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Written Question
Bus Services
Tuesday 2nd April 2019

Asked by: Mark Prisk (Conservative - Hertford and Stortford)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the document entitled Bus Services Act 2017: Bus Open Data Consultation Response: Moving Britain Ahead, published by his Department in January 2019, when he plans to publish the steps his Department will take in response to the responses received to that consultation.

Answered by Nusrat Ghani - Minister of State (Minister for Europe)

The Government’s consultation response on bus open data explains that the Government will bring forward a statutory instrument later this year which will require bus operators in England to publish various forms of data.

The key requirements are for data on routes and timetables to be published from January 2020; real time information and simple fares by January 2021; and complex fares by January 2023. The difference between simple and complex fares is explained in section 4 of the consultation response.

To support this, the response also explains that the Government is developing a Bus Open Data Digital Service, which will allow app developers to access all of the information in a machine-readable format. We are currently developing the digital service and expect it to be available for use by all bus operators towards the end of the summer.


Written Question
Airports: National Policy Statements
Friday 7th July 2017

Asked by: Mark Prisk (Conservative - Hertford and Stortford)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in which month the final National Airports Policy Statement will be published.

Answered by John Hayes

The consultation on the draft Airports National Policy Statement closed on 25 May, and we are analysing the tens of thousands of responses received. The Government will set out the next steps in the process in due course.


Written Question
Department for Transport: Land
Tuesday 25th April 2017

Asked by: Mark Prisk (Conservative - Hertford and Stortford)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to paragraphs 1.296 and 1.297 of the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015, what progress his Department has made by estimated capacity of land sold since March 2016 in identifying and disposing of land to meet the Government's commitment.

Answered by John Hayes

The Government has an ambition to sell surplus land and property to generate £5 billion from sales receipts and create capacity for at least 160,000 homes by the end of March 2020.

In March we published a Government Review: Making Commercial Terms of Government Land Disposals More Transparent. The report committed to publish details of Government land sales annually, with the first publication in summer 2017. The report will include all sales in 2015/16 and 2016/17.

Progress towards meeting the housing ambition is set out in Table 3 of the Public Land for Housing Programme Annual Report published in February 2017. which shows that between 8 May 2015 and 30 September 2016, the Department for Transport released land with capacity for 1,673 homes.

Increasing the supply of land for new homes is central to this Government’s vision of a country that works for everyone. As a major landowner the Government has a crucial role to play in managing its estate more efficiently to secure best value for money for the taxpayer, boost growth and help support the building of new homes.


Written Question
East Anglia Rail Franchise: Compensation
Tuesday 18th October 2016

Asked by: Mark Prisk (Conservative - Hertford and Stortford)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the timetable is for the delay repay scheme to begin operating on the (a) Greater Anglia franchise and (b) West Anglia route.

Answered by Paul Maynard - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Work and Pensions)

The Greater Anglia franchise already provides a Delay Repay scheme across the whole franchise including the West Anglia route.

Rail passengers will soon be able to claim compensation if their train is more than 15 minutes late under an improved compensation scheme we announced on 13 October 2016. However, we cannot set out the dates on each franchise as this is subject to commercial negotiation. To set out dates could place the Department in a weaker position in its commercial negotiations and we have a duty to ensure that we secure the best possible deal for taxpayers.


Written Question
Railways: Compensation
Monday 13th June 2016

Asked by: Mark Prisk (Conservative - Hertford and Stortford)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in which month he expects the new arrangements for rail passenger refunds following delays to be announced.

Answered by Claire Perry

We are committed to improving compensation arrangements for passengers. The Chancellor announced in his Autumn 2015 Spending Review that passengers will soon have access to compensation when trains are over 15 minutes late. We expect to make an announcement on this in the coming months.


Written Question
Railways: East of England
Friday 10th June 2016

Asked by: Mark Prisk (Conservative - Hertford and Stortford)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, in which month he expects the Greater Anglia rail franchise to be awarded.

Answered by Claire Perry

The next franchise to provide services in the Anglia region will be known as the East Anglia franchise, following devolution of service to Crossrail and London Overground. The franchise schedule can be found at:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/523791/may-2016-rail-franchise-schedule.pdf.


Written Question
Consumer Rights Act 2015: Railways
Monday 9th May 2016

Asked by: Mark Prisk (Conservative - Hertford and Stortford)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, for what reasons the exemption for the railway sector from the provisions of the Consumer Rights Act 2015 has been extended until October 2016.

Answered by Claire Perry

Last year we consulted on an exemption from certain provisions of the Consumer Rights Act for rail, aviation and maritime transport. We have listened to the views we have received, and have decided not to seek a permanent exemption for these sectors.

The temporary exemption for rail only, which will last for one year until October 2017, will allow the industry time to move to a more consistent compensation scheme.


Written Question
Cycleways: Greater London
Tuesday 15th March 2016

Asked by: Mark Prisk (Conservative - Hertford and Stortford)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the total funding allocated for the construction of cycle superhighways in London.

Answered by Robert Goodwill

Decisions on how much funding to allocate to cycling projects on the Transport for London Road Network (TLRN) are entirely a matter for the Mayor and Transport for London. The Department for Transport (DfT) provides the Greater London Authority with an annual transport grant for TfL, and it is up to the Mayor to determine how this grant is spent. In 2013, the Mayor published a vision for cycling which outlined plans to invest £913 million on a wide variety of schemes to improve conditions for cyclists in London, including the construction of a number of new and improved cycle superhighways.


Written Question
Pedestrians: Greater London
Tuesday 15th March 2016

Asked by: Mark Prisk (Conservative - Hertford and Stortford)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding his Department has allocated to improve pavements and crossings for pedestrians in London in the last two years.

Answered by Robert Goodwill

Transport for London is responsible for pavements and pedestrian crossings on those major roads in London (or “red routes”) which form part of the Transport for London Road Network. The Department for Transport provides both a general (resource) and an investment (capital) grant to the Greater London Authority (GLA) for Transport for London (TfL) each year. This money is not ring-fenced and it is a matter for the Mayor to determine how it is spent. The great majority of pavements and crossings in London are the responsibility of individual London boroughs, which are funded primarily by the Department for Communities and Local Government, although TfL also provide some funding to boroughs for local road improvements. The Department for Transport has not provided any additional funding to individual boroughs for this purpose in the last two years.


Written Question
Pedestrians: Greater London
Tuesday 15th March 2016

Asked by: Mark Prisk (Conservative - Hertford and Stortford)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) deaths and (b) injuries to pedestrians in London were caused by (i) buses, (ii) lorries and (iii) other vehicles in each of the last three years.

Answered by Andrew Jones

The statistics below show the number of cyclist and pedestrian casualties in reported personal injury road accidents with buses, HGVs and other vehicles. The data do not include information about who or what caused the accident, this information would only be known following a detailed accident investigation.

The number of cyclists a) killed, b) seriously injured and slightly injured in two vehicle reported personal injury road accidents with a i) bus, ii) HGV or iii) other vehicle in London is shown in the table below:

Cyclist casualties in a two vehicle reported road accident with a i) bus or coach, ii) HGV or iii) other vehicle: London, 2012-2014

Vehicle:

i) Bus or Coach

ii) HGV

iii) Other1

Killed

Serious

Slight

Total

Killed

Serious

Slight

Total

Killed

Serious

Slight

Total

2012

2

22

117

141

4

14

64

82

6

549

3,497

4,052

2013

3

11

114

128

5

13

89

107

5

399

3,615

4,019

2014

0

16

105

121

2

8

97

107

9

340

4,163

4,512

1. Other includes motorcyclists, cars, light goods vehicles and other vehicles such as trams and mobility scooters.

The number of pedestrians a) killed, b) seriously injured and slightly injured after being hit by a i) bus, ii) HGV or iii) other vehicle in a reported personal injury road accident in London is shown in the table below:

Pedestrian casualties after being hit by a i) bus or coach, ii) HGV or iii) other vehicle in reported road accidents: London, 2012-2014

Hit by:

i) Bus or Coach

ii) HGV

iii) Other1

Killed

Serious

Slight

Total

Killed

Serious

Slight

Total

Killed

Serious

Slight

Total

2012

11

75

268

354

11

29

47

87

48

950

3,833

4,831

2013

6

63

274

343

13

20

51

84

46

691

4,022

4,759

2014

6

51

300

357

12

16

52

80

48

648

4,484

5,180

1. Other includes pedal cyclists, motorcyclists, cars, light goods vehicles and other vehicles such as trams and mobility scooters.