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47760

registered interest
date	08/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the percentage cost over-run established by the management board for any budget in the Department for Transport to merit being tabled at the departmental management board; and how many times in the last 12 months that has occurred.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL6708
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>The department's financial position is reviewed on a regular basis by the Department for Transport's Board and Executive Committee.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

47342

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
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, which 10 consultancy firms were paid the most by his Department in the last financial year; and how much each of those firms was paid.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	195584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The table below sets out the ten professional services consultancy firms paid the most by the Department during the eleven months of the financial year 2013-14 for which we have data. These companies are sorted in descending level of departmental expenditure.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Company Name </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> Total spend for periods 1 to 11 of financial year 2013/14 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EVERSHEDS LLP</p></td><td><p>13,829,112</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FRESHFIELDS BRUCKHAUS DERINGER</p></td><td><p>3,245,153</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SYSTEMS UP LTD</p></td><td><p>706,248</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DTZ</p></td><td><p>414,077</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ALLEN &amp; OVERY</p></td><td><p>236,786</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CUBIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS LTD</p></td><td><p>234,598</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>THOMPSONS SOLICITORS</p></td><td><p>234,260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NABARRO LLP</p></td><td><p>200,614</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ROWSELL WRIGHT LTD</p></td><td><p>160,486</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BOYES TURNER LLP</p></td><td><p>160,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

47343

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
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 request the Driving Standards Agency and Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency to waive charges arising from car seizures as a result of database classification errors.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Joan Walley
uin	195538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency does not seize and impound cars.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) adopts a compliance and enforcement approach to ensuring vehicle excise duty is paid. This includes reminder letters and late licensing penalties as well as court prosecutions and the wheelclamping and/or removal of unlicensed vehicles.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>If the DVLA is made aware of any action taken as a result of an error, officials will consider refunding any charges incurred. Each case is considered individually.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	286 label Biography information for Joan Walley

47345

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
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 vehicles have been crushed as a result of Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency database errors since July 2013.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Joan Walley
uin	195536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) does not hold the information requested.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>If the DVLA is made aware of any enforcement action taken as a result of an error, officials consider compensating for any losses incurred. Each case is considered individually.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	286 label Biography information for Joan Walley

47348

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
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 representations he has received from (a) local authorities and (b) hon. Members in Lancashire on rolling stock in Lancashire.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Graham Jones
uin	195651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Discussions have taken place with Lancashire County Council on the provision of rolling stock for a new Manchester to Burnley and Blackburn via Rochdale service. A number of representations have been received from hon. Members concerning rolling stock in Lancashire, including at the Westminster Hall debate on rolling stock provision in the North of England on 12 March 2014.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

47350

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
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 estimate his Department has made of the average load factor of West Coast Mainline trains leaving London Euston in 2013.
tabling member constituency	Eddisbury
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen O'Brien
uin	195450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The requested information is not available, however a number of similar statistics relating to 2012 are available via this link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/rai02-capacity-and-overcrowding" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/rai02-capacity-and-overcrowding</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Average load factors for all services departing Euston can be calculated from the data in Table RA10213.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The percentage of passengers in excess of capacity (PiXC) and the number of passengers standing is given for the 3 hour peaks for all franchised operators in Table RA10215.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Equivalent statistics for 2013 will be available in July 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	427 label Biography information for Mr Stephen O'Brien

47353

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
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, pursuant to the Answer of 31 March 2014, Official Report, column 411W, on transport: schools, how many (a) schools and (b) pupils took part in Bikeability cycle training in each year since 2005.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	195440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Funding provided by the Department for Transport (DfT) for Bikeability cycle training began in financial year 2006/7.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data collection since then has consisted mainly of the number of places delivered by each Bikeability grant recipient. Therefore it is not possible to fully answer (A), however, the current estimate is that 8,177 schools take part in training delivered by either their Local Highway Authority or School Games Organiser Host School.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of places delivered using DfT grant funding until 31<sup>st</sup> March 2013 is available and the totals are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td>2006/07</td><td>7,983</td></tr><tr><td>2007/08</td><td>26,894</td></tr><tr><td>2008/09</td><td>92,579</td></tr><tr><td>2009/10</td><td>133,984</td></tr><tr><td>2010/11</td><td>199,197</td></tr><tr><td>2011/12</td><td>293,969</td></tr><tr><td>2012/13</td><td>255,833</td></tr><tr><td>TOTAL</td><td>1,010,439</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

47355

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
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 foreign-registered cars received a parking penalty charge in each year since 2010; how many parking penalty charges for foreign-registered vehicles went unpaid in each year; and what the value was of these unpaid parking charges.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	195473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This is a matter for individual local authorities who are required to keep records of all penalty charge notices issued including those issued to drivers of foreign-registered vehicles. The Department for Transport does not record this information centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

47357

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
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 recent representations he has received on efforts to improve the frequency of services by Cross Country trains between Peterborough and Stansted Airport; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Peterborough
tabling member printed	Mr Stewart Jackson
uin	195424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State has not received any representations from Cross Country Trains regarding frequency improvements to their services between Peterborough and Stansted Airport.</p><p> </p><p><br> <br></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	1551 label Biography information for Lord Jackson of Peterborough

47449

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Kramer on 3 April (WA 228), on railway franchises, whether they will now answer the original question.
tabling member printed	Lord Jopling
uin	HL6681
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>The UK Government continues to support the opening of rail markets across the European Union. In the context of the East Coast re-franchising competition, the UK Government has not made representations to the French Government in respect of passenger franchises on the French rail network.</p> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	883 label Biography information for Lord Jopling