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	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Regional Airports
	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 July to Question 6770, what estimate he has made of the cost of a new link road; and from what sources funding for that link road will be provided.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
	uin	10005
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>We have not estimated the cost of constructing a link road to Leeds Bradford International Airport as this would be a local road and the relevant local authority would be responsible for developing a scheme proposal. The Government sponsored study into improving connectivity to Leeds Bradford International Airport used an estimate provided by Leeds City Council of £38m in 2012 prices.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Aviation Policy Framework published in March 2013 makes clear that developers should pay the costs of upgrading transport links where there is a need to cope with increased passenger numbers, but that a public funding contribution will be considered if the scheme has a wider range of beneficiaries. The relevant local authorities would therefore be responsible for assembling a funding package for a link road, in partnership with developers and other local stakeholders. Local Growth Funding could be used to provide a public sector contribution, and the West Yorkshire Combined Authority is being provided with a contribution of up to £781m towards the West Yorkshire Plus Transport Fund between 2015/15 and 2034/35. The Fund has been set up to deliver transport improvements across West Yorkshire and York.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 16/09/2015 11:27:13 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

348411

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Level Crossings
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library a copy of the Level Crossing Reform Action Plan.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
	tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
	uin	1008
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p>I can confirm that I have placed copies of the Department’s Level Crossing Reform Action Plan in the Libraries of both Houses.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 08/06/2015 11:44:04 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

418514

	registered interest
	date	11/09/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Fares
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what financial support his Department is making available to Transport for London for the purposes of meeting the cost of keeping the increase in the price of London rail fares at the Retail Prices Index in 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
	tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
	uin	10083
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2015 answer text <p>This will be considered as part of the wider spending review process that is currently underway.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 16/09/2015 11:21:51 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

348598

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: South West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions his Department has had with Network Rail and First Great Western on improving the rail service to Torbay and the South West.
	tabling member constituency	Torbay
	tabling member printed	Kevin Foster
	uin	1112
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2015 answer text <p>Since December 2013, services on the 20 minute journey from Newton Abbot to Paignton have operated approximately every half an hour, an improvement on the previous hourly service with an additional 12 trains per day. The additional service was promoted by Torbay and Devon County Council and part funded by an EU grant.</p><p> </p><p>There are long standing aspirations to maintain and expand this service supported by recommendations in Network Rail’s Route Utilisation Strategy (RUS). The Department’s Rail Executive is in ongoing discussions with First Great Western and Network Rail about the continuation and expansion of this service and responses to our 2014 Great Western consultation showed strong support for this.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Network Rail continues to focus on the ongoing work as to whether a new or reopened inland route should be constructed to provide a more resilient railway for the South West, in addition to what works are ongoing to improve Dawlish itself.</p><p>Options for maintaining a resilient rail service to the Southwest Peninsula were presented by Network Rail to the Secretary of State in July 2014. The options will influence the next industry plan in 2016 and inform the Government’s rail investment strategy for 2019-2024.</p><p> </p><p>Network Rail is progressing work on the existing rail route via Dawlish to ensure that future route failure is avoided.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 12/06/2015 11:16:56 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster

348599

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: South West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on improving the resilience of the railway to Torbay and the South West.
	tabling member constituency	Torbay
	tabling member printed	Kevin Foster
	uin	1113
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2015 answer text <p>Network Rail spent £40 million repairing and strengthening the line at Dawlish after the severe weather in 2014, and in order to try prevent the kind of damage to the railway that happened in 2014 from happening again, £31 million is also going into improving the resilience of the Great Western route.</p><p> </p><p>Options for maintaining a resilient rail service to the Southwest Peninsula were presented by Network Rail to the Secretary of State in July 2014. The options will influence the next industry plan in 2016 and inform the Government’s rail investment strategy for 2019-2024.</p><p> </p><p>Network Rail is progressing work on the existing rail route via Dawlish to ensure that future route failure is avoided.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 12/06/2015 11:21:18 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	4451 label Biography information for Kevin Foster

348604

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Transport: Infrastructure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what major infrastructure projects he expects to start in the UK in 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
	tabling member printed	David Simpson
	uin	1120
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2015 answer text <p>The National Infrastructure Pipeline last published in December 2014 captured the significant current and upcoming infrastructure projects and programmes, including Transport, within the UK. The Pipeline lists 270 infrastructure projects related to transport of which 27 have expected start of works/construction dates in 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Since publishing the National Infrastructure Pipeline, projects and programmes have continued through the development cycle with both construction starts and completions taking place. There have also been updates to overall delivery programmes, such as the Highways England Delivery Plan published on 26 March 2015.</p><p> </p><p>The National Infrastructure Pipeline can be found at the following website link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-infrastructure-pipeline-december-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-infrastructure-pipeline-december-2014</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 12/06/2015 11:49:28 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

348562

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Accidents
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will provide guidance to police authorities who close a road following a road traffic accident about the need to post diversion signs to facilitate traffic flow; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
	tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
	uin	1145
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>Guidance on traffic management, including the provision of diversion signs, following a road traffic accident or in other emergency situations is already provided in The Traffic Signs Manual Chapter 8. This document, published by the Department for Transport, is available online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/traffic-signs-manual" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/traffic-signs-manual</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 10/06/2015 13:59:11 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

348583

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Cumbria
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what investment in road infrastructure there has been in (a) Workington constituency and (b) Allerdale district in each year since 2005.
	tabling member constituency	Workington
	tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
	uin	1146
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>Highways England (formerly the Highways Agency) is responsible for the Strategic Road Network and Cumbria County Council for the local road network within the Workington constituency and Allerdale district. The A595 Parton to Lillyhall improvement was the one major project that Highways England were responsible for in the wider Allerdale district since 2005. The spend profile since 2005/06 is shown below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2005/06</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2006/07</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2007/08</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008/09</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spend (£m)</p></td><td><p>0.95</p></td><td><p>4.785</p></td><td><p>14.616</p></td><td><p>20.534</p></td><td><p>0.596</p></td><td><p>0.539</p></td><td><p><strong>42.642</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Highways England spent the following amounts on maintenance and improvements:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Allerdale District</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p>Workington Constituency</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005/2006</p></td><td><p>0.917</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2005/2006</p></td><td><p>0.050</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/2007</p></td><td><p>2.123</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2006/2007</p></td><td><p>0.055</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/2008</p></td><td><p>2.536</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2007/2008</p></td><td><p>0.004</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/2009</p></td><td><p>1.917</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2008/2009</p></td><td><p>0.016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/2010</p></td><td><p>2.151</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2009/2010</p></td><td><p>0.246</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/2011</p></td><td><p>1.365</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2010/2011</p></td><td><p>0.210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/2012</p></td><td><p>0.484</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2011/2012</p></td><td><p>0.010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/2013</p></td><td><p>1.476</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2012/2013</p></td><td><p>0.000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/2014</p></td><td><p>2.553</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2013/2014</p></td><td><p>0.052</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/2015</p></td><td><p>1.597</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2014/2015</p></td><td><p>0.070</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport provides funding to local highway authorities for the local road network. For Cumbria County Council the allocations since 2005 are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005/06</p></td><td><p>15.816</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/07</p></td><td><p>17.378</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>18.691</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>19.801</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>26.478</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>58.27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>49.197</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>34.772</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>47.616</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>40.666</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>36.708</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Cumbria have also been allocated £24.6 million through the Local Growth Fund announced in July 2014 and January 2015 for transport schemes including £2m towards replacement of a life expired road bridge that provides access to the Port of Workington.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 09/06/2015 15:43:30 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

348584

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Bus Services: Cumbria
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve the provision of local bus services in Cumbria.
	tabling member constituency	Workington
	tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
	uin	1147
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to improving bus services for all and expenditure on buses reflects this. It is for individual local authorities to determine how much of the block grant funding they receive is allocated to supporting bus services. The latest out-turn figures, for 2013/14, show that Cumbria County Council has an annual budget of over £2.5m for this purpose.</p><p> </p><p>The Department also provides direct support to bus services each year through Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG), of which Cumbria County Council has received £480,314 covering the 2014/15 financial year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 09/06/2015 10:00:12 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

348585

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Cumbria
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road accidents occurred on the (a) A66 between Workington and Keswick, (b) A595 and (c) A596 in each of the last 10 years; and how many of those accidents resulted in fatalities.
	tabling member constituency	Workington
	tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
	uin	1148
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>The table below gives the total number of reported personal injury road accidents, total number of reported fatal accidents and total number of reported fatalities for the (a) A66 between the junction with the A596 in Workington and the roundabout junction with the A591 north of Keswick, (b) A595 and (c) A596 for each year from 2004 to 2013.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Road</p></td><td><p>Total reported accidents</p></td><td><p>Of which fatal accidents</p></td><td><p>Fatalities</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004</p></td><td><p>A66</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>A66</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>A66</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>A66</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>A66</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>A66</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>A66</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>A66</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>A66</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>A66</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004</p></td><td><p>A595</p></td><td><p>180</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>A595</p></td><td><p>141</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>A595</p></td><td><p>156</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>A595</p></td><td><p>140</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>A595</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>A595</p></td><td><p>118</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>A595</p></td><td><p>110</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>A595</p></td><td><p>94</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>A595</p></td><td><p>106</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>A595</p></td><td><p>96</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004</p></td><td><p>A596</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005</p></td><td><p>A596</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006</p></td><td><p>A596</p></td><td><p>59</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>A596</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>A596</p></td><td><p>50</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>A596</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>A596</p></td><td><p>30</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>A596</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>A596</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>A596</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Statistics for 2014 will be available from 25 June.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 09/06/2015 10:05:54 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock