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1302118

registered interest
date	12/03/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Eurostar: Coronavirus
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 potential economic effect on the UK in the event that Eurostar services permanently ceased as a result of the financial effect of the covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	167937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government absolutely recognises that Eurostar has been severely impacted by COVID-19. We are also aware of the important economic benefits Eurostar offer the UK including providing high speed environmentally friendly links to our European neighbours and providing for circa 3,000 jobs directly and indirectly in the UK.</p><p> </p><p>It is in our mutual interests to ensure the long-term sustainability of these important services as we recover from the Covid-19 pandemic, which is why we will continue to engage with both the company and France to discuss all support options available.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 17/03/2021 14:11:30 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1302124

registered interest
date	12/03/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Crewe Station
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans the Government has to support the realisation of the Crewe Hub vision.
tabling member constituency	Crewe and Nantwich
tabling member printed	Dr Kieran Mullan
uin	167989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2021 answer text <p>Crewe is a vital railway asset and a strategically important location on the rail network, but as the existing infrastructure is complex, the solution has to be right for the arrival of HS2. In March 2018, the Secretary of State confirmed the Government’s support for the Crewe Hub vision, and announced that plans for HS2 Phase 2a will include 400m platforms at Crewe station to allow for the splitting and joining of HS2 services. In addition, a more efficient design is proposed for the platform on the Manchester independent lines and a change to the design of the southern connection to the HS2 lines.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Pendle answering member printed Andrew Stephenson question first answered 17/03/2021 14:58:51 answering member 4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson
tabling member	4860 label Biography information for Dr Kieran Mullan

1302145

registered interest
date	12/03/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Ports: Sefton
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 potential merits of the inland port and connectivity concept of Sefton Council.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	167861
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2021 answer text <p>The Department is aware of Sefton Council's inland port and connectivity concept. It contains some interesting and innovative ideas for improving connectivity through conventional and non-conventional means. In the first instance it will be for the Liverpool City Region Port Access Steering Group to assess further as to how it contributes to its multi modal approach to addressing connectivity to the Port of Liverpool, and wider regional transport considerations.</p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 17/03/2021 12:49:17 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

1302186

registered interest
date	12/03/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Aviation: Londonderry
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason public service obligation flights from Londonderry to London are transferring from Southend to Stansted airport.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool North and Cleveleys
tabling member printed	Paul Maynard
uin	167843
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2021 answer text <p>The Department’s priority in funding the public service obligation (PSO) is to ensure that a service is maintained between City of Derry Airport and London. It is for the local authority, in conjunction with the airline, to determine how best to operate the service according to their objectives, including the choice of London airport.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Witney answering member printed Robert Courts question first answered 17/03/2021 15:13:15 answering member 4589 label Biography information for Robert Courts
tabling member	3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard

1302204

registered interest
date	12/03/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	A158 and A55: Cameras
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reason a new design of surveillance camera has been installed at the (a) A55 near Chester and (b) A158 at Wragby; and which agencies access the data obtained by those cameras and for what purposes.
tabling member constituency	Bexhill and Battle
tabling member printed	Huw Merriman
uin	167891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2021 answer text <p>Highways England is not aware of any new cameras being installed on any section of the A55 near Chester that forms part of the Strategic Road Network (SRN), for which it is responsible. The A158 is operated and maintained by Lincolnshire County Council, and it would be for the Council to comment on any new cameras implemented on it.</p><p> </p><p>Local authorities are free to make their own decisions about the roads under their care, provided they take account of the relevant legislation. They are responsible for ensuring that their actions are within the law and are accountable to local people for their decisions and their performance. Local councillors are responsible for ensuring that local decisions about street infrastructure take account of the needs and opinions of local people.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 17/03/2021 14:20:35 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4442 label Biography information for Huw Merriman

1302211

registered interest
date	12/03/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Network
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made on reversing the Beeching cuts and restoring stations in (a) East Ardsley and Thorpe and (b) more widely.
tabling member constituency	Morley and Outwood
tabling member printed	Andrea Jenkyns
uin	167910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government has pledged £500m to the Restoring Your Railway fund to reverse the Beeching cuts and restore lines and stations.</p><p> </p><p>I understand that my Hon Friend has supported a bid to the Restoring Your Railway Ideas Fund for the restoration of a railway station in East Ardsley. The bid is currently being assessed and we expect to announce the outcomes in the summer.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 17/03/2021 15:08:40 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4490 label Biography information for Dame Andrea Jenkyns

1302227

registered interest
date	12/03/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railways: Wolverhampton South West
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans the Government has to enhance the connectivity of the Wolverhampton South West constituency to the rest of the rail network.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton South West
tabling member printed	Stuart Anderson
uin	167950
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2021 answer text <p>I understand that my Hon. Friend has submitted a bid to round three of the Restoring Your Railway Ideas Fund to reopen a station in the Tettenhall area. Outcomes will be announced this summer.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 17/03/2021 15:10:25 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4742 label Biography information for Stuart Anderson

1302228

registered interest
date	12/03/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorways: Safety
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 safety of smart motorways; how many fatal accidents have occurred on smart motorways since their introduction; and what guidance has been issued to motorists who break down on smart motorways and who are unable to reach a refuge area.
tabling member constituency	Torridge and West Devon
tabling member printed	Sir Geoffrey Cox
uin	167835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2021 answer text <p>The <em>Smart Motorway Safety Evidence Stocktake and Action Plan, </em>published by the Department in March 2020, provides a table in Annex D, page 76, showing the number of reported fatal casualties between 2015 and 2018. This is reproduced here:</p><table><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Road Class</p></td><td colspan="4"><p>Number of Reported Fatal Casualties</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>2018</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Conventional Motorway¹</p></td><td><p>81</p></td><td><p>72</p></td><td><p>83</p></td><td><p>67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Controlled Motorway¹</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dynamic Hard Shoulder¹</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All Lane Running¹</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All SRN ‘A’ Roads²</p></td><td><p>132</p></td><td><p>154</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>165</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Sources: 1 - STATS19, Highways England Statistics on motorway fatal casualties in England from 2015-18. 2 - STATS19, DfT Statistics on fatal casualties on the Strategic Road Network in England from 2015-18</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The <em>Smart Motorway Safety Evidence Stocktake and Action Plan</em> also took account of the fact that different types of roads carry different quantities of traffic. It found that the fatal casualty rate (per hundred million vehicle miles) over the period 2015-2018 was lower on controlled (0.07), Dynamic Hard Shoulder (0.07) and All Lane Running (0.11) motorways than conventional motorways (0.16).</p><p> </p><p>The latest strategic safety evidence, which includes data for 2019, will be published as part of the one-year stocktake progress update report which will be published shortly.</p><p> </p><p>Highways England recently launched a national public information campaign to help drivers know what to do in a breakdown on motorways. Its main message informs drivers that if you breakdown, ‘go left’. Guidance is also contained in the Highway Code. Improvements to this guidance is currently out to public consultation (closing date for responses 29 March 2021). <a href="https://highwaysengland.citizenspace.com/he/highway-code/" target="_blank">https://highwaysengland.citizenspace.com/he/highway-code/</a>.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 22/03/2021 11:22:30 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	1508 label Biography information for Sir Geoffrey Cox

1302235

registered interest
date	12/03/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	M1: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many incidents involving (a) serious injury and (b) death occurred between Junctions 32 and 35A of the M1 in (i) each year since March 2017 and (ii) each of the three years before March 2017.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	167875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2021 answer text <p>The number of fatal and serious reported road accidents between junctions 32 and 35A of the M1 from 2014 to 2019 can be found in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Reported road accidents with a personal injury between junctions 32 and 35A on the M1¹ by severity, 2014 - 2019</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Calendar year</p></td><td><p>Fatal accidents</p></td><td><p>Serious accidents</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Source: DfT, STATS19</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>1. does not include off ramps at junction 35a</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 17/03/2021 11:11:42 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1302237

registered interest
date	12/03/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Licences: EU Countries
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 his counterparts in EU countries on driving licence reciprocation.
tabling member constituency	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
tabling member printed	Jonathan Edwards
uin	167846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2021 answer text <p>We have confirmed agreement from all EU/EEA countries that UK motorists will continue to be able to drive in their territories on the basis of a UK Photocard licence, without the need for an additional International Driving Permit. All EU/EEA Member States, except for Italy, have also confirmed reciprocal arrangements for exchanging licences, meaning that a retest will not be required for resident UK nationals. We continue to explore options with Italy on this issue. Most of our agreements are permanent arrangements and a small number require formal agreements which will be concluded before the end of this year. Where these agreements are needed, the UK has secured interim arrangements with the relevant Member States.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 17/03/2021 12:51:12 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	3943 label Biography information for Jonathan Edwards