Asked by: Sheila Gilmore (Labour - Edinburgh East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2014, Official Report, columns 661-2W, on official visits, what domestic visits he has made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.
Answered by Claire Perry
This information could only be provided at disproportionate cost.
Details of all Ministerial overseas travel are published on a quarterly basis.
Asked by: Sheila Gilmore (Labour - Edinburgh East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the recommendations contained in the report, A review of pedestrian walking speeds and time needed to cross the road, published by Living Streets and Transport Research Laboratory on 1 September 2014.
Answered by Robert Goodwill
The Department notes the recommendation that the relevant guidance on this subject should be updated.
The Department expects to bring the successor to the Traffic Signs Regulations and General Directions, which will include all pedestrian crossing types, into force in 2015 and once that is complete will consider the need to update existing guidance.
Asked by: Sheila Gilmore (Labour - Edinburgh East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what visits each of the Ministers in his Department have made since January 2013; and what the purpose of each such visit was.
Answered by Stephen Hammond
Details of ministerial overseas travel and meetings with external organisations are routinely published every quarter and information covering the period up to the end of March 2014 can be accessed on the Department's website via the following:
http://www.dft.gov.uk/publications/ministerial-transparency/.
Asked by: Sheila Gilmore (Labour - Edinburgh East)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) 20 highest and (b) 20 lowest value contracts awarded by his Department were in each financial year since 2009-10.
Answered by Stephen Hammond
I refer the Honourable Member to the answer given by the Right Honourable Friend, the Minister for the Cabinet Office (Francis Maude) on 2 April 2014, Official Report, Column 721W.