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533621

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorway Service Areas: Charging Points
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many motorway service stations have rapid chargers installed to allow charging of electric vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	42144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>At almost every Motorway Service Area in the UK there is at least one rapid electric vehicle chargepoint. A full list of the available chargepoints at Motorway Service Areas can be found on the Government’s National Chargepoint Registry: <a href="http://www.national-charge-point-registry.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.national-charge-point-registry.uk/</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Highways England has a £15 million project to ensure that there is a chargepoint every 20 miles across 95% of the strategic road network, with the aim that these should be rapid chargepoints wherever possible.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 12/07/2016 10:15:44 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

533626

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Highways England: Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Highways England vehicles there are available for motorway patrol; how many such vehicles are deployed at any one time; and how many such vehicles deployed carry defibrillators.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent South
tabling member printed	Robert Flello
uin	42141
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>Highways England’s traffic officer service has 198 vehicles. On a typical weekday, there are approximately 90 vehicles deployed during the day shifts and around 49 for night times. Where there are major events or severe weather warnings, with likely impacts on the strategic road network, additional vehicles will be used.</p><p> </p><p>None of the vehicles carry defibrillators.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 12/07/2016 10:26:08 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1569 label Biography information for Robert Flello

533627

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Calder Valley Line: Electrification
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 potential economic benefits to Bradford and the wider regional economy of electrifying the Calder Valley line.
tabling member constituency	Bradford South
tabling member printed	Judith Cummins
uin	42155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>Later this year the rail industry will present its initial advice to Government on investment needs for the national network, drawing on the outputs of Network Rail’s long term planning process, including its refresh of the national electrification strategy. Taking account of this advice and other inputs – including from Transport for the North - the Government intends to articulate its emerging priorities for improvement to the national network during 2017.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 12/07/2016 10:06:48 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4391 label Biography information for Judith Cummins

533629

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his Oral Answer of 30 June 2016 to Question 905567, HC Deb, column 463, what discussions he has had with the Secretaries of State for Work and Pensions and Business, Innovation and Skills on the provision of grants for HGV training; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
tabling member printed	Alan Brown
uin	42207
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>My Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State has met with the Secretaries of State for Work and Pensions and for Business, Innovation and Skills regarding HGV driver training and officials at the Departments for Transport, Work and Pensions and Business Innovation and Skills continue to work together to help the freight industry address the driver shortage.</p><p> </p><p>The supply of new drivers has been increasing with about 10,000 more HGV driving test passes in 2015/16 compared to two years before.</p><p> </p><p>The industry has recently launched its Trailblazer Apprenticeship which will be funded through the apprenticeship levy. The Government is working to provide support for groups of people who need it most – for example jobseekers, people facing redundancy and specialist career transitions such as those leaving Military service.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 12/07/2016 10:20:58 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4470 label Biography information for Alan Brown

533630

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Suicide
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2016 to Question 27762, on roads: suicide, how many suicides or attempted suicides have been recorded on the Strategic Road Network in 2016 up to the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	42206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>Highways England’s systems are used to record incidents that occur on the Strategic Road Network.</p><p> </p><p>Between 1 January 2016 and 30 June 2016, the number of incidents defined as either suicide or attempted suicide was 568.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 12/07/2016 10:59:14 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

533631

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Midland Main Line: Electrification
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 potential effect of the UK leaving the EU on his Department's plans for electrification of the Midland Main Line.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	42177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>The Midland Main Line programme will deliver electrification of the Midland Main Line from Bedford to Kettering and Corby by 2019 and from Kettering to Nottingham and Sheffield via Derby by 2023. Following the vote taken by the British people for the UK to leave the European Union on 23 June their will must be respected and delivered. The Prime Minister has been clear that the negotiation for Britain's future relationship with Europe will need to begin under a new Prime Minister. In the meantime, the Department continues working to deliver the Government agenda, including the above electrification programme.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 12/07/2016 10:51:03 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

533632

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Govia Thameslink Railway: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on which safety responsibilities Govia Thameslink Railway Ltd plans to be discharged by staff employed in the proposed role of on-board supervisor.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	42178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>Transport safety is a key objective of the Government and the UK has one of the safest railways in Europe. Each operator is responsible for the safety of their staff, passengers and services. The Office of Rail and Road’s duty is to ensure that those responsible for keeping Britain's railways safe for passengers, and providing a safe place for staff to work, do so.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 12/07/2016 10:54:46 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

533674

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Southern: Strikes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government has given permission for Southern rail services to be cancelled during the planned strike in July 2016.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	42230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>We are not aware of any planned official strike in July 2016.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 12/07/2016 11:12:54 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

533675

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Govia Thameslink Railway: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he plans to take to ensure that Govia Thameslink Railway Limited operate the Southern and London Midlands franchises to a high standard.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	42219
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2016 answer text <p>The Department monitors each train operator’s overall performance - this includes regular meetings with their senior management where performance is scrutinised and challenged. There are clear actions set out in the franchise agreement should performance drop below what is expected. Govia Thameslink Railway Ltd is the company that operates the Thameslink Southern and Great Northern franchise that includes Southern services. London Midland is a franchise in its own right.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 12/07/2016 11:19:17 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

533427

registered interest
date	06/07/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Southern: Timetables
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date the emergency timetable for Southern rail services to be introduced by Govia Thameslink Railway from 11 July 2016 was agreed by his Department; and what consultation his Department undertook on that timetable prior to its agreement.
tabling member constituency	Luton North
tabling member printed	Kelvin Hopkins
uin	41997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2016 answer text <p>It is not for the Department to approve changes to the timetable. GTR has informed us of their intention to change the timetable in order to provide a more reliable timetable for passengers.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 11/07/2016 15:36:48 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	2 label Biography information for Kelvin Hopkins