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Speed Limits

Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport whether an impact assessment has been prepared in relation to his Department’s plans to encourage local authorities to set lower speed limits. [284172]

Paul Clark: The Department for Transport’s consultation on a new road safety strategy, “A Safer Way”, was published on 21 April 2009. This included proposals to reduce road casualties on residential streets and on the riskiest rural roads, by encouraging highway authorities to reduce speed limits on such roads. An impact assessment was included in the consultation document, which can be found at:

Speed Limits: Cameras

Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what guidance notes have been issued to local highways authorities on safety camera partnerships since May 1997; and which of those notes remain in effect. [284130]

Paul Clark: The Department for Transport (DfT) issued the Handbook of Rules and Guidance for the National Safety Camera Programme for England and Wales in 2001 which was revised regularly until the final version was published in January 2006. This was superseded by DfT Circular 01/2007, “Guidance on the Deployment of Speed and Red-Light Cameras” issued on 31 January 2007. The guidance was placed in the Library of the House and is also available on the Department’s website.

Transport: Finance

Mr. Vara: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how much integrated transport block and highways maintenance funding has been allocated to each local transport authority in the East of England for capital investment in each of the last 10 years. [283414]

Mr. Khan: Allocations provided to the East of England in each of the last 10 years are shown in the tables:

Integrated transport
£ million
East region 2008-09 2007-08 2006-07 2005-06 2004-05 2003-04 2002-03 2001-02 2000-01 1999-2000( 1)

Bedfordshire

3.784

3.160

3.572

3.350

3.200

3.000

3.100

3.900

2.400

—

Cambridgeshire

8.474

8.560

8.662

8.200

11.814

9.300

8.050

8.100

4.500

—

Essex

12.932

12.518

13.327

13.800

14.250

13.966

13.000

13.000

5.000

—

Hertfordshire

11.512

11.626

11.422

12.600

12.350

14.170

12.950

12.500

5.000

—

Luton

2.408

3.158

2.516

3.100

3.300

4.310

4.000

4.100

1.800

—

Norfolk

11.040

11.209

11.073

9.700

13.213

11.119

10.5 50

10.000

4.000

—

Peterborough

2.154

2.049

1.867

1.900

2.187

2.196

2.000

2.000

0.900

—

Southend-on-Sea

2.428

2.550

2.562

2.800

2.520

3.373

3.000

3.000

1.650

—

Suffolk

6.838

6.816

7.578

7.350

7.745

8.250

8.150

7.500

4.000

—

Thurrock

2.492

2.345

2.391

2.150

2.060

2.450

2.100

1.400

0.650

—

(1) The Integrated Transport figure is included in the table below for this year.

Highways maintenance
£ million
East region 2008-09 2007-08 2006-07 2005-06 2004-05 2003-04 2002-03 2001-02 2000-01 1999-2000( 1)

Bedfordshire

5.496

4.591

6.001

6.001

4.801

4.364

3.491

3.247

1.617

4.602

Cambridgeshire

11.654

11.752

12.782

12.782

10.226

8.791

7.437

6.967

2.817

7.806

Essex

18.006

22.428

16.682

18.088

12.626

12.620

15.001

13.925

5.170

8.942

Hertfordshire

11.151

11.263

9.175

8.596

9.262

7.939

10.586

10.083

4.467

6.858

Luton

1.012

0.891

0.948

0.889

1.185

1.020

0.862

0.819

0.587

4.344

Norfolk

19.130

21.273

19.401

19.635

19.836

18.262

18.973

19.247

5.203

7.752

Peterborough

2.361

5.625

2.209

4.579

4.227

1.834

1.843

1.765

1.082

2.562

Southend-on-Sea

1.720

1.915

1.707

1.622

3.444

1.307

1.742

1.608

0.696

1.945

Suffolk

14.707

14.929

16.032

15.274

14.485

12.316

11.808

13.467

4.472

5.554

Thurrock

1.038

0.818

2.919

4.483

3.855

1.148

1.550

1.146

0.597

1.760

(1) Since 2000 the allocations comprise integrated transport block grant and highways maintenance. Prior to 2000 the allocations are in the form of gross approved spending.

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Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Afghanistan: Detainees

Mr. Hague: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 22 June 2009, Official Report, column 630W, on Afghanistan: detainees, when the Governor of Bermuda was first informed that the four Muslim Uighur refugees had been detainees in Guantánamo Bay [283328]

David Miliband: The Governor was first informed by the Government of Bermuda that the four Muslim Uighurs transferred to Bermuda were former detainees in Guantanamo Bay at 0820 (local time) 11 June 2009, following their arrival in Bermuda two hours earlier.

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