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906289

registered interest
date	17/05/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycleways
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding his Department plans to allocate to dedicated cycle networks similar to London's cycle superhighways in (a) cities and (b) towns throughout the UK.
tabling member constituency	South Antrim
tabling member printed	Paul Girvan
uin	145394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s statutory Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy, published in April 2017, outlines £1.2 billion of funding that may be invested in cycling and walking in England over the period to 2021. Funding for cycling infrastructure in the rest of the UK is a matter for the devolved administrations. Since the Strategy’s publication, the Government has made further support available for cycling and walking infrastructure in England, through the National Productivity Investment Fund, Transforming Cities Fund and Clean Air Fund. Decisions on allocating funding for dedicated cycle networks are for local authorities, who allocate and/or bid for funding alongside other local priorities. In addition, the Department for Transport is providing 44 local authorities in England with access to expert support to assist in the development of ten-year Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plans. This support will enable authorities to map their future cycle networks and to prioritise future investments.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/05/2018 10:29:43 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4633 label Biography information for Paul Girvan

906308

registered interest
date	17/05/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic: York
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what additional funding his Department is providing to reduce congestion in York.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	145364
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2018 answer text <p>In addition to a share of the formula distribution of the National Productivity Investment Fund (NPIF) in 2017/18 of £626,000, plus Integrated Transport Block funding for £1.57m in 2017/18 and 2018/19, all of which could be used for projects to ease congestion, the City of York Council was awarded a further £2.845m in October 2017 through a competition for NPIF funding.</p><p> </p><p>The NPIF project in York, the Smart Travel Evolution Programme (STEP) will provide a city-wide digital platform supporting transport data collection and analysis, real-time transport modelling and travel information. It will interact with traffic control systems throughout the city and prepare York for the challenges and opportunities from the arrival of connected and autonomous vehicles.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/05/2018 10:15:21 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

906319

registered interest
date	17/05/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many cyclists have (a) been injured and (b) died from cycling-related accidents in (i) York and (ii) the UK in each of the last eight years.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	145375
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2018 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of pedal cyclists killed or injured in reported road accidents involving personal injury in York and in Great Britain, for the years 2009 to 2016.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p>York</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Great Britain</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of pedal cyclists killed</p></td><td><p>Number of pedal cyclists injured (serious or slight)</p></td><td><p>Number of pedal cyclists killed</p></td><td><p>Number of pedal cyclists injured (serious or slight)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>132</p></td><td><p>104</p></td><td><p>16,960</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>123</p></td><td><p>111</p></td><td><p>17,074</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>123</p></td><td><p>107</p></td><td><p>19,108</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>139</p></td><td><p>118</p></td><td><p>18,973</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>148</p></td><td><p>109</p></td><td><p>19,329</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>191</p></td><td><p>113</p></td><td><p>21,174</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>165</p></td><td><p>100</p></td><td><p>18,744</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>179</p></td><td><p>102</p></td><td><p>18,375</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Source: DfT STATS19</p><p> </p><p>To put these figures into context, the miles cycled in Great Britain rose from 2.97Bn miles in 2009, to 3.45Bn in 2016, a 16 per cent increase.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold data for Northern Ireland and therefore publishes statistics on reported road accidents and casualties for Great Britain only.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/05/2018 10:34:38 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

906370

registered interest
date	17/05/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	A120: Clacton
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 effect on the local economy in Clacton of dualling the A120.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	145410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2018 answer text <p>The Department has contributed funding to Essex County Council’s work to assess the benefits and costs of options for dualling the A120 between Braintree and the A12. The findings from this work are due to be concluded later this year.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/05/2018 10:03:57 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

906375

registered interest
date	17/05/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Liquefied Petroleum Gas
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 effectiveness of LPG vehicles in reducing levels of air pollution.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	145381
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2018 answer text <p>The environmental performance of LPG in vehicles has been analysed using the Transport Energy Model (TEM), developed by the Department. The model estimates energy consumption and environmental emissions for road transport technology options over the period to 2050, and compares various vehicle powertrain technology and fuel options for cars, vans, buses and HGVs.</p><p> </p><p>The output of this analysis will be included in the zero emission road transport strategy, which is due to be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/05/2018 10:46:16 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

906396

registered interest
date	17/05/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Regional Airports
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 ensure that the UK's regional airports have the ability to increase their capacity over the next decade.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	Damien Moore
uin	145408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2018 answer text <p>The UK’s airports are either owned and operated by commercial private sector companies or are public/private partnerships which operate commercially. It is for the airports’ owners and operators to make the business decisions to invest in strategies to develop their capacity. Airports that wish to invest in new infrastructure will need to submit applications to the relevant planning authority for consideration.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/05/2018 10:12:33 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4669 label Biography information for Damien Moore

906421

registered interest
date	17/05/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to encourage the use of (a) recycled plastic materials and (b) other innovative and durable techniques for road repairs.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
uin	145382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2018 answer text <p>The use of recycled plastic materials as a component in road surfacing is not widespread. Officials at the Department for Transport are, however, aware that it has been used in a small proportion of England’s strategic road network for high friction surfacing materials, and on one short stretch of public road in England.</p><p>Officials from the Department have been in discussion with Cumbria County Council, which is trialling the use of recycled plastic materials in their road resurfacing, and with the company that supplies the material. They will continue to monitor the situation and any outcomes, positive or negative, from the trial currently underway.</p><p>The Department is also encouraging local highway authorities to trial new innovations and technology to help repair the roads for which they are responsible. The Department recently announced that it is working in collaboration with the Association of Directors of Environment, Planning and Transport (ADEPT) on future-proofing the local road network through the use of smart infrastructure and new materials.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 24/05/2018 10:40:30 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

905459

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driverless Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Transport of 14 May 2018, Official Report, column 99, if he will make an assessment of the compatibility of the 1968 Vienna Convention on Road Traffic with the (a) testing and (b) use of fully autonomous vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Brentwood and Ongar
tabling member printed	Alex Burghart
uin	144969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2018 answer text <p>Like many other countries who have ratified the 1949 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic, the 1968 Convention on Road Traffic, or both, the Government considers that neither convention prohibits the testing or use of automated vehicles. This applies to all automated vehicles, including fully automated ones where a person only decides whether to use the automated vehicle, schedules the journey, and chooses destinations.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/05/2018 10:10:23 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart

905618

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
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, whether the Government has made an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a temporary Blue Badge scheme for people with temporary but debilitating and incapacitating injuries and conditions.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
uin	144952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/05/2018 answer text <p>The Department did examine this as part of the wider Blue Badge reform programme but took the decision not to extend eligibility to people with temporary disabilities as this would have put at risk the sustainability of the scheme.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has issued local authorities with advice on how they can use existing powers to provide locally determined parking concessions within their areas such as provision of badges to those with temporary conditions. The advice provided can be viewed at<strong>:</strong></p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/people-with-severe-temporary-impairments-advice-to-local-authorities" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/people-with-severe-temporary-impairments-advice-to-local-authorities</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/05/2018 10:16:05 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

905687

registered interest
date	16/05/2018
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, if he will make it his policy to bring forward the ban on sales of new petrol and diesel vehicles from 2040 to 2030.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	144881
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s ambition is for almost every car and van to be zero emission by 2050. In order to achieve this, we have said we will end the sale of new conventional petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2040. Our ambition is supported by one of the most comprehensive packages of support in the world for ultra low emission vehicles, and we have one of the biggest markets in Europe for ultra low emission vehicles. Meeting the 2040 commitment should be industry-led, with Government monitoring developments closely. Against a rapidly evolving international context, we will seek to maintain ambitious targets and our leadership position, intervening firmly if not enough progress is being made. Government’s role in the decarbonisation of road transport will be set out in the forthcoming zero emission road transport strategy.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/05/2018 10:01:47 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas