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776026

registered interest
date	23/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	A417
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to publish the feasibility studies for the A417 missing link.
tabling member constituency	The Cotswolds
tabling member printed	Geoffrey Clifton-Brown
uin	109019
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/10/2017 answer text <p>Highways England is developing its proposals that consider both the environmental sensitivity of the site and the importance of the route. An options consultation is to take place in the coming months.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 30/10/2017 16:28:01 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	249 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown

776033

registered interest
date	23/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Per Capita Costs
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 by the Secretary of State for Transport of 19 October 2017, Official Report, column 975, what evidence there is that per-head transport investment in London is not 10 times greater than in Yorkshire and the Humber; and if he will publish per-head transport investment for each NUTS 1 region of England.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	108962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>Historic per-head transport investment for each NUTS 1 region of England is already published in Her Majesty Treasury’s Country and Regional Analysis data.</p><p> </p><p>Analysis using the most recent Country and Regional Analysis (November 2016) shows that in 2015-16 transport investment per head by the Department for Transport in London was less than double that in Yorkshire and the Humber, at £285 in London and £168 in Yorkshire and the Humber.</p><p> </p><p>A number of factors make precise analysis and comparisons difficult. It is not always possible to allocate spending accurately on a project that crosses many regions, such as HS2. Projects of national significance such as Crossrail, which is the largest infrastructure project in Europe, can alone distort these figures significantly. An analysis of regional spend per head of resident population would not necessarily take into account the pressure that large numbers of commuters and visitors from outside of a region can add to a region’s transport networks.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, larger and more densely built-up areas tend to make greater use of mass public transport systems. For example, in 2015/16 there were 537 million rail journeys within the London area compared to 142 million in the North. Investment by the Department is made based on a fair and rigorous process designed to ensure that spending goes where it is most needed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 26/10/2017 15:12:15 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

776075

registered interest
date	23/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Taxis: Grants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to increase the value of the plug-in taxi grant available to taxi drivers.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Zac Goldsmith
uin	109044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>The Plug in Taxi Grant (PITG) was announced in March 2017. This will provide support to taxi drivers purchasing new ultra low emission taxis of up to £7,500. The first eligible vehicles to be able to claim the PITG are expected to come to market shortly. We are keeping PITG support levels under review.</p><p> </p><p>For private hire vehicles the existing Plug in Car Grant of up to £4,500 is already available to support the take up of ultra low emission vehicles (ULEVs) used as taxis.</p><p> </p><p>To provide further support for ULEV taxis the Government is supporting 10 local authorities with £14m of funding to install dedicated chargepoint infrastructure to encourage taxi drivers to purchase new zero emissions vehicles.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 109042 question first answered 26/10/2017 14:51:39 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4062 label Biography information for Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park

776229

registered interest
date	23/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: Per Capita Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department plans to spend on transport infrastructure per capita in each region for the three years from 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	109060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>A meaningful regional breakdown of infrastructure investment is difficult due to the nature of many transport projects, which traverse multiple regions. The Infrastructure Projects Authority (IPA) publishes a forward-looking pipeline of planned projects, including transport programmes by region. However, this includes a number of projects that have not been allocated to regions, and, by value, around 60% have not been allocated to an individual region because they relate to schemes that cover multiple regions or programmes that will be spread across the whole country, such as HS2. A link to the current IPA published data is below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-infrastructure-and-construction-pipeline-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-infrastructure-and-construction-pipeline-2016</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 26/10/2017 14:23:22 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

774342

registered interest
date	20/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Litter
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to introduce a key performance indicator for litter in the Road Investment Strategy.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	108909
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2017 answer text <p>We are in the process of developing the second Road Investment Strategy with Highways England.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 27/10/2017 10:12:20 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

773068

registered interest
date	18/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people over the age of 18 hold a driving licence in each parliamentary constituency and local authority area.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	108513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>Officials have advised that this information is not held in the format requested and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><p>The link below provides data already published on the number of driving licences held in Great Britain by age and by postcode.</p><p><a href="https://data.gov.uk/dataset/driving-licence-data" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/dataset/driving-licence-data</a></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 26/10/2017 11:19:40 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

773299

registered interest
date	18/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Registration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of SORN vehicles that remain on public highways after being clamped by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	108459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>No estimate has been made on the number of unlicensed vehicles that remain on the public road with a Statutory off Road Notification (SORN) after being clamped by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA). However, we expect the majority of these vehicles to have been licensed or moved off the public highway.</p><p> </p><p>Any vehicles remaining unlicensed on the public highway risk being clamped again. When a vehicle is clamped by the DVLA for being unlicensed and with a SORN in force the keeper is required to relicense the vehicle or pay a surety in order for the clamp to be removed. If no action is taken, then the vehicle is removed from the public highway to a pound within 72 hours.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities and the police can also clamp and impound unlicensed or abandoned vehicles.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/10/2017 12:16:24 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

773301

registered interest
date	18/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Registration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to review the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency's powers to take action on SORN vehicles left on public highways.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	108458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2017 answer text <p>There are no current plans to review the Statutory off Road Notification process.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/10/2017 12:19:44 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

773303

registered interest
date	18/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport
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 improve transport connectivity between the north east and the rest of England.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
uin	108424
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2017 answer text <p>The Government is committed to improving connectivity within the North of England, and between the North and the rest of England. Once the £380m scheme to upgrade the A1 between Leeming and Barton is completed in spring 2018, there will be a continuous motorway link between London and Tyne and Wear. The £61m Coal House to Metro Centre improvement scheme has already improved journey times on the A1 Newcastle Gateshead Western Bypass, and further phases are under development, along with a scheme to dual more of the A1 in Northumberland. East to west connectivity will be improved by the commitment to complete the dualling of the A66 and improve junctions on the A69 around Hexham.</p><p> </p><p>Rail connectivity will be improved by the new Northern and TransPennine Express franchises, which will provide new trains, more than 500 new carriages, room for 40,000 extra passengers and more than 2,000 extra services a week, by 2020. As part of this, the frequency of Transpennine trains between Newcastle and York/Leeds/Manchester will increase from one to two trains per hour. Services on the East Coast Main Line will be improved in 2018 when the introduction of new Azuma trains will provide over 12,000 extra seats.</p><p> </p><p>The Department awaits Transport for the North’s draft Strategic Transport Plan which will set out their aims for further improving transport connectivity in the North.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 26/10/2017 14:14:32 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn

773312

registered interest
date	18/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transport: North East
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much was spent on improving (a) road networks and (b) other transport infrastructure in (i) Jarrow constituency, (ii) South Tyneside and (iii) the North East in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
uin	108534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2017 answer text <p>Figures on public sector spend at a regional and national level are part of the Government’s Country and Regional Analysis (CRA) statistics. These statistics attempt to allocate the spending according to where the benefits of that spend are accrued. Inevitably however allocations are not always precise.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics for total public expenditure for the North East of England are given for roads and other transport in table 1 below. Table 2 provides the equivalent statistics for public <em>capital</em> expenditure, which could be considered a better proxy for spending on improvements specifically.</p><p> </p><p>It should be noted however that the Department’s focus is on delivering outcomes for people rather than how much is spent. Investment decisions are made based on a rigorous and fair appraisal process that ensures spending goes to the projects and programmes where it is most needed and will have the most benefit.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="10"><p><strong>Total public sector expenditure on transport: North East, from 2011-12</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong><em>£millions</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2011-12</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2012-13</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2015-16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Roads<sup>1,2</sup></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>316.8</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>246.7</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>278.1</p></td><td><p>349.3</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>396.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other transport<sup>2</sup></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>262.4</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>279.4</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>276.0</p></td><td><p>267.2</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>387.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><p>1. Includes expenditure on locally managed roads as well as national trunk roads.</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><p>2. Includes spend on transport by all public sector organisations (including Local Authorities and Public Corporations)</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Table 2.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="10"><p><strong>Public sector capital expenditure on transport : North East, from 2011-12</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong><em>£millions</em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2011-12</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2012-13</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2015-16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Roads<sup>1,2</sup></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>178.4</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>120.1</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>164.4</p></td><td><p>244.5</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>281.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other transport<sup>2</sup></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>157.3</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>169.1</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>163.5</p></td><td><p>171.5</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>197.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="3"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><p>1. Includes expenditure on locally managed roads as well as national trunk roads.</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="9"><p>2. Includes spend on transport by all public sector organisations (including Local Authorities and Public Corporations)</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>This information is available for government office regions only, and therefore is unavailable for (i) Jarrow constituency and (ii) South Tyneside.</p><p> </p><p>There is also an element of private investment into transport that is not captured by the CRA statistics. Information on private investment is not held by the Department.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/10/2017 14:43:44 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn