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536309

registered interest
date	12/07/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Unadopted Roads
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 improve the maintenance and safety of unadopted roads.
tabling member constituency	Erewash
tabling member printed	Maggie Throup
uin	905889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2016 answer text <p>The maintenance and safety of unadopted roads or private streets are the responsibility of the land owner. The decision on whether or not local authorities adopt roads, and therefore maintain them at the public expense, rests with each individual local highway authority.</p><p> </p><p>To help improve the process around road adoption for new developments, my department has been working with housebuilders and local authorities on the production of an Advice Note. This was published for consultation in January 2016 and the final version should be published later this year.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 18/07/2016 13:41:39 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4447 label Biography information for Maggie Throup

535304

registered interest
date	11/07/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Tees Valley Line: Rolling Stock
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, by what date his Department expects the replacement of Pacer trains on the Tees Valley Line to be completed.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	42343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>The replacement of Pacer trains across the Northern network will be completed by December 2019, although the timing of when this will occur on individual lines will be a matter for Northern Rail.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 13/07/2016 11:31:00 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

535305

registered interest
date	11/07/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Tees Valley Line
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 journey times on the Tees Valley Line.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	42344
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>As part of the new franchise award, the Northern franchisee will be required before October 2017 to undertake a feasibility study, identifying options for journey time improvements across the whole network, including services in the North East. This will include possible changes to existing infrastructure, improvements to rolling stock capability and reliability and the implementing of changes to service patterns.</p><p> </p><p>Any resulting changes would be in addition to the local benefits secured as part of the franchise including the withdrawal of pacer trains and the refurbishment of all the existing carriages retained in the franchise long term.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 13/07/2016 11:34:46 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

535306

registered interest
date	11/07/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Tees Valley Line: Rolling Stock
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 support disabled passengers and passengers of reduced mobility on the Tees Valley Line for the duration of operation of Pacer trains.
tabling member constituency	Redcar
tabling member printed	Anna Turley
uin	42345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>The Northern franchise was recently awarded to Arriva Rail North, who took over operations in April 2016. Arriva Rail North sets out its policy for providing assistance to disabled passengers and passengers of reduced mobility in its Disabled People’s Protection Policy (DPPP). Publishing commitments to on-board assistance in a DPPP is a passenger train operating licence requirement and is approved by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR). Arriva Rail North is also required to participate in the national Passenger Assist scheme for pre-booking assistance.</p><p> </p><p>‘Pacer’ trains operated by Arriva Rail North on the Tees Valley Line will be replaced ahead of the 2020 accessibility compliance deadline. From that date, all trains operated by Arriva Rail North will have to be compliant with the accessibility standards mandated by the Persons of Reduced Mobility Technical Specification for Interoperability (PRM-TSI). While Pacers do not meet the standards set out in the PRM-TSI, they do offer wheelchair spaces, audio announcements and manual boarding ramps to assist disabled passengers and persons of reduced mobility when travelling.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 13/07/2016 11:40:48 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4449 label Biography information for Anna Turley

535310

registered interest
date	11/07/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	River Thames: Tunnels
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 23 May 2016 to Question 37232, what assessment his Department made of the potential vehicular capacity of the two long tunnel options for the Lower Thames Crossing connected either (a) through junctions 2 and 30 on the M25 or (b) by direct connection to the motorway beyond the junctions.
tabling member constituency	Gravesham
tabling member printed	Adam Holloway
uin	42305
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2016 answer text <p>Both the long tunnel options between Darenth and South Ockenden would have a nominal capacity of approximately 8,000 vehicles per hour. In the morning peak hour at the year of opening in 2025, the (a) shorter tunnel option through junctions 2 and 30 on the M25 would have an initial forecast usage of 5,600 vehicles per hour and for (b) 3,400 for the longer beyond junction tunnel option.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 14/07/2016 07:26:55 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway

535317

registered interest
date	11/07/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Public Transport: Ribble Valley
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 potential effect on the travelling public of proposed reductions in spending on public transport in Ribble Valley.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	42427
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2016 answer text <p>It is for Lancashire County Council, as the transport authority for Ribble Valley, to decide how to allocate funding for public transport, in consultation with its districts and communities. The County Council has received £6.054m from the Integrated Transport Block for 2016/17. In addition, £1.86m of Bus Operators Services Grant (BSOG) has been provided to support bus services.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 14/07/2016 07:07:24 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

533621

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorway Service Areas: Charging Points
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many motorway service stations have rapid chargers installed to allow charging of electric vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	42144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>At almost every Motorway Service Area in the UK there is at least one rapid electric vehicle chargepoint. A full list of the available chargepoints at Motorway Service Areas can be found on the Government’s National Chargepoint Registry: <a href="http://www.national-charge-point-registry.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.national-charge-point-registry.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Highways England has a £15 million project to ensure that there is a chargepoint every 20 miles across 95% of the strategic road network, with the aim that these should be rapid chargepoints wherever possible.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 12/07/2016 10:15:44 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

533626

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Highways England: Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Highways England vehicles there are available for motorway patrol; how many such vehicles are deployed at any one time; and how many such vehicles deployed carry defibrillators.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent South
tabling member printed	Robert Flello
uin	42141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>Highways England’s traffic officer service has 198 vehicles. On a typical weekday, there are approximately 90 vehicles deployed during the day shifts and around 49 for night times. Where there are major events or severe weather warnings, with likely impacts on the strategic road network, additional vehicles will be used.</p><p> </p><p>None of the vehicles carry defibrillators.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 12/07/2016 10:26:08 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1569 label Biography information for Robert Flello

533627

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Calder Valley Line: Electrification
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 potential economic benefits to Bradford and the wider regional economy of electrifying the Calder Valley line.
tabling member constituency	Bradford South
tabling member printed	Judith Cummins
uin	42155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>Later this year the rail industry will present its initial advice to Government on investment needs for the national network, drawing on the outputs of Network Rail’s long term planning process, including its refresh of the national electrification strategy. Taking account of this advice and other inputs – including from Transport for the North - the Government intends to articulate its emerging priorities for improvement to the national network during 2017.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 12/07/2016 10:06:48 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4391 label Biography information for Judith Cummins

533628

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was generated from vehicle excise duty receipts in Greater Manchester in the last year for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
uin	42156
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency does not hold information on the amount of vehicle excise duty revenue collected by geographical region. The total vehicle excise duty revenue collected in financial year 2014-15 was around £6 billion.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 13/07/2016 08:47:21 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon