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91580

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/09/2014
	date	10/09/2014
	date tabled	10/09/2014
	ddp created	10/09/2014 22:12:08
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 23:06:27
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Access to Work Programme
	house id	1
	identifier	208955
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	13/10/2014 11:34:12
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average time taken to process financial assistance claims for specialist equipment through the Access to Work scheme was in each year since 1994.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 208955
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	208955
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p /> <p>Internal management measures of operational performance for Access to Work have not been published as they are not assured. Over the 20 year data request period the planning assumptions and methodology of measurement have changed a number of times making comparisons unreliable.</p><p> </p> question first answered 13/10/2014 11:34:12
	creator	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

91540

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/09/2014
	date	10/09/2014
	date tabled	10/09/2014
	ddp created	10/09/2014 22:11:56
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 23:04:02
	answering body	Department for Transport
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Cycling
	house id	1
	identifier	208874
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	13/10/2014 13:33:06
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much (a) his Department and (b) local highways authorities have spent on consultants for cycling programmes, activities or projects in each year since 1997.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 208874
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	208874
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>We are unable to disaggregate the amount spent specifically on cycling from spend on consultancy. Furthermore, between 2005 and 2011 Cycling England were responsible for investment in cycling, however they were not consultants. For local highway authorities we do not keep this information centrally.</p><p> </p> question first answered 13/10/2014 13:33:06
	creator	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

91541

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/09/2014
	date	10/09/2014
	date tabled	10/09/2014
	ddp created	10/09/2014 22:11:56
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 23:04:10
	answering body	Department for Transport
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Safety
	house id	1
	identifier	208875
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	13/10/2014 12:26:56
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received on the applicability of road safety regulations to metric mixers.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 208875
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	208875
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department has received fourteen separate pieces of correspondence relating to metric mixers as at 24 September 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 13/10/2014 12:26:56
	creator	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

91549

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/09/2014
	date	10/09/2014
	date tabled	10/09/2014
	ddp created	10/09/2014 22:12:00
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 23:04:47
	answering body	Department for Transport
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads
	house id	1
	identifier	208884
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	15/10/2014 09:07:06
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the cost-benefit ratio of all current Highways Agency minor schemes under development and the applicable Transport Analysis Guidance (WebTAG) appraisal summary table for all such schemes.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 208884
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	208884
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>Minor Highways Agency schemes are identified from the needs of the strategic road network. They are assessed on the basis that they will meet the need identified at the right time and that they are value for money. The number of Highways Agency minor schemes currently scheduled for delivery in 2014/15 is in excess of 4,000 and a similar number are under development for 2015/16 and future years. The information requested therefore could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> question first answered 15/10/2014 09:07:06
	creator	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

91556

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/09/2014
	date	10/09/2014
	date tabled	10/09/2014
	ddp created	10/09/2014 22:12:02
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 23:05:18
	answering body	Department for Transport
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads
	house id	1
	identifier	208956
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	15/10/2014 10:15:16
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the (a) cost-benefit ratio and (b) Transport Analysis Guidance (WebTAG) appraisal summary table for all Highways Agency major schemes under development.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 208956
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	208956
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Department for Transport routinely publishes the value for money categories of major schemes that have been approved for delivery and are available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/percentage-of-dft-s-appraised-project-spending-that-is-assessed-as-good-or-very-good-value-for-money" target="_blank"><strong>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/percentage-of-dft-s-appraised-project-spending-that-is-assessed-as-good-or-very-good-value-for-money </strong></a><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>For major projects (valued at greater than £10 million) in preparation where the project has been sufficiently developed, the Highways Agency makes available the appraisal summary table (AST). This is updated at appropriate points through the project’s delivery lifecycle.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Details of the AST for each major project can be found on the Highways Agency website via the links in the table below which also summarises the associated BCR:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Scheme Name</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>BCR*</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A5/M1 J11a Link - <strong><a href="http://www.highways.gov.uk/publications/a5-m1-link-dunstable-northern-bypass-appraisal-summary-table/" target="_blank">Appraisal Summary Table (AST) Link</a></strong></p></td><td><p>4.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A30 Temple to Carblake - <strong><a href="http://www.highways.gov.uk/publications/a30-temple-to-higher-carblake-improvement-appraisal-summary-table/" target="_blank">Appraisal Summary Table (AST) Link</a></strong></p></td><td><p>6.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon - <strong><a href="http://www.highways.gov.uk/publications/a14-cambridge-to-huntingdon-improvement-scheme-appraisal-summary-table/" target="_blank">Appraisal Summary Table (AST) Link</a></strong></p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A63 Castle Street - <strong><a href="http://www.highways.gov.uk/publications/a63-castle-street-improvement-appraisal-summary-table/" target="_blank">Appraisal Summary Table (AST) Link</a></strong></p></td><td><p>3.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A19/A1058 Coast Road - <strong><a href="http://www.highways.gov.uk/publications/a19a1058-coast-road-junction-improvement-appraisal-summary-table/" target="_blank">Appraisal Summary Table (AST) Link</a></strong></p></td><td><p>3.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M4 J3 - J12 - <strong><a href="http://www.highways.gov.uk/publications/m4-junctions-3-12-smart-motorway-appraisal-summary-table/" target="_blank">Appraisal Summary Table (AST) Link</a></strong></p></td><td><p>2.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A160/A180 Immingham - <strong><a href="http://www.highways.gov.uk/publications/a160a180-port-of-immingham-improvement-appraisal-summary-table/" target="_blank">Appraisal Summary Table (AST) Link</a></strong></p></td><td><p>2.7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>*BCR produced in accordance with DfT WebTAG guidance and includes for both quantified and qualitative impacts.</p><p> </p><p>www.highways/gov.uk/roads</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> question first answered 15/10/2014 10:15:16
	creator	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

91558

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/10/2014
	date	10/09/2014
	date tabled	10/09/2014
	ddp created	10/09/2014 22:12:03
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 23:05:37
	answering body	Department for Transport
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads
	house id	1
	identifier	208974
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	13/10/2014 11:30:15
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the (a) cost-benefit ratio and (b) Transport Analysis Guidance (WebTAG) appraisal summary table of all current Highways Agency schemes in the planning or scoping phase.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 208974
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	208974
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>For potential future transport investments, the Department follows its guidance on Transport Business Cases and the relevant appropriate sections of the Transport Analysis Guidance to consider the case for such investments.</p><p> </p><p>In the early scoping phase of work, the required strategic outline business case does not require the production of benefit cost ratios or appraisal summary tables and it is therefore not possible to publish such information.</p><p><strong></strong></p><p> </p><p><strong></strong></p><p /><p><strong></strong></p><p> </p> question first answered 13/10/2014 11:30:15
	creator	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

91559

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/10/2014
	date	10/09/2014
	date tabled	10/09/2014
	ddp created	10/09/2014 22:12:03
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 23:05:41
	answering body	Department for Transport
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Official Hospitality
	house id	1
	identifier	208986
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	13/10/2014 11:41:41
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department and its agencies spent on refreshments in each year since 2010.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 208986
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	208986
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The table below shows the spend on refreshments by the Department for Transport and its agencies, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, Highways Agency, Maritime and Coastguard Agency, Vehicle Certification Agency, Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td>Department for Transport and Agencies</td></tr><tr><td>2010-11</td><td>11 months from May</td><td>£259,047.19</td></tr><tr><td>2011-12</td><td>12 months</td><td>£114,119.84</td></tr><tr><td>2012-13</td><td>12 months</td><td>£102,861.70</td></tr><tr><td>2013-14</td><td>12 months</td><td>£109,108.61</td></tr><tr><td>2014-15</td><td>5 months to-date</td><td>£41,463.35</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td>£626,600.69</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>By comparison, in the financial year 2009–10, the Department and its agencies spent £525,762.84.</p> question first answered 13/10/2014 11:41:41
	creator	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

91563

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	12/09/2014
	date	10/09/2014
	date tabled	10/09/2014
	ddp created	10/09/2014 22:12:04
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 23:05:55
	answering body	Department for Transport
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Visits Abroad
	house id	1
	identifier	209013
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	15/10/2014 12:15:38
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many overseas visits Ministers and officials in his Department have made in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014 to date; and what the (i) total cost and (ii) cost of (A) flights, (B) internal travel, (C) hotel accommodation and (D) subsistence was for each such visit.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 209013
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	209013
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The number of overseas visits made by Ministers is published on Gov.uk on a quarterly basis in arrears. The link is available here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-overseas-travel-data-for-department-for-transport" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-overseas-travel-data-for-department-for-transport</a></p><p> </p><p>In 2013-14, 17 visits were made at a cost of £54,191. The breakdown between these required cost types is not recorded. Costs for 2014 have not yet been published.</p><p> </p><p>The table below shows the overseas spend by officials of the Department for Transport and its agencies, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), Highways Agency (HA), Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA), Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA), Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA).</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Department for Transport and Agencies</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014-15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>12 months</p></td><td><p>5 months</p><p>April-August</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>a</p></td><td><p>Cost of flights</p></td><td><p>2,249,359</p></td><td><p>508,225</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>b</p></td><td><p>Cost of internal travel</p></td><td><p>276,958</p></td><td><p>52,268</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>c</p></td><td><p>Cost of hotel accommodation</p></td><td><p>298,874</p></td><td><p>112,619</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>d</p></td><td><p>Cost of subsistence</p></td><td><p>315,334</p></td><td><p>90,122</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Total Spend</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,140,524</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>763,234</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>We do not hold data on the number of visits.</p><p> </p><p>Over 50% of total spend relates to overseas travel by MCA officials to survey UK flag registered vessels abroad and by VCA engineers and a large proportion is recovered from clients.</p><p> </p><p>The central Department does not record the cost of overseas hotel accommodation separately from the total of hotel accommodation. However, the majority of spend relates to UK travel so these costs are not included above.</p><p> </p><p> </p> question first answered 15/10/2014 12:15:38
	creator	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

91360

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/10/2014
	date	10/09/2014
	date tabled	10/09/2014
	ddp created	10/09/2014 22:10:41
	ddp modified	07/02/2015 22:45:53
	answering body	HM Treasury
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
	hansard heading	Infrastructure
	house id	1
	identifier	208915
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	13/10/2014 15:13:07
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what proportion of Gross Domestic Product the Government spent on nationally significant infrastructure projects in each year since 1997.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 208915
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	208915
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer is ministerial correction answer text <p>The Government do not publish outturn or forecast data for expenditure on infrastructure projects as a proportion of Gross Domestic Product.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for Budget Responsibility publishes historical data on public sector gross investment (PSGI) as a percentage of GDP— this can be accessed at the following address;</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://budgetresponsibility.org.uk/pubs/PSF_aggregates_databank_Aug_2014.xls" target="_blank">http://budgetresponsibility.org.uk/pubs/PSF_aggregates_databank_Aug_2014.xls</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Further information on infrastructure investment can be found in the National Infrastructure Plan 2013, which is available on the Infrastructure UK website.</p> question first answered 13/10/2014 15:13:07
	creator	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden