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90879

registered interest
date	05/09/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Berkshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to improve transport connections between Windsor and Reading.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	208388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>On 27 March, the Government and Transport for London announced that Crossrail services will be extended to serve Reading from 2019. Once Crossrail services begin across the whole line in 2019, passengers travelling to London from Windsor, Reading and other Thames Valley stations will be able to travel to more destinations across London without the need to change at Paddington. Construction of Crossrail is now more than half completed and electrification of the Great Western Main Line is also under way. Electrification of the Slough to Windsor route is approved and will improve local connectivity.</p><p> </p><p>The transformation of Reading station was completed on time and under budget as part of the £850 million Reading Station Area Redevelopment programme and formally opened by Her Majesty The Queen on 17 July.</p><p> </p><p>The Government continues to progress the M4 Junction 3–12 smart motorway project, the next step for which is formal public consultation in the autumn. The Highways Agency is also taking forward a £2.5 million pinch point scheme to increase capacity at the M4/A329 (M) junction.</p><p> </p><p>On 7 July the Government agreed the £96.9m Growth Deal with the Thames Valley Berkshire Local Enterprise Partnership. This includes £94.6m to support local transport improvements across the whole of Berkshire, including in and between Windsor and Reading.</p><p> </p><p /> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 11/09/2014 13:49:18 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

90880

registered interest
date	05/09/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of named day written questions were answered by his Department within the prescribed period in the (a) 2012-13 session, (b) 2013-14 session and (c) 2014-15 session to date.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	208432
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Departmental performance information, for ordinary and named day Parliamentary Questions, is collated by the Office of the Leader of the House of Commons and submitted to the Procedure Committee. This is published on a sessional basis by the committee, and includes evidence regarding departmental performance. The monitoring report relating to the 2012-13 session was published on 13 February 2014 as HC1046. The report covering statistics relating to performance during the 2013-14 session will be published very shortly by the Procedure Committee.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport has answered all named day Parliamentary Questions in the 2014-15 session within the prescribed period.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 09/09/2014 12:09:21 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

90786

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	East Croydon Station
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 increase capacity at East Croydon station; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	208154
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Network Rail’s Sussex Route Study is considering options to enhance capacity right along the Brighton Main Line. A draft report for consultation will be published later this year, and a final report will be publish in 2015 setting out options for potential schemes beyond 2019.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 09/09/2014 11:47:39 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

90787

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Ashford
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to provide a new rail halt at Kingsnorth in Ashford, Kent; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ashford
tabling member printed	Damian Green
uin	208299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p>In line with our localism agenda, it is for local authorities to decide whether they want a new station that meets local transport needs. It is for Kent County Council to decide on whether building a new station in Kingsnorth meets local transport needs.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 09/09/2014 12:10:37 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	76 label Biography information for Damian Green

90788

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
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, what assessment he has made of the Transport Research Laboratory review of pedestrian walking speeds and time needed to cross the road; and whether he plans to update the current guidance on pedestrian crossings in response.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	208314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department notes the recommendation that the relevant guidance on this subject should be updated.</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 /> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 10/09/2014 13:49:06 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

90789

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Energy
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 reduce energy costs in his Department; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	208348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department for Transport has introduced a number of measures across its organisations to improve energy efficiency and reduce energy costs.　 These include:-</p><p> </p><p><ul><li>An overarching Operations Sustainability Strategy which enables the identification, management and delivery of energy efficiency measures;</li></ul></p><p> </p><p><ul><li>The development and implementation of the Carbon Trust endorsed organisation specific Carbon Management Plans by the Central Department and the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (former Driving Standards Agency estate);</li></ul></p><p> </p><p><ul><li>Rationalisation of offices to maximise the efficient and effective use of office space;</li></ul></p><p> </p><p><ul><li>Relocation of staff to more appropriate sites where functions have diminished or changed;</li></ul></p><p> </p><p><ul><li>Partial closing of buildings during low occupancy periods (i.e. Christmas, New Year);</li></ul></p><p> </p><p><ul><li>Optimising Building Management Systems to minimise the use of heating and cooling;</li></ul></p><p> </p><p><ul><li>Installation of boiler optimisation controls to improve boiler efficiency;</li></ul></p><p> </p><p><ul><li>Installation of voltage optimisation equipment at large administrative buildings to reduce electricity consumption;</li></ul></p><p> </p><p><ul><li>Lighting improvement programmes (including the installation of LED lights where appropriate and Passive Infrared (PIR) controls);</li></ul></p><p> </p><p><ul><li>Optimisation of IT servers;</li></ul></p><p> </p><p><ul><li>Improvements to building insulation;</li></ul></p><p> </p><p><ul><li>Updating desktop IT with more efficient models;</li></ul></p><p> </p><p><ul><li>Rationalisation of peripheral IT equipment such as printers and faxes with the introduction of Multi-Functional Devices (MFDs);</li></ul></p><p> </p><p><ul><li>Installation of renewable energy sources such as wind turbines, air source heat pumps and photovoltaic cells where appropriate and cost effective;</li></ul></p><p> </p><p><ul><li>Motorway lighting switch off scheme between Midnight and 5AM in pre-assessed areas of the motorway network.</li></ul></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport is committed to achieving all its sustainability targets and lowering energy costs through improving energy efficiency is seen as a key element in attaining that goal.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 09/09/2014 12:07:50 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

90790

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) highest and (b) lowest full-time equivalent salary paid by (i) his Department and (ii) its public bodies was in (A) 2010-11, (B) 2011-12, (C) 2012-13, (D) 2013-14 and (E) 2014-15; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
uin	208292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The highest and lowest full-time equivalent salary paid by (a) the Department for Transport and (b) its public bodies in 2010-11, 2011-12, 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15 is shown in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2">Department for Transport</td><td colspan="2">Public Bodies</td></tr><tr><td> </td><td>Lowest</td><td>Highest</td><td>Lowest</td><td>Highest</td></tr><tr><td>2010-11</td><td>£12,041</td><td>£159,613</td><td>£14,862</td><td>£361,600</td></tr><tr><td>2011-12</td><td>£12,041</td><td>£170,000</td><td>£13,946</td><td>£181,455</td></tr><tr><td>2012-13</td><td>£14,400</td><td>£165,000</td><td>£14,862</td><td>£181,455</td></tr><tr><td>2013-14</td><td>£14,967</td><td>£166,574</td><td>£15,221</td><td>£183,270</td></tr><tr><td>2014-15</td><td>£16,256</td><td>£166,574</td><td>£13,500</td><td>£750,000</td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 11/09/2014 13:46:06 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

90791

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Signs and Markings
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 of 6 March 2014, Official Report, column 942W, on road signs and markings, when he expects to publish his Department's review of the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	208326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department for Transport expects to bring the successor to the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions 2002 (as amended) into force in March 2015.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 10/09/2014 13:51:54 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

90546

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure that foreign drivers are subject to the same penalties as British drivers upon failure to produce relevant CPC documentation.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Andrew Bingham
uin	207991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>All professional drivers of lorries, buses and coaches from EU member states are required to produce the relevant CPC documentation when requested by enforcement officers. I can confirm that non-UK drivers from EU member states are subject to the same penalties as their British counterparts should they fail to do so.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 10/09/2014 13:46:56 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	3994 label Biography information for Andrew Bingham

90547

registered interest
date	03/09/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps are being taken to ensure safety on Northern Rail and TransPennine Express trains running driver-only operations.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Eric Ollerenshaw
uin	207965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There are currently no services on either the TransPennine Express (TPE) or Northern franchises that use driver only operation (DOO). In the consultation on the future of these franchises, which concluded on 28<sup>th</sup> August, we stated that: &quot;on the Northern franchise, we expect to require bidders to set out how DOO may be introduced onto suitable services. On TPE, this will be left at bidders' discretion.&quot; Driver only operation is a safe method that is already the working practice on around 30% of existing franchise services (including for instance many commuter services in London and Glasgow).</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 09/09/2014 11:30:19 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4141 label Biography information for Eric Ollerenshaw