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1128611

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date	23/05/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Iron and Steel
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 the proportion of UK steel and steel products procured by his Department in (a) 2017 and (b) 2018.
tabling member constituency	Blaenau Gwent
tabling member printed	Nick Smith
uin	257729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>Network Rail purchase ninety-seven percent of their steel from Scunthorpe. Both Highways England and High Speed Two Ltd procure steel through their respective supply chains. Raw materials for non-infrastructure purchases e.g. Rolling Stock are purchased by the prime contractor.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 04/06/2019 15:09:38 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	3928 label Biography information for Nick Smith

1128615

registered interest
date	23/05/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Government plans to respond to the Bus Services Act 2017: accessible information consultation.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Martin Whitfield
uin	257804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government understands the importance of accessible on-board information in helping bus passengers to travel with confidence, and in Summer 2018 published a public consultation on proposals to require its provision on local bus services throughout Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to analyse responses to the consultation and expect to announce our next steps regarding the making of Regulations and publication of guidance later in the year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 05/06/2019 11:33:33 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	4626 label Biography information for Martin Whitfield

1128269

registered interest
date	22/05/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	M20: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department’s timescale is for the installation on the M20 smart motorway of emergency refuge areas spaced at no more than 1 mile apart.
tabling member constituency	Chatham and Aylesford
tabling member printed	Tracey Crouch
uin	257470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government has always been clear that the benefits of smart motorways will not be delivered at the expense of safety, with Highways England setting a strict objective that each scheme should be at least as safe as a traditional motorway.</p><p> </p><p>Operational evidence shows no consistent correlation between the number of vehicles stopping in live lane on smart motorways and the spacing of emergency areas – with a broadly comparable live lane breakdown rate even where emergency areas were three times further apart.</p><p> </p><p>However, to help drivers feel more confident they can find a place to stop in an emergency, Highways England are reducing the maximum spacing of emergency areas on future smart motorway schemes from about every mile and a half (about 90 seconds at 60mph) to around every mile (about every minute at 60mph).</p><p> </p><p>Highways England is committed to improving its emergency areas on the M20 by installing improved signage and conspicuous orange surfacing.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 04/06/2019 14:46:12 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch