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349170

registered interest
date	09/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Exhaust Emissions: Greater London
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 level of air pollutant emissions from (a) road traffic, (b) aviation and (c) shipping on the air quality of London.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	1572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>Air quality emission levels by mode are only compiled at National level by the National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory published at <a href="http://naei.defra.gov.uk/data/data-selector" target="_blank">http://naei.defra.gov.uk/data/data-selector</a>, funded by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Department of Energy and Climate Change. This estimates national emissions of Greenhouse Gases and air quality pollutants across all sources, including road traffic, aviation and shipping.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities are responsible for reviewing and assessing air quality under the Local Air Quality Management system. As part of this assessment London councils undertake additional monitoring. Information can be found on their individual websites. Greater London Authority hold the London Atmospheric Emissions Inventory, which can be found here: <a href="http://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/london-atmospheric-emissions-inventory-2010" target="_blank">http://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/london-atmospheric-emissions-inventory-2010</a> .</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 1571 1573 question first answered 16/06/2015 13:45:55 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

349171

registered interest
date	09/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Exhaust Emissions: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion contribution does (a) road traffic, (b) aviation and (c) shipping make to air pollutant emissions levels in London.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	1573
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>Air quality emission levels by mode are only compiled at National level by the National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory published at <a href="http://naei.defra.gov.uk/data/data-selector" target="_blank">http://naei.defra.gov.uk/data/data-selector</a>, funded by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Department of Energy and Climate Change. This estimates national emissions of Greenhouse Gases and air quality pollutants across all sources, including road traffic, aviation and shipping.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities are responsible for reviewing and assessing air quality under the Local Air Quality Management system. As part of this assessment London councils undertake additional monitoring. Information can be found on their individual websites. Greater London Authority hold the London Atmospheric Emissions Inventory, which can be found here: <a href="http://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/london-atmospheric-emissions-inventory-2010" target="_blank">http://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/london-atmospheric-emissions-inventory-2010</a> .</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 1571 1572 question first answered 16/06/2015 13:45:55 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

349172

registered interest
date	09/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	River Thames: Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment has been made of the effect of level of use of the River Thames for transport on air pollution in London.
tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
uin	1571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>Air quality emission levels by mode are only compiled at National level by the National Atmospheric Emissions Inventory published at <a href="http://naei.defra.gov.uk/data/data-selector" target="_blank">http://naei.defra.gov.uk/data/data-selector</a>, funded by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Department of Energy and Climate Change. This estimates national emissions of Greenhouse Gases and air quality pollutants across all sources, including road traffic, aviation and shipping.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities are responsible for reviewing and assessing air quality under the Local Air Quality Management system. As part of this assessment London councils undertake additional monitoring. Information can be found on their individual websites. Greater London Authority hold the London Atmospheric Emissions Inventory, which can be found here: <a href="http://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/london-atmospheric-emissions-inventory-2010" target="_blank">http://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/london-atmospheric-emissions-inventory-2010</a> .</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 1572 1573 question first answered 16/06/2015 13:45:53 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

349208

registered interest
date	09/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles
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 possible dangers posed to pedestrians by electric vehicles.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	1683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>A study by Transport Research Laboratory for the Department in 2011 found no evidence that quiet vehicles, e.g. electric and hybrid-electric vehicles, represent a greater danger to other road users, including pedestrians, than conventional vehicles. Nonetheless, a new EU regulation dealing with noise from road vehicles was adopted in 2014 and this will require additional sound devices to be fitted to new types of electric and hybrid-electric vehicles launched from 2019.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 16/06/2015 13:32:48 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

349254

registered interest
date	09/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Department for Transport: Cost Effectiveness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the HM Treasury press release, Chancellor announces £4.5 billion of measures to bring down debt, published on 4 June 2015, what efficiency savings his Department plans to make to achieve reductions of £545 million in its budget.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Ladywood
tabling member printed	Shabana Mahmood
uin	1629
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>The Chancellor announced savings amounting to £200 million from the Department’s budget for 2015-16. Much of this is taken from anticipated underspends against existing budgets, and from contingency, and does not mean that any of the affected programmes will be cancelled. In addition, the Chancellor announced the sale of the interests of London and Continental Railways in land at Kings Cross, valued at £345 million.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 16/06/2015 13:36:26 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	3914 label Biography information for Shabana Mahmood

349361

registered interest
date	09/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Plymouth Airport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will publish the timetable for the inquiry into the viability of Plymouth Airport; and when that report will be published.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
uin	1574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Transport is looking at how best to take this study forward and hopes to be in position to announce shortly how this will be undertaken. We recognise the need to consider the views of all stakeholders who have an interest in the site and take to account of previous studies that have been commissioned with regards to Plymouth airport.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 1575 1576 question first answered 16/06/2015 13:55:33 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

349363

registered interest
date	09/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Plymouth Airport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which organisation will be responsible for the inquiry into the viability of the re-opening of Plymouth Airport.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
uin	1575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Transport is looking at how best to take this study forward and hopes to be in position to announce shortly how this will be undertaken. We recognise the need to consider the views of all stakeholders who have an interest in the site and take to account of previous studies that have been commissioned with regards to Plymouth airport.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 1574 1576 question first answered 16/06/2015 13:55:33 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

349365

registered interest
date	09/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Plymouth Airport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the terms of reference are for the inquiry into the re-opening of Plymouth Airport.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
uin	1576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Transport is looking at how best to take this study forward and hopes to be in position to announce shortly how this will be undertaken. We recognise the need to consider the views of all stakeholders who have an interest in the site and take to account of previous studies that have been commissioned with regards to Plymouth airport.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 1574 1575 question first answered 16/06/2015 13:55:33 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

349366

registered interest
date	09/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rolling Stock: South West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department will decide whether to order additional new rolling stock from Hitachi to service the far South West; and if he will include a more powerful hybrid engine to account for the undulating geography of the South West in such an order.
tabling member constituency	Plymouth, Sutton and Devonport
tabling member printed	Oliver Colvile
uin	1577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>First Great Western’s procurement exercise for new trains to serve the South West is making good progress; and we expect them to submit final proposals to the Department for consideration over the summer. The new train fleet will have appropriate performance characteristics to operate on the far South West routes.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 17/06/2015 11:18:38 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4022 label Biography information for Oliver Colvile

348900

registered interest
date	08/06/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Hertfordshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what support his Department is giving to Hertfordshire County Council to assist with the upkeep of local roads.
tabling member constituency	North East Hertfordshire
tabling member printed	Sir Oliver Heald
uin	1411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2015 answer text <p>My Rt. Hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Transport announced on 23 December 2014 funding allocations for local highway authorities in England between 2015/16 and 2020/21. This includes over £92 million for Hertfordshire. This funding can be used to reduce the number of potholes on the local road network.</p><p> </p><p>It is for each local highway authority to improve the condition of the local road network through planned preventative maintenance. The Department for Transport’s role is to support local authorities through the provision of funding and by sharing good practice.</p><p> </p><p>Further information on the funding allocations can be found at the following address: <a href="http://maps.dft.gov.uk/local-highways-maintenance-funding/" target="_blank">http://maps.dft.gov.uk/local-highways-maintenance-funding/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 11/06/2015 14:35:54 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	69 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Heald