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registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Renewable Fuels
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to improve investor confidence in the production of (a) renewable fuel in general and (b) sustainable aircraft fuel.
tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
tabling member printed	Mike Kane
uin	38665
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2016 answer text <p>Sustainable fuels have an important role to play in reducing carbon emissions from transport, particularly in sectors where there are limited alternatives for decarbonisation, such as aviation.</p><p> </p><p>The Transport Energy Task Force which reported in March 2015 brought together a broad stakeholder group to provide expertise to support the Department for Transport in identifying and assessing options to decarbonise transport energy. The Task Force explored the potential for consensus amongst stakeholders on the role transport energy could play and how this could be delivered, including steps to improve investor confidence in the production of sustainable renewable transport fuels, and a specific aviation biofuels focus.</p><p> </p><p>The Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) certification scheme is the UK’s primary mechanism to incentivise the use of sustainable renewable fuels in road transport. Following the Transport Energy Task Force report, we have been working on proposals designed to enable us to set a clear long term pathway for the use of sustainable renewable transport fuels in the UK. In particular, we are assessing the benefits of making sustainable aviation fuels eligible for certificates under the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO). We aim to publish a consultation on legislative amendments to the RTFO later this year.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, in September 2015 the Department for Transport’s Advanced Biofuel Demonstration Competition, aimed at kick-starting a domestic advanced biofuels industry, awarded £25m of matched capital grant funding to build three sustainable biofuel plants in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 07/06/2016 14:25:54 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

522235

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to assist local authorities with the maintenance of rural roads.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	38842
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Transport is providing local highway authorities in England, outside London, with over £6.1 billion for highways maintenance between 2015 and 2021. This includes an additional £250 million for a Pothole Action Fund. It is for highway authorities to determine how this funding is utilised based on their needs and priorities and can include maintenance of rural roads.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 07/06/2016 14:39:01 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

522237

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Motorcycles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much information his Department holds on how many electric motorcycles have been sold in the UK in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	East Antrim
tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
uin	38783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2016 answer text <p>Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency statistics on electric motorcycles which were new registrations sold in the UK in each of the last three years are detailed in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>91</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport and its agencies do not hold any data for second hand sales.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 07/06/2016 14:29:22 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson

522239

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic: Stafford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many traffic surveys and counts his Department has conducted in Stafford constituency since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	38838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Transport (DfT) has conducted the following numbers of manual traffic counts within the area covered by Stafford constituency in each year since 2010.</p><p> </p><p>2010 9 counts</p><p>2011 9 counts</p><p>2012 10 counts</p><p>2013 11 counts</p><p>2014 5 counts</p><p>2015 5 counts</p><p> </p><p>These counts are carried out for the purpose of producing DfT’s statistics on traffic. They are conducted by observing traffic at designated locations and consequently have no impact on the traffic flows.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 07/06/2016 14:43:35 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

522240

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cars: Stafford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many registered car owners there were in Stafford constituency in each year since 2005.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	38839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) records registered keepers of vehicles rather than owners. The number of cars registered since 2005 in the Stafford constituency is not available. However, a snapshot of the DVLA’s vehicle register in February 2016 shows that there were 114,837 vehicles registered to an address in the Stafford constituency.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 09/06/2016 13:58:58 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

522242

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Speed Limits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to tackle speeding by (a) cars, (b) HGVs and (c) buses.
tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
tabling member printed	Catherine West
uin	38855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>The Department educates drivers about the importance of observing speed limits through The Highway Code, the driving test and THINK! campaigns. Enforcement of speeding offences is a matter for the police.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 06/06/2016 15:58:51 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

522243

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	M20
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department is making on the procurement and appointment process for the construction of a new lorry park around junction 11 on the M20.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	38752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2016 answer text <p>Highways England have appointed Mott MacDonald Sweco JV as designers and awarded the contract for the potential construction of a lorry area on the M20 to Balfour Beatty.</p><p> </p><p>Following the recent consultation, the Secretary of State will make an announcement on the decision on the preferred site in the summer 2016.</p><p> </p><p>Awarding the construction contract early will ensure that Highways England is in the best position to enable the earliest possible start of construction, following the announcement on the decision on the preferred site by the Secretary of State.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 07/06/2016 14:21:33 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

522244

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic: South East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking on steps to find a long-term solution for congestion in the South East.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	38753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to alleviating congestion in the South East and is providing £15.2 billion between 2015 and 2021 to invest in our strategic road network. This is the biggest upgrade to our motorways and A roads for a generation, and it is adding capacity and tackling congestion. Of this total, about £2.2 billion is being invested in the South East and includes tackling congestion on key parts of the network such as the M25.</p><p> </p><p>On local roads we have set up the £12 billion Local Growth Fund to 2021 which has enabled Local Authorities through the Local Enterprise Partnerships to identify and secure funding for projects to enable among other things, local road improvements and sustainable local transport projects. This is on top of over £6 billion through to 2021 to councils in England to help maintain their local roads and repair potholes. This funding includes more than £143 million for the South East in 2016/17, and over £777 million up to 2021.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, our investment in railways contributes to the Government’s overall transport vision by facilitating, amongst other things, congestion relief on our road network. As part of our Rail Investment Strategy, the Government is investing over £700 million on infrastructure in the most congested routes in London and the South East between 2014-2019, in addition to delivering the Crossrail and Thameslink Programmes to transform east-west and north-south travel across the region.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 07/06/2016 14:51:24 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

522246

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	A1: Lincolnshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason several cameras are being installed on the A1 north of Colsterworth; how many accidents have occurred on the stretch of road being covered by those cameras in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	38704
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>Highways England are installing average speed cameras on the A1 north of Colsterworth as part of a safety improvement scheme. This is in response to safety concerns in the Stoke Rochford area. Monitoring has identified this site as having a high cluster of collisions resulting in injuries where speed was a contributing factor.</p><p> </p><p>Validated accident data for this section of the A1 from 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2014 show a total of 62 personal injury collisions:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Slight Injury</p></td><td><p>Serious Injury</p></td><td><p>Fatal</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 09/06/2016 13:17:21 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

522247

registered interest
date	26/05/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his latest assessment is of the effectiveness of the foreign lorry user charge; whether he has been in discussion with any representatives of the EU concerning the compliance of that charge with EU law; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	38705
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2016 answer text <p>Since the levy started in April 2014, 4 million levies had been purchased for foreign-registered vehicles, raising £96.22 million in receipts, by the end of March 2016. Compliance rates continue to run at about 95 per cent in Great Britain. My Department has been engaged in discussions with the European Commission since the early stages of development of the levy. British drivers regularly pay when they use the roads in other countries, and the Government policy is that it is fair that foreign HGV drivers should do the same here.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 09/06/2016 13:49:21 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight