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101984

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Highways Agency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the announcement in HM Treasury's paper, Cm 8669, Investing in Britain's Future, page 13, that £15,145 million will be allocated to the Highways Agency between 2015-16 and 2020-21, to what schemes and use that funding has been allocated; and how that allocation is apportioned over time.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	212729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government’s proposals for the Road Investment Strategy (RIS) will be outlined in the Chancellor's Autumn Statement on 3 December.　 This will set out how the funding announced in the 2013 Spending Round will be allocated.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 05/11/2014 12:33:11 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

101985

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic: Noise
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 effect of acoustic fencing on reducing traffic noise levels.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	212556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>The science of noise barriers (acoustic fencing) is well established. A noise barrier creates a &quot;shadow zone&quot; behind it, reducing the energy of the sound waves in a comparable way to a breakwater protecting a harbour. The Highways Agency is actively encouraging developments in noise barrier technology and is represented on the British Standards Institution (BSI) committee involved in preparing new standards for noise barriers in line with the EU Harmonised standard EN1793.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 05/11/2014 12:36:21 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

101986

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Road Traffic: Noise
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 effect of trees and vegetation in reducing traffic noise levels.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	212557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>It is well understood that trees and vegetation have a limited effect on noise propagation from roads, and a broad band of densely planted trees is required to significantly reduce noise.</p><p> </p><p>The EC’s 'HOSANNA' research project (Holistic and Sustainable Abatement of Noise by Optimised Combinations of Natural and Artificial Means) has identified and assessed vegetation strategies that could deliver perceptible noise reductions. The project’s findings became available between 2010 and 2013.</p><p> </p><p>The Highways Agency will consider these strategies for use on new or modified road schemes.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 05/11/2014 12:37:27 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

101987

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Noise
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 effect of different types of road surfaces on traffic noise levels.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	212558
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>Calculation of Road Traffic Noise (CRTN) provides advice on appropriate road surface corrections to be applied within noise assessments. However, this advice does not currently extend to the range of proprietary thin bituminous surfacing materials, commonly regarded as a low-noise surfacing, which emerged in the late 1990’s. There is additional advice to CRTN procedures in the Design Manual for Roads and Bridges in the noise and vibration standard HD213. Revised in 2011, HD213 sets out an example methodology which can be used to determine appropriate road surface corrections for low-noise surfaces.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 05/11/2014 12:38:26 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

101988

registered interest
date	30/10/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Belfast Harbour
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the security regime in the Port of Belfast.
tabling member constituency	Belfast East
tabling member printed	Naomi Long
uin	212575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>Port Facility Security Assessments are conducted for port facilities in the Port of Belfast as required by EC Regulation 2004/65 on enhancing ship and port facility security. A Port Security Assessment for the Port of Belfast has been undertaken, reviewed and approved by the Department for Transport as required by EC Directive 2005/65/EC on enhancing port security.</p> answering member constituency South Holland and The Deepings answering member printed Mr John Hayes question first answered 06/11/2014 09:55:25 answering member 350 label Biography information for Sir John Hayes
tabling member	3920 label Biography information for Naomi Long

101655

registered interest
date	29/10/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Unmanned Aerial Vehicles: Prosecutions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many prosecutions have been brought against operators of unmanned aircraft in (a) England and Wales and (b) Northern Ireland in the last 12 months; how many such prosecutions were successful; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	212518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>In the last 12 months the Civil Aviation Authority has prosecuted two operators of remotely piloted aircraft for breaches of the Air Navigation Order in England. Both prosecutions resulted in convictions.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 05/11/2014 12:35:06 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

101668

registered interest
date	29/10/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Unmanned Air Vehicles: Northern Ireland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to tackle wrongful use of unmanned aircraft operating within the airspace over Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	North Down
tabling member printed	Lady Hermon
uin	212517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2014 answer text <p>The operation of unmanned aircraft within the United Kingdom is governed by the Air Navigation Order 2009. Additional guidance on operating unmanned aircraft legally is provided in Civil Aviation Publication 722 published by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). The CAA will investigate any breaches of the Air Navigation Order and will prosecute offenders where appropriate.</p><p /> <p> </p><p /> <p /><p /> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 05/11/2014 12:34:08 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1437 label Biography information for Lady Hermon

101673

registered interest
date	29/10/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Public Opinion
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much his Department spent on (a) focus groups and (b) surveys in (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014 to date.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	212509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally and a complete answer could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 06/11/2014 09:54:36 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

101674

registered interest
date	29/10/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Bridges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the potential saving to the public purse arising from placing collision protection beams at bridges which have a high incidence of strikes from lorries or other vehicles.
tabling member constituency	North East Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Stephen Barclay
uin	212483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>This is an operational matter for Network Rail as the responsible authority for railway infrastructure. Network Rail does place collision protection beams on many susceptible bridges where there is a history of bridge strikes. The provision of collision protection beams is a matter jointly for the highways authority and Network Rail and subject to Highway Agency design standard BD65/97.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 03/11/2014 15:35:32 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay

101675

registered interest
date	29/10/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Bridges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many collisions involving a vehicle hitting a bridge resulted in a delay to train services on the King's Cross to King's Lynn line in each of the last two years.
tabling member constituency	North East Cambridgeshire
tabling member printed	Stephen Barclay
uin	212482
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>This Department does not hold this detailed information as it is an operational matter for Network Rail. Full details can be obtained from Mark Carne Chief Executive of Network Rail at Kings Place, 90 York Way, London, N1 9AG.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 03/11/2014 15:36:35 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay