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1149867

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Energy Supply
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 2 October 2019 to Question 290331 on Department for Transport: Energy Supply, and to the Answer of 1 October 2019 to Question 290324 on Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Energy Supply, if he will introduce the same policy as the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and switch to an electricity provider that supplies electricity solely from renewable resources within the next 12 months; for what reason his Department has not already ensured its electricity is supplied solely from renewable resources.
tabling member constituency	Scunthorpe
tabling member printed	Nic Dakin
uin	1007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department’s response of 2 October 2019 to Question 290331 covered over 1,200 sites and not just our main headquarters building. However, I can confirm that the electricity supplied to our headquarters building has been sourced from solely renewable sources since 2010. The Department will consider further opportunities for increasing the proportion of energy that is sourced from renewable sources as and when contracts are renewed. We are encouraging our ALB’s to switch to renewable sources where they haven’t already.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 21/10/2019 16:32:59 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4056 label Biography information for Nic Dakin

1149890

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorways
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 number of vehicles that were assisted by Highways England after vehicular failure on a smart motorways in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2019 answer text <p>Highways England collects data across its Strategic Road Network on the number of breakdown incidents managed by its regional control centres.</p><p> </p><p>To provide this information, Highways England has applied the following requirements as detailed below to then calculate the totals shown in the table.</p><p> </p><p>The data presented below summarises the number of incidents categorised as a ‘breakdown’ in their incident management logs. The data only includes incidents when Highways England Traffic Officers have attended such a breakdown incident and only captures incidents which are mapped to operational smart motorway locations.</p><p> </p><p>The total mileage of smart motorways on the strategic road network increased during the assessed period, which is due to new schemes opening and becoming operational.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total no. ‘breakdown’ incidents</p></td><td><p>16,763</p></td><td><p>20,421</p></td><td><p>25,333</p></td><td><p>62,517</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 25/10/2019 12:45:07 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1149893

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorways
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 average time taken for Highways England to provide assistance to motorists on smart motorways after vehicular failure.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2019 answer text <p>Highways England monitors the performance of its management of incidents across the Strategic Road Network.</p><p> </p><p>Highways England’s Traffic Officers provide assistance on the network to all motorists who require help.</p><p> </p><p>Using its recorded data, Highways England has summarised in the table below the average response times for Traffic Officers to arrive on scene at incidents which have been reported to, and are being managed, by its regional control centres.</p><p> </p><p>Highways England has used the same data parameters as set out in PQ answer 992.</p><p> </p><p>The amount of smart motorway increased during the assessed period, due to new schemes opening.</p><p> </p><p>This data provides Traffic Officer response times for breakdown incidents which are mapped to operational smart motorway locations.</p><p> </p><p>The average response time (in hh:mm:ss) for breakdown incidents between 2016 and 2018 is set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total average response time</p></td><td><p>00:16:04</p></td><td><p>00:17:07</p></td><td><p>00:17:39</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 25/10/2019 12:53:07 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1149894

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorways: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many accidents there have been on Smart motorways as a result of a change in the use of lanes in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2019 answer text <p>It is not possible to provide data on the number of accidents on Smart motorways as a result of a change in use of lanes, as we cannot determine that as the cause.</p><p> </p><p>Data is collected on factors that contribute to how and why personal injury road accidents occur. However, it is not possible to attribute the cause of an accident to the presence or absence of Smart motorways operation.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 25/10/2019 13:45:30 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1149919

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Electrification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding he plans to allocate to the extension of the third rail electric train network.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to electrification where it delivers passenger and environmental benefits and delivers value for money. We continue to expand the electrified rail network, using the most appropriate form of technology.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 21/10/2019 13:42:12 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

1149936

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
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, what recent progress his Department has made on the installation of audio-visual equipment in buses.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/10/2019 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. This follows the Government’s commitment, set out in the Inclusive Transport Strategy, to invest £2 million towards ensuring that audio visual equipment is installed on buses.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 21/10/2019 16:14:43 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1149982

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on supporting manufacturers to increase the range of electric cars.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	1035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2019 answer text <p>I talk regularly to Cabinet colleagues about a range of issues. In terms of improving the range of electric vehicles, the Government has committed £274m from the Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund to the Faraday Battery Challenge to advance battery technology. This funding is supporting battery R&amp;D from the Faraday Institution’s academic research, through Innovate UK’s programme of collaborative applied R&amp;D, to scale-up in the cutting-edge UK Battery Industrialisation Centre. The aims of the Faraday Battery Challenge include improving the energy density of batteries, improving our understanding of temperature effects on range, and reducing battery costs which will make longer range electric vehicles more affordable.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State is continuing to discuss with Cabinet colleagues what support the government might provide to industry to support the switch to zero emission vehicles.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 25/10/2019 13:00:41 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1149984

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Pedestrian Areas: Safety
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 support visually impaired people through reducing street furniture.
tabling member constituency	Chatham and Aylesford
tabling member printed	Tracey Crouch
uin	974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>The Department is working to address the problems street clutter can create for vulnerable pedestrians, in particular those with visual impairments.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities are responsible for managing their roads, including the provision of street furniture. The Department provides good practice guidance in 'Inclusive Mobility' on access to pedestrian and transport infrastructure. Section 3 relates to access to footways, footpaths and pedestrian areas. ‘Inclusive Mobility’ is available at:</p><p> </p><p>www.gov.uk/government/publications/inclusive-mobility</p><p> </p><p>The Department is in the process of updating ‘Inclusive Mobility’, and has research underway to inform this. The research is due to conclude by the end of this year, and the updates to the guidance will follow at a later date.</p><p> </p><p>The control of advertising, including the use of A-boards, is a matter for my colleagues in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 24/10/2019 11:25:23 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	3950 label Biography information for Dame Tracey Crouch

1149998

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Japanese Knotweed
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 prevent the growth of knotweed along railway lines.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	1040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>Network Rail is responsible for managing Japanese Knotweed in order to run a safe and reliable railway. The settlement agreed between my Department and Network Rail for England and Wales in the years 2019-2024 contains a substantial provision for operations and maintenance. This provides the funding for the removal of Japanese Knotweed.</p><p> </p><p>The government is committed to improving biodiversity in the UK. We have provided Network Rail with ambitious targets to enhance biodiversity across the lineside estate and they are currently developing a strategy to deliver on these ambitions.</p><p> </p><p>Rail infrastructure is a devolved matter in Scotland and Northern Ireland.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 24/10/2019 12:24:35 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1150018

registered interest
date	16/10/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's policy paper, Rail network enhancements pipeline: autumn 2019 update, published on 16 October 2019, when he plans to publish the (a) timescales and (b) costs for the development of those schemes.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	1053
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2019 answer text <p>The inclusion of an individual scheme in the Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline (RNEP) Update does not guarantee its delivery. The Government subjects each scheme to continual assessment for it to progress to the next stage of the pipeline. There are no plans to publish the timescales and costs of schemes separately.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 24/10/2019 11:52:27 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald