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819018

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Community Transport
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 his Department's consultation on the future of community transport connections, and the effect of new EU regulations on that transport.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
uin	121695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Transport will be consulting on the issue and use of section 19 and section 22 permits under the Transport Act 1985 shortly.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/01/2018 15:11:30 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

819029

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Databases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he has plans to make an assessment of the effectiveness of the DVLA’s current cost recovery model for fees levied to access driver records by private parking operators.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
uin	121706
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency keeps the cost recovery model for the fees levied for data release to private parking companies under regular review.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/01/2018 15:14:30 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

819084

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Travel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the percentage change in real terms of the average cost to the individual of travelling by (a) private car, (b) bus, (c) train and (d) domestic aeroplane since (i) 1980, (ii) 1997, (iii) 2010 and (iv) 2015.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	121761
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Transport publishes statistics on travel costs, based on data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), in the Transport Statistics Great Britain compendium, table 1308.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Real terms change in cost of transport</strong></p></td><td><p>Motoring, including the purchase of a vehicle</p></td><td><p>Bus and coach fares</p></td><td><p>Rail fares</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(1) Between 1980 and 2016</p></td><td><p>-20%</p></td><td><p>+64%</p></td><td><p>+63%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(2) Between 1997 and 2016</p></td><td><p>-16%</p></td><td><p>+33%</p></td><td><p>+23%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(3) Between 2010 and 2016</p></td><td><p>-10%</p></td><td><p>+7%</p></td><td><p>+5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(4) Between 2015 and 2016</p></td><td><p>-0.3%</p></td><td><p>+2%</p></td><td><p>-1%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>(d) The costs of travelling by air are not available from ONS data. However estimates are available based on fare data from the Civil Aviation Authority passenger survey from 2000. The real cost of the average UK one-way air fare, including taxes and charges, covering domestic flights from 2010 to 2016 decreased by an estimated 21%. From 2015 to 2016 the real cost decreased by an estimated 6%.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/01/2018 15:17:33 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

819088

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Commuters: West Midlands
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 people who travel to work by (a) car, (b) bus and (c) rail in (I) the West Midlands and (ii) Coventry.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	121765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The number of people who usually travelled to work by car, bus and rail in the West Midlands and Coventry in 2016 are given in the table below (based on the Labour Force Survey). The rail figure for Coventry cannot be estimated reliably due to insufficient sample size.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>Car</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Bus<sup>1</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Rail<sup>2</sup></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>West Midlands</strong></p></td><td><p>2,124,000</p></td><td><p>160,000</p></td><td><p>87,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Coventry</strong></p></td><td><p>122,000</p></td><td><p>17,000</p></td><td><p>*</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>1 Also includes coaches.</p><p>2 Includes national rail, underground, light railway systems and trams.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 15/01/2018 12:25:21 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

819089

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: West Midlands
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 road safety in (a) the West Midlands (b) Coventry.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	121766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The British Road Safety Statement sets out the Government’s commitment to improve road safety and reduce the number of people killed or injured on the roads every year.</p><p> </p><p>In 2017/18 the Department allocated £31.383 million to the West Midlands through the Integrated Transport Block for capital investment in small transport improvement projects, including road safety. £17.618 million of that is going to the West Midlands Combined Authority, of which Coventry is a member.</p><p> </p><p>For maintenance of the local road network in 2017/18 the Department has allocated £95.523 million to the West Midlands, with £15.879 million of that going to the West Midlands Combined Authority.</p><p> </p><p>It is for each authority to decide how it allocates its resources and which transport improvement projects to support.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 15/01/2018 12:11:45 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

819166

registered interest
date	09/01/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cars: Overseas Trade
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many cars were (a) imported and (b) exported by air freight over the past year.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	121843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The Department for Transport does not collect or keep possession of data pertaining to the number of cars imported or exported by air freight.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 15/01/2018 12:05:59 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

818650

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	London Midland: Passengers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many passengers travelled to London from Coventry during peak hours on London Midlands trains in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	121414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>There are no published statistics on the number of passengers travelling on London Midland’s train services from Coventry to London in the last 12 months.</p><p> </p><p>Rail passenger journeys statistics by train operator are available on the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) data portal at the following link. The latest data are also attached: <a href="http://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/displayreport/report/html/2b2e2c38-c822-4e1f-9fb4-b049b3c13899" target="_blank">http://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/displayreport/report/html/2b2e2c38-c822-4e1f-9fb4-b049b3c13899</a>.</p><p> </p><p>ORR also publish Estimates of Station Usage, which gives annual totals for all passengers entering and exiting each station on Great Britain’s rail network, on the following page. The latest data are also attached:</p><p><a href="http://orr.gov.uk/statistics/published-stats/station-usage-estimates" target="_blank">http://orr.gov.uk/statistics/published-stats/station-usage-estimates</a></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman attachment 1 file name 121414 - ORR Statistics - Passenger Journeys by TOC.xls title ORR Stats - Passenger Journeys by TOC 2 file name 121414 - estimates-of-station-usage-2016-17.xlsx title Estimates of Station Usage 2016-17 question first answered 11/01/2018 14:44:12 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

818706

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Transforming Cities Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much money from the Transforming Cities Fund his Department plans to allocate to each NUTS 1 region.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	121470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>Half of the Transforming Cities Fund will be allocated to the six mayoral combined authorities on a per capita basis. These are:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Combined Authority</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Amount </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p>£243m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridgeshire and Peterborough</p></td><td><p>£74m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>£250m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tees Valley</p></td><td><p>£59m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West of England</p></td><td><p>£80m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool City Region</p></td><td><p>£134m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£840m</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The remainder of the fund will be allocated to other major cities in England via a competitive process. Further details of this process will be announced shortly.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/01/2018 14:53:48 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

818723

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
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 the timetable is for the introduction of new funding for the major road network.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	121487
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>On 23<sup>rd</sup> December 2017 the Department launched a consultation on ‘Proposals for the creation of a Major Road Network’. This consultation will close on 19<sup>th</sup> March 2018.</p><p> </p><p>A formal consultation response will be published during summer 2018 prior to the launch of the Major Road Network (MRN) programme before the end of the year.</p><p> </p><p>The MRN will receive a dedicated portion of the National Roads Fund which will be established in 2020/21.</p><p> </p><p>The Department will consider whether there is a need to identify schemes for early entry to the MRN Investment Programme.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/01/2018 11:04:17 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

818745

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Patients: Travel
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 21 December 2017 to Question 119952, whether the Government revised Accessibility Action Plan will make specific reference to the issues that face disabled people while attending hospital appointments.
tabling member constituency	Hove
tabling member printed	Peter Kyle
uin	121509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>The final Accessibility Action Plan will set out the Government’s updated plans for making transport more inclusive so that disabled people can travel more confidently.</p><p>The Department is aware that transport to hospital appointments is an area of particular concern to many disabled people, and the Department plans to write to the Department of Health and Social Care on this matter shortly.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/01/2018 14:50:14 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4505 label Biography information for Peter Kyle