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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

934247

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	A14: Kettering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the number of vehicles which use the A14 between junctions 7 and 9 around Kettering each day; what the average speed is of those vehicles along that stretch of the A14; and what proportion of those vehicles are HGVs.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	160150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>The number of vehicles using the A14 between junctions 7 and 9 each day, their speed and the proportion of which HGVs are set out in the table below.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table showing data for the period 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018:</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Location</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of vehicles each day </strong><strong>(note 1)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Average speed in miles per hour </strong><strong>(note 2)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Proportion of HGVs</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A14 westbound between J9 and J8</p></td><td><p>35,136</p></td><td><p>63</p></td><td><p>17%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A14 eastbound between J8 and J9</p></td><td><p>36,864</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>16%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A14 westbound between J8 and J7</p></td><td><p>39,936</p></td><td><p>62</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A14 eastbound between J7 and J8</p></td><td><p>35,424</p></td><td><p>65</p></td><td><p>N/A</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><ol><li>The number of vehicles each day is the Annual Average Daily Traffic flow.</li><li>The average speed is for a typical mid-week (Wednesday).</li></ol><p> </p><p> </p><p>The HGV proportion data is not available between junctions 7 and 8 in both directions for the period 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018. However, the HGV proportion for 1 January 2017 to 31 December 2017 is 26 per cent between junctions 7 and 8 and 24 per cent between junctions 8 and 7.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/07/2018 13:35:26 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

934294

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Speed Limits: Cameras
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has plans for the roll-out of speed cameras that use satellites to measure average speed over long distances.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	160374
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2018 answer text <p>Speed cameras on the local road network are a matter for the local traffic authority and the police.</p><p> </p><p>Highways England are responsible for the strategic road network in England and have no current plans for the roll-out of speed cameras that use satellites to measure average speed over long distances on their roads.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 10/07/2018 10:02:38 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

934311

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Airspace: Greater London
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 the changes proposed in the London Airspace Management Programme Phase 1A to be fully implemented.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Luke Pollard
uin	160384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2018 answer text <p>The changes proposed in the London Airspace Management Programme Phase 1A were implemented on 4<sup>th</sup> February 2016, but are subject to final review by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), which is expected to be completed later this year.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is working with the CAA and NATS to develop a plan for wider airspace modernisation across southern England, which is expected to be implemented by the mid-2020s.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 10/07/2018 14:12:40 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4682 label Biography information for Luke Pollard

934369

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many pilots were trained in the UK in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	160169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2018 answer text <p>The table below shows the number of pilots who had an initial UK licence issued each year according to the Civil Aviation Authority’s records.</p><p> </p><p>Year Number of pilots.</p><p>2015 3670</p><p>2016 3609</p><p>2017 4193</p><p> </p><p>Figures for the number of pilots trained in the UK are not available. Applicants for a UK pilot’s licence are not necessarily trained in the UK, and many pilots come to the UK for training but will have a licence issued by their own national aviation authority.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 10/07/2018 14:09:21 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

934429

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Large Goods Vehicle Drivers: Sanitation
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 address the shortage of sanitary facilities available to HGV drivers throughout the UK.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	160365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2018 answer text <p>The Health and Safety Executive has clarified that sanitary facilities must be made available to visiting drivers, such as those delivering at distribution centres. It intends to publish revised guidance to this effect later this year. The Department will continue to work with stakeholders and the Health and Safety Executive to ensure that the change is effectively communicated to relevant parties.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Department is working to increase the availability of formal overnight lorry parking, with adequate driver welfare facilities. Ministers have written to local planning authorities to draw attention to the shortage in certain areas and Highways England are reviewing landholdings that could be suitable for development as lorry parking.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 10/07/2018 09:59:05 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds