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Road Building Programme
Mr. Lewis: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement about the road building programme. [306]
Automatic Ticket Machines
Mr. Harry Greenway: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport at how many underground stations automatic ticket machines have been installed; at what cost; how many stations remain without such machines; and if he will make a statement. [1492]
Mr. Norris: These are operational matters for London Underground Ltd.
Lockerbie
Mr. Dalyell: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will place all documents currently held by his Department relating to the destruction of Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie in the Library. [1635]
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Small and Medium Enterprises
Mrs. Roche: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what percentage of his Department's expenditure in 1994-95 was spent on procuring goods or services from small and medium enterprises. [1957]
Mr. Norris: Information is not available in the form requested.
Legislative Repeals
Mr. Steen: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what legislation from his Department passed in the last five years contains provision for statutory repeal or review. [2030]
Mr. Norris: The legislation for which my Department had responsibility contains provisions for the repeal or amendment of other enactments in the usual way. The following Acts provide power, exercisable by statutory instrument, to modify or exclude the application of enactments contained in primary legislation:
The Road Traffic (Temporary Restrictions) Act 1991 (section 2)
The Road Traffic Act 1991 (sections 23, 27, 76, 77 and Schedule 3)
The New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (section 102)
The Transport and Works Act 1992 (section 5)
The Finance Act 1993 (section 21)
The Railways Act 1993 (section 153)
The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (section 33).
International Maritime Organisation
Mr. Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what new proposals he has concerning the United Kingdom's relations with the International Maritime Organisation. [2152]
Bull Bars
Mr. Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will commission research as to whether bull bars (a) inhibit the operation of airbags, (b) lead to higher risk of chassis distortion in accidents and (c) increase the danger to drivers and passengers in cars fitted with bull bars. [2262]
Mr. Norris: The Transport Research Laboratory is investigating all reported injury accidents involving vehicles fitted with bull bars. Its work covers all aspects of these accidents and an interim report is due at the end of the year.
Trans-Europeans Networks
Mr. Tyler: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what capital projects are to be funded, partially or fully, by the EU TEN programme. [2160]
Mr. Watts: The European Community's financing regulation for TENs provides for the funding of transport and other capital projects in the period 1995-1999. Funding decisions will be taken on an annual basis and so far only the funds for 1995 have been allocated.
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In line with the conclusions of the Cannes European Council, just over 75 per cent. of the 1995 funds have been allocated to the 14 priority projects identified by the Essen Council, which are:
My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Transport announced the 1995 allocation of TENs funding to the UK in his reply to the hon. Member for Surbiton (Mr. Tracey) on 26 October, Official Report column 732.
TENs funding for 1996 and beyond cannot be decided until the transport guidelines have been adopted by the European Council and European Parliament. We will, however, shortly be consulting with interested parties as to what schemes might be included in the UK's 1996 bid.
Mr. Tyler:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when the first sleeper trains through the channel tunnel are expected to come into service. [2159]
Mr. Watts:
European Night Services Ltd., which will operate the sleeper services through the channel tunnel, expects to phase them in starting in the second half of 1996.
Mr. Waller:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what expenditure has been incurred to date on preparatory works for the A650 Bingley bypass; [2817]
(3) what is the estimated annual cost to business and industry of traffic delays on the section of the A650 trunk road due to be relieved by the proposed Bingley bypass. [2816]
Mr. Watts:
I have asked the chief executive of the Highways Agency to write to my hon. Friend.
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Letter from Lawrie Haynes to Mr. Gary Waller, dated 27 November 1995:
Mr. Churchill:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on (a) the funding of the Manchester Metrolink light rail and (b) the environmental benefits achieved by Metrolink. [2829]
Mr. Norris:
Bids for light rail schemes are submitted to my Department during the annual transport policies and programmes--TPP--round, and are funded through the package approach. I am prepared to consider supporting light rail schemes, including extensions to the Metrolink, provided they can be demonstrated to be the right and most cost-effective solution to a particular urban transport problem, where they are planned within the context of a strategy or transport package to achieve mode shift away from the private car and where they will attract significant private sector and local investment. It should be remembered, however, that light rail is not the only solution to urban transport problems, and the difficulties and costs associated with developing schemes should not be underestimated.
Manchester Metrolink is currently carrying about 13 million passengers a year, and is estimated to have removed about 1.3 million car journeys a year from the corridor it serves.
Mr. Allen:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish the report made by the Marine Safety Agency on the QEII before it sailed from Southampton in December 1994. [3116]
Mr. Norris:
We intend to publish the report shortly.
Sir Irvine Patnick:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport by what system the use of cycle tracks is monitored; and if he will make a statement. [2873]
Mr. Norris:
It is for each highway authority to judge whether and to what extent it should monitor the use made of its cycle tracks.
Mr. Riddick:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps the Government are taking to expand the charter train market in the new railways regime. [663]
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Mr. Watts:
The expansion of the charter train market is a commercial matter for charter train operators and the rail industry. Railtrack welcomes applications from operators seeking to run charter trains on its network.
The remaining 25 per cent. has been allocated to over 50 other priority projects, mostly involving traffic management studies.
High speed rail/combined transport link, Berlin-Verona
High speed rail link, Paris-Brussels-Cologne- Amsterdam-London (includes CTRL)
High speed rail, Madrid-Montpelier
Betuwe line (rail/combined transport), Netherlands-Germany
High speed rail/combined transport, Lyon-Turin-Trieste
High speed rail, France-Germany
Greek motorway schemes
Motorway, Lisbon-Valladolid
Railway/combined transport, Cork-Dublin-Larne
Malpensa Airport (Milan)
Oresund fixed link, Denmark-Sweden
The Nordic triangle (road and rail)
High speed rail, West Coast Main Line
Ireland-UK-Benelux Road Link
(2) what is the number of (a) fatal, (b) serious and (c) minor accident casualties which have occurred during the most recent five years for which statistics are available on the section of the A650 trunk road due to be relieved by the proposed A650 Bingley bypass; [2818]
As you know, the Minister for Railways and Roads, Mr. John Watts, has asked me to reply to your Parliamentary Questions asking about the estimated annual cost to business and industry of traffic delays on the section of A650 trunk road due to be relieved by the proposed Bingley Bypass, the number of accidents in the most recent years on the same stretch of road and the costs incurred to date on preparatory works for the bypass.
The estimated annual cost of delays on this length of the A650 is £1.75m.
Between January 1990 and October 1995, there were 2 fatal, 34 serious and 186 slight accidents resulting in 281 casualties.
The total cost of preparatory works, including design fees, is £18.9m.
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