January 2016

PQ from Steve McCabe (Lab, Birmingham Selly Oak)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the effect of changes in local authority funding announced in the Autumn Statement and Spending Review 2015 on road safety strategies in local authorities.

 

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PQ from Catherine West (Lab, Hornsey & Wood Green)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to reduce accidents involving pedestrians and (a) cyclists, (b) motorcyclists, (c) cars and (d) heavy goods vehicles.

 

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PQ from Daniel Zeichner (Lab, Cambridge)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to increase cycling among (a) women and (b) older people

 

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PQ from Daniel Zeichner (Lab, Cambridge)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent analysis his Department has made of levels of cycling among different age and gender groups.

 

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PQ from Daniel Zeichner (Lab, Cambridge)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what data his Department holds on the correlation between cycle usage and household income.

 

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PQ from Steve McCabe (Lab, Birmingham Selly Oak)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the effect of changes in local authority funding announced in the Autumn Statement and Spending Review 2015 on road safety strategies in local authorities.

 

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PQ from Daniel Zeichner (Lab, Cambridge)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will estimate the number of deaths and serious injuries of cyclists that were attributable to poorly-maintained local roads since 2010.

 

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PQ from Daniel Zeichner (Lab, Cambridge)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding for cycling (a) London and (b) each of the cities which received Cycle City Ambition Grants received in 2014-15; and what the average level of such funding other areas received in that period.

 

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PQ from Daniel Zeichner (Lab, Cambridge)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 66 of his Department’s Road Investment Strategy Investment Plan, how much of the five ring-fenced investment funds totalling £675 million has been allocated to cycling and walking infrastructure projects.

 

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Responses to Lord Brooke of Alverthorpe’s report (Labour) on

Road Traffic Act 1988 (Alcohol Limits) (Amendment) Bill [HL] – in the House of Lords at 10:56 am on 29th January 2016.1988 (Alcohol Limits) (Amendment) Bill [HL] – in the House of Lords at 10:56.

 

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PQ from Greg Mulholland (Lib Dem, Leeds NW)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what tests a person convicted of death by careless or dangerous driving is required to undertake being allowed to drive again.

 

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PQ from Daniel Zeichner(Lab, Cambridge)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to section 3.3 of his recently published British Road Safety Statement, how the incentive element of local roads maintenance funding will operate.

 

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PQ from Richard Burden (Lab, Birmingham Northfield)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to promote safety among older drivers; and if he will make a statement.

 

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PQ from Daniel Zeichner (Lab, Cambridge)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department’s British Road Safety Statement, published in December 2015, Cm 9175, when he plans to consult on legislative changes to improve urban cycle safety by ensuring that sideguards and rear under-run devices are not removed from HGVs but remain permanently fitted.

 

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PQ from Ben Howlett (Con, Bath)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 19 October 2015 to Question 11881, if he will discuss with the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency the reasons for that agency not approving the pilot scheme for bike racks on the front of buses in Bath in 2015.

 

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PQ from Daniel Zeichner (Lab, Cambridge)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to his Department’s British Road Safety Statement, published in December 2015, Cm 9175, when he plans to consult on legislative changes to improve urban cycle safety by ensuring that sideguards and rear under-run devices are not removed from HGVs but remain permanently fitted.

 

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PQ from Chris Green (Con, Bolton West)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the level of planned investment by local enterprise partnerships in cycling and walking infrastructure through the local growth fund.

 

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