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1713547

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date	24/04/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Northumberland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department still plans to improve transport links between Cambois and North Blyth in the context of the failure to agree a deal to build an electric vehicle gigafactory in Cambois.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	23492
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>It is for the local transport authority to decide investment priorities for their transport network. The new North-East Mayoral Combined Authority is eligible for a City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement of up to £563m to March 2027 to invest in local transport priorities. The programme for which will need to be agreed once the Metro Mayor has been elected. The North-East has also received a future five-year indicative allocation of £1,849m from 2027 to 2032.</p><p>This is all in addition to the hundreds of millions of pounds in funding that has or could be provided directly for schemes in this area, including: we have provided funding to ensure that passenger services will return to the Northumberland Line this year; from the billions saved from the scrapping of HS2, as announced in Network North, funding will be available to complete dualling of the A1 from Morpeth to Ellingham, subject to planning consent and approval of a full business case for the project, providing a continuous high quality dual carriageway from Newcastle to Ellingham, north of Alnwick; and Northumberland County Council are developing the Blyth Relief Road scheme, which would provide a new access onto the A189, for possible Department for Transport funding as part of the Major Road Network/Large Local Majors programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 23493 question first answered 02/05/2024 09:33:31 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1713548

registered interest
date	24/04/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Northumberland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department still plans to provide funding for infrastructure around the A189 in the context of the failure to agree a deal to build an electric vehicle gigafactory in Cambois.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	23493
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/05/2024 answer text <p>It is for the local transport authority to decide investment priorities for their transport network. The new North-East Mayoral Combined Authority is eligible for a City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement of up to £563m to March 2027 to invest in local transport priorities. The programme for which will need to be agreed once the Metro Mayor has been elected. The North-East has also received a future five-year indicative allocation of £1,849m from 2027 to 2032.</p><p>This is all in addition to the hundreds of millions of pounds in funding that has or could be provided directly for schemes in this area, including: we have provided funding to ensure that passenger services will return to the Northumberland Line this year; from the billions saved from the scrapping of HS2, as announced in Network North, funding will be available to complete dualling of the A1 from Morpeth to Ellingham, subject to planning consent and approval of a full business case for the project, providing a continuous high quality dual carriageway from Newcastle to Ellingham, north of Alnwick; and Northumberland County Council are developing the Blyth Relief Road scheme, which would provide a new access onto the A189, for possible Department for Transport funding as part of the Major Road Network/Large Local Majors programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman grouped question UIN 23492 question first answered 02/05/2024 09:33:31 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1700285

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Freight: Railways
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what percentage of cargo is transported by train in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	21036
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>In 2022, 7% of total freight moved in the UK was by rail - 81% was by road and 12% by water.</p><p> </p><p>Source: Transport Statistics Great Britain, table TSGB0401 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/tsgb04-freight" target="_blank">Freight (TSGB04) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a></p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 22/04/2024 10:50:57 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

1700292

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Blue Badge Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department is taking steps to reduce processing times for blue badge applications.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	21041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Transport sets the legislation that governs the Blue Badge scheme and provides guidance for local authorities who are solely responsible for administering the scheme, including issuing the badges.</p><p> </p><p>There are no timescales set for administering applications other than a suggested guideline that issuing authorities should aim to complete end to end applications within 12 weeks.</p><p> </p><p>80% of citizens apply for a badge using the Blue Badge Digital Service (BBDS) operated by the Department for Transport. The Department has a programme of continuous improvement to the BBDS. Working closely with local authorities and citizen users as part of its National Disability Strategy commitments, the Department’s aim is to make online badge applications quicker and easier for both applicants and local authorities.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 22/04/2024 09:59:39 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery