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227179

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Transport: Berkshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to improve transport links between Windsor and (a) Reading and (b) London since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	227398
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>The electrification on the Windsor Branch forms part of the wider Great Western electrification scheme. We are working closely with Network Rail and the ORR to ensure delivery of these benefits as set out in the Rail Investment Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>Further investment has seen the modernisation of Reading Station area which is planned to be completed this Easter at a cost of £895m.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>In addition, The Government launched the Roads Investment Strategy on 1 December 2014. The M4 Junctions 3-12 smart motorway project to upgrade the M4 from east of Heathrow to west of Reading continues to be progressed. The Highways Agency intends to submit a Development Consent Order (DCO) application for the scheme at the end of March. Subject to planning consent and the final business case, construction could start in late 2016. The Highways Agency is also delivering a £2.5 million pinch point scheme to relieve traffic congestion at the M4/A329 (M) junction.</p><p> </p><p>On 29 January the Government also announced a £10.2m expansion of the Growth Deal with the Thames Valley Berkshire Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP). We understand the LEP intends to use around £7.5m of that additional funding for 4 new local transport schemes, taking the total funding for local transport improvements as part of the Growth Deal to over £100m, supporting delivery of 20 transport projects across Berkshire.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 19/03/2015 14:00:52 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

226831

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2015
	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	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people have been killed or seriously injured in road traffic incidents in Kent in each year since 2010; and how many and what proportion of those were under the age of 18.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Smith of Basildon
	uin	HL5625
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>The number of people who were killed or seriously injured (known as KSI casualties) in reported personal injury road traffic accidents in Medway Council and Kent County Council each year from 2010 to 2013 is provided in the table below. The table also includes how many of the casualties were under the age of 18.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Local Authority </strong></td><td><strong>Year </strong></td><td><strong>All KSI</strong></td><td><strong>KSI casualties </strong></td><td><strong>Percentage of KSI </strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> casualties</strong></td><td><strong>under 18 years old </strong></td><td><strong>that were under </strong></td></tr><tr><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong> </strong></td><td><strong>18 years old </strong></td></tr><tr><td>Medway Council</td><td>2010</td><td>59</td><td>19</td><td>32%</td></tr><tr><td>Medway Council</td><td>2011</td><td>64</td><td>9</td><td>14%</td></tr><tr><td>Medway Council</td><td>2012</td><td>51</td><td>8</td><td>16%</td></tr><tr><td>Medway Council</td><td>2013</td><td>56</td><td>9</td><td>16%</td></tr><tr><td>Kent County Council</td><td>2010</td><td>545</td><td>97</td><td>18%</td></tr><tr><td>Kent County Council</td><td>2011</td><td>519</td><td>76</td><td>15%</td></tr><tr><td>Kent County Council</td><td>2012</td><td>524</td><td>75</td><td>14%</td></tr><tr><td>Kent County Council</td><td>2013</td><td>594</td><td>70</td><td>12%</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Statistics for 2014 will be available in June 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 19/03/2015 15:03:21 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
	tabling member	4170 label Biography information for Baroness Smith of Basildon

226776

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Advertising
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent on (a) television advertising, (b) radio advertising, (c) national newspaper advertisements, (d) local newspaper advertisements, (e) social media advertising and (f) other types of advertising in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	227344
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member to the answer given by my Rt Hon Friend, the Minister for the Cabinet Office, the Hon Member for Horsham (Francis Maude) on 17 March 2015 to Question UIN 227295</p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-03-11/227295/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2015-03-11/227295/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 19/03/2015 14:06:38 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

227610

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the (a) number and (b) pay of construction workers that will be employed to build High Speed 2 for each month taken for that construction.
	tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
	tabling member printed	Mrs Cheryl Gillan
	uin	227652
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>Indicative construction programmes are set out in the Environmental Statement submitted to Parliament in the Community Forum Area Volume 2 reports. These programmes will be developed further through the hybrid Bill and detailed design process. Information on the number of construction workers required and pay details for each month during construction can only be fully determined after Royal Assent. The cost will be delivered within the funding envelope for HS2.</p><p> </p><p>For Phase One it is estimated there will be:</p><p> </p><p>14,600 construction jobs</p><p>2,200 operations &amp; maintenance jobs</p><p>5,480 supply chain jobs</p><p>30,000 jobs supported by stations &amp; depots</p><p> </p><p>The figures have been published in the HS2 Phase One Environmental Statement Non-technical summary section 7.10. The document is available at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hs2-phase-one-environmental-statement-non-technical-summary" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/hs2-phase-one-environmental-statement-non-technical-summary</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 19/03/2015 14:25:58 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

227611

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Highways Agency
	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 whistleblowing procedures at the Highways Agency.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
	uin	227614
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>All whistle blowing correspondence notified to the Agency is logged on a central database, which includes action taken to resolve issues arising. The log is overseen by the Agency’s Counter Fraud Committee (CFC) and updates on individual cases are produced as required. The CFC is chaired by the Agency’s Finance Director, and includes a Non Executive Director, the Procurement and Commercial Services Director and the Head of Audit and Assurance. The CFC continually review the effectiveness of whistle blowing procedures. The CFC reports any issues of concern to the Agency’s Audit Committee.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 19/03/2015 14:29:44 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

226846

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles: Road Traffic Offences
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the reply by Lord Popat on 5 March (HL Deb, col 431) that enforcement of the law relating to HGVs in London involved 4,000 targeted stops resulting in the issuing of 2,000 roadworthiness prohibitions and more than 1,000 fixed penalty notices, detection of 1,500 drivers’ offences and seizure of over 50 vehicles, how many of those offences resulted in court appearances of the drivers or transport managers of the firms concerned; how many were fined; and how many received custodial sentences.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
	uin	HL5638
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>The imposition of a fixed penalty notice is a fixed tariff fine that provides an appropriate forfeit without the need for incurring the cost of a court appearance. So all of the fixed penalty notices represent fines. Likewise the roadworthiness prohibitions imposed all require a fee to be paid to remove them in addition to any cost incurred to address the faults that caused vehicle to be subjected to the embargo.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport has not collected specific figures for court appearances and sentences related to offences detected by the taskforce.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 19/03/2015 12:29:34 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
	tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

226845

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Castle Line: Railway Signals
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, to provide for future electrification, they intend to immunise the new signalling equipment when the railway line between Nottingham, Newark and Lincoln is re-signalled by 2019.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
	uin	HL5637
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>The specification of signalling equipment that is placed on the network is for Network Rail to decide. It is not a role for Government. There are no funded plans to electrify this route and the rail industry has not identified electrification of the route as an investment priority.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 19/03/2015 12:28:59 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
	tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

227064

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving under Influence
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the expenditure on the Department for Transport's drink driving campaigns in (1) 2010, (2) 2011, (3) 2012, (4) 2013, and (5) 2014.
	tabling member printed	Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
	uin	HL5703
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>Expenditure on the Department’s THINK! Road Safety don’t drink and drive campaign for the last four financial years is listed below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Drink Driving campaign</p></td><td><p>Expenditure</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£381,946</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£524,265</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£2,633,344</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£1,057,632</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 19/03/2015 12:43:10 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
	tabling member	3335 label Biography information for Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

227065

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving under Influence
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have asked their partners in the Public Health Responsibility Deal to contribute towards the costs of the Department for Transport's drink driving campaigns; if not, why not; and whether they have considered doing this for the 2015 drink driving campaign.
	tabling member printed	Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe
	uin	HL5704
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>We have not sought funding from any of the Public Health Responsibility Deal partners but a number of them do already support our drink drive campaign in other ways. Our aim is to develop partnerships with brands who can provide in-context solutions or ‘nudges’ to help drivers avoid alcohol if they are driving, or to help those people who are drinking get home safely without driving. These initiatives are all completely funded by the partner.</p><p> </p><p>One example is Coca Cola, who for several years have run a designated driver campaign, rewarding designated drivers with a buy-one-get-one-free offer on coke drinks in thousands of venues during the festive season.</p><p> </p><p>Last year we developed a new partnership with drinks company Diageo. They supported our campaign by using their Johnnie Walker ambassadors, Formula 1 drivers Jenson Button and Kevin Magnusson, to ask drivers to take a pledge to never drink and drive, in return for discounted taxi rides.</p><p> </p><p>We also work closely with drinks company AB InBev. Their Budweiser Designated Driver campaign, promotes and celebrates the important role of designated driver.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to seek further partnerships with commercial brands who can extend the reach and impact of our campaigns.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 19/03/2015 12:43:30 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
	tabling member	3335 label Biography information for Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe

226870

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Lancashire
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government why Network Rail took the decision to close Rawlinson Lane, Chorley Road and Grimeford Lane in Adlington, Lancashire, at the same time to accommodate electrification of the Manchester to Preston via Bolton and Chorley line.
	tabling member printed	Lord Hoyle
	uin	HL5662
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2015 answer text <p>Network Rail took the decision to close the roads simultaneously in order to coordinate with the railway closures. These kinds of closures are planned up to two years in advance. In this area Network Rail had five bridges to rebuild and two possession slots; the intention was to split the bridge rebuilding over two years, doing two in 2014 and three in 2015. Due to environmental impacts identified at Grimeford Lane last year that particular bridge was rescheduled from the original plan to be completed this year.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 19/03/2015 12:28:48 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
	tabling member	1000 label Biography information for Lord Hoyle