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Bus Services: Technology
Graham Stringer: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate she has made of the costs of equipping all buses in England with smartcard readers. [159315]
Ms Rosie Winterton [holding answer 18 October 2007]: We have, from time to time, produced rough estimates of the cost of equipping buses with smartcard readers. However, producing an accurate estimate for all buses in England is extremely difficult. It depends on a number of factors, such as the number of buses operating scheduled services in England, the number that are already equipped with readers, assumption on back office costs, including the number and ownership of these offices, the type and cost of readers available at any particular time, and the number of readers per bus. For example, if passengers are both swiping cards on boarding and on alighting then two readers may be needed. We currently have no plans to require buses in England to be equipped with smart readers.
Driving Offences: Fines
Mrs. Villiers: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many penalty charge notices resulted in bailiffs being called to recover fines. [159125]
Bridget Prentice: I have been asked to reply.
No central record is kept on the number of bailiff actions taken. However, HMCS does hold statistics on the numbers of warrants issued by the Traffic Enforcement Centre (TEC). The number of warrants issued in the financial year 2006-07 was 1,124,224.
Fisheries: Compensation
Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what the process is for fishermen to make claims under the London Gateway Port reclamation area disturbance payment compensation scheme; and if she will make a statement; [159057]
(2) if she will make a statement on progress on the compensation to be paid to fishermen under the London Gateway Port disturbance payment compensation scheme. [159058]
Jim Fitzpatrick: The London Gateway port disturbance compensation scheme is a matter of private agreement between the promoters of London Gateway port and local fishermen’s organisations.
It will be for any fishermen affected to apply to London Gateway Port Ltd. with a claim for disturbance compensation payment, with such documentation as the compensation scheme requires. The scheme provides that the payment stage is triggered after dredging and reclamation operations for the port have been approved and commenced in the relevant area of the Thames estuary.
M3
Mrs. Maria Miller: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 27 June 2005, Official Report, column 1266W, on the M3, what estimate she has made of the level of road traffic noise between junctions 5 and 7 of the M3 motorway calculated using her Department’s traffic noise model for each year since 1995. [159584]
Mr. Tom Harris: The following tables provide estimates of the level of road traffic noise between junctions 5 and 7 of the M3 motorway calculated using the Calculation of Road Traffic Noise, Department of Transport and Welsh Office (1988) for each year since 1995:
| Section—M3 J5 to 6 | |
| Estimate of traffic noise in dB | |
| Section—M3 J6 to 7 | |
| Estimate of traffic noise in dB | |
These estimates are based on average traffic flows and the percentage of heavy goods vehicles but do not include other variable factors, such as obstacles and exposure. The estimated measurement point is calculated at 25 m from the edge of the nearest carriageway and 2.5 m above the carriageway.
Mrs. Maria Miller: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the average daily traffic flow was (a) between junctions 5 and 6 of the M3 motorway, (b) between junctions 6 and 7 of the M3 motorway and (c) entering and leaving junctions 5, 6 and 7 of the M3 motorway in each year since 1995; and if she will make a statement. [159586]
Mr. Tom Harris: The following tables show the average daily traffic flow (a) between junctions 5 and 6 of the M3 motorway and (b) between junctions 6 and 7 of the M3 motorway.
| Junction 5 - 6 westbound (WB) | Junction 6 - 5 Eastbound (EB) | |
| n/a = Not available. | ||
| Junction 6 - 7 westbound (WB) | Junction 7 - 6 Eastbound (EB) | |
| n/a = Not available. | ||
(c) Information on traffic entering and leaving these junctions is only available since 2005, when automatic traffic counting sites were established. The following table shows the record of average daily traffic flows entering and leaving junctions 5, 6 and 7 of the M3 motorway since 2005.
| EB off-slip | WB off-slip | EB on-slip | WB on-slip | |
Motor Vehicles: Travel
Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate she has made of the number of motorists who used their vehicles to drive (a) fewer than five miles, (b) between five and 25 miles and (c) more than 25 miles in each of the last five years. [159656]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The following table shows the percentage of car driver trips in Great Britain which are (a) less than five miles, (b) five to less than 25 miles and (c) 25 miles and over for 2002-06, based on data from the National Travel Survey.
| Car driver trips per person per year by trip length, Great Britain, 2002 to 2006 | ||||
| Percentage | ||||
| Under five miles | Five to under 25 miles | 25 miles and over | All lengths | |
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