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999189

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	M20: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the accident figures on the M20 motorway between Junctions 8 and 9 for September and October (a) 2018 and (b) 2017 and (c) 2016.
tabling member constituency	Ashford
tabling member printed	Damian Green
uin	186152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2018 answer text <p>There were 9 collisions on the M20 between Junction 8 and 9 (both directions) during September and October 2016.</p><p> </p><p>There were 6 collisions on the M20 between Junction 8 and 9 (both directions) during September and October 2017.</p><p> </p><p>No validated collisions data exists for 2018. This will be available in 2019.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/11/2018 15:02:05 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	76 label Biography information for Damian Green

999190

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	M20: Repairs and Maintenance
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 progress of road works on the M20 between Junctions 3 and 6; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ashford
tabling member printed	Damian Green
uin	186153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2018 answer text <p>Work to upgrade the M20 between junctions 3 and 5 to a smart motorway began in March 2018. The scheme is estimated to be open for traffic in March 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The main construction milestones for the M20 smart motorway scheme are on track to be met. These include works within the verge and central reserve to be completed by the end of November 2019.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 09/11/2018 10:56:38 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	76 label Biography information for Damian Green

999235

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Speed Limits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 20 December 2017 to Question 120798 on Speed Limits, when he plans to publish the final Atkins report on 20mph limit (signed only) zones; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	186325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department commissioned the three-year research project on the effectiveness of 20mph speed limit schemes in June 2014. The research project was subsequently extended to allow for the inclusion of an additional piece of research to compare speed data from 20mph roads with 30mph roads.</p><p> </p><p>Officials have had regular discussions and meetings throughout the research project with Atkins, Aecom and Professor Mike Maher, who were commissioned to carry out the research.</p><p> </p><p>The Department plans to publish the final report later this year.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 186326 186327 question first answered 05/11/2018 10:58:55 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

999236

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Speed Limits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons the Atkins report on the effectiveness of 20mph speed limit (signed only) schemes has not yet been published.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	186326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department commissioned the three-year research project on the effectiveness of 20mph speed limit schemes in June 2014. The research project was subsequently extended to allow for the inclusion of an additional piece of research to compare speed data from 20mph roads with 30mph roads.</p><p> </p><p>Officials have had regular discussions and meetings throughout the research project with Atkins, Aecom and Professor Mike Maher, who were commissioned to carry out the research.</p><p> </p><p>The Department plans to publish the final report later this year.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 186325 186327 question first answered 05/11/2018 10:58:55 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

999238

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Speed Limits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions his Department has had since 2014 with (a) Atkins, (b) Aecom and (c) Professor Mike Maher on the research it commissioned on the effectiveness of 20mph speed limit (signed only) schemes.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	186327
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department commissioned the three-year research project on the effectiveness of 20mph speed limit schemes in June 2014. The research project was subsequently extended to allow for the inclusion of an additional piece of research to compare speed data from 20mph roads with 30mph roads.</p><p> </p><p>Officials have had regular discussions and meetings throughout the research project with Atkins, Aecom and Professor Mike Maher, who were commissioned to carry out the research.</p><p> </p><p>The Department plans to publish the final report later this year.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 186325 186326 question first answered 05/11/2018 10:58:55 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty

999346

registered interest
date	31/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Yorkshire and the Humber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 65 of the Budget 2018 Red Book, what proportion of the £430 million to be allocated to road maintenance including potholes is planned to be spent in (a) Barnsley, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) Yorkshire and the Humber.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	186324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The Chancellor of the Exchequer announced in the Budget 2018 that a further £420 million was being made available to local highway authorities in England, outside London, to maintain their local road network, including the repair of potholes. The Department will shortly publish details of the individual funding allocations we are making available.</p><p> </p><p>This funding is in addition to just over £6 billion the Department is allocating to highway authorities for local highway maintenance from 2015 to 2021.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 05/11/2018 13:41:52 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

997594

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Pollinators: Conservation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps (a) his Department and (b) agencies of his Department have taken to support the National Pollinator Strategy on (i) roads (ii) railway lines.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	185806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2018 answer text <p>The Highways England Biodiversity Plan (2015-2020) includes support for the National Pollinator Strategy. This covers such things as the creation and restoration of species-rich grasslands, both on the green verges of the Strategic Road Network and as part of the construction of new schemes.</p><p>Network Rail is exploring opportunities to create new pollinator habitats across its estate. A range of initiatives are aimed at protecting pollinators, such as the Green Transport Corridors Project in Cumbria and South Yorkshire</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 07/11/2018 10:24:15 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

997645

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Airspace
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 effect of changing Class E airspace to transponder mandatory zones on the operation of gliding clubs in the UK.
tabling member constituency	South East Cornwall
tabling member printed	Mrs Sheryll Murray
uin	185594
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>There has been no assessment of the potential impacts of changing Class E airspace to transponder mandatory zones. Any such assessments are a matter for the independent Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).</p><p> </p><p>However, as the Government continues to modernise our airspace, it needs to be mindful of longer term changes that will have an impact on wider airspace management. This includes the increasing need to enable the safe integration, rather than segregation, of all aircraft. This is why, as part of the Aviation Strategy, the department is working with the CAA to explore a new policy on mandating electronic identification for all users.</p><p> </p><p>All proposals to change the UK’s airspace design will need to be assessed according to the CAA’s own airspace change process which is set out in CAP1616. This includes the need to consult with all who may be affected by the proposal including members of the gliding community and other general aviation airspace users.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 185595 question first answered 05/11/2018 11:16:22 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4100 label Biography information for Mrs Sheryll Murray

997647

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Airspace
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 potential effect of changing Class E airspace to transponder mandatory zones on access to airspace for general aviation traffic.
tabling member constituency	South East Cornwall
tabling member printed	Mrs Sheryll Murray
uin	185595
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>There has been no assessment of the potential impacts of changing Class E airspace to transponder mandatory zones. Any such assessments are a matter for the independent Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).</p><p> </p><p>However, as the Government continues to modernise our airspace, it needs to be mindful of longer term changes that will have an impact on wider airspace management. This includes the increasing need to enable the safe integration, rather than segregation, of all aircraft. This is why, as part of the Aviation Strategy, the department is working with the CAA to explore a new policy on mandating electronic identification for all users.</p><p> </p><p>All proposals to change the UK’s airspace design will need to be assessed according to the CAA’s own airspace change process which is set out in CAP1616. This includes the need to consult with all who may be affected by the proposal including members of the gliding community and other general aviation airspace users.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 185594 question first answered 05/11/2018 11:16:22 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4100 label Biography information for Mrs Sheryll Murray

997655

registered interest
date	30/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Public Transport: Deeside Industrial Park
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 25 October to Question 182105, if he will allocate funding (a) to accelerate the improvement in public transport links between Birkenhead and the Deeside Industrial Park and (b) for the provision of interim additional bus services between those destinations.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	185529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2018 answer text <p>The provision of improved local public transport links between Birkenhead and the Deeside Industrial Park, including additional bus services, is an issue for the Liverpool City Region Mayoral Combined Authority, as local transport authority, to consider. The Government is providing significant funding to the Combined Authority to improve local transport through its Growth and Devolution Deals. In addition, the recent Budget increased the Metro Mayor’s Transforming Cities Fund allocation by £38.5 million to £172.5 million for investment in local sustainable transport priorities, including bus. Improvements to local rail links are included in the new Wales and Borders franchise let by the Welsh Government.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 05/11/2018 13:20:18 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead