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50020

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what criteria he used to select which stations would receive funding under the Access for All scheme from 2015 to 2019.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	197885
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The rail industry were asked to nominate stations for Access for All at the end of 2013 and 278 stations were put forward. These were assessed using the same criteria that have been used since the programme was launched in 2006.</p><p> </p><p /> <p>Stations were selected based on their annual footfall figures (using data from the Office of Rail Regulation), weighted by the incidence of disability in the area (using Census data). We also took into account the preferences of the train operating companies, local factors such as proximity to a hospital and the availability of any third party funding. A number of stations were also selected to ensure a fair geographical spread across the country. Stations that already had step free routes, or which were due to be upgraded as part of other programmes, were not considered for funding.</p><p /> <p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

50021

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which stations in each region (a) applied for and (b) received funding under the extension of the Access for All scheme from 2015 to 2019.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	197886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p /><p>The breakdown of successful stations against nominations by region is as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><strong><strong></strong></strong><p>Region</p><strong><strong></strong></strong><p> </p></td><td><strong><strong></strong></strong><p>Nominated</p><strong><strong></strong></strong><p> </p></td><td><strong><strong></strong></strong><p>Successful</p><strong><strong></strong></strong><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p><p> </p></td><td><p>63</p><p> </p></td><td><p>12</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p><p> </p></td><td><p>49</p><p> </p></td><td><p>6</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East</p><p> </p></td><td><p>16</p><p> </p></td><td><p>4</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p><p> </p></td><td><p>10</p><p> </p></td><td><p>2</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p><p> </p></td><td><p>9</p><p> </p></td><td><p>3</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p><p> </p></td><td><p>29</p><p> </p></td><td><p>3</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p><p> </p></td><td><p>30</p><p> </p></td><td><p>3</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p><p> </p></td><td><p>43</p><p> </p></td><td><p>2</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wales</p><p> </p></td><td><p>14</p><p> </p></td><td><p>4</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scotland</p><p> </p></td><td><p>15</p><p> </p></td><td><p>3</p><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

49363

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the document Annual Bus Statistics: Revenue, Costs and Government Support Great Britain 2012-13 will be published.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	197314
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>The statistics on bus revenue, costs and government support were updated in March 2014 and can be found on the Department's website at</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bus-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/bus-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>in the statistical datasets section.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

49364

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much in each (a) funding stream and (b) region his Department has provided in subsidy to each bus operator in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	197315
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>In the last four years, the Department for Transport has paid funding directly to bus operators in England through the Bus Service Operators Grant (BSOG) and the Green Bus Fund.</p><p> </p><p>Details of BSOG funding paid to bus operators in the last three financial years is available online. It is not possible to provide this data broken down by region or for earlier years. The data are available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bus-service-operators-grant-payments-to-english-operators-up-to-31-march-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bus-service-operators-grant-payments-to-english-operators-up-to-31-march-2013</a></p><p> </p><p>Details of funding paid to bus operators through the Department's Green Bus Fund, broken down by bus operator and region, for all four rounds of the Green Bus Fund (which ran from 2009 to 2013) are available online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/details-of-the-green-bus-fund" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/details-of-the-green-bus-fund</a></p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

49114

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 10 April 2014, Official Report, columns 352-3W, on asylum: children, if she will publish a breakdown by constituency of the number of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	197188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Figures for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children by parliamentary constituency <br>are not collected by the Home Office. <br><br>The Home Office publishes aggregate statistics on asylum applications from <br>unaccompanied asylum seeking children in tables as_08 and as_08_q (Asylum data <br>tables Volume 2) of Immigration Statistics. Figures based on revised counting <br>rules appear in the latest release Immigration Statistics October to December <br>2013 which is available from<br>https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-october-to-dec<br>ember-2013.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

48682

registered interest
date	25/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the amount of (a) net franchise payment and (b) revenue support is for the extension of the Greater Anglia franchise from July 2014 to October 2016.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	196643
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Net franchise premium payment contracted for the Greater Anglia Direct Award from July 2014 to October 2016 is c. £266m payment to the Department for Transport. Premium is quoted in January 2014 price.</p><p> </p><p>There will be no Revenue support for the Greater Anglia Direct Award from July 2014 to October 2016.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 30/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

47353

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
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 31 March 2014, Official Report, column 411W, on transport: schools, how many (a) schools and (b) pupils took part in Bikeability cycle training in each year since 2005.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	195440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Funding provided by the Department for Transport (DfT) for Bikeability cycle training began in financial year 2006/7.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data collection since then has consisted mainly of the number of places delivered by each Bikeability grant recipient. Therefore it is not possible to fully answer (A), however, the current estimate is that 8,177 schools take part in training delivered by either their Local Highway Authority or School Games Organiser Host School.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of places delivered using DfT grant funding until 31<sup>st</sup> March 2013 is available and the totals are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td>2006/07</td><td>7,983</td></tr><tr><td>2007/08</td><td>26,894</td></tr><tr><td>2008/09</td><td>92,579</td></tr><tr><td>2009/10</td><td>133,984</td></tr><tr><td>2010/11</td><td>199,197</td></tr><tr><td>2011/12</td><td>293,969</td></tr><tr><td>2012/13</td><td>255,833</td></tr><tr><td>TOTAL</td><td>1,010,439</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

47355

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many foreign-registered cars received a parking penalty charge in each year since 2010; how many parking penalty charges for foreign-registered vehicles went unpaid in each year; and what the value was of these unpaid parking charges.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	195473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This is a matter for individual local authorities who are required to keep records of all penalty charge notices issued including those issued to drivers of foreign-registered vehicles. The Department for Transport does not record this information centrally.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

46955

registered interest
date	03/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which airports meet the eligibility criteria for the Regional Air Connectivity Fund; and how much each such airport has been awarded in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	195220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department for Transport is in detailed discussions with regional councils regarding two air routes that might qualify for support through a Public Service Obligation under financial provisions announced by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury in the 2013 Spending Round last July, to maintain regional air access to London. Of these, Dundee Council is currently tendering for an airline to operate a service between Dundee Airport and London.</p><p> </p><p>The Chancellor announced in this year's Budget that support will also be made available for start-up aid for new air routes from UK regional airports. European Union aviation State aid guidelines allow for start-up aid to be provided under certain conditions to facilitate development of new routes from Member State airports which handle fewer than five million passengers per year.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport is working with the Treasury to develop guidance clarifying how the Government will ordinarily expect to interpret the European Union State aid guidelines, and explain how the funding process will operate.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

46304

registered interest
date	01/04/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many drivers who received driving convictions undertook (a) one, (b ) two, (c) three and (d) four or more speed awareness courses in (i) 2010 to 2014 and (ii) 2005 to 2009.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	194625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>This information is not held centrally. A motorist is prohibited from taking <br>more than one speed awareness course under the national scheme within a 3 years <br>period from the date of the offence.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 08/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 4849 answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green answering member 76
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh