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	registered interest
	date	17/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Cycling and Walking: Infrastructure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward legislative proposals on national minimum standards for (a) walking and (b) cycling infrastructure.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	265419
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department’s Local Transport Note 2/08 ‘Cycle Infrastructure Design’ provides guidance regarding minimum standards for walking and cycling infrastructure. The Department is currently in the process of updating this national guidance and will publish the updated guidance in due course.</p><p>Local authorities are responsible for setting their own design standards. The Government has no plans to legislate for minimum standards for cycling and walking infrastructure.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 20/06/2019 13:08:37 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1132474

	registered interest
	date	17/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Cycling: Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to improve road safety for cyclists.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	265423
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2019 answer text <p>In November, the Government published its response to the Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy (CWIS): safety review call for evidence. The response sets out a vision and a two-year plan containing 50 actions to tackle cycling, walking and horse riding safety. The action plan will help deliver the Government’s commitment to increase cycling and walking and make our roads safer for cyclists and other vulnerable road users.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 20/06/2019 13:01:29 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1129128

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Public Transport: Wheelchairs
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that all modes of public transport are fully accessible for wheelchair users.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	258984
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring disabled people, including wheelchair users, have the same access to public transport and opportunities to travel as everyone else.</p><p> </p><p>In July 2018 the Department published the Inclusive Transport Strategy. Its ambition is to create a transport system that provides equal access for disabled people by 2030, and to enable disabled people to travel confidently, easily and without extra cost.</p><p>The Department is making good progress delivering the many commitments set out in the Strategy, and will be reporting to Parliament on this in the summer.</p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 11/06/2019 11:09:04 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1090951

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: West Midlands
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to improve rural train lines and services in the West Midlands.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	233450
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2019 answer text <p>West Midlands Trains will be introducing a through-service from Nuneaton to Leamington via Coventry and Kenilworth, from May of this year. These will be operated by the class 172 units that are newer and provide more capacity than the existing class 153 that operates on that route.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the upgrades to the Nuneaton to Leamington Spa route (known as the “NUCKLE” project), two new stations at Bermuda Park and Ricoh Arena have already been built and are open. The next phase, being taken forward by Coventry City Council, will see a bay platform at Coventry Station constructed as part of the wider station masterplan. This will allow two trains per hour to run between Coventry and Nuneaton. DfT is contributing £5m towards the cost of the bay platform, with the balance from local sources.</p><p> </p><p>As part of the Midlands Rail Hub business case, Midlands Connect are working with the Department and local partners to update the business case for enhancing capacity between Leamington and Coventry through the partial re-doubling of the line. The Department expects the business case to be presented in Summer 2019.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 21/03/2019 13:31:39 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1089440

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Rapid Transit Systems
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to support the introduction and expansion of very light railway systems in towns and cities across the UK.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	232977
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Transport recently published a call for evidence inviting views on how the Government and private sector can help harness the opportunities for building on the popularity of light rail, including other such rapid transit systems such as very light rail.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/light-rail-and-other-rapid-transit-solutions-in-cities-and-towns-call-for-evidence" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/light-rail-and-other-rapid-transit-solutions-in-cities-and-towns-call-for-evidence</a></p><p> </p><p>The call for evidence closes on the 19 May 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/03/2019 12:01:46 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham