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174056

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Litter
	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 adequacy of the existing contracts for the removal of litter on the strategic road network.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	221013
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>I have taken a keen interest in this matter and believe more should be done.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Highways Agency’s existing contracts specify sweeping and cleaning activities on the network to comply with the mandatory legal requirements under the Environmental Protection Act 1990. The Act states that the area should not fall below a Grade B (“Predominantly free from litter and refuse apart from some small items”), and the contracts operate satisfactorily in this regard.</p><p> </p><p>However, I intend to discuss with the Highways Agency what further steps could be taken to reduce litter on the Strategic Road Network.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 22/01/2015 16:34:13 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

174057

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Graffiti
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to the Highways Agency was of the removal of graffiti from road signage and structures for which it has maintenance responsibility in the latest period for which figures are available.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	221012
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p>The Highways Agency does not separately identify the exact annual cost of removing graffiti from its road signs and structures as this activity forms part of a wider contracted service which includes a number of other general maintenance activities.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 22/01/2015 16:31:12 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

174058

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	M67
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what arrangements are in place to ensure that the (a) embankments, slip roads and hard shoulders and (b) other areas of the M67 motorway from the Denton interchange to the River Tame are swept and adequately litter-picked.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	221011
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>I have taken a keen interest in this matter and believe more should be done.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Highways Agency is required by the Environmental Protection Act 1990 to ensure that motorways and a small number of trunk roads in England are, so far as is practicable, kept clear of litter and refuse. The Act is supplemented by a Code of Practice which specifies standards of cleanliness and response times.</p><p> </p><p>A dedicated litter inspection is undertaken on the M67 at the beginning of each month which assesses the condition of the motorway and applies a grading for both litter and detritus in accordance with the Code of Practice.</p><p> </p><p>Any required restoration measures take place within the required timescales, in accordance with the Code of Practice – 14 days for slip road carriageways, hard shoulders and verges and 28 days (or as soon as is reasonably practicable) for the main line carriageway, central reserve, hard shoulders and verges.</p><p> </p><p>However, I intend to discuss with the Highways Agency what further steps could be taken to reduce litter on the Strategic Road Network.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 22/01/2015 16:37:34 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

174059

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Litter
	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 levels of litter on the strategic road network.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	221014
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p>I have taken a keen interest in this matter and believe more should be done.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Levels of litter on the Highways Agency network are assessed through routine inspections, customer surveys and information received from members of the public reporting littering issues on the network.</p><p> </p><p>However, I intend to discuss with the Highways Agency what further steps could be taken to reduce litter on the Strategic Road Network.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 22/01/2015 16:40:55 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

174252

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	M67
	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 whether the (a) embankments, slip roads and hard shoulders and (b) other parts of the M67 motorway from the Denton interchange to the River Tame meet statutory standards of cleanliness.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	221108
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p>I have taken a keen interest in this matter and believe more should be done.</p><p> </p><p>The Highways Agency is required by the Environmental Protection Act 1990 to ensure that motorways and a small number of trunk roads in England are, so far as is practicable, kept clear of litter and refuse. The Act is supplemented by a Code of Practice which specifies standards of cleanliness and response times.</p><p> </p><p>A dedicated litter inspection is undertaken on the M67 at the beginning of each month which assesses the condition of the motorway and applies a grading for both litter and detritus in accordance with the Code of Practice.</p><p> </p><p>Any required restoration measures take place within the required timescales, in accordance with the Code of Practice – 14 days for slip road carriageways, hard shoulders and verges and 28 days (or as soon as is reasonably practicable) for the main line carriageway, central reserve, hard shoulders and verges.</p><p> </p><p>However, I intend to discuss with the Highways Agency what further steps could be taken to reduce litter on the Strategic Road Network.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 22/01/2015 16:45:04 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne