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1736150

registered interest
date	22/10/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Runcorn and Helsby
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress she has made on supporting the repair of potholes in Runcorn and Helsby constituency.
tabling member constituency	Runcorn and Helsby
tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
uin	10468
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2024 answer text <p>The Government takes the condition of local roads very seriously and is committed to maintaining and renewing the local highway network. This Government has a manifesto commitment to enable local highway authorities to fix up to a million extra potholes a year, and it will say more on this in due course after the forthcoming Budget and Spending Review.</p><p> </p><p>Cheshire West and Chester Council and Halton Council are the local highway authorities for different parts of the Runcorn and Helsby constituency, and they are therefore responsible for the condition and maintenance of their local road networks.</p><p> </p><p>Cheshire West and Chester Council will receive £11.1 million from this Department during 2024/25 to help them carry out their local highway maintenance responsibilities, and it is their responsibility to decide how that funding is used, based on local needs and priorities.</p><p> </p><p>Halton Council is a member of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority (LCRCA). LCRCA will receive £142.9 million from this Department during 2024/25 for investment in local transport networks in the Liverpool City Region as outlined in their programme business case and delivery plan. It is for LCRCA to decide how much of that funding is used for highway maintenance in Halton and its other five member authorities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nottingham South answering member printed Lilian Greenwood question first answered 25/10/2024 12:01:28 answering member 4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood
tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1735618

registered interest
date	21/10/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic
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 potential impact of (a) mass immigration and (b) population increase on the road system.
tabling member constituency	Great Yarmouth
tabling member printed	Rupert Lowe
uin	10193
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Transport published the latest <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6698c4f90808eaf43b50d193/national-road-traffic-projections-2022.pdf" target="_blank">National Road Traffic Projections</a> in 2022. These are projections of road traffic, congestion and emissions for England and Wales. These include outputs for the Common Analytical Scenarios, a set of seven standardised, off-the-shelf, cross-modal scenarios exploring national level uncertainties for use in transport forecasting and appraisal. A full description of the scenarios can be found in the <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/65a6bc74867cd8000d5ae9b3/tag-uncertainty-toolkit.pdf" target="_blank">DfT Uncertainty Toolkit</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nottingham South answering member printed Lilian Greenwood question first answered 25/10/2024 08:39:20 answering member 4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood
tabling member	5158

1735694

registered interest
date	21/10/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Franchises
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support she is providing to mayoral combined authorities for bus franchising schemes.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham Northfield
tabling member printed	Laurence Turner
uin	10225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2024 answer text <p>The Government have committed to giving mayoral combined authorities long term devolved funding settlements.</p><p>We recognise that success in delivering franchising will be dependent on the delivery capacity and capability of local authorities. The Department is working with mayoral combined authorities who are in the process of franchising their bus networks to understand how the process could be improved and to provide a tailored programme of support that reflects their needs and priorities.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wakefield and Rothwell answering member printed Simon Lightwood question first answered 24/10/2024 10:44:35 answering member 4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood
tabling member	5234

1735695

registered interest
date	21/10/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent on improving the accessibility of railway stations for disabled people under Network Rail's Access for All scheme in each region in each year of Control Period (a) 5 and (b) 6.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham Northfield
tabling member printed	Laurence Turner
uin	10226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2024 answer text <p>During Control Period 5 (CP5, 2014/15 to 2018/19), the total spend under the Access for All programme across Great Britain was £88.762 million.</p><p>During Control Period 6 (CP6, 2019/20 to 2023/24), the total spend under the Access for All programme across Great Britain was £291.246 million.</p><p> </p><p>Annex A (attached) will provide the Honourable Member with spend for each specific year of Control Period 5 and Control Period 6.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wakefield and Rothwell answering member printed Simon Lightwood question first answered 24/10/2024 15:12:39 answering member 4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood attachment 1 file name WPQ-00025007 Annex A.docx title Accessibility of railway stations
tabling member	5234

1735696

registered interest
date	21/10/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Access
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many planned station upgrades under Network Rail's Access for All scheme were (a) cancelled and (b) deferred during Control Period 6 in each region.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham Northfield
tabling member printed	Laurence Turner
uin	10227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2024 answer text <p>Under the previous government, changes were made to the Control Period 6 Access for All (AfA) programme at the following stations:</p><ul><li>Queens Park (London) and Battersea Park (London) - AfA funding was withdrawn</li><li>Peckham Rye (London) - scope was incorporated into a wider station enhancement project</li><li>Shotton (Wales) – project deferred to Control Period 7 with the agreement of Transport for Wales</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Wakefield and Rothwell answering member printed Simon Lightwood question first answered 24/10/2024 15:09:06 answering member 4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood
tabling member	5234

1735697

registered interest
date	21/10/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rail Delivery Group: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Rail Delivery Group plans to publish board minutes for the period between March 2021 and March 2024.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham Northfield
tabling member printed	Laurence Turner
uin	10228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2024 answer text <p>The Rail Delivery Group (RDG) is a private organisation that brings together passenger and freight train operators, as well as Network Rail. As such, it is for the RDG to decide whether to publicly publish its board minutes for the period between March 2021 and March 2024.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wakefield and Rothwell answering member printed Simon Lightwood question first answered 24/10/2024 14:27:34 answering member 4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood
tabling member	5234

1735698

registered interest
date	21/10/2024
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: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's press release entitled PM redirects HS2 funding to revolutionise transport across the North and Midlands, published of 04 October 2023, what is the estimated cost to the public purse of cancelling Phase 2 of HS2 by (a) year and (b) heading.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham Northfield
tabling member printed	Laurence Turner
uin	10229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2024 answer text <p>The Department is currently assessing the cost of cancelling Phase 2 of the HS2 project, working with HS2 Ltd and its supply chain to inform this assessment. As at the end of March 2024, £2.3bn had been spent on Phase 2.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nottingham South answering member printed Lilian Greenwood question first answered 24/10/2024 15:52:48 answering member 4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood
tabling member	5234

1735716

registered interest
date	21/10/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Concessions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to continue to fund the universal bus pass for those of pension age.
tabling member constituency	Beverley and Holderness
tabling member printed	Graham Stuart
uin	10054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2024 answer text <p>The English National Concessionary Travel Scheme (ENCTS) provides free off-peak bus travel to those with eligible disabilities and those of state pension age, currently sixty-six. The government recognises the importance of the scheme, which supports local bus travel, assists with access to essential local services and helps those who use it to stay active and avoid isolation. The government has absolutely no plans to withdraw the concessionary bus pass scheme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wakefield and Rothwell answering member printed Simon Lightwood question first answered 24/10/2024 10:43:10 answering member 4943 label Biography information for Simon Lightwood
tabling member	1482 label Biography information for Graham Stuart

1735741

registered interest
date	21/10/2024
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Anti-social Behaviour
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to allow local councils to roll out noise cameras to monitor illegal vehicle modifications.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	10145
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2024 answer text <p>The Department for Transport conducted roadside trials of noise camera technology between October 2022 and February 2023. Reports of these trials, including detailed assessment of the technology’s performance and potential merits, were published on 17 March 2024. Overall, the trials demonstrated that noise cameras currently have the potential to be used for enforcement, but only when accompanied by human review of the recorded evidence, which is likely to lower the cost effectiveness of deploying the technology in many circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>It is ultimately for local authorities and the police to consider what the most appropriate enforcement routes may be for addressing issues with excessive vehicle noise within their area. The use of noise camera technology has already been taken forward by some local authorities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nottingham South answering member printed Lilian Greenwood question first answered 25/10/2024 08:55:54 answering member 4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1735894

registered interest
date	21/10/2024
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: Euston Station
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she plans to extend the HS2 terminus from Old Oak Common to London Euston.
tabling member constituency	Sutton and Cheam
tabling member printed	Luke Taylor
uin	10326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2024 answer text <p>The government is reviewing the position it has inherited on HS2 and will set out detailed plans in due course.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nottingham South answering member printed Lilian Greenwood question first answered 24/10/2024 15:51:15 answering member 4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood
tabling member	5103