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167142

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Transport: Thames Valley
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to improve transport links in the Thames Valley.
	tabling member constituency	Windsor
	tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
	uin	216493
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government launched the Roads Investment Strategy on 1 December. The M4 Junction 3-12 smart motorway project to upgrade the M4 between Reading and Heathrow continues to be progressed. This month the Highways Agency is conducting a public consultation on the proposals, including exhibitions at 11 locations in the Thames Valley.</p><p> </p><p>Construction of Crossrail is now more than half completed and electrification of the Great Western Main Line is also under way. Electrification of the Thames Valley branch lines, including the Slough to Windsor line, is approved and will improve local connectivity.</p><p> </p><p>The transformation of Reading station was completed on time and under budget as part of the £850 million Reading Station Area Redevelopment programme and formally opened by Her Majesty The Queen on 17 July.</p><p> </p><p>The programme to increase passenger capacity on the Reading and 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.</p><p> </p><p>In July the Government announced £94.6m to support local transport projects across Berkshire as part of the Growth Deal with the Thames Valley Berkshire Local Enterprise Partnership, in addition to the £36.9m integrated transport block funding announced in March for the six Berkshire local authorities, covering the period 2015/16 to 2020/21.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 08/12/2014 16:21:09 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

166947

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Official Cars
	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 18 November 2014 to Question 214347, what deadline he has set for HM Revenue and Customs' submission to the government fleet review.
	tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
	tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
	uin	216518
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>The deadline for central government departments to confirm whether they wanted to participate in the ultra low emission vehicle readiness project was 13 October. No deadline was given to participants for the provision of data to the fleet review process. We currently expect the reviews to have concluded by 31 March 2015. We will give an update thereafter on how many vehicles will be integrated into each fleet.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 216519 216520 216606 216607 question first answered 05/12/2014 10:33:21 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

166974

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Official Cars
	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 18 November 2014 to Question 214347, what deadline he has set for (a) the Ministry of Defence's and (b) the Defence, Science and Technology Laboratory's submission to the government fleet review.
	tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
	tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
	uin	216519
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>The deadline for central government departments to confirm whether they wanted to participate in the ultra low emission vehicle readiness project was 13 October. No deadline was given to participants for the provision of data to the fleet review process. We currently expect the reviews to have concluded by 31 March 2015. We will give an update thereafter on how many vehicles will be integrated into each fleet.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 216518 216520 216606 216607 question first answered 05/12/2014 10:33:21 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

167025

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Official Cars
	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 18 November 2014 to Question 214347, what deadline he has set for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's submission to the government fleet review.
	tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
	tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
	uin	216520
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>The deadline for central government departments to confirm whether they wanted to participate in the ultra low emission vehicle readiness project was 13 October. No deadline was given to participants for the provision of data to the fleet review process. We currently expect the reviews to have concluded by 31 March 2015. We will give an update thereafter on how many vehicles will be integrated into each fleet.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 216518 216519 216606 216607 question first answered 05/12/2014 10:33:21 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

167095

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Official Cars
	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 18 November 2014 to Question 214347, what deadline he has set for the submission of the contributions of (a) the Home Office and (b) the British Transport Police Authority to the government fleet review.
	tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
	tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
	uin	216607
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>The deadline for central government departments to confirm whether they wanted to participate in the ultra low emission vehicle readiness project was 13 October. No deadline was given to participants for the provision of data to the fleet review process. We currently expect the reviews to have concluded by 31 March 2015. We will give an update thereafter on how many vehicles will be integrated into each fleet.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 216518 216519 216520 216606 question first answered 05/12/2014 10:33:22 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

167138

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Official Cars
	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 18 November 2014 to Question 214347, what deadline he has set for the submission of the contributions of the (a) Government Car Service, (b) Driving and Vehicle Standards Agency, (c) Vehicle Certification Agency and (d) Driving and Vehicle Licensing Agency to the government fleet review.
	tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
	tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
	uin	216606
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/12/2014 answer text <p>The deadline for central government departments to confirm whether they wanted to participate in the ultra low emission vehicle readiness project was 13 October. No deadline was given to participants for the provision of data to the fleet review process. We currently expect the reviews to have concluded by 31 March 2015. We will give an update thereafter on how many vehicles will be integrated into each fleet.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 216518 216519 216520 216607 question first answered 05/12/2014 10:33:22 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

167878

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Cycling: Safety
	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 encourage safer cycling.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	906443
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government takes all road safety – including cycle safety – very seriously. We have more than doubled funding for cycling and only last week announced a further £214 million.</p><p> </p><p>This will allow us to continue cycle proofing our roads and supporting Bikeability cycle training for children.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 04/12/2014 11:29:29 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

167564

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
	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 benefit-cost ratio for the High Speed 2 Wigan spur.
	tabling member constituency	Warrington South
	tabling member printed	David Mowat
	uin	906437
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department has not estimated the case for the western leg of the Y-shaped route for High Speed 2 without the Wigan Spur. However, preliminary analysis undertaken by HS2 Ltd suggested that this section of the line is likely to provide benefits of the order of £1.2 billion, revenue of about £600 million, and is likely to offer very high value for money.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 04/12/2014 16:12:51 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4080 label Biography information for David Mowat

167877

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Safety
	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 road safety.
	tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
	tabling member printed	Kate Green
	uin	906442
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>Britain is a world leader in road safety, but we are always striving to improve. For example, from March next year it will be an offence to drive with certain drugs in your body in excess of official limits.</p><p> </p><p>And measures in the deregulation bill will remove the driver’s right to demand a blood or urine test if they fail a breathalyser test.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 04/12/2014 11:27:05 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

167147

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Speed Limits: Rural Areas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reducing the national speed limit on rural roads.
	tabling member constituency	Lagan Valley
	tabling member printed	Mr Jeffrey M. Donaldson
	uin	216688
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department has provided guidance to traffic authorities in the Speed Limit Circular 01/2013- Setting Local Speed Limits. This encourages traffic authorities to keep speed limits under review, and to consider lower speed limits than the default, especially where there may be a relatively high number of bends, junctions or accesses.</p><p> </p><p>Consideration of collision history, road function, mix of road users including presence of vulnerable road users, road geometry, engineering and environment, and actual traffic speed should enable traffic authorities to determine the appropriate limit on rural roads.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 08/12/2014 16:50:37 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	650 label Biography information for Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson