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45370

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to announce the findings of the Green Paper on improving the safety and reducing risks to young drivers.
	tabling member constituency	South Northamptonshire
	tabling member printed	Andrea Leadsom
	uin	193736
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The safety of young people on our roads is very important to us. Too many young people die, too often; we are wrestling with how to make things safer, while not unduly restricting the freedom of our young people. We want young people to be able to get to work and training, to education and to leisure activities, and we want them to do so safely. We are finding this a difficult balance, with passionate voices on both sides.</p><p> </p><p><br> On 27 January 2014, we held a meeting with the insurance industry and agreed the Department would commission new research into how telematics can change the behaviour and attitudes of learner drivers. We look forward to insurance companies sharing their data so that we can undertake this research. <br> <br> We are also in the process of undertaking some focus groups with parents, young people and employers to get a better understanding of the issues from their perspective.</p><p> </p><p><br> <br></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom

45704

	registered interest
	date	27/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will update the business case for High Speed 2 to reflect the fact that there will be no link with High Speed 1.
	tabling member constituency	South Northamptonshire
	tabling member printed	Andrea Leadsom
	uin	194270
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We will continue to revise and update the economic case for HS2 as new project milestones are reached, such as decisions on the preferred route for Phase 2, to ensure it is based on the best available evidence and latest understanding of the project, including taking account of the decision to remove the existing proposals for the HS1-HS2 link from the scheme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom

45127

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he plans to take to relieve congestion on roads.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	193669
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>This Government is committed to investing in infrastructure to reduce traffic congestion. This means spending £24 billion on strategic roads over this and the next Parliament, and accelerating the pace of delivery so that people affected see a difference more quickly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This includes a £500 million programme of pinch point schemes specifically targeted at tackling congestion on both the strategic and local road network, and a further £800 million being invested in 25 local major road schemes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have previously announced £183.5m for road repairs following the severe weather this winter and in the recent Budget, the Chancellor announced a further £200 millionfunding for pothole repairs. Of this, £168m will assist Councils in England, with the remaining £32m allocated to the devolved administrations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 01/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

45128

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential economic benefits to (a) the North-West and (b) Warrington of further upgrading the West-East line as proposed in the HS2 Plus Report.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Helen Jones
	uin	193697
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>No specific assessment has yet been made. In response to the HS2 Plus report, we have commissioned HS2 Ltd and Network Rail to undertake work to allow proposals to accelerate construction of the Crewe section of HS2 Phase Two and to build a new integrated hub station at Crewe to be looked at in detail as part of the consideration of the public consultation responses to Phase Two. We have also commissioned HS2 Ltd and Network Rail to make recommendations on enhancing connectivity in the midlands and the north before our response to the Phase Two consultation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

45129

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	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 effect of a regional transport hub at Crewe on the proposal by Warrington Borough Council for an alternative route for the High Speed 2 line north of Crewe; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington North
	tabling member printed	Helen Jones
	uin	193627
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>HS2 Ltd will undertake work to consider proposals for a hub station at Crewe as part of the consideration of the responses to the Phase Two consultation. This closed on 31 January and all responses, including that from Warrington Borough Council, are currently being considered. No decisions have yet been taken on the route but we will make an announcement on this in the autumn.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	432 label Biography information for Helen Jones

45363

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	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 from the Welsh Government or the Official Opposition on Barnett consequentials for Wales resulting from future High Speed 2 expenditure.
	tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
	tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
	uin	193879
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Ministers in the Department for Transport are in regular contact with the Welsh Assembly on a variety of matters; however, Ministers have not received representations from the Welsh Government or the Official Opposition regarding HS2 and Barnett consequentials.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Details of ministerial meetings with external organisations are published quarterly and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-transparency-data#meetings" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-transparency-data#meetings</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards

45124

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	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 schools that undertake cycling training; whether his Department provides information to schools on the wearing of cycle helmets by children; and if he will take steps to ensure that a Travel to School Policy becomes compulsory for all local education authorities in relation to schoolchildren and safety.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Mr Frank Field
	uin	193554
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport provides funding for the delivery of Bikeability cycle training in England. Currently approximately 8,177 schools take part in training delivered by either their Local Highway Authority or School Games Organiser Host School.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Bikeability courses include discussions on helmets during the equipment check. Those wearing helmets are taught how to fit and adjust them correctly and there are also wider discussions on safety equipment and what to wear.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education expects local authorities to meet its Home to School Transport Duties which includes ensuring safe walking routes and sustainable local travel. There are no plans to change the legislation or the policies that underpin this.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 31/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

45373

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department and the Highways Agency have made in delivering the Government's small and medium-sized enterprise procurement policy in road traffic management on the motorway network since 2010; what goods and services have been procured from which companies; at what cost; and what processes were used for the procurement of those goods and services.
	tabling member constituency	South Antrim
	tabling member printed	Dr William McCrea
	uin	193980
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Highways Agency has made the following progress in supporting the Department in delivering Government Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) procurement policy:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>made the use of Project Bank Account a default position on all contracts awarded since October 2011. This considerably speeds up payment times to the supply chain, including any SMEs. Highways Agency contracted business now accounts for over 80% of the overall government target for directing spend through project bank accounts,</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>increased visibility of SME supply chain spend through contracts using a combination of strengthened contract reporting requirements, project bank account data and supply chain survey. It is now the case that over 30% of supply chain spend on HA contracts is with SMEs, and in some cases this can be as high as 50% of overall spend. The SME spend through the Agency's planned collaborative delivery framework, currently being tendered, is expected to range between 30-50% of overall spend,</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>attended and presented at ‘Meet the Buyer' events around the country, with the two most recent of these being in Sheffield and Reading in late 2013. The opportunity was taken further to reduce barriers for SMEs by helping them identify sources of information on potential direct opportunities (HA website, Contracts Finder, Tenders Electronic Daily (TED)), plus providing attendees with advice on how to seek extended supply chain opportunities in relation to larger contracts,</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>launched a new page on their website targeting and providing information for SMEs, linked here- <a title="http://www.highways.gov.uk/about-us/procurement/supplier-selection-and-development/small-medium-entrprises-smes" href="http://www.highways.gov.uk/about-us/procurement/supplier-selection-and-development/small-medium-entrprises-smes" target="_blank">http://www.highways.gov.uk/about-us/procurement/supplier-selection-and-development/small-medium-entrprises-smes</a>,</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>increased use of Open procedure through the procurement process, with the Agency now looking, where feasible, to breakdown lot structures in framework agreements to increase attractiveness to a broader and deeper supply chain,</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>amended its Instruction for Tenderers (IFT) in 2013 to state that “The Highways Agency is committed to removing barriers to SME participation in its contracts and this includes sub-contracting opportunities. If you are proposing to sub-contract part of this contract, you should provide assurance that you have considered how SMEs could play a part and details of the measures you have put in place to encourage and enable their participation as your sub-contractors. If you are awarded the contract, we will ask you to provide regular information about your spend with SMEs under the contract and may publicise good practice on our websites and report such expenditure to other Government Departments'', and</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>become an active member of a cross government Cabinet Office led SME Champions Group looking at strategic alignment, sharing best practice and promoting behavioural change towards SMEs</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Highways Agency awarded a Temporary Traffic Management framework (TTM) in March 2013 (estimated value £660 million over 4 years). Breaking down the lot structure for this encouraged application/interest from SME suppliers, resulting in one of the eight successful suppliers being an SME (Forest Traffic Services Ltd).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>More broadly, since January 2010, 93 SME companies, names of which appear below, have been awarded HA contracts and/or task orders via frameworks, for the procurement of a range of goods, services and works with a total award value of just over £193m.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill attachment 1 file name 193980 - table.docx title SME companies awarded HA contracts
	tabling member	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

45371

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department and the Highways Agency are taking to reduce the risk of death or serious injury to road workers on the motorway network.
	tabling member constituency	South Antrim
	tabling member printed	Dr William McCrea
	uin	193978
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>As part of its Aiming for Zero safety programme, the Highways Agency established a Road Worker Safety programme designed to reduce risk exposure to road workers, a particular focus of which is to reduce the incidences of carriageway crossing by road workers. Within this programme, a number of projects have been commissioned to test simplifications and other changes to temporary traffic management arrangements to reduce road worker exposure to live traffic whilst maintaining standards of safety for road users. Some of these projects have been completed already; for example Signs Simplification, implemented December 2011, and Offside Signs Removal techniques, implemented November 2012.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The introduction of these innovative changes has already enabled a very substantial reduction in the number of carriageway crossings, leading to a proportionate reduction in road worker risk exposure. In March 2014 the Highways Agency published further guidance on the Offside Signs Removal technique, allowing it to be used to close a four lane carriageway. The Highways Agency is continuing to work with its supply chain to take forward further projects within this programme with the aim of further reducing road worker risk.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown

45372

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what commercial products his Department or the Highways Agency has mandated for use in road traffic management on the motorway network in the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	South Antrim
	tabling member printed	Dr William McCrea
	uin	193979
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>There are no products used by the Highways Agency which have been mandated in terms of what is used for road traffic management. These products are used by staff and contractors for the Highways Agency and such items are procured using a specification via a tender arrangement and not directed by the Department for Transport, or Ministers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 03/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	655 label Biography information for Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown