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760752

registered interest
date	14/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Highways England: Biodiversity
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding Highways England has allocated to ensure that projects are biodiversity net positive.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	105093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Highways England are building projects in ways designed to minimise environmental impacts now and leave a positive legacy for the future. Individual road scheme budgets are set so that schemes can mitigate their impact on biodiversity, and seek opportunities for enhancement, while achieving value for money.</p><p>The Road Investment Strategy also includes a ring-fenced environment fund of £300 million between 2015 to 2020, which includes funds for biodiversity.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/10/2017 14:23:38 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

760270

registered interest
date	13/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Cycle to Work Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many civil servants in his Department made use of a cycle-to-work scheme in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	10494
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of employees using the cycle to work scheme in the Department for Transport for the last five years.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Users </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>124</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>106</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>123</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>137</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017 (to date)</p></td><td><p>117</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/10/2017 14:04:32 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

760274

registered interest
date	13/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	South Wales Main Line: Electrification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department will save by cancelling the Cardiff to Swansea electrification project.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	105064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. member to my response to PQ 8933 answered on 11 September.</p><p> </p><p>From the end of this month, passengers in Wales will benefit from new Intercity Express trains which will each deliver over 130 extra seats, faster journey times and improved connectivity for South Wales to London with 40% more seats in the morning peak once the full fleet is in service. There will be more seats for South Wales passengers by virtue of longer trains and (more frequent services to Bristol and Cheltenham thereby releasing space on London to Cardiff and Swansea services.</p><p> </p><p>Passengers will benefit sooner and experience less disruption compared with putting up intrusive wires and masts along routes where they are no longer required.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/10/2017 14:58:01 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

760275

registered interest
date	13/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Community Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people used community transport in each region and constituent part of the UK in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	105060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>This information is not centrally held.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/10/2017 13:22:26 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

759819

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of total vehicle sales were ultra-low emission vehicles in the last 12 months for which there are figures.
tabling member constituency	South West Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Andrew Selous
uin	10194
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>Registrations of new ultra low emission vehicles represented 1.40% of total new vehicle registrations between July 2016 and June 2017. For cars, the proportion was 1.65% during the same period. In July and August 2017 registrations of new ultra low emission cars are estimated to have exceeded 2% of total new car registrations.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/10/2017 13:08:40 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1453 label Biography information for Andrew Selous

759829

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) officials, (b) other staff and (c) contracted workers in his Department are working on buses policy.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	10123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department’s Buses and Taxi's division has 27 officials who work full-time or part-time on bus policies. The team does not employ any private contractors. Other officials elsewhere in the Department also spend some of their time working on analytical, policy, communications and other issues that are related to bus policies.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/10/2017 12:36:10 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

759834

registered interest
date	12/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Pedicabs: Greater London
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 need for legislation to control pedicab traffic in central London.
tabling member constituency	Westminster North
tabling member printed	Ms Karen Buck
uin	10067
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department has received a number of representations from MPs, Councillors, members of the public and the business community in the West End of London about the need to control pedicabs in central London. We have concluded that there is a need to regulate pedicabs and are investigating a suitable legislative slot to do this.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/10/2017 10:57:52 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	199 label Biography information for Ms Karen Buck

759436

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Tests
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 reform the driving test to highlight the risks of harm to cyclists and motorbike riders of people opening car doors without looking to see who is approaching from behind.
tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
uin	9754
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) includes “Checking for oncoming cyclists, pedestrians and other traffic before opening the car door” as part of its National Standards for driving.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, DVSA covers the safe method of opening car doors in the Instructional Ability element of its Approved Driving Instructor (ADI) qualification process. This ensures that ADIs teach this method to novice drivers.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/09/2017 10:05:16 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

759444

registered interest
date	11/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Travel: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people who hold a disabled person's freedom pass live in London; how many people who hold an older person's freedom pass live in London; and how many rail passengers there were in London in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
uin	9825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>The Freedom Pass is managed by London Councils and the policy on who is entitled to hold one is a matter for the Mayor. The Department does not hold statistics on how many Freedom Pass holders there are.</p><p> </p><p>Rail passenger journeys to/from and within London are published by Office of</p><p> </p><p>Rail and Road here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/displayreport/report/html/4277ce6b-bdf3-4562-a6b1-eb036b57f065" target="_blank">https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/displayreport/report/html/4277ce6b-bdf3-4562-a6b1-eb036b57f065</a></p><p> </p><p>The total number of passenger journeys (within London and to and from London) in thousands in the last five years available is as follows:</p><p> </p><p>2015/2016: 934,588</p><p>2014/2015: 878,042</p><p>2013/2014: 834,528</p><p>2012/2013: 787,471</p><p>2011/2012: 752,226</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/09/2017 10:01:23 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	150 label Biography information for Baroness Harman

758289

registered interest
date	06/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Heating
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 assessment of the potential merits of introducing heating apparatus in certain road surfaces similar to that installed on the M4 at Chiswick in the 1960s to improve safety in winter and reduce the need for gritting; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Yorkshire
tabling member printed	Sir Greg Knight
uin	9101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>The then Highways Agency assessed the potential merits of introducing heating apparatus in road surfaces in a trial from 2004 to 2007, using heat stored during the summer to heat the road surface in winter.</p><p> </p><p>This helped prevent ice forming by warming the road to keep it above zero degrees centigrade, but was found not to be effective below minus four degrees centigrade. Conventional salt treatments proved to be safer and more cost effective.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 13/09/2017 10:49:05 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1200 label Biography information for Sir Greg Knight