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226773

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Freightliner
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will assess the potential effect on (a) jobs and (b) skills in the rail freight industry of Genesee & Wyoming's acquisition of a 95 per cent stake in Freightliner.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	227166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>Freightliner is a private enterprise; its acquisition by Genesee and Wyoming is a commercial matter for the company.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 16/03/2015 16:02:14 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

226775

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Yorkshire and the Humber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the average cost was of a super off-peak rail return from York to Leeds in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Sir Hugh Bayley
uin	227312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>There is no “super off-peak rail return” from York to Leeds.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 16/03/2015 15:03:54 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

226777

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: York
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent on cycling improvements in York Unitary Authority in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Sir Hugh Bayley
uin	227310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>In 2010-2011, the Department for Transport provided funding to York Unitary Authority (also known as City of York) for cycling through Cycling England, an arm’s length organisation set up in 2005. Funding totalled £1.379m. We do not hold a record of how the funding was split across each year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In July 2011, City of York was awarded £4.645m revenue and capital funding through the Local Sustainable Transport Fund. The table below shows each year’s allocation for City of York. The funding supported a package of sustainable transport interventions called ‘i-Travel York’ which included cycling projects. We do not hold a record of how funding was split between i-Travel York’s various sustainable transport projects, but we do know that cycling improvements formed a significant element.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Revenue</p></td><td><p>Capital</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>0.421m</p></td><td><p>0.227m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>0.647m</p></td><td><p>0.594m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>0.777m</p></td><td><p>1.112m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>0.685m</p></td><td><p>0.182m</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>In July 2014, we awarded a further £1m to the City of York to support the continuation of their Local Sustainable Transport Fund project into 2015-16.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 16/03/2015 15:02:38 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

226779

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: York
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) accidents and (b) fatal accidents involving cyclists there have been in (a) York Central constituency and (b) York Unitary Authority area in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Sir Hugh Bayley
uin	227311
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>The table below gives the number of (a) accidents (b) fatal accidents involving cyclists and (c) the number of pedal cyclists killed in reported personal injury road traffic accidents in (i) York Central constituency and (ii) York Unitary Authority area in each year from 2010 to 2013.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total accidents involving pedal cyclists</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total fatal accidents involving pedal cyclists</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of pedal cyclists killed</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York Central Const</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York Central Const</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>86</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York Central Const</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>107</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York Central Const</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>122</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York Unitary Authority</p></td><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>128</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York Unitary Authority</p></td><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York Unitary Authority</p></td><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>139</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York Unitary Authority</p></td><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>149</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Statistics for 2014 will be available in June 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 16/03/2015 14:55:01 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	385 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Bayley

226842

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Eurostar
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress they are making in facilitating movement of new Eurostar trains between London and destinations other than those currently served.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL5635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government is supportive of Eurostar’s plans for new services from London to Provence commencing May 2015 and new direct services from London to Amsterdam via Brussels stopping at Antwerp, Rotterdam and Schiphol Airport from December 2016.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 16/03/2015 17:40:28 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

226843

registered interest
date	11/03/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Channel Tunnel: Fires
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the fire protection arrangements for lorries on shuttle trains using the Channel Tunnel.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradshaw
uin	HL5636
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>The fire protection arrangements for lorries on shuttle trains have been independently assessed and reviewed by the Channel Tunnel Safety Authority (CTSA) following previous Tunnel fires and most recently following the serious fire of 2008.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 16/03/2015 17:40:56 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	2483 label Biography information for Lord Bradshaw

226376

registered interest
date	10/03/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Network Rail
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the value of support provided by (a) his Department and (b) Network Rail to the Route Investment Review Groups was in each year from 2010-11 to date.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	226907
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>These route based groups are part of the way in which Network Rail consults with the rail industry as part of the industry planning process. The Department and Network Rail do not provide any financial support to the groups.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 16/03/2015 17:15:24 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

226377

registered interest
date	10/03/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Network Rail
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the value of support provided by (a) his Department and (b) Network Rail to the Rail Industry Planning Group was in each year from 2010-11 to date.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	226905
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>This group is part of the way in which Network Rail consults with the rail industry as part of the industry planning process. The Department and Network Rail do not provide any financial support to this group.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 16/03/2015 17:30:54 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

226378

registered interest
date	10/03/2015
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 recent discussions he has had with (a) Freightliner, (b) Maersk, (c) Forth Ports and (d) Hutchison Port Holdings on the viability of the rail freight line between Felixstowe and Tilbury ports.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	226896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>There is no direct rail freight line between Felixstowe and Tilbury, although up to two services a day in each direction operate between the two. I have not had any discussions with any of the bodies in question about rail freight operations between the two ports, as this is a commercial matter for the freight operators and their customers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 226897 question first answered 16/03/2015 16:24:02 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins

226379

registered interest
date	10/03/2015
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 discussions he has had with Network Rail on the status of the rail freight line between Felixstowe and Tilbury ports (a) in Control Period 5 and (b) under the Freight Utilisation Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	226897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>There is no direct rail freight line between Felixstowe and Tilbury, although up to two services a day in each direction operate between the two. I have not had any discussions with any of the bodies in question about rail freight operations between the two ports, as this is a commercial matter for the freight operators and their customers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry grouped question UIN 226896 question first answered 16/03/2015 16:24:02 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins