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47342

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which 10 consultancy firms were paid the most by his Department in the last financial year; and how much each of those firms was paid.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	195584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The table below sets out the ten professional services consultancy firms paid the most by the Department during the eleven months of the financial year 2013-14 for which we have data. These companies are sorted in descending level of departmental expenditure.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Company Name </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> Total spend for periods 1 to 11 of financial year 2013/14 </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EVERSHEDS LLP</p></td><td><p>13,829,112</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>FRESHFIELDS BRUCKHAUS DERINGER</p></td><td><p>3,245,153</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SYSTEMS UP LTD</p></td><td><p>706,248</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DTZ</p></td><td><p>414,077</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ALLEN &amp; OVERY</p></td><td><p>236,786</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CUBIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS LTD</p></td><td><p>234,598</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>THOMPSONS SOLICITORS</p></td><td><p>234,260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NABARRO LLP</p></td><td><p>200,614</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ROWSELL WRIGHT LTD</p></td><td><p>160,486</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BOYES TURNER LLP</p></td><td><p>160,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

47343

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will request the Driving Standards Agency and Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency to waive charges arising from car seizures as a result of database classification errors.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Joan Walley
uin	195538
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency does not seize and impound cars.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) adopts a compliance and enforcement approach to ensuring vehicle excise duty is paid. This includes reminder letters and late licensing penalties as well as court prosecutions and the wheelclamping and/or removal of unlicensed vehicles.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>If the DVLA is made aware of any action taken as a result of an error, officials will consider refunding any charges incurred. Each case is considered individually.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	286 label Biography information for Joan Walley

47345

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicles have been crushed as a result of Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency database errors since July 2013.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Joan Walley
uin	195536
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) does not hold the information requested.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>If the DVLA is made aware of any enforcement action taken as a result of an error, officials consider compensating for any losses incurred. Each case is considered individually.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	286 label Biography information for Joan Walley

47347

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which five companies were used most often to provide temporary workers for his Department in the last financial year; and how much in agency fees was paid to each of them.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	195562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The five companies used most often to provide temporary workers to Department for Transport were:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Badenoch and Clark</p><p> </p><p>Capita</p><p> </p><p>Networkers</p><p> </p><p>Spring Technology</p><p> </p><p>Michael Page</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are unable to provide the amount in fees paid to each Supplier as this information is not recorded. The cost of a temporary worker is provided as a total daily rate which is inclusive of Supplier fees.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

47348

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received from (a) local authorities and (b) hon. Members in Lancashire on rolling stock in Lancashire.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Graham Jones
uin	195651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p>Discussions have taken place with Lancashire County Council on the provision of rolling stock for a new Manchester to Burnley and Blackburn via Rochdale service. A number of representations have been received from hon. Members concerning rolling stock in Lancashire, including at the Westminster Hall debate on rolling stock provision in the North of England on 12 March 2014.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

47349

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
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 London.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	195451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The programme to increase passenger capacity on the Windsor to Waterloo railway by 25% is now under way and will be completed in early 2015. 60 additional carriages are being incorporated into an extended and refurbished fleet of trains to operate as a maximum 10 carriage train length. The first additional vehicles are now in service. From May 2014, platform 20 of the former Waterloo International station will be brought into use for scheduled services. Construction of Crossrail is now half completed and electrification of the Great Western Main Line is also under way; the Slough to Windsor &amp; Eton Central line will be electrified by 2019. The Highways Agency is welcoming preliminary comments on the M4 Smart Motorway scheme between Junction 3 (Hayes) and Junction 12 (Theale) until the end of April 2014, and will conduct a formal public consultation on the scheme in the autumn. Subject to development consent and the final business case, construction could start in spring 2016.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 29/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

47350

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
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 average load factor of West Coast Mainline trains leaving London Euston in 2013.
tabling member constituency	Eddisbury
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen O'Brien
uin	195450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>The requested information is not available, however a number of similar statistics relating to 2012 are available via this link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/rai02-capacity-and-overcrowding" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/rai02-capacity-and-overcrowding</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Average load factors for all services departing Euston can be calculated from the data in Table RA10213.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The percentage of passengers in excess of capacity (PiXC) and the number of passengers standing is given for the 3 hour peaks for all franchised operators in Table RA10215.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Equivalent statistics for 2013 will be available in July 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	427 label Biography information for Mr Stephen O'Brien

47351

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what calculations he has used to estimate actual take-up by freight of any spare capacity releases on existing West Coast Mainline tracks if High Speed 2 Phase 2 is realised, including the costs of double and triple handling of goods, products and containers from point of production to point of sale.
tabling member constituency	Eddisbury
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen O'Brien
uin	195449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2014 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>HS2 has the potential to increase the amount of freight that can be carried by rail between London and the West Midlands by using the existing mainline capacity that it releases. HS2 Limited's assessment concludes that an extra 20 West Coast Main Line freight paths could be released. The Department has not conducted any analysis of potential take-up of these freight paths released by HS2, and such take-up would be a commercial matter for rail freight operators.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 29/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	427 label Biography information for Mr Stephen O'Brien

47352

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
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 on the introduction of part-time season tickets for rail commuters; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	195460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Part-time season tickets for rail commuters will be trialled on a London commuter route next year; a competition will be held later this year to identify a train operator to undertake the trial.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

47353

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
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 31 March 2014, Official Report, column 411W, on transport: schools, how many (a) schools and (b) pupils took part in Bikeability cycle training in each year since 2005.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	195440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Funding provided by the Department for Transport (DfT) for Bikeability cycle training began in financial year 2006/7.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data collection since then has consisted mainly of the number of places delivered by each Bikeability grant recipient. Therefore it is not possible to fully answer (A), however, the current estimate is that 8,177 schools take part in training delivered by either their Local Highway Authority or School Games Organiser Host School.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of places delivered using DfT grant funding until 31<sup>st</sup> March 2013 is available and the totals are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td>2006/07</td><td>7,983</td></tr><tr><td>2007/08</td><td>26,894</td></tr><tr><td>2008/09</td><td>92,579</td></tr><tr><td>2009/10</td><td>133,984</td></tr><tr><td>2010/11</td><td>199,197</td></tr><tr><td>2011/12</td><td>293,969</td></tr><tr><td>2012/13</td><td>255,833</td></tr><tr><td>TOTAL</td><td>1,010,439</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh