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date	24/11/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Testing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicles have failed MOT tests because of the removal of diesel particulate filters in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	215675
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2014 answer text <p>The requirement to inspect diesel particulate filters as part of the MOT test was introduced on 19 February 2014; no information is available from before this date. Between 19 February 2014 and 17 October 2014, 347 vehicles with diesel engines failed the MOT test due to a missing diesel particulate filter.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 27/11/2014 11:27:02 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

43913

registered interest
date	18/03/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many vehicle crossings of the Thames were made through the Rotherhithe and Blackwall tunnels in 2013.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	192748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Data for 2013 are not yet available; the remainder of this answer refers to 2012 data.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A table providing the 2012 estimated annual average daily flows (AADFs) for road links covering the Rotherhithe and Blackwall Tunnels (for both directions combined) are shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2012 AADF</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Motor Vehicles</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rotherhithe Tunnel</p></td><td><p>32,615</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackwall Tunnel</p></td><td><p>69,243</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These figures give estimates of the number of vehicles travelling along individual sections of road on an average day of the year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To calculate an estimate of the annual usage of the tunnels (for both directions combined); these daily AADF estimates would be multiplied by the 365 days in a year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>AADF data for individual motorway and ‘A' road links for 2000 – 2012 are available on our website, here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://data.gov.uk/dataset/gb-road-traffic-counts" target="_blank">http://data.gov.uk/dataset/gb-road-traffic-counts</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith

43915

registered interest
date	18/03/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many journeys through the Rotherhithe tunnel were made by bicycle in 2013.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Mr Andrew Smith
uin	192750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Data for 2013 are not yet available; the remainder of this answer refers to 2012 data.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A table providing the 2012 estimated pedal cycle annual average daily flow (AADF) for the road link covering the Rotherhithe tunnel (for both directions combined) is shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2012 AADF</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Pedal Cycles</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rotherhithe Tunnel</p></td><td><p>239</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This figure gives an estimate of the number of pedal cycles travelling along the individual section of road on an average day of the year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To calculate an estimate of the annual pedal cycle usage of the tunnel (for both directions combined); this daily AADF estimate would be multiplied by the 365 days in a year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>AADF data for individual motorway and ‘A' road links for 2000 – 2012 are available on our website, here: </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://data.gov.uk/dataset/gb-road-traffic-counts" target="_blank">http://data.gov.uk/dataset/gb-road-traffic-counts</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 25/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	95 label Biography information for Mr Andrew Smith