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223380

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria are used to decide which local authorities receive monies from the challenge fund allocation; what weighting is given to highways management efficiency; and how information used in the process of decision is verified.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Moor View
tabling member printed	Alison Seabeck
uin	225218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>As part of the Government’s announcement on 23 December 2014 in respect to local highways maintenance funding to highway authorities in England, outside London, the Department for Transport published guidance, an application form, as well as assessment criteria for the local highways maintenance challenge fund. The information is available at the following weblink:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-highways-maintenance-challenge-fund" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-highways-maintenance-challenge-fund</a></p><p> </p><p>Assessment of all the bids received by close on 9 February 2015 is based on the published criteria and will help inform the decision on successful schemes based on the evidence supplied by local highway authorities.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the assessment by the Department for Transport, each bid is being subject to a dual-assessment, and will also go through a moderation exercise plus an internal Department for Transport investment decision committee approval process before Ministers make final decisions on which schemes will be awarded funding.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 26/02/2015 11:10:40 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1552 label Biography information for Alison Seabeck

223381

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many of Network Rail's Control Period 5 projects have had a cost determination under the Office of Rail Regulation's Enhancement Cost Adjustment Mechanism (ECAM); how many such projects remain to be assessed; how many of Network Rail's ECAM submissions have missed their deadline; and how many ECAM submissions have been referred back to Network Rail by the Office of Rail Regulation for further development.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	225297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>The Office of Rail Regulation (ORR) is responsible for the ECAM process and is best placed to answer any questions on this. ORR publishes various information on its website about ECAM, including a list of completed submissions (last updated December 2014). You can find all of this information at the link below:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://orr.gov.uk/what-and-how-we-regulate/regulation-of-network-rail/how-we-regulate-network-rail/control-period-5-cp5/cp5-delivery-plan" target="_blank">http://orr.gov.uk/what-and-how-we-regulate/regulation-of-network-rail/how-we-regulate-network-rail/control-period-5-cp5/cp5-delivery-plan</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 27/02/2015 14:58:05 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

223382

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Tugboats: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the response times for tug boats assisting shipping incidents on the west of Scotland have been in the last year.
tabling member constituency	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
tabling member printed	Mr Angus Brendan MacNeil
uin	225221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>Over the past year there have been seven incidents across the Western Region of Scotland, from Cape Wrath to the North Channel, which have resulted in a tow being required to recover, or potentially recover casualty vessels.</p><p> </p><p>The RNLI Lifeboats, sister vessels such as fishing boats, commercial towage and the government-funded Emergency Towing Vessel on one occasion have provided towing.</p><p> </p><p>Response times have varied from 32 minutes, when the Tobermory Lifeboat aided the fishing vessel DIAMOND D, to 4 days 5 hours when the tug PACIFIC CHAMPION was deployed to assist the Bulk Carrier ELEANOR D, some 85 nautical miles west of St Kilda. During the latter incident, there were no safety of life issues, and all parties were in agreement with the response timescale.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 27/02/2015 12:11:53 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	1546 label Biography information for Angus Brendan MacNeil

223383

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Great Western Main Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what records are available to Network Rail regarding the location of buried trackside signalling cables on the Great Western Main Line.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	225299
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>Network Rail is an arm’s-length public sector body and the Department does not hold the detailed information requested as it is an operational matter for the company. Further information can be obtained from Network Rail’s Chief Executive at the following address:</p><p> </p><p>Mark Carne</p><p>Chief Executive</p><p>Network Rail</p><p>1 Eversholt Street</p><p>London</p><p>NW1 2DN.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 27/02/2015 14:58:25 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

223384

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent to date on (a) Reading Station Area Resignalling and Remodelling, (b) East West Phase 1, (c) the Northern Hub, (d) Transpennine electrification, (e) Great Western Main Line electrification and (f) Midland Main Line electrification.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	225298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>Expenditure to date on these projects has been committed over a number of years and by a number of organisations, including DfT, Network Rail, the ORR, local authorities, and the Train Operating Companies. In some cases, the expenditure is against multiple projects and is not easily broken down into the specific projects mentioned. We are therefore unable to answer the question in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 27/02/2015 14:48:49 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

223385

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: North West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the performance of Network Rail's principal contractor on the North West electrification project; and what estimate he has made of the number of working hours spent redoing completed work on the lines included in that project.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	225300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2015 answer text <p>It is for Network Rail to manage its contractor. Network Rail is responsible for the delivery of the outputs, and will be held accountable for the late delivery by the Office of Rail Regulation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Further information can be obtained from Network Rail’s Chief Executive at the following address:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Mark Carne</p><p> </p><p>Chief Executive</p><p> </p><p>Network Rail</p><p> </p><p>1 Eversholt Street</p><p> </p><p>London</p><p> </p><p>NW1 2DN.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 27/02/2015 14:52:19 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

223386

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
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, how many railway stations in (a) Nottinghamshire, (b) England and (c) the UK are not compliant with disability access guidelines and requirements.
tabling member constituency	Sherwood
tabling member printed	Mr Mark Spencer
uin	225208
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2015 answer text <p>Information on the accessibility of individual railway stations is collected by the Rail Delivery Group and published as part of the Stations Made Easy facility on the National Rail Enquiries website at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations_destinations/default.aspx" target="_blank">http://www.nationalrail.co.uk/stations_destinations/default.aspx</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 03/03/2015 16:32:18 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4055 label Biography information for Sir Mark Spencer

223387

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Tyne and Wear
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the review his Department has commissioned KPMG to conduct on bus market dynamics will assess the Tyne and Wear bus market.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	225116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2015 answer text <p>The study is considering the bus market in England outside of London to ensure that the Department understands the state of the bus market and is well placed to respond to emerging thinking in the sector.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department is not part of the Tyne and Wear Quality Contract Scheme process as it is a matter for local determination, and the Department is not seeking to influence that process. It is not our intention to publish any new evidence on buses before the election purdah period.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 03/03/2015 16:35:23 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

223388

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Tyne and Wear
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether KPMG has been given unrestricted access to commercially sensitive data held by his Department for its inquiry into bus market dynamics.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	225117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2015 answer text <p>Consultants, when working for the Department, are given access to data held by the Department. The conditions for access, restrictions on the consultants and the measures for protecting and respecting the confidentiality of the data are detailed in the Department’s standard user agreements.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 03/03/2015 16:39:14 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

223389

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Parking: Pedestrian Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the contribution of Baroness Williams of Trafford of 11 February 2015, Official Report, House of Lords, column 1333, that targeted local bans on pavement parking outside London would be more effective than a blanket ban and with reference to the Answer of 12 November 2013, Official Report, column 576W, on parking: pedestrian areas, that his Department does not collect information on local parking enforcement and pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2015 to Question 221436, that his Department does not hold information on local authority traffic regulation orders, what the evidential basis is for the statement by Baroness Williams.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	225151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>The ability of a local authority to make a traffic regulation order to prohibit footway parking already exists and is done without reference to my Department. We do not receive representations in this respect.</p><p> </p><p>My department may not collect information on local parking enforcement or traffic regulation orders, however the basis for the Government’s view is that targeted and properly enforced restrictions, using existing powers, address specific problems in specific areas. In contrast, a blanket ban would take no account of local circumstances. It would mean local authorities having to review their entire road network to identify where footway parking was still necessary and introduce new orders, signs and markings to enable it in those places. They would also have to remove the orders, signs and markings that are currently in place to restrict footway parking.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 225121 question first answered 02/03/2015 11:56:35 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery