td><p>A66</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>A66</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>A66</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>A66</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>A66</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>A66</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>A66</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>A66</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>A66</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>A66</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004</p></td><td><p>A595</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>A595</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>A595</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>A595</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>A595</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>A595</p></td><td><p>118</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>A595</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>A595</p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>A595</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>A595</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004</p></td><td><p>A596</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>A596</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>A596</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>A596</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>A596</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>A596</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>A596</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>A596</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>A596</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>A596</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Statistics for 2014 will be available from 25 June.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 09/06/2015 10:05:54 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

348586

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Freight
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to encourage more rail freight through the Port of Workington.
	tabling member constituency	Workington
	tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
	uin	1149
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>Government supports the transfer of freight from road to rail where it is practical, economic and environmentally sustainable to do so.</p><p> </p><p>In January 2015 the Cumbria Local Enterprise Partnership was provisionally awarded £6m to improve access to the Port of Workington as part of its expanded Growth Deal. Access and capacity for freight trains will be improved by the construction of a new rail crossover and a replacement road over rail bridge will be constructed with a larger span to cater for additional rail sidings, should these be required in the future.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 09/06/2015 10:10:06 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

348587

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railway Stations: Workington
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received on the reopening of Workington North station.
	tabling member constituency	Workington
	tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
	uin	1150
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Transport has no record of any recent representation on this matter.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 09/06/2015 10:15:03 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

348900

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Hertfordshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support his Department is giving to Hertfordshire County Council to assist with the upkeep of local roads.
	tabling member constituency	North East Hertfordshire
	tabling member printed	Sir Oliver Heald
	uin	1411
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2015 answer text <p>My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Transport announced on 23 December 2014 funding allocations for local highway authorities in England between 2015/16 and 2020/21. This includes over £92 million for Hertfordshire. This funding can be used to reduce the number of potholes on the local road network.</p><p> </p><p>It is for each local highway authority to improve the condition of the local road network through planned preventative maintenance. The Department for Transport’s role is to support local authorities through the provision of funding and by sharing good practice.</p><p> </p><p>Further information on the funding allocations can be found at the following address: <a href="http://maps.dft.gov.uk/local-highways-maintenance-funding/" target="_blank">http://maps.dft.gov.uk/local-highways-maintenance-funding/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 11/06/2015 14:35:54 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald

347022

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that staff working at DVLA Swansea provide a good customer service since the closure of regional DVLA offices.
	tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
	tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
	uin	236
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The Drive and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is meeting all of its customer service measures for transactions that were previously carried out in its network of local offices.</p><p> </p><p>Earlier this year, the DVLA launched two new digital services, which allow customers to retain and assign personalised registration numbers in real time, removing the requirement to return paperwork to the DVLA. These were two of the most commonly used services by customers of the local offices. These services are proving extremely popular with over a third of transactions already being carried out digitally.</p><p> </p><p>Overall customer satisfaction for all DVLA services is currently 93.12%.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 04/06/2015 12:30:58 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

347023

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons staff working at DVLA Swansea use a telephone answering system which gives a message and then cuts members of the public off without allowing them to leave a message or wait for their call to be answered; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
	tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
	uin	237
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) answers 1.8 million calls every month through both its Interactive Voice Recognition system and advisors, 95% of these within five minutes.</p><p> </p><p>At busy times, customers are placed in a queue to speak to an advisor. If demand is very high customers may receive a message indicating that all lines are busy. Calls are then terminated so customers are not charged unnecessarily. In the 2014/15 financial year in 2014/14, 4% of calls resulted in the busy message.</p><p> </p><p>Utilising existing lines or increasing the number of lines to allow customers to leave messages would require resource to be diverted from answering live calls in order to respond to those who left a message. DVLA information is available online and customers can also contact the DVLA via GOV.UK and email.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 04/06/2015 12:36:02 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

348562

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Accidents
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will provide guidance to police authorities who close a road following a road traffic accident about the need to post diversion signs to facilitate traffic flow; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
	tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
	uin	1145
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>Guidance on traffic management, including the provision of diversion signs, following a road traffic accident or in other emergency situations is already provided in The Traffic Signs Manual Chapter 8. This document, published by the Department for Transport, is available online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/traffic-signs-manual" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/traffic-signs-manual</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 10/06/2015 13:59:11 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

348588

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Northern Rail: Ticket Offices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he took to fulfil the terms of clause 9.2 of the Franchise Side Agreement with passenger transport executives (PTEs) in receipt of consultation with affected PTEs on plans for reduced opening hours of ticket offices by Northern Rail.
	tabling member constituency	Rotherham
	tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
	uin	1273
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>This proposal was developed by Northern Rail as part of a package of efficiency savings to reduce cost to the taxpayer. As a consultee, the Secretary of State considered whether the proposals met the criteria for a Minor Change under the Ticketing and Settlement Agreement.</p><p> </p><p>(a) These factors are not routinely recorded.</p><p> </p><p>(b) A new franchise will be let prior to the tram-train services commencing. It would be for the future operator to consider amending ticket office hours or station procedures as passenger demand increases.</p><p> </p><p>(c) Consideration was given to possible detriment to station security or cleanliness. Following the redevelopment of Rotherham Central in 2012, CCTV cameras are in place there. These are monitored remotely by Northern Rail and by South Yorkshire PTE.</p><p> </p><p>Northern was advised, in October 2014, that they should seek buy-in from major stakeholders – including the PTEs – to highlight and remove any weaknesses in their proposals. The criteria for a Minor Change were satisfied. Therefore, as the Secretary of State had no discretion in relation to the decision there was no opportunity for any effective consultation.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 1259 question first answered 09/06/2015 09:33:23 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion