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Mr. Newmark: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which five locations (a) on the A12 in Essex and (b) in Essex had the highest number of traffic accidents in each of the last five years. [191320]
Mr. Tom Harris: The following table shows the locations on the A12 in Essex which had the highest number of traffic accidents in each of the last five years. The table does not include statistics for local roads in Essex which are the responsibility of the local highway authority, Essex county council.
| Location | Grid reference | Route | Accidents | |
A13: Sadlers Farm
Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what representations she has received from archaeological groups on investigations to determine the extent of historical workings or artefacts prior to the commencement of works on the A13 Sadlers Farm junction. [190492]
Ms Rosie Winterton: To date, the Secretary of State for Transport has received no representations from archaeological groups in connection with A13/A130 Sadlers Farm junction.
A130: Safety Barriers
Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if she will commission a central safety barrier for the A130 between Sadlers Farm, Benfleet and Waterside Farm, Canvey Island. [191797]
Ms Rosie Winterton [holding answer 5 March 2008]: The commissioning of safety measures on the A130 rests not with the Secretary of State for Transport but with the local highway authority, in this case Essex county council.
Aviation: Exhaust Emissions
Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if she will make it her policy that the initial allowances for the aviation sector within the EU Emissions Trading Scheme be subject to auction. [191824]
Jim Fitzpatrick [holding answer 5 March 2008]: Decisions on the inclusion of aviation in the EU emissions trading scheme require international agreement. Under the agreement at the December 2007 Environment Council meeting, 10 per cent. of the initial allocation of carbon allowances to the aviation sector would be auctioned. The December agreement also made a provision for the level of auctioning to be reviewed.
Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if she will make it her policy that the cap for the aviation sector within the EU Emissions Trading Scheme be set at 90 per cent. of 2004 to 2006 average emissions. [191825]
Jim Fitzpatrick [holding answer 5 March 2008]: Decisions on the inclusion of aviation in the EU emissions trading scheme require international agreement. Under the agreement at the December 2007 Environment Council meeting, the emissions cap for aviation would be set at 100 per cent. of the average historical emissions in 2004 to 2006. The December agreement also made provision for there to be a review of the emissions cap.
Bus Services: Grants
Lynda Waltho: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much bus service operators grant was paid to community transport organisations in each year since 2002. [191806]
Ms Rosie Winterton: The amount of Bus Operators Grant (BSOG) paid by the Department to community transport organisations operating services under section 19 of the Transport Act 1985 has been as follows:
| £ | |
In addition a number of community transport bodies receive BSOG for the operation of local bus services under section 22 of the Transport Act 1985 but a separate record is not kept of the payments to these services.
Bus Services: Subsidies
Graham Stringer: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate she has made of the average public subsidy to a bus operating on the non-tendered network in (a) Greater Manchester and (b) England in 2006-07. [190457]
Ms Rosie Winterton
[holding answer 29 February 2008]: We estimate that in 2006-07 the average subsidy (defined as reimbursement of the costs of
concessionary fares and payments of Bus Service Operators Grant) per bus operating non-tendered mileage was:
| Cost (£) | |
| (1) Excluding London which is essentially a tendered network. | |
For the purposes of this calculation we have used the assumption, derived from statistical surveys of the proportion of bus operated mileage which is on non-tendered routes, that 80 per cent. of buses are engaged in non-tendered work and that 80 per cent. of subsidy (as defined in the table) is with respect to non-tendered routes.
Cars: Exhaust Emissions
Norman Baker: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many cars were sold in 2007 with tailpipe carbon emissions below 110g/km in the (a) UK and (b) EU. [186954]
Jim Fitzpatrick: Statistics regarding vehicles newly registered in 2007 are not yet available.
However, the number of cars newly registered in Great Britain in 2006 were as follows:
| Number | |
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Number where CO2 emissions greater than or equal to 110 g/km | |
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