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596064

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
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, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of over-staging by bus companies on journeys undertaken using a concessionary bus pass in England.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	47508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2016 answer text <p>The destination printed on a bus ticket should not have any effect on the amount of reimbursement that the bus operator receives for carrying concessionary passengers.</p><p> </p><p>This is because reimbursement paid to operators is not based on the full commercial adult fare for a typical journey, but on the average equivalent full fare – taken from a “basket of fares” – that each concessionary traveller would have paid in the absence of the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Reimbursement payments are also subject to audits of ticket sales data and, if required, ‘on-bus’ surveys of patronage.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 47509 question first answered 14/10/2016 12:38:22 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

596065

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Fares
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 (a) educate bus passengers about over-staging and (b) help them to report cases of over-staging.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	47509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2016 answer text <p>The destination printed on a bus ticket should not have any effect on the amount of reimbursement that the bus operator receives for carrying concessionary passengers.</p><p> </p><p>This is because reimbursement paid to operators is not based on the full commercial adult fare for a typical journey, but on the average equivalent full fare – taken from a “basket of fares” – that each concessionary traveller would have paid in the absence of the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>Reimbursement payments are also subject to audits of ticket sales data and, if required, ‘on-bus’ surveys of patronage.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 47508 question first answered 14/10/2016 12:38:22 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

444762

registered interest
date	13/01/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Caravans: Europe
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many motorhome owners from continental Europe visited England in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	22267
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected by the Department.</p><br /><p>The Department collects information on the number of passengers and passenger vehicles travelling to England from Europe via rail and ferry, however in both cases it is not possible to identify the vehicle type, or whether the passengers are motorhome owners.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 21/01/2016 16:40:31 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

416650

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Lancashire
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 support economic development in East Lancashire through rail modernisation.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	8608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>The Government is working closely with Transport for the North, Rail North, Network Rail and HS2 Ltd on ambitious plans to modernise the railways in the North of England to support a Northern Powerhouse.　 The first stages are already being delivered.　 These include the introduction of a new hourly service between Blackburn, Burnley and Manchester over the re-opened Todmorden curve from May 2015, and procurement of new Northern and TransPennine Express franchises from next year providing better connections, faster journeys, increased capacity and modern rolling stock including the removal of the Pacer trains from the North of England. These improvements build on our substantial investment in the Northern Hub and other infrastructure projects.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 11/09/2015 13:29:27 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

416651

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Colne-Skipton Railway Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received on reopening of the Colne to Skipton rail line; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	8609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Transport has not received any recent representations for the reopening of the Colne to Skipton rail line. The Government has advised the local campaign group, Network Rail, Local Enterprise Partners and the Local Authority both on the processes for reopening a railway line and the need for additional feasibility studies concerning the project.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 11/09/2015 13:32:25 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

390511

registered interest
date	13/07/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling
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 promote cycling.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	901064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2015 answer text <p>This Government is committed to increasing the number of people cycling and to making it the natural choice for short journeys or as part of longer ones.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Infrastructure Act 2015 places a duty on Government to produce a Cycling and Walking Strategy; I have instructed my officials to begin work on this and we will soon lay the secondary legislation required to commence the relevant section of the Act.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 16/07/2015 12:14:34 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

228657

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Control: Lancashire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to reduce traffic congestion in Lancashire since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	228333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>On 29 January the Government announced a £17.2m expansion of the Growth Deal with the Lancashire Local Enterprise Partnership. We understand the LEP intends to use around £1.85m of that additional funding to support transport interventions to support growth. This is in addition to the £179.4m Local Growth Fund support that we allocated to local transport improvements in last July’s Growth Deal with the LEP, supporting delivery of 16 transport projects across Lancashire, including the Burnley to Pendle Growth Corridor.</p><p> </p><p>This funding is in addition to £49.9m integrated transport block allocated to the 3 Lancashire transport authorities (Blackpool, Blackburn with Darwen and Lancashire County Council) since the 2010 Spending Review, together with £98.6m for highways maintenance. In addition, we have announced a further £55.2m integrated transport block funding and £136.8m highways maintenance funding for these authorities covering the period 2015/16 to 2020/21. We have also given the go ahead to two local major schemes in Lancashire, the Heysham Link Road and Pennine Reach, both of which are under construction and have been supported by over £142 million of Government funding. A further £5.7 million local pinch point funding is addressing local congestion hotspots in Blackpool, Blackburn and on the A582 near Preston.</p><p> </p><p>The Government launched the Roads Investment Strategy on 1 December 2014. It contains firm proposals to deliver the A585 Windy Harbour to Skippool Bypass, which will tackle congestion on the main route to Fleetwood, as well as a new Junction 2 on the M55, to support links between Lancashire’s Enterprise Zone sites at Samlesbury and Warton as well as support future housing growth in Preston.</p><p> </p><p>The Highways Agency is due to shortly complete over £14.3 million pinch point fund investment to relieve traffic congestion at four hotspots in Lancashire on the A585 - Windy Harbour Junction and Bourne Way to West Drive, M6 junction 32 and M55 junction 1, and M65 junction 5.</p><p> </p><p>The Government and Lancashire County Council are also investing heavily in improvement of the rail network in Lancashire, including the electrification of lines between Blackpool, Preston and Manchester, the re-opening of the Todmorden Curve, a new station at Buckshaw Parkway and a commitment for the new franchises for Northern and TransPennine Express to deliver new trains, more capacity and replace Pacers.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 25/03/2015 11:41:50 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

228658

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Pendle
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to improve transport links between Pendle constituency and (a) Manchester and (b) London since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	228334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>Passengers from stations on the Colne branch in the Pendle constituency, travelling to Manchester will, May 2015, benefit from additional connections to new services to Manchester via the Todmorden Curve, whose reinstatement was funded by Lancashire County Council but with support from the Regional Growth Fund. They will also, from 2016, benefit from wider improvements to Northern rail services following refranchising, including the replacement of the Pacer fleet.</p><p> </p><p>Passengers connecting to London via Preston have benefited from additional capacity on the Virgin West Coast services as a result of the 106 extra carriages introduced in 2012.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On the highways side, the Lancashire Growth Deal also includes the Burnley‑Pendle Growth Corridor, a project targeting junction improvements and other transport improvements to release additional site capacity, and enable quicker movement of goods, services and people through this key Economic Corridor. This is focussed on the M65 which has also had Highways Agency support for the M65 Junction 5 improvements. Works are scheduled to take place between January 2015 and March 2015. The M65 links East Lancashire to the M6 for journeys south to London.</p><p> </p><p>The Highways Agency have also completed and started construction on a number major improvements on the M6, M60, M62 and the M1 that will improve journeys to Manchester and London.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 25/03/2015 11:52:39 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

228659

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycleways: Pendle
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent on cycling improvements in Pendle constituency in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	228383
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>We do not hold funding information for Pendle Borough Council. However, in 2012 the department for Transport awarded Lancashire County Council £5m Local Sustainable Transport fund for their ‘Targeting key growth corridors’ project. The project comprised a package of sustainable transport measures which supports economic growth and brings forward investment in a green way.</p><p> </p><p>Elements of the package include:</p><p>· Network Optimisation to smooth traffic flows and improve journey time reliability</p><p>· Enabling Sustainable Travel to remove barriers, allowing more people to travel sustainably</p><p>· Promoting Smarter Travel to inform citizens, businesses, universities and schools of the options available to them and to facilitate behavioural change.</p><p> </p><p>These measures are strongly interlinked and together facilitate green economic growth and development by providing fit for purpose transport options.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 25/03/2015 12:02:47 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

228660

registered interest
date	19/03/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: Pendle
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) accidents and (b) fatal accidents involving cyclists there have been in Pendle in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	228368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The number of reported personal injury road accidents involving at least one pedal cyclist in Pendle constituency for 2010 to 2013 can be found in the table below. The table breaks the accidents down by the severity of the most seriously injured casualty (including fatalities) in the accident. The most seriously injured casualty could be someone other than a pedal cyclist.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Reported personal injury road accidents involving at least one pedal cyclist by severity: Pendle</strong><strong> constituency, 2010-2013</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Fatal</p></td><td><p>Serious</p></td><td><p>Slight</p></td><td><p><strong>All</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>16</p></td><td><p><strong>21</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p><strong>18</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p><strong>15</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>13</p></td><td><p><strong>17</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Data for 2014 is not available until June 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 25/03/2015 11:58:24 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson