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515701

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	A417: Gloucestershire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many road traffic accidents have been recorded over the last five years on the area of the A417 in Gloucestershire for which an upgrade is planned in 2020.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
uin	35496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <p>Highways England is starting full-scale options work on the A417 Missing Link ‘Air Balloon’ roundabout scheme this financial year (2016/17), with the intention that the scheme will be ready to start construction as early as possible in the next Road Investment Strategy period which starts on 1 April 2020.</p><p> </p><p>A total of 65 personal injury road accidents were reported to the police between 2010 and 2014 in the vicinity of the A417 scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The number of reported personal injury road accidents per year by severity are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Fatal</p></td><td><p>Serious</p></td><td><p>Slight</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>9</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5yr total</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>8</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Figures for 2015 will be published on 30<sup>th</sup> June 2016.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 05/05/2016 12:33:02 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

515702

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Travel: Concessions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will extend the English national concessionary travel scheme for disabled people beyond off-peak times.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Ben Howlett
uin	35497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <p>Whilst I appreciate that concessionary pass holders might wish to use buses before 9.30am, there are no plans to extend the statutory scheme to include morning peak time travel. Local authorities already have powers to introduce “discretionary concessions” building on the minimum national standard. Authorities can, for instance, enable some disabled pass holders to use services during peak hours, to use modes of transport other than buses or to travel with a companion free of charge. Such enhancements are however, entirely a matter for the respective authorities and are funded locally. It follows that any decision on whether to create such enhancements is a matter for the authority concerned.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 05/05/2016 13:23:25 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4445 label Biography information for Ben Howlett

515981

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: Commuters
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government has taken to promote cycling to work.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
uin	35564
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <p>We support the Cycle to Work scheme which allows employers to loan bicycle and bicycle safety equipment to employees free of any income tax liability. The Department has produced guidelines to encourage employers to take advantage of this exemption so that employees can loan affordable equipment enabling them to cycle to work.</p><p> </p><p>The Department also helps people to cycle to work, for instance, by providing funding to local authorities through the Local Sustainable Transport Fund and Cycle Ambition Cities fund which can be used to improve local cycling provisions, provide safer cycle routes and increase cycle parking facilities.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 05/05/2016 12:37:14 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

515982

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of introducing a bicycle highway code.
tabling member constituency	Chippenham
tabling member printed	Michelle Donelan
uin	35600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <p>Sections 59 – 82 of the Highway Code cover “Rules for Cyclists” which includes sections on road junctions, roundabouts and crossing the road. In addition Annex 1 of the code “You and your bike” covers information and rules about you and using your bicycle on the road. There are no plans to publish a cycling specific excerpt of the Highway Code. To help cyclists further, the Department is providing £50 million over the next four years to support Bikeability cycle training in schools in England (outside London). This funding will help to increase children's road awareness, encourage active travel and improve future motorists’ empathy for more vulnerable road users.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 05/05/2016 13:14:01 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan

515983

registered interest
date	26/04/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: Safety Measures
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 promote awareness among cyclists of the importance of wearing helmets and visible clothing.
tabling member constituency	Chippenham
tabling member printed	Michelle Donelan
uin	35601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2016 answer text <p>The safety of vulnerable road users is a priority and we recommend that all cyclists wear clothing that makes them sufficiently visible to other road users.</p><p>Rule 59 of the Highway Code states, <em>“You should wear light-coloured or fluorescent clothing which helps other road users to see you in daylight and poor light; reflective clothing and/or accessories (belt, arm or ankle bands) in the dark”</em>.</p><p> </p><p>Government policy is that cycle helmets offer a degree of protection for cyclists in the event of a fall from a bicycle and some types of collisions. In line with the Highway Code rule 59 which states <em>“you should wear </em><em>a cycle helmet which conforms to current regulations, is the correct size and securely fastened”</em> we encourage their use by all cyclists and in particular by children.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 05/05/2016 13:18:09 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4530 label Biography information for Michelle Donelan

515426

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	Network Rail
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 10 March 2016 to Question 30100, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of preparing and publishing the Shaw Report: Final Report and Recommendations, published on 16 March 2016.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	35330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p>The Department’s estimated incremental cost of preparing and publishing the Shaw Report is £875,919.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 28/04/2016 13:28:29 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

515427

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	Euston Station
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 14 April 2016 to Question 33386, when he expects that the work to produce a plan to progress the initial feasibility and business case for a Euston Station masterplan will be completed.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	35329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p>The Department, Network Rail and HS2 Ltd are currently working together to produce a plan to progress the initial feasibility and business case work needed for this project over the next two years, which will include the timing, resource required, and estimated cost. We expect to complete this plan by Summer 2016.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 28/04/2016 13:35:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

515428

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	Pilotage Act 1987
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the role of his Department is in overseeing the operation of the Pilotage Act 1987 and in ensuring compliance with the provisions of that Act.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Mark Durkan
uin	35313
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Transport has no powers to oversee or direct Competent Harbour Authorities in the execution of their duties to provide pilotage services in accordance with the 1987 Pilotage Act.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 03/05/2016 13:11:24 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1594 label Biography information for Mark Durkan

515429

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	Pilotage Act 1987
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what mechanisms his Department has put in place for responding to allegations that a competent harbour authority has not acted in conformity with the provisions of the Pilotage Act 1987.
tabling member constituency	Foyle
tabling member printed	Mark Durkan
uin	35314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/05/2016 answer text <p>It is a Competent Harbour Authority which has the statutory duty to determine what pilotage services need to be provided to secure the safety of navigation of vessels operating in their waters. Where a ruling on the legality of its actions is needed, that is a matter for the court rather than the Department.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 04/05/2016 11:10:59 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1594 label Biography information for Mark Durkan

515430

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	Shipping: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policy of the recommendations by the Maritime Accident Investigation Branch in its review of the sinking of the Cemfjord; what discussions his Department has had with the Maritime Coastguard Agency on implementing those recommendations; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	35277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2016 answer text <p>The Maritime Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB) report into the sinking of the Cemfjord was published on the 21 April. The Maritime &amp; Coastguard Agency (MCA) is carefully considering the recommendations about maritime safety information, ship reporting and routeing, and monitoring.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>None of the recommendations in the MAIB report are addressed specifically to the Department. However, the Department takes these findings, and those from other MAIB reports, into consideration in the development of policy and in its interactions in international forums on these issues.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 28/04/2016 13:39:48 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden