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347072

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Bus Services: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the winner will be announced of the Transport Catapult competition for the design of audio-visual systems on buses.
	tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
	tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
	uin	314
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2015 answer text <p>The winner of the ‘All Aboard’ technology competition was announced on 13<sup>th</sup> March 2015. Further information can be found on the Gov.uk website here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/nottingham-student-wins-design-competition-to-help-disabled-bus-passengers" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/nottingham-student-wins-design-competition-to-help-disabled-bus-passengers</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 01/06/2015 14:56:21 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

346855

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving: British Nationals Abroad
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward proposals to ensure that British citizens without internet access who wish to rent cars abroad for periods exceeding 48 hours, or in an emergency, are able to do so in the absence of the paper counterpart to the driving licence.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
	tabling member printed	Richard Burden
	uin	14
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/06/2015 answer text <p>A telephone service is available for drivers who do not have access to the internet. Drivers can give permission for certain information from their record to be given verbally over the telephone to a nominated person or organisation.</p><p> </p><p>Drivers will also be able to telephone the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency to request a secure access code that will allow them to share information electronically from their driver record with third parties.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 01/06/2015 15:49:54 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

347392

	registered interest
	date	28/05/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Liverpool
	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 feasibility of running a proportion of direct train services from London to Liverpool through (a) Newton-le-Willows, (b) Earlestown and (c) St Helens Junction.
	tabling member constituency	St Helens North
	tabling member printed	Conor McGinn
	uin	425
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Transport has made no assessment of the feasibility of running a proportion of direct train services from London to Liverpool through Newton-le-Willows, Earlestown or St Helens Junction.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 02/06/2015 14:00:02 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4458 label Biography information for Conor McGinn

347123

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Bus Services: Franchises
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 26 February 2015 to Question 225524, what progress KPMG has made in its review of the bus market.
	tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
	tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
	uin	282
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p>The consultants are progressing with their work and will publish their report once they have completed the study, expected to be in the early summer.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 02/06/2015 14:29:36 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

347124

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Bus Services: Tyne and Wear
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the Government's policy is on plans by the North East Combined Authority to implement a quality contract scheme for bus services in the Tyne and Wear area.
	tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
	tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
	uin	283
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/06/2015 answer text <p>Although the Department issues statutory guidance on the overall process, which was last done in 2009, following changes made by the Local Transport Act 2008, passed by the then Labour Government, the Government has no role in considering or approving individual quality contract schemes.</p><p> </p><p>Whether to adopt a quality contract scheme is therefore a matter for individual local authorities to determine.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 02/06/2015 14:40:59 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

347106

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	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	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 8 November 2010 to Question 21910, Official Report, column 112W, how many accidents involving a car towing, by item on tow, there have been in the UK since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	204
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>The table below gives the number of accidents involving a car towing, by item on tow, each year from 2010 to 2013 in Great Britain.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="5"><p><em>Reported accidents involving a car towing, by item on tow: GB 2010 to 2013</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Accident year</p></td><td><p>Single trailer</p></td><td><p>Double trailer</p></td><td><p>Caravan</p></td><td><p>Other<sup>1</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>400</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>155</p></td><td><p>76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>384</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>153</p></td><td><p>63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>313</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>121</p></td><td><p>68</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>324</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>64</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>1. Including accidents involving multiple cars towing different items</p></td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold information for Northern Ireland so cannot provide figures for the UK.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics for 2014 will be available from the 25<sup>th</sup> June.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 03/06/2015 10:22:17 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

347273

	registered interest
	date	28/05/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Herefordshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to reduce the number of potholes in Herefordshire.
	tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
	tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
	uin	365
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/06/2015 answer text <p>My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Transport announced on 23 December 2014 funding allocations for local highway authorities in England between 2015/16 and 2020/21. This includes over £60 million for Herefordshire. This funding can be used to reduce the number of potholes on the local road network.</p><p> </p><p>It is for each local highway authority to improve the condition of the local road network through planned preventative maintenance. The Department for Transport’s role is to support local authorities through the provision of funding and by sharing good practice.</p><p> </p><p>Further information on the funding allocations can be found at the following address: <a href="http://maps.dft.gov.uk/local-highways-maintenance-funding/" target="_blank">http://maps.dft.gov.uk/local-highways-maintenance-funding/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 03/06/2015 12:53:24 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

347022

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure that staff working at DVLA Swansea provide a good customer service since the closure of regional DVLA offices.
	tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
	tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
	uin	236
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The Drive and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) is meeting all of its customer service measures for transactions that were previously carried out in its network of local offices.</p><p> </p><p>Earlier this year, the DVLA launched two new digital services, which allow customers to retain and assign personalised registration numbers in real time, removing the requirement to return paperwork to the DVLA. These were two of the most commonly used services by customers of the local offices. These services are proving extremely popular with over a third of transactions already being carried out digitally.</p><p> </p><p>Overall customer satisfaction for all DVLA services is currently 93.12%.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 04/06/2015 12:30:58 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

347023

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons staff working at DVLA Swansea use a telephone answering system which gives a message and then cuts members of the public off without allowing them to leave a message or wait for their call to be answered; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
	tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
	uin	237
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2015 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) answers 1.8 million calls every month through both its Interactive Voice Recognition system and advisors, 95% of these within five minutes.</p><p> </p><p>At busy times, customers are placed in a queue to speak to an advisor. If demand is very high customers may receive a message indicating that all lines are busy. Calls are then terminated so customers are not charged unnecessarily. In the 2014/15 financial year in 2014/14, 4% of calls resulted in the busy message.</p><p> </p><p>Utilising existing lines or increasing the number of lines to allow customers to leave messages would require resource to be diverted from answering live calls in order to respond to those who left a message. DVLA information is available online and customers can also contact the DVLA via GOV.UK and email.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 04/06/2015 12:36:02 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

347728

	registered interest
	date	01/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railway Stations: Horden
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the expected delivery date is for the completion of Horden Railway Station.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	584
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>The construction of a new station at Horden is being promoted by Durham County Council and funded from the North East Local Enterprise Partnership Growth Deal. To date, no approval has been sought from the Secretary of State for its opening. The Department would expect the sponsors to work with the future Northern franchisee to develop a deliverable plan.</p><p> </p><p>The Invitation to Tender for the northern rail franchise, published in February 2015, confirmed that we would be asking bidders to replace the Pacer trains and introduce 120 new-build vehicles by January 2020. This is part of our transformation of rail travel in the north and a step in the creation of a northern powerhouse for the UK economy.</p><p> </p><p>The Government established Transport for the North (TfN) in October 2014 to formalise cooperation on transport issues in the North. The aim is for TfN to speak with one voice to Government on the transport priorities for the whole of the North. The Department is working closely with TfN and Rail North to develop and prioritise the rail options so that the first tranche is ready for consideration as part of the Government’s Rail Investment Strategy for the next rail investment period (CP6, 2019 – 2024).</p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">There is currently a two-hourly Northern service on the Middlesbrough-Sunderland-Newcastle route, with a couple of extra services. By December 2017, this will become an hourly service.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> <p /> <p>Northern Rail provides an hourly service in each direction between Newcastle and Middlesbrough throughout the day with some additional trains at peak times with some through trains serving Hexham and Nunthorpe. Northern improved the Sunday service frequency between Newcastle and Middlesbrough in May 2015 so trains now run every hour in each direction through the week.</p><p /> <p> </p></ins><ins class="ministerial">The ITT for the future franchise requires bidders to provide a materially similar number of train services along the Durham Coast line each day of the week.</ins></p><p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 08/06/2015 13:08:06 question first ministerially corrected 17/06/2015 14:36:24 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones previous answer version 2943 answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris