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1142074

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	M65
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 work with Transport for the North to expand the M65 to Bradford and Leeds.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Graham P Jones
uin	282295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The Department announced in March 2019 that Highways England would work with Transport for the North on a study looking at options for improving road links between the M65 and north and west Yorkshire. The output of this study will inform consideration of the case for future investment.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 03/09/2019 16:37:12 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

1142119

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycleways: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to support the construction of new cycle lanes that are separate from roads.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	282239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>Local highways authorities are responsible for decisions on cycle lanes in their areas, including on whether or not these should be segregated from other road traffic. The Department is currently in the process of updating its guidance note to local authorities on Cycle Infrastructure Design, which includes advice on where and when different forms of segregation might be appropriate, and the updated guidance will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 03/09/2019 16:40:02 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1142129

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
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, whether he plans to reduce urban traffic speeds to encourage more cyclists to cycle on roads.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	282240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The Department has no plans to change national speed limits.</p><p> </p><p>Local traffic authorities are responsible for setting speed limits on local roads and for targeting their funding on measures that are most effective in ensuring that their roads become safer. To assist with this, the Department published guidance to local highway authorities on setting speed limits in 2013, and furthermore last year published an evaluation into the effectiveness of 20mph speed limits. The 2016 update to the TSRGD (Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions) also made significant changes to facilitate and reduce the cost of providing 20 mph zones in England, allowing traffic authorities to place repeater speed signs and/or speed roundel road markings as well as traffic calming features.</p><p> </p><p>In April 2017 the Government published its first statutory Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy, setting out its ambition to make cycling and walking the natural choice for shorter journeys. And in July 2019, the Government published the Road Safety Statement 2019: a lifetime of road safety. This includes a two-year action plan to address a range of road safety issues which will improve safety for cyclists.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 03/09/2019 16:35:40 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1142262

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Carbon Emissions
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 amount of CO2 produced in the production and maintenance of roads; and what assessment he has made of options for reducing those emissions through the use of more environmentally-friendly materials.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	282530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>Management and maintenance of the Strategic Road Network is the responsibility of Highways England. The Annual Assessment of Highways England Performance 2019 report, published by the Office and Rail and Road (ORR) on 18 July, gives a total figure of 72,302 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents in 2018/19.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold this level of information for the local roads network, which is the responsibility of local highway authorities.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is committed to exploring innovative ideas and processes for more environmentally friendly ways of constructing, repairing and maintaining road surfaces. The Department announced in January 2019 a £23m programme of innovation trials with the Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport (ADEPT) and commercial partners.</p><p> </p><p>The programme includes £1.6 million being provided to Cumbria County Council to extend a trial for the selection and testing of recycled plastic in surfacing and structural treatments on the local road network. This trial will assess the suitability and durability of the plastics additives from minor patching work and pothole repairs through to major resurfacing.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, Highways England are also trialling the use of recycled material from tyres in the asphalt mix on the southbound M1 between junctions 23 and 22 near Leicester.</p><p> </p><p>Technological innovation in road maintenance processes can also improve efficiency and reduce waste by recycling existing road material. Highways England is taking such an approach in reconstructing a 10-mile stretch of the A1(M) southbound carriageway between Leeming and the Ripon interchange.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 03/09/2019 16:34:19 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1142317

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Greater Manchester
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 increase the reliability and capacity of trains through the Castlefield corridor; and what the timetable is for building platforms 15 and 16 at Manchester Piccadilly station.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
uin	282175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The Department has commissioned railway expert Richard George to work with the operators and Network Rail to develop and support initiatives that aim to improve capacity and performance of the Castlefield Corridor.</p><p>Network Rail have undertaken an interim review on capacity improvements for the infrastructure. This report is currently being considered by the Department, and will then consider the next steps.</p><p>Network Rail applied for a Transport and Works Act Order for the Manchester Piccadilly and Oxford Road Capacity Enhancement scheme. This is a legal process which the Department is currently considering, and so at this time there is no timetable for building platforms 15 and 16 at Manchester Piccadilly station.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 03/09/2019 11:46:23 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg

1142318

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rolling Stock
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his timetable is for the withdrawal of Sprinter trains from service.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
uin	282176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not have a timetable for the removal of “Sprinter” trains from the network. Rolling stock owners are best placed to determine the economic life of their assets and whether they continue to meet the expectations of passengers.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 03/09/2019 16:38:14 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg

1142320

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rolling Stock: Fossil Fuels
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 remove fossil fuel-powered rolling stock from UK railways by 2040.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, West Derby
tabling member printed	Stephen Twigg
uin	282177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>In February 2018 the Government challenged the industry to produce a vision for how all diesel-only trains could be removed from the rail network by 2040. In response, an industry taskforce, led by Malcom Brown, has identified technologies that can be used to decarbonise rail: electrification and both hydrogen and battery power.</p><p> </p><p>We are working with Network Rail to develop a decarbonisation strategy for the rail network to ensure that rail makes its contribution to achieving the Government’s target of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 03/09/2019 16:32:29 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	167 label Biography information for Stephen Twigg

1142321

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Road to Zero policy, how many of the publicly accessible charge points are in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Birmingham.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	282567
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>Government funding and leadership, alongside private sector investment, has supported the installation of more than 20,000 public chargepoints. This includes over 2,000 rapid chargepoints – one of the largest networks in Europe. Our grant schemes and our £400m public-private Charging Infrastructure Investment Fund will see thousands more electric vehicle chargepoints installed across the UK.</p><p> </p><p>The majority of public chargepoints are funded privately and Government does not keep a record of their numbers. Through the On-street Residential chargepoint Scheme (ORCS), the Government has provided grant funding for 90 chargepoints in the Coventry area in the West Midlands, with 78 installed so far. Birmingham has not yet applied for any ORCS funding. The ORCS remains open for applications from Local Authorities with funding doubled for this financial year.</p><p> </p><p>Zap-Map (<a href="https://www.zap-map.com/" target="_blank">https://www.zap-map.com/</a>) can show where all public chargepoints in the West Midlands and Birmingham area are, as well as across the whole of the UK. As of 18 July 2019, Zap-Map data reported the number of publicly accessible charge points in the West Midlands as 764 and in Birmingham as 89.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 03/09/2019 16:08:41 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1142323

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Clean Air Zones: Birmingham
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 Birmingham City Council on the timescale for the introduction of the clean air zone.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	282569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>Work is underway to develop key components of the system to support charging Clean Air Zones for early 2020. We are working closely with Birmingham City Council, one of the first local authorities to bring in charging Clean Air Zones, to develop and implement the system in the shortest possible time. Our priority is to introduce a reliable and consistent service as soon as possible and practicable. We will continue to work with Birmingham City Council on the detailed timetable for introducing the service.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 03/09/2019 16:42:53 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1142325

registered interest
date	25/07/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of cars registered in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Birmingham are electric cars.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	282571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is provided in the following table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Geographic Area</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total battery electric<sup>1</sup> cars registered as at end-March 2019</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% of all cars registered that are battery electric<sup>1</sup> as at end-March 2019</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands Region</p></td><td><p>5,572</p></td><td><p>0.18%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham City Council</p></td><td><p>1,893</p></td><td><p>0.29%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: Department for Transport based on DVLA data</p><p> </p><p><sup>1 </sup>Battery electric vehicles refer to vehicles powered by electricity only. This does not include plug-in hybrid, hybrid, range-extended electric, or fuel cell electric vehicles.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 03/09/2019 15:53:30 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill