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	registered interest
	date	25/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Construction
	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 encourage planners and local authorities to prioritise active travel when building new roads.
	tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
	tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
	uin	247740
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2019 answer text <p>The Government has recently strengthened the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) to improve consideration of cycling and walking within local development plans. The revised NPPF recommends that planning policies should provide for high quality walking and cycling networks and supporting facilities such as cycle parking, drawing on Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plans (LCWIPs).</p><p> </p><p>The NPPF also states that the environmental impacts of traffic and transport infrastructure should be identified, assessed and taken into account from the earliest stages of plan-making, including appropriate opportunities for avoiding and mitigating any adverse effects, which might include, for example, ensuring that new roads make adequate provision for those who cycle and walk.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 01/05/2019 15:57:57 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

865104

	registered interest
	date	16/03/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Roads: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will grant powers to local councils to set deadlines for the completion of roads in new developments.
	tabling member constituency	Don Valley
	tabling member printed	Caroline Flint
	uin	132971
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>It is right that developers are required to mitigate the impacts of development, and pay for the cumulative impacts of development on the infrastructure in their area.</p><p>Section 106 planning obligations (s278 in the case of highway requirements) are negotiated legal agreements between developers and local authorities. They are used to make development acceptable through delivery of affordable housing or infrastructure, or requiring development to be used in a particular way, and can be used to specify at what point in the development the infrastructure must be completed.</p><p>The planning reform package, which includes the revised draft National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and the reforms to developer contributions, are fundamental to delivering the homes we need and set out a comprehensive approach to ensure that we get the right homes built in the right places of the right quality.</p><p>The reforms to developer contributions could provide a springboard for going further, and the Government will continue to explore options to create a clearer and more robust developer contribution system that really delivers for prospective homeowners and communities accommodating new development.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 22/03/2018 11:43:28 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	389 label Biography information for Caroline Flint

809602

	registered interest
	date	19/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Construction
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many major highway enhancement schemes costing more than £1 billion, were completed in the period 2010–15; what were the value for money criteria on which those projects were authorised; how much of any assessed benefit was attributed to time savings by road users; and whether the anticipated savings have been realised.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
	uin	HL4309
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>There are no major highway enhancements in England costing more than £1bn completed in the period 2010-15.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 21/12/2017 13:50:17 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

800431

	registered interest
	date	04/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Construction
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many major highway enhancement schemes, costing more than £5 billion, were completed in the period 2010–15; what were the value for money criteria on which those projects were authorised; how much of any assessed benefit was attributed to time savings by road users; and whether the anticipated savings have been realised.
	tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
	uin	HL3818
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2017 answer text <p>There have been no major highway enhancement schemes costing more than £5 billion completed between 2010-2015.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Sugg question first answered 15/12/2017 11:28:47 answering member 4584 label Biography information for Baroness Sugg
	tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

758377

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Construction
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 14 February (HL5245), what steps they have taken to minimise the risk of a repeat escalation of costs by 83 per cent to £13.6 million for the improvements to the A1 road near Gamston Airfield; and what admonishments to individuals or decisions to terminate or decline future contracts with individuals or firms have been taken following the Inquiry which was conducted.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
	uin	HL1381
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>This scheme was procured through a one-off Design and Build contract and Highways England has taken the lessons learnt into all such future schemes to ensure that such difficulties are not replicated.</p><p> </p><p>A pain-gain share mechanism was part of this contract, so the contractor suffered significant losses as a result. Highways England did not issue a ‘Consult Notice’ to the contractor following this scheme, meaning that they did not terminate any forthcoming contracts as a direct result of the contractor’s performance.</p> answering member printed Lord Callanan question first answered 13/09/2017 11:36:11 answering member 4336 label Biography information for Lord Callanan
	tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

541101

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether dual carriageways are more expensive to build than three lane roads.
	tabling member constituency	East Devon
	tabling member printed	Mr Hugo Swire
	uin	43723
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2016 answer text <p>Although a two lane dual carriageway might be expected to cost more to build than a three lane single carriageway, simply because it is wider, the costs involved in building new carriageways are influenced by a wide range of considerations specific to the particular location, such as topography, cost of acquiring land etc.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 05/09/2016 15:20:42 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

513727

	registered interest
	date	18/04/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which Road Investment Strategy schemes are due to begin construction in 2019-20.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
	tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
	uin	34313
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2016 answer text <p>The schedule for RIS schemes is set out in Highways England’s Delivery Plan 2015-2020 which is available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/424467/DSP2036-184_Highways_England_Delivery_Plan_FINAL_low_res_280415.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/424467/DSP2036-184_Highways_England_Delivery_Plan_FINAL_low_res_280415.pdf</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 21/04/2016 15:46:57 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

448136

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2016
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Construction
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 8 June 2015 (HL105), what trunk road improvement schemes there have been in the last five years, and for each of those, what was (1) the original target cost, and (2) the estimated completed cost.
	tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
	uin	HL5526
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The table below provides details of the major scheme on trunk roads opened in the last five financial years (from April 2011 to the present), together with the original target cost and latest outturn forecast (to the end of December 2015, and subject to closure of final accounts):</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Scheme Name</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Date Opened</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Original Target Cost (£m)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Outturn Forecast* (£m)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A3 Hindhead</p></td><td><p>Jul-11</p></td><td><p>362.5m</p></td><td><p>371.9m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A1 Dishforth to Leeming</p></td><td><p>Mar-12</p></td><td><p>327.5m</p></td><td><p>312.0m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A46 Newark to Widmerpool</p></td><td><p>Mar-12</p></td><td><p>382.9m</p></td><td><p>379.3m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A23 Handcross to Warninglid</p></td><td><p>Oct-14</p></td><td><p>76.9m</p></td><td><p>77.9m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A11 Fiveways to Thetford</p></td><td><p>Dec-14</p></td><td><p>104.7m</p></td><td><p>99.6m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A14 Kettering Bypass</p></td><td><p>Apr-15</p></td><td><p>41.9m</p></td><td><p>37.5m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A453 Widening</p></td><td><p>Jul-15</p></td><td><p>149.7m</p></td><td><p>164.5m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong><em>Totals</em></strong></p></td><td><p>1,446.1m</p></td><td><p>1,442.7m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 04/02/2016 12:11:45 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling

434095

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Construction
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government on how many occasions since 2010 they have provided additional funding to local authority road building schemes.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
	uin	HL4214
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2015 answer text <p>Since 2010 additional funding, above that allocated at the initial approval stage, has been provided to five local authority road schemes as follows:</p><br /><p>Norwich Northern Distributor Road - £10m</p><p>Fletton Parkway Widening (Peterborough) - £0.9m</p><p>Hartford Bridge Roundabout (Hampshire) - £0.4m</p><p>A4600 University Hospital Junction (Coventry) - £0.1m</p><p>Stafferton Way (Windsor and Maidenhead) - £0.8m</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 17/12/2015 11:58:23 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
	tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

389937

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many buried bodies have been moved in each of the last five years from their lawful place of burial to facilitate development of highway work; and what processes highways contractors must follow to move bodies for that purpose.
	tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
	tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
	uin	7043
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>Highways England who is responsible for the strategic road network do not hold the information centrally of how many buried bodes have been removed in the last five years from their lawful place of burial to facilitate the development of highway work and collating it would incur disproportionate cost. For local roads, the Department for Transport does not hold any records as this is a matter for each local highway authority.</p><p> </p><p>When dealing with human remains, highway contractors are required to comply with their legal obligations, including provisions through the 1857 Burial Act (as amended) and relevant requirements under ecclesiastical law.</p><p> </p><p>Where any remains are located in consecrated ground, the contractor must ensure that permissions to undertake the works are granted under ecclesiastical law through either a Faculty or a Pastoral Scheme.</p><p> </p><p>For non-consecrated ground, the contractor must have a licence issued through the Ministry of Justice. Specific requirements or directions issued under any such permission must be adhered to by the contractor, including any measures required by the local Environmental Health Officer or Public Health England for the protection of site workers or the public.　 Prior consultation with the relevant authorities (e.g. church/Diocese, Ministry of Justice) is required prior to application for any permission, including details on the proposed extent and exhumation methodology; treatment of remains and artefacts; and planned reburial of remains.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 21/07/2015 10:09:49 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight