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76258

registered interest
date	08/07/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Fuels: EU Law
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 European Fuel Quality Directive Article 7a (a) on petrol prices and (b) generally.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	204433
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government takes the environmental implications of exploiting high carbon intensity crudes very seriously and fully supports the aim of the Fuel Quality Directive to reduce carbon emissions. We also believe that the accounting methodology must be proportionate in the burden placed on suppliers. The European Commission's proposals for a greenhouse gas intensity accounting methodology to implement Article 7a failed to receive agreement in 2012, and we await the publication of a revised proposal and impact assessment.</p><p> </p><p>The Department consulted on measures to implement Article 7(a –e) of the Directive between March and June 2011. The core costs envisaged in the impact assessment relate to putting in place a 6% greenhouse gas emissions savings target to 2020, the supply of biofuels and other compliance measures required to achieve these reductions. The costs of delivering such measures are subject to a very high degree of uncertainty given that EU negotiations on key elements for implementing the Directive have not yet concluded. Based on a range of provisional assumptions, it was estimated that, relative to the cost of policy currently in place, the impact in 2020 would be an increase of 0.5 pence per litre on petrol and 2.5 pence per litre on road diesel. A full analysis is presented in the impact assessment published on 10 March 2011 which can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-proposals-to-implement-articles-7a-to-7e-of-the-eu-fuel-quality-directive-fqd-directive-98-70-ec-as-amended-by-2009-30-ec-requiring-suppliers-to-reduce-the-lifecycle-greenshouse-gas-intensity-of-transport-fuels-and-introducing-sustaina" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/consultation-on-proposals-to-implement-articles-7a-to-7e-of-the-eu-fuel-quality-directive-fqd-directive-98-70-ec-as-amended-by-2009-30-ec-requiring-suppliers-to-reduce-the-lifecycle-greenshouse-gas-intensity-of-transport-fuels-and-introducing-sustaina</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The UK has not yet set a trajectory for biofuel supply to meet the 6% greenhouse gas emissions savings target required in 2020. Any associated increase in targets for the supply of biofuel and other compliance measures would be the subject of a further consultation and a revised impact assessment which would carefully consider the impact on the motorist and the environment.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 15/07/2014 15:47:06 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

76512

registered interest
date	08/07/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Garages and Petrol Stations
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 legislative proposals to require service stations to advertise their fuel prices so that they are visible from the highway so that motorists know them before leaving the public carriageway.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	204488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions (2002) prescribes a traffic sign for indicating the distance ahead to a named motorway service and which permits the price per litre of unleaded petrol to be displayed. The Government also announced in October 2013 that it would trial the display of comparative fuel prices on traffic signs along a motorway route to better inform road users and to encourage competition. A feasibility study is currently in progress to enable the trial to be undertaken in 2015/16.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 15/07/2014 12:42:44 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

76513

registered interest
date	08/07/2014
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, what steps his Department is taking to ensure disabled rail users can access all platforms at rural stations.
tabling member constituency	Newbury
tabling member printed	Richard Benyon
uin	204417
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>By 2015 the Access for All programme will have spent over £400m providing accessible routes at more than 150 stations since its launch in 2006. An additional £100m, to fund a further 42 projects up to 2019, was allocated in April 2014. More than 1,100 stations have also benefitted from smaller scale access improvements under the programme. Many of these projects have been at rural stations and are over and above accessibility improvements delivered as part of other station infrastructure works.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 14/07/2014 15:55:38 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	1547 label Biography information for Lord Benyon

76514

registered interest
date	08/07/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to improve rail connections from northern England to Scotland; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Inverclyde
tabling member printed	Iain McKenzie
uin	204599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>A key element of the Government's strategy for the railways is improving connectivity to support economic growth - facilitating business, commuting and leisure journeys.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Projects and programmes that are set to improve connectivity between the north of England and Scotland by increasing capacity, reducing journey times, and/or improving performance or train frequencies include:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(a)Electrification in the North West of England – ten brand new four-coach electric trains commenced operation on the route between Manchester Airport and Edinburgh/Glasgow in May this year;</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(b)The refranchising programme – including a recent Direct Award to Virgin West Coast Trains and award of the next InterCity East Coast franchise later this year and the next TransPennine Express franchise in 2015;</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(c)HS2 – as announced in November last year, the Department is undertaking a study in collaboration with the Scottish Government to identify the broad options available to make further capacity and journey time improvements between northern England and Scotland.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 14/07/2014 16:01:11 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	4246 label Biography information for Iain McKenzie

76515

registered interest
date	08/07/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	London, Tilbury and Southend Line: Rolling Stock
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) funding and (b) ownership arrangements are for the 17 new trains to be introduced on the Essex Thameside line under the terms of the new franchise agreement with NXET Trains Ltd; and what the deadline is for the introduction into service of the new fleet.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	204534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The procurement of new trains, comprising 68 new vehicles, is being carried out by NXET Trains Limited under European Union Procurement Regulations and has not yet begun. Decisions about this procurement are a commercial matter for the operator.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 14/07/2014 15:54:24 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

76516

registered interest
date	08/07/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	London, Tilbury and Southend Line: Rolling Stock
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the rolling stock maintenance arrangements will be for the franchise agreement with NXET Trains Ltd for rail passenger services on the Essex Thameside line.
tabling member constituency	Hackney North and Stoke Newington
tabling member printed	Ms Diane Abbott
uin	204533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The standstill period for the Essex Thameside franchise competition has not yet concluded, as such the Department has not signed the new Franchise Agreement and we are not able to confirm this information at this time. An announcement will be made shortly once the Agreement has been signed. Rolling stock maintenance will be a matter for the franchisee.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 14/07/2014 15:53:26 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	172 label Biography information for Ms Diane Abbott

76517

registered interest
date	08/07/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Public Transport: Crimes of Violence
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 number of assaults on (a) staff and (b) customers on public transport in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	204526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The following figures have been provided by the British Transport Police and cover all offences committed on the national rail network, the London Underground and other parts of the network which come under their jurisdiction.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><p> </p></td><td><p>2011-12</p><p> </p></td><td><p>2012-13</p><p> </p></td><td><p>2013-14</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of assaults on staff</p><p> </p></td><td><p>1,764</p><p> </p></td><td><p>1,729</p><p> </p></td><td><p>1,607</p><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of assaults on customers</p><p> </p></td><td><p>3,800</p><p> </p></td><td><p>3,832</p><p> </p></td><td><p>3,865</p><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p /> <p /> <p> </p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p>The Department does not hold equivalent data for offences committed on other parts of the transport network which would be the responsibility of the relevant local constabulary.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 15/07/2014 11:46:08 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies

76518

registered interest
date	08/07/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Broadband
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on which rail lines and services broadband improvements will be financed from the £53.1 million fine imposed on Network Rail by the Office of Rail Regulation.
tabling member constituency	Suffolk Coastal
tabling member printed	Dr Thérèse Coffey
uin	204506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department for Transport will work with the railway industry to establish a fund that will prioritise improved mobile communications on metropolitan and commuter train services into major cities across the country.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 15/07/2014 11:43:11 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey

76519

registered interest
date	08/07/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	London, Tilbury and Southend Line: Rolling Stock
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the new trains due to be introduced during the new franchise agreement with NXET Trains Ltd for rail passenger services on the Essex Thameside line will equipped with accommodation for a train guard.
tabling member constituency	Islington North
tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
uin	204583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The procurement of new trains is being carried out by NXET Trains Limited under European Union Procurement Regulations and has not yet begun. Decisions about this procurement are a commercial matter for the operator.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 14/07/2014 16:00:52 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn

76520

registered interest
date	08/07/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many air accidents in the UK in the last five years arose from (a) pilot error and (b) mechanical breakdown.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	204556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2014 answer text <p>Since July 2009 there have been 61 accidents investigated by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch in the UK involving public transport aircraft. Of these around 70 per cent were as a result of operational causal factors (human factors) and around 30 per cent were as a result of technical causal factors. The Air Accidents Investigation Branch does not attribute any causes to pilot error as they are explicitly required not to apportion blame or liability.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 15/07/2014 15:41:58 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon