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49458

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
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 proposals to relocate (a) staff and (b) offices of his Department to Brighton; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	197442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department for Transport is a federated organisation comprising DfT (Central), the headquarters functions responsible mainly for policy issues, and five executive agencies responsible for the delivery of various services.</p><p> </p><p>DfT Central has no current plans to relocate staff or offices to Brighton. The Department for Transport (including our Executive Agencies) will consider opportunities for relocation as they arise, for example, through departmental reorganisation and reviews of estates requirements.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

49504

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what meetings he has had with (a) the Mayor of London and (b) officials from Transport for London within the last 24 months regarding the tolling of proposed river crossings east of Tower Bridge that are included within the Mayoral Transport Strategy; and how that will impact on traffic levels at the Dartford Crossing.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	197500
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Transport has regular meetings with the Mayor of London at which a range of London transport measures are discussed. Other Ministers also discuss various London transport issues and projects with senior officials from Transport for London.</p><p> </p><p>The Mayor of London wrote to the then Secretary of State for Transport on 1 June 2012 to request the designation of the proposed Silvertown tunnel as a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project. The Secretary of State responded on 26 June 2012 outlining her agreement to grant the request.</p><p> </p><p>On 16 July 2013, the Mayor of London wrote to me to respond to the Department's consultation on the Lower Thames Crossing proposals.</p><p> </p><p>The Department's review of options for a new Lower Thames Crossing included a sensitivity test to assess whether the proposed Silvertown Crossing scheme would be likely to impact on the forecast flows for the existing Dartford crossing, and any potential new crossing.　The conclusion of that test was that the effect was likely to be negligible. The review findings were published in May 2013 as part of consultation on the options.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 197497 197498 197499 question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

49505

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what meetings he has had with (a) the Mayor of London and (b) officials from Transport for London within the last 24 months regarding proposed river crossings east of Tower Bridge that are included within the Mayoral Transport Strategy; and how they impact on the options for the proposed Lower Thames Crossing.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	197499
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Transport has regular meetings with the Mayor of London at which a range of London transport measures are discussed. Other Ministers also discuss various London transport issues and projects with senior officials from Transport for London.</p><p> </p><p>The Mayor of London wrote to the then Secretary of State for Transport on 1 June 2012 to request the designation of the proposed Silvertown tunnel as a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project. The Secretary of State responded on 26 June 2012 outlining her agreement to grant the request.</p><p> </p><p>On 16 July 2013, the Mayor of London wrote to me to respond to the Department's consultation on the Lower Thames Crossing proposals.</p><p> </p><p>The Department's review of options for a new Lower Thames Crossing included a sensitivity test to assess whether the proposed Silvertown Crossing scheme would be likely to impact on the forecast flows for the existing Dartford crossing, and any potential new crossing.　The conclusion of that test was that the effect was likely to be negligible. The review findings were published in May 2013 as part of consultation on the options.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 197497 197498 197500 question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

49506

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what written correspondence he has had with (a) the Mayor of London and (b) officials from Transport for London within the last 24 months regarding the tolling of proposed river crossings east of Tower Bridge that are included within the Mayoral Transport Strategy; and how that will impact on traffic levels at the Dartford Crossing.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	197498
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Transport has regular meetings with the Mayor of London at which a range of London transport measures are discussed. Other Ministers also discuss various London transport issues and projects with senior officials from Transport for London.</p><p> </p><p>The Mayor of London wrote to the then Secretary of State for Transport on 1 June 2012 to request the designation of the proposed Silvertown tunnel as a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project. The Secretary of State responded on 26 June 2012 outlining her agreement to grant the request.</p><p> </p><p>On 16 July 2013, the Mayor of London wrote to me to respond to the Department's consultation on the Lower Thames Crossing proposals.</p><p> </p><p>The Department's review of options for a new Lower Thames Crossing included a sensitivity test to assess whether the proposed Silvertown Crossing scheme would be likely to impact on the forecast flows for the existing Dartford crossing, and any potential new crossing.　The conclusion of that test was that the effect was likely to be negligible. The review findings were published in May 2013 as part of consultation on the options.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 197497 197499 197500 question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

49507

registered interest
date	01/05/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what written correspondence he has had with (a) the Mayor of London and (b) officials from Transport for London within the last 24 months regarding proposed river crossings east of Tower Bridge that are included within the Mayoral Transport Strategy; and how they impact on the options for the proposed Lower Thames Crossing.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	197497
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Transport has regular meetings with the Mayor of London at which a range of London transport measures are discussed. Other Ministers also discuss various London transport issues and projects with senior officials from Transport for London.</p><p> </p><p>The Mayor of London wrote to the then Secretary of State for Transport on 1 June 2012 to request the designation of the proposed Silvertown tunnel as a Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project. The Secretary of State responded on 26 June 2012 outlining her agreement to grant the request.</p><p> </p><p>On 16 July 2013, the Mayor of London wrote to me to respond to the Department's consultation on the Lower Thames Crossing proposals.</p><p> </p><p>The Department's review of options for a new Lower Thames Crossing included a sensitivity test to assess whether the proposed Silvertown Crossing scheme would be likely to impact on the forecast flows for the existing Dartford crossing, and any potential new crossing.　The conclusion of that test was that the effect was likely to be negligible. The review findings were published in May 2013 as part of consultation on the options.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond grouped question UIN 197498 197499 197500 question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

49196

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what level of assistance has been offered by UK personnel in efforts to locate the missing Malaysian airliner MH370.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	197290
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>The search for the missing Malaysian Airliner MH370 is an extremely difficult and complex operation. The UK has made a number of contributions to the investigation and search for MH370. The UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch has appointed an accredited representative and an advisor to assist in the investigation, and representatives from Rolls Royce and Inmarsat also provided initial support. Experts from the UK Ministry of Defence, the Hydrographic Office, and the Met Office, have also co-operated with Malaysia and other international partners to analyse available data to help locate the aircraft.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the UK deployed submarine HMS Tireless and survey vessel HMS Echo to support the search effort for a signal from MH370's black box. With the Australian command assessing that there is no prospect of further acoustic detections associated with the aircraft's black box, HMS Tireless and HMS Echo have been stood down. RAF personnel have also participated in Royal Australian Air Force and Royal New Zealand Air Force operations to search for wreckage of MH370.</p><p> </p><p>The Air Accidents Investigations Branch, working as part of an international team, continues to give its full support to the investigation and to share its expertise and analysis with the Malaysian authorities and international partners.</p><p> </p><p /> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

49271

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
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 February 2014, Official Report, column 237W, on large goods vehicles: speed limits, what progress has been made on the Government's further impact assessment of increasing the speed limit for hauliers from 40mph to 50mph.
tabling member constituency	North East Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Stephen Barclay
uin	197362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Ministers are giving careful consideration to any potential impacts of raising the speed limit for HGVs over 7.5t from 40mph to 50 mph on single carriageway roads and a further impact assessment has been undertaken as part of that process.</p><p>I want to make sure careful consideration is given to the evidence of all of the effects of raising the speed limit; on the economy, environment and road safety before a decision is made. I will consider the responses received and evidence presented before publishing a Response Report and impact assessment on our website.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay

49272

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
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 25 February 2014, Official Report, column 242W, on tractors, if his Department will issue a response to the consultation on raising speed limits for low-speed tractors from 20mph to 25mph.
tabling member constituency	North East Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Stephen Barclay
uin	197363
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Minsters are giving careful consideration to the results of the consultation on raising speed limit for low-speed tractors from 20mph to 25mph.</p><p> </p><p>I will consider the responses received and evidence presented before publishing a Response Report on our website.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay

49289

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
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 cost of the feasibility studies for the (a) A303, A30 and A358 corridor, (b) A1 north of Newcastle, (c) A1 Newcastle to Gateshead western bypass, (d) A27 corridor and (e) A47.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	197318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>The Department has committed to undertake six feasibility studies to identify and fund solutions to tackle some of the most notorious and long-standing road hot spots in the country.</p><p> </p><p>Following a process of engagement, the Department published on 23 April finalised scope documents for each of the studies. The documents are available on the Department's website at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/strategic-road-network-the-scope-of-6-feasibility-studies" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/strategic-road-network-the-scope-of-6-feasibility-studies</a></p><p> </p><p>At present, the total costs for undertaking the feasibility studies are estimated at around £2.5m.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

49290

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Written Statement of 17 March 2014, Official Report, columns 53-4WS, on the Higgins Review, whether the review of connections from HS2 to the Continent announced in that statement will assure the provision of (a) a segregated double track link and (b) any other dedicated railway link between HS1 and HS2.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	197418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Secretary of State has asked HS2 Ltd and Network Rail to consider how to improve connections between the rail network and the continent, in a way that could be implemented once the initial stages of HS2 are complete. The report will explore options that will stand the test of time and will be completed before the end of next year. The remit of the work is being considered and will be finalised shortly.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 197417 197419 197420 question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms