Transport

written question – answered on 12 June 2014.

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  • Air Traffic Control: Northern Ireland

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he consulted his Northern Ireland counterpart on his Department's publication Guidance to the Civil Aviation Authority on Environmental...

  • Aviation: Scotland

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which Scottish airports will benefit from the Regional Air Connectivity Fund.

  • Bus Services: Visual Impairment

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he is taking to help blind and partially sighted passengers travel on buses.

  • Carers: Travel

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Government Minister for Transport and Veterans on the possibility of providing free or discounted...

  • Cycling

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what funding his Department allocated to projects relating to cycling between (a) 2005 and 2010 and (b) 2010 to 2014.

  • Cycling: Children

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will issue guidance on the safe use of bicycle trailers to provide a minimum level of safety for children being towed by bicycles on the roads.

  • Driving

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the potential benefits of mandatory display of passed plates by all novice drivers for a minimum period.

  • Driving Instruction: Warrington

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many approved driving instructors were registered in the Borough of Warrington in each year since 2007.

  • Driving Tests: Warrington

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what proportion of applicants from the Borough of Warrington passed their driving test in each year since 2007.

  • Health

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what use his Department has made of the National Wellbeing Index introduced by the Office for National Statistics in formulating policy since the...

  • High Speed 2 Railway Line

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) with reference to the answer of 31 March 2014, Official Report, column 408W, on High Speed 2 Railway Line, what the evidential basis is for the...

  • High Speed 2 Railway Line

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport with reference to the answer of 31 March 2014, Official Report, column 408W, on High Speed 2 Railway Line, what the evidential basis is for the...

  • High Speed 2 Railway Line

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how he expects High Speed 2 to reduce overcrowding at London Waterloo.

  • High Speed 2 Railway Line

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the excess capacity on peak High Speed 2 services.

  • High Speed 2 Railway Line

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish an updated cost benefit analysis for High Speed 2 in light of the decision not to link High Speed 2 with High Speed 1 and Eurostar...

  • High Speed 2 Railway Line

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how High Speed 2 improve reliability and reduce overcrowding on regional links between towns and cities in the North West.

  • High Speed 2 Railway Line

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the number of people who will move home as a result of the construction of High Speed 2 because of (a) demolition for...

  • High Speed 2 Railway Line

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish a list of properties that have been valued by Carter Jonas under the Exceptional Hardship Scheme for High Speed 2; and whether those...

  • High Speed 2 Railway Line

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish details of the recruitment of the Independent Residents Commissioner promised by HS2 Ltd in the April 2014 HS2 Residents Charter,...

  • High Speed 2 Railway Line

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many people have accessed the HS2 Ltd complaints procedure set out in the HS2 Residents' Charter of April 2014; what the details are of each...

  • High Speed 2 Railway Line

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the average time taken to respond by HS2 Ltd to property related compensation enquiries is; and what the longest time taken to respond to such an...

  • High Speed 2 Railway Line

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much his Department has paid to Carter Jonas for work in connection with High Speed 2 to date; and what those payments were for.

  • Large Goods Vehicles: Driving Tests

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what training is given to driving examiners who test students in laden lorries.

  • Large Goods Vehicles: Taxation

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much was raised through the implementation of the UK HGV Road User Levy Act 2013 in Northern Ireland in April 2014.

  • Motor Vehicles

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps his Department is taking to promote telematics in cars (a) for young drivers and (b) generally.

  • Public Transport

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps his Department has taken to ensure that costs of public transport do not increase.

  • Railways

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much was spent on improvements to the railways in England and Wales in Control Period 4; and what estimate he has made of how much will be spent in...

  • Railways: Overcrowding

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport where the greatest overcrowding on the rail network is; and how High Speed 2 will reduce that overcrowding.

  • Railways: Overcrowding

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will take steps to ensure that overcrowding on trains is (a) regulated and (b) effectively monitored.

  • Road Signs and Markings: Northern Ireland

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether officials in his Department consulted their Northern Ireland counterparts before publishing the draft Traffic Signs Regulations and General...

  • Road Traffic

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps his Department is taking to reduce the incidence of traffic jams.

  • Roads: East of England

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much funding his Department has allocated to each local authority in the East of England for road improvement in each of the last five years.

  • Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the cost of administering the Potholes Challenge Fund.

  • Roads: Safety

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make it his policy to research the use of non-slip surfaces for manholes in order to reduce the number of accidents involving motor cycles.

  • Shipping

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent assessment he has made of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency's capacity to discharge its statutory duties to survey and inspect (a)...

  • Shipping: Pay

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent discussions he has had with the (a) UK Chamber of Shipping and (b) European Community Shipowners Association on pay rates for seafarers...

  • Shipping: Working Hours

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent assessment he has made of the effect of seafarer fatigue on maritime safety; and what steps his Department is taking to enforce manning...

  • Speed Limits: Urban Areas

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of changing the national urban default speed limit to 20 mph on (a) air pollution and...

  • Travel: South East

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what information his Department holds on how many journeys were made between Portsmouth and Brighton by (a) car, (b) rail and (c) bus in each of...

  • Unmanned Air Vehicles

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps his Department is taking to facilitate the integration of remotely piloted aircraft systems into UK civil airspace.

  • West Coast Railway Line

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport with reference to the answer of 28 April 2014, Official Report, columns 517-8W, on railways: passengers, what the evidential basis is for the stated...