Department for Transport

written question – answered on 10 November 2015.

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  • Bus Services: Finance

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the reduction was in his Department's support for bus funding in England in 2014-15.

  • Department for Transport: Stationery

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the value of stationery that has been (a) lost and (b) stolen from his Department in each of the last five fiscal years;...

  • Office of Rail and Road

    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...

  • Mersey Gateway Project

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the additional travel costs likely to be incurred by people not resident in Halton, of commuting using the bridge,...

  • Dover Harbour Board: Directors

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received on the appointment of two community board members to the Dover Harbour Board; and if he will make a statement.

  • Aviation: Passengers

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many air passengers have made claims against airline companies for flight delays in each of the last five years; and how many such claims have...

  • Shipping: Registration

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the recent findings of the UK Flag Advisory Panel on reform of the UK Ship Register.

  • Roads: Finance

    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...

  • Public Transport: Disability

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that drivers on public transport are trained to assist disabled passengers.

  • Road Traffic Offences: EU Action

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to issue guidance on the implementation of the EU Cross Border Enforcement Directive.

  • Shipping: Registration

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the likely causes of changes in the size of the UK Ship Register since 2010.

  • Electric Vehicles

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has assessed the necessary financial support required by local authorities to deliver a charging network for electric vehicles...

  • Transport: Biofuels

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to support the development of biopropane for transport fuel.

  • Roads: Accidents

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the increase in the amount paid in road user compensation claims by local authorities in England...

  • Bus Services: Commuters

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the contribution made by bus commuters to economic output in the last year for which figures are available.

  • Roads: Repairs and Maintenance

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many roads were resurfaced in 2014-15.

  • Public Transport: Finance

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of progress on Total Transport pilots.

  • Motor Vehicles: Carbon Emissions

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the retesting of Volkswagen vehicles being carried out by the Vehicle Certification Agency includes testing for carbon dioxide emissions.

  • Transport: Technology

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of Innovate UK's contribution to the development of technologies in (a) aviation, (b) road transport and (c) ports and...

  • Motor Vehicles: Foreign Nationals

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many foreign vehicles that had overstayed the permitted six months in the UK were identified as a result of the information sharing trial between...

  • High Speed 2 Railway Line

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to announce the finalised route phase two of the High Speed 2 rail line; and if he will make a statement.

  • A5225

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department plans to review the transport provision on the A5225.

  • A5225: Bolton West

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether there has been a review of the transport provision on the A5225 in Bolton West constituency since the proposals for the Westhoughton bypass...

  • Railways: South West

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether Sir Peter Hendy's work to re-plan the Network Rail enhancements programme in Control Period 5, 2014-19, takes account of maximising the...

  • Department for Transport: Freedom of Information

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what average time his Department took to respond to freedom of information requests in each year since 2005.

  • Heathrow Airport

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will require Heathrow Airport Limited to respond publicly to the recommendations of the Airport Commission that, in order to mitigate the...

  • Productivity

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Government's report, Fixing the Foundations; creating a more prosperous nation, Cm 9098, published in July 2015, what assessment...

  • Motor Vehicles: Excise Duties

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what safeguards are in place to avoid mistakenly withdrawing motor tax following erroneous or malicious notification of cars being exported or going...

  • East Coast Railway Line: Level Crossings

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons Network Rail has not yet published a timetable to close 73 dangerous level crossings on the East Cost Main Line; and what recent...

  • Agility Trains

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much compensation the Government is liable for in its contract with Agility Trains in the event that the new IEP fleet cannot be introduced...

  • Cycling and Walking: Children

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many and what proportion of children have (a) walked and (b) cycled to school in each year since 2009-10.

  • Cycling

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what take-up there has been of the cycle to work salary sacrifice scheme since it started.

  • Department for Transport: Government Car Service

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will name the people in his Department who are entitled to use the Government Car Service.

  • Network Rail

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the estimated value of Network Rail was on the most recent date for which figures are available.

  • Productivity

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect of his road investment strategy on productivity.

  • Parking: Pedestrian Areas

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Traffic Regulation Orders have been introduced by local authorities to tackle pavement parking since 2011.

  • Virgin Trains: Rolling Stock

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the safety and speed of evacuation from Virgin (a) Pendolino and (b) Voyager trains in the event of an...

  • Wolverhampton Station

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he will publish a timetable for the refurbishment of Wolverhampton train station.

  • Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the effect that the decision of the Quality Contract Scheme board on the Quality Contract proposed to be run by Nexus...

  • Virgin Trains: Rolling Stock

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will discuss with Virgin Trains its replacing the ageing Voyager fleet rolling stock.

  • Airports: Egypt

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the airport security at Hurghada and Safaga airports in Egypt.

  • Taxis

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he plans to respond to the report by the Law Commission on tax; and private hire services, published in May 2014.