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1109734

registered interest
date	04/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	M6: Pollution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he intends to take to reduce pollution levels on the M6 between junction 7, Great Barr and junction 9, Wednesbury; what assessment he has made of the pollution levels on that carriageway in the most recent year for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	240982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>Highways England undertook air quality monitoring of that section of the M6 in 2016. All pollution levels close to the motorway were below the legal thresholds. Highways England are therefore not proposing any specific measures there, but are implementing wider measures designed to improve air quality.</p><p>More generally, Highways England have been undertaking extensive research into potential air quality solutions for the Strategic Road Network (SRN), and published their air quality strategy in 2017. They have explored a wide range of ideas including different traffic management options and different types of barrier design, and sought to understand the impediments to greater use of electric vans on the network. They are also delivering the commitment in the Road Investment Strategy to ensure that 95% of SRN will have access to a rapid electric charging point every 20 miles by 2020.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/04/2019 08:31:27 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

1109777

registered interest
date	04/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Tyne and Wear Metro
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with (a) Nexus and (b) other relevant organisations on the expansion of the Tyne and Wear Metro system in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	241017
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has not had any discussions about extending the Tyne and Wear Metro system in the last 12 months. The system is locally managed by Nexus and the relevant local authorities, who are responsible for identifying opportunities to extend and improve the system, but the Department has not yet been asked to consider any specific proposals. The North East City Region has been shortlisted for a share of the £1.22 billion second tranche of the Transforming Cities Fund and, as part of the co-development process, Nexus and the relevant authorities are discussing a range of options, including Metro enhancements, with officials in the Department.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/04/2019 14:39:06 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1109783

registered interest
date	04/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shared Spaces: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the format timetable is for the joint research with Transport Scotland on shared spaces; and whether that project has gone to tender.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	241090
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>The research project into inclusive street design is being led by Transport Scotland, and as such it is for them to provide details of the timetable. However, the Department understands that the intention is for the project to go to tender imminently. The results will then inform revised guidance.</p><p> </p><p>Following the publication of the Inclusive Transport Strategy on 25 July 2018, the Department received a number of queries from local authorities and practitioners on the shared space pause. To address these, a joint letter to local authorities was issued on 28 September 2018 by Nusrat Ghani MP, Minister for Accessible Travel and Kit Malthouse MP, Minister for Housing and Planning. The letter is available at:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/749116/ministerial-letter-about-shared_space.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/749116/ministerial-letter-about-shared_space.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 241091 question first answered 09/04/2019 13:07:27 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1109784

registered interest
date	04/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shared Spaces
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 from local authorities on the pause of shared space schemes.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	241091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>The research project into inclusive street design is being led by Transport Scotland, and as such it is for them to provide details of the timetable. However, the Department understands that the intention is for the project to go to tender imminently. The results will then inform revised guidance.</p><p> </p><p>Following the publication of the Inclusive Transport Strategy on 25 July 2018, the Department received a number of queries from local authorities and practitioners on the shared space pause. To address these, a joint letter to local authorities was issued on 28 September 2018 by Nusrat Ghani MP, Minister for Accessible Travel and Kit Malthouse MP, Minister for Housing and Planning. The letter is available at:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/749116/ministerial-letter-about-shared_space.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/749116/ministerial-letter-about-shared_space.pdf</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 241090 question first answered 09/04/2019 13:07:27 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1109446

registered interest
date	03/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans the Government has to support commuters who use polluting cars to travel to work to switch to (a) bikes and (b) e-bikes following the introduction of the ULEZ zone in London.
tabling member constituency	Brentford and Isleworth
tabling member printed	Ruth Cadbury
uin	240569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>In London, transport is devolved to the Mayor of London and delivered by Transport for London (TfL). The ULEZ is one of The Mayor of London’s proposals to improve London’s air quality, and it is for him to manage any incentives relating to the scheme.</p><p>The Government is committed to increasing cycling and walking, and has a wide range of policies in place to support this. These were originally set out in detail in the statutory Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy, published in 2017.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/04/2019 14:36:35 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4389 label Biography information for Ruth Cadbury

1109452

registered interest
date	03/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shared Spaces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his provides to local authorities on the development of shared space schemes where pedestrians and cyclists, but not motorists, are required to share pavement space.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	240586
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>The situation in which pavements are shared by cyclists and pedestrians is known as shared use rather than shared space. The Department for Transport issued guidance on the development of these schemes in ‘Local Transport Note 1/12: Shared use routes for pedestrians and cyclists’. It stresses the importance of high quality, inclusive design which addresses the needs of all users, including older people and disabled people. It also emphasises that shared use proposals require careful consideration, and that designers need to ensure that introducing cycling to an existing pedestrian route does not make conditions significantly worse for pedestrians.</p><p> </p><p>Local Transport Note 1/12 is available from the Department’s website at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/shared-use" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/shared-use</a></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/04/2019 11:47:07 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1109469

registered interest
date	03/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	A34: Oxfordshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2019 to Question 206852 on A34: Oxfordshire, whether work has started on safety improvements for the A34.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	240640
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>Highways England is continuing to work on the design of the improvements with the aim of starting delivery in the 2019/20 financial year.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/04/2019 08:53:12 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1109502

registered interest
date	03/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Shared Spaces
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department issues to local authorities on the development of shared space schemes where cyclists and motorists are required to share highway space.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	240587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department for Transport issued guidance on the design of cycling infrastructure in ‘Local Transport Note 2/08: Cycle Infrastructure Design’. This provides advice on a wide range of measures, including how to provide facilities for cyclists on-road.</p><p>Local Transport Note 2/08 is available from the Department’s website at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cycle-infrastructure-design-ltn-208" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cycle-infrastructure-design-ltn-208</a></p><p>The Department is currently updating 'Local Transport Note 2/08: Cycle Infrastructure Design'.</p><p>Guidance on providing for cyclists on the trunk road network is available in ‘Interim Advice Note 195/16: Cycle Traffic and the Strategic Road Network’, which is available at:</p><p><a href="http://www.standardsforhighways.co.uk/ha/standards/ians/pdfs/ian195.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.standardsforhighways.co.uk/ha/standards/ians/pdfs/ian195.pdf</a></p><p /><p /> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/04/2019 11:43:11 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1108993

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to respond to Question 210578 on Cycling: Safety tabled on 21 January 2019 by the hon. Member for Southampton Itchen.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	240040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2019 answer text <p>I apologise that due to an administrative error, this question was not answered. This has now been rectified.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 04/04/2019 11:25:37 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1108995

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Trams: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, (a) what is the length of current tram networks in the West Midlands Metropolitan Area and (b) by how many miles is the tram network set to expand over the next ten years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	239891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>The current Midland Metro system is 21km long. This will be extended by 2km once the extension to Edgbaston, which is currently under construction, is open.</p><p> </p><p>West Midlands Combined Authority, which owns and operates the system, have plans for further extensions.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/04/2019 08:49:12 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne