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428412

registered interest
date	16/11/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	A303: Dual Carriageways
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what mitigation work is planned for Chicklade as part of the plans to dual the A303 at Stonehenge.
tabling member constituency	South West Wiltshire
tabling member printed	Dr Andrew Murrison
uin	16374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2015 answer text <p>As the Amesbury to Berwick Down (Stonehenge) scheme is in the early stage of development, it is too soon to determine the mitigation work, say due to the impact of construction traffic or increases in traffic volumes on other sections of the A303.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 24/11/2015 14:41:11 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison

428220

registered interest
date	13/11/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	A303: Road Traffic
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the increase in (a) traffic and (b) HGV traffic on the A303 at Chicklade in each year to 2030.
tabling member constituency	South West Wiltshire
tabling member printed	Dr Andrew Murrison
uin	16235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government announced in December 2014 that we intend to upgrade all remaining sections of the A303 between the M3 and the A358 to dual carriageway standard, together with creating a dual carriageway link from the M5 at Taunton to the A303, as part of a long-term commitment to creating a new Expressway to the South West. We intend to start this process with three major improvements, as part of a total A303 / A30 / A358 corridor package of commitments worth £2 billion:</p><ul><li>Amesbury to Berwick Down</li><li>Sparkford to Ilchester</li><li>A358 Southfields to M5 Taunton</li></ul><br /><p>After previous attempts to improve the A303 have been shelved, the Government is determined to finally deliver this scheme.</p><br /><p>Information on the future level of traffic on the A303 was published in the A303/A30/A358 Corridor Feasibility Study published in February 2015 (at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/road-investment-strategy#feasibility-studies" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/road-investment-strategy#feasibility-studies</a>).</p><br /><p>The study did not identify separate figures for Chicklade at this early stage of development. However, the study provides projections for 2021, 2031 and 2041 for the corridor between the A350 and A36 which includes Chicklade.</p><br /><p>The study includes the cost of the whole A303 route improvement. The dualling of the A303 from Wylye to Mere was investigated in the study as two separate schemes: Chicklade Bottom to Mere with an estimated cost of between £199m to £293m; and Wylye to Stockton Wood. There is no separate estimate for Wylye to Stockton Wood.</p><br /><p>Due to the early stage of the schemes development it is too early to provide estimates of traffic noise and pollution in Chicklade from the proposed dualling the A303 at Stonehenge.</p><br /> <br /> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 16233 16234 question first answered 23/11/2015 12:22:02 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison

428222

registered interest
date	13/11/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	A303: Dual Carriageways
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the expected cost of dualling the A303 from Wylye to Mere.
tabling member constituency	South West Wiltshire
tabling member printed	Dr Andrew Murrison
uin	16234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government announced in December 2014 that we intend to upgrade all remaining sections of the A303 between the M3 and the A358 to dual carriageway standard, together with creating a dual carriageway link from the M5 at Taunton to the A303, as part of a long-term commitment to creating a new Expressway to the South West. We intend to start this process with three major improvements, as part of a total A303 / A30 / A358 corridor package of commitments worth £2 billion:</p><ul><li>Amesbury to Berwick Down</li><li>Sparkford to Ilchester</li><li>A358 Southfields to M5 Taunton</li></ul><br /><p>After previous attempts to improve the A303 have been shelved, the Government is determined to finally deliver this scheme.</p><br /><p>Information on the future level of traffic on the A303 was published in the A303/A30/A358 Corridor Feasibility Study published in February 2015 (at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/road-investment-strategy#feasibility-studies" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/road-investment-strategy#feasibility-studies</a>).</p><br /><p>The study did not identify separate figures for Chicklade at this early stage of development. However, the study provides projections for 2021, 2031 and 2041 for the corridor between the A350 and A36 which includes Chicklade.</p><br /><p>The study includes the cost of the whole A303 route improvement. The dualling of the A303 from Wylye to Mere was investigated in the study as two separate schemes: Chicklade Bottom to Mere with an estimated cost of between £199m to £293m; and Wylye to Stockton Wood. There is no separate estimate for Wylye to Stockton Wood.</p><br /><p>Due to the early stage of the schemes development it is too early to provide estimates of traffic noise and pollution in Chicklade from the proposed dualling the A303 at Stonehenge.</p><br /> <br /> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 16233 16235 question first answered 23/11/2015 12:22:02 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1466 label Biography information for Dr Andrew Murrison

423808

registered interest
date	26/10/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Fuels: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions Ministers or officials have had with HM Treasury regarding the disparity between diesel and petrol prices in the last three months.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent South
tabling member printed	Robert Flello
uin	13304
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2015 answer text <p>Ministers and officials meet regularly with HM Treasury on a wide range of issues.</p><br /> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 29/10/2015 17:06:42 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1569 label Biography information for Robert Flello

391524

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Mode Shift Revenue Support Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much and what proportion of its expenditure the Mode Shift Revenue Support scheme granted to (a) rail and (b) maritime freight operators in each year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	8000
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2015 answer text <p><br></p><p><strong>Mode Shift Revenue Support (MSRS) expenditure for rail freight moved in each year since the scheme started in April 2010, is shown in the table below. </strong></p><p><br></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></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></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total MSRS expenditure (including inland waterway)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£19,373,617</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£16,489,457</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£16,869,638</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£16,752,301</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£17,792,310</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>MSRS rail expenditure</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£19,373,617</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£16,439,868</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£16,752,664</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£16,622,583</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£17,691,643</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Rail as proportion of MSRS expenditure</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>99.70%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>99.30%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>99.23%</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>99.43%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>The MSRS scheme also covers inland waterways but not maritime freight. Mode shift support for coastal and short sea shipping is provided though a separate scheme, Waterborne Freight Grant, for which expenditure is shown in the table below. </strong></p><p><br></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></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></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Waterborne Freight Grant</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£240,594</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£81,770</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£416,349</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£557,878</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£283,741</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 07/09/2015 12:01:07 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

389934

registered interest
date	14/07/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Petrol
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 petrol with nil or low biofuel content remains widely available for (a) vehicles registered as historic and (b) other older vehicles; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	7045
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>The ethanol content of petrol supplied in the UK is a commercial matter for fuel suppliers, subject to the Motor Fuel (Composition and Content) Regulations 1999 which set the maximum permissible ethanol content of petrol at ten per cent, known as E10. The Regulations set no minimum ethanol content.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>E10 is not yet on sale in the UK. Petrol sold in the UK today typically contains up to five per cent ethanol, known as E5.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Motor Fuel (Composition and Content) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 ensure that E5 petrol will continue to remain available until the end of 2016, thereby providing a ‘protection grade’ of petrol for drivers of those vehicles which would be incompatible with petrol which has a higher ethanol content.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Should E10 be rolled out by suppliers, we will carefully assess the compatibility of the UK vehicle fleet in determining whether to extend the regulatory requirement for E5 to remain available beyond 2016.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This Government　recognises the concerns of owners of some older vehicles that may not be compatible with E10. The Department is in regular contact with suppliers who in turn have been asked to write to us to give at least three months of notice if they were to plan the introduction of this fuel. As yet none have indicated they have any immediate plans to introduce E10.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 21/07/2015 10:13:29 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

389309

registered interest
date	13/07/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Freight: Grants
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 effect of the (a) Mode Shift Revenue Support and (b) Waterborne Freight Grant schemes on modal shift of freight from road to rail and water since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	6680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>Operation of the schemes was assessed in a research study carried out by Ove Arup and Partners Ltd. A summary report entitled &quot;a Review of Revenue Support Freight Grant Schemes&quot; was published on the gov.uk site in May 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>An evaluation of the Waterborne Freight Grant scheme was also made in October 2014 by the Department and the Scottish Government as part of the State Aid renewal application process.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 16/07/2015 14:26:07 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

387433

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Freight
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what financial support his Department has provided to rail freight flows from (a) Tilbury and (b) London Gateway ports in each year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	5422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p>Financial Support for rail flows was provided under the Rail Environmental Benefit Procurement Scheme (Intermodal) in 2009/10 and the Mode Shift Revenue Support (Intermodal) scheme in subsequent years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The following table is an estimate of the funding awarded, including contributions from the Welsh Government, where appropriate.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tilbury</p></td><td><p>£1,230,000</p></td><td><p>£1,468,000</p></td><td><p>£1,638,000</p></td><td><p>£1,740,000</p></td><td><p>£1,415,000</p></td><td><p>£1,196,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p><p>Gateway</p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p>£34,000</p></td><td><p>£603,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As funding is awarded on a zone to zone basis, it is not possible to give an exact assessment of funding for freight flows from individual ports.</p><p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>There were no awards for rail freight operations during this period at either Tilbury or London Gateway through the Freight Facilities Grant Scheme, which was closed in England in 2011.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 5423 question first answered 07/07/2015 12:25:25 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

387434

registered interest
date	02/07/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Freight
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what financial support his Department has provided to rail freight operations from (a) Tilbury and (b) London Gateway ports in each year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	5423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p>Financial Support for rail flows was provided under the Rail Environmental Benefit Procurement Scheme (Intermodal) in 2009/10 and the Mode Shift Revenue Support (Intermodal) scheme in subsequent years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The following table is an estimate of the funding awarded, including contributions from the Welsh Government, where appropriate.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tilbury</p></td><td><p>£1,230,000</p></td><td><p>£1,468,000</p></td><td><p>£1,638,000</p></td><td><p>£1,740,000</p></td><td><p>£1,415,000</p></td><td><p>£1,196,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p><p>Gateway</p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p>£ -</p></td><td><p>£34,000</p></td><td><p>£603,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As funding is awarded on a zone to zone basis, it is not possible to give an exact assessment of funding for freight flows from individual ports.</p><p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>There were no awards for rail freight operations during this period at either Tilbury or London Gateway through the Freight Facilities Grant Scheme, which was closed in England in 2011.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 5422 question first answered 07/07/2015 12:25:25 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins