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947372

registered interest
date	24/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department has allocated to Nexus in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
uin	167910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2018 answer text <p>The Department has provided Nexus Metro with significant funding every year. The specific amounts covering capital and revenue funding are:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2010/2011</p></td><td><p>£ 60,641,372</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/2012</p></td><td><p>£ 59,594,546</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/2013</p></td><td><p>£ 57,787,939</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/2014</p></td><td><p>£ 57,222,753</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/2015</p></td><td><p>£ 52,423,624</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/2016</p></td><td><p>£ 57,057,851</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/2017</p></td><td><p>£ 56,771,798</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/2018</p></td><td><p>£ 49,311,586</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/2019 *</p></td><td><p>£ 49,248,356</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* Grant claimed based upon estimated figure</p><p> </p><p>Note that the grant payable since 2010/11 has been subject to indexation and taking account of expected efficiencies.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, in the 2017 Autumn Budget, the Chancellor announced a £337m direct grant to deliver a new fleet of trains for the Tyne and Wear Metro.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 07/09/2018 10:45:26 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn

945587

registered interest
date	20/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Tyne and Wear Metro: Rolling Stock
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has held with Nexus on the proposed replacement of the Tyne and Wear Metro train fleet.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
uin	166460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2018 answer text <p>In the Autumn 2017 Budget the Chancellor of the Exchequer announced a direct grant of £337m to invest in new fleet for the Tyne &amp; Wear Metro. Nexus provide the Department for Transport with regular updates on this procurement work as part of its regular reporting. Nexus are responsible for the management of the procurement, delivery and rollout of the new fleet of trains.</p><p /><p /> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/07/2018 15:06:51 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn

932790

registered interest
date	29/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Heathrow Airport: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that the proposed plans to construct a third runway at Heathrow Airport benefits North East England.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
uin	158968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2018 answer text <p>Expansion at Heathrow will benefit the North East, both specifically through the commitment to reserve about 15 per cent of new slots being used for domestic routes, and more generally through the new economic growth and thousands of new jobs that Heathrow has estimated will be created across the country.</p><p> </p><p>Following designation of the Airports National Policy Statement on 26 June, the Department for Transport published the Relationship Framework Document which sets out how the Department and Heathrow Airport Limited will work together in future, collaboratively and constructively to deliver the strategic objectives and benefits of expansion. The Relationship Framework Document can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/heathrow-airport-expansion-relationship-framework-document" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/heathrow-airport-expansion-relationship-framework-document</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 06/07/2018 12:48:15 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn

922504

registered interest
date	12/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Tyne and Wear Metro: Rolling Stock
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with Nexus on the (a) procurement, (b) delivery and (c) roll-out of the new fleet of trains for the Tyne and Wear Metro.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
uin	152660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2018 answer text <p>Nexus provide the Department for Transport with regular updates on this procurement work as part of its regular reporting. Nexus are responsible for the management of the procurement, delivery and rollout of the new fleet of trains.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 152661 question first answered 20/06/2018 13:52:29 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn

922505

registered interest
date	12/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Tyne and Wear Metro: Rolling Stock
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 ensure that the proposed new fleet of Metro rolling stock will be introduced onto the network by 2021.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
uin	152661
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2018 answer text <p>Nexus provide the Department for Transport with regular updates on this procurement work as part of its regular reporting. Nexus are responsible for the management of the procurement, delivery and rollout of the new fleet of trains.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 152660 question first answered 20/06/2018 13:52:29 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn

917067

registered interest
date	04/06/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Tyne and Wear
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support his Department has provide to (a) South Tyneside and (b) Gateshead local authorities for the repair and maintenance of potholes.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
uin	149617
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government has provided South Tyneside Local Highway Authority £6.567 million from 2015/16 to 2018/19 for local highways maintenance. This funding includes £0.417 million from the Pothole Action Fund to allow the repair of potholes or stop them forming in the first place.</p><p> </p><p>The Government has provided Gateshead Local Highway Authority £11.478 million from 2015/16 to 2018/19 for local highways maintenance. This funding includes £0.626 million from the Pothole Action Fund.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport announced in January 2017 that it is undertaking an innovative trial on the way potholes are identified and managed, working in partnership with Thurrock, York and Wiltshire councils and two private sector SMEs, Soenecs and Gaist. This trial allows high-definition cameras to be mounted to refuse collection vehicles and by deploying innovative intelligent software will identify road surface problems before they become potholes. The trial recently won an award for the best use of new technology in the highways sector.</p><p> </p><p>The Government announced in March 2018 that it is investing more than £900,000 in innovations using connected vehicles to help councils manage and plan maintenance works more efficiently. These trials will ultimately help to provide councils with data to enable them to repair potholes before they occur as well as to maintain their other assets more effectively as part of their asset management plans.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Transport is also providing funding to the Association of Directors of Environment, Economy, Planning and Transport (ADEPT) to work on technological and innovative improvements to future-proof the local road network.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/06/2018 14:53:31 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn

897983

registered interest
date	04/05/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	A19: Accidents
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 5 March 2018 to Question 129752 on A19: Accidents, if he will publish the information for 2017.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
uin	141321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2018 answer text <p>Figures for 2017 will be published later this year.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/05/2018 11:45:36 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn

897984

registered interest
date	04/05/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	A19: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will undertake a review of road safety on the A19.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
uin	141322
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2018 answer text <p>Safety is a key priority for Highways England and it keeps the safety of its roads is under continuous review. Since 2011, safety improvements have been delivered at several locations on the A19, involving improvements to traffic signals and road markings, provision of additional road capacity to reduce congestion, and improved facilities for pedestrians and cyclists.</p><p> </p><p>The Road Investment Strategy for 2015-2020, announced three schemes for delivery on the A19. These are projected to save at least 380 casualties over a 60-year period.</p><p> </p><p>In 2017, the Department for Transport announced a scheme to install signals at the junction of A19 and A179 at Sheraton, in order to address an important local congestion and safety issue.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/05/2018 10:59:16 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn

850180

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Tyne and Wear Metro: Rolling Stock
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress he has made on the procurement, delivery and rollout of the new fleet of trains for the Tyne and Wear Metro.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
uin	129748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>Nexus are responsible for the management of the procurement, delivery and rollout of the new fleet of trains. Nexus provide the Department for Transport with regular updates on this procurement work as part of its regular reporting.</p><p> </p><p>The Periodic Indicative Notice (PIN) for the procurement of the new fleet by Nexus was published on 25 January 2018.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 05/03/2018 08:31:39 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn

850184

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	A19: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of collisions on the A19 road in the North East.
tabling member constituency	Jarrow
tabling member printed	Mr Stephen Hepburn
uin	129752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is set out in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Section</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A19 Seaton Burn to Tyne Tunnel</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fatal</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Serious</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slight</p></td><td><p>62</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A19 Tyne Tunnel to A181</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fatal</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Serious</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slight</p></td><td><p>94</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>102</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A19: A181 to Tees Crossing</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fatal</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Serious</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slight</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>A19: Tees Crossing down to A168</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fatal</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Serious</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slight</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>56</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 05/03/2018 08:28:12 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	520 label Biography information for Mr Stephen Hepburn