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1050111

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has in place to ensure that Highways England takes steps to reduce levels of nitrogen dioxide on the strategic road network which exceed statutory limits.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
uin	213392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government’s plans are set out in the 2017 Air Quality Strategy and Highways England are working to deliver compliance with air quality limits in the shortest possible time. Specifically, Highways England are taking a number of steps to improve air quality on the roads they manage and are working with local authorities to reduce NO2 on their roads. This activity is supported by the £100m Air Quality Designated Fund.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 31/01/2019 09:02:10 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

1050112

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps Highways England is taking to reduce levels of nitrogen dioxide on the strategic road network which exceed statutory limits.
tabling member constituency	Workington
tabling member printed	Sue Hayman
uin	213393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>Highways England are supporting the uptake of electric vehicles by working to ensure that 95 per cent of the strategic road network will have a chargepoint every 20 miles.</p><p>Highways England have also been exploring and testing a range of measures and innovative products as part of their programme of air quality research. They have evidence that tall barriers can reduce concentrations of NO2 for the residents closest nearby, and they are progressing with work to see how these could be installed on the network. This work is underpinned by their £100m Air Quality Designated Fund.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 31/01/2019 13:12:24 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4395 label Biography information for Baroness Hayman of Ullock

1050262

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Control: West Sussex
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 17 January 2019 to Question 206710 on Road Traffic Control: West Sussex, for what reason Highways England did not undertake a (a) Walking, Cycling and Horse-riding assessment during the options and concept stages of the scheme's development and (b) Review report at the conclusion of the preliminary design stage, in accordance with the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	213149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>A Walking, Cycling and Horse Riding Assessment is carried out by the relevant design team, not Highways England. In this case, we understand that the options and concept stages of the scheme began in the autumn of 2016 before the publication of the Walking, Cycling and Horse Riding Assessment and were subject to the applicable standard on Non-Motorised User Audits. The Transport Assessment accompanying the planning application provided information satisfying the criteria for a non-motorised user context report.</p><p>A Review Report is required at the end of the preliminary design stage and before commencement of detailed design followed by a further Review Report at the end of the detailed design phase and before construction commences. The design team is now at the end of the preliminary design stage, but detailed design has not yet begun. A Review Report is now due and will be completed before the commencement of detailed design.</p><p>The preliminary design improved pedestrian, cycle and equestrian access in the vicinity of the South Downs National Park, and further opportunities for improvement may be identified through a forthcoming Walking, Cycling and Horse Riding Review. The preliminary design was also compliant with Highways England’s design standards for cycle provision. Any non-compliance identified during detailed design will be removed or be subject to the process of assessment whether there may be grounds for a specific variation.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 213150 213152 question first answered 31/01/2019 13:22:59 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1050266

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Control: West Sussex
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 17 January 2019 to Question 20610 on Road Traffic Control: West Sussex, what criteria Highways England used to support the scheme in the absence of a Walking, Cycling and Horse-riding assessment at each stage of the process.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	213150
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>A Walking, Cycling and Horse Riding Assessment is carried out by the relevant design team, not Highways England. In this case, we understand that the options and concept stages of the scheme began in the autumn of 2016 before the publication of the Walking, Cycling and Horse Riding Assessment and were subject to the applicable standard on Non-Motorised User Audits. The Transport Assessment accompanying the planning application provided information satisfying the criteria for a non-motorised user context report.</p><p>A Review Report is required at the end of the preliminary design stage and before commencement of detailed design followed by a further Review Report at the end of the detailed design phase and before construction commences. The design team is now at the end of the preliminary design stage, but detailed design has not yet begun. A Review Report is now due and will be completed before the commencement of detailed design.</p><p>The preliminary design improved pedestrian, cycle and equestrian access in the vicinity of the South Downs National Park, and further opportunities for improvement may be identified through a forthcoming Walking, Cycling and Horse Riding Review. The preliminary design was also compliant with Highways England’s design standards for cycle provision. Any non-compliance identified during detailed design will be removed or be subject to the process of assessment whether there may be grounds for a specific variation.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 213149 213152 question first answered 31/01/2019 13:22:59 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1050270

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Control: West Sussex
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 17 January 2019 to Question 206710 on Road Traffic Control: West Sussex, whether a Walking, Cycling and Horse-riding assessment, including stakeholder engagement, will be undertaken by staff that are independent of the design team.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	213151
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2019 answer text <p>It is a requirement of Walking, Cycling and Horse Riding Assessments and Reviews that the lead assessor should be part of the design team and not independent of it.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 04/02/2019 15:42:15 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1050279

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic Control: West Sussex
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 17 January 2019 to Question 20610 on Road Traffic Control: West Sussex, what steps he is taking to ensure that Highways England will revise the scheme in the event that the scheme (a) worsens pedestrian, cycle and equestrian access and in the vicinity of the South Downs National Park and (b) is not compliant with Highways England's design standards for cycle provision.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	213152
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>A Walking, Cycling and Horse Riding Assessment is carried out by the relevant design team, not Highways England. In this case, we understand that the options and concept stages of the scheme began in the autumn of 2016 before the publication of the Walking, Cycling and Horse Riding Assessment and were subject to the applicable standard on Non-Motorised User Audits. The Transport Assessment accompanying the planning application provided information satisfying the criteria for a non-motorised user context report.</p><p>A Review Report is required at the end of the preliminary design stage and before commencement of detailed design followed by a further Review Report at the end of the detailed design phase and before construction commences. The design team is now at the end of the preliminary design stage, but detailed design has not yet begun. A Review Report is now due and will be completed before the commencement of detailed design.</p><p>The preliminary design improved pedestrian, cycle and equestrian access in the vicinity of the South Downs National Park, and further opportunities for improvement may be identified through a forthcoming Walking, Cycling and Horse Riding Review. The preliminary design was also compliant with Highways England’s design standards for cycle provision. Any non-compliance identified during detailed design will be removed or be subject to the process of assessment whether there may be grounds for a specific variation.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 213149 213150 question first answered 31/01/2019 13:22:59 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

1050301

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Trade Associations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which regulatory functions imposed by legislation for which his Department has responsibility are currently undertaken by trade associations; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	213189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>To answer this question would require a review of every regulatory function in the Department, which would be disproportionately costly.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 05/02/2019 12:33:50 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1047808

registered interest
date	25/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
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 support local authorities with the enforcement of anti-idling legislation.
tabling member constituency	Kingston and Surbiton
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Davey
uin	212300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>Local Authorities are able to issue fixed penalty notices under The Road Traffic (Vehicle Emissions) (Fixed Penalty) (England) Regulations 2002. As set out in the Government’s response to the Joint Committee on Air Quality we are modernising the guidance on use of these powers, which will then be re-issued.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 29/01/2019 12:49:39 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	188 label Biography information for Ed Davey

1048024

registered interest
date	25/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Barnsley
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much highway maintenance block funding has been allocated to Barnsley in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	212652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council is a constituent member of the Sheffield City Region Combined Authority. Since 2015 highway maintenance block funding has been paid directly to Sheffield City Region Combined Authority.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The funding provided by the Department for Transport for highway maintenance, including pothole repair, to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council and the Sheffield City Region Combined Authority since 2010 is shown in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Funding Stream £m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Barnsley</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sheffield City Region</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>Highways Maintenance Block</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>17.333</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2010</p></td><td><p>Severe Weather</p></td><td><p>0.330</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2011</p></td><td><p>Severe Weather</p></td><td><p>0.788</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>Highways Maintenance Block</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>15.932</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13 *</p></td><td><p>Highways Maintenance Block</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>12.394</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>Highways Maintenance Block (including top up)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>11.075</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2014</p></td><td><p>Wet Weather</p></td><td><p>0.606</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>Highways Maintenance Block (including top up)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>10.082</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>Pothole Fund</p></td><td><p>0.503</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>Highways Maintenance Block</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>12.568</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>Highways Maintenance Block (including incentive element)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>12.226</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>Pothole Action Fund</p></td><td><p>0.218</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017//18</p></td><td><p>Highways Maintenance Block (including incentive element)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>12.248</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>Pothole Action Fund</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1.660</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>Flood Resilience Fund</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0.665</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>Highways Maintenance Block (including incentive element)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>11.791</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>Pothole Action Fund</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0.700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>Budget £420 million</p></td><td><p>1.683</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>4.128</p></td><td><p>118.674</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Note: In August 2012 Sheffield City Council entered into a 25-year Highway Maintenance Private Finance Initiative. The Department provides Sheffield City Council with a fixed payment of £47.664 million per annum to fund the contract, and in consequence the Council is no longer eligible for separate highway maintenance funding.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 212653 212654 212655 question first answered 30/01/2019 15:50:50 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1048025

registered interest
date	25/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: South Yorkshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much highway maintenance block funding has been allocated to South Yorkshire in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
uin	212653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council is a constituent member of the Sheffield City Region Combined Authority. Since 2015 highway maintenance block funding has been paid directly to Sheffield City Region Combined Authority.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The funding provided by the Department for Transport for highway maintenance, including pothole repair, to Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council and the Sheffield City Region Combined Authority since 2010 is shown in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Funding Stream £m</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Barnsley</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Sheffield City Region</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>Highways Maintenance Block</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>17.333</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2010</p></td><td><p>Severe Weather</p></td><td><p>0.330</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2011</p></td><td><p>Severe Weather</p></td><td><p>0.788</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>Highways Maintenance Block</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>15.932</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13 *</p></td><td><p>Highways Maintenance Block</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>12.394</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>Highways Maintenance Block (including top up)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>11.075</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2014</p></td><td><p>Wet Weather</p></td><td><p>0.606</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>Highways Maintenance Block (including top up)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>10.082</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>Pothole Fund</p></td><td><p>0.503</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>Highways Maintenance Block</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>12.568</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>Highways Maintenance Block (including incentive element)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>12.226</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>Pothole Action Fund</p></td><td><p>0.218</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017//18</p></td><td><p>Highways Maintenance Block (including incentive element)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>12.248</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>Pothole Action Fund</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>1.660</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>Flood Resilience Fund</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0.665</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>Highways Maintenance Block (including incentive element)</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>11.791</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>Pothole Action Fund</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>0.700</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>Budget £420 million</p></td><td><p>1.683</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>4.128</p></td><td><p>118.674</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Note: In August 2012 Sheffield City Council entered into a 25-year Highway Maintenance Private Finance Initiative. The Department provides Sheffield City Council with a fixed payment of £47.664 million per annum to fund the contract, and in consequence the Council is no longer eligible for separate highway maintenance funding.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 212652 212654 212655 question first answered 30/01/2019 15:50:50 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock