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487110

registered interest
date	24/03/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rolling Stock: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what provisions his Department has put in place to improve rolling stock as part of the rail franchise package for the North West.
tabling member constituency	Hazel Grove
tabling member printed	William Wragg
uin	32510
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2016 answer text <p>The new Northern and TransPennine Express franchises commenced on the 1<sup>st</sup> April. By the end of 2019, they will have introduced significant improvements in Rolling Stock.</p><p> </p><p>The Northern franchise will deliver:-</p><ul><li>281 new carriages including 55 new Diesel and 43 new Electric trains – the first ever new trains specified for the Northern franchise</li><li>Additional diesel units cascaded from other franchises – refurbished to ‘as new’ standard</li><li>Removal of all Pacer trains by October 2019</li><li>All retained trains will be refurbished as new including Wi-Fi, media servers, passenger information systems, CCTV and accessible toilets with baby-change facilities</li></ul><p> </p><p>This means that 30% of this expanded fleet will be new and will operate 2000 more services per week –a 12% increase. The additional trains will provide a 37% increase in morning peak capacity into the North’s 5 major cities by December 2019.</p><p> </p><p>The TransPennine franchise will deliver:-</p><ul><li>220 new carriages</li><li>All existing trains will be refurbished as new including Wi-Fi, additional power sockets, and real-time passenger information systems</li></ul><p> </p><p>This means that 70% of fleet is new, the fleet size increases by two-thirds, provides 13million more seats, an 80% increase in morning peak seats by the end of 2019.</p><p><br>These delivery plans as bid by the two operators during the Invitation to Tender process have been contracted within the franchise agreements.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 12/04/2016 15:13:59 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4429 label Biography information for Mr William Wragg

487135

registered interest
date	24/03/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences: Photographs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what meetings the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has had with the professional photographic sector since June 2015; and if he will request that the DVLA meets representatives of the Photo Marketing Association to discuss the future provision of digital ID photographs.
tabling member constituency	Mole Valley
tabling member printed	Sir Paul Beresford
uin	32647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2016 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has met with representatives of the professional photographic sector on six occasions since June 2015. My noble Friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, the minister with responsibility for the DVLA and DVLA officials are due to meet with the Photo Marketing Association on 27 April.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 11/04/2016 13:00:21 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	103 label Biography information for Sir Paul Beresford

485736

registered interest
date	23/03/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: North East
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 adequacy of bus services in Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland and Teesside.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	32397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2016 answer text <p>The bus market outside London is deregulated and decisions regarding service provision is primarily a commercial matter for bus operators. Decisions about the provision of subsidised services are a matter for individual English local authorities, in the light of their other spending priorities.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to supporting bus services in England. We are taking forward a Buses bill to provide local authorities with the tools they need to improve local bus services.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 11/04/2016 13:03:22 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

485739

registered interest
date	23/03/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driverless Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential for driverless cars to improve the efficiency of use of road space on motorways.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	32419
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2016 answer text <p>Connected and autonomous vehicles could potentially have significant impacts on traffic flow and road network efficiency. The government recognises that this is an important issue and needs to be better understood to properly inform long-term policy and investment decisions. For this reason, the Department for Transport is currently conducting research to explore the traffic flow impacts of connected and autonomous vehicles. This work is ongoing, and forms part of a much wider programme of research and development that the Government is supporting to examine the issues associated with these technologies.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 12/04/2016 14:45:55 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

485740

registered interest
date	23/03/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driverless Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential for driverless cars to reduce motorway collisions.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	32420
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Transport has not yet made an assessment of the potential for connected and autonomous vehicles to reduce motorway collisions. Research suggests that connected and autonomous vehicles will have a positive impact on safety - systems such as Advanced Emergency Braking are already acknowledged by some insurers to reduce collisions. However research in this area is limited by the extent of real world testing. The Government recognises the need to ensure that the implications of these technologies on safety are well-understood, and they can be introduced safely onto public roads. That is why the Department for Transport plans to conduct trials of driverless vehicles on the Strategic Road Network by the end of 2017, which will be delivered by Highways England. The Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles also plans to do further research in this area, as part of a much wider programme of research and development that the Government is supporting to examine the issues associated with these technologies.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 12/04/2016 14:53:38 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

485741

registered interest
date	23/03/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driverless Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential for driverless cars to increase energy efficiency.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	32421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/04/2016 answer text <p>Connected and autonomous vehicles could potentially have significant impacts on factors that affect the overall energy consumption and energy efficiency of road transport. The Department for Transport is currently conducting research to explore the energy impacts of connected and autonomous vehicles. This work is ongoing, and forms part of a much wider programme of research and development that the Government is supporting to examine the issues associated with these technologies. The Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles also plans to do further research in this area.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 12/04/2016 15:02:16 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

484368

registered interest
date	22/03/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the money allocated to northern road infrastructure in Budget 2016, is in addition to £800 million allocated to the North West Road Infrastructure Programme.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	32162
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2016 answer text <p>At the budget £161m was announced for the acceleration of smart motorway upgrades to the M62 between junctions 10-12 and 20-25. A further £75m from the Transport Development Fund was committed to developing the recommendations of the government’s strategic studies on Northern Trans-Pennine routes, Manchester’s North West Quadrant and the Trans-Pennine Tunnel. Both of these commitments are in addition to the £1.5bn being spent in the North West between 2015 and 2021 to deliver schemes committed under the first Road Investment Strategy.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 11/04/2016 13:07:18 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

484374

registered interest
date	22/03/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles: Driver Information Systems
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 encourage data-sharing between highway authorities, mapping providers and satellite navigation companies to limit the use of inappropriate routes by HGVs.
tabling member constituency	Wealden
tabling member printed	Nusrat Ghani
uin	32063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2016 answer text <p>The Government is putting the UK at the forefront of innovation in road transport. For example, we are establishing the UK as a global centre for excellence in connected and autonomous vehicles, creating a ‘Connected Corridor’ from London to Dover to enable vehicles to communicate wirelessly with infrastructure and potentially other vehicles, and planning trials of truck platooning on our motorways.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has brought together satnav manufacturers, mapping companies, local authorities and other industry organisations in a Satnav Summit and in further discussions. We are working with these parties to improve the information satnavs provide to road users, and enable better co-operation and information-sharing between local highway authorities and the industry through joint working.</p><p> </p><p>ITS UK, an industry body, have also worked with the freight and haulage industry to promote the use of appropriate satnav devices designed specifically for HGVs.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 29/03/2016 11:13:02 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani

483072

registered interest
date	21/03/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which bus operators his Department has had discussions with on the Buses Bill; and how many meetings his Department has had with each of those bus operators.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	31799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2016 answer text <p>Bus operators attended a series of workshops in the Autumn of last year, and since then officials have engaged, on a regular basis, with both large and small bus operators via the Confederation of Passenger Transport and the Association of Local Bus Company Managers.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 24/03/2016 13:13:48 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

483075

registered interest
date	21/03/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorways: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many statutory removals of vehicles have occurred on each section of motorway using an all-lane running configuration (a) since those configurations have been in use and (b) in each of the 10 years before those configurations were in use; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Riverside
tabling member printed	Mrs Louise Ellman
uin	31894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2016 answer text <p>The only “All Lane Running” sections of motorway are on the M25 between junctions 5 and 7, as well as junctions 23 to 27. These sections both opened in 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Incidents that required vehicle recovery were logged by Highways England from October 2007. The data held by Highways England includes all removals such as recoveries arranged directly between motorists and their breakdown recovery company as well as statutory removals.</p><p> </p><p>The total number of statutory removals occurring on these sections of the M25 between Oct 2007 and Dec 2015 is 3560.</p><p>The table below includes sections that have been opened in 2015.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="11"><p><strong>Number of incidents involving recovery on M25 All Lane Running sections</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>M25 All Lane Running sections</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Oct - Dec 2007</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M25 J23 and J24</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p><strong>154</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M25 J24 and J23</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p><strong>186</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M25 J24 and J25</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>56</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>82</p></td><td><p><strong>431</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M25 J25 and J24</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>71</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p><strong>384</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M25 J25 and J26</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>39</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>68</p></td><td><p><strong>271</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M25 J26 and J25</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>7</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p><strong>198</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M25 J26 and J27</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>19</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p><strong>249</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M25 J27 and J26</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p><strong>197</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M25 J6 and J7</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>22</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p><strong>136</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M25 J5 and J6</p></td><td><p>10</p></td><td><p>48</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>66</p></td><td><p>131</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p><strong>561</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M25 J7 and J6</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>23</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>20</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p><strong>217</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>M25 J6 and J5</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>83</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>77</p></td><td><p><strong>576</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Grand Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>83</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>439</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>322</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>461</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>416</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>459</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>432</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>356</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>592</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>3,560</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 24/03/2016 10:12:15 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	484 label Biography information for Dame Louise Ellman