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46607

registered interest
date	02/04/2014
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 take steps to work with affected hauliers to avoid the increased cost caused by the reduction in Vehicle Excise Duty introduced as part of the Heavy Goods Vehicle User Levy.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	194926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have worked closely with the UK road freight sector throughout the development of the Heavy Goods Vehicle (HGV) Road User Levy to ensure that the cost to UK business as a result of paying a combined charge for Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) and HGV levy from 1<sup>st</sup> April 2014 is minimised, whilst working within the minimum levels of Vehicle Excise Duty set out in the Eurovignette Directive. Furthermore, to keep the administrative burden to UK operators to a minimum, the Levy will be paid at the same time as VED and in a single transaction.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Where costs do rise as a result of the combined Levy and VED payment, hauliers have the option to lower the plated weight of the vehicle and thereby reduce the VED they need to pay.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

46610

registered interest
date	02/04/2014
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 has been made by the cross-government working group on remotely piloted aircraft systems.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
uin	194957
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Cross Government Working Group has been discussing its draft Terms of Reference (extract copied below) and its membership. The focus of its work so far has been to gather information from the relevant departments to identify areas of common interest requiring collaboration.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><strong>RPAS Cross Government Working Group Vision and Activities</strong><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong><em>Vision</em></strong> : To provide a consistent government message on RPAS issues.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong><em>Objectives</em></strong>:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Inform RPAS-related Departmental policies and publish a UK Cross Government vision / strategy for UAS.</li><li>To identify Cross Government synergies and opportunities for efficiencies.</li><li>To identify and address barriers to a successful UK industry base, to support the Government's growth agenda.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><strong>Approach</strong><p> </p><ul><li>Focus for the co-ordination of all UK Government RPAS related activities.</li><li>Developing a better knowledge and a shared understanding of Departmental priorities, activities, ambitions &amp; concerns.</li><li>Help industry understand Government needs and vision.</li><li>Identify opportunities.</li><li>Identify key questions.</li><li>Community of users [identification of user requirements].</li><li>UK PoC for RPAS.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><strong>Issues to Address </strong><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>Identifying the extent to which the UK can support safe and secure RPAS operations in the UK, including options for the certification of RPAS, pilot licensing, and associated systems.</li><li>Identifying the key characteristics of RPAS infrastructure, including the potential radio spectrum for RPAS operations in the UK.</li><li>Seek to identify common Cross Government user requirements to understand future concepts for shared assets / system procurement and maintenance.</li><li>Determining how the UK might best position itself to take advantage of RPAS industry and technology.</li></ul><p> </p><strong> </strong><p> </p><strong>Engagement </strong><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Understand the potential benefits of RPAS to Government.</p><p> </p><p>Inform and be informed by active industry associations e.g.</p><p> </p><ul><li>Aeronautical and Aerospace and Defence Knowledge Transfer Network Autonomous Systems National technical committee.</li><li>Robotics and Autonomous Systems Special Interest Group.</li><li>Through identification of best practice and successful projects.</li><li>UK industry</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

46617

registered interest
date	02/04/2014
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 estimate his Department has made of the level of traffic congestion in Mid Sussex constituency in each year since 1997.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Nicholas Soames
uin	194882
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Estimates of road congestion levels for Parliamentary constituencies are not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We do however hold data at the local authority level. Road congestion is measured in the Department by morning peak speeds, defined as 7am to 10am. In 2013, the average weekday morning peak speed, on locally managed ‘A' roads in West Sussex County (local authority), which contains Mid Sussex constituency, was estimated to be 30.2 miles per hour.The equivalent figure for the whole of England in 2013 was 24.7 miles per hour.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Equivalent figures for earlier years back to 2007, and all other local highway authorities in England, can be found on the Department for Transport's website at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/279125/cgn0206.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/279125/cgn0206.xls</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

46618

registered interest
date	02/04/2014
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 his Department has made of the level of congestion on roads in Rossendale and Darwen constituency.
tabling member constituency	Rossendale and Darwen
tabling member printed	Jake Berry
uin	194832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Estimates of road congestion levels for Parliamentary constituencies are not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We do however hold data at the local authority level. Road congestion is measured in the Department by morning peak speeds, defined as 7am to 10am. In 2013, the average weekday morning peak speeds, on locally managed ‘A' roads in Blackburn with Darwen (local authority) and Lancashire County, both of which partly contain Rossendale and Darwen constituency, were estimated to be 19.3 and 25.3 miles per hour respectively. The equivalent figure for the whole of England in 2013 was 24.7 miles per hour.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Equivalent figures for earlier years back to 2007, and all other local highway authorities in England, can be found on the Department for Transport's website at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/279125/cgn0206.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/279125/cgn0206.xls</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry

46366

registered interest
date	01/04/2014
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 the value of uncollected vehicle excise duty was in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013.
tabling member constituency	Newport East
tabling member printed	Jessica Morden
uin	194787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The value of uncollected license duty in Great Britain was estimated to be £40m in 2011/12 and £35m in 2013/14, representing 0.7% and 0.6% respectively of the total road tax payable in each year. These estimates were derived from a DfT survey of unlicensed vehicles on the road carried out in alternate years, therefore no equivalent estimate is available for 2012/13.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><strong>Source:</strong><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/263397/ved-2013.pdf" target="_blank">Vehicle excise duty evasion estimates: 2013</a><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1548 label Biography information for Jessica Morden

46367

registered interest
date	01/04/2014
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, how many British heavy good vehicles (HGV) are not expected to be fully compensated by the reduction in vehicle excise duty introduced as part of the HGV User Levy; and whether this has changed since estimates were made in 2012.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	194746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We estimate that 94% of UK HGVs paying the levy will pay no more than they did before its introduction, taking into account the reductions in Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) that happened at the same time. This figure is the same as was published in the consultation document in January 2012, and discussed during the HGV Road User Levy Act's passage through Parliament.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

46370

registered interest
date	01/04/2014
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, pursuant to the Answer of 26 March 2014, Official Report, column 245W, on aviation, whether the regional air connectivity fund will be available to both new domestic and new international air routes; and when he plans to publish further information and guidance on eligibility for and the operation of the funding process.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	194699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>European Union state aid guidelines stipulate that for airports handling fewer than three million passengers per year only new routes to and from Common European Aviation Area destinations can be supported by start-up aid. The guidelines also state that start-up aid towards new routes is permissible for airports handling between three million and five million passengers per year, but will require additional scrutiny to ensure provision of the aid does not have a distortive impact on the market.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are aiming to publish the aforementioned guidance on how the Government will interpret the EU state aid guidelines this summer.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

45962

registered interest
date	31/03/2014
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 the maximum amount available to councils who apply for extra funding for potholes is; and what funding his Department provides to tackle pot holes in St Albans.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Mrs Anne Main
uin	194434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport provides capital funding to local highway authorities from the local maintenance highways maintenance capital block grant and over the four year period from 2011 Hertfordshire County Council's allocation is £77.6 million. St Albans falls within Hertfordshire County Council's area of responsibility for road maintenance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department has also allocated additional funding to authorities to help repair roads damaged due to severe weather events, and for Hertfordshire County Council this includes £1.446 million in 2010/11, £3.87 million in March 2011 and more recently over £3.62 million in March 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A £200 million Pothole Fund was announced in the Budget on 19 March 2014. From this, £168 million is being made available to councils in England through a bidding exercise. Further details on the fund will be made available shortly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 07/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1568 label Biography information for Mrs Anne Main