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1138151

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	London Underground: Land
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which areas of land around (a) High Barnet, (b) Cockfosters and (c) Finchley Central underground stations are classed as operational land by Transport for London.
	tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
	tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
	uin	275712
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>TfL and its subsidiaries, including LUL, own operational land for facilities such as stations, track and sidings vital for running its railway and tramway services.</p><p> </p><p>Under the GLA Act 1999, land is deemed to be operational if it used to carry on any railway or tramway undertaking of TfL (or one of its subsidiaries), and if an interest is held in the land for that purpose.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport does not keep records of which land is considered to be operational.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 15/07/2019 12:51:13 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1138155

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Surveys
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department will update the National Rail Travel Overview Survey Report.
	tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
	tabling member printed	Dame Cheryl Gillan
	uin	275643
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department is currently considering updating the National Rail Travel Survey, and will reach a decision in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 15/07/2019 11:03:15 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

1138214

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Severn Tunnel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what contingencies are in place for a complete structural failure of the Severn Tunnel.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	275658
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>The structure of the Severn Tunnel is maintained by Network Rail. In line with all structures on the route, it is inspected annually with a detailed survey carried out every six years. Established maintenance plans are in place to maintain the condition of the track. Network Rail are confident that the tunnel remains structurally sound and they consider the risk of a complete structural failure to be very unlikely.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 15/07/2019 10:31:25 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1137779

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Cycling and Walking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to include (a) horse-riding and (b) horse-drawn carriages in his Department's support for the development of active travel and local walking and cycling infrastructure plans.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	275101
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan Guidance notes that local authorities should consider the needs of equestrians where they have access to walking and cycling infrastructure such as off-carriageway routes. However, the Government does not intend to specify that all measures to support active travel must include a horse-riding or horse drawn carriage element: decisions on this are a matter for local authorities. Nevertheless the Government does encourage local authorities to support equestrians in their active travel plans.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 15/07/2019 11:57:46 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1137780

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2019
	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, what recent estimate he has made of the number of regular cyclists in (a) Stroud constituency, (b) Gloucestershire, and (c) England.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	275102
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s Active Lives Survey, carried out annually by Sport England, suggests that in the period from mid-November 2016 to mid-November 2017, 13.6% of adults cycled at least once a week within Stroud District Council; 14.7% cycled at least once a week in Gloucestershire; and 11.9% cycled at least once a week in England. The survey includes any cycling, irrespective of trip length or purpose, and results are grouped according to the area where respondents live, which may not be the same as the area where they walk or cycle.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 15/07/2019 11:42:03 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1137794

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Road Traffic Offences: Foreign Nationals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many motoring offences were committed in the UK by foreign nationals based overseas that did not lead to a conviction in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
	uin	275176
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>Statistics on motoring offences and convictions for England and Wales are available in the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2018" target="_blank">Ministry of Justice motoring data tool</a>. Information on nationality and country of residence is not held in the central database on prosecutions and convictions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 15/07/2019 10:52:05 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

1137816

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Electrification
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of rail passenger journeys take place (a) wholly and (b) for at least 50 per cent of the journey by distance on electrified sections of the railway network in Great Britain.
	tabling member constituency	Luton South
	tabling member printed	Mr Gavin Shuker
	uin	275182
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>The Office of Rail and Road publishes data on electrified rail routes in Great Britain. However, this includes routes open to passengers and freight and does not contain a breakdown for passengers only.</p><p>The length of network rail operated electrified route in Great Britain was 3,583 miles in 2017-18. This represents 36% of the total mainline railway route.</p><p>This data is available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/displayreport/report/html/c35e0c28-324f-4168-81b9-be197963f251" target="_blank">https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/displayreport/report/html/c35e0c28-324f-4168-81b9-be197963f251</a></p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 15/07/2019 10:46:11 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker

1137817

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many publicly available charge-points for electric vehicles there were in (a) Luton, (b) Bedfordshire and (c) the East of England in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Luton South
	tabling member printed	Mr Gavin Shuker
	uin	275183
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government does not have figures on the total number of publicly available electric vehicle chargepoints. Members of the public and businesses are able to install chargepoints without government support, and information on these are not routinely collected. As at 10th July 2019 the private sector charging point platform Zap-map reported that there are 1,607 in the East of England. Figures for Luton and Bedfordshire are not currently available.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 15/07/2019 11:49:06 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	4013 label Biography information for Mr Gavin Shuker

1137848

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Transport: Exhaust Emissions
	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 total emissions from the transport sector of (a) PM2.5, (b) PM1 and (c) PM0.1 in the last three years for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Stroud
	tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
	uin	275104
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>Figures for the emissions of Particulate Matter (PM) from domestic transport of (a) 2.5 micrometres or less, (b) 1 micrometre or less, and (c) 0.1 micrometres or less for the years 2015 to 2017 are in the table below.</p><p> </p><p><em>Table 1. Final emissions of PM2.5, PM1, and PM0.1 from domestic transport for the years 2015, 2016, and 2017 in kilotonnes. Source: (NAEI).</em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Particle Size</p></td><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PM2.5</p></td><td><p>18.4</p></td><td><p>17.7</p></td><td><p>16.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PM1</p></td><td><p>10.8</p></td><td><p>10.1</p></td><td><p>9.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PM0.1</p></td><td><p>5.3</p></td><td><p>4.9</p></td><td><p>4.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 15/07/2019 10:47:00 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1137852

	registered interest
	date	09/07/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Shipping: Exhaust Emissions
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what level of funding is available to support his Department's Clean Maritime Plan.
	tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
	tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
	uin	275205
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>Last week I was pleased to announce that to help enable the delivery of the ambitions of the Clean Maritime Plan, the Government is supporting Maritime Research and Innovation UK (MarRI-UK) in launching an innovation call of £1m called the Clean Maritime Innovation Call, which will open this summer. The Clean Maritime Innovation Call aims to fund technology and innovations which have the potential to unlock reductions of air quality pollutants and/or greenhouse gases from the maritime sector.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 15/07/2019 11:22:41 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald