Apr. 24 2025
Source Page: HS2 Construction Commissioner's report 32Found: Mitigation – light pollution In the past few months I have reminded HS2 Ltd and their contractors of
Mar. 21 2025
Source Page: Letter dated 19/03/2025 from Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill to Lord Winston regarding speed limits in shipping lanes, as discussed following the Oral Statement on North Sea Vessel Collision. 2p.Found: OFFICIAL OFFICIAL OFFICIAL OFFICIAL Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill Minister of State for Rail
Asked by: Alex Baker (Labour - Aldershot)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate her Department has made of the level of (a) car ownership, (b) bus usage, (c) light rail usage, (d) train usage and (e) active travel usage in Aldershot constituency.
Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
The information requested regarding (a) car ownership, (b) bus usage (c) light rail usage, (d) train usage and (e) active travel usage in Aldershot constituency is not available. Geographic availability of data differs depending on the data source. Where possible, information has been provided for the constituency of Aldershot. Otherwise, statistics for the local authority of ‘Rushmoor’, county of ‘Hampshire’, or the area of ‘Hampshire and Isle of Wight’ are provided where relevant.
Car ownership
According to the Department’s vehicle statistics, there were 138,805 licensed cars as at end March 2024 in the Aldershot Constituency.
Bus usage
According to the Department’s annual bus statistics, in the year ending March 2023 there were 20.8 million local bus journeys taken in Hampshire.
Train usage
The Regional Rail Usage Statistics published by the Office of Rail and Road show that in the year ending March 2023 there were 25.0 million passenger rail journeys within the South East of England that started or ended in Hampshire and Isle of Wight. There were also 15.3 million journeys that started or ended in Hampshire and Isle of Wight that started or ended from regions outside the South East of England.
Active travel usage
According to the Department’s annual walking and cycling statistics, between November 2022 and November 2023, 66.4% of adults walked or cycled, for any purpose, at least once per week in Rushmoor (Non-Metropolitan District). The equivalent figure for Hampshire (County) is 73.6%.
Written Evidence Mar. 04 2025
Inquiry: Rail investment pipelines: ending boom and bustFound: electrification. The government should instruct Network Rail to implement a Decarbonisation Route
Written Evidence Feb. 04 2025
Inquiry: Managing the impact of street worksFound: roads and pavements and much congestion is also caused by large infrastructure projects, such as rail
Asked by: Stuart Anderson (Conservative - South Shropshire)
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she is taking steps to increase funding available for very light rail projects.
Answered by Simon Lightwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
We are considering how best to support mass transit long-term as part of the Spending Review and we will work closely with local authorities to understand what is needed to improve and grow their networks by learning from their experiences and building on their successes.
Mentions:
1: Gibson, Kenneth (SNP - Cunninghame North) Figures from the Office of Rail and Road show that ScotRail has one of the lowest cancellation rates - Speech Link
2: Rennie, Willie (LD - North East Fife) Rail services that stop at Newburgh in Fife have been cancelled for decades. - Speech Link
3: Hyslop, Fiona (SNP - Linlithgow) If we look ahead at investment in rail, there are issues not only around the track and the procurement - Speech Link
4: Leonard, Richard (Lab - Central Scotland) However, I ask her: will next month’s rise in all rail fares, last year’s reinstatement of peak rail - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Faulkner of Worcester (Lab - Life peer) Indeed, the national rail network of Great Britain is excluded from the operation of the Bill, as it - Speech Link
2: None It relates to Translink, the Northern Ireland rail network. - Speech Link
3: Lord Hanson of Flint (Lab - Life peer) Again, the building and the rail are separate entities.For station premises which fall under Clause 2 - Speech Link
Correspondence Jan. 20 2025
Committee: Public Accounts CommitteeFound: With the terms of the existing postholders coming to an end in the coming months, and in light of the
Found: the Climate Change, Environment & Infrastructure Committee report entitled: The Future of Bus and Rail