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1662931

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date	13/10/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Sanitation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions officials in his Department have had with the Rail Delivery Group on the provision of baby changing facilities across the rail network.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	200785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>The Department is in regular dialogue with the Rail Delivery Group (RDG) on measures that can be taken to make rail travel more accessible for those with young children. Earlier this year, we worked with the RDG to encourage operators to publish family-friendly travel information on their websites, to increase awareness of provisions already in place. In July 2023 the Rail Safety and Standards Board published an updated version of the Key Train Requirements document which includes further measures for operators to consider, which would help make rail travel more family-friendly,</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 20/10/2023 13:29:08 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1662933

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: WiFi
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions officials in his Department have had with the Rail Delivery Group on the provision of public wifi across the rail network.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	200787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>The department has regular discussions with the Rail Delivery Group on a range of issues including the passenger experience.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 20/10/2023 14:06:16 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1662941

registered interest
date	13/10/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether officials in his Department have had discussions with the Rail Delivery Group on the potential merits of expanding the provision for set down and pick up areas for wheelchair and blue badge holders at railway stations across the network.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	200795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2023 answer text <p>Train operating companies are responsible for managing station car parks and we expect them to take into consideration the needs of their passengers and the views of local partners. Operators are also expected to set out how assistance will be provided around the station, including when connecting from the train to the car park, as part of their Accessible Travel Policy.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 20/10/2023 13:30:43 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1611323

registered interest
date	17/04/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cars: Bolton South East
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 17 April 2023 to Question 177749 on Travel: Greater Manchester, what estimate he has of the percentage of households that own a car in Bolton South East constituency.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	180951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2023 answer text <p>According to Census data, 72% of households in Bolton South East constituency in 2021 had access to one or more cars or vans.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 20/04/2023 09:55:10 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1609122

registered interest
date	30/03/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Travel: Greater Manchester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate his Department has made of the level of (a) car ownership, (b) bus usage (iii) light rail usage, (d) train usage and (e) active travel usage in (i) Bolton South East constituency, (ii) the borough of Bolton and (iii) Greater Manchester.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	177749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/04/2023 answer text <p>The information requested regarding (a) car ownership, (b) bus usage (c) light rail usage, (d) train usage and (e) active travel usage in (i) Bolton South East constituency, (ii) the borough of Bolton and (iii) Greater Manchester is given below, where available. In several cases, data are not available specifically for Bolton South East constituency or the Borough of Bolton.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>A) Car ownership</p><p>According to the Department’s vehicle statistics, there were 1,393,157 registered cars as at end-September 2022 in Greater Manchester, 127,329 in Bolton Borough and 42,868 in Bolton South East Constituency.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>B) Bus usage</p><p>According to the Department’s annual bus statistics, in the financial year 2021/22 there were 121.0 million local bus journeys taken in Greater Manchester. Data for (i) Bolton South East constituency and (ii) the borough of Bolton are not available</p><p> </p><p>C) Light rail usage</p><p>According to the Department’s light rail statistics, in the financial year 2021/22 there were 26.0 million journeys taken on Manchester Metrolink. Data for (i) Bolton South East constituency and (ii) the borough of Bolton are not available</p><p> </p><p>D) Train usage</p><p>According to Office of Rail and Road statistics in 2021/22 there were 39.2 million passenger rail journeys within the North West that started or ended in Greater Manchester. There were also 13.9 million journeys that started or ended in Greater Manchester that ended or started from regions other than the North West. Data for (i) Bolton South East constituency and (ii) the borough of Bolton are not available</p><p> </p><p>E) Active travel usage</p><p>According to the Department’s annual walking and cycling statistics, between November 2020 and November 2021, 61.4% of adults walked or cycled at least once a week in Bolton (Local authority) and 66.6% of adults walked or cycled at least once a week in Greater Manchester. Data for (i) Bolton South East constituency are not available</p><p> </p><p>F) Personal travel patterns in Greater Manchester</p><p>Additionally, information from the Department’s National Travel Survey shows that, on average each year between 2010 and 2019 there were 244 walking trips per person, 11 pedal cycle trips per person, 81 bus trips per person, 12 surface rail trips per person and 11 light rail trips per person by residents of Greater Manchester. 76% of adults in Greater Manchester had access to a car in 2021. National Travel Survey data is not available at constituency or borough level.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 17/04/2023 08:40:37 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1586445

registered interest
date	17/02/2023
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Trams: Greater Manchester
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 30 June 2022 to Question 25813 on Trams: Greater Manchester, what recent progress has been made on assessing the strategic outline business case for the Bolton to Radcliffe tram connection.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	146867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2023 answer text <p>In November 2020, the Government awarded £50,000 of Restoring Your Railway Ideas funding to Transport for Greater Manchester to develop a Strategic Outline Business Case to reinstate passenger services on the Bolton-Radcliffe/Bolton-Bury line. The scheme’s Strategic Outline Business Case (SOBC) is currently under consideration by the Department.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Durham answering member printed Mr Richard Holden question first answered 22/02/2023 10:58:38 answering member 4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1483542

registered interest
date	27/06/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Trams: Greater Manchester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer given on 24 March 2021 to Question 172052, on Trams: Greater Manchester, and the Answer given on 21 February 2022 to Question 122629, on Manchester Metrolink: Bolton, what progress has been made on the progress of the Bolton-Bury tramline.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	25812
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2022 answer text <p>In November 2020, the Government awarded £50,000 of Restoring Your Railway Ideas funding to Transport for Greater Manchester to develop a Strategic Outline Business Case to reinstate passenger services on the Bolton-Radcliffe/Bolton-Bury line. The SOBC was submitted to the Department on 21<sup>st</sup> June 2022 and will be assessed in the coming months.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 30/06/2022 08:45:26 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1483543

registered interest
date	27/06/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Trams: Greater Manchester
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has allocated funding for a Bolton-Bury tramline project.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	25813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2022 answer text <p>In November 2020, the Government awarded £50,000 of Restoring Your Railway Ideas funding to Transport for Greater Manchester to develop a Strategic Outline Business Case to reinstate passenger services on the Bolton-Radcliffe/Bolton-Bury line. The SOBC was submitted to the Department on 21<sup>st</sup> June 2022 and will be assessed in the coming months.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 30/06/2022 08:46:54 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1471819

registered interest
date	20/06/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Travel: Bolton South East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate his Department has made of the amount of funding allocated for investment in active travel in Bolton South East constituency.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	21159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2022 answer text <p>Details of active travel funding allocations to all local authorities in England are available via gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency Copeland answering member printed Trudy Harrison question first answered 23/06/2022 11:13:05 answering member 4593 label Biography information for Trudy Harrison
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

1421829

registered interest
date	10/02/2022
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Manchester Metrolink: Bolton
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the feasibility study into the connection of Bolton to the Greater Manchester Metrolink network will be (a) completed and (b) published.
tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
uin	122629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/02/2022 answer text <p>In November 2020, this Government awarded up to £50,000 of Restoring Your Railway Ideas funding to develop a Strategic Outline Business Case to reinstate passenger services on the Bolton-Radcliffe/Bolton-Bury line. The Department has been working with the promoter and we expect the SOBC to be submitted in March.</p> answering member constituency Aldridge-Brownhills answering member printed Wendy Morton question first answered 21/02/2022 10:02:09 answering member 4358 label Biography information for Wendy Morton
tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi