Asked by: Jason McCartney (Conservative - Colne Valley)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the number of (a) fatal and (b) other serious head injuries that were received by people whilst inside road vehicles in the latest period for which data is available.
Answered by Guy Opperman
The Department collects information on personal injury road collisions reported to police via the STATS19 data collection system.
Fatal casualties do not have an injury recorded for them. Only slight and serious casualties reported on an injury-based reporting system have detail on the type of injuries sustained in the collision. In 2022, 27 out of 44 police forces were using an injury-based reporting system.
The number of serious casualties where the most severe recorded injury was a head injury, by road user type in Great Britain for 2022, for which is the latest available year, can be found in the table below.
Reported road casualties reported using an injury-based reporting system by injury type and road user type, Great Britain (police forces using an injury-based reporting system), 2022 | |||||||||||
Road user type | Serious head injury |
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Car Occupant | 1,937 |
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Bus Occupant | 99 |
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Van Occupant | 111 |
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HGV Occupant | 14 |
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Asked by: Jason McCartney (Conservative - Colne Valley)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress has been made on updates to the Transpennine rail route.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson
£589m funding announced in July 2020 has enabled further design and development work on the Transpennine Route Upgrade programme. The first stages of Overhead Line Electrification (OLE) installation have begun between York and Church Fenton, and in the Spring Network Rail will be carrying out engineering work between Manchester Victoria and Stalybridge to support future masts and electric wires.
Asked by: Jason McCartney (Conservative - Colne Valley)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress has been made on the eastern leg of HS2 that connects the line to Yorkshire.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson
The government is committed to ensuring Yorkshire reaps the benefits on high-speed services. The Integrated Rail Plan will consider the sequencing and delivery of HS2, as well as Northern Powerhouse Rail and other rail investment projects to ensure the benefits of these investments are delivered to passengers and communities more quickly. We intend to publish the IRP this Spring.
Asked by: Jason McCartney (Conservative - Colne Valley)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on the roll-out of electric buses in (a) Colne Valley (b) Kirklees and (c) West Yorkshire.
Answered by Rachel Maclean
Through the Ultra-Low Emission Bus Scheme (ULEBS), West Yorkshire Combined Authority (which includes both Colne Valley and Kirklees) and First West Yorkshire received £617,000.00 for 5 electric buses and charging infrastructure and £1,770,472.50 for 9 electric buses and charging infrastructure respectively, totalling £2,387,472.50.
Asked by: Jason McCartney (Conservative - Colne Valley)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many electric buses are operating in (a) Colne Valley constituency, (b) Kirklees and (c) West Yorkshire.
Answered by Rachel Maclean
We do not hold information on how many buses are operating in a particular area, but we can provide the number of buses & coaches registered in West Yorkshire according to the location of the recorded keeper of each vehicle.
The following table relates to where these vehicles are registered by their keeper, which does not mean they are operated in these areas, nor does it stop other buses & coaches registered elsewhere from operating in these areas.
Table: Registered battery electric buses & coaches at the end of March 2020
Area | Licensed for use on the road | Statutory Off Road Notification (SORN) |
Colne Valley constituency | 0 | 1 |
Kirklees | 1 | 1 |
West Yorkshire | 24 | 4 |
Asked by: Jason McCartney (Conservative - Colne Valley)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the progress on the delivery of the Transpennine Rail upgrade.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson
The programme is rapidly progressing into its detailed design phase with early construction enabling activities happening in parallel. Peak construction is expected around 2023/2024 with final completion in the late 2020s.
Asked by: Jason McCartney (Conservative - Colne Valley)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the Transpennine Rail upgrade project will commence.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson
Upgrades have already been delivered at Micklefield, we are upgrading the Calder Valley route to provide an essential alternative route during the works, and Network Rail is currently consulting on upgrades between Huddersfield and Ravensthorpe to ensure our focus is on better journeys for passengers.
Asked by: Jason McCartney (Conservative - Colne Valley)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what route the upgraded Transpennine Rail will take.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson
TRU will bring significant improvements to the existing East-West rail link across the North, from York to Manchester via Leeds and Huddersfield.
Asked by: Jason McCartney (Conservative - Colne Valley)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of budget required for the Transpennine rail upgrade.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson
The Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) is a multi-billion pound programme and the Government's biggest single investment in upgrading the country's railway in the next five years. TRU has developed an Outline Business Case that has been going through approval processes this month. Further announcements on the budget will be made as soon as that process completes.
Asked by: Jason McCartney (Conservative - Colne Valley)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the benefits of the Transpennine Rail Upgrade to passengers and commuters.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson
The Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) is a vital step towards transforming rail connectivity across the north, delivering more seats, faster journeys, a more reliable service for commuters and visible improvements to several stations along the route.