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448431

registered interest
date	27/01/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Tickets
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many railway stations in Great Britain were equipped with ITSO-compliant smartcard readers on the most recent date for which figures are available; and how many ITSO-compliant smartcards had been issued by (a) South Eastern, (b) Govia Thameslink Railway, (c) c2c, (d) Greater Anglia, (e) London Midland, (f) East Midland Trains and (g) Great Western Railway on the most recent date for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	24477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2016 answer text <p>There are currently 718 railway stations in England that are equipped with at least one ITSO-compliant smartcard reader. The devolved administrations are responsible for Scotland and Wales respectively.</p><p> </p><p>The Government does not hold figures for how many ITSO-compliant smartcards have been issued by train operating companies as this is a commercial matter for them.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 01/02/2016 12:11:46 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

448432

registered interest
date	27/01/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the oral contribution of the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs of 19 January 2016, Official Report, column 1364, what the evidential basis is for his statement that his Department will go further still in raising cycling spending per head.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham South
tabling member printed	Lilian Greenwood
uin	24646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2016 answer text <p>Under the previous Government, spend on cycling increased to £6 per head from the £2 inherited in 2010. This Government has made clear its intention to make this country a cycling nation and our commitment to the publication of a Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy is evidence of our support to go further in supporting cycling on a longer term basis. The strategy will set out our objectives, activities and the funding available for cycling and walking in England in the long term and will be published in the summer following a consultation in spring.</p><p> </p><p>We are also going further by making sure that provision for cyclists is now embedded into wider transport programs.</p><p> </p><p>Through the Road Investment Strategy, Highways England has committed to provide a safer, integrated and more accessible strategic road network for cyclists and other vulnerable road users, with a plan to invest £100m between 2015/16 and 2020/21 to improve provision for cyclists on and around the strategic road network.</p><p> </p><p>At a local level, a record £6 billion is being allocated to local authorities between 2015 and 2021 for road maintenance, and from 2018/19 the plan is to change the allocation formula so that it takes into account footways and cycleways as well as the roads, bridges and street lighting that it is currently based on. Once implemented, around 9% of the funding will be based on footway and cycleway lengths.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 01/02/2016 13:32:58 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4029 label Biography information for Lilian Greenwood

448437

registered interest
date	27/01/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rescue Services: Irish Sea
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 Maritime and Coastguard Agency on staffing levels at coastguard stations in the Irish Sea.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	24379
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2016 answer text <p>The new National Network for Her Majesty’s Coastguard became fully operational in December 2015.</p><p> </p><p>Coastguard centres within this network do not have fixed geographic boundaries; the network enables workload and incidents to be managed on a national rather than centre-by-centre basis. Workload is moved around the network to balance local demand against a national workforce.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 01/02/2016 15:16:43 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

447791

registered interest
date	26/01/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling and Walking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will undertake a survey of existing cycling and walking infrastructure in English local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	24091
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2016 answer text <p>On a local level, provision of cycling and walking infrastructure is for local authorities. The Department encourages them to ensure cycling and walking are considered as part of the process of planning new development. The Government will continue to support sustainable transport with a new £580 million ‘Access’ fund. This will build on the legacy of the Local Sustainable Transport Fund and support growth in both cycling and walking.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 01/02/2016 14:44:52 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner

447793

registered interest
date	26/01/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rail North
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when meetings have taken place between the Rail North board and his Department in the last six months; and what the subject of those meetings was.
tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
uin	24220
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2016 answer text <p>On 21st December 2015, a meeting took place between Rail North Ltd Directors and the Department at which the two Project Directors presented the outcome of the Northern and TransPennine Express franchise competitions.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 29/01/2016 11:44:15 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes

447794

registered interest
date	26/01/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Electric Vehicles: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress he has made on an exemption from the European Commission on the Directive 2006/125/EC on driving licences to enable electric vehicles over 3.5 tonnes to be driven on a B licence.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent South
tabling member printed	Robert Flello
uin	24216
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2016 answer text <p>The UK has not sought an exemption from Directive 2006/126/EC to enable electric vehicles over 3.5 tonnes to be driven on a Category B licence. Any driver that holds a full category B licence issued before 1 January 1997 has a “grandfather right” to drive vehicles in category C1 – not for hire and reward. We will continue to monitor the situation.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 29/01/2016 14:15:07 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	1569 label Biography information for Robert Flello

447795

registered interest
date	26/01/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what rail routes are planned to be designated driver controlled operation in the Northern Franchise.
tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
uin	24223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2016 answer text <p>This is an operational matter for the new franchisee to discuss with its staff and their trade union representatives after they have taken over the franchise on 1st April.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 29/01/2016 12:04:31 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes

447796

registered interest
date	26/01/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Rail North
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether meetings of Rail North will be held in public.
tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
uin	24222
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2016 answer text <p>Whether Rail North holds its meetings in public is a matter for that organisation.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 29/01/2016 12:00:53 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes

447797

registered interest
date	26/01/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what involvement Rail North will have in designating which routes are driver controlled operation in the Northern Franchise.
tabling member constituency	Heywood and Middleton
tabling member printed	Liz McInnes
uin	24221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2016 answer text <p>Rail North will not have a role in designating which routes are driver controlled operation in the Northern Franchise.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 29/01/2016 11:48:17 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4342 label Biography information for Liz McInnes

447799

registered interest
date	26/01/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Tugboats: Scottish Islands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received about the future of the emergency towing vessels in the Northern Isles; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Orkney and Shetland
tabling member printed	Mr Alistair Carmichael
uin	24197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2016 answer text <p>I have received a number of representations from those in Scotland with an interest in the future provision of an Emergency Towing Vessel operating from the Northern Isles.</p><br /><p>The Maritime and Coastguard Agency is hosting a meeting in Edinburgh on 10 February to consultwith interested parties on the need and scope of putting alternative towing arrangements in place beyond 31 March 2016.</p><br /> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 29/01/2016 12:53:51 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1442 label Biography information for Mr Alistair Carmichael