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50617

registered interest
date	12/05/2014
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 steps are being taken to ensure that funding is made available to maintain bus services in rural areas of Lancashire.
tabling member constituency	Fylde
tabling member printed	Mark Menzies
uin	198385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The majority of public funding for local bus services is via block grant provided to local authorities in England from the Department for Communities and Local Government. This Department is also devolving around £1.9m annual Bus Service Operators Grant funding to Lancashire County Council relating to the tendered bus services they support, to allow decisions to be taken locally on how that funding should be spent.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	3998 label Biography information for Mark Menzies

50465

registered interest
date	09/05/2014
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 estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of introducing a refund and vehicle excise duty system based on the day a vehicle is bought and sold.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	198303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The estimated cost of amending the vehicle excise duty refund process is £10m. This information was published in the Tax Information and Impact Note published on 10 December 2013 alongside the draft 2014 Finance Bill.</p><p>This is part of the initiative to abolish the tax disc which will result in ongoing savings to the taxpayer of around £7m per annum due to no longer producing, issuing and posting tax discs.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

50475

registered interest
date	09/05/2014
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 from the public purse was spent on rebranding (a) engines and (b) rolling stock used on rail services in (i) Bury St Edmunds, (ii) Suffolk, (iii) the East of England and (d) England and Wales in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Bury St Edmunds
tabling member printed	Mr David Ruffley
uin	198331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>No money from the public purse has been spent in the last 5 years on rebranding of rolling stock or engines used on rail services in Bury St Edmonds and Suffolk. The Department does not hold this level of disaggregated information for the East of England or for England and Wales.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	133 label Biography information for Mr David Ruffley

50360

registered interest
date	08/05/2014
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 contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Transport of 9 January 2014, Official Report, column 174WH, on disabled people (access to transport) and to his oral Answer of 8 May 2014, what his Department's policy is on reviewing the UK's derogation from the requirement to have disability awareness training for bus drivers as set out in EU Regulation 181/2011.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Mr Gordon Marsden
uin	198288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>In March 2013, the Department for Transport made use of a number of time-limited exemptions available within EU Regulation 181/2011. These included an exemption from the requirement for drivers to undertake mandatory disability awareness training. However, we are also committed to review the use of the disability awareness training exemption in March 2014, this process is largely complete.</p><p> </p><p>To inform the review, on 24 February 2014 my noble Friend, the Minister of State for Transport, Baroness Kramer, wrote to bus industry representatives requesting information on the structure and effectiveness of disability awareness training courses currently offered and sought an update on the percentage of drivers that have completed this important training.　 A copy of this letter was also sent to disability stakeholders and charities with an interest in disability awareness training, seeking their input on this issue.</p><p> </p><p>Throughout March, the Department received many comprehensive responses on this subject from a range of stakeholders and we are currently working through this information. Once we have considered all responses in detail, Baroness Kramer will provide further details on how the Department intends to proceed shortly.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

50361

registered interest
date	08/05/2014
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 officials and Ministers in his Department have had with disability or transport groups on bus driver awareness training and EU Regulation 181/2011 since 9 January 2014.
tabling member constituency	Blackpool South
tabling member printed	Mr Gordon Marsden
uin	198287
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>On 18<sup>th</sup> March 2014 my noble Friend, the Minister of State for Transport, Baroness Kramer, met representatives from ‘Transport for All' to discuss a range of bus accessibility issues, including disability awareness training and EU Regulation 181/2011. Furthermore, on 27<sup>th</sup> March 2014, Baroness Kramer attended the launch of the new RNIB (Royal National Institute of Blind People) ‘We're on Board' bus charter and gave a speech highlighting the importance of disability awareness training to an audience including disability campaigners.</p><p> </p><p>On 24 February 2014, as part of the Department's review of the derogation applied under EU Regulation 181/2011 exempting bus and coach drivers from undertaking mandatory disability awareness training, Baroness Kramer wrote to a number of disabled transport stakeholders and charities with an interest in disability awareness training, requesting information on the structure and effectiveness of disability awareness training courses currently offered around the country. Responses have been received from organisations including Guide Dogs for the Blind, RNIB and the muscular dystrophy ‘Trailblazers' campaign.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 13/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	465 label Biography information for Gordon Marsden

49046

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Oxford-Hereford Railway Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will provide an estimate of the costs of redoubling the section of the North Cotswold line between (a) Charlbury to Wolvercote Junction and (b) Evesham and Norton Junction.
tabling member constituency	Mid Worcestershire
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Luff
uin	197158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The provision of a cost estimate for further redoubling of the North Cotswold line would normally be sought from Network Rail only when a business case is identified for the extra benefits this enhancement would provide. No business case has yet been identified and so a cost estimate is not being sought. Network Rail is investigating the opportunities for line speed improvements on the route to reduce journey times.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	268 label Biography information for Sir Peter Luff