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349216

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Franchises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the rail franchise system.
tabling member constituency	Makerfield
tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
uin	900260
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2015 answer text <p>We continuously monitor a range of indicators, including performance figures and passenger satisfaction. Rail use is at its highest level since the 1920s: 1.65 billion passenger journeys were made in Great Britain on franchised passenger trains in 2014-15. The number of journeys made on the rail network has more than doubled since the introduction of the franchise system.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 11/06/2015 13:26:58 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

348739

registered interest
date	05/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aircraft: Air Conditioning
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 5 March 2015 to Question 225929, if he will discuss with the Civil Aviation Authority the feasibility of making the monitoring of toxins inside aeroplanes mandatory on UK aeroplanes.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	1278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department four published reports into cabin air were sent to the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for their consideration. EASA are responsible for determining the requirement for and specification of any additional monitoring on board commercial aircraft.</p><p> </p><p>I understand they have recently launched a Preliminary Cabin Air Measurement Campaign. This campaign will develop the methodology including equipment to be used, to perform cockpit and cabin air measurements. This will be followed by a large scale project of in-flight testing of cabin air quality.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 1279 1280 question first answered 10/06/2015 14:51:44 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

348740

registered interest
date	05/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aircraft: Air Conditioning
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 5 March 2015 to Question 225928, what (a) recent discussions he has had and (b) discussions he plans to have with the Civil Aviation Authority on its work reviewing the evidence for the possibility of genetic factors which might influence individual susceptibility to environmental toxins.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	1279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department four published reports into cabin air were sent to the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for their consideration. EASA are responsible for determining the requirement for and specification of any additional monitoring on board commercial aircraft.</p><p> </p><p>I understand they have recently launched a Preliminary Cabin Air Measurement Campaign. This campaign will develop the methodology including equipment to be used, to perform cockpit and cabin air measurements. This will be followed by a large scale project of in-flight testing of cabin air quality.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 1278 1280 question first answered 10/06/2015 14:51:44 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

348741

registered interest
date	05/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aircraft: Air Conditioning
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Answer of 5 March 2015 to Question 225927, if he will raise with his EU counterparts a proposal to establish an EU-wide study into the potential effects of repeated exposure to toxins inside aeroplanes.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Gordon Marsden
uin	1280
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department four published reports into cabin air were sent to the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for their consideration. EASA are responsible for determining the requirement for and specification of any additional monitoring on board commercial aircraft.</p><p> </p><p>I understand they have recently launched a Preliminary Cabin Air Measurement Campaign. This campaign will develop the methodology including equipment to be used, to perform cockpit and cabin air measurements. This will be followed by a large scale project of in-flight testing of cabin air quality.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 1278 1279 question first answered 10/06/2015 14:51:44 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

348746

registered interest
date	05/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to improve access for disabled people at National Rail stations.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
uin	1300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>By the end of this year the Access for All programme, launched in 2006, will have provided step free routes to more than 150 stations and smaller scale improvements at over 1,100. A further £160m has been allocated to extend the programme until 2019 and the 68 stations to benefit from this were announced last year.</p><p> </p><p>This is in addition to access improvements delivered by other major projects or the industry itself, which must meet UK and EU standards for accessibility.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 10/06/2015 14:11:32 question first ministerially corrected 10/06/2015 14:43:40 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry previous answer version 3604 answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan

348747

registered interest
date	05/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on taxis and private hire vehicles making additional charges for helping wheelchair users; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
uin	1301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Transport is committed to ensuring that everyone has the same access to transport services and opportunities to travel.</p><p> </p><p>Both taxis and private hire vehicles (PHVs) are a particularly valuable form of transport for people with disabilities and I would therefore strongly discourage the practice of making additional charges to assist a disabled passenger. I would remind all Taxi and PHV operators of their obligations under the Equality Act 2010.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 10/06/2015 15:49:21 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan

348748

registered interest
date	05/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to ensure taxi and private hire drivers undergo disability awareness training.
tabling member constituency	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
tabling member printed	Dr Paul Monaghan
uin	1302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>Although there is no statutory requirement for Taxi and PHV drivers to undertake disability awareness training, the Department for Transport’s best practice guidance on Taxi and Private Hire Vehicle Licensing in England and Wales recommends local licensing authorities work with operators, drivers and trade bodies in their area to improve drivers’ awareness of the needs of disabled people. This includes encouraging their drivers to undertake disability awareness training. A separate licensing regime regulates taxi and private hire vehicles in Scotland and the Scottish Government publishes its own Best Practice guidance.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Law Commission recently undertook a wide ranging review of taxi and private hire legislation in England and Wales and published their final report and a draft Bill on 23 May 2014, in which it recommended mandatory disability awareness training for drivers. The Government will respond to the report shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 10/06/2015 15:55:09 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4383 label Biography information for Dr Paul Monaghan

348754

registered interest
date	05/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Season Tickets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will require train operating companies to offer part-time season tickets as a condition of any future franchise awards.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	1318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>Part-time season tickets do not currently exist on the rail network. The Government is currently working in partnership with the rail industry to develop both the required infrastructure and the details of exactly how such a product should work for passengers. Until this work is completed, it would not be appropriate or cost-effective to specify part-time season tickets in rail franchises.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 10/06/2015 13:52:50 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

348562

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will provide guidance to police authorities who close a road following a road traffic accident about the need to post diversion signs to facilitate traffic flow; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	1145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2015 answer text <p>Guidance on traffic management, including the provision of diversion signs, following a road traffic accident or in other emergency situations is already provided in The Traffic Signs Manual Chapter 8. This document, published by the Department for Transport, is available online at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/traffic-signs-manual" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/traffic-signs-manual</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 10/06/2015 13:59:11 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

348583

registered interest
date	04/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Cumbria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what investment in road infrastructure there has been in (a) Workington constituency and (b) Allerdale district in each year since 2005.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
uin	1146
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2015 answer text <p>Highways England (formerly the Highways Agency) is responsible for the Strategic Road Network and Cumbria County Council for the local road network within the Workington constituency and Allerdale district. The A595 Parton to Lillyhall improvement was the one major project that Highways England were responsible for in the wider Allerdale district since 2005. The spend profile since 2005/06 is shown below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2005/06</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2006/07</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2007/08</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008/09</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Spend (£m)</p></td><td><p>0.95</p></td><td><p>4.785</p></td><td><p>14.616</p></td><td><p>20.534</p></td><td><p>0.596</p></td><td><p>0.539</p></td><td><p><strong>42.642</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Highways England spent the following amounts on maintenance and improvements:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Allerdale District</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p>Workington Constituency</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005/2006</p></td><td><p>0.917</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2005/2006</p></td><td><p>0.050</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/2007</p></td><td><p>2.123</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2006/2007</p></td><td><p>0.055</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/2008</p></td><td><p>2.536</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2007/2008</p></td><td><p>0.004</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/2009</p></td><td><p>1.917</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2008/2009</p></td><td><p>0.016</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/2010</p></td><td><p>2.151</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2009/2010</p></td><td><p>0.246</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/2011</p></td><td><p>1.365</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2010/2011</p></td><td><p>0.210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/2012</p></td><td><p>0.484</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2011/2012</p></td><td><p>0.010</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/2013</p></td><td><p>1.476</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2012/2013</p></td><td><p>0.000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/2014</p></td><td><p>2.553</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2013/2014</p></td><td><p>0.052</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/2015</p></td><td><p>1.597</p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p>2014/2015</p></td><td><p>0.070</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport provides funding to local highway authorities for the local road network. For Cumbria County Council the allocations since 2005 are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>£ million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005/06</p></td><td><p>15.816</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006/07</p></td><td><p>17.378</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007/08</p></td><td><p>18.691</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008/09</p></td><td><p>19.801</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>26.478</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>58.27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>49.197</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>34.772</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>47.616</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>40.666</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>36.708</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Cumbria have also been allocated £24.6 million through the Local Growth Fund announced in July 2014 and January 2015 for transport schemes including £2m towards replacement of a life expired road bridge that provides access to the Port of Workington.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 09/06/2015 15:43:30 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock