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44829

registered interest
date	24/03/2014
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, what discussions he has had with train operating companies and rolling stock companies on the availability of rolling stock to train operating companies during the periods of franchise extension.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	193333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department for Transport regularly meets with the rolling stock companies to discuss the rolling stock market, including upcoming competitions and direct awards. In the development of each directly awarded franchise the Department has extensive discussions with the operator to discuss rolling stock issues, including maintenance, potential upgrades and the overall availability of stock during the period of the franchise, to ensure that appropriate levels of passenger service can be provided within the period. </p><p> </p><p>Ministers regularly meet with train operating companies and rolling stock companies to discuss a wide range of issues, including the rolling stock market. The Department expects train operators and rolling stock companies ultimately to resolve any issues with regard to the availability of rolling stock for the period of their franchise, or any extension thereof.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 27/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

44835

registered interest
date	24/03/2014
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, pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2014, Official Report, column 692W, on rural bus services, to which projects the £300 million funding for major bus projects has been allocated; and how much has been allocated to each.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	193328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The table below sets out the schemes in the Department's Local Authority Major Scheme Programme which are entirely bus based or which include elements related to bus improvements. </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Scheme Name and Status</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Local Authority</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total Cost</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>DfT Contribution</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Complete</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p> £m</p></td><td><p> £m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mansfield Public Transport Interchange </p></td><td><p>Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>8.8</p></td><td><p>7.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rochdale Interchange</p></td><td><p>Rochdale</p></td><td><p>11.5</p></td><td><p>7.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Weston Package Phase 1</p></td><td><p>N. Somerset</p></td><td><p>13.4</p></td><td><p>9.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Fully Approved / Under Construction</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portsmouth Tipner Interchange</p></td><td><p>Portsmouth</p></td><td><p>28.2</p></td><td><p>19.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Access York Phase 1</p></td><td><p>City of York</p></td><td><p>22.7</p></td><td><p>15.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Loughborough Town Centre Imp</p></td><td><p>Leicestershire</p></td><td><p>19.7</p></td><td><p>14.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ipswich Transport Fit for 21st Century</p></td><td><p>Suffolk</p></td><td><p>21.6</p></td><td><p>18.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcester Integrated Transport</p></td><td><p>Worcestershire</p></td><td><p>19.7</p></td><td><p>14.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bath Transportation Package</p></td><td><p>Bath &amp; NE Somerset</p></td><td><p>26.9</p></td><td><p>11.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester Cross City Bus</p></td><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>43.2</p></td><td><p>32.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>S Yorkshire Bus Rapid Transit North</p></td><td><p>S Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>28.2</p></td><td><p>15.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pennine Reach (Blackburn)</p></td><td><p>Blackburn w Darwen</p></td><td><p>39.8</p></td><td><p>31.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Programme Entry / Support Confirmed</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol BRT Ashton Vale to Temple Meads</p></td><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>46.7</p></td><td><p>34.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Bristol Link</p></td><td><p>N. Somerset</p></td><td><p>42.6</p></td><td><p>27.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol BRT North Fringe to Hengrove </p></td><td><p>S. Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>92.9</p></td><td><p>51.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hucknall Town Centre Imp</p></td><td><p>Nottinghamshire</p></td><td><p>12.3</p></td><td><p>8.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Elmbridge Transport</p></td><td><p>Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>18.7</p></td><td><p>14.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 27/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

44122

registered interest
date	19/03/2014
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, which local authorities receive what proportion of the £140 million to fix roads damaged by flooding and adverse weather announced on 9 March 2014.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	192776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p>The funding allocations from the £140 million announced on 9<sup>th</sup> March to help repair roads damaged by the severe wet weather were announced on 20 March 2013. This includes a further £33.5 million announced earlier this year as part of the transport element of the Severe Weather Recovery Fund. A table which provides information on the funding we will be paying to local highway authorities by end March 2014 is available at the following weblink:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/294497/extra-funding-to-repair-roads.csv/preview" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/294497/extra-funding-to-repair-roads.csv/preview</a></p><p> </p><p /> <p>The £200 million for a Pothole Fund was announced in the Budget on 19 March 2014 is new money and in addition to the £140 million funding. From the £200 million, £168 million be made available to councils in England through a bidding exercise. Further details on the Fund will be made available in the coming weeks.</p><p /> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 192920 question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

44132

registered interest
date	19/03/2014
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, pursuant to the Financial Statement of 19 March 2014, what the breakdown is of the £200 million funding for potholes schemes; and whether that £200 million includes the £140 million to fix roads damaged by flooding and adverse weather announced by the Secretary of State for Transport on 9 March 2014.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	192920
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p>The funding allocations from the £140 million announced on 9<sup>th</sup> March to help repair roads damaged by the severe wet weather were announced on 20 March 2013. This includes a further £33.5 million announced earlier this year as part of the transport element of the Severe Weather Recovery Fund. A table which provides information on the funding we will be paying to local highway authorities by end March 2014 is available at the following weblink:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/294497/extra-funding-to-repair-roads.csv/preview" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/294497/extra-funding-to-repair-roads.csv/preview</a></p><p> </p><p /> <p>The £200 million for a Pothole Fund was announced in the Budget on 19 March 2014 is new money and in addition to the £140 million funding. From the £200 million, £168 million be made available to councils in England through a bidding exercise. Further details on the Fund will be made available in the coming weeks.</p><p /> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill grouped question UIN 192776 question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

44134

registered interest
date	19/03/2014
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 much the Government has spent on the South East Flexible Ticketing Scheme in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	192856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text The following sums have been spent on the South East Flexible Ticketing Programme to date: 2010: Zero 2011: Zero 2012: £590,310 2013: £5,667,057 2014: £2,328,528 (to date) answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

43860

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 much of the joint investment between his Department and First Great Western to fund additional standard class capacity and a refresh of first class is provided by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	192533
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/03/2014 answer text <p>At this stage, the amounts involved are commercially confidential, as private sector contractors are involved in undertaking the work on behalf of First Great Western. However, the basis on which the allocations have been made is equitable and reflects among other things the need for the public sector contribution to achieve value for money and to secure the Rail Investment Strategy imperative of improved standard class capacity on the Great Western route. The information about the amount borne by the Department to fund the standard class reseating in this joint investment will be provided once the works are completed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 24/03/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh