Asked by: David Mowat (Conservative - Warrington South)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether it is his intention that Phase 2 of High Speed 2 will include a section of track linking the new line at High Leigh with the existing west coast main line at Wigan; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
We received over 10,000 responses to the HS2 Phase Two consultation and we are in the process of considering them. No decisions have been made about Phase Two in relation to the consultation. The Government will make an announcement on how it will take Phase Two forward later this year.
Asked by: David Mowat (Conservative - Warrington South)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the benefit cost ratio of the High Speed 2 Wigan spur.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
The Department has not estimated the case for the western leg of the Y-shaped route for High Speed 2 without the connection to the West Coast Main Line north of Manchester. However, preliminary analysis undertaken by HS2 Ltd suggested that this section of the line is likely to provide benefits of the order of £1.2 billion, revenue of about £600 million, and is likely to offer very high value for money.
Asked by: David Mowat (Conservative - Warrington South)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the benefit-cost ratio for the High Speed 2 Wigan spur.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
The Department has not estimated the case for the western leg of the Y-shaped route for High Speed 2 without the Wigan Spur. However, preliminary analysis undertaken by HS2 Ltd suggested that this section of the line is likely to provide benefits of the order of £1.2 billion, revenue of about £600 million, and is likely to offer very high value for money.
Asked by: David Mowat (Conservative - Warrington South)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance his Department issues to the Civil Aviation Authority on the amount of time that body should take to process applications for licences.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
As the aviation regulator, the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has its own internal performance targets for processing licence applications.
The CAA publishes its code of practice on its website. This sets out the standards and the levels of service which both the aviation industry and individuals may expect. Specifically – under Approval, certification and licensing service standards – the CAA say ‘Personnel Licences will be issued within ten working days’.
The Department for Transport does not provide any additional guidance on this issue.
Asked by: David Mowat (Conservative - Warrington South)
Question to the Department for Transport:
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.
Answered by Stephen Hammond
The information requested is in the table below.
Year | Candidates | Passed | % Passed | ||
2007 | 15,799 | 7,734 | 49% | ||
2008 | 15,530 | 7,727 | 50% | ||
2009 | 13,359 | 6,675 | 50% | ||
2010 | 13,340 | 6,584 | 49% | ||
2011 | 13,130 | 6,533 | 50% | ||
2012 | 12,125 | 6,332 | 52% | ||
2013 | 12,200 | 6,433 | 53% | ||
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Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency systems do not hold specific data for the Borough of Warrington. The data in the table above reflects the number of practical test candidates who registered a WA postcode at the time of booking the test.
Asked by: David Mowat (Conservative - Warrington South)
Question to the Department for Transport:
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.
Answered by Stephen Hammond
There are currently 362 approved driving instructors (ADI) with a WA postcode. Please note Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) systems do not hold specific data for the Borough of Warrington.
DVSA's training and registration system is a live database and does not hold historical data; therefore it can provide only the current number of ADIs with a WA postcode.