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426365

registered interest
date	04/11/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Exhaust Emissions
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 extent to which emissions type approval requirements are met during normal on road usage of each category of road vehicle.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	14963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <p>The Government takes the unacceptable actions of Volkswagen (VW) Group extremely seriously. As we investigate what went wrong and what we can do to stop it happening again, the priority of course remains to protect the public. We expect VW to take every step necessary to protect its UK customers, but it is right that the Government carry out their own thorough and independent investigation.</p><br /><p>A written statement was made today (10 November) informing the House of the latest developments on the Department for Transport’s vehicle emissions testing programme, following the revelations that VW had fitted defeat devices to some of its vehicles.</p><br /><p>The Vehicle Certification Agency (VCA) is working to confirm that this issue is not industry wide. They have tested two VW group vehicles known to contain a defeat device and will rerun laboratory tests on popular cars sold in the UK to compare real world driving emissions against laboratory performance. This will include measuring CO<sub>2</sub> .</p><br /><p>The Secretary of State spoke to Dr Herbert Deiss of VW on 4 November to discuss CO<sub>2</sub> emissions, seeking information on those vehicles affected in the UK and the extent of the discrepancy. VW have stated that they are working hard to clarify the situation and are liaising with relevant approval authorities.</p><br /><p>The Secretary of State has written jointly with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills to VW seeking clarification on several issues. Separately, officials from the Department for Transport, and its Agencies have held a number of discussions with VW regarding the recall of affected vehicles.</p><br /><p>The Department for Transport has not made a specific assessment of on road emissions in relation to type approval requirements, but officials are aware of the findings in published reports suggesting significant differences.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 14759 14778 14846 14847 question first answered 10/11/2015 12:34:24 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

425775

registered interest
date	03/11/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to paragraph 15 of the Office of Rail and Road's report, Monitoring Highways England, published in October 2015, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of existing data on the delivery of the road investment programme.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	14673
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <p>A key element of the recent Roads Reform work was the appointment of the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) as the independent monitor of Highways England. The ORR will be working with Highways England to ensure that they have the necessary data and information to perform their role effectively.</p><br /> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 10/11/2015 12:17:02 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

425481

registered interest
date	02/11/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Office of Rail and Road
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 effectiveness of the Office of Road and Rail (ORR) monitoring framework; and what guidance he has provided to the ORR as it develops its enforcement plan.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	14400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2015 answer text <p>In terms of rail, Ministers and Department for Transport officials regularly discuss the regulation of Network Rail and the railways with the Office of Rail and Road (ORR).</p><br /><p>In 2015 ORR has carried out consultations on both its railways and Highways Monitoring enforcement policies. DfT responded to both consultations. I understand ORR will publish revised policies in due course.</p><br /><p>In relation to monitoring Highways England, the Infrastructure Act 2015 conferred the monitoring function on ORR and Highways England was appointed as a Strategic Highways Company on 1 April 2015.</p><br /><p>The ORR Highways Monitor has been provided with statutory guidance to develop its enforcement plan. This statutory guidance was jointly issued with HM Treasury on 20 March 2015 and can be found on the gov.uk website.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 10/11/2015 11:23:31 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

425482

registered interest
date	02/11/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Highways England
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 Highways England on the appointment of a programme management partner; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	14426
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2015 answer text <p>The government is tripling the capital investment in the Strategic Road Network. Highways England have been given responsibility for delivery of the Road Investment Strategy and operation of the network.</p><br /><p>A four year term contract was tendered competitively by Highways England to a consortium consisting of CH2M Hill, Mace and PwC (CMP) in early July 2015 to help provide additional support to improve their capability and available resources to deliver an increasingly demanding and complex programme.</p><br /><p>This has no impact on the role, responsibilities and requirements of Highways England.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 14425 14446 question first answered 05/11/2015 16:21:11 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

425483

registered interest
date	02/11/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Roads
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 respective roles of (a) Highways England and (b) its proposed programme management partner in the delivery of the Road Investment Strategy Programme.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	14425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2015 answer text <p>The government is tripling the capital investment in the Strategic Road Network. Highways England have been given responsibility for delivery of the Road Investment Strategy and operation of the network.</p><br /><p>A four year term contract was tendered competitively by Highways England to a consortium consisting of CH2M Hill, Mace and PwC (CMP) in early July 2015 to help provide additional support to improve their capability and available resources to deliver an increasingly demanding and complex programme.</p><br /><p>This has no impact on the role, responsibilities and requirements of Highways England.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 14426 14446 question first answered 05/11/2015 16:21:11 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

425487

registered interest
date	02/11/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Highways England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what framework of work Highways England is negotiating with the CH2M Hill/Mace/PwC consortium.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	14446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2015 answer text <p>The government is tripling the capital investment in the Strategic Road Network. Highways England have been given responsibility for delivery of the Road Investment Strategy and operation of the network.</p><br /><p>A four year term contract was tendered competitively by Highways England to a consortium consisting of CH2M Hill, Mace and PwC (CMP) in early July 2015 to help provide additional support to improve their capability and available resources to deliver an increasingly demanding and complex programme.</p><br /><p>This has no impact on the role, responsibilities and requirements of Highways England.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones grouped question UIN 14425 14426 question first answered 05/11/2015 16:21:12 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

425156

registered interest
date	30/10/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Insurance: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of how many (a) drivers and (b) drivers under 25 were using black box technology in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	14189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2015 answer text <p><strong></strong>The Department for Transport has not made any such estimates. There are a number of behavioural, educational and technological interventions that have the potential to help improve young driver safety. We need better evidence about what works best, so we’re working with insurance companies to see how we can assess the impact of telematics products on young driver safety.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 06/11/2015 11:10:40 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

424851

registered interest
date	29/10/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Committees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 29 October 2015 to Question 13434, on Cabinet Committees: Airports, under what circumstances (a) full minutes, (b) dates of and (c) other information about such meetings would be published.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	14044
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2015 answer text <p>Information relating to the proceedings of recent Cabinet Committee meetings is not disclosed as to do so could harm the frankness and candour of internal discussion. Cabinet Committee minutes and other papers, which are not subject to national security or other restrictions, will be released to The National Archives after 20 years once the transition from the 30 to the 20-year rule has been complete. A detailed list of the Cabinet Committees, including their membership and remit, can be found on Gov.uk.</p> answering member constituency West Dorset answering member printed Mr Oliver Letwin question first answered 03/11/2015 13:30:36 answering member 247 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Letwin
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

424993

registered interest
date	29/10/2015
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Highways England
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 efficiency savings his Department has gained from the reorganisation of the Highways Agency to Highways England; and what the budget of that body was in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	14064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2015 answer text <p>It is too early to estimate the efficiency savings gained from the reorganisation of Highways England which was created on 1 April 2015. The Department for Transport published the Roads Reform Programme Evaluation Framework in March. This includes a clear expectation that the evaluation will be carried out over a number of years, given the number of the changes made. In addition the Office of Rail and Road, will continue to monitor the performance of Highways England including efficiencies. The table below shows the capital expenditure of Highways England, with resource spend and the depreciation of road asset value.</p><table><tbody><tr><td></td><td><p>Resource (excl.depreciation)(£m)</p></td><td><p>Resource Depreciation (£m)</p></td><td><p>Capital (£m)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>1,000</p></td><td><p>866</p></td><td><p>1,823</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>1,012</p></td><td><p>929</p></td><td><p>1,425</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>1,038</p></td><td><p>914</p></td><td><p>1,034</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>1,145</p></td><td><p>870</p></td><td><p>1,288</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>1,214</p></td><td><p>775</p></td><td><p>1,654</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 06/11/2015 10:53:13 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

423869

registered interest
date	26/10/2015
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Cabinet Committees: Airports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the minutes of all meetings of the Special Cabinet Economic Affairs (Airports) Sub-Committee; and if he will make it his policy to publish the minutes of future such meetings.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	13434
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2015 answer text <p>Information relating to the proceedings of Cabinet Committees, including when and how often they meet and which Ministers have attended, is generally not disclosed as to do so could harm the frankness and candour of internal discussion.</p> answering member constituency West Dorset answering member printed Mr Oliver Letwin question first answered 29/10/2015 14:55:02 answering member 247 label Biography information for Sir Oliver Letwin
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden