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Mr. Carmichael: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether the Government are on track to achieve its target of delivering (a) 100 new bypasses on trunk and local roads and (b) 130 major local road schemes by 2010; and what the (i) construction costs, (ii) scheduled date for start of construction, (iii) expected completion date and (iv) current status as at 1 April 2007 was for each existing scheme. [148149]

Ms Rosie Winterton: The 10 Year Plan published in July 2000 set out very broad indicative figures for the number of bypasses that might be delivered on the trunk and local road network over the 10 year period.

As at 1 April 2007, the Highways Agency had completed 45 major trunk road schemes, 21 of these were bypass schemes. Local highway authorities had completed 43 local major road schemes, 20 of which are bypasses.

I have placed in the Library of the House two tables which provide information on (i) construction costs, (ii) scheduled date for start of construction, (iii) expected completion date and (iv) current status of both Highways Agency and local authority major road schemes which are currently at various stages within the approval process.

Roads: Safety

Mrs. Dunwoody: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what research she plans to undertake into the under-reporting identified in Road Safety Research Report 69; and if she will make a statement on the inclusion of insurance status in the Stats 19 form. [150757]

Jim Fitzpatrick: The Department and the Office for National Statistics are currently undertaking a project to match individual records from STATS19 with records from hospital admissions resulting from road accidents. The resulting matched database should allow for further investigation into levels of reporting.

Additionally, questions on road accidents were added to the National Travel Survey (NTS) in January 2007. In future, this will provide an independent, non-administrative source, which will help track broad trends. The first data will be available summer 2008.


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Changes to the information collected on the STATS 19 personal injury road accident reporting form, including insurance status, will be considered in the next review of STATS19. The findings of the next review will be implemented in 2011.

Mr. Jim Cunningham: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent assessment her Department has made of road safety in the Coventry area. [152338]

Jim Fitzpatrick: No separate assessment of Coventry has been undertaken but Coventry is a partner in the West Midlands Local Transport Plan (LTP), along with each of the metropolitan authorities and Centro. For the period of the first LTP (2001-06) performance for road safety was assessed as “strong”. The strategy for road safety for the second LTP (2006-11) was assessed as “excellent”. Both assessments were completed in December 2006.

Shipping

Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if she will take steps to (a) increase the numbers of (i) British registered merchant ships and (ii) merchant navy officers and (b) to increase the size of the UK maritime skills base; and if she will make a statement. [152365]

Jim Fitzpatrick: A new campaign to re-invigorate the UK Register was launched in February 2006 when the then Minister for Shipping (the hon. Member for South Thanet) held a reception for shipowners/operators at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich with the theme of “Safety through partnership”. In addition, a review of the MCA’s Marketing Strategy was undertaken during the second half of 2006 and the recommendations from this are now being implemented.

A measure of the success of this campaign is that at the end of March 2007 the number of merchant vessels on the UK Ship Register was 1,459, of which the gross tonnage was in excess of 13 million for the first time in 10 years. (If we include all sea-going vessels over 100 gross tonnes, as in the Department for Transport’s published statistics, the number of vessels is over 1,900 and the gross tonnage over 14 million).

The Government are currently engaged with social partners, considering joint proposals from the Chamber of Shipping, RMT and Nautilus UK for stimulating UK and EEA rating and officer training and employment.

Although recruitment is a matter for the shipping companies themselves, a dedicated industry body, the Merchant Navy Training Board (which includes representatives from industry, trade unions and the Government), actively promotes officer training, and the Department for Transport gives financial assistance to training providers through the Support for Maritime Training Scheme (SMarT), for the training of officers and ratings. The support available under SMarT at present amounts to roughly half of the cost of training provided by maritime colleges.

Seafarer training is also a key element of the UK tonnage tax which imposes a minimum training obligation (MTO) on companies entering the scheme.
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This is to train one officer trainee per year for every 15 officer posts in the company’s effective officer complement. The MTO is cumulative and covers each trainee for up to three years.

South West Trains: Fares

Sandra Gidley: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what discussions she has had with South West Trains on the 20 per cent. fare increase for mid-morning passengers to London from (a) Southampton, (b) Winchester and (c) Dorset. [153630]

Mr. Tom Harris: The Secretary of State has had no discussions with South West Trains regarding the 20 per cent. fare increase for mid-morning passengers to London as these fares are unregulated.

Traffic Accidents

Lynne Featherstone: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how many road traffic accidents involved commercial coaches in London in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement; [153550]

(2) how many traffic accidents there were involving (a) buses, (b) pedestrians and (c) cyclists in each London borough in each of the last five years. [153553]

Jim Fitzpatrick: The number of reported personal injury accidents involving buses/coaches, pedestrians and cyclists in each London borough since 2002 are given in the following table.

Commercial coaches are not separately identifiable.


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Number of accidents
Road user type London borough 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Pedestrians

Barking and Dagenham

120

95

112

96

92

Barnet

255

244

230

204

219

Bexley

131

106

96

93

99

Brent

277

243

229

200

188

Bromley

197

153

143

119

128

Camden

348

344

313

265

244

City of London

112

78

100

86

109

Croydon

262

275

240

250

201

Ealing

304

302

241

246

195

Enfield

228

204

168

172

147

Greenwich

207

180

165

182

165

Hackney

248

249

211

240

158

Hammersmith and Fulham

194

180

175

178

160

Haringey

291

268

242

198

190

Harrow

99

118

117

110

100

Havering

123

142

97

107

96

Hillingdon

178

125

154

138

128

Hounslow

160

162

141

109

124

Islington

299

254

181

193

160

Kensington and Chelsea

198

185

157

204

191

Kingston-upon- Thames

98

88

65

59

66

Lambeth

351

343

288

309

229

Lewisham

269

268

227

206

200

Merton

103

138

92

100

93

Newham

242

241

215

188

198

Redbridge

163

150

137

130

133

Richmond-upon- Thames

116

97

106

84

66

Southwark

298

318

268

233

217

Sutton

84

111

101

87

78

Tower Hamlets

209

186

186

180

170

Waltham Forest

193

178

179

173

145

Wandsworth

253

221

214

166

197

Westminster

628

654

616

547

504

Cyclists

Barking and Dagenham

37

27

41

38

39

Barnet

64

73

53

57

51

Bexley

37

29

28

28

30

Brent

75

64

65

74

59

Bromley

59

68

60

48

37

Camden

171

194

189

190

169

City of London

82

68

85

105

123

Croydon

67

69

97

72

79

Ealing

109

115

90

73

84

Enfield

74

59

51

51

39

Greenwich

50

52

55

55

49

Hackney

125

143

134

136

141

Hammersmith and Fulham

132

138

143

143

122

Haringey

80

52

77

60

73

Harrow

32

28

39

36

37

Havering

38

31

32

26

25

Hillingdon

64

68

62

64

58

Hounslow

87

101

66

84

70

Islington

187

186

167

166

161

Kensington and Chelsea

118

110

99

156

144

Kingston-upon- Thames

46

49

51

50

47

Lambeth

193

195

202

163

201

Lewisham

77

88

86

86

101

Merton

69

55

68

59

51

Newham

65

65

63

56

69

Redbridge

40

45

38

40

31

Richmond-upon- Thames

81

102

78

80

75

Southwark

202

202

157

165

212

Sutton

51

33

40

40

54

Tower Hamlets

90

80

108

104

115

Waltham Forest

60

61

54

63

58

Wandsworth

175

156

169

154

157

Westminster

268

319

274

257

275

Bus/Coaches

Barking and Dagenham

41

39

30

28

31

Barnet

95

104

87

78

60

Bexley

64

41

53

50

56

Brent

91

91

76

92

63

Bromley

113

76

98

78

63

Camden

128

161

146

123

101

City of London

44

40

49

53

45

Croydon

88

99

89

117

90

Ealing

98

106

107

115

88

Enfield

83

82

88

57

64

Greenwich

98

113

101

94

93

Hackney

95

130

113

98

84

Hammersmith and Fulham

53

82

66

67

49

Haringey

90

96

107

76

83

Harrow

28

38

31

32

23

Havering

63

49

77

45

53

Hillingdon

52

57

73

59

49

Hounslow

60

59

60

61

61

Islington

98

107

123

89

63

Kensington and Chelsea

62

79

62

71

43

Kingston-upon- Thames

34

42

26

38

28

Lambeth

165

170

152

149

106

Lewisham

132

127

132

122

108

Merton

52

47

41

45

26

Newham

79

80

72

70

80

Redbridge .

57

55

51

42

45

Richmond-upon- Thames

42

49

41

43

31

Southwark

158

178

148

135

156

Sutton

33

41

38

44

33

Tower Hamlets

51

54

44

55

53

Waltham Forest

54

62

65

56

60

Wandsworth

93

109

110

87

58

Westminster

370

434

383

291

290


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