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Motor Vehicles: Registration
Norman Baker: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many vehicles of each type there are registered in the UK. [312422]
Paul Clark: The following table gives the total number of vehicles by body type licensed in the UK at 31 December 2008.
| Number (Thousand) | |
More recent data on vehicles licensed in Great Britain are published each quarter at:
Data on vehicles licensed in Northern Ireland are published annually at:
www.drdni.gov.uk/index/statistics/stats-catagories/ni_ transport_statistics.htm
Parking Offences: Closed Circuit Television
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport which local authorities use CCTV cameras for parking enforcement. [311787]
Mr. Khan: To date, the following authorities have had CCTV systems certified for civil parking enforcement use.
| Applicant | Certification g ranted |
Parliamentary Questions: Administrative Delays
Dr. Cable: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport when he plans to answer question 300566, on departmental pay, tabled on 18 November 2009. [313139]
Chris Mole: A reply was given to the hon. Member on 21 January 2010, Official Report, column 418W.
Railways: Bankruptcy
Norman Baker: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many train companies have (a) become bankrupt, (b) gone into liquidation, (c) ceased trading for other reasons and (d) started up in each of the last 10 years, broken down by the lowest geographical area for which data are available. [312715]
Chris Mole: The Department for Transport does not keep a record of how many train companies have (a) become bankrupt, (b) gone into liquidation, or (c) ceased trading. This information may be sourced through Companies House. The decision to cease trading is a commercial decision made by train companies.
With regard to the number of train companies which have started up in each of the last 10 years, this is a matter for the independent Office of Rail Regulation who can be contacted at:
Office of Rail Regulation
One Kemble Street
London
WC2B 4AN
The Office of Rail Regulation provides all train operators on the United Kingdom rail network with operating licences.
Railways: Finance
Mike Wood: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport whether the review of value for money for the railways announced in the pre-Budget report will be used to assist in deciding overall funding for the railways for the control period 2014-19. [312708]
Chris Mole: The value for money review will constitute one of the pieces of evidence that will be used in deciding funding for the railways for control period 5 (2014-19).
Railways: Snow and Ice
Mr. Evennett: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport if he will direct train operating companies to offer discounts on season tickets for commuters affected by reduced services in severe weather conditions. [312666]
Chris Mole: Passengers' entitlement to compensation is set out in Passenger's Charters, which we require each Train Operating Company (TOC) to have as part of its franchise. Where TOCs have introduced emergency timetables, including service reductions, as has been the case with many TOCs during the recent severe weather, compensation entitlements are based on the emergency timetable. TOCs may choose to go beyond these entitlements at their discretion.
Road Traffic
Norman Baker: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what estimate he has made of the cost to the economy of road congestion in the next (a) five, (b) 10, (c) 25 and (d) 50 years. [312712]
Mr. Khan: The Department for Transport generally estimates changes in congestion between future scenarios to calculate the benefits of potential transport interventions. However, it has also used analysis from the National Transport Model to estimate what the change in the cost of congestion is likely to be between a base year and a future year.
The 2006 Eddington study estimated that the increase in time lost in England due to road congestion between 2003 and 2025 for all travellers including business and freight would be worth £23 to £24 billion in 2025 (2002 prices). The Eddington study is available at:
No such assessment for 2015, 2020, 2035, or 2060 is available.
The latest forecasts of congestion are available in "Road Traffic Forecasts 2008: Results from the Department for Transport's National Transport Model", which is available at:
Roads: Accidents
Norman Baker: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport which 50 stretches of road have the highest rates of (a) accidents and (b) fatal accidents; and how many (a) accidents and (b) fatal accidents have taken place on each of these stretches in each of the last 10 years. [312711]
Paul Clark: The information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
However, Eurorap have carried out some work in this area where the most dangerous motorways and A roads in GB are identified. The report can be downloaded at:
Roads: Birmingham
Mr. Godsiff: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what the percentage year-on-year change in the number of (a) deaths and (b) serious injury as a result of road accidents has been in Birmingham in each of the last three years. [312773]
Paul Clark: The information requested is given in the following table:
| Reported killed and seriously injured casualties in road accidents in Birmingham, and percentage change from previous year: 2006-08 | ||||
| Number | Percentage change | |||
| Killed | Severely injured | Killed | Severely injured | |
Roads: Repairs and Maintenance
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what guidance has been issued to local authorities on the technical aspects of repairing potholes in roads. [311790]
Mr. Khan: It is for each local highway authority to determine how to discharge its duty to maintain the highways in its charge. The Department for Transport does not issue technical engineering guidance to local authorities on highways maintenance matters.
Roads: Safety
Mr. Stewart Jackson: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what local transport notes have been provided to local highways authorities on the use of guard railing in residential streets. [311792]
Mr. Khan: Local Transport Note 2/09 "Pedestrian Guardrailing" was issued by the Department for Transport in April 2009. It can be found at:
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