The Mersey Gateway Bridge and its tolling operation are the responsibility of Halton Borough Council and its operational company the Mersey Gateway Crossings Board. It is contracted to Merseyflow.<\/p>
<\/p>
The Department of Transport does not hold the information requested.<\/p>
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The Mersey Gateway Bridge and its tolling operation are the responsibility of Halton Borough Council and its operational company the Mersey Gateway Crossings Board. It is contracted to Merseyflow.<\/p>
<\/p>
The Department of Transport does not hold the information requested.<\/p>
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No proposals have been received from, and therefore no awards have been made to, local authorities in (a) Barnsley, (b) South Yorkshire, (c) Yorkshire and the Humber under the On-street Residential Chargepoint Scheme to date.<\/p>
<\/p>
The Government has allocated grant funding through the On-street Residential Chargepoint Scheme in the UK in each year since 2010 as follows:<\/p>
2016/17 - £1,000,000.00<\/p>
2017/18 - £1,500,000.00<\/p>
2018/19 - £2,000,000.00<\/p>
2019/20 - £2,500,000.00<\/p>
<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4116", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Northampton North"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Michael Ellis"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-07-10", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-07-10T15:39:05.787Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "27"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-07-05", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Electric Vehicles: Charging Points"} , "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, how much in grant funding the Government has made available through the on-street residential chargepoint grant scheme in (a) Barnsley, (b) South Yorkshire, (c) Yorkshire and the Humber and (d) the UK in each year since 2010.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4607", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Stephanie Peacock"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Barnsley East"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Stephanie Peacock"} ], "uin" : "273825"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1137149", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1137149/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The Electric Vehicle Homecharge Scheme (EVHS) was introduced in 2015. The total amount of funding awarded through the EVHS to applications from private plug-in vehicle owners for each of the requested areas is as follows:<\/p>
<\/strong><\/p> <\/p><\/td> a) Barnsley<\/p><\/td> b) South Yorkshire<\/p><\/td> c) Yorkshire and the Humber<\/p><\/td> d) UK<\/p><\/td><\/tr> September 2014<\/p><\/td> £3,498<\/p><\/td> £9,738<\/p><\/td> £89,409<\/p><\/td> £1,407,563<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2015<\/p><\/td> £12,600<\/p><\/td> £95,900<\/p><\/td> £262,982<\/p><\/td> £3,924,383<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2016<\/p><\/td> £24,887<\/p><\/td> £122,887<\/p><\/td> £582,937<\/p><\/td> £7,458,224<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2017<\/p><\/td> £22,500<\/p><\/td> £136,900<\/p><\/td> £678,732<\/p><\/td> £8,943,624<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2018<\/p><\/td> £31,000<\/p><\/td> £167,500<\/p><\/td> £758,799<\/p><\/td> £10,423,724<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2019*<\/p><\/td> £6,500<\/p><\/td> £28,000<\/p><\/td> £168,500<\/p><\/td> £2,360,240<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/strong><\/p> *figure for 2019 up to the start of April.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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]}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the total amount of funding through the Office of Low Emission Vehicles' electric vehicle homecharge scheme was in (a) Barnsley, (b) South Yorkshire, (c) Yorkshire and the Humber and (d) the UK in each year since 2010.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1137220", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1137220/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Year<\/p><\/td> Total Closures<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2015 (from 1 April)<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2016<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2017<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2018<\/p><\/td> 6<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2019 (to 30 June)<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> The closure summary above is categorised as follows:<\/p> Year<\/p><\/td> High Winds<\/p><\/td> Suicide<\/p><\/td> Road Traffic Incident<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2015 (from 1 April)<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2016<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2017<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2018<\/p><\/td> 5<\/p><\/td> 1<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr> 2019 (to 30 June)<\/p><\/td> 2<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td> 0<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> <\/p> <\/p> Roadworks closures have not been included in the above summaries because of the way Highways England record roadworks data. Their records do not identify the Orwell Bridge as a specific section, nor do their records differentiate between a complete closure or a lane closure.<\/p>"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2019-07-05", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many days the A14 Orwell Bridge has been closed in each year since 2000.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "uin" : "273775"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1136910", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1136910/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " A total of four contracts were awarded to Serco by the Department for Transport since July 2013. The total value of these contracts is £175,200.95<\/p>"}
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, "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-07-09T10:55:45.29Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2019-07-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many contracts his Department has awarded to Serco since July 2013; and what the value is of those contracts.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4425", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jo Stevens"}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Jo Stevens"}
], "uin" : "273406"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1136939", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1136939/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Department expects to publish decisions in the latter part of the year on funding for the strategic road network between 2020 and 2025. However, we have already announced our intention to provide a safety and congestion designated fund. Highways England will decide where best to allocate this funding.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2019-07-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
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, "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, if he will allocate funding to (a) improve road safety and (b) ensure sufficient capacity on the A19 in respect of traffic created by the Jade Business Park in Murton and the South of Seaham Garden Village.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Grahame Morris"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1136981", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1136981/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Government\u2019s Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy (CWIS), published in April 2017, identified £1.2 billion of funding available for cycling and walking projects over the period 2016-21. Since then, additional funding streams have been made available, including the Transforming Cities Fund, Clean Air Fund, Future High Streets Fund and Housing Infrastructure Fund. As a result, almost £2bn of funding is now projected to be invested in cycling and walking projects between 2016/17 to 2020/21 from a range of funding programmes across Government.<\/p>"}
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, "date" : {"_value" : "2019-07-04", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Cycling and Walking: Finance"}
, "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding the Government is allocating towards meeting its targets for walking and cycling.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Frank Field"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1136552/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Highways England recognise the critical role of pollinators and support the National Pollinator Strategy through their Biodiversity Plan. Highways England\u2019s delivery of 3500 hectares of wildflower rich grassland is in progress and will support a wide range of pollinating insects.<\/p> <\/p> Further details of how Highways England will support the National Pollinator Strategy are available on:<\/p>