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1078467

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
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: Lancaster
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 22 February 2019 to Question 221779, High Speed Two: Lancaster, if he will meet (a) the hon. Member for Lancaster and Fleetwood and (b) Lancaster business leaders to discuss High Speed Two.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	226699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>I understand the importance of HS2 to the north west and specifically to Lancaster. As I stated in my recent letter to you, I have asked my officials to set up a meeting to ensure that your concerns are heard.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 04/03/2019 16:02:19 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1078471

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Autism and Learning Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that train companies have effective accessibility plans for passengers with (a) learning disabilities and (b) autism.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	226509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2019 answer text <p>All train operating companies (TOCs) are required as part of their licence condition to have in place a Disabled People’s Protection Policy (DPPP) which sets out their plans to make sure disabled passengers, including those with learning disabilities and autism, are able to use the rail network.</p><p> </p><p>The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) is responsible for monitoring TOCs’ compliance with their DPPPs. ORR has the powers to take enforcement action where there are breaches of licence conditions, and the Department has encouraged them to do so. The Department is working closely with the ORR as they review the requirements in the DPPP guidance.</p><p> </p><p>In the Inclusive Transport Strategy published in 2018, the Department set out the actions it will take to make the rail network more accessible for people with all disabilities, for example requiring train operators to provide enhanced disability awareness training covering a range of disabilities including non-visible disabilities such as learning disabilities and autism to all staff. The strategy can be found on the Gov.UK website at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/inclusive-transport-strategy" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/inclusive-transport-strategy</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Williams Rail Review is considering the needs and priorities of disabled passengers in its work, and identifying how accessibility can be improved for everyone.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 06/03/2019 17:36:53 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1078513

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Offences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people (a) charged and (b) found guilty of traffic offences in the UK in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	226522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>Statistics on prosecutions and convictions for motoring offences are available from the <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2017" target="_blank">Ministry of Justice Motoring tool</a> and shown below for years 2010 to 2017 for England and Wales:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Motoring offences</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Number of defendants prosecuted at Magistrates' Court</p></td><td><p>Number of offenders found guilty at all courts</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>681,594</p></td><td><p>586,515</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>610,045</p></td><td><p>526,200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>570,481</p></td><td><p>489,588</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>565,611</p></td><td><p>480,720</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>591,118</p></td><td><p>512,043</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>645,719</p></td><td><p>560,566</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>667,317</p></td><td><p>590,260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>664,390</p></td><td><p>594,927</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><em>Source: MoJ Motoring Offences tool</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The Ministry of Justice does not hold data for Scotland and Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>On motoring offences charges, the Home Office does not hold data on these charges apart from ‘causing death by dangerous driving’, because these offences are non-notifiable.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 04/03/2019 17:48:48 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1078518

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Air Pollution
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 in response to the recommendation of the Fourth Report of the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee, Fourth Report of the Environmental Audit Committee, Third Report of the Health and Social Care Committee, and Second Report of the Transport Committee of Session 2017–19 on Improving air quality, HC 433, that the Government aligns (a) climate change schemes, (b) urban planning, (c) public transport and (d) fiscal incentives with air quality goals to prevent its policy from working at cross-purposes.
tabling member constituency	Ribble Valley
tabling member printed	Mr Nigel Evans
uin	226550
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government responded in full to the recommendations on 22 May 2018. The Government’s focus in the immediate term is on bringing forward compliance with legal limits for NO2 concentrations, and stakeholders from seven departments take part in the governance of the NO2 Plan in order to ensure that policies are closely aligned.</p><p>The Government published its new Clean Air Strategy on 14 January 2019, setting out a comprehensive plan to tackle air pollution, aimed at all sectors of industry and society.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/03/2019 12:20:32 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	474 label Biography information for Mr Nigel Evans

1078579

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling and Walking: Infrastructure
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 allocate funding to local authorities to implement Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plans.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	226518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plans (LCWIPs) are used by Local Authorities to identify and prioritise investment for cycling and walking schemes from local funds and relevant national funding streams, such as the Highways Maintenance Fund, Integrated Transport Block, Transforming Cities Fund, Future High Streets Fund, Housing Infrastructure Fund and the Clean Air Fund.</p><p> </p><p>Decisions on future funding for cycling and walking will be made in the context of the forthcoming Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 04/03/2019 10:56:43 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1078585

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling and Walking: Liverpool City Region
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether Liverpool City Region will receive funding from his Department to implement the local cycling and walking infrastructure plan.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
uin	226495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>As set out in the answer to PQ 226496, Liverpool City Region has already received £172.5 million from the Transforming Cities Fund to improve and support new local transport links; these funds are available to be spent on cycling and walking schemes if they are prioritised.</p><p> </p><p>In general, it is for local authorities to identify and prioritise investment for cycling and walking schemes from local funds and relevant national funding streams. Funding opportunities are available through a range of local transport and place based funds, including the Highways Maintenance Fund, Integrated Transport Block, Future High Streets Fund, Housing Infrastructure Fund and the Clean Air Fund.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 05/03/2019 15:33:09 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg

1078588

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: Liverpool
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to encourage cycling in Liverpool in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
uin	226496
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department has provided Liverpool City Region with dedicated transport planning support to enable the development of the city’s Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan (LCWIP).</p><p>The Department has also awarded the Liverpool City Region £172.5 million from the Transforming Cities Fund to improve and support new local transport links. It is for the City Region and Mayor to identify and prioritise investment for cycling and walking schemes, including from existing local highways funds.</p><p>The Department continues to support Bikeability cycle training in Liverpool and has provided funding to enable delivery of more than 10,000 training places for children in Liverpool City Region in 2018/19.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 05/03/2019 15:23:54 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg

1078608

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Passengers
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 rail passenger numbers for each of the last 30 years.
tabling member constituency	Halesowen and Rowley Regis
tabling member printed	James Morris
uin	226656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2019 answer text <p>The Office of Rail and Road publish the total number of rail passenger journeys within Great Britain each year. The number of journeys in each of the last 30 years is provided in the table below:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Number of franchised passenger journeys (millions)</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total passenger journeys (millions)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1988-89</p></td><td><p>822.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1989-90</p></td><td><p>812.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1990-91</p></td><td><p>810.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1991-92</p></td><td><p>792.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1992-93</p></td><td><p>770.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1993-94</p></td><td><p>740.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1994-95</p></td><td><p>735.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1995-96</p></td><td><p>761.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1996-97</p></td><td><p>800.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1997-98</p></td><td><p>845.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1998-99</p></td><td><p>891.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1999-00</p></td><td><p>931.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2000-01</p></td><td><p>956.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2001-02</p></td><td><p>959.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2002-03</p></td><td><p>975.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2003-04</p></td><td><p>1,011.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2004-05</p></td><td><p>1,039.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005-06</p></td><td><p>1,076.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>1,145.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>1,218.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>1,266.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>1,257.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>1,353.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>1,460.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>1,500.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>1,586.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td><p>1,653.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015-16</p></td><td><p>1,715.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>1,729.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>1,705.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Notes: This data does not include Heathrow Express, Eurostar, non-franchised operators, underground or light rail services.</p><p> </p><p>Additional years are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="http://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/displayreport/report/html/02136399-b0c5-4d91-a85e-c01f8a48e07e" target="_blank">http://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/displayreport/report/html/02136399-b0c5-4d91-a85e-c01f8a48e07e</a></p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 07/03/2019 11:57:56 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	3992 label Biography information for James Morris

1078644

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Speed Limits: Schools
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 effect of a reduction in speed limits outside schools from 30 mph to 20 mph on the level of road traffic incidents.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
uin	226501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>In November 2018, the Department for Transport published an evaluation into 20mph limits (which are marked by signs only): <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/20-mph-speed-limits-on-roads" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/20-mph-speed-limits-on-roads</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The study found insufficient evidence to conclude that in residential areas the introduction of 20mph limits had led to a significant change in collisions and casualties. However, one city centre case study did show a significant reduction in collisions and casualties.</p><p> </p><p>Overall the introduction of 20mph limits led to a small reduction in median speed (less than 1mph), but vehicles travelling at higher speeds before the change of speed limit reduced their speed more than those already travelling at lower speeds.</p><p> </p><p>Research in 1996 showed that 20mph zones (which have traffic calming) could reduce the overall average annual collision frequency by up to two-thirds.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 04/03/2019 17:32:03 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg

1078650

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Southeastern: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of trains on the Southeastern rail network have been delayed in the last 12 months; and what proportion of those delayed trains were the fault of (a) Southeastern and (b) Network Rail.
tabling member constituency	Bexleyheath and Crayford
tabling member printed	Sir David Evennett
uin	226578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>Statistics on passenger rail performance are published by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR).</p><p> </p><p>The current standard measure of train punctuality is the Public Performance Measure (PPM). PPM is defined as the percentage of trains arriving at the final destination within five minutes of the planned timetable for London and South East, Regional and Scotland operators, or within ten minutes for the Long Distance operators.</p><p> </p><p>Published PPM statistics per train operator up to Rail Period 11 2018-19 (January 2019) are available on the ORR website at the below link:</p><p><a href="https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/displayreport/report/html/88127b42-8507-4261-bef7-c65527ada55d" target="_blank">https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/displayreport/report/html/88127b42-8507-4261-bef7-c65527ada55d</a></p><p> </p><p>The latest available statistics show that in the year ending Period 11 2018-19, 88.1% of planned Southeastern services arrived at their final destination within five minutes of the planned timetable.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics on train delay by cause are currently available up to Period 7 2018-19 (October 2018) and are also published by the ORR at the below link:</p><p><a href="https://orr.gov.uk/__data/assets/excel_doc/0006/25179/delays-by-cause-by-toc.xlsx" target="_blank">https://orr.gov.uk/__data/assets/excel_doc/0006/25179/delays-by-cause-by-toc.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>In the year ending Period 7 2018-19 (October 2018), 87.7% of planned Southeastern services arrived at their final destination within five minutes of the planned timetable. Over this year, 61% of Southeastern PPM failures recorded were attributed to Network Rail, whilst 32% of PPM failures were attributed to Southeastern. The remaining PPM failures occurred as a result of delays attributed to other Train Operators, as well as small proportion of delays for which it is not possible to attribute to a specific cause.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 04/03/2019 16:35:43 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1198 label Biography information for Sir David Evennett