The Government is committed to improving the safety of all road users and reducing the number of those needlessly killed and injured on our roads is a key priority for the Department. The Road Safety Statement, \u2018A Lifetime of Road Safety\u2019, published in July last year, describes in some detail the Department\u2019s intention to undertake a set of actions in the coming years aimed at improving road safety.<\/p>
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The effectiveness of these measures will be kept under review.<\/p>
<\/p>
The Road Safety Statement can be viewed at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/road-safety-statement-2019-a-lifetime-of-road-safety<\/a>.<\/p>"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1176313/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Congestion statistics on the Strategic Road Network and local \u2018A\u2019 roads are published quarterly. The latest statistics are up to June 2019.<\/p> <\/p> On the Strategic Road Network (SRN) up to June 2019, the average delay is estimated to be 9.4 seconds per vehicle per mile compared to speed limits, a 1.2% increase compared to the year up to June 2018. The average speed is estimated to be 59.0 mph, 0.4% down on the year ending June 2018.<\/p> <\/p> On the local \u2018A\u2019 road network up to June 2019, the average delay is estimated to be 43.2 seconds per vehicle per mile compared to free-flow. The average speed is estimated to be 25.4mph. Due to a break in the statistical series, comparisons over time are not possible.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the level of congestion on the road network in England.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1176314/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " For the seventh year in a row, the Department has capped regulated rail fares in line with inflation. We have already cut costs for hundreds of thousands of passengers with new 26-30 and 16-17 railcards, and will be rolling out a new Veteran\u2019s Railcard to give 830,000 former servicemen and women a third off their rail costs.<\/p> <\/p> We are committed to taking decisive action on the recommendations of the Williams Rail Review. We have launched single-leg fares trial on LNER and announced a flexible season ticket trial for passengers travelling on certain routes with GTR, due to launch later this year. We have also established a new \u2018fares trials fund\u2019, to kick start further trials this year across the country. These will save money for thousands of passengers, and provide the foundations for reform of the whole fares system.<\/p> <\/p> The Bus Services Act 2017 introduced new powers for local authorities and operators to work together to grow bus passenger numbers.<\/p> <\/p> The £220 million Better Deal for Bus Users package provides new funding to help transform bus services. The National Bus Strategy will work along with a long-term funding settlement and a review of existing bus funding to increase bus usage.<\/p> <\/p> On top of the £1 billion spent by the Government on concessionary travel for eligible older and disabled people around £250 million is paid every year to support bus services in England to keep fares lower.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to increase the number of people who use public transport.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2020 to Question 9041, what assumptions the National Transport Model (NTM) makes on the (a) levels of cycling, walking, rail and bus travel (i) in 2020 and (ii) after 2020; and (b) changes in those levels compared with the model\u2019s baseline year, in order to produce NMT's forecasts of future motorised road traffic.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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