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1002681

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Northern: Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of compensation payments made by Network Rail to Northern Rail as a result of disruption to the infrastructure network in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Fylde
	tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
	uin	188799
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2018 answer text <p>Compensation payments made by Network Rail to Northern Rail as a result of disruption to the infrastructure network in 2018 are governed by the contractual agreements between Network Rail and the operator and are therefore a matter for them and not the Department.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 16/11/2018 14:44:57 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

1002682

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2018
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Northern: Compensation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has been made of the value of compensation payments made by Northern Rail to rail passengers in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Fylde
	tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
	uin	188800
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/11/2018 answer text <p>The latest figures on the value of compensation payments paid by Northern Rail to passengers that are held by the Department for Transport are to the end of the 2017/18 financial year. These were published on 1 October <strong>[</strong><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/744567/2017-2018-passenger-compensation-figures.pdf" target="_blank"><strong>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/744567/2017-2018-passenger-compensation-figures.pdf</strong></a><strong>]</strong> and show that, in 2017/18, Northern Rail paid £567,000 in compensation to rail passengers.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 15/11/2018 13:20:06 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

1056855

	registered interest
	date	07/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Compensation
	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 total cost to the public purse of Network Rail compensation payments to service providers following disruption to the rail infrastructure network in 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Fylde
	tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
	uin	218282
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2019 answer text <p>Network Rail publishes information on compensation paid to train operators on the transparency pages of its website. This data is recorded by financial year. Information on total schedule 4 and 8 payments (track access contracts, which cover planned disruptions and unplanned disruptions to services on the rail infrastructure network) for the latest financial year 17/18 can be viewed on Network Rails website:</p><p><a href="https://www.networkrail.co.uk/who-we-are/transparency-and-ethics/transparency/datasets/" target="_blank">https://www.networkrail.co.uk/who-we-are/transparency-and-ethics/transparency/datasets/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 14/02/2019 15:14:34 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

1111179

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Lancashire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the total funding provided to Lancashire County Council for pothole repairs in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Fylde
	tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
	uin	243406
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Transport is allocating £6.6 billion between 2015/16 and 2020/21 to local highway authorities for local highway maintenance funding, including for the repair of potholes or to stop them forming.</p><p> </p><p>From this, it has allocated Lancashire County Council the following funding over the last three years:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Funding Stream</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> £ M </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017//18</p></td><td><p>Highways Maintenance Block (including incentive element)</p></td><td><p>22.487</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>Pothole Action Fund</p></td><td><p>2.913</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>Highways Maintenance Block (including incentive element)</p></td><td><p>22.465</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>Pothole Action Fund</p></td><td><p>1.227</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19*</p></td><td><p>Budget £420 million</p></td><td><p>10.229</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>Highways Maintenance Block (including incentive element)</p></td><td><p>22.434</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019/20</p></td><td><p>Pothole Action Fund</p></td><td><p>0.621</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>82.376</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>*In the Budget, the Chancellor provided local highway authorities in England an additional £420m for highway maintenance.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 18/04/2019 12:57:00 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

1123586

	registered interest
	date	29/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Driving Licences
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to (a) reduce delays and (b) improve the experience of people requiring a medical review when renewing their driving licence.
	tabling member constituency	Fylde
	tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
	uin	248652
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2019 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) makes around 745,000 medical licensing decisions each year and aims to complete 90 per cent of these within 90 working days. The length of time taken to deal with an application depends on the medical condition involved and whether information is needed from medical professionals.</p><p> </p><p>The DVLA has recruited additional staff to process medical applications and notifications. This includes increasing the number of doctors and introducing nurse caseworkers to deal with specific conditions. The DVLA is also working with third parties, for example, GPs, consultants and opticians, to reduce the time taken to receive the information it requires to make licensing decisions.</p><p> </p><p>The DVLA also provides an online service for customers to notify a medical condition or renew a driving licence previously issued following a medical condition. The DVLA continually reviews its processes and has a dedicated team responsible for the improvement of its medical driver licensing services and communications.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 03/05/2019 10:13:54 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

1087181

	registered interest
	date	12/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Transport
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Government’s Inclusive Transport Strategy published in July 2018, what progress he has made towards the target of making the UK’s transport network fully inclusive by 2030; what his policy is on the inclusion of people with dementia on the UK's transport network; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Fylde
	tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
	uin	231434
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>Good progress continues to be made in delivering the commitments set out in the Inclusive Transport Strategy. A monitoring and evaluation framework was published on 19 December setting out how the Government will measure the impact that the Strategy is having on the lives of disabled people including those with non-visible disabilities such as dementia and the progress that is being made towards its 2030 goal. The Department will also report annually to Parliament on the delivery of the Inclusive Transport Strategy, with the first such report due in the summer.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 18/03/2019 17:04:26 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

1111170

	registered interest
	date	10/04/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Public Transport: Disability
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress has been made in implementing the audio-visual requirements for public transport, as set out in the Bus Services Act 2017, across Lancashire.
	tabling member constituency	Fylde
	tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
	uin	243401
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>In Summer 2018 the Government consulted publicly on plans to use powers in the Bus Services Act 2017 to make Regulations requiring the provision of audible and visible information onboard local bus services across Great Britain.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to analyse responses to the consultation and expect to announce our next steps regarding the making of Regulations and publication of guidance later in the year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 23/04/2019 13:45:53 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies