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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

992734

registered interest
date	22/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Deeside Industrial Park
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 public transport links between Birkenhead and the Deeside Industrial Park.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	182105
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2018 answer text <p>Public transport links will be improved by the commitment in the new Wales and Borders franchise let by the Welsh Government to improve service frequency on this line, with refurbished trains, from 2021. In addition, the Department for Transport is providing the necessary funding to develop a strategic outline business case for improvements to rail journey times between Wrexham and Bidston.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/10/2018 13:28:27 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

982649

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Mersey Tunnels: Debts
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 the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority on the repayment of debt on the Mersey Tunnels.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	175980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The management, operation and funding of the Mersey Tunnels is the responsibility of the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority. The Secretary of State has not held any recent discussions with the Combined Authority on the repayment of the debt associated with those Tunnels.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/10/2018 12:00:43 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

938544

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Community Transport: Older People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department's consultation on the use of section 19 and section 22 permits for road passenger transport in Great Britain, published on 8 February 2018, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that new guidance for community transport operators does not lead to the closure of transport schemes for older people.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	162997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2018 answer text <p>Departmental officials are analysing responses to the Government’s consultation on the use of section 19 and section 22 permits for road passenger transport in Great Britain. This includes considering the responses received from community transport operators that provide services for older people. The Government’s response will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 18/07/2018 14:34:21 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

894951

registered interest
date	30/04/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Buses: Tyres
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of existing legislation in ensuring coaches are fitted with tyres and wheels that are safe and do not expose passengers to undue risk of harm.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	139398
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2018 answer text <p>The United Kingdom has some of the safest roads in the world. Statistics show that, on a mile for mile basis, buses and coaches are more than six times safer than passenger cars.</p><p> </p><p>Legislation is already in place governing the approval of new vehicles and their components, the authorisation of vehicle operators and the regular inspection and maintenance of vehicles to ensure their roadworthiness. The Department for Transport has commissioned new research that is investigating the effect of age on the integrity of coach tyres and this will be used to inform policy. A decision on whether to review the legislation on tyres will be taken once the findings of the research are available.</p><p> </p><p>In the meantime, and on a precautionary basis, the Department for Transport has issued guidance to every bus and coach operator in Great Britain that tyres aged 10-years or more should not be used on the front axle of a bus or a coach. The evidence so far has been that this highly effective.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 03/05/2018 14:32:52 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

809881

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Concessions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of introducing free bus passes for young people aged between 18 and 25 leaving care.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	120501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>The Department acknowledges the Rt Hon Member’s concern, but it has not undertaken, and has no plans to undertake, any estimates of free bus passes specifically for young people leaving care.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/12/2017 14:04:06 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

804402

registered interest
date	11/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Mersey Tunnels: Tolls
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many discussions he has had with the Mayor of the Liverpool City Region on the levels at which Mersey Tunnel Tolls are set; and what the outcome of those discussions has been.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	118521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/12/2017 answer text <p>The ownership and operation of the Mersey Tunnels is a matter for the Liverpool City Region Mayoral Combined Authority. This includes decisions on the tolling of the Tunnels in accordance with the Mersey Tunnels Act 2004. As a consequence, Department for Transport Ministers have not had any discussions with the Metro Mayor on Tunnel Tolls.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 14/12/2017 15:52:10 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

768190

registered interest
date	10/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what his Department's estimate is of the amount of EU legislation and regulation that can be incorporated into UK law without amendment.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	107012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/10/2017 answer text <p>The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill will convert European Union law into UK law as it applies in the UK at the moment of exit. This will ensure that, wherever possible, the same rules and laws will apply the day after exit as they did before.</p><p> </p><p>The Government is still making a detailed assessment of what corrections will be required to make that law function appropriately on exit day. The Department for Exiting the European Union are working closely with departments across Government to ensure we make the changes required to deliver a functioning statute book on exit in the most efficient manner possible.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 18/10/2017 12:23:06 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

765564

registered interest
date	06/10/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services
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 guidance for local and regional transport authorities on the implementation of the Bus Services Act 2017.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	105843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2017 answer text <p>The Department plans to publish the guidance this autumn.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 16/10/2017 15:18:48 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead