The tolls on the Humber Bridge were introduced to help pay for the costs of constructing the Bridge, which opened in 1981. Construction was financed through a loan from the Government of the day.<\/p>
<\/p>
In 2012, the present Government wrote off £150m of the £332m debt In order to reduce tolls and encourage use of the Bridge. Since then, the number of vehicles using the Bridge has increased significantly.<\/p>
<\/p>
In 2015, the Humber Bridge Board refinanced the remaining debt of £172m with a Public Works Board Loan. The Government has not made an estimate of the costs of abolishing tolls on the Humber Bridge, since the operation and financing of the remaining debt of the Humber Bridge is the responsibility for the Board and its constituent authorities.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3991", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jesse Norman"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hereford and South Herefordshire"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Jesse Norman"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-11-08", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : [{"_value" : "111238"} , {"_value" : "111246"} ], "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-11-08T10:59:55.88Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "27"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-11-02", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Humber Bridge: Tolls"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the cost to the public purse would be of abolishing fees on the Humber Bridge.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4645", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Emma Hardy"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Emma Hardy"} ], "uin" : "111245"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/782866", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/782866/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The tolls on the Humber Bridge were introduced to help pay for the costs of constructing the Bridge, which opened in 1981. Construction was financed through a loan from the Government of the day.<\/p>
<\/p>
In 2012, the present Government wrote off £150m of the £332m debt In order to reduce tolls and encourage use of the Bridge. Since then, the number of vehicles using the Bridge has increased significantly.<\/p>
<\/p>
In 2015, the Humber Bridge Board refinanced the remaining debt of £172m with a Public Works Board Loan. The Government has not made an estimate of the costs of abolishing tolls on the Humber Bridge, since the operation and financing of the remaining debt of the Humber Bridge is the responsibility for the Board and its constituent authorities.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3991", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jesse Norman"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hereford and South Herefordshire"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Jesse Norman"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-11-08", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : [{"_value" : "111238"} , {"_value" : "111245"} ], "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-11-08T10:59:55.973Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "27"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-11-02", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Humber Bridge: Tolls"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons the Government introduced fees on the Humber Bridge; and if he will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4645", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Emma Hardy"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Emma Hardy"} ], "uin" : "111246"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/782867", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Transport"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/782867/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The tolls on the Humber Bridge were introduced to help pay for the costs of constructing the Bridge, which opened in 1981. Construction was financed through a loan from the Government of the day.<\/p>
<\/p>
In 2012, the present Government wrote off £150m of the £332m debt In order to reduce tolls and encourage use of the Bridge. Since then, the number of vehicles using the Bridge has increased significantly.<\/p>
<\/p>
In 2015, the Humber Bridge Board refinanced the remaining debt of £172m with a Public Works Board Loan. The Government has not made an estimate of the costs of abolishing tolls on the Humber Bridge, since the operation and financing of the remaining debt of the Humber Bridge is the responsibility for the Board and its constituent authorities.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3991", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Jesse Norman"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hereford and South Herefordshire"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Jesse Norman"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-11-08", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : [{"_value" : "111245"} , {"_value" : "111246"} ], "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-11-08T10:59:55.943Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "27"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Transport"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-11-02", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Humber Bridge: Tolls"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to (a) reduce and (b) abolish fees for customers on the Humber Bridge; and if he will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4645", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Emma Hardy"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Emma Hardy"} ], "uin" : "111238"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/782208", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/782208/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The information requested is not collated centrally and could only be provided at disproportionate cost.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4017", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Penny Mordaunt"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Portsmouth North"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Penny Mordaunt"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-11-06", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-11-06T11:31:41.387Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-11-01", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Personal Independence Payment: Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many former claimants of disability living allowance in Hull West and Hessle constituency who have been unsuccessful in their claim for personal independence payments have been waiting (a) over six weeks, (b) over three months and (c) over six months for their appeal to be heard; and if he will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4645", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Emma Hardy"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Emma Hardy"} ], "uin" : "110844"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/782336", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/782336/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
Between August 2016 and July 2017, the last 12 months of available data, in the Hull West and Hessle constituency there were 400 former claimants of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) who were disallowed Personal Independence Payment (PIP).<\/p>
<\/p>
Data is taken from DWP Stat Xplore: https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk<\/a><\/p> <\/p> Period covered: August 2016 \u2013 July 2017 (latest available data).<\/p> <\/p> Between August 2016 and July 2017, the last 12 months of available data, in the Hull West and Hessle constituency there were 110 former claimants of Disability Living Allowance (DLA) who were disallowed Personal Independence Payment (PIP), where that decision was upheld at mandatory reconsideration, and who appealed this decision.<\/p> <\/p> Period covered: August 2016 \u2013 July 2017 (latest available data).<\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4017", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Penny Mordaunt"}
}
, "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Portsmouth North"}
, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Penny Mordaunt"}
, "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-11-06", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-11-06T12:09:52.813Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
]}
, "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"}
, "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"}
, "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"}
, "date" : {"_value" : "2017-11-01", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Personal Independence Payment: Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle"}
, "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
, "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
}
], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many former claimants of disability living allowance in Hull West and Hessle constituency were (a) unsuccessful in their claim for personal independence payment and (b) have appealed their unsuccessful decision to change to personal independence payment in the last 12 months.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4645", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Emma Hardy"}
}
, "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle"}
, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Emma Hardy"}
], "uin" : "110845"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/780388", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "HM Treasury"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/780388/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Chancellor has regular discussions with the Secretary of State for Transport on a range of issues, including fuel duty. The government has frozen fuel duty in every year from 2011 to lessen the impact of high fuel prices on households and business costs. In total, our action on fuel since 2010 has saved the average car driver £130 a year and the average van driver £350 compared to what they would have been paying under the previous Labour government\u2019s escalator plans.<\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3996", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Andrew Jones"}
}
, "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Harrogate and Knaresborough"}
, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Andrew Jones"}
, "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-11-06", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-11-06T11:57:21.52Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
]}
, "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "14"}
, "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Treasury"}
, "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "CaTreasury"}
, "date" : {"_value" : "2017-10-30", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Motor Vehicles: Fuels"}
, "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
, "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
}
], "questionText" : "To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on (a) reducing fuel duty and (b) other fiscal methods for reducing the cost of fuel for motorists; and if he will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4645", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Emma Hardy"}
}
, "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle"}
, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Emma Hardy"}
], "uin" : "110363"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/780639", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/780639/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The latest available data on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) caseloads (i.e. claims in payment) and clearances (i.e. whether the claim was awarded, disallowed or withdrawn) at parliamentary constituency or country level can be found at https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/<\/a>.<\/p> <\/p> Although the Department does not record whether a claimant\u2019s disability is visible or non-visible, PIP caseload statistics can be broken down by claimants\u2019 primary disabilities on Stat-Xplore.<\/p> <\/p> Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here:<\/p> https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html<\/a>.<\/p> <\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4017", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Penny Mordaunt"}
}
, "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Portsmouth North"}
, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Penny Mordaunt"}
, "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-11-06", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "groupedQuestionUIN" : [{"_value" : "110187"}
, {"_value" : "110188"}
], "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-11-06T14:31:29.507Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
]}
, "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"}
, "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"}
, "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"}
, "date" : {"_value" : "2017-10-30", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Personal Independence Payment"}
, "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
, "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
}
], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in (a) Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle constituency and (b) England were in receipt of personal independence payments in each year since those payments were introduced.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4645", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Emma Hardy"}
}
, "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle"}
, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Emma Hardy"}
], "uin" : "110189"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/780641", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/780641/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The latest available data on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) caseloads (i.e. claims in payment) and clearances (i.e. whether the claim was awarded, disallowed or withdrawn) at parliamentary constituency or country level can be found at https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/<\/a>.<\/p> <\/p> Although the Department does not record whether a claimant\u2019s disability is visible or non-visible, PIP caseload statistics can be broken down by claimants\u2019 primary disabilities on Stat-Xplore.<\/p> <\/p> Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here:<\/p> https://sw.stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/webapi/online-help/index.html<\/a>.<\/p> <\/p>"}
, "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4017", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Penny Mordaunt"}
}
, "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Portsmouth North"}
, "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Penny Mordaunt"}
, "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-11-06", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "groupedQuestionUIN" : [{"_value" : "110188"}
, {"_value" : "110189"}
], "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-11-06T14:31:29.397Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
]}
, "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "29"}
, "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"}
, "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Work and Pensions"}
, "date" : {"_value" : "2017-10-30", "_datatype" : "dateTime"}
, "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Personal Independence Payment"}
, "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"}
, "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"}
}
], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people in receipt of personal independence payments in (a) Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle constituency and (b) England stated no visible disability on their claim form in each year since those payments were introduced.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4645", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Emma Hardy"}
}
, "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle"}
, "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Emma Hardy"}
], "uin" : "110187"}
, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/780642", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Work and Pensions"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/780642/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The latest available data on Personal Independence Payment (PIP) caseloads (i.e. claims in payment) and clearances (i.e. whether the claim was awarded, disallowed or withdrawn) at parliamentary constituency or country level can be found at https://stat-xplore.dwp.gov.uk/<\/a>.<\/p> <\/p> Although the Department does not record whether a claimant\u2019s disability is visible or non-visible, PIP caseload statistics can be broken down by claimants\u2019 primary disabilities on Stat-Xplore.<\/p> <\/p> Guidance on how to use Stat-Xplore can be found here:<\/p>