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924095

registered interest
date	14/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Lakeside Energy from Waste
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of how long the relocation of Lakeside Energy from Waste will take in the event of a third runway being constructed at Heathrow Airport.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	153795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government has not undertaken a separate assessment of how long it would take to relocate the plant because relocation is not necessary from a statutory or policy perspective. However if relocation was to take place, the Airports Commission estimated that the process may take five years.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/06/2018 16:30:11 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

924097

registered interest
date	14/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has made an assessment of the water bodies required to prevent a deterioration of water body status in the event of a third runway being constructed at Heathrow.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	153796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2018 answer text <p>In the Appraisal of Sustainability (AoS) that accompanies the proposed Airports National Policy Statement (NPS), the Government has undertaken a high level assessment of the effect on the water environment of the Heathrow Northwest Runway scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The proposed Airports NPS sets out the requirements in relation to water quality and resources which any applicant for a Development Consent Order would need to meet. This potentially includes the effects on water bodies or protected areas under the Water Framework Directive.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has not estimated the time it will take to decontaminate land. This a matter that would need to be addressed as part of any application for development consent. The AoS identifies a range of sources and pathways for contamination within the site boundary. These include two active landfills, 16 historic landfills and 11 registered pollution incidents, five of which are classified as significant.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 153797 153798 question first answered 21/06/2018 16:24:39 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

924098

registered interest
date	14/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has estimated the time it will take to decontaminate land before a third runway can be constructed at Heathrow.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	153797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2018 answer text <p>In the Appraisal of Sustainability (AoS) that accompanies the proposed Airports National Policy Statement (NPS), the Government has undertaken a high level assessment of the effect on the water environment of the Heathrow Northwest Runway scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The proposed Airports NPS sets out the requirements in relation to water quality and resources which any applicant for a Development Consent Order would need to meet. This potentially includes the effects on water bodies or protected areas under the Water Framework Directive.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has not estimated the time it will take to decontaminate land. This a matter that would need to be addressed as part of any application for development consent. The AoS identifies a range of sources and pathways for contamination within the site boundary. These include two active landfills, 16 historic landfills and 11 registered pollution incidents, five of which are classified as significant.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 153796 153798 question first answered 21/06/2018 16:24:39 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

924099

registered interest
date	14/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has estimated the quantity of contaminated land that will need to be decontaminated before a third runway can be constructed at Heathrow.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	153798
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2018 answer text <p>In the Appraisal of Sustainability (AoS) that accompanies the proposed Airports National Policy Statement (NPS), the Government has undertaken a high level assessment of the effect on the water environment of the Heathrow Northwest Runway scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The proposed Airports NPS sets out the requirements in relation to water quality and resources which any applicant for a Development Consent Order would need to meet. This potentially includes the effects on water bodies or protected areas under the Water Framework Directive.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has not estimated the time it will take to decontaminate land. This a matter that would need to be addressed as part of any application for development consent. The AoS identifies a range of sources and pathways for contamination within the site boundary. These include two active landfills, 16 historic landfills and 11 registered pollution incidents, five of which are classified as significant.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 153796 153797 question first answered 21/06/2018 16:24:39 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

924100

registered interest
date	14/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Lakeside Energy from Waste
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has identified waste disposal facilities in south-east England with like-for-like spare capacity to deal with the closure of Lakeside Energy from Waste in the event of a third runway being constructed at Heathrow.
tabling member constituency	Windsor
tabling member printed	Adam Afriyie
uin	153799
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government has not sought to identify specific like for like energy from waste facilities to manage the loss of the Lakeside plant. DEFRA’s assessment used publicly available data on waste disposal held by the Environment Agency to confirm that the Lakeside energy from waste plant is not a strategic asset.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/06/2018 16:27:10 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1586 label Biography information for Adam Afriyie

924123

registered interest
date	14/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Offences: Fixed Penalties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to undertake a review of road traffic offences and penalties to improve road safety.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	153782
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2018 answer text <p>First, on 5 December 2016 the Government launched a consultation on driving offences and penalties relating to causing death and serious injury. This ran until 1 February 2017. The Government response to the consultation was published on 16 October 2017, and confirmed proposals to increase the maximum penalty for causing death by dangerous driving and for causing death by careless driving whilst under the influence of drink or drugs from 14 years to life; and to create a new offence of causing serious injury by careless driving. These are still under review by the ministry of justice.</p><p> </p><p>Secondly, on 9 March 2018, the Department for Transport published an independent legal report which considers the case for a change in law for cycling, equivalent to causing death or serious injury by dangerous or careless driving. The Department is considering the report and will publish a response shortly. This work is part of an open and comprehensive review TO improve safety for all road users and encourage more people to walk and cycle. The Government intends to bring forward proposals for changes in the law as and when parliamentary time allows.</p><p> </p><p>Finally, on 13 June the Department for Transport published a progress report to the 2015 Road Safety Statement, which announced that it would be refreshing the Statement and developing a two year action plan for road safety. There are four priority user groups to be addressed in this plan: <strong>y<strong><strong>oung people</strong></strong></strong>, <strong>r<strong><strong>ural road users</strong></strong></strong>, <strong>m<strong><strong>otorcyclists</strong></strong></strong> and <strong>o<strong><strong>lder vulnerable users.</strong></strong></strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 22/06/2018 13:54:27 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

924140

registered interest
date	14/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Tests: Translation Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of providing language translation services for non-English speaking candidates during UK driving tests.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	153915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2018 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency withdrew the facility for driving test candidates to use voiceovers during theory tests and interpreters during theory and practical tests on 7 April 2014. The merits or otherwise of providing translation services for non-English speaking candidates during driving tests was previously considered during a consultation on this issue in 2013.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/06/2018 13:58:49 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

924141

registered interest
date	14/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Tests: Translation Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of providing language translation services during UK driving tests for asylum seekers.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	153916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/06/2018 answer text <p>A full consultation was undertaken between 5 February 2013 and 2 April 2013 to look at whether voiceover and interpreter facilities should be withdrawn for driving test candidates whose first language was not English.</p><p> </p><p>Following the outcome of the consultation, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency withdrew the facility for driving test candidates to use voiceovers during theory tests and interpreters during theory and practical tests on 7 April 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 22/06/2018 12:14:32 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

923337

registered interest
date	13/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding from the public purse was allocated for investment in the road network in (a) the West Midlands and (b) Coventry South constituency in each of the last eight years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	153182
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Transport has allocated over £1.6 billion to upgrade and improve local highways in the West Midlands between 2010/11 and 2017/18.</p><p> </p><p>However, secondly, this figure excludes funding for strategic roads that pass through the West Midlands, which are managed by Highways England. However, it is not possible to cost work exclusively within the West Midlands fully, as Highways England does not hold data on the allocated spend for schemes within the boundary.</p><p> </p><p>Thirdly, Birmingham City Council has a Highways Maintenance Private Finance Initiative contract from 2010 to 2035, towards which the Department for Transport is providing over £1.1 billion over that period. The Department pays annual PFI credits of about £50 million, and payments to date total £392 million. Birmingham City Council provides further investment from its own resources.</p><p> </p><p>Fourth, the Government provides Growth Deal funding to Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) covering the West Midlands metropolitan area up to 2020/21, these are:</p><p>• Black Country £218m</p><p>• Greater Birmingham and Solihull £433m</p><p>• Coventry and Warwickshire £132m</p><p>This funding is provided for infrastructure to support growth, including new roads and road improvement schemes.</p><p> </p><p>Data for the allocation of Government funding to roads in Coventry South constituency is not available as the information is not disaggregated to constituency level.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 18/06/2018 14:20:01 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

923339

registered interest
date	13/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of the installation of smart motorways on the level of road traffic accidents in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	153183
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>England’s motorways are among the safest roads in the world and each smart motorway scheme should be at least as safe as the traditional motorway it replaces.</p><p> </p><p>Over the last three years, Highways England have focused their assessment of the effect of the installation of smart motorways on the level of road traffic accidents through a detailed review of the operational M25 schemes, which has demonstrated that the safety objectives set for these all lane running smart motorways have been met, as set out in the following table:</p><p> </p><p><strong>M25 Smart Motorway Monitoring reports</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Smart Motorway Scheme</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Scheme open</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Road traffic accident rate before</strong> (2011-14) (accidents per million vehicle miles)</p></td><td><p><strong>Road traffic accident rate after 1 year (2014-15)</strong> (accidents per million vehicle miles)</p></td><td><p><strong>Road traffic accident rate after 2 years</strong> <strong>(2015-16)</strong> (accidents per million vehicle miles)</p></td><td><p><strong>Road traffic accident rate after 3 years</strong> <strong> (2016-17)</strong> (accidents per million vehicle miles)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>M25 J5-6 </strong></p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>13.146</p></td><td><p>10.13</p></td><td><p>9.610</p></td><td><p>9.329</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>M25 J23-27</strong></p></td><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>12.871</p></td><td><p>10.369</p></td><td><p>11.502</p></td><td><p>11.234</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Further detail of the M25 evaluation reports can be found here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://assets.highways.gov.uk/specialist-information/knowledge-compendium/2014-2015/M25+J23-27+SM-ALR+Monitoring+12+Month+Evaluation+Report.pdf" target="_blank">M25 J23-27 Smart Motorway - 1 year evaluation report</a></p><p><a href="http://assets.highways.gov.uk/specialist-information/knowledge-compendium/2014-2015/M25+J23-27+SM-ALR+Monitoring+12+Month+Evaluation+Report.pdf" target="_blank">http://assets.highways.gov.uk/specialist-information/knowledge-compendium/2014-2015/M25+J23-27+SM-ALR+Monitoring+12+Month+Evaluation+Report.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/601565/M25_J23-27_SM-ALR_Monitoring_Yr2_Evaluation_v2.0.pdf" target="_blank">M25 J23-27 Smart Motorway - 2 year evaluation report</a></p><p>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/601565/M25_J23-27_SM-ALR_Monitoring_Yr2_Evaluation_v2.0.pdf</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://assets.highways.gov.uk/specialist-information/knowledge-compendium/2014-2015/M25+J5-7+SM+ALR+Monitoring+12+Month+Evaluation+Report_v2.0_Final.pdf" target="_blank">M25 J5-7 Smart Motorway - 1 year evaluation report</a></p><p>http://assets.highways.gov.uk/specialist-information/knowledge-compendium/2014-2015/M25+J5-7+SM+ALR+Monitoring+12+Month+Evaluation+Report_v2.0_Final.pdf</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/601568/M25_J5-7_SM-ALR_Monitoring_Yr2_Evaluation_v2.0.pdf" target="_blank">M25 J5-7 Smart Motorway – 2 year evaluation report</a></p><p>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/601568/M25_J5-7_SM-ALR_Monitoring_Yr2_Evaluation_v2.0.pdf</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 18/06/2018 14:34:23 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham