As part of Highways England\u2019s standard practice, a full project review will be undertaken one year after the main carriageway works were completed in July 2015. This will include an assessment of air quality.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3996", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Andrew Jones"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Harrogate and Knaresborough"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Andrew Jones"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2016-04-18", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2016-04-18T12:59:28.66Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "27"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2016-04-08", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Dartford-Thurrock Crossing: Tolls"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the removal of the toll booths at the Dartford Crossing on levels of air pollution in Dartford.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3970", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Gareth Johnson"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Dartford"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Gareth Johnson"} ], "uin" : "33141"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/506533", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/506533/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The General Product Safety Regulations prohibit a product from being placed on the market, or otherwise supplied, unless it is safe. The lead department for these regulations is the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3996", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Andrew Jones"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Harrogate and Knaresborough"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Andrew Jones"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2016-04-18", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2016-04-18T15:42:32.097Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "27"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2016-04-08", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Driverless Vehicles: Lasers"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential health risks of the use of lasers by driverless vehicles.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1486", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr David Anderson"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Blaydon"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr David Anderson"} ], "uin" : "33237"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/506705", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/506705/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
<\/strong>Easington constituency in County Durham is in the area covered by the North East Combined Authority and North East Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP). The Combined Authority receives annual capital allocations for Highways Maintenance and Integrated Transport and it is for the Combined Authority and Durham County Council to decide how much of this funding is spent in Easington Constituency.<\/p> <\/p> The North East LEP has been awarded Local Growth Funding for two schemes in the Easington constituency. The proposal to construct a new station at Horden has been allocated £3.3 million and the package of five junction improvements on the A1 and A19, which includes a scheme at the A19/A182 Seaham Murton Interchange, has been allocated £19.0 million.<\/p> <\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1562", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill"}
}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding has been allocated to improve local transport infrastructure in Easington constituency in each of the next five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3973", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Grahame Morris"}
}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Grahame Morris"}
], "uin" : "32863"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/506706", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/506706/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Driving examiner starters have to pass a compulsory training course in order to become fully qualified examiners. If they do not pass this course they are then dismissed. Information on starters and leavers is shown in the table below:<\/p> <\/p> <\/p><\/td> Starters<\/p><\/td> Leavers<\/p><\/td> Of the leavers, those who did not pass the course<\/p><\/td><\/tr> In the past financial year<\/p><\/td> 232<\/p><\/td> 152<\/p><\/td> 8<\/p><\/td><\/tr> In the past two financial years<\/p><\/td> 389<\/p><\/td> 288<\/p><\/td> 28<\/p><\/td><\/tr> In the past five financial years<\/p><\/td> 614<\/p><\/td> 590<\/p><\/td> 47<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3996", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Andrew Jones"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2016-04-08", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving test examiners have (a) left and (b) been recruited by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency in the last (i) one, (ii) two and (iii) five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4369", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Tom Pursglove"}
}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Tom Pursglove"}
], "uin" : "32898"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/506707", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/506707/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The maintenance of the local road network in Easington is the responsibility of Durham County Council, as local highway authority. The table below sets out how much funding the Department for Transport has allocated to the Council since 2012/13 financial year:<\/p> <\/p> £millions<\/p> Financial Year<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2012/13<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2013/14<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2014/15<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2015/16<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 2016/17<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> Highway Maintenance Block<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 10.679<\/p><\/td> 10.132<\/p><\/td> 9.780<\/p><\/td> 11.886<\/p><\/td> 10.897<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Incentive Fund<\/strong><\/p><\/td> N/A<\/p><\/td> N/A<\/p><\/td> N/A<\/p><\/td> N.A<\/p><\/td> 0.666<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Highway Maintenance Block Top Up<\/strong><\/p><\/td> N/A<\/p><\/td> 1.836<\/p><\/td> 1.007<\/p><\/td> N/A<\/p><\/td> N/A<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Integrated Transport Block<\/strong><\/p><\/td> 3.183<\/p><\/td> 3.183<\/p><\/td> 4.475<\/p><\/td> 13.949<\/p><\/td> 13.949<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Wet Weather Payments<\/strong><\/p><\/td> N/A<\/p><\/td> 1.242<\/p><\/td> N/A<\/p><\/td> N/A<\/p><\/td> N/A<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Flood Recovery<\/strong><\/p><\/td> N/A<\/p><\/td> N/A<\/p><\/td> N/A<\/p><\/td> 1.100<\/p><\/td> N/A<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Pothole Fund<\/strong><\/p><\/td> N/A<\/p><\/td> N/A<\/p><\/td> 2.198<\/p><\/td> N/A<\/p><\/td> 0.784<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Total <\/strong><\/p><\/td> 13.862<\/p><\/td> 16.393<\/p><\/td> 17.460<\/p><\/td> 26.935<\/p><\/td> 26.296<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> Local highway authorities are able to use revenue funding for maintaining their local highways and this is allocated by the Department of Communities and Local Government through the Revenue Support Grant.<\/p> <\/strong><\/p> Durham County Council is part of the North East Combined Authority. From 2015/16 Integrated Transport Block Funding has been paid to the North East Combined Authority and Durham will receive a proportion of that funding.<\/p> <\/strong><\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3996", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Andrew Jones"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent on improving the road network in the Easington constituency in each of the last five years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3973", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Grahame Morris"}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Grahame Morris"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/506708", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/506708/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " We do not hold information to this level of detail. Govia Thameslink Railways, that operates Southern Trains, might hold this data.<\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3974", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Claire Perry"}
}
, "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Devizes"}
, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Claire Perry"}
, "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2016-04-18", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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, "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2016-04-18T09:28:26.767Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2016-04-08", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Railways: Plumpton"}
, "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
, "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many times Southern Trains has cancelled a scheduled stop at Plumpton Station in East Sussex in the last 12 months for which information is available.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4492", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Maria Caulfield"}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Maria Caulfield"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/506710", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
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