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174800

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rolling Stock: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which organisations have inspected mock-ups of Intercity Express Programme train sets.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	221329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>Industry representatives who have inspected the InterCity Express Programme (IEP) Mock Up include; ASLEF, TSSA &amp; RMT, CTC, Sustrans &amp; Cycle-Rail Working Group, Members of the Young Railway Professionals, ORR, NoBo Interfleet and Lloyds Register, Passenger Focus, First Great Western, Inter City East Coast, bidders for the East Coast Franchise, Transport Scotland, Network Rail, ATOC, the NAO, Rail Future, the Centre for Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI), British Transport Police (BTP) and groups representing passengers with restricted mobility, the blind and partially sighted.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I also had the pleasure of inspecting the IEP Mock Up on 15 October 2014, where I met with DfT Officials, Hitachi Directors, the Design Agency and a group of young transport professionals embarking on their career in engineering. I satisfied myself that the design of the IEP has been an inclusive and collaborative approach reaching out to very many in industry and across the wider transport community.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 27/01/2015 14:52:50 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

174801

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Parking: Pedestrian Areas
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 cost to councils of damage caused by parking on the pavement; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	221435
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>Information on local authority traffic regulation orders is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently considering responses received to our recent consultation on the Cycling Delivery Plan, including issues relating to increasing walking and promoting safe walking.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport has made no assessment of the cost to councils of damage caused by parking on pavements. The Department has recently announced how it is allocating just under £6 billion in funding for local highways maintenance to councils in England, outside London and this funding could be used to help repair footways.</p><p> </p><p>The provisions of the Pavement Parking Private Members' Bill warrant both an impact assessment and a full public consultation. The Bill has yet to receive a second reading in this House and is most unlikely to complete its Parliamentary passage in the time available. It would be inappropriate for the Department to invest public resource in the circumstances.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 221395 221436 221439 question first answered 26/01/2015 14:36:44 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

174802

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Crawley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding his Department provided to upgrade railway stations in Crawley constituency (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13 and (d) 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	221384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>£53 million was spent on a project at Gatwick Airport Station in the Crawley constituency over the period from 2010-11 to 2013-14. Network Rail completed work in January 2014 on the scheme, which was designed to improve reliability and punctuality of journeys and increase capacity with a new seventh platform. The project was jointly funded by Network Rail as part of their Railway Control Period 4 plans, and Gatwick Airport Limited.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Access for All small schemes programme provided funding of £116,000 for three new height adjustable ticket office windows 2012/13 and £47,400 for a number of accessibility improvements in 2013/14.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Stations Commercial Projects Facility provided £559,023 towards a Southern Railway and Network Rail project to enhance the retail environment at Three Bridges station. This work was completed in 2012.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 27/01/2015 15:09:11 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

174803

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Pavement Parking Bill
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will conduct an impact assessment into the potential effects of the Pavement Parking Private Members' Bill; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	221436
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>Information on local authority traffic regulation orders is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently considering responses received to our recent consultation on the Cycling Delivery Plan, including issues relating to increasing walking and promoting safe walking.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport has made no assessment of the cost to councils of damage caused by parking on pavements. The Department has recently announced how it is allocating just under £6 billion in funding for local highways maintenance to councils in England, outside London and this funding could be used to help repair footways.</p><p> </p><p>The provisions of the Pavement Parking Private Members' Bill warrant both an impact assessment and a full public consultation. The Bill has yet to receive a second reading in this House and is most unlikely to complete its Parliamentary passage in the time available. It would be inappropriate for the Department to invest public resource in the circumstances.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 221395 221435 221439 question first answered 26/01/2015 14:36:44 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

174804

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Signals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made with the implementation of the European Rail Traffic Management System.
tabling member constituency	Woking
tabling member printed	Jonathan Lord
uin	221429
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2015 answer text <p>Network Rail is funded to deliver the national rollout of the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) and they are working closely with cross-industry stakeholders to do so. The first routes where ERTMS will be used the core section of the Thameslink route in mid 2018 and the East Coast south (from Kings Cross to Peterborough) from 2018. In addition we will secure the train fit part of ERTMS as part of our new franchise program. Both the new Thameslink Southern Great Northern (TSGN) and East Coast franchisees are obligated to work with Network Rail to deliver train services under ERTMS control as the system gradually rolls out.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 27/01/2015 14:56:22 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4090 label Biography information for Mr Jonathan Lord

174805

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
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 assessment he has made of the potential effect of introducing Driver-Only Operation on delays and train dispatch times on the Northern Rail and TransPennine Express franchises.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	221340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department is considering the option of specifying that, where appropriate, drivers take on the job of opening and closing the train doors on the Northern Rail and Transpenine Express franchises, as happens on many other parts of the railway, but no decision has yet been taken. This would have the potential to reduce delays by shortening dwell time at platforms and mitigate the risk of delay or cancellation due to conductor unavailability.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 23/01/2015 10:44:39 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

174806

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Northern Rail
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many stations at which Northern Rail services stop are currently (a) staffed and (b) unstaffed.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	221325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2015 answer text <p>Northern serve 527 stations, of which they operate 467. Of those 527 stations, 196 are staffed, 331 are unstaffed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 23/01/2015 10:37:14 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

174809

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Parking: Pedestrian Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many local authorities have implemented traffic regulation orders to tackle pavement parking in their area; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	221439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>Information on local authority traffic regulation orders is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>We are currently considering responses received to our recent consultation on the Cycling Delivery Plan, including issues relating to increasing walking and promoting safe walking.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport has made no assessment of the cost to councils of damage caused by parking on pavements. The Department has recently announced how it is allocating just under £6 billion in funding for local highways maintenance to councils in England, outside London and this funding could be used to help repair footways.</p><p> </p><p>The provisions of the Pavement Parking Private Members' Bill warrant both an impact assessment and a full public consultation. The Bill has yet to receive a second reading in this House and is most unlikely to complete its Parliamentary passage in the time available. It would be inappropriate for the Department to invest public resource in the circumstances.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 221395 221435 221436 question first answered 26/01/2015 14:36:44 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

174810

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
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, whether he plans to include in his Department's contract with the successful bidder for Northern Rail and Transpennine Express franchises a requirement that there is a second person on board the train in addition to the driver in the event of the introduction of driver-only operation.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	221453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not specify the numbers of staff or how they should be deployed as this is something that the operators are much better placed to manage and understand. The Department is considering the option of specifying that, where appropriate, drivers take on the job of opening and closing the train doors on the Northern Rail and Transpenine Express franchises, as happens on many other parts of the railway. Our approach is to assess the bids we receive to ensure they adequately provide for passengers to be able to purchase tickets, have access to appropriate service information and feel safe and secure on trains.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 23/01/2015 10:47:35 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

174811

registered interest
date	20/01/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Speed Limits: Cameras
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons the Highways Agency Digital Enforcement Camera System 3 cameras are not painted yellow in accordance with policy elsewhere; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	221445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2015 answer text <p>Traffic flows on some motorways have been smoothed and made more reliable by varying the speed limit at times of significant congestion. This has been assisted by grey spot-speed cameras since 1995. The latest cameras, Highways Agency Digital Enforcement Camera System 3, are also grey like their predecessors.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These cameras are currently in use on Smart Motorways. This government has introduced Smart Motorways to improve safety, reduce congestion and achieve as quick a journey as possible. Large signs are placed regularly on these motorway sections to make drivers aware of the cameras and the vast majority of motorists do keep within the speed limit. For all motorists to gain from smoother traffic flows in those areas with a track record for congestion, the speed limits need to be adhered to and this will lead to better journeys for everyone.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>All cameras are sign posted and more visible than before, helping ensure motorists apply the speed limit and get where they want to go as quickly as possible. If the public have concerns about the visibility of speed cameras on the motorway network that is something we will look at with the Highways Agency and we will continue to work with organisations including the AA and RAC to inform motorists of the changes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Mr Patrick McLoughlin question first answered 26/01/2015 17:50:22 answering member 333 label Biography information for Lord McLoughlin
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight