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44123

	registered interest
	date	19/03/2014
	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 his policy is on the introduction of a graduated driving licensing scheme for young drivers.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	192782
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Improving the safety and ability of young drivers is a key priority for the Government which is why we have made the driving test more realistic. The Department is considering several other options to ensure that newly qualified drivers are properly prepared and drive safely.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This is a difficult topic and it is important that we get this right. Once we are confident that we have struck the right balance between driver safety and restricting the freedom of our young people we will come forward with our proposals.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 26/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

49344

	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, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of urgent repairs to roads managed by the Highways Agency in (a) Huddersfield constituency, (b) Kirklees and (c) Yorkshire.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	197282
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Highways Agency does not separately identify the cost of urgent repairs on its roads by constituency area. This type of expenditure forms part of a wider contracted service, which includes a number of other general maintenance activities.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

49622

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2014
	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 assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the Highways Agency in maintaining roads in (a) Huddersfield, (b) Kirklees and (c) Yorkshire; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	197643
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Highways Agency Business Plan sets out the strategic objectives and the in-year targets to be achieved. It includes a target covering road surface condition. Each Highways Agency region contributes to those targets, including Yorkshire and the North East. The Agency's performance against the targets for the financial year 2013/14 is due to be published in its Annual Report by summer 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The Agency is unable to identify separately the contribution to Business Plan targets by individual constituency or local authority area.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

49623

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2014
	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, how much central Government has spent on road infrastructure in (a) Huddersfield, (b) Kirklees and (c) Yorkshire in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	197644
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department for Transport is responsible for the strategic road network which is managed by the Highways Agency on behalf of the Secretary of State for Transport. The remaining roads are the responsibility of local highway authorities under the Highways Act 1980.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Highways Agency spending on improving road infrastructure (including smaller schemes and technology improvements) on the strategic road network in the Yorkshire and Humber area in the last three financial years is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Financial Year</strong></p><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Funding for Yorkshire and Humber Area (£m)</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2011/12</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£72.413</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2012/13</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£66.658</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>2013/14</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£81.982</p><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport also provides funding to local highway authorities through Integrated Transport and Highways Maintenance Block grants. This funding can be used to improve local roads that they manage if they so wish. The following table provides this information.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Highways Maintenance Block</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Kirklees</strong></p><p><strong>(£m)</strong></p><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>West Yorkshire</strong></p><p><strong>(£m)</strong></p><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Yorkshire &amp; Humberside</strong></p><p><strong>(£m)</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2011 pothole</p><p> </p></td><td><p>1.304</p><p> </p></td><td><p>5.776*</p><p> </p></td><td><p>20.900</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12 Block</p><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p><p> </p></td><td><p>27.173</p><p> </p></td><td><p>87.562</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13 Block</p><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p><p> </p></td><td><p>26.185</p><p> </p></td><td><p>84.412</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14 Block</p><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p><p> </p></td><td><p>25.511</p><p> </p></td><td><p>80.158</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14 additional block</p><p> </p></td><td><p>1.019</p><p> </p></td><td><p>4.620*</p><p> </p></td><td><p>13.581</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14 flood recovery</p><p> </p></td><td><p>0.606</p><p> </p></td><td><p>2.999*</p><p> </p></td><td><p>10.356</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15 Block</p><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p><p> </p></td><td><p>23.766</p><p> </p></td><td><p>75.488</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15 additional block</p><p> </p></td><td><p>0.548</p><p> </p></td><td><p>2.446*</p><p> </p></td><td><p>7.268</p><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>* made up of the individual payments to Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds and Wakefield.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Integrated Transport Block</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Kirklees</strong></p><p><strong>(£m)</strong></p><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>West Yorkshire</strong></p><p><strong>(£m)</strong></p><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Yorkshire &amp; Humberside</strong></p><p><strong>(£m)</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12 Block</p><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p><p> </p></td><td><p>21.128*</p><p> </p></td><td><p> </p><p>47.760*</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13 Block</p><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p><p> </p></td><td><p>19.318</p><p> </p></td><td><p>43.666</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13 Block</p><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p><p> </p></td><td><p>19.318</p><p> </p></td><td><p>43.666</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14 Block</p><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p><p> </p></td><td><p>19.318</p><p> </p></td><td><p>43.666</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15 Block</p><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p><p> </p></td><td><p>27.165</p><p> </p></td><td><p>61.403</p><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>* includes top up announced in 2011 autumn statement.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Department also provide capital funding for local major schemes, costing over £5 million. The figures for spend on local major road infrastructure in the last 3 years is as follows.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Areas</strong></p><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p><p><strong>(£m)</strong></p><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p><p><strong>£m)</strong></p><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p><p><strong>(£m)</strong></p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Huddersfield</p><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Kirklees</p><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p><p> </p></td><td><p>0</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Yorkshire</p><p> </p></td><td><p>7.2</p><p> </p></td><td><p>25.6</p><p> </p></td><td><p>26.8</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="4"> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Revenue funding for highway maintenance is provided through the Communities and Local Government Revenue Support Grant (RSG). RSG is an un-hypothecated grant provided to local authorities to enable them to carry out their functions, and local authorities can choose to spend this on any services for which they have responsibility, as per local spending priorities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

62155

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2014
	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 recent estimate he has made of projected ticket prices for rail passengers using the High Speed 2 rail line.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	200848
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>In order to test the case for HS2, current fares were assumed to increase by RPI+1% annually until 2036 after which fares are assumed to grow in line with inflation. No fares differential was applied to services using the high speed infrastructure. This is an assumption which provides an appropriate basis for modelling costs and benefits, but does not represent a prediction of future rail fares, which will be affected by government policy, market and industry changes across the GB rail network over many years.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 23/06/2014 13:55:15 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

62157

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2014
	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, when he expects to publish information on ticket pricing for High Speed 2.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	200851
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>There are currently no plans to publish information relating to the likely structure or level of ticket prices for journeys using the HS2 railway following the opening of HS2 Phase One in 2026 and beyond.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 23/06/2014 13:57:30 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

62158

	registered interest
	date	16/06/2014
	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, whether he expects High Speed 2 will require a separate ticket pricing structure from regular rail services.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	200850
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The HS2 business case demonstrates that the project can deliver significant benefits for the country without any fares differential being required for journeys using the high speed line. It is too soon to know what fares will be set for travel on HS2 services. Government decisions about fares structures and regulation will be taken closer to the commencement of HS2 Phase One services in 2026.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 23/06/2014 13:56:29 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

225266

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Macquarie Bank
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations his Department has received from Macquarie Bank on investment in or financing of transport and infrastructure projects since May 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	226436
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>Staff from the Department for Transport routinely meet a range of organisations from both the public and private sectors. The Department does not, as a matter of routine, collect data on the total number of meetings by staff with specific organisations.</p><p> </p><p>The Permanent Secretary had no meetings with representatives of Macquarie Bank since assuming the post in 2012. One Director General has had two meetings with representatives of Macquarie Bank since May 2012.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, details of ministerial meetings with external organisations are published quarterly and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-transparency-data#meetings" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-transparency-data#meetings</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 09/03/2015 17:19:33 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

225267

	registered interest
	date	04/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Macquarie Bank
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what meetings his Department has had with Macquarie Bank since May 2010; and who was present at such meetings.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	226437
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2015 answer text <p>Staff from the Department for Transport routinely meet a range of organisations from both the public and private sectors. The Department does not, as a matter of routine, collect data on the total number of meetings by staff with specific organisations.</p><p> </p><p>The Permanent Secretary had no meetings with representatives of Macquarie Bank since assuming the post in 2012. One Director General has had two meetings with representatives of Macquarie Bank since May 2012.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, details of ministerial meetings with external organisations are published quarterly and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-transparency-data#meetings" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ministerial-transparency-data#meetings</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 09/03/2015 17:24:30 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

226774

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Macquarie Bank
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which of his Department's projects and enterprises Macquarie Bank has financed or invested in since May 2010; and how much it has invested in each such projected enterprise.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	227247
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>An online record of Department projects and enterprises is maintained by HMT on a regular basis. This includes details of investors and project size and can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/private-finance-initiative-projects-2014-summary-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/private-finance-initiative-projects-2014-summary-data</a></p><p> </p><p>Macquarie invested in the Mersey Gateway Bridge project in March 2014. This project was procured by Halton Borough Council with support from the Department for Transport. Macquarie European Rail, a subsidiary of Macquarie Bank, are an active participant in the privatised rolling stock leasing sector.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 18/03/2015 11:12:18 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman