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934887

registered interest
date	05/07/2018
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	What support his Department is providing to enable repairs to be made to road network infrastructure.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Tom Pursglove
uin	906284
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Transport is providing £6.2 billion to local highway authorities in England, outside London, from 2015 to 2021 to enable repairs to be made to all highway infrastructure assets maintainable at public expense. The funding includes a £296 million Pothole Action Fund. Highways England are also spending £400 million per annum for renewal of the road surfaces for which they are responsible.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 05/07/2018 14:03:52 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove

934888

registered interest
date	05/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Charging Points
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to improve the charging infrastructure for electric vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Redditch
tabling member printed	Rachel Maclean
uin	906286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2018 answer text <p>My hon. Friend is right to focus on charging points. We have a large charging point network, and we are rapidly expanding it. As she knows, we have just announced a local charging infrastructure fund of £400 million. A lot of work is being done with local authorities, and I encourage my hon. Friend to work with us to develop further charging points in her area.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 05/07/2018 14:11:25 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean

934972

registered interest
date	05/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what financial support his Department is making available to local authorities undertaking business cases for the reopening of railway stations.
tabling member constituency	York Outer
tabling member printed	Julian Sturdy
uin	161147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2018 answer text <p>Local Authorities are generally responsible for funding the development of business cases for local transport schemes including reopening of railway stations. Funding provided by the Government through the Local Growth Fund and other devolved funding streams may, in some circumstances, be used for business case development provided that it otherwise meets the criteria for the funding.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/07/2018 09:49:19 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4079 label Biography information for Julian Sturdy

935066

registered interest
date	05/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Port of Tilbury: Lower Thames Crossing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his policy is on the construction of a link road from the expanding Tilbury Port to the proposed Lower Thames Crossing.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough
tabling member printed	Andy McDonald
uin	161180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 answer text <p>The Lower Thames Crossing project is at an early stage of its development and the design will continue to evolve as it progresses towards a Development Consent Order (DCO) submission.</p><p> </p><p>No decision has been made on the case, or otherwise, for a new link to the port of Tilbury. A link from the crossing to Tilbury port was not included in the April 2017 preferred route announcement and has not been considered formally by Ministers.</p><p> </p><p>There will be an opportunity for people and businesses to influence Highways England’s design of the scheme through a second public consultation, expected later this year. A final decision on the scope to be included in the DCO will be taken in 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 12/07/2018 14:45:11 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4269 label Biography information for Andy McDonald

935103

registered interest
date	05/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Greenways Project
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 local authorities to provide more funding for greenways to encourage more people to cycle; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	161167
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/07/2018 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. 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, Housing Infrastructure Fund, Transforming Cities Fund and Clean Air Fund. Decisions on allocating funding for greenways and 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><p> </p><p>Funding for infrastructure projects and local plans to support higher levels of cycling and walking in the rest of the UK is a matter for the devolved administrations.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 12/07/2018 14:13:20 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

934712

registered interest
date	04/07/2018
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 funding his Department has allocated to road repairs as a result of damage caused by hot weather.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	160725
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2018 answer text <p>Funding for local roads is devolved to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport is providing local highway authorities in England, outside London, with £6.2 billion funding between 2015 and 2021 for local highways maintenance. This includes £296 million to repair potholes or to stop them forming. It is for highway authorities to determine whether to use this funding to help repair any roads damaged due to the current hot weather.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 10/07/2018 14:37:10 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

934713

registered interest
date	04/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make representations to the owners of Heathrow Airport on increasing the number of flights to and from Northern Ireland on daily basis after the expansion of that airport.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	160726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2018 answer text <p>Maintaining and enhancing domestic connectivity to Northern Ireland will be one of the key benefits of the expansion at Heathrow. It will ensure increased frequency and greater competition for existing domestic routes, and allow new routes to be served.</p><p> </p><p>The Airports National Policy Statement sets out a clear expectation that expansion should deliver at least six new routes by 2030. This could include Belfast International. The Secretary of State for Transport has also set out a clear ambition for about 15 per cent of slots to be made available from a new runway to be used for domestic routes.</p><p> </p><p>If new capacity, coupled with the commercial incentives offered by Heathrow, does not deliver Government’s expectations, and links are insufficient, then the Secretary of State for Transport has committed to impose Public Service Obligations to support additional domestic connections.</p><p> </p><p>Further detail on the Government’s approach to Public Service Obligations will be set out in the Aviation Strategy Green Paper towards the end of this year.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 10/07/2018 14:39:49 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

934717

registered interest
date	04/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Airports: National Policy Statements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what dates the cross-government steering group considering the development of the Airports National Policy Statement and accompanying Appraisal of Sustainability met since June 2017; and if he will list the job titles of the members of that steering group.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Justine Greening
uin	160720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>Since June 2017, there have been four meetings of the steering group that meets to discuss the National Policy Statement and Appraisal of Sustainability on the following dates: 4 September 2017, 14 September 2017, 10 April 2018 and 30 May 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The membership of the steering group is cross-Government. There is no fixed invitee or attendee list; representatives from the following Departments, Offices and Agencies are invited to send representatives to attend meetings: Department for Transport, Cabinet Office, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, HM Treasury, Scotland Office, Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, Home Office, Northern Ireland Office, Wales Office, Department for Education and Public Health England. Attendees will often vary depending on the agenda to be discussed.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/07/2018 11:57:03 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening

934718

registered interest
date	04/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Airports: National Policy Statements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what dates special advisers of his Department (a) met and (b) exchanged corresponded with (i) Ministers, (ii) special advisers and (iii) officials of HM Treasury from June 2017 in relation to the Airports National Policy Statement and accompanying documents and analysis.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Justine Greening
uin	160721
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>Special advisers may engage with Government colleagues on a wide range of issues from time to time, and act in accordance with the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers.</p><p> </p><p>More broadly, I would note that all Departmental representatives involved in any discussions prior to the designation of the Airports National Policy Statement will have followed the propriety arrangements set out in Engaging with Stakeholders: Statement of Approach by Ministers and Officials dealing with the revised draft Airports National Policy Statement, which is published online:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/653867/engaging-with-stakeholders-statement-of-approach-revised-draft-airports-nps.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/653867/engaging-with-stakeholders-statement-of-approach-revised-draft-airports-nps.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/07/2018 12:05:37 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening

934719

registered interest
date	04/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Airports: National Policy Statements
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date officials of his Department gave their final advice to Ministers of his Department on Public Service Obligations in relation to the (a) draft-original, (b) draft-revised and (c) final Airports National Policy Statement; and from which directorate that advice was received.
tabling member constituency	Putney
tabling member printed	Justine Greening
uin	160722
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has set out a clear commitment that Public Service Obligations would be imposed, if required, to boost and retain connectivity from an expanded Heathrow Airport. This will complement the requirements in the Airports National Policy Statement for Heathrow to work with airlines to strengthen existing routes and introduce new connections.</p><p> </p><p>As per the usual process, final advice was provided to the Secretary of State, and was subject to cross Whitehall agreement, ahead of the (a) draft Airport National Policy Statement; (b) revised draft Airports National Policy Statement; and (c) proposed Airports National Policy Statement being laid before Parliament. This advice was provided on the following dates: (a) 15 December 2016; (b) 20 October 2017 and (c) 22 May 2018.</p><p> </p><p>The Airport Expansion and Aviation, Maritime and Analysis Directorate and the Aviation Directorate respectively provide regular advice, as appropriate, to Ministers on domestic connectivity, including on Public Service Obligations. The future use of Public Service Obligations and Government’s ambition on domestic connectivity more generally will be detailed in the Aviation Strategy Green Paper towards the end of the year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/07/2018 14:30:02 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1555 label Biography information for Justine Greening