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date	23/05/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: South Yorkshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many official visits (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department made to (i) Barnsley and (ii) South Yorkshire in each year since their respective appointments.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	257801
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>The Secretary of State and the current Ministerial team have visited South Yorkshire in the following years since their respective appointments:</p><p>2016 – 1</p><p>2017 – 1</p><p>2018 – 0</p><p>2019 - 2</p><p>Previous Departmental Ministers have also visited South Yorkshire since 2016 and Ministers have met with MPs and officials from South Yorkshire in London during this time.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 05/06/2019 12:03:24 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1128260

registered interest
date	22/05/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Independent Commission on Civil Aviation Noise
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he took to secure political impartiality when selecting members of the Independent Commission on Civil Aviation Noise; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	257396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>All appointments to the Independent Commission on Civil Aviation Noise (ICCAN) have been made following an interview process based on the principles of merit, openness and fairness, in accordance with the Governance Code for Public Appointments. The recommended candidate for Head Commissioner was asked to step down from his position as an elected councillor before being appointed to ICCAN. The 7 principles of public life apply to all members of the Independent Commission on Civil Aviation Noise.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 05/06/2019 12:09:03 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1128269

registered interest
date	22/05/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	M20: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department’s timescale is for the installation on the M20 smart motorway of emergency refuge areas spaced at no more than 1 mile apart.
tabling member constituency	Chatham and Aylesford
tabling member printed	Tracey Crouch
uin	257470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government has always been clear that the benefits of smart motorways will not be delivered at the expense of safety, with Highways England setting a strict objective that each scheme should be at least as safe as a traditional motorway.</p><p> </p><p>Operational evidence shows no consistent correlation between the number of vehicles stopping in live lane on smart motorways and the spacing of emergency areas – with a broadly comparable live lane breakdown rate even where emergency areas were three times further apart.</p><p> </p><p>However, to help drivers feel more confident they can find a place to stop in an emergency, Highways England are reducing the maximum spacing of emergency areas on future smart motorway schemes from about every mile and a half (about 90 seconds at 60mph) to around every mile (about every minute at 60mph).</p><p> </p><p>Highways England is committed to improving its emergency areas on the M20 by installing improved signage and conspicuous orange surfacing.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 04/06/2019 14:46:12 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch