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674200

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Garden Communities: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether Garden Village proposals which do not meet the criteria set out in Locally-Led Garden Villages, Towns and Cities, published by his Department in March 2016, and which were not selected in the initial round will not receive either informal or formal support by the Homes and Communities Agency in progressing those proposals outside of the scheme.
tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
tabling member printed	Luke Hall
uin	60412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>The Homes and Communities Agency has offered a conversation with local authorities whose garden village proposals were not selected to establish how they might be supported to progress their ambitions.</p><p>The 14 garden villages selected stood out as the strongest against the criteria we had set, including the likelihood of timely progress and accelerated delivery; viability and local demand; the strength of quality, innovation and design in the proposal; and the strength of local leadership and support.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell grouped question UIN 60372 60373 60374 60375 60376 question first answered 24/01/2017 16:31:47 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

674201

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Garden Communities: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether Garden Village proposals which do not meet the criteria of having a substantive engagement strategy to win local support as set out at point 17 on page 7 of Locally-led Garden Villages, Towns and Cities, published by his Department in March 2016, and which were not selected in the initial round will not receive either informal or formal support from the Homes and Communities Agency in progressing those proposals outside the scheme.
tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
tabling member printed	Luke Hall
uin	60376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>The Homes and Communities Agency has offered a conversation with local authorities whose garden village proposals were not selected to establish how they might be supported to progress their ambitions.</p><p>The 14 garden villages selected stood out as the strongest against the criteria we had set, including the likelihood of timely progress and accelerated delivery; viability and local demand; the strength of quality, innovation and design in the proposal; and the strength of local leadership and support.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell grouped question UIN 60372 60373 60374 60375 60412 question first answered 24/01/2017 16:31:47 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

674202

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Garden Communities: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether Garden Village proposals which do not meet the criteria of demonstrating that their infrastructure has been clearly assessed as set out at point 29 on page 8 of Locally-led Garden Villages, Towns and Cities, published by his Department in March 2016, and which were not selected in the initial round will not receive either informal or formal support from the Homes and Communities Agency in progressing those proposals outside the scheme.
tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
tabling member printed	Luke Hall
uin	60373
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>The Homes and Communities Agency has offered a conversation with local authorities whose garden village proposals were not selected to establish how they might be supported to progress their ambitions.</p><p>The 14 garden villages selected stood out as the strongest against the criteria we had set, including the likelihood of timely progress and accelerated delivery; viability and local demand; the strength of quality, innovation and design in the proposal; and the strength of local leadership and support.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell grouped question UIN 60372 60374 60375 60376 60412 question first answered 24/01/2017 16:31:47 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

674203

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Garden Communities: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether Garden Village proposals which do not meet the criteria of making use of public sector or brownfield land as set out at point 20 on page 8 of Locally-led Garden Villages, Towns and Cities, published by his Department in March 2016, and which were not selected in the initial round will not receive either informal or formal support from the Homes and Communities Agency in progressing those proposals outside the scheme.
tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
tabling member printed	Luke Hall
uin	60374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>The Homes and Communities Agency has offered a conversation with local authorities whose garden village proposals were not selected to establish how they might be supported to progress their ambitions.</p><p>The 14 garden villages selected stood out as the strongest against the criteria we had set, including the likelihood of timely progress and accelerated delivery; viability and local demand; the strength of quality, innovation and design in the proposal; and the strength of local leadership and support.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell grouped question UIN 60372 60373 60375 60376 60412 question first answered 24/01/2017 16:31:47 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

674204

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Garden Communities: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether Garden Village proposals which do not meet the criteria of not being discrete settlements or town expansions as set out at point 14 on page 7 of Locally-led Garden Villages, Towns and Cities, published by his Department in March 2016, and which were not selected in the initial round will not receive either informal or formal support from the Homes and Communities Agency in progressing those proposals outside the scheme.
tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
tabling member printed	Luke Hall
uin	60375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>The Homes and Communities Agency has offered a conversation with local authorities whose garden village proposals were not selected to establish how they might be supported to progress their ambitions.</p><p>The 14 garden villages selected stood out as the strongest against the criteria we had set, including the likelihood of timely progress and accelerated delivery; viability and local demand; the strength of quality, innovation and design in the proposal; and the strength of local leadership and support.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell grouped question UIN 60372 60373 60374 60376 60412 question first answered 24/01/2017 16:31:47 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

674207

registered interest
date	17/01/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Garden Communities: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether Garden Village proposals which do not meet the criteria of achieving substantial local community support as set out at point 11 on page 6 of Locally-led Garden Villages, Towns and Cities, published by his Department in March 2016, and which were not selected in the initial round will not receive either informal or formal support from the Homes and Communities Agency in progressing those proposals outside the scheme.
tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
tabling member printed	Luke Hall
uin	60372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>The Homes and Communities Agency has offered a conversation with local authorities whose garden village proposals were not selected to establish how they might be supported to progress their ambitions.</p><p>The 14 garden villages selected stood out as the strongest against the criteria we had set, including the likelihood of timely progress and accelerated delivery; viability and local demand; the strength of quality, innovation and design in the proposal; and the strength of local leadership and support.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell grouped question UIN 60373 60374 60375 60376 60412 question first answered 24/01/2017 16:31:47 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

540976

registered interest
date	20/07/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Broadband: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support her Department is providing to support the development and innovation of (a) pure fibre and (b) FTTP broadband delivery technology in rural areas.
tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
tabling member printed	Luke Hall
uin	43549
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/09/2016 answer text <p>Through the Government’s investment of over £780 million, superfast broadband is now available to 90% of homes and businesses in the UK, compared to 45% in 2010. By the end of 2017 it will be available to 95% of homes and businesses. An increasing proportion of the additional coverage to be delivered in rural areas will be provided through fibre to the premises (FTTP).</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matt Hancock question first answered 08/09/2016 16:01:49 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

533570

registered interest
date	07/07/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Broadband: South Gloucestershire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will provide details of what additional (a) support and (b) resources his Department is providing to assist South Gloucestershire Council in meeting its universal broadband obligations.
tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
tabling member printed	Luke Hall
uin	42165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>The Government has implemented a basic broadband scheme to enable all premises to gain access to speeds of at least 2Mbps. This enables residents to gain access to every Government service available online. Funding for subsidised connections through the scheme is provided by Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) as part of the government's superfast broadband programme. Consumers in eligible premises can access services from any of the suppliers who have been entered onto the scheme by BDUK.</p><p /> <p>In addition it is the Government's intention to implement a new broadband Universal Service Obligation. This will give people the legal right to request a broadband connection, no matter where they live, by the end of this Parliament. Our ambition is that this should initially be set at 10 Mbps.<br></p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 13/07/2016 09:23:57 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

535668

registered interest
date	05/07/2016
answering body	Wales Office
answering dept id	28
answering dept short name	Wales
answering dept sort name	Wales
hansard heading	Motorways: Newport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what recent assessment he has made of the potential effect on the economy in Wales of upgrading the M4 relief road.
tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
tabling member printed	Luke Hall
uin	905791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2016 answer text <p>This Government has underwritten Welsh Government borrowing powers of up to £500 million to help deliver vital improvements to Welsh infrastructure, particularly the M4. Upgrading the route has been identified by businesses and commuters as a priority for decades. It is time for work to begin.</p> answering member constituency Vale of Glamorgan answering member printed Alun Cairns grouped question UIN 905796 question first answered 13/07/2016 16:36:18 answering member 4086 label Biography information for Alun Cairns
tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

524047

registered interest
date	08/06/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Thornbury and Yate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department has spent on transport infrastructure projects in Thornbury and Yate constituency in each year from 2010-11 to 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
tabling member printed	Luke Hall
uin	40048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2016 answer text <p>Data on spend on transport infrastructure projects is not available at the level of Thornbury and Yate, however figures are available for the South West for total public transport spend, listed in Table 1.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1 Total Public Transport Spend for the South West</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>£million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2010-11<br> outturn</p></td><td><p>2011-12<br> outturn</p></td><td><p>2012-13<br> outturn</p></td><td><p>2013-14<br> outturn</p></td><td><p>2014-15<br> outturn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,115</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>997</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>987</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>928</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,047</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Current</p></td><td><p>442</p></td><td><p>396</p></td><td><p>368</p></td><td><p>295</p></td><td><p>279</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capital</p></td><td><p>673</p></td><td><p>601</p></td><td><p>619</p></td><td><p>633</p></td><td><p>767</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><p>Note: includes spend by Central Government, Local Government, and Public Corporations</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>The figures above include all public transport spending including local transport infrastructure.</p><p> </p><p>South Gloucestershire Council is responsible for local transport infrastructure in Thornbury and Yate, including local roads. The funding allocated to South Gloucestershire Council for local highways infrastructure and other transport schemes between 2010-11 and 2015-16 is listed in Table 2.</p><p> </p><p>Table 2</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Integrated Transport block £m</p></td><td><p>Highways Maintenance block £m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>1.690</p></td><td><p>14.334*</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>1.603**</p></td><td><p>4.373</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>1.466</p></td><td><p>4.632</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>1.466</p></td><td><p>5.108***</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>2.061</p></td><td><p>4.549***</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>1.277</p></td><td><p>5.080</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>9.563</p></td><td><p>38.076*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>* in 2010/11 South Gloucestershire formed part of the Greater Bristol (Joint Plan) area and it is not possible to breakdown the maintenance block figure for that year.</p><p>** includes the top up announced in the 2011 Autumn Statement.</p><p>*** includes the top up announced in the 2011 Autumn Statement.</p><p> </p><p>South Gloucestershire Council have been successful in gaining the following funding for transport infrastructure projects, some of which will have benefitted the Thornbury and Yate constituency:</p><p> </p><ul><li><strong>£13.950m</strong> from the Local Highways Maintenance Challenge Fund in March 2015 for major maintenance of the A4174 Avon Ring Road between the A38 at Filton and the A4 at Hicks Gate. The scheme will involve structural maintenance of three significant structures, extending the life of the existing carriageway, as well as providing footways and cycleway maintenance and enhancements.</li></ul><p> </p><ul><li>The Department for Transport has invested £175.8m in six Local Major Transport schemes to provide bus rapid transport across the West of England which included <strong>£51.1m</strong> in 2015 to provide a route between South Gloucestershire and Bristol, this is now under construction with an estimated opening date of August 2017.</li></ul><p> </p><p>The West of England Partnership has allocated the following from the Local Growth Fund to transport schemes across the West of England, which will benefit the Thornbury and Yate constituency:</p><p> </p><p><strong>Sustainable Transport Programme</strong> - <strong>£20m for </strong>transport capital measures to make it easier to walk, cycle, and travel by public transport</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>West of England local pinch points programme</strong> - <strong>£4m </strong>for 3 schemes at congestion hotspots and provide new and improved access to key economic sites.</p><p><br><strong>West of England minor transport schemes package £0.5m</strong> - to improve highway infrastructure and network management.</p><p> </p><p><strong>MetroWest Phase 1</strong> <strong>£53.4m</strong>- to reopen the Portishead rail line and provide better local rail services in the West of England.</p><p> </p><p><strong>MetroWest Phases 2</strong> <strong>£3.2m </strong>towards a rail scheme to reopen the Henbury line, with potential new stations and improved local rail services in the West of England.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 14/06/2016 10:38:01 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall