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date	18/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Public Transport: Rural Areas
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 increase the provision of public transport in rural areas.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	266251
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of public transport in rural areas.</p><p> </p><p>All local authorities in England have powers to subsidise socially necessary bus services. The Department provides £43 million per year to local authorities to support this.</p><p> </p><p>The Bus Services Act 2017 provides tools for local authorities to work more effectively with bus operators to improve bus services.</p><p> </p><p>A number of projects from the £11.5 million Building Connections Fund will provide new community transport links to support people at most risk of isolation.</p><p>On rail, the Department’s Community Rail Development Strategy, published in Nov 2018, looks for ways to make it easier for the rail industry and local community rail partnerships to improve services and stations on local branch lines.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 24/06/2019 13:23:50 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1132961

registered interest
date	18/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to introduce electric charging points for cars at petrol stations.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	266252
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government has had a number of discussions with petrol service station operators about the provision of electric vehicle charge points. We want to encourage and leverage private sector investment to build and operate a self-sustaining public network supported by the right policy framework. In many cases, the market is better-placed than government to identify the right locations for chargepoints and it is essential that viable commercial models are in place to ensure continued maintenance and improvements to the network. Already, the vast majority of chargepoints now being installed are funded with private money and we want to see this trend continue. The Automated and Electric Vehicles Act gives the Government new powers to mandate provision of chargepoints at Motorway Service Areas and large fuel retailers. The Government will continue to monitor the market and will bring forward regulation using these powers if the market fails to deliver the infrastructure required.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 24/06/2019 14:39:01 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1132962

registered interest
date	18/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic
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 reduce congestion on the roads during rush hours.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	266253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>This Government is determined to improve journeys for all motorists which is why we are spending more than £50 billion between 2015 and 2025 to tackle congestion and maintain the condition of roads in England.</p><p> </p><p>On England’s Strategic Roads, our motorways and main ‘A’ roads, the Government is spending £17.6 billion between 2015 and 2020 which includes a dedicated Congestion Relief Programme, as part of the first Road Investment Strategy. A further £25.3 billion is expected to be spent between 2020 and 2025 to deliver the second Road Investment Strategy.</p><p> </p><p>On local authority roads, £420 million in the 2018/19 financial year was allocated for the repair of roads (including potholes), bridges and local highways infrastructure generally, on top of the £6.2 billion allocation for maintenance between 2015 and 2021.</p><p> </p><p>Between 2015/16 and 2020/21 the Government has provided local highway authorities with £1.29 billion from the Integrated Transport Block which is for small scale transport improvements, including schemes to ease congestion.</p><p> </p><p>Between 2020 and 2025, £3.5 billion has been announced for the Major Road Network and Large Local Majors programme which will provide increased focus and funding certainty to the most important local authority roads.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 24/06/2019 13:59:32 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1132963

registered interest
date	18/06/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving licences were revoked due to medical issues in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	266254
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The number of Group 1 (car/motorcycle) and Group 2 (Bus/lorry) drivers whose driving entitlement was revoked or refused for medical reasons in 2018 is provided in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Group 1</p></td><td><p>Group 2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>61,482</p></td><td><p>12,242</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>It should be noted that there may be a number of drivers who would have been revoked or refused for both Group 1 and Group 2 licences, and therefore may be duplicated in the figures above.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 24/06/2019 13:55:59 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson