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registered interest
date	25/04/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Electronic Government
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 21 April 2016 to Question 34465, if his Department will take steps to allow web-users to include honours when completing Government online forms.
tabling member constituency	Colchester
tabling member printed	Will Quince
uin	35210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>My Department provides a wide variety of online forms across multiple systems. Most of these are designed to enable web users to use perform a transaction, such as to book a driving theory test. Therefore we only ask our users the minimum information required to process their requests to enable them to complete these transactions as quickly as possible.</p><p> </p><p>I am mindful that there could be an additional cost to the taxpayer in making changes to online systems to capture and store additional data.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 04/05/2016 13:48:48 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4423 label Biography information for Will Quince

167145

registered interest
date	01/12/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Dartford-Thurrock Crossing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of how many drivers of UK-registered vehicles will not pay the Dartford Crossing toll following changes to the payment arrangements; what estimate he has made of the potential annual loss of revenue from such non-payment; and what steps will be taken to recover payment from drivers of UK-registered vehicles who do not pay the toll.
tabling member constituency	Colchester
tabling member printed	Sir Bob Russell
uin	216695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>Enforcing the charge and tackling evasion, where road users do not pay the charge, will be an important component of the Dart Charge scheme. The new Dartford Charging Scheme Order enables the Highways Agency to enforce the Dartford road user charge through penalty charges and recovery processes.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 08/12/2014 16:35:14 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	35 label Biography information for Sir Bob Russell

167146

registered interest
date	01/12/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Dartford-Thurrock Crossing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of how many drivers of overseas-registered vehicles will not pay the Dartford Crossing toll following changes to the payment arrangements; what estimate he has made of the potential annual loss of revenue from such non-payment; and what steps will be taken to recover payment from drivers of overseas-registered vehicles who do not pay the toll.
tabling member constituency	Colchester
tabling member printed	Sir Bob Russell
uin	216696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2014 answer text <p>The Highways Agency estimates that non-UK registered vehicles will account for around 3 out of every 100 crossings and the majority of these are expected to comply with the charge.　 The Highways Agency are serious about tackling non-compliance and will use effective penalty and recovery processes that have been proven elsewhere, such as the London congestion charging and Dublin M50 toll schemes.　 The new Dartford Charging Scheme Order enables the Agency to enforce the Dartford Crossing road user charge through penalty charges and recovery processes.</p><p> </p><p>A European debt recovery agency, with access to a variety of foreign vehicle databases, will also be used to pursue and recover outstanding charges from non-UK vehicles that evade paying the Crossing charge.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 09/12/2014 11:23:38 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	35 label Biography information for Sir Bob Russell

100517

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Lighting
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 issue guidance to (a) Network Rail and (b) train operating companies that they should implement a replacement programme to introduce LED lighting in their premises.
tabling member constituency	Colchester
tabling member printed	Sir Bob Russell
uin	211602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/10/2014 answer text <p>Network Rail is responsible for managing its estates in an operationally- effective and cost-efficient way. The choice of lighting used in Network Rail’s premises is an operational matter for the company.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has no locus to mandate the type of lighting that train operating companies use on their premises. Many depots are owned by the train manufacturers rather than by Network Rail or the train operators, as the contracts for the rolling stock often include maintenance. At stations, when lighting systems are due for renewal, they would normally be replaced with the current modern equivalent standard of lighting.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 28/10/2014 15:54:50 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	35 label Biography information for Sir Bob Russell

100518

registered interest
date	22/10/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Lighting
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 implement a replacement programme to introduce LED lights throughout his Department's buildings and sites; if he will estimate the proportion of lighting in his Department which is LED; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Colchester
tabling member printed	Sir Bob Russell
uin	211601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Transport will consider installation of LED lights during major refurbishment projects where cost effective to do so. Information on the proportion of lighting which is currently LED is not centrally recorded and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 27/10/2014 14:10:43 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	35 label Biography information for Sir Bob Russell

90217

registered interest
date	01/09/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Pedestrian Crossings
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 merits of lowering the assumed walking speed of 1.2 metres per second used for calculating crossing times for pedestrians; and if he will publish the findings of that assessment.
tabling member constituency	Colchester
tabling member printed	Sir Bob Russell
uin	207789
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Local councils are responsible for setting pedestrian crossing timings with reference to the Department for Transport’s guidance walking speed of 1.2 metres per second given in Local Transport Note 1/95: ‘The Assessment of Pedestrian Crossings’, Local Transport Note 2/95: ‘The Design of Pedestrian Crossings’, and Traffic Advisory Leaflet 5/05: ‘Pedestrian Facilities at Signal-controlled Junctions’.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department recommends that where a crossing may be used by a large number of older people or those with mobility issues, for example outside residential care homes, this should be taken into account when setting timings.</p><p> </p><p>The Department expects to bring the successor to the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions, which will include all pedestrian crossing types, into force in 2015 and once that is complete will consider the need to update existing guidance.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 04/09/2014 15:23:22 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	35 label Biography information for Sir Bob Russell

66191

registered interest
date	07/07/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of extending the potential economic benefits of extending High Speed 2 to Colchester.
tabling member constituency	Colchester
tabling member printed	Sir Bob Russell
uin	204240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>HS2 will help to promote economic growth and drive regional regeneration by bringing our major cities closer together, supporting job creation across the country and deliver around £2 of benefits for every £1 spent.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has not assessed the potential economic benefits of extending HS2 to Colchester.</p><p> </p><p>Only last Monday (7th July) Government announced the first instalment of plans to invest at least £12billion in local economies across England in a series of Growth Deals, between 2015/16 and 2020/21.</p><p> </p><p>As part of their Growth Deal the South East Local Enterprise Partnership (which includes Essex as well as Thurrock, Southend, Kent, Medway and East Sussex) has secured some £442 million to support economic growth in the area – with £64 million of new funding confirmed for 2015/16.</p><p> </p><p>As part of this allocation there is £2m for a programme of sustainable transport measures in Colchester, alongside a further £10m for integrated transport packages in the Town Centre. This is on top of a provisional allocation in the region of £3m towards transport improvements in the A133 Colchester to Clacton corridor.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 14/07/2014 15:38:54 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	35 label Biography information for Sir Bob Russell