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1672165

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Listed Buildings: Appleby Magna
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason the Land Registry does (a) not include a record of the sale in 2011 and (b) include a record of the sale in 2015 of the Old Rectory in Appleby Magna.
	tabling member constituency	North West Leicestershire
	tabling member printed	Andrew Bridgen
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	3230
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2023 answer text <p>The Land Registry only records the most recent transaction unless there are previous transactions which created binding benefits and burdens. Individuals can apply to Land Registry for historic copies of the register showing previous ownership and transaction information.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 28/11/2023 10:10:55 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	4133 label Biography information for Andrew Bridgen

1672180

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicles: Electric Vehicles
	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 extend the maximum axle weights and gross vehicle weights derogation given to two and three axle electric HGVs to four and six axle electric HGVs.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	3201
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2023 answer text <p>The Road Vehicles (Authorised Weight) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 increased maximum gross vehicle weight limits for some zero emission four or six axle HGV combinations. Increases for other rigid four or six axle HGVs, or amendments to axle weight limits will result in increased road wear and may also damage infrastructure, and are not currently being pursued. However, bids have been invited by the Department for further research.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 28/11/2023 10:13:05 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1672221

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Altnabreac Station
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has received representations on services at Altnabreac railway station from Network Rail.
	tabling member constituency	Solihull
	tabling member printed	Julian Knight
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	3245
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>Altnabreac railway station is managed by ScotRail. As ScotRail is a devolved operator, the Department would expect any Network Rail representations regarding services here to be made to the Scottish Government’s transport agency, Transport Scotland.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 27/11/2023 15:10:57 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

1672261

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Demonstrations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he is taking steps with the Secretary of State for the Home Department to help tackle car convoys making political protests that block roads.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	3146
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>Ministers in the Department have regular meetings with colleagues in various departments about what the Government can do to make sure the travelling public are inconvenienced as little as possible, while ensuring the right to protest is maintained. Operational decisions in relation to any specific event are a matter for the Police working in conjunction with the relevant highway authorities.</p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman question first answered 27/11/2023 15:12:20 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1672280

	registered interest
	date	22/11/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	M62: Repairs and Maintenance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the roadworks on the M62 at the Ouse bridge, what estimate his Department has made of when (a) those roadworks will be completed, (b) the temporary speed limits will be removed and (c) all lanes will be open to traffic; and what steps his Department is taking to expedite the completion of those works.
	tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
	tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	3131
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>The initial scope of the project included the replacement of two half joints on the eastbound carriageway however, following further inspections, National Highways determined that it was necessary to replace all eight joints. Whilst this means works will be ongoing longer than anticipated, it will minimise future disruption to road users and mitigate the risk of any future emergency failures that could lead to the full closure of the bridge.</p><p>The programme of works on the M62 Ouse bridge is scheduled to complete by the end of August 2024, at which point the temporary speed limits and lane closures will be removed.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 27/11/2023 13:41:49 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight

1671722

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles: Pilot Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which (a) businesses and (b) projects have received matched funding from the emerging drone technology pilot scheme since 1 January 2020; and how much each received.
	tabling member constituency	Islington South and Finsbury
	tabling member printed	Emily Thornberry
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	2828
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>Government supports drone technology pilots through programmes such as the Future Flight Challenge and Drone Pathfinder Programme. Both programmes aim to demonstrate, educate, realise, and accelerate the benefit of drones across a wide range of sectors.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport supported the Drone Pathfinder Accelerator programme to award up to £30,000 grants to six small and mediums sized enterprise projects in 2021 to deliver early-stage research and development studies to examine the integration of drones into UK airspace – see <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcp.catapult.org.uk%2Fnews%2Fwinners-announced-for-the-drones-transport-research-and-innovation-grants-programme%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CJenny.Ward%40dft.gov.uk%7Cede1cda02d8f41452ab708dbec5f09e8%7C28b782fb41e148eabfc3ad7558ce7136%7C0%7C0%7C638363665158842592%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=B2zbT5U%2FO%2B5YoeYeP4xZeG3bBNPvjRqmMgWOn9gH%2FyE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://cp.catapult.org.uk/news/winners-announced-for-the-drones-transport-research-and-innovation-grants-programme/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In 2022 UK Research and Innovation announced £73 million for 17 winning projects for Phase 3 of the Future Flight Challenge Fund to develop and show integrated aviation systems and new vehicle technologies that included drone trials – see <a href="https://cp.catapult.org.uk/news/winners-announced-for-the-drones-transport-research-and-innovation-grants-programme/" target="_blank">https://cp.catapult.org.uk/news/winners-announced-for-the-drones-transport-research-and-innovation-grants-programme/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Cambridgeshire answering member printed Anthony Browne question first answered 27/11/2023 10:25:08 answering member 4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne
	tabling member	1536 label Biography information for Emily Thornberry

1671754

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the benefit-cost ratios were for each (a) new station built and (b) reopened line in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	2962
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>Benefit Cost Ratios (BCRs) within the economic case are only one element of decision-making on schemes and should be considered alongside the other cases in the five case business model used in Government (strategic, economic, financial, commercial and management cases). Therefore we do not routinely make BCRs available.</p><p>Details of Rail infrastructure and assets lists new stations opened in the financial year can be found here <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdataportal.orr.gov.uk%2Fstatistics%2Finfrastructure-and-emissions%2Frail-infrastructure-and-assets%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CGraham.Buckley%40dft.gov.uk%7C8a0b20dc619d48aa4db408dbecdabe13%7C28b782fb41e148eabfc3ad7558ce7136%7C0%7C0%7C638364196464481143%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=yjAsUfVce8UAuSN596af8ARCFZ1UvLZ153I3aoAz5ys%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/infrastructure-and-emissions/rail-infrastructure-and-assets/</a> Not all of these were promoted by the Department.</p><p><em> Estimates of station usage</em> contains annual estimates of the number of entries/exits and interchanges at each station in Great Britain <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdataportal.orr.gov.uk%2Fstatistics%2Fusage%2Festimates-of-station-usage&amp;data=05%7C01%7CGraham.Buckley%40dft.gov.uk%7C8a0b20dc619d48aa4db408dbecdabe13%7C28b782fb41e148eabfc3ad7558ce7136%7C0%7C0%7C638364196464481143%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=O71EofwTEHRPrRL4JLLDIn56g2lPS1%2FnNHHquWIE5f8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/usage/estimates-of-station-usage</a></p><p>In practice it can take a number of years for long term demand patterns to emerge for new stations. The Department (and bodies who promote their own schemes) have a long standing and established appraisal framework to help scheme promoters forecast passenger demand of new stations and lines. We are continuing to monitor our framework and use evaluation to understand the impacts of schemes.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman grouped question UIN 2963 2964 question first answered 27/11/2023 13:43:51 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1671755

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Passengers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the projected passenger number were in the business case for each (a) new station and (b) reopened rail line in the last 10 years; and what the actual passenger numbers were in each case 12 months after they opened.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	2963
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>Benefit Cost Ratios (BCRs) within the economic case are only one element of decision-making on schemes and should be considered alongside the other cases in the five case business model used in Government (strategic, economic, financial, commercial and management cases). Therefore we do not routinely make BCRs available.</p><p>Details of Rail infrastructure and assets lists new stations opened in the financial year can be found here <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdataportal.orr.gov.uk%2Fstatistics%2Finfrastructure-and-emissions%2Frail-infrastructure-and-assets%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CGraham.Buckley%40dft.gov.uk%7C8a0b20dc619d48aa4db408dbecdabe13%7C28b782fb41e148eabfc3ad7558ce7136%7C0%7C0%7C638364196464481143%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=yjAsUfVce8UAuSN596af8ARCFZ1UvLZ153I3aoAz5ys%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/infrastructure-and-emissions/rail-infrastructure-and-assets/</a> Not all of these were promoted by the Department.</p><p><em> Estimates of station usage</em> contains annual estimates of the number of entries/exits and interchanges at each station in Great Britain <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdataportal.orr.gov.uk%2Fstatistics%2Fusage%2Festimates-of-station-usage&amp;data=05%7C01%7CGraham.Buckley%40dft.gov.uk%7C8a0b20dc619d48aa4db408dbecdabe13%7C28b782fb41e148eabfc3ad7558ce7136%7C0%7C0%7C638364196464481143%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=O71EofwTEHRPrRL4JLLDIn56g2lPS1%2FnNHHquWIE5f8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/usage/estimates-of-station-usage</a></p><p>In practice it can take a number of years for long term demand patterns to emerge for new stations. The Department (and bodies who promote their own schemes) have a long standing and established appraisal framework to help scheme promoters forecast passenger demand of new stations and lines. We are continuing to monitor our framework and use evaluation to understand the impacts of schemes.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman grouped question UIN 2962 2964 question first answered 27/11/2023 13:43:51 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1671756

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Railways: Cost Effectiveness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an estimate of the actual benefit-cost ratio for each (a) new station built and (b) reopened line in each of the last 10 years.
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	2964
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>Benefit Cost Ratios (BCRs) within the economic case are only one element of decision-making on schemes and should be considered alongside the other cases in the five case business model used in Government (strategic, economic, financial, commercial and management cases). Therefore we do not routinely make BCRs available.</p><p>Details of Rail infrastructure and assets lists new stations opened in the financial year can be found here <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdataportal.orr.gov.uk%2Fstatistics%2Finfrastructure-and-emissions%2Frail-infrastructure-and-assets%2F&amp;data=05%7C01%7CGraham.Buckley%40dft.gov.uk%7C8a0b20dc619d48aa4db408dbecdabe13%7C28b782fb41e148eabfc3ad7558ce7136%7C0%7C0%7C638364196464481143%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=yjAsUfVce8UAuSN596af8ARCFZ1UvLZ153I3aoAz5ys%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/infrastructure-and-emissions/rail-infrastructure-and-assets/</a> Not all of these were promoted by the Department.</p><p><em> Estimates of station usage</em> contains annual estimates of the number of entries/exits and interchanges at each station in Great Britain <a href="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdataportal.orr.gov.uk%2Fstatistics%2Fusage%2Festimates-of-station-usage&amp;data=05%7C01%7CGraham.Buckley%40dft.gov.uk%7C8a0b20dc619d48aa4db408dbecdabe13%7C28b782fb41e148eabfc3ad7558ce7136%7C0%7C0%7C638364196464481143%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=O71EofwTEHRPrRL4JLLDIn56g2lPS1%2FnNHHquWIE5f8%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/usage/estimates-of-station-usage</a></p><p>In practice it can take a number of years for long term demand patterns to emerge for new stations. The Department (and bodies who promote their own schemes) have a long standing and established appraisal framework to help scheme promoters forecast passenger demand of new stations and lines. We are continuing to monitor our framework and use evaluation to understand the impacts of schemes.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Bexhill and Battle answering member printed Huw Merriman grouped question UIN 2962 2963 question first answered 27/11/2023 13:43:51 answering member 4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1671792

	registered interest
	date	21/11/2023
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	M1: Accidents
	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 estimate of the number of accidents at the M1 junction 13 interchange in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Mid Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Alistair Strathern
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	2983
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2023 answer text <p>The number of personal injury collisions reported by police is collected via the STATS19 system, <del class="ministerial">which</del> <ins class="ministerial">This</ins> records the road number and location of collisions but does not directly to assign them<del class="ministerial"> to specific</del> <ins class="ministerial">to the confines of a specific </ins>junctions.</p> answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman question first answered 27/11/2023 13:45:22 question first ministerially corrected 27/11/2023 15:00:38 answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman previous answer version 3268 answering member constituency Hexham answering member printed Guy Opperman answering member 4142 label Biography information for Guy Opperman
	tabling member	5000 label Biography information for Alistair Strathern