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62956

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date	19/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Speed Limits: Cameras
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what statistics his Department has collected on the use of average speed cameras and their effectiveness in reducing (a) accidents and (b) fatal accidents.
tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
uin	201418
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department for Transport does not collect statistics on the use of average speed cameras on local roads.</p><p> </p><p>The most recent evaluation of the effectiveness of safety cameras was carried out in the four-year evaluation report of the National Safety Camera Programme, published in 2005. 　This evaluation did not however specifically address average speed reduction cameras.</p><p> </p><p>In England, since the National Safety Camera Programme ceased in 2007, evaluation of safety cameras on local roads has been for the individual Safety Camera Partnerships, local authorities and police forces which operate the cameras.</p><p> </p><p>The Highways Agency produces Post Opening Project Evaluation (POPE) reports for average speed camera systems on the Highways Agency network in England.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 25/06/2014 12:05:14 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford

62958

registered interest
date	19/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Speed Limits: Cameras
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many average speed cameras are operating in each region and constituent part of the UK.
tabling member constituency	Banff and Buchan
tabling member printed	Dr Eilidh Whiteford
uin	201417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>In England, the Highways Agency has the following 6 Average Speed Camera systems on its network:</p><p> </p><p>M3 (Junction 2) (South East Region)</p><p>M3 (from the M25) (South East Region)</p><p>M25 (J12) (South East Region)</p><p>A14 (East of England)</p><p>A38 Saltash Tunnel (South West Region)</p><p>A3 Hindhead Tunnel (South East Region)</p><p> </p><p>Average speed cameras are also used in road works as a temporary measure.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport does not hold this information for cameras on local authority roads. Local authorities have statutory duties related to road safety and decisions about whether they operate speed cameras are a matter for them.</p><p> </p><p>This is a devolved matter so the Department does not hold information on average speed cameras in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p /> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 25/06/2014 12:01:14 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	3911 label Biography information for Dr Eilidh Whiteford

62994

registered interest
date	19/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Valuation of Life and Health Interdepartmental Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's submission to the Inter-departmental Group for the Valuation of Life and Health review and evidence submitted to the series of interviews with his Department's staff conducted by researchers from the University of Leeds published in 2008.
tabling member constituency	Eddisbury
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen O'Brien
uin	201407
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I can inform my Rt Hon Friend that the documents have been placed in the Libraries of the House.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond attachment 1 file name 140625 - UIN 201407 - 080417 DfT submission for IDGVLH survey.doc title DfT - IDGVLH - submission 2 file name 140625 - UIN 201407 - 080417 DfT Interview Brief for IDGVLH survey.doc title DfT - IDGVLH - Interview Brief question first answered 25/06/2014 11:54:27 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	427 label Biography information for Mr Stephen O'Brien

62735

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what form he expects the Chinese investment in High Speed 2 to take.
tabling member constituency	Holborn and St Pancras
tabling member printed	Frank Dobson
uin	201342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The 2013 Spending Review provided a long-term funding commitment of £50bn to deliver HS2. We are continuously seeking ways to reduce costs to the taxpayer, and we are very open to proposals around including elements of private financing, including Chinese investment.</p><p> </p><p>Opportunities for external investment might exist in relation to rolling stock and development and regeneration around stations. This could provide benefits to both taxpayers and investors.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 23/06/2014 13:59:34 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	180 label Biography information for Frank Dobson

62736

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	High Speed 2 Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he expects Chinese workers to be employed in the construction of High Speed 2.
tabling member constituency	Holborn and St Pancras
tabling member printed	Frank Dobson
uin	201343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Contracts let for the construction of HS2 infrastructure and rolling stock will be open to competition irrespective of country of origin, in accordance with EU and UK procurement legislation.</p><p> </p><p>Prospective bidders are welcome to work alongside British based bidders.</p><p> </p><p>It will be for bidders to propose how they can best deliver their proposals and the contribution of British companies and supply chain will be of interest.</p><p> </p><p>HS2 Ltd is undertaking a range of initiatives to ensure businesses are aware of the opportunities and their forthcoming requirements so that they can prepare, so as to compete effectively.</p><p> </p><p>Any non-EU overseas workers would of course be subject to the UK's immigration regime and would be required to comply with whatever regulations were in force at the time.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 23/06/2014 14:01:42 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	180 label Biography information for Frank Dobson

62737

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, (b) 0844 and (c) 0843 his Department (i) operates and (ii) sponsors; how many calls each such number has received in the last 12 months; and whether alternative numbers charged at BT local rates are available in each such case.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	201389
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/06/2014 answer text <p>The department has three numbers in use detailed in the chart below.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 23/06/2014 16:02:37 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond attachment 1 file name 201389 - table.doc title Telephone lines used by DfT 0845, 0844, 0843
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

62738

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people were prosecuted for failure to pay vehicle excise duty in (a) Dartford constituency and (b) England and Wales in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Dartford
tabling member printed	Gareth Johnson
uin	201323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency does not hold this data broken down by parliamentary constituency. Figures are not held specifically for England and Wales. The table below shows the total amount of prosecutions for the offence of keeping or using an unlicensed vehicle in England, Scotland and Wales in each of the last five years.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p><p> </p></td><td><p>Total number of prosecutions</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009/10</p><p> </p></td><td><p>64,408</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p><p> </p></td><td><p>53,648</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p><p> </p></td><td><p>44,159</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p><p> </p></td><td><p>29,035</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p><p> </p></td><td><p>25,044</p><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong><strong></strong></strong></p><p>The DVLA operates a comprehensive package of measures to tackle vehicle excise duty evasion. These range from reminder letters and penalties through to court prosecutions and the wheelclamping and/or removal of unlicensed vehicles. These measures have helped to improve compliance and the latest estimates show that vehicle excise duty evasion is at a historic low of just 0.6%.</p><p><strong></strong></p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 25/06/2014 11:21:28 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	3970 label Biography information for Gareth Johnson

62739

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles
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 with his European counterparts to encourage the reduction of fuel consumption by heavy-duty vehicles across the EU.
tabling member constituency	Sleaford and North Hykeham
tabling member printed	Stephen Phillips
uin	201318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p /><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are committed to reducing the fuel consumption of heavy duty vehicles. We continue to work closely with both the UK industry and our European counterparts to ensure that the recently published EU Strategy for improving heavy duty vehicle fuel consumption and reducing CO<sub>2 </sub>emissions reflects UK interests, and is ambitious but deliverable, proportionate and cost effective.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 25/06/2014 11:31:34 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4054 label Biography information for Stephen Phillips

62740

registered interest
date	18/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	A5: Shrewsbury
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consideration he has given to reclassifying the A5 from Shrewsbury to the M54 so that the M54 runs to Shrewsbury.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	201198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Following the meeting with my honourable Friend last year, I asked the Highways Agency to look into the case for and against reclassifying the A5 between the M54 and Shrewsbury as a motorway. The Agency has indicated that work to quantify costs associated with such a reclassification is almost complete but that identifying and evaluating the resulting benefits is proving more problematic. Further assessment will be necessary before a robust cost/benefit analysis can be completed. I have asked the Agency to liaise with my honourable Friend as this matter progresses.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 25/06/2014 11:23:55 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

60540

registered interest
date	09/06/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Thameslink Line: Rolling Stock
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Kramer on 13 May (WA 493), what is the amount of the annual charge used to calculate the net presentvalue of the Thameslink rolling stock project and the number of diagrammed multiple units and diagrammed vehicles to be provided.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p>The aggregate net present value for the supply and maintenance of the new Thameslink trains (including the provision of depots) is £2.8 billion in 2014 prices. Cross London Trains Ltd will lease 1140 vehicles as 115 trains, consisting of 55 12-car units and 60 8-car units, to the Thameslink operator to support an assumption of 109 diagrams. The final number of diagrams to be operated will be determined through the planning process for the December 2018 timetable.</p><p> </p><p /><p /> answering member printed Baroness Kramer question first answered 18/06/2014 13:06:13 answering member 1557 label Biography information for Baroness Kramer
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley