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348583

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Cumbria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what investment in road infrastructure there has been in (a) Workington constituency and (b) Allerdale district in each year since 2005.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
uin	1146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>Highways England (formerly the Highways Agency) is responsible for the Strategic Road Network and Cumbria County Council for the local road network within the Workington constituency and Allerdale district. The A595 Parton to Lillyhall improvement was the one major project that Highways England were responsible for in the wider Allerdale district since 2005. The spend profile since 2005/06 is shown below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2005/06</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2006/07</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2007/08</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008/09</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spend (£m)</p></td><td><p>0.95</p></td><td><p>4.785</p></td><td><p>14.616</p></td><td><p>20.534</p></td><td><p>0.596</p></td><td><p>0.539</p></td><td><p><strong>42.642</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Highways England spent the following amounts on maintenance and improvements:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Allerdale District</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p>Workington Constituency</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005/2006</p></td><td><p>0.917</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2005/2006</p></td><td><p>0.050</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/2007</p></td><td><p>2.123</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2006/2007</p></td><td><p>0.055</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/2008</p></td><td><p>2.536</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2007/2008</p></td><td><p>0.004</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/2009</p></td><td><p>1.917</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2008/2009</p></td><td><p>0.016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/2010</p></td><td><p>2.151</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2009/2010</p></td><td><p>0.246</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/2011</p></td><td><p>1.365</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2010/2011</p></td><td><p>0.210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/2012</p></td><td><p>0.484</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2011/2012</p></td><td><p>0.010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/2013</p></td><td><p>1.476</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2012/2013</p></td><td><p>0.000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/2014</p></td><td><p>2.553</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2013/2014</p></td><td><p>0.052</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/2015</p></td><td><p>1.597</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2014/2015</p></td><td><p>0.070</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport provides funding to local highway authorities for the local road network. For Cumbria County Council the allocations since 2005 are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005/06</p></td><td><p>15.816</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/07</p></td><td><p>17.378</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>18.691</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>19.801</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>26.478</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>58.27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>49.197</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>34.772</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>47.616</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>40.666</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>36.708</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Cumbria have also been allocated £24.6 million through the Local Growth Fund announced in July 2014 and January 2015 for transport schemes including £2m towards replacement of a life expired road bridge that provides access to the Port of Workington.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 09/06/2015 15:43:30 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

348584

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Cumbria
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 provision of local bus services in Cumbria.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
uin	1147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to improving bus services for all and expenditure on buses reflects this. It is for individual local authorities to determine how much of the block grant funding they receive is allocated to supporting bus services. The latest out-turn figures, for 2013/14, show that Cumbria County Council has an annual budget of over £2.5m for this purpose.</p><p> </p><p>The Department also provides direct support to bus services each year through Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG), of which Cumbria County Council has received £480,314 covering the 2014/15 financial year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 09/06/2015 10:00:12 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

348585

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Cumbria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road accidents occurred on the (a) A66 between Workington and Keswick, (b) A595 and (c) A596 in each of the last 10 years; and how many of those accidents resulted in fatalities.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
uin	1148
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The table below gives the total number of reported personal injury road accidents, total number of reported fatal accidents and total number of reported fatalities for the (a) A66 between the junction with the A596 in Workington and the roundabout junction with the A591 north of Keswick, (b) A595 and (c) A596 for each year from 2004 to 2013.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Road</p></td><td><p>Total reported accidents</p></td><td><p>Of which fatal accidents</p></td><td><p>Fatalities</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004</p></td><td><p>A66</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>A66</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>A66</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>A66</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>A66</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>A66</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>A66</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>A66</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>A66</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>A66</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004</p></td><td><p>A595</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>A595</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>A595</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>A595</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>A595</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>A595</p></td><td><p>118</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>A595</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>A595</p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>A595</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>A595</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004</p></td><td><p>A596</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>A596</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>A596</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>A596</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>A596</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>A596</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>A596</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>A596</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>A596</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>A596</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Statistics for 2014 will be available from 25 June.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 09/06/2015 10:05:54 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

348586

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
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 steps he is taking to encourage more rail freight through the Port of Workington.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
uin	1149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>Government supports the transfer of freight from road to rail where it is practical, economic and environmentally sustainable to do so.</p><p> </p><p>In January 2015 the Cumbria Local Enterprise Partnership was provisionally awarded £6m to improve access to the Port of Workington as part of its expanded Growth Deal. Access and capacity for freight trains will be improved by the construction of a new rail crossover and a replacement road over rail bridge will be constructed with a larger span to cater for additional rail sidings, should these be required in the future.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 09/06/2015 10:10:06 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

348587

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Workington
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received on the reopening of Workington North station.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
uin	1150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Transport has no record of any recent representation on this matter.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 09/06/2015 10:15:03 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

348588

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Northern Rail: Ticket Offices
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 fulfil the terms of clause 9.2 of the Franchise Side Agreement with passenger transport executives (PTEs) in receipt of consultation with affected PTEs on plans for reduced opening hours of ticket offices by Northern Rail.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	1273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>This proposal was developed by Northern Rail as part of a package of efficiency savings to reduce cost to the taxpayer. As a consultee, the Secretary of State considered whether the proposals met the criteria for a Minor Change under the Ticketing and Settlement Agreement.</p><p> </p><p>(a) These factors are not routinely recorded.</p><p> </p><p>(b) A new franchise will be let prior to the tram-train services commencing. It would be for the future operator to consider amending ticket office hours or station procedures as passenger demand increases.</p><p> </p><p>(c) Consideration was given to possible detriment to station security or cleanliness. Following the redevelopment of Rotherham Central in 2012, CCTV cameras are in place there. These are monitored remotely by Northern Rail and by South Yorkshire PTE.</p><p> </p><p>Northern was advised, in October 2014, that they should seek buy-in from major stakeholders – including the PTEs – to highlight and remove any weaknesses in their proposals. The criteria for a Minor Change were satisfied. Therefore, as the Secretary of State had no discretion in relation to the decision there was no opportunity for any effective consultation.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 1259 question first answered 09/06/2015 09:33:23 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

348592

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rotherham Central Station
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether, when approving the request from Northern Rail to reduce the opening hours of the ticket office at Rotherham Central Station (a) he took into account numbers of passengers who sought information, help and use of the waiting room or toilet, (b) assumptions about patronage increase generated by the proposed tram train and (c) any other factors other than ticket sales per half hour period.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	1259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>This proposal was developed by Northern Rail as part of a package of efficiency savings to reduce cost to the taxpayer. As a consultee, the Secretary of State considered whether the proposals met the criteria for a Minor Change under the Ticketing and Settlement Agreement.</p><p> </p><p>(a) These factors are not routinely recorded.</p><p> </p><p>(b) A new franchise will be let prior to the tram-train services commencing. It would be for the future operator to consider amending ticket office hours or station procedures as passenger demand increases.</p><p> </p><p>(c) Consideration was given to possible detriment to station security or cleanliness. Following the redevelopment of Rotherham Central in 2012, CCTV cameras are in place there. These are monitored remotely by Northern Rail and by South Yorkshire PTE.</p><p> </p><p>Northern was advised, in October 2014, that they should seek buy-in from major stakeholders – including the PTEs – to highlight and remove any weaknesses in their proposals. The criteria for a Minor Change were satisfied. Therefore, as the Secretary of State had no discretion in relation to the decision there was no opportunity for any effective consultation.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 1273 question first answered 09/06/2015 09:33:22 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

348044

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to introduce HGV overtaking restrictions on two-lane motorways and on some A-roads to reduce light vehicle journey times; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
uin	937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>There are no current plans to place overtaking restrictions on Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs) on motorways and trunk roads, beyond their current prohibition from the outside lane of any motorway with three or more lanes. Such restrictions could delay journeys and lead to increased operating costs which could be passed on to consumers.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the possibility of nose to tail convoys of HGVs in the nearside lane could cause difficulty for drivers wishing to join or leave the motorway. All drivers should know and apply the rules contained in The Highway Code, which includes advice and rules to drivers on overtaking and lane discipline.</p><p> </p><p>However, in very specific locations where there have been congestion problems caused by lorries overtaking on uphill sections of the strategic road network, restrictions have been put in place by Highways England. These restrictions have only been kept in place where clear evidence shows overall journey time improvements. If the Hon Member is concerned more specifically about the situation on roads in Scotland, she should contact Transport Scotland who have a similar power in Scotland to ban overtaking on specific sections of road.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, we have recently increased the national speed limit for HGVs of more than 7.5 tonnes on dual carriageway roads in England and Wales from 50mph to 60mph. This may help to assist with light vehicle journey times when HGV drivers do choose to overtake on dual carriageways. This change only applies to England and Wales so if the Hon Member is concerned more specifically about the situation on roads in Scotland, she should discuss this with the Scottish Government.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 09/06/2015 10:19:28 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford

348127

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rolling Stock: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's policy is on replacing pacer trains on rail services in the north of England.
tabling member constituency	Hartlepool
tabling member printed	Mr Iain Wright
uin	838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>All Pacer vehicles on the Northern franchise will be withdrawn by 2020 due to incompatibility of the Pacer vehicles with the vision for economic growth and prosperity in the north as per announcement by the Secretary of State in February 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 09/06/2015 10:46:27 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1478 label Biography information for Mr Iain Wright

347650

registered interest
date	01/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	M1
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the roadworks on the M1 between junctions 15 and 19 will be completed.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	628
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The planned completion for the work to install a rigid concrete barrier is 7 September 2015.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 09/06/2015 09:22:07 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz