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Written Question
Department for Transport: Research
Friday 4th December 2015

Asked by: Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much of his Department's funding allocated in the Spending Review 2015 will be for research and development expenditure up to 2020.

Answered by Robert Goodwill

Spending Review 2015 set out settlements for departments and showed how the government will deliver on its priorities, eliminate the deficit, and deliver security and opportunity for working people.


Final decisions on internal departmental funding allocations for future years, including for research and development, have not yet been made.

Written Question
Roads
Thursday 5th March 2015

Asked by: Baroness Blackwood of North Oxford (Conservative - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to build new and upgrade existing trunk roads.

Answered by John Hayes

In December this Government set out the biggest, boldest and most far-reaching roads programme for decades. It will dramatically improve England’s strategic road network and unlock our economic potential.

Over 100 strategic road projects are being taken forward as part of the £15.2 billion investment between 2015 and 2021. This amounts to a tripling of annual investment in road improvements from today’s levels to over £3 billion a year by 2021.

This month Highways England will publish its Delivery Plan setting out the next steps in putting this into effect.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 01 Dec 2014
Road Investment Strategy

"After years of my pestering, the Transport Secretary will know exactly how welcome today’s new announcement of £50 million for the A34 will be for my constituents, who suffer daily misery on that road, but will he ensure that the new feasibility study does indeed find a long-term, deliverable solution …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 16 Oct 2014
Cycling

"Oxford, like Cambridge, is a very congested city. It is filled with cycling enthusiasts and many community groups that campaign for change in that area. Indeed, over 4,000 people signed the petition for the cycling route along the B4044. Does the hon. Gentleman share their concern that this is about …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 02 Sep 2013
Cycling

"Will my hon. Friend give way?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 02 Sep 2013
Cycling

"I wish to take the right hon. Gentleman back to his point about cycling proficiency. Would another point of transition for introducing cycling proficiency be when young people go to university, when they often get back on bikes having not been on them since they were young children? That can …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 17 Jan 2013
Oral Answers to Questions

"6. What progress he has made on reducing bottlenecks in the road network...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 17 Jan 2013
Oral Answers to Questions

"I thank the Minister for his answer, but the A34 in my constituency is still plagued by congestion and accidents. That causes daily misery for commuters on a personal level, and it also has a debilitating effect on the local economy. If the work force are stuck in gridlocked traffic, …..."
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