Asked by: Jeremy Lefroy (Conservative - Stafford)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timescale is for the commencement of s15 of the Road Safety Act 2006.
Answered by Jesse Norman
Section 15 of the Road Safety Act 2006 has not been commenced. For commencement, primary legislation would be required to amend section 16 and no timescales are currently planned for this. To date, the Government has not supported the mandatory use of alcohol interlocks as the disadvantages associated with such a scheme, including lack of evidence of long term behavioural change, ease of circumventing the device, and high installation and maintenance costs, together outweigh any potential benefits.
The Government will continue to enforce vigorously against drink drivers, and changes in the law in April 2015 made it a requirement for high risk offenders to undertake medical tests to ensure they are not still dependent before they are allowed to drive again.
Asked by: Jeremy Lefroy (Conservative - Stafford)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will ensure that HS2 Ltd release its plans for the Great Haywood Viaduct in advance of the relevant Select Committee sessions later in 2018.
Answered by Nusrat Ghani - Minister of State (Minister for Europe)
The design of the Phase 2A scheme to date as set out in the Phase 2A Bill and the Environmental Statement deposited in July 2017 provides the level of detail necessary for the purposes of the Bill and the requirements of the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations 2017.
The level of detailed design necessary to enable the scheme to be constructed has yet to be carried out, and is unlikely to be completed until after the Bill has secured Royal Assent.
Once complete, HS2 Ltd will need to apply for approval of the detailed design of various elements of the scheme, which would include the Great Hayward viaduct, from local planning authorities along the route under the planning regime established under Schedule 17 to the Bill. This will ensure that although deemed planning permission for the scheme is granted by Parliament, local planning authorities will be able to approve the detailed design thereby ensuring that the design of permanent structures fits into the local environment.
Asked by: Jeremy Lefroy (Conservative - Stafford)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many houses in Stafford constituency have been purchased by the (a) Need to Sell scheme, (b) Statutory Blight scheme, (c) Express Purchase scheme and (d) other schemes since each scheme was launched; and what the average cost is of each such purchase.
Answered by Nusrat Ghani - Minister of State (Minister for Europe)
The number and average value of houses purchased in the Stafford constituency broken down by HS2 scheme is as follows
HS2 Scheme | Number of Homes Purchased | Average Value of Purchase |
Exceptional Hardship Scheme (Note 1) | 15 | £404,147 |
Need to Sell | 7 | £403,428 |
Statutory Blight | 6 | £614,167 |
Rural Support Zone Voluntary Purchase | 2 | £420,000 |
Note 1 - In May 2016 the Exceptional Hardship Scheme was withdrawn for the Phase 2a section of HS2 when the Need to Sell scheme was confirmed for this part of the route.
Asked by: Jeremy Lefroy (Conservative - Stafford)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he plans to take to ensure that new rail freight terminals are appropriately sited to benefit the national economy.
Answered by Paul Maynard - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
The National Networks National Policy Statement (NN-NPS) sets out Government’s policy for Strategic Rail Freight Interchange (SRFI) development. It states the importance of SRFIs being located near the business markets they will serve – major urban centres, or groups of centres. The NN-NPS states that to facilitate modal shift from road to rail, a network of SRFIs is needed across the regions to serve regional, sub-regional and cross-regional markets with good connectivity with both the road and strategic rail freight network.
Asked by: Jeremy Lefroy (Conservative - Stafford)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to (a) tackle traffic congestion and (b) improve public transport in Stafford constituency.
Answered by Jesse Norman
The Stafford area has benefitted from the following Government funded initiatives to tackle congestion and improve public transport:
Asked by: Jeremy Lefroy (Conservative - Stafford)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many houses in Stafford constituency have been purchased by (a) the High Speed 2 Exceptional Hardship Scheme and (b) other schemes since each such scheme was launched; and what the average cost is of each such purchase.
Answered by Paul Maynard - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)
The number and average value of houses purchased in the Stafford constituency broken down by HS2 scheme is as follows
Scheme | Number of homes purchased | Average value of purchase |
Exceptional Hardship Scheme (Note 1) | 15 | £404,147 |
Need to Sell | 3 | £277,167 |
Statutory Blight | 3 | £606,667 |
Note 1 - In May 2016 the Exceptional Hardship Scheme was withdrawn for the Phase 2a section of HS2 when the Need to Sell scheme was confirmed for this part of the route.
Asked by: Jeremy Lefroy (Conservative - Stafford)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress he has made on negotiating the continued participation of the UK in the European open skies arrangements with the EU and third countries after the UK leaves the EU.
Answered by John Hayes
On 29 March the UK formally notified its intention to leave the EU. The EU is currently preparing its position ahead of formal EU Exit negotiations, and no negotiations as yet have taken place.
The Government is considering carefully all the potential implications arising from the UK’s exit from the EU and plans to negotiate the best possible relationship between the UK and the EU in the field of aviation. The Department for Transport is working closely with the sector to best understand its requirements and to ensure that the outcome of the negotiations serves the interests of both passengers and the aviation industry.
Asked by: Jeremy Lefroy (Conservative - Stafford)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many Home Zones have been established in England since 2000; and where those zones are located.
Answered by Andrew Jones
Home Zones are residential areas with streets designed for very low vehicle speeds which better suit the needs of pedestrians and cyclists. The aim is to change the way streets are used in order to improve quality of life by reducing the dominance of motor traffic. Local authorities are free to install them using powers under the Transport Act 2000 without reference to the Department.
The Home Zones Challenge Fund, set up in April 2001 to encourage the development of home zones in England, funded 59 schemes across 56 authorities. These are listed in the table below. The Department does not hold information on how many other Home Zones are in place, or where they are located, as local authorities do not have to inform the Department when they install them.
Authority | Scheme location |
Luton | Haymarket Green |
Norfolk | Cavell Road, Norwich |
Peterborough | New England |
Suffolk | Cambridge Road, Lowestoft |
Darlington | Pateley Moor Crescent |
Gateshead | Tyne Park |
Middlesbrough | Gresham Area |
North Tyneside | The Triangle |
Northumberland | Cowpen Quay, Blyth |
South Tyneside | Cleadon Park |
Blackpool | Talbot and Brunswick |
Bolton | Oldham’s Estate |
Bury | Aston Estate |
Cheshire | Egerton Street Area, Chester |
Lancashire | Poulton Area, Morecambe |
South West Area, Burnley | |
Liverpool | Grafton Street |
Manchester | Northmoor Phase 2 |
Rochdale | Wardleworth |
St Helens | Bidston Avenue |
Tameside | Ashton West End |
Trafford | Addiston Crescent |
Warrington | Whitecross |
Wigan | Browning Street |
Wirral | Dundonald & Methuen Streets |
East Sussex | Town Farm Estate, Hailsham |
Hampshire | Castle Grove, Porchester |
Kent | Northcourt Estate, Denton |
Oxfordshire | Saxton Road, Abingdon |
Reading | Kingsbridge Road |
Southampton | Radcliffe Road |
Surrey | Nutley Lane, Reigate |
West Sussex | North West Bognor Regis |
Bath & North East Somerset | Albert Avenue, Peasedown St John |
Bristol | Southville |
Cornwall | North Close Estate, Redruth |
Devon | Wonford Estate, Exeter |
Plymouth | Morice Town |
Wiltshire | College Community Area, Trowbridge |
Westleigh Area, Warminster | |
Birmingham | Pitts farm, Erdington |
Staffordshire | Silkmore, Stafford Wilmot Drive, Newcastle under Lyme |
Telford and Wrekin | West Woodside |
Wolverhampton | Fordhouses |
Worcestershire | Duke of Edinburgh Way, Malvern |
Derby | Normanton |
Nottingham | Kennington Road Area |
Kingston upon Hull | Albany Street |
Kirklees | Moorside Estate |
Leeds | Littlemoor |
North Lincolnshire | Crosby/Frodingham, Scunthorpe |
Bromley | Rookery Gardens, St Mary Cray |
Camden | Lupton Street |
Greenwich | Deptford Green |
Haringey | Linden Road |
Kingston upon Thames | Cavendish Road |
Newham | Cranberry Estate |
Southwark | Sutherland Square |
The Department has not made any recent assessment of Home Zones. The design of streets in their care is a matter for local authorities. In recent years there has been a significant step change in attitudes to street design, with the focus increasingly on creating streets that function as places and communities. Home Zones are one tool that can help achieve these aims. We promote this approach more generally through design guidance such as the Manual for Streets.
Although the Government provides maintenance funding to local authorities, the Department provides no specific funding for the maintenance of Home Zones. Local authorities have a duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980 to maintain the highways network in their area. It is for each individual authority to assess which parts of its network are in need of repair and what standards should be applied, based on their local knowledge and circumstances.
Asked by: Jeremy Lefroy (Conservative - Stafford)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funds the Government has provided to local authorities for the maintenance of Home Zones.
Answered by Andrew Jones
Home Zones are residential areas with streets designed for very low vehicle speeds which better suit the needs of pedestrians and cyclists. The aim is to change the way streets are used in order to improve quality of life by reducing the dominance of motor traffic. Local authorities are free to install them using powers under the Transport Act 2000 without reference to the Department.
The Home Zones Challenge Fund, set up in April 2001 to encourage the development of home zones in England, funded 59 schemes across 56 authorities. These are listed in the table below. The Department does not hold information on how many other Home Zones are in place, or where they are located, as local authorities do not have to inform the Department when they install them.
Authority | Scheme location |
Luton | Haymarket Green |
Norfolk | Cavell Road, Norwich |
Peterborough | New England |
Suffolk | Cambridge Road, Lowestoft |
Darlington | Pateley Moor Crescent |
Gateshead | Tyne Park |
Middlesbrough | Gresham Area |
North Tyneside | The Triangle |
Northumberland | Cowpen Quay, Blyth |
South Tyneside | Cleadon Park |
Blackpool | Talbot and Brunswick |
Bolton | Oldham’s Estate |
Bury | Aston Estate |
Cheshire | Egerton Street Area, Chester |
Lancashire | Poulton Area, Morecambe |
South West Area, Burnley | |
Liverpool | Grafton Street |
Manchester | Northmoor Phase 2 |
Rochdale | Wardleworth |
St Helens | Bidston Avenue |
Tameside | Ashton West End |
Trafford | Addiston Crescent |
Warrington | Whitecross |
Wigan | Browning Street |
Wirral | Dundonald & Methuen Streets |
East Sussex | Town Farm Estate, Hailsham |
Hampshire | Castle Grove, Porchester |
Kent | Northcourt Estate, Denton |
Oxfordshire | Saxton Road, Abingdon |
Reading | Kingsbridge Road |
Southampton | Radcliffe Road |
Surrey | Nutley Lane, Reigate |
West Sussex | North West Bognor Regis |
Bath & North East Somerset | Albert Avenue, Peasedown St John |
Bristol | Southville |
Cornwall | North Close Estate, Redruth |
Devon | Wonford Estate, Exeter |
Plymouth | Morice Town |
Wiltshire | College Community Area, Trowbridge |
Westleigh Area, Warminster | |
Birmingham | Pitts farm, Erdington |
Staffordshire | Silkmore, Stafford Wilmot Drive, Newcastle under Lyme |
Telford and Wrekin | West Woodside |
Wolverhampton | Fordhouses |
Worcestershire | Duke of Edinburgh Way, Malvern |
Derby | Normanton |
Nottingham | Kennington Road Area |
Kingston upon Hull | Albany Street |
Kirklees | Moorside Estate |
Leeds | Littlemoor |
North Lincolnshire | Crosby/Frodingham, Scunthorpe |
Bromley | Rookery Gardens, St Mary Cray |
Camden | Lupton Street |
Greenwich | Deptford Green |
Haringey | Linden Road |
Kingston upon Thames | Cavendish Road |
Newham | Cranberry Estate |
Southwark | Sutherland Square |
The Department has not made any recent assessment of Home Zones. The design of streets in their care is a matter for local authorities. In recent years there has been a significant step change in attitudes to street design, with the focus increasingly on creating streets that function as places and communities. Home Zones are one tool that can help achieve these aims. We promote this approach more generally through design guidance such as the Manual for Streets.
Although the Government provides maintenance funding to local authorities, the Department provides no specific funding for the maintenance of Home Zones. Local authorities have a duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980 to maintain the highways network in their area. It is for each individual authority to assess which parts of its network are in need of repair and what standards should be applied, based on their local knowledge and circumstances.
Asked by: Jeremy Lefroy (Conservative - Stafford)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of establishing more Home Zones.
Answered by Andrew Jones
Home Zones are residential areas with streets designed for very low vehicle speeds which better suit the needs of pedestrians and cyclists. The aim is to change the way streets are used in order to improve quality of life by reducing the dominance of motor traffic. Local authorities are free to install them using powers under the Transport Act 2000 without reference to the Department.
The Home Zones Challenge Fund, set up in April 2001 to encourage the development of home zones in England, funded 59 schemes across 56 authorities. These are listed in the table below. The Department does not hold information on how many other Home Zones are in place, or where they are located, as local authorities do not have to inform the Department when they install them.
Authority | Scheme location |
Luton | Haymarket Green |
Norfolk | Cavell Road, Norwich |
Peterborough | New England |
Suffolk | Cambridge Road, Lowestoft |
Darlington | Pateley Moor Crescent |
Gateshead | Tyne Park |
Middlesbrough | Gresham Area |
North Tyneside | The Triangle |
Northumberland | Cowpen Quay, Blyth |
South Tyneside | Cleadon Park |
Blackpool | Talbot and Brunswick |
Bolton | Oldham’s Estate |
Bury | Aston Estate |
Cheshire | Egerton Street Area, Chester |
Lancashire | Poulton Area, Morecambe |
South West Area, Burnley | |
Liverpool | Grafton Street |
Manchester | Northmoor Phase 2 |
Rochdale | Wardleworth |
St Helens | Bidston Avenue |
Tameside | Ashton West End |
Trafford | Addiston Crescent |
Warrington | Whitecross |
Wigan | Browning Street |
Wirral | Dundonald & Methuen Streets |
East Sussex | Town Farm Estate, Hailsham |
Hampshire | Castle Grove, Porchester |
Kent | Northcourt Estate, Denton |
Oxfordshire | Saxton Road, Abingdon |
Reading | Kingsbridge Road |
Southampton | Radcliffe Road |
Surrey | Nutley Lane, Reigate |
West Sussex | North West Bognor Regis |
Bath & North East Somerset | Albert Avenue, Peasedown St John |
Bristol | Southville |
Cornwall | North Close Estate, Redruth |
Devon | Wonford Estate, Exeter |
Plymouth | Morice Town |
Wiltshire | College Community Area, Trowbridge |
Westleigh Area, Warminster | |
Birmingham | Pitts farm, Erdington |
Staffordshire | Silkmore, Stafford Wilmot Drive, Newcastle under Lyme |
Telford and Wrekin | West Woodside |
Wolverhampton | Fordhouses |
Worcestershire | Duke of Edinburgh Way, Malvern |
Derby | Normanton |
Nottingham | Kennington Road Area |
Kingston upon Hull | Albany Street |
Kirklees | Moorside Estate |
Leeds | Littlemoor |
North Lincolnshire | Crosby/Frodingham, Scunthorpe |
Bromley | Rookery Gardens, St Mary Cray |
Camden | Lupton Street |
Greenwich | Deptford Green |
Haringey | Linden Road |
Kingston upon Thames | Cavendish Road |
Newham | Cranberry Estate |
Southwark | Sutherland Square |
The Department has not made any recent assessment of Home Zones. The design of streets in their care is a matter for local authorities. In recent years there has been a significant step change in attitudes to street design, with the focus increasingly on creating streets that function as places and communities. Home Zones are one tool that can help achieve these aims. We promote this approach more generally through design guidance such as the Manual for Streets.
Although the Government provides maintenance funding to local authorities, the Department provides no specific funding for the maintenance of Home Zones. Local authorities have a duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980 to maintain the highways network in their area. It is for each individual authority to assess which parts of its network are in need of repair and what standards should be applied, based on their local knowledge and circumstances.