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registered interest
date	08/04/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to present the new Buses Bill to Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	32814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/04/2016 answer text <p>Work continues on the drafting of the Bill. Its introduction will depend on the Parliamentary timetable, but we are working towards introducing the Bill in the next session.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 13/04/2016 14:34:44 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

447298

registered interest
date	25/01/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 16 December 2015 to Question 19489, when the Buses Bill will be introduced into Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	23950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2016 answer text <p>The Buses Bill is currently being drafted. The precise time of its introduction will be dependent on Parliamentary business.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 02/02/2016 14:45:11 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

436843

registered interest
date	09/12/2015
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, pursuant to the Answer of 8 December 2015 to Question 18162, if he will place in the Library a summary of the internal findings following his Department's consideration of the Quality Contract Scheme Board report.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	19489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2015 answer text <p>The Quality Contract Scheme (QCS) process is independent of the Department, and as such the Department has not formed a specific view on the merits of the proposed Tyne and Wear QCS proposal. The Quality Contract Scheme Board’s report has been considered internally with a view to informing and developing future policy and it is the Government’s intention to introduce a Buses Bill.</p><br /> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 16/12/2015 16:03:56 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

436844

registered interest
date	09/12/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles: Parking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December 2015 to Question 18160, on lorry parking, if he will update the House on his Department's progress on this issue once the initial discussions are complete.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	19488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2015 answer text <br /><p>We have not completed the initial discussions with the parties. We will continue to keep interested members informed.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 16/12/2015 15:57:21 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

433447

registered interest
date	01/12/2015
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, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2015 to Question 15582, if he will define bus franchising in relation to the North East Devolution Deal and how it differs from a Quality Contact Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	18399
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2015 answer text <p>The Buses Bill will provide the powers for local transport authorities to franchise their local bus services subject to agreement from Government. It will allow local transport authorities to replace the current deregulated bus market with a system of contracting, whereby the authority specifies the services or outcomes they are looking to achieve and bus companies bid to provide those services.</p><br /><p>The final content of the Bill is still being developed, but the process through which the franchising powers are exercised is likely to differ from that set out in the Quality Contract Scheme process. The intended outcome of franchising is similar to that of a Quality Contract Scheme, although there are likely to be some differences. For example, the ten-year time limit that applies to Quality Contract Schemes is not expected to apply under franchising.</p><br /> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 08/12/2015 17:13:36 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

433157

registered interest
date	30/11/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Tyne and Wear Metro: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to paragraph 3 (d)(a) of the North East Devolution Agreement, what funds the Government will provide for phase 2 of the Metro.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	18235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2015 answer text <p>The Spending Review 2015, as announced last week by my Right Honourable Friend, The Chancellor of the Exchequer, confirmed that a total of £120m has been allocated by way of capital grant, for the five year period 2016-2017 to 2020-2021, for Metro reinvigoration phase 2.</p><br /><p>This represents total central government funding of £317m to support asset renewals on the Metro since 2010 and will allow Nexus to plan with certainty its programme of works over the next five years.</p><br /> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 07/12/2015 13:32:23 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

433162

registered interest
date	30/11/2015
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, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2015 to Question 15582, whether he has commissioned legal advice on the findings of the Quality Contract Scheme Board and the consequences for buses.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	18162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2015 answer text <p>The Quality Contract Scheme Board’s report concerns a proposal under existing legislation. The Department has considered the report internally but has not sought any external legal advice on the findings of the Quality Contract Scheme Board.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 08/12/2015 11:31:03 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

433273

registered interest
date	30/11/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles: Parking
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 on the provision of lorry parking facilities on the strategic road network; and what steps he is taking to improve the provision of such facilities.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	18160
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2015 answer text <p>We have received three letters on this subject from MPs, plus several from hauliers and lorry drivers. We have also received representations in meetings with the Freight Transport Association, the Road Haulage Association and Unite the Union.</p><br /><p>We are concerned by suggestions that a lack of suitable, affordable facilities is one of the factors leading to the current shortage of lorry drivers. Therefore we are having discussions with the haulage industry and Highways England to see what improvements are possible.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 04/12/2015 14:08:34 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

427256

registered interest
date	09/11/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) complaints have been made about and (b) investigations have been conducted into bus companies by the North East Traffic Commissioners in each year since 2010; and what enforcement action has been taken as a result following each such complaint or investigation.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	15584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2015 answer text <p>The Traffic Commissioner for the North Eastern Traffic Area role is defined in the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 and is a regulatory role as opposed to an investigatory role. When complaints regarding the operation of Public Service Vehicles are received they are forwarded to the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) who may carry out an investigation and provide a report to the Traffic Commissioner, should concerns be identified. Complaints and investigations may relate to issues of vehicle maintenance, driver behaviour or the reliability of local bus services. The Traffic Commissioner can request that DVSA conduct an investigation or DVSA may carry out an investigation under their own initiative. Between April 2010 and March 2015, 91 complaints have been received by the Traffic Commissioner relating to PSV operators.</p><br /><p>The table below shows the number of public inquiries held between April 2010 and March 2015 at which the Traffic Commissioner considered regulatory action against the holder of a PSV operator’s licence.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><br></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014/15</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number of public inquiries completed</strong></p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>149</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Licence revocations</strong></p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Licence suspensions</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Reduction of vehicles authorised on licence</strong></p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Other conditions imposed on licence</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Formal warning given</strong></p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Disqualification of licence holder under the </strong> <strong>1985</strong> <strong> Act</strong></p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>No action taken</strong></p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Penalty imposed under Section 155 of the </strong> <strong>2000 </strong> <strong>Act</strong></p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Note: the figures in the last 8 rows may not equal the number of public inquiries held, as more than one action may betaken against a licence holder.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><br></p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>DVSA started to investigate Bus complaints, under the BOAM (Bus Operator Account Management) scheme in 2012. The first recorded compliant is dated 04/01/13. The BOAM scheme covers complaints for late and early running services, under the Traffic Commissioner’s statuary guidance of up to 1 minute early and 5 minutes late. If a service fails to operate or if the services either cuts short a route or diverts from a route.</p><br /><p>Between 2012 up to the present date DVSA received, 97 complaints. Out of those complaints DVSA investigated 94. Three complaints did not fall under BOAM, so were not investigated.</p><br /><p>12 complaints were referred to the Office of the Traffic Commissioners once the complaint was investigated.</p><br /> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 17/11/2015 15:36:13 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

427257

registered interest
date	09/11/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost has been of the North East Traffic Commissioners Quality Contact Scheme board to date.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	15583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2015 answer text <p>The Quality Contract Scheme Board (QCSB) that was convened to consider the proposed Quality Contract Scheme for Tyne and Wear published their report in accordance with the Transport Act 2000 on 3 November 2015.</p><br /><p>The cost incurred by QCSB in fulfilling their statutory obligation to date is £206,088. This figure should not increase significantly as the report has now been published.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 17/11/2015 14:44:42 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson