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Roads (Noise Reduction)
Mr. Oaten:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) pursuant to his written statement of 1 April 2003, Official Report, column 49WS, on trunk roads, when he will announce the concrete roads due to be resurfaced from April 2007; [109029]
(2) what budget has been allocated for noise reduction work on concrete roads and motorways for (a) 200304 and (b) 200405; [108980]
(3) what percentage of the money allocated for noise reduction work on the motorway network for 200203 was spent; [108979]
(4) what criteria are used for selecting which roads should be resurfaced for noise reduction. [108981]
Mr. Jamieson:
I have asked the Chief Executive of the Highways Agency, Tim Matthews, to write to the hon. Member.
Letter from Tim Matthews to Mr. Oaten, dated 14 April 2003:
David Jamieson has asked me to reply to your recent Parliamentary Questions about noise reduction measures on the trunk road and motorway network.
In 200203, the Agency spent £5.9 million on noise mitigation measures such as noise barriers on trunk roads and motorways, against a ring fenced annual budget of £5 million. In addition, it is our policy to use low-noise surfacing whenever a road surface needs renewing. In 200203, £235 million was spent on resurfacing trunk roads and motorways, two per cent. above the budget for this work.
For 200304, the allocation for resurfacing concrete trunk roads and motorways is £52 million. The programme for 200405 is currently still under development. We shall be resurfacing the highest priority sections of concrete road ahead of maintenance need, in order to reduce traffic noise.
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Following consultation with local highways authorities and others, the following criteria were announced on 17 October 2001 for prioritising the surfacing of concrete roads with quieter material:
(i) that wherever possible the application of quieter surfaces will fit in with normal maintenance needs;
(ii) that priority will be given to those sites where treatment would benefit the greatest number of people;
(iii) that the works will be carried out in such a way to minimise disruption to the general public and users of the network;
(iv) that priority will be given to roads, opened since June 1988, where actual noise levels have turned out to be significantly higher than predicted at the time of the public inquiry.
These criteria have been used to prioritise the list of schemes announced on 1 April. The main determinants of priority are the number of properties affected (proxy for criterion ii) and for newer roads, the increase in noise levels above those predicted at public inquiry (criterion iv). The high priority group is defined by sections of road which affect more than 100 properties per km or for which the current noise level is at least 3 dB(A) greater than predicted at public inquiry (an increase of 3 dB(A) is equivalent to the noise increase expected from a doubling of the volume of traffic on a road). The medium priority group is defined by sections of road which affect more than 10 properties per km or for which the current noise level is 1 dB(A) greater than predicted at public inquiry, which equates to a noticeable noise increase.
It is expected that the sections indicated as having a high priority will be completed by the end of March 2007, subject to funding being available. We expect to resurface sections of road in the medium or low priority groups between April 2007 and March 2011, subject to funding being available. Where there is an identified maintenance need, some of the medium or low priority sections may be resurfaced earlier, for road safety reasons.
If you need any further information, please contact Martin Steward at the Highways Agency, Broadway, Broad Street, Birmingham B15 1BL telephone number 0121 678 8324.
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Rural Transport
Mr. Luff:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the impact of the policies of passenger transport executives on services in the rural areas adjacent to the area of such passenger transport executives; and if he will make a statement. [109176]
Mr. Jamieson:
I have made no such assessment.
Chris Grayling:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many applicants from the South East for funding under the Rural Transport Partnership Fund have (a) been rejected and (b) are awaiting funding. [107298]
Alun Michael:
I have been asked to reply.
159 applications for Rural Transport Partnership project grants have been received from the South East in 20022003. Of these 143 have been approved, five rejected and seven are awaiting a decision on their application. All successful Rural Transport Partnership Grant applications can access their agreed funding without any delay.
For the pending applications, the Countryside Agency is either waiting for applicants to provide a business plan, missing information or are obtaining specialist advice on the application.
Secondments
Dr. Cable:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many individuals have been seconded to his Department from (a) the private sector, (b) NGOs and (c) other, in each case listing (i) from which organisation and (ii) dates of secondments, in (A) 200102 and (B) 200203. [108089]
Mr. Jamieson:
The information requested is listed in the following two tables.
Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regionsinward secondments 200102
| Start | End
|
Organisation | Year | Month | Year | Month
|
NGOstwo | | | |
|
Audit Commission (NDPB) | 2002 | January | 2003 | January
|
Audit Commission (NDPB) | 2001 | October | 2002 | October
|
| | | |
|
Private Sector13 | | | |
|
ADFC Ltd. | 2001 | September | 2002 | September
|
Home Group Ltd. | 2002 | February | 2003 | February
|
Accord plc | 2001 | September | 2002 | September
|
The Security Service | 2000 | August | 2002 | September
|
Rosebery Housing | 2001 | June | 2003 | May
|
SERCO Ltd. | 2001 | June | 2002 | September
|
Railtrack | 2000 | December | 2003 | November
|
Savage Crangle Partners | 2001 | October | 2002 | October
|
Pricewaterhousecoopers | 2001 | September | 2002 | September
|
British Telecom | 2000 | July | 2001 | July
|
Railtrack | 2001 | July | 2004 | September
|
Halcrow Ltd. | 2000 | October | 2002 | October
|
Babtie Group Ltd. | 2001 | September | 2002 | September
|
PEP Ltd. (Priority Estate Project) | 2001 | June | 2003 | June
|
| | | |
|
Other81 | | | |
|
Essex Fire Service | 2001 | February | 2003 | January
|
Manchester cc | 2001 | January | 2003 | April
|
Devon Fire Brigade | 2001 | October | 2003 | October
|
Housing Corporation | 2000 | February | 2003 | April
|
University of East London | 2002 | May | 2004 | May
|
Cambridgeshire CC | 2000 | October | 2002 | October
|
Crime Concern | 2000 | January | 2003 | December
|
Assoc of London Government | 1999 | June | 2002 | October
|
Urban Projects | 2002 | July | 2003 | July
|
South Wales File Service | 2001 | July | 2003 | July
|
CPEA Ltd. | 2002 | May | 2003 | May
|
Civil Aviation Authority | 2001 | June | 2003 | June
|
Suffolk Fire Service | 2001 | July | 2003 | July
|
Sheffield Hallam University | 2001 | October | 2002 | October
|
Royal Berkshire Fire Service | 1996 | March | 2003 | August
|
Housing Corporation | 2001 | September | 2002 | September
|
LB Haringey | 2002 | February | 2002 | September
|
Hampshire County Council | 2000 | September | 2002 | September
|
Development Trust Association | 1999 | August | 2004 | July
|
Voluntary Service Council | 2001 | October | 2002 | September
|
GLAGreater London Authority | 2002 | March | 2003 | March
|
London Fire Brigade | 2002 | January | 2004 | January
|
Basildon District Council | 2001 | July | 2003 | July
|
Somerset Homes | 2001 | May | 2004 | May
|
Business In The Community | 2001 | April | 2004 | April
|
Knowsley Borough Council | 2001 | July | 2003 | January
|
Calderdale MBC | 2001 | May | 2003 | May
|
LB Newham | 2002 | September | 2003 | May
|
Bedfordshire Fire Service | 2001 | April | 2003 | April
|
Bradford MDC | 2002 | February | 2004 | February
|
Housing Corporation | 2001 | September | 2003 | September
|
Architecture Foundation | 2002 | May | 2002 | October
|
Shelter | 2002 | August | 2003 | April
|
Safer Merthyr Tydfil | 2000 | May | 2003 | April
|
Oxford cc | 2002 | Mar | 2003 | February
|
Swedish Rail Traffic Admin | 2002 | May | 2002 | August
|
Help the Aged (was LB Camden until June 2002) | 2001 | November | 2003 | March
|
Irwell Valley Housing Association | 2002 | June | 2003 | June
|
Lanes Fire Rescue | 2002 | January | 2004 | January
|
Hertfordshire Fire Service | 2000 | July | 2002 | July
|
Newham Council | 2002 | January | 2003 | January
|
Norfolk Police | 2001 | January | 2004 | January
|
London Thames Gateway Forum | 2002 | August | 2003 | August
|
Bristol cc | 2001 | April | 2003 | March
|
South Wales Fire Service | 1994 | December | 2002 | November
|
Tyne and Wear Fire Authority | 2001 | February | 2003 | March
|
London Fire Brigade | 2002 | May | 2003 | May
|
London Fire Authority | 2001 | June | 2003 | June
|
Greater London Enterprise | 2001 | September | 2002 | December
|
Kirklees Council | 2000 | November | 2002 | November
|
Sutton CC | 2001 | July | 2002 | October
|
Birmingham CC | 2001 | September | 2003 | March
|
The Church of England | 1999 | May | 2003 | May
|
Trafford Town Hall | 2000 | September | 2002 | September
|
London Fire Authority | 2001 | June | 2003 | May
|
East Sussex Fire Brigade | 2002 | February | 2004 | February
|
South Yorkshire Fire Service | 2001 | July | 2003 | July
|
Leicester Fire Services | 1999 | September | 2002 | September
|
CAA | 2002 | December | |
|
Buckinghamshire County Council | 2001 | October | 2002 | October
|
ENCAMS | 2002 | January | 2003 | April
|
Bedfordshire Fire Service | 2000 | February | 2003 | February
|
Inner London Probation Service | 2001 | March | 2005 | March
|
London Voluntary Service Council | 2001 | October | 2003 | September
|
West Somerset District Council | 2002 | January | 2002 | September
|
Lambeth County Council | 2001 | July | 2003 | July
|
London Fire Authority | 2001 | September | 2003 | September
|
National Housing Federation | 2001 | October | 2002 | September
|
London Borough of Camden | 2002 | September | 2003 | May
|
Kent Fire Service | 2001 | December | 2003 | November
|
Essex County Council | 2001 | May | 2003 | May
|
Birmingham CC | 2001 | June | 2002 | December
|
West Sussex Fire Service | 2001 | January | 2003 | March
|
Surrey County Council | 2002 | January | 2003 | July
|
Tower Hamlets | 2001 | April | 2003 | March
|
Merseyside Fire Brigade | 2002 | March | 2003 | February
|
Tower Hamlets Primary Care Trust | 2002 | April | 2003 | March
|
Kent County Council | 2001 | March | 2003 | March
|
Serco Local Government | 2002 | March | 2002 | August
|
Manchester Police | 2000 | December | 2002 | December
|
London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority | 2001 | February | 2003 | January
|
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DfT inward secondments 200203
| Start | End
|
Organisation | Year | Month | Year | Month
|
Privatetwo | | | |
|
Railtrack (Network Rail) | 2000 | December | 2003 | November
|
The Security Service | 2000 | September | 2002 | September
|
| | | |
|
Otherseven | | | |
|
Civil Aviation Authority | 2001 | June | 2003 | June
|
Japanese Government | 2003 | April | 2003 | September
|
University of the West of England | 2002 | February | 2004 | February
|
Norfolk Police | 2001 | January | 2004 | January
|
CAA | 2002 | December | |
|
Buckinghamshire County Council | 2001 | October | 2003 | October
|
Swedish Rail Traffic Admin | | | 2002 | August
|
Dr. Cable:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many civil servants have been seconded from his Department to (a) the private sector, (b) NGOs and (c) other, broken down by (i) grade of civil servants
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seconded, (ii) location and (iii) dates of secondments, in (A) 200102 and (B) 200203. [108090]
Mr. Jamieson:
The information requested is listed in the tables.
Department for Transport, Local Government and the RegionsOutward Secondments 200102
| | Start | End
|
Grade | Location | Year | Month | Year | Month
|
Private4
|
SEO | England | 2000 | September | 2002 | January
|
G7 | England | 2001 | February | 2001 | August
|
G7 | England | 2001 | July | 2002 | March
|
G7 | England | 2001 | April | 2002 | June
|
Other-76
|
HEO | EC | 1999 | November | 2001 | April
|
HEO | EC | 2001 | November | 2003 | April
|
G6 | Other international | 1994 | May | 2002 | December
|
HEO | EC | 2001 | August | 2004 | August
|
G7 | England | 2001 | September | 2002 | September
|
SEO | Other international | 2001 | August | 2004 | August
|
G7 | Other international | 1998 | March | 2001 | April
|
EO | England | 2001 | March | 2001 | September
|
SPTO | EC | 2001 | June | 2004 | May
|
G7 | EC | 2000 | November | 2001 | August
|
G7 | EC | 2000 | May | 2003 | April
|
HEO | Scotland | 1997 | June | 2002 | March
|
SEO | England | 2002 | March | 2002 | June
|
HEO | EC | 2001 | April | 2002 | July
|
SCS | Other international | 1993 | January | 2002 | November
|
SCS | England | 2001 | November | 2003 | November
|
G7 | EC | 2000 | September | 2001 | May
|
G7 | England | 1998 | March | 2005 | March
|
HEO | England | 2001 | October | 2002 | May
|
SPTO | EC | 1999 | November | 2002 | October
|
EO | Other international | 1998 | April | 2003 | January
|
SIO | England | 1998 | March | 2002 | August
|
G7 | England | 2000 | September | 2002 | September
|
G7 | England | 2000 | August | 2002 | August
|
SEO | EC | 2000 | January | 2001 | July
|
HEO | EC | 2001 | February | 2001 | August
|
G7 | EC | 1999 | September | 2001 | June
|
HEO | England | 2001 | March | 2001 | December
|
SEO | EC | 2001 | November | 2003 | May
|
HEO | England | 2001 | June | 2002 | June
|
HEO | EC | 2001 | June | 2004 | May
|
SEO | EC | 1998 | November | 2001 | November
|
SEO | Other international | 2001 | December | 2004 | December
|
HEO | England | 2000 | June | 2001 | December
|
SEO | England | 2001 | April | 2001 | July
|
SEO | England | 1998 | March | 2003 | January
|
G7 | England | 2000 | June | 2001 | May
|
HEO(D) | EC | 2001 | September | 2002 | March
|
SEC | England | 1998 | March | ? | ?
|
G7 | England | 2001 | March | 2001 | July
|
G7 | EC | 2001 | March | 2002 | February
|
SEO | England | 1999 | April | 2001 | October
|
SEO | England | 1998 | March | 2001 | August
|
HEO | England | 2001 | December | 2002 | February
|
G7 | Other international | 2000 | December | 2002 | September
|
HEO(D) | EC | 2000 | February | 2001 | November
|
HEO | England | 2000 | June | 2002 | March
|
HEO | EC | 2002 | February | 2002 | August
|
HEO(D) | EC | 2000 | April | 2002 | June
|
G7 | England | 2001 | January | 2001 | April
|
G7 | England | 2001 | October | 2002 | September
|
G7 | England | 2001 | October | 2002 | February
|
EO | England | 2001 | December | 2002 | December
|
G7 | England | 2001 | February | 2002 | August
|
SCS | England | 2002 | March | 2004 | March
|
EO | EC | 2001 | June | 2002 | May
|
G7 | EC | 2000 | May | 2002 | April
|
EO | EC | 2001 | February | 2001 | August
|
HEO | England | 2000 | December | 2002 | December
|
SCS | England | 2001 | March | 2004? | March
|
HEO | England | 2000 | June | 2001 | July
|
G7 | England | 2000 | February | 2002 | March
|
G7 | EC | 1999 | October | 2002 | October
|
HEO | England | 2001 | July | 2002 | July
|
SEO | EC | 2000 | October | 2002 | January
|
G7 | Other international | 1999 | September | 2001 | December
|
HEO | England | 2001 | July | 2002 | April
|
G7 | England | 2000 | December | 2002 | December
|
G7 | England | 2001 | June | 2002 | January
|
G7 | England | 2001 | April | 2001 | November
|
HEO(D) | EC | 2001 | September | 2002 | March
|
SCS | England | 1996 | April | ? | ?
|
G7 | England | 1999 | September | 2001 | June
|
G7 | EC | 1998 | June | 2001 | May
|
SCS | England | 2000 | July | 2001 | May
|
HEO | EC | 1998 | January | 2001 | December
|
NGOsNone
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Department for TransportOutward secondments 20023
| | Start | End
|
Grade | Location | Year | Month | Year | Month
|
Private2
|
HEO(D) | England | 2002 | October | 2004 | April
|
G7 | England | 2002 | September | 2004 | March
|
Other24
|
HEO | EC | 2001 | August | 2004 | 1-August
|
HEO | Other international | 2001 | August | 2004 | August
|
G7 | EC | 2003 | March | 2003 | September
|
SEO | EC | 2001 | June | 2004 | May
|
SCS | England | 1999 | February | 2003 | April
|
HEO | EC | 2003 | September | 2004 | March
|
AO | Other international | | | 2003 | November
|
G7 | England | 2002 | September | 2004 | September
|
SCS | England | 2002 | November | 2005 | November
|
SES | Other international | 1993 | January | 2003 | November
|
SEO | EC | 1999 | November | 2003 | ?Nov?
|
HEO(D) | Other international | 1998 | April | 2003 | January
|
G7 | England | 2000 | August | 2004 | August
|
HEO | EC | 2001 | June | 2004 | May
|
SEO | Other international | 2001 | December | 2006 | January
|
HEO(D) | England | 2002 | November | |
|
G7 | EC | 2001 | March | 2005 | February
|
G7 | England | 2003 | March | 2004 | March
|
SEO | Other international | 2003 | January | |
|
EO | EC | 2001 | May | 2003 | February
|
HEO | England | 2000 | December | 2003 | December
|
HEO | England | 2001 | July | 2003 | August
|
HEO | England | 1998 | May | |
|
AO | England | 1999 | September | 2003 | April
|
NGOsNone
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