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48720

registered interest
date	28/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure there is a Liverpool City Region representative on the HS2 Growth Taskforce chaired by Lord Deighton.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	196944
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The HS2 Growth Taskforce launched its final report in March 2014, delivering 19 recommendations to government to help get our cities, transport network, people and businesses ready to maximise the growth potential from HS2.</p><p> </p><p>While the taskforce membership was drawn from across the country and represented many different fields of expertise, it was not possible to include representatives from every area that will benefit from HS2.</p><p> </p><p>Recognising the importance of engaging closely with Liverpool in producing their recommendations, the taskforce went to the city in January 2014 to hear the views of local partners and businesses from across the city region.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

48877

registered interest
date	28/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
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 undertake a review of (a) the methods of any car park management company responsible for hospital car parks where there has been an significant increase in the number of car parking charge notices issued and the number of appeals since that company was awarded the contract and (b) in each such case, the reasons for those increases.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	196934
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Parking in hospital car parks is the overall responsibility of the relevant National Health Service (NHS) Trust or landowner as is the case for all other private car parks. As such it is entirely a matter for the Trust or landowner to determine the levels of any parking charges. I have no plans to review or intervene in this matter as the Government promotes a system of industry self-regulation in the private parking sector.</p><p> </p><p /> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

48674

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consultation he undertook on the content of his Department's publication, Guidance to the Civil Aviation Authority on Environmental Objectives Relating to the Exercise of its Air Navigation Functions, published in January 2014, with Ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive.
tabling member constituency	Bury South
tabling member printed	Mr Ivan Lewis
uin	196777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>During the public consultation period a meeting was held between officials from the Department of Transport and the Department for Regional Development Northern Ireland where the content of the Guidance was discussed. There was no specific consultation with Ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	441 label Biography information for Mr Ivan Lewis

48679

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in which circumstances he uses a calculation of the (a) value of preventing a fatality, (b) willingness to pay and (c) cost-per-quality adjusted life year approach to quantify the value of a policy intervention; what other tools he uses to quantify the benefit of a policy intervention; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Eddisbury
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen O'Brien
uin	196605
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Green Book and associated supplementary guidance is publicly available on the Treasury web site. It sets out a range of approaches and methods that may be appropriate in a number of different appraisal circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	427 label Biography information for Mr Stephen O'Brien

48684

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of applications made to the appeals service for parking on private land have related to parking charge notices on NHS hospital car parks; and what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health on the issues raised in such appeals.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	196505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I refer the hon. Member to my answer of 25 February 2014, Official Report, column 331W (UIN 188122).</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

48685

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many parking tickets were issued against owners of vehicles parked illegally on pavements in each of the last five years; and how many such people were prosecuted in each such year.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	196488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>In London, there is in general a ban on parking on the footway. Outside London, local authorities have wide-ranging powers to make Traffic Regulation Orders to prohibit pavement parking on designated lengths of highway or over a wide area. The former Transport Minister, the Hon Member for Lewes, Norman Baker, wrote to local authorities in February 2011 urging them to take up these powers. Local authorities with Civil Parking Enforcement (CPE) powers are responsible for parking enforcement, including that relating to the footway.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Department has developed and authorised new traffic signs for local authorities to use where pavement parking is prohibited.</p><p> </p><p>With regard to the number of parking tickets issued, individual local authorities are required to keep records of all penalty charge notices issued. The Department for Transport does not record this information centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 196489 question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

48686

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
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 Streets Ahead campaign by the charity Guide Dogs; what steps he is taking to reduce parking on pavements; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Hugh Bayley
uin	196489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>In London, there is in general a ban on parking on the footway. Outside London, local authorities have wide-ranging powers to make Traffic Regulation Orders to prohibit pavement parking on designated lengths of highway or over a wide area. The former Transport Minister, the Hon Member for Lewes, Norman Baker, wrote to local authorities in February 2011 urging them to take up these powers. Local authorities with Civil Parking Enforcement (CPE) powers are responsible for parking enforcement, including that relating to the footway.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Department has developed and authorised new traffic signs for local authorities to use where pavement parking is prohibited.</p><p> </p><p>With regard to the number of parking tickets issued, individual local authorities are required to keep records of all penalty charge notices issued. The Department for Transport does not record this information centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 196488 question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

48376

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the effect a hydrogen transport system would have on air quality in (a) London and (b) the UK.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	196341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>As set out in Driving the Future Today our strategy document published last year, the Government is committed to the move to ultra-low emission vehicles. We recognise the economic opportunities for the UK that this transition provides as well its potential contribution to cutting the emissions from road transport.</p><p> </p><p>The Government's approach to this agenda has been consistently technology neutral and we have been active participants in UKH2Mobility. This is a joint industry-Government project evaluating the potential for hydrogen as a transport fuel and the scope to make the UK an early market for the commercial deployment of hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) from 2015 onwards. The UKH2Mobility project is ongoing and both Government and industry participants are working together to consider the steps needed to secure the benefits of moving to hydrogen as a transport fuel for the UK. This includes the clear contribution that studies have shown FCEVs can make to improving air quality in the UK. We have undertaken no specific research on the impact of FCEVs on air quality in London.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 196408 196452 question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

48378

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
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 enable hydrogen fuel to compete equally as a viable part of the transport mix.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	196408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>As set out in Driving the Future Today our strategy document published last year, the Government is committed to the move to ultra-low emission vehicles. We recognise the economic opportunities for the UK that this transition provides as well its potential contribution to cutting the emissions from road transport.</p><p> </p><p>The Government's approach to this agenda has been consistently technology neutral and we have been active participants in UKH2Mobility. This is a joint industry-Government project evaluating the potential for hydrogen as a transport fuel and the scope to make the UK an early market for the commercial deployment of hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) from 2015 onwards. The UKH2Mobility project is ongoing and both Government and industry participants are working together to consider the steps needed to secure the benefits of moving to hydrogen as a transport fuel for the UK. This includes the clear contribution that studies have shown FCEVs can make to improving air quality in the UK. We have undertaken no specific research on the impact of FCEVs on air quality in London.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 196341 196452 question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

48387

registered interest
date	10/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
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 the hydrogen fuelling market; and when he expects to have completed them.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	196452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>As set out in Driving the Future Today our strategy document published last year, the Government is committed to the move to ultra-low emission vehicles. We recognise the economic opportunities for the UK that this transition provides as well its potential contribution to cutting the emissions from road transport.</p><p> </p><p>The Government's approach to this agenda has been consistently technology neutral and we have been active participants in UKH2Mobility. This is a joint industry-Government project evaluating the potential for hydrogen as a transport fuel and the scope to make the UK an early market for the commercial deployment of hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) from 2015 onwards. The UKH2Mobility project is ongoing and both Government and industry participants are working together to consider the steps needed to secure the benefits of moving to hydrogen as a transport fuel for the UK. This includes the clear contribution that studies have shown FCEVs can make to improving air quality in the UK. We have undertaken no specific research on the impact of FCEVs on air quality in London.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 196341 196408 question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts