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785156

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Department for Transport: Advertising
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much (a) Network Rail, (b) Transport for London, (c) his Department, (d) Transport for the North and (e) Rail North have spent on advertising in each year since 2009-10.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
	tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
	uin	111783
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2017 answer text <p>Network Rail, Transport for London, the Department for Transport and Transport for the North carry out a range of different legislative and operational functions. The expenditure on advertising will reflect those functions.</p><p> </p><p>Network Rail and Transport for London have direct operational responsibility for transport networks and need to inform and advise users of those networks. The Department for Transport has national strategic, regulatory, operational and enforcement responsibilities. The role of Transport for the North is to provide a strategic transport vision for the North of England.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Network Rail</strong></p><p> </p><p>Network Rail’s expenditure on advertising focuses on public information campaigns including: level crossing safety campaigns; travel disruption information; and apprentice and graduate recruitment. Figures are in the table below. It includes spending across its network.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Media Buying Spend Value</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009/2010</strong></p></td><td><p>Not known</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010/2011</strong></p></td><td><p>£1,865,574</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011/2012</strong></p></td><td><p>£3,446,679</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012/2013</strong></p></td><td><p>£2,863,774</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013/2014</strong></p></td><td><p>£1,476,805</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014/2015</strong></p></td><td><p>£3,210,642</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015/2016</strong></p></td><td><p>£714,498</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016/2017</strong></p></td><td><p>£915,154</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Transport for London</strong></p><p> </p><p>We do not hold figures for the amount Transport for London has spent on advertising.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Department for Transport</strong></p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The central Department for Transport’s spend reflects its national role and the mix of responsibilities:</del></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Organisation</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2009-10</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2010-11</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2011-12</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2012-13</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2013-14</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2014-15</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2015-16</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2016-17</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>2017-18</strong></del></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial"><strong>Department for Transport Central</strong></del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£1,999,946</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£810,450</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£688,272</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£712,091</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£2,788,957</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£977,343</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£2,478,424</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£597,449</del></p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£799,416</del></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial">The response contained information that was incorrect as a result of miscoding of the spend information in the departmental spend analytics system. These coding errors have been addressed. The central Department for Transport’s majority of advertising expenditure relates to the THINK! Road Safety campaign, which was incorrectly not included in the table in the original answer showing the central Department’s advertising expenditure</ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Organisation</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2009-10</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2010-11</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2011-12</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2012-13</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2013-14</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2014-15</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2015-16</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2016-17</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2017-18*</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">Department for Transport Central</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£17,130,901</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£585,578</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£3,119,352</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£2,339,750</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£3,760,794</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£3,719,491</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£9,451,137</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£6,007,213</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">£1,158,660</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">*2017/18 spend figures are up to October 2017.</ins></p><p><em>N.B.</em></p><ul><li>These figures reflect the change in policy in regards to paid-for advertising introduced by the Coalition Government following the May 2010 General Election.</li></ul><p><strong>Transport for the North</strong></p><p> </p><p>Transport for the North is responsible for the development of a long term, strategic transport vision for its region. It does therefore not have network management responsibilities, nor the advertising requirements that come with them. The figures below are therefore not comparable as the spending serves very different functions.</p><p> </p><p>The figures below cover spending by TfN on the advertising of vacancies required as the organisation has developed to take on its strategic transport planning role.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Expenditure</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015/16</strong></p></td><td><p>No data</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016/17</strong></p></td><td><p>£25k</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p>£25k</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong>Rail North</strong></p><p> </p><p>We do not hold information about the expenditure of Rail North Ltd on advertising.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 14/11/2017 12:26:42 question first ministerially corrected 12/12/2017 10:58:32 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard previous answer version 22197 answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

798573

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Personal Track Safety cardholders are (a) currently employed by Network Rail and (b) employed by Network Rail’s top 20 suppliers.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	116967
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/12/2017 answer text <p>a) <del class="ministerial">5,044</del> <ins class="ministerial">19,199</ins></p><p> </p><p>b) 16,856</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 06/12/2017 14:27:51 question first ministerially corrected 01/02/2018 11:47:11 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone previous answer version 27531 answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

847143

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Cycling: Accidents
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many cyclists have died or suffered serious injuries where the cause has been attributed to poorly-maintained roads by (a) local councils, (b) Highways England, (c) Transport Scotland and (d) the Welsh Government in each year since 2007.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	129317
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The numbers of reported cyclist fatalities and serious injuries that have been recorded in Great Britain for each year since 2007 where poorly maintained roads could be considered to be a contributory factor is provided in the table. A breakdown for all the road networks specified is not available centrally.</p><p><ins class="ministerial">The heading “Poor or defective road surface” cover columns 2 and 3 of the table. Whilst, the heading “Inadequate or masked signs or road markings” cover column 4 and 5.</ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Reported cyclist serious and fatal injuries in GB where poorly maintained roads is reported as a contributory factor<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Poor or defective road surface </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Inadequate or masked signs or road markings</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Reported Cyclist Fatilities</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Reported Cyclist Serious Injuries</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Reported Cyclist Fatilities</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Reported Cyclist Serious Injuries</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>15</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>18</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>29</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>42</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p><strong><em>Source: DfT STATS19 reported road casualties</em></strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><sup>1 </sup>Includes only casualties where a police officer attended the scene and in which a contributory factor was reported. In 2016, this related to 73% of reported accidents.</p><p> </p><p>By way of context, cycling in Great Britain has increased over the time period in question, rising from 4 billion kilometres in 2007 to 6 billion kilometres in 2016.</p><p> </p><p>It should be that noted that contributory factors assigned by police officers do not assign blame for the accident to any specific road user, however they do provide some insight into why and how road accidents occur. They give an indication of which factors the attending officer thought contributed to the accident. Officers do not need to carry out a full investigation of the incident before allocating contributory factors; they usually use professional judgement about what they can see at the scene.</p><p> </p><p>Not all accidents are included in the contributory factor data; only accidents where the police attended the scene and reported at least one contributory factor are included. A total of 73% of accidents reported to the police in 2016 met these criteria although each accident can have multiple contributory factors attributed to them.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 27/02/2018 16:45:50 question first ministerially corrected 15/03/2018 15:22:13 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 43590 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

851038

	registered interest
	date	27/02/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Cycling and Walking
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish the next annual update of the Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy, and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
	tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
	uin	130229
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government will report regularly to Parliament on the progress it is making in delivering the Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy, as required by section 21 of the Infrastructure Act 2015. A decision on the timing<ins class="ministerial"> of the first such progress report will be made in due course</ins>.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/03/2018 15:43:05 question first ministerially corrected 07/03/2018 16:50:56 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 45235 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

864390

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Offshore Fixed Structures: North Sea
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance the Maritime and Coastguard Agency provides on the decommissioning of (a) semi-submersible drilling rigs and (b) other commercial vessels deployed in the North Sea oil and gas industry.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
	tabling member printed	Karl Turner
	uin	132874
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The trial of 10,000 26-30 railcards is an industry-led initiative to gather evidence and to inform discussions between Government and industry about roll-out of the railcard. Delivery of the trial launch, including sales of the railcard, was led by Rail Delivery Group and it was their digital systems that handled transactions and enquiries on the day.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">Decommissioning and disposal of semi-submersible drilling rigs and commercial vessels currently falls under the scope of legislation and guidance administered by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Government will be implementing Merchant Shipping legislation to introduce specific Ship Recycling Regulations later this year with the regime entering into force in December 2018. A Maritime and Coastguard Agency guidance package will accompany this legislation.</ins></p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 19/03/2018 14:16:32 question first ministerially corrected 23/03/2018 12:42:56 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani previous answer version 48157 answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

910174

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Department for Transport: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many contractors currently employed by his Department are paid £1,000 or more per day.
	tabling member constituency	Shipley
	tabling member printed	Philip Davies
	uin	147409
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2018 answer text <p>The following areas have contractors that are currently paid £1,000 or more per day.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>DfTc</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">7</del><ins class="ministerial">6</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DVSA</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DVLA</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MCA</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>VCA</p></td><td><p>Nil</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 05/06/2018 13:53:38 question first ministerially corrected 26/06/2018 12:25:36 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani previous answer version 61402 answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

426623

	registered interest
	date	05/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Department for Transport: Official Cars
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people in his Department have been entitled to use the Government Car Service in each year since 2009-10.
	tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
	tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
	uin	15016
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">I am committed to ensuring that the trains enter service as planned. Contractual details regarding any compensation is commercially confidential.</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">During the period 2009-10 to date, the following numbers of ministers have been entitled to use Government cars:</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2009-10</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">4</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2010-11</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">4</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2011-12</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">4</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2012-13</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">4</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2013-14</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">4</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2014-15</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">5</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><ins class="ministerial">2015-16</ins></p></td><td><p><ins class="ministerial">5</ins></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">As a result of a series of changes, including closure of the Government mail service, overall operating costs have fallen from £20.956m in 2010/11 to £6.325m in 2014/15. During the same period the number of vehicles in the GCS for use by ministers have fallen from 227 to 78.</ins></p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 10/11/2015 15:37:17 question first ministerially corrected 18/03/2016 13:04:04 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill previous answer version 29560 answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

919202

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Standards
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, the total number of trains (a) cancelled and (b) delayed for each franchise in each month since January 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Cardiff Central
	tabling member printed	Jo Stevens
	uin	151210
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2018 answer text <p>The attached document provides information on the total number of trains (a) cancelled and (b) delayed for each franchise in each month since January 2018.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson attachment 1 file name 151210 - Cancelled.pdf title Cancelled 2 file name 151210 - Stevens - Late.pdf title Late question first answered 12/06/2018 15:45:55 question first ministerially corrected 18/06/2018 09:26:11 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone previous answer version 62988 answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
	tabling member	4425 label Biography information for Jo Stevens

1003620

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Road Traffic
	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 potential effect of the expansion of Heathrow Airport on local road networks.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	uin	189623
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The Airports National Policy Statement (NPS) was designated on 26 <del class="ministerial">July</del> <ins class="ministerial">June</ins> 2018, paving the way for a development consent application. As part of the development of the Airports NPS, an Appraisal of Sustainability was undertaken which included analysis of surface impacts for all three options shortlisted by the Airports Commission.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the surface access requirements in the Airports NPS, the Government has specified that any applicant for development consent must submit a surface access strategy as part of their application.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 19/11/2018 10:54:12 question first ministerially corrected 26/11/2018 16:27:02 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman previous answer version 85388 answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

436336

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Rolling Stock
	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 potential merits of the procurement of bi-modal trains so that more trains can run on the West Coast Main Line and then travel on to parts of the network that are not electrified.
	tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
	tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
	uin	19184
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2015 answer text <p>It is for the operator to assess the merits of using such rolling stock. We believe that they are best placed to procure the rolling stock that they require to deliver the necessary levels of service and capacity. Bi-modes clearly provide one option for new rolling stock as can be seen by the current procurement of the<del class="ministerial"> Class</del> <ins class="ministerial">Hitachi AT-</ins>300s by Great Western Railway.</p><br /> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 16/12/2015 14:59:41 question first ministerially corrected 17/12/2015 16:22:33 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry previous answer version 35922 answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski