Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed grouped question UIN question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

882381

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Monarch Airlines: Insolvency
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 final cost to the public purse of costs not recharged after the collapse of Monarch airlines.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	135319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The Department is not yet able to give a final figure for the costs of the repatriation operation as we are awaiting invoices from third parties. In line with the usual transparency guidelines on Government financial reporting, the final expenditure will be made clear in the annual accounts for the Department, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and the Air Travel Trust (ATT), which should be published in June 2018.</p><p> </p><p>At this stage, the current forecasts suggest that the total cost of the repatriation operation remains broadly in line with the original estimate of around £60m.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is focused on making sure that there is clear burden sharing of the repatriation operation, and is seeking to recover costs of the operation from third parties. This is a continuing process and a final position on cost recovery is unlikely to be known until the completion of the administrative process; this may take several months. The Department will in due course be able to report back with more detail.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 135316 135317 135321 question first answered 23/04/2018 13:44:10 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

882383

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Monarch Airlines: Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) people and (b) organisations have refused to contribute to repatriation costs after the collapse of Monarch airlines.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	135321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The Department is not yet able to give a final figure for the costs of the repatriation operation as we are awaiting invoices from third parties. In line with the usual transparency guidelines on Government financial reporting, the final expenditure will be made clear in the annual accounts for the Department, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and the Air Travel Trust (ATT), which should be published in June 2018.</p><p> </p><p>At this stage, the current forecasts suggest that the total cost of the repatriation operation remains broadly in line with the original estimate of around £60m.</p><p> </p><p>The Department is focused on making sure that there is clear burden sharing of the repatriation operation, and is seeking to recover costs of the operation from third parties. This is a continuing process and a final position on cost recovery is unlikely to be known until the completion of the administrative process; this may take several months. The Department will in due course be able to report back with more detail.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 135316 135317 135319 question first answered 23/04/2018 13:44:10 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

882390

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Carillion: Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what changes to supplier checks have been made by Highways England as a result of the collapse of Carillion in January 2018.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	135297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>Following Carillion’s collapse, Highways England re-examined the adequacy of the current tests it carries out in relation to suppliers’ financial viability. Although it concluded that the indicators and processes it is using remain robust, Highways England has increased the resource levels in the team responsible for these finance checks, allowing more suppliers to be considered in depth.</p><p> </p><p>Highways England continues to work with the Department for Transport and other stakeholders to review the process for testing the financial standing of suppliers, and has made clear it will seek to implement lessons and best practice identified as appropriate in the coming months.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/04/2018 15:28:36 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

882477

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic: East Midlands
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 trends in the level of congestion on A-roads in the East Midlands.
tabling member constituency	North East Derbyshire
tabling member printed	Lee Rowley
uin	135539
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>Information is held on average delay on locally managed ‘A’ roads by region in England, and the most recent data published by the Department is as follows.</p><p> </p><p>CGN0502b: Average delay on locally managed ‘A’ roads</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Average delay</strong> <strong>(seconds per vehicle per mile)</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Percentage changes</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015 to 2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016 to 2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>East Midlands</strong></p></td><td><p>31.4</p></td><td><p>32.1</p></td><td><p>33.7</p></td><td><p>+2.5%</p></td><td><p>+4.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong><em>England</em></strong></p></td><td><p><em>44.6</em></p></td><td><p><em>45.9</em></p></td><td><p><em>46.9</em></p></td><td><p><em>+2.8%</em></p></td><td><p><em>+2.3%</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Average delay is commonly used as a measure of congestion. An increase in average delay indicates an increase in the level of congestion.</p><p>These statistics come from the table CGN0502b, which is published annually in February. The full table can be accessed using the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/average-speed-and-delay-on-local-a-roads-cgn05%23table-cgn0502" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/average-speed-and-delay-on-local-a-roads-cgn05#table-cgn0502</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department does not produce statistics for congestion at the regional level for the Strategic Road Network. Highways England keeps the trunk road and motorway network in England under constant review, but has made no recent specific assessment of trends in the level of congestion through the East Midlands. In March 2017, Highways England published its Route Strategies presenting a high level view of performance and constraints on the existing road network as well as recommending areas for further study. More information can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/future-investment-in-englands-motorways-and-major-roads#route-strategies" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/future-investment-in-englands-motorways-and-major-roads#route-strategies</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/04/2018 13:54:22 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley

882585

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	A1: Northumberland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timetable is for work commencing on the proposed duelling of the A1 road between Morpeth and Ellingham in Northumberland.
tabling member constituency	Wansbeck
tabling member printed	Ian Lavery
uin	135647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>As part of the Development Consent Order process, the Statutory Consultation for the Morpeth to Felton dualling is scheduled to start in June 2018 and Statutory Consultation for the Alnwick to Ellingham dualling, is scheduled to start in 2019. Highways England’s latest Delivery Plan commits to start of works on both schemes in 2019/20.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/04/2018 15:00:10 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4139 label Biography information for Ian Lavery

882698

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Blue Badge Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits enabling people with autism to qualify as Blue Badge holders.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	135760
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The Department met the National Autistic Society prior to going out to public consultation in early 2018 on whether to extend the Blue Badge scheme to people with non-physical disabilities whose health or safety may be at risk when making a journey. Responses to the consultation are being analysed, and a decision will be made later this year.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/04/2018 15:25:42 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

882710

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Travellers: Census
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General of 2 November 2016, Official Report, column 879, what progress his Department has made in using the 2011 census classifications that differentiate Gypsies and Travellers.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	135772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The Race Disparity Audit website displays data where possible using the Census 2011 ethnic categories, which includes Gypsy or Irish Traveller. The Department has provided data from the National Travel Survey on measures such as driving licence holding, household car access and the number of journeys made each year. However, the number of Gypsy or Irish Travellers in the survey is too small to show data for this group separately.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for National Statistics and the Race Disparity Unit work closely together to improve the harmonisation of ethnicity data across the Government Statistical Service and the coverage of ethnic groups including Gypsy, Roma and Travellers.</p><p> </p><p>The Race Disparity Audit Inter Ministerial Group chaired by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster discusses matters pertaining to the progress of the Race Disparity Audit, including on the collection of ethnicity data.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 135773 question first answered 23/04/2018 13:48:50 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green

882711

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Travellers: Census
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the oral contribution of the Minister for the Cabinet Office and Paymaster General of 2 November 2016, Official Report, column 879, and pursuant to the Answer of 3 April 2018 to Question 134113, on Travellers: Equality, what meetings he has had since 2016 with the Minister for the Cabinet Office on using the 2011 census classifications that differentiate Gypsies and Travellers.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	135773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The Race Disparity Audit website displays data where possible using the Census 2011 ethnic categories, which includes Gypsy or Irish Traveller. The Department has provided data from the National Travel Survey on measures such as driving licence holding, household car access and the number of journeys made each year. However, the number of Gypsy or Irish Travellers in the survey is too small to show data for this group separately.</p><p> </p><p>The Office for National Statistics and the Race Disparity Unit work closely together to improve the harmonisation of ethnicity data across the Government Statistical Service and the coverage of ethnic groups including Gypsy, Roma and Travellers.</p><p> </p><p>The Race Disparity Audit Inter Ministerial Group chaired by the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster discusses matters pertaining to the progress of the Race Disparity Audit, including on the collection of ethnicity data.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 135772 question first answered 23/04/2018 13:48:50 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green