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796679

	registered interest
	date	29/11/2017
	answering body	Department for International Development
	answering dept id	20
	answering dept short name	International Development
	answering dept sort name	International Development
	hansard heading	Developing Countries: Research
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What support her Department provides to assist developing countries with scientific research.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton West
	tabling member printed	Chris Green
	uin	902627
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2017 answer text <p>DFID is committed to ensuring that cutting edge scientific research tackles extreme poverty. DFID funded research brings together coalitions of universities, private sector and civil society in developing countries. DFID is working in partnership with 14 Research Councils across Africa to share learning on effective investments in science, technology and innovation.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 29/11/2017 13:42:07 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
	tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

449072

	registered interest
	date	26/01/2016
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Unemployment: Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that jobcentres help younger jobseekers plan for the future.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton West
	tabling member printed	Chris Green
	uin	903361
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2016 answer text <p>This Government is committed to ensuring all young people are either earning or learning. That is why we have launched Jobcentre Plus support for schools and from April 2017 we will ensure all young people are supported through our new Youth Obligation.</p> answering member constituency Witham answering member printed Priti Patel question first answered 01/02/2016 17:30:45 answering member 4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel
	tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

426296

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Bolton West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether there has been a review of the transport provision on the A5225 in Bolton West constituency since the proposals for the Westhoughton bypass were cancelled.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton West
	tabling member printed	Chris Green
	uin	14887
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <p>The revised version of the A5225 Wigan to Westhoughton Bypass scheme was considered by the Labour government in 1997-98 which concluded that this proposed M6 to M61 link was not of strategic national importance to merit inclusion in the core national trunk road network. The relevant local highway authorities – Bolton MBC and Wigan MBC – were therefore invited to consider the best way forward.</p><br /><p>Transport provision in the A5225 area is now a matter for the Greater Manchester Combined Authority and its constituent local highway authorities. The Combined Authority has well established mechanisms for identifying and promoting local transport investment priorities to support its strategies. These resulted, initially, in the Greater Manchester Transport Fund programme and have subsequently informed City Deal, Growth Deal and Devolution Deal agreements since 2010. This scheme has not formed part of any priority programme put forward by Greater Manchester. The Combined Authority is currently undertaking a review of the local highway network as part of its proposals for establishing a Key Route Network and this will look at current performance to inform possible future investment priorities. This assessment will include primary routes between Wigan and Bolton.</p><br /> <br /> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 10/11/2015 15:18:35 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

426295

	registered interest
	date	04/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Greater Manchester
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to review the transport provision on the A5225.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton West
	tabling member printed	Chris Green
	uin	14848
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <p>Transport provision on the A5225 is a matter for the Greater Manchester Combined Authority, and its constituent local highway authorities, and my Department therefore has no plans to review this provision. I understand that as part of the development of its Key Route Network, Greater Manchester is currently undertaking a baseline assessment of its highway network, including primary routes between Wigan and Bolton.</p><br /> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 10/11/2015 15:14:54 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

776919

	registered interest
	date	24/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Rolling Stock: North of England
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timetable is for the replacement of Pacer carriages covering local services with modern rolling stock on rail services in the North of England.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton West
	tabling member printed	Chris Green
	uin	109238
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department recognises that Pacers fall short of passengers’ expectations and so required bidders for the Northern franchise to phase them out.</p><p> </p><p>Arriva Rail North are investing £400 million in 281 brand new air-conditioned carriages, more than double the minimum required in the government’s invitation to tender, and remain on track to deliver the complete removal of the outdated and unpopular Pacers by the end of 2019 at the latest.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 31/10/2017 10:50:48 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
	tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

776257

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Road Traffic: Greater Manchester
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of congestion on roads in (a) Bolton and (b) Wigan.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton West
	tabling member printed	Chris Green
	uin	109104
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department has not made an assessment of the trends in the level of congestion on all roads in (a) Bolton and (b) Wigan.</p><p> </p><p>Information is held on average delay on locally managed ‘A’ roads and the most recent data provided by the Department is as follows.</p><p> </p><p>CGN0502b: Average delay on locally managed ‘A’ roads by local authority</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Average delay (seconds per vehicle per mile)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>% change</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolton</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>58.5</p></td><td><p>57.6</p></td><td><p>-1.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wigan</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>58.5</p></td><td><p>58.5</p></td><td><p>0.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>44.6</p></td><td><p>45.9</p></td><td><p>+2.8</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Average delay is commonly used as a measure of relative congestion. A decrease in average delay indicates a reduction in the level of congestion.</p><p>These statistics are the most up to date figures published by the Department and come from the table CGN0502b, which is published annually in February. The full table can be accessed using the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/average-speed-and-delay-on-local-a-roads-cgn05%23table-cgn0502" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/average-speed-and-delay-on-local-a-roads-cgn05#table-cgn0502</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not produce statistics for congestion at the local authority level for the Strategic Road Network or for minor roads.</p><p> </p><p>Highways England keeps the trunk road and motorway network in England under constant review, but has made no recent specific assessment of trends in the level of congestion through Bolton and Wigan.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 30/10/2017 16:32:50 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

448435

	registered interest
	date	27/01/2016
	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, what estimate his Department has made of the level of planned investment by local enterprise partnerships in cycling and walking infrastructure through the local growth fund.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton West
	tabling member printed	Chris Green
	uin	24397
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>The Department estimates that an investment of at least £270m is planned for cycling infrastructure and an investment of at least £250m is planned for walking infrastructure, totalling at least £520m across the current Growth Deal period. This figure is derived from self-reported figures provided by Local Enterprise Partnerships to the Department in January 2016; the final figure for spend is therefore likely to be higher.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 04/02/2016 13:39:14 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

428488

	registered interest
	date	16/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	M61
	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 effects on traffic flow and congestion of the omission of the planned Junction 7 from the M61; and what representations his Department has received on how to mitigate those effects.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton West
	tabling member printed	Chris Green
	uin	16383
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2015 answer text <p>The most recent assessment of the M61 was undertaken by the Highways Agency between 2012 and 2015 as part of the South Pennines Route Strategy. This utilised the advice and expertise of local councils and stakeholders. The final report was published in 2015 and is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/416749/South_Pennines.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/416749/South_Pennines.pdf</a>.</p><br /><p>It identified traffic flow and congestion issues on the M61 where it merges with the M6 to the north and also where it approaches the M60 to the south. However no particular traffic flow and congestion problems were identified between Junctions 6 and 8.</p><br /><p>Highways England will revisit the evidence for the M61 as part of preparing the next iteration of Route Strategies.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 24/11/2015 14:36:58 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

434044

	registered interest
	date	03/12/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	M61
	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 24 November 2015 to Question 16383, what assessment his Department has made of the levels of traffic flow and congestion within Horwich arising from the decision not to construct Junction 7 on the M61.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton West
	tabling member printed	Chris Green
	uin	18604
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2015 answer text <p>As Horwich lies within the Metropolitan Borough Council of Bolton, it is for Bolton Council, as the traffic authority for the area, working with TfGM, to consider the traffic flows within Horwich. The decision not to build Junction 7 was taken in the 1960s, but Highways England will re-assess the pressures on and needs of the M61 along with all other parts of the strategic road network in the course of its future development of route strategies. When the next round of Highways England’s Route Strategies commences early in 2016, there will be an opportunity to make the case for the creation of a Junction 7.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 10/12/2015 17:13:39 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green

776256

	registered interest
	date	23/10/2017
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Transport: North West
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much the Government has allocated to transport capital infrastructure projects in the North West of England in each year since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton West
	tabling member printed	Chris Green
	uin	109103
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>Figures on public sector spend at a regional and national level are part of the Government’s Country and Regional Analysis (CRA) statistics. These statistics attempt to allocate the spending according to where the benefits of that spend are accrued.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics for public capital expenditure on transport for the North West of England for the years 2014-15 and 2015-16 are given below:</p><p> </p><p>2014-15: £1.355 billion</p><p>2015-16: £1.853 billion</p><p> </p><p>These figures include spend on transport by all public sector organisations (including Local Authorities and Public Corporations).</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 26/10/2017 15:01:50 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4398 label Biography information for Chris Green